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Grand Master 1900-1901.
SIXTY-SECOND GRAND ANNUAL COMMUNICATION, HELD
AT CHICAGO, OCTOBER 1, 2 AND 3, 1901
PROCEEDINGS
OF
THE MOST WORSHIPFUL
GRAND LODGE
OF ANCIENT FREE AND ACCEPTED MASONS
OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS
GEORGE M. MOULTON, M.W, Grand Master
J. H. C. DILL, R.W. Grand Secretary
Bloomington, Illinois
Pantagraph Printing and Stationery Co.
1901
OFFICERS
OF THB
Grand Lodge of the State of Illinois
19 01 - 2.
George M. Moulton M.W. Grand Master Chicago.
Wm. B. Wright B.W. Deputy Grand Master Effingham.
Chester E. Allen BW. Senior Grand Warden. . .Galesburg.
Alexander H, Bell B. W. Junior Grand Warden. . ..Carlinville.
Wiley M. Egan B.W. Grand Treasurer Chicago.
J. H. C. Dill B.W. Grand Secretary Bloomington.
J. P. Brushingham, T).Ii..B.W. Grand Chaplain Chicago.
Richard Yates B.W. Grand Orator Jacksonville.
George A. Stadler W. Deputy Grand Secretary . . .Decatur.
Henry L. Whipple W. Grand Pursuivant Quincy.
Walter Watson W. Grand Marshal Mt. Vernon.
Herbert Preston W. Grand Standard Bearer . . .Chicago.
Louis Zinger W. Grand Sword Bearer Pekin.
Joseph D. Everett W. Senior Grand Deacon Chicago.
James McCredie. W. Junior Grand Deacon Earlville.
J. S.' McClelland W. Grand Steward Decatur.
Geo. W. Hamilton W. Grand Steward Prairie City .
W. B. Grimes W. Grand Steward Pittsfield.
W. M. Burbank W. Grand Sttivard Chicago.
Wm. L. Orr Bro. Grand Tyler Chicago.
PROCEEDINGS
OF THE
M* W. Grand Lodge of Illinois
AXCIBNT FREE AND ACCEI'TED MASONS
AT ITS SIXTY-SECOND ANNUAL COMMUNICATION.
In compliance with the provisions of the Constitution
and By-laws of the Most Worshipful Grand Lodge of An-
cient Free and Accepted Masons of the State of Illinois,
the Sixty-second Annual Grand Communication was held
at Studebaker Hall, in the city of Chicago, commencing- on
Tuesday, the first day of October, A.D. 1901, A.L. 5901, at
10 o'clock a.m., with the following
GEAND OPFIOEKS PKESENT.
M W. Chas. F. Hitchcock Grand Master Peoria.
R.W. Geo- M. Moulton , Deputy Grand Master. . .Chicacro.
R.W. Wm. B. Wright Senior Grand Warden. .Effingham.
R.W. Chester E. Allen Junior Grand Warden. .Galesburg.
R.W. Wiley M. Egan Grand Treasurer Chicago.
R. W. J. H. C. Dill Grand Secretary Bloomington.
R.W. Thomas B. T. Fisher Grand Ckaplain Peoria.
R. W. V. M. Blanding Grand Orator Rock Island.
W. George A. Stabler Deputy Grand Secretary . Decatur.
W. Thos. a. Stevens Grand Pursuivant Chicago.
W. Walter Watson Grand Marshal Mt. Vernon.
W. W. W. Watson Grand Standard Bearer. Barry.
W. Samuel Coffinberry Grand Sword Bearer . . . Peoria.
W. Louis Zinger. Senior Grand Deacon. . .Pekin.
W. Joseph D. Everett Junior Grand Deacon. . .Chicago.
W. J. S. McClelland Grand Steward Decatur.
W. Geo. W. Hamilton Grand Steward Prairie City.
W. Geo. S. Hummer Grand Stexoard Sheldon.
W. Isaac M. Hornbacker. . .Grand Steward Peoria.
Bro. C. J. Manvel .. Grand Tyler Chicago.
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The M.W. Grand Master proceeded to open the Grand
Lodge of Illinois in ample form.
PEAYEE— By Grand Chaplain.
Oh, God! Our Heavenly Father! Thou who art. the ruler of human
affairs! Thou in whom we put our trust! We thank Thee for the great
instituted brotherhood which we here represent; for its fine history;
for its noble men and splendid services, and we rejoice before Thee,
Oh God, for the privilege of meeting here together to deliberate and
further the interests of our order, that the history of the past may
bear fruitage in a still nobler achievement in the future.
We recognize Thy work, Oh God, in the world, that in whatsoever
there maybe here of social distinctions and classes, of industrial mis-
understanding, or strife, or international suspicion — Thou art seeking
to establish the one thing needful, the spirit of brotherhood in human
hearts, and we rejoice before Thee, Oh God, that this is also our pur-
pose and that in this we cooperate with Thee. Such is the honor,
such is the dignity of our position, and in the consciousness of this
call of Thine to us to establish friendship, morality and brotherly
love, may we enter on the undertakings of this Grand Lodge of the
State of Illinois so that the stone which we shall place may be beau-
tifully carved, and placed in plumb and line in Thy temple of human
brotherhood, whose dome shall be extended until it covers a redeemed
humanity. Amen.
The Lexington Quartette, of Chicago, who have pleas-
antly entertained the Grand Lodge many times, on invita-
tion of the M. W. Grand Master, sang several selections,
which were greatly enjoyed.
The Grand Secretary announced that the Committee on
Credentials had informed him that representatives were
present from a constitutional number of lodges, and asked
for the committee further time to complete its report, which
was granted.
The motion of W. Bro. Herbert Preston, that printed
copies of the proceedings of the last annual communica-
tion being in the hands of the brethren, reading of the same
be dispensed with, was carried.
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LIST or COMMITTEES.
The Grand Secretary read the following- list of commit-
tees appointed by the Grand Master:
APPEALS AND GRIEVANCES.
Monroe C. Crawford, Joseph E. Dyas, William S. Cantrell, William
T. Irwin, Henry E. Hamilton.
CHARTERED LODGES.
James L. Scott, Thomas W. Wilson, L. K. Byers, Georg'e R. Smith,
James McCredie.
CORRESPONDENCE.
Joseph Robbins.
CREDENTIALS.
James I. McClintock, P. W. Barclay, W. F. Beck.
FINANCE.
L. A. Goddard, Gil. W. Barnard, D. D. Darrah.
LODGES UNDER DISPENSATION.
D. J. Avery, H. C. Mitchell, Charles H. Patton, R. T. Spencer, John
Johnston.
MASONIC JURISPRUDENCE.
D. M. Browning, John M. Pearson, John C. Smith, Owen Scott, John
T. Richards.
MILEAGE AND PER DIEM.
John A. Ladd, George W. Cyrus, George S. Coughlan.
OBITUARIES.
William R. Payne, W. J. Frisbee, J. H. Samson.
PETITIONS.
C. M. Porman, Ben Hagle, George M. O'Hara.
GRAND MASTER'S ADDRESS.
Wm. E. Ginther, L. L. Munn, M. M. Lord.
TO EXAMINE VISITORS.
A. B. Ashley, J. E. Evans, H. T. Burnap, H. S. Hurd, Isaac Cutter.
RAILROADS AND TRANSPORTATION.
J. O. Clifford, John Whitley.
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GEAND MASTER'S ADDEESS.
The Grand Master then read his annual address, as
follows:
Brethren of the Grdnd Lodge:
With heartfelt gratitude to the Supreme Grand Master of the Uni-
verse, for His countless blessings and tender mercies during the past year,
we again assemble in annual communication.
Let us make use of this occasion in renewing our pledges to the
Fraternity, in increasing the spirit of love and the laws of liberty, and
in doing our part to help the world to grow better. Let us ever strive to
promote Charity, the cementing bond of Freemasonry and corner-stone
of our order, remembering that the wisest have erred and that each is
liable to fall and let us try to overcome all difficulties with that stead-
fastness of purpose which insures success.
It gives me great pleasure to report to you, that during the past
year, our Fraternity has prospered, both numerically and financially, in
our jurisdiction ; that peace and harmony abound and that the labors of
the brethren have been liberally rewarded.
While in the enjoyment of our prosperity, we are suddenly appalled
by the work of an assassin. Our beloved President and brother, William
McKinley, while extending the courtesies to his people, has been foully
murdered. In common with our fellow citizens, our hearts are bowed
with grief. Our martyred President was a man of pronounced Christian
character, and had endeared himself to all by his simple life, his sublime
devotion to his wife and his love for all mankind. He was faithful and
courageous on the field of battle. He was the exemplification of true man-
hood, and by his tact and wisdom in conducting the affairs of this govern-
ment, has won for us high honor among foreign natio s. We cannot realize
that so kind and amiable a man could be so ruthlessly shot down. Believing
as we do, in the goodness of God who doetli all things well, we accept the
last words of our brother and bow with him in his closing words of sub-
mission, "God's will, not ours, be done."
Since our last annual communication, the Angel of Death has in-
vaded our jurisdiction and lias stricken from our roll a number of
brethren, who for many years participated in our deliberations, some who
had passed many years of toil, others in the meridian of life and height
of usefulness.
R.W. Bro. William II. Turner died November 12, 1900, at the Palmer
House, Chicago, aged 72 years. He was born at Cincinnati, Ohio, October
2, 1828. He received the degrees of Masonry in Piasa Lodge No. 27 A. F.
and A. M. in 1851 at Alton, Illinois. He served as Junior Warden in
1853, Senior W^arden in 1854 and Worshipful Master in 1855. He was
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elected Junior Grand Warden of tliis Grand Lodge in 1853 and served
one year. He moved to Chicago in 1860 and became a member of Oriental
Lodge No. 33, in which lodge he remained until his death.
Wor. Bro. James E. Church died at St. Luke's Hospital, Chicago,
January 6, 1901. He was born April 7, 1830, at New Cannon, New York.
He was made a Master Mason in Star Lodge No. 187 in Cuyahoga Falls,
Ohio, August 15, 1853. He was Worshipful Master of Waubansia Lodge
No. 160 for seven years, Treasurer two years and Secretary of the same
eight years. Ho was also Treasurer of Kenwood Lodge No. 800 — 1890 to
1900 inclusive, and was a member of Kenwood Lodge at the time of his
death. Brother Church was also a member of other Masonic bodies, in all
of which he took an active part. He received the Thirty-third Degree at
Boston, Massachusetts, in 1880.
R.W. Bro. Haswell C. Clarke died at his home in Kankakee, Illinois,
January 16, 1901, after several weeks' illness. Brother Clarke served as
Senior Grand Deacon of this Grand Lodge for the year 1900, but owing
to his illness, was unable to fill the office at the last session of the Grand
Lodge. He was born in Roxbury, Massachusetts, September 28, 1842. He
entered the army at the breaking out of the Civil War and was assigned
to duty as aide-de-camp on the staff of Major General Butler, and served
until the close of the war in 1865. At his death, he was a member of
Kankakee Lodge No. 389, of which he had been Worshipful Master. He
had served as District Deputy Grand Master of the Sixteenth District
and was Past Grand High Priest of the Grand Chapter, R. A. M., and Past
Eminent Grand Commander of the Grand Coinmandery of Knights
Templar.
Wor. Bro. Robert R. Stevens, Grand Tyler, died February 10, 1901.
Brother Stevens had been Grand Tyler of this Grand Lodge for many
years and was faithful and courteous in the discharge of his duties.
Those who have been in regular attendance at Grand Lodge will ever re-
member the cheerful welcome and cordial grasp of the hand, with which
they were greeted by Brother Stevens. In addition to the office of Grand
Tyler, he served in similar capacity for several of the constituent
lodges in this city. He was a member of Oriental Lodge, receiving his
degrees in 1809, and served as Tyler of Oriental Lodge twenty-four years.
Brethren, we miss the fraternal greeting and the friendly smile from him,
as we pass the door which he faithfully guarded so long.
R.W. Bro. R. D. Lawrence died at his home in Springfield February
17, 1901, aged 63 years. He was made a Master IVIason in Central Lodge
No. 71, Springfield, Illinois. He was a charter member of Tyrian Lodge
No. 333, at Springfield, and was the last surviving charter member. He
was District Deputy Grand Master of the Nineteenth District, and had
filled that office for many years. He occupied many positions of trust and
was an honest and exemplary citizen.
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The life of R.W. Bro. Archibald A. Glenn came to a close at Wichita,
Kansas, May 22, 1901. He was born in Nicholas county, Kentucky, Jan-
uary 30, 1819. In 1821 his parents moved to the state of Indiana, re-
siding there seven years, when they moved to Illinois. Brother Glenn was
elected and served as Grand Treasurer of this Grand Lodge during the
years 187G and 1877. He was elected to various state offices and in 1872
was elected State Senator of the Thirty-sixth Senatorial District. In
1878 he moved to Wichita, Kansas, where he resided until his death.
R.W. Bro. Jacob Krohn, District Deputy Grand Master of the Fifth
District, died at Freeport June 21, 1901. He was a member of Excelsior
Lodge No. 97.
W. Bro. Edward L. Wahl died at his home at Vandalia, July 30, 1901.
He was raised to the sublime degree of Master Mason July 6, 1868, and
served as Worshipfvil Master in 1884. He was appointed on the Committee
of Mileage and Per Diem for Grand Lodge and was chairman of this com-
mittee when he died. Brother Wahl was an efficient, conscientious, upright
officer and an honorable and exemplary Mason.
Bro. Nelson W. Jevney, Senior Warden of Landmark Lodge No. 422,
died January 28, 1901, of pleuro pneumonia.
W. Bro. John E. Higbee died at White Hall, Illinois, February 8, 1901,
aged 71 years. He was made a Master Mason in White Hall Lodge No. 80
in 1854, and served as Master of this lodge six years.
I have received official notification from our sister grand jurisdictions
of the loss of the following distinguished craftsmen:
M.W. Bro. Edwin Carlton Blackmar, Past Grand Master of the Grand
Lodge of Iowa, died at Burlington, Iowa, October 7, 1900. He was made a
Mason in Glenwood Lodge No. 58, Iowa, and was a member of Malta
Lodge No. 318 at the time of his death. He was elected Grand Master
June, 1887, and re-elected June, 1888.
R.W. Bro. Theodore S. Parvin, Grand Secretary of the Grand Lodge of
Iowa, died June 28, 1901, at Cedar Rapids, Iowa. He was born at Cedar-
ville. New Jersey, January 15, 1817. He graduated at Cincinnati in 183G.
He moved to Iowa in 1838. He received ine degree of Master Mason in
Nova Caesara Harmony Lodge No. 2 at Cincinnati, Ohio. He participated
in the organization of Des Moines Lodge No. 1 in 1840, which was the first
lodge in Iowa, and of Iowa Lodge No. 2 at Muscatine, Iowa, in 1841. He
assisted in organizing the Grand Lodge of Iowa in 1844 and was elected
Grand Secretary at its organization. This office he held continuously to
the time of his death with the exception of the term, he served as Grand
Master. He was also Grand Librarian and was an active member in all
Masonic bodies.
M.W. Bro. William Starling died at Greenville, Mississippi, December
10, 1900. He was born at Columbus, Ohio, January 25, 1830. He was
Past Grand Master of the state of Mississippi. He served with distinction
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in the Union avniy and later served as Chief Engineer of the Mississippi
Levee Board.
M.W. Bro. John Howard Wayt, Past Grand Master of Masons of Vir-
ginia, died at Staunton, Virginia. February 13, 1901.
M.W. Bro. Henry Clay Armstrong died at his home at Auburn, Ala-
bama, December 17, 1900. At the time of his death he was Grand Secretary
of the Grand Lodge of Alabama.
M.W. Bro. Francis L. Pettus, Past Grand Master of Alabama, died in
the city of Montgomery March G, 1901, aged 42 years.
M.W. Bro. James McGinnis Brandidge, Past Grand Master of Alabama,
died March 13, 1901, in his 90th year. He was State Grand Lecturer at his
death.
M.W. Bro. Mortimer Nye, Past Grand Master of the state of Indiana,
died July 6, 1901. He was born November 12, 1838. He was made a
Mason in Excelsior Lodge No. 194, February 20, 1861. He served in various
offices until 1 886, when he was elected Grand Master. He was nominated
and elected Lieutenant Governor in 1892.
R.W. Bro. John Warren Laflin, Grand Secretary of the Grand Lodge
of Wisconsin, died at Milwaukee August 30, 1900.
R.W. Bro. William Reynolds Singleton, Grand Secretary of the Grand
Lodge of the District of Columbia, died February 23, 1901.
M.W. Bro. John W. Champlin, Past Grand Master of Michigan, died
at Grand Rapids, Michigan, July 24, 1901, in his 71st year.
M.W. Bro. Edwin L. Bowring, Past Grand Master of Michigan, died
at his home in Grand Rapids October 26, 1900, aged 51 years.
M.W. Bro. James A. Tulleys died at Red Cloud, Nebraska, January
21, 1901. He was elected and served one year as Grand Master of Masons
of Nebraska. Later, he was appointed Grand Custodian and served in this
capacity until his death.
R.W. Bro. James Wasson Moore, Past Grand Treasurer of the Grand
Lodge of Nebraska, died in the city of Washington, D. C, August 2, 1901,
aged 70 years.
M.W. Bro. William T. Boardman, Past Grand Master of Montana, died
April 16, 1901, at his home in Butte.
R.W. Bro. Edward Carroll Parmelee, late Grand Secretary of the Grand
Lodge of Colorado, died in Denver May 10, 1901.
M.W. Bro. James R. Bayley, Past Grand Master of Masons of Oregon,
died at Newport, Oregon, May 24, 1901.
R.W. Bro. James Ray Sheehan, Senior Grand Warden of the Grand
Lodge of Indian Territory, died June 18, 1901, in Kansas City. He was
buried with Masonic honors at his home in Vinita.
M.W. Bro. George Diekerson Golden, Grand ]\Iaster of Masons of Idaho,
died at Idaho Falls, May 17, 1901, while visiting subordinate lodges. He
was buried May 26 at Boise, Idaho, Past Grand Master Jonas W. Brown
officiatinsT-
10 Frooeedings of the [Oct. 1,
THE CHARITY FUND.
February 14, 1901, an order for fifty dollars was drawn in favor of
Mrs. Harrison Dills, on the recommendation of the Charity Committee.
Mrs. Dills wrote a very urgent request for assistance to Grand Secretary
Dill, who made an investigation through the Worshipful Master of the
Lodge in Kansas near her residence, and on his report, the request was
granted.
May 9, 1901, with the approval of the Charity Committee, a draft for
one hundred dollars was sent to Bro. W. F. Webster, Grand Secretary of
the Grand Lodge of Florida, for the relief of sufferers in the terrible con-
flagration at Jacksonville.
LODGES CONSTITUTED.
Utica Lodge No. 858 was constituted October 10, 1900, and officers
were installed by R.W. Bro. F. E. Hoberg, as my proxy.
October 25, 1900, at Kirkland, T constituted Boyd D. Lodge No. 857,
and installed the officers according to our custom and usage. I was as-
sisted by R.W. Bro. D. D. Hunt as Deputy Grand Master. Both of these
lodges are well established and I predict a prosperous future for them.
DEDICATION OF MASONIC HALLS.
December 5, 1900, R.W. Bro. C. Rohrbaugh, as my proxy, dedicated
the new hall of lola Lodge NTo. 691, at lola, Illinois, assisted by Bros. John
Erwin as Deputy Grand Master, P. W. Smith as Senior Grand Warden,
and T. J. McCollum as Junior Granlft Warden. After the dedication of
the hall, R.W. Bro. Rohrbaugh installed the officers. The oration was de-
livered by Bro. T. M. Griffiths and was followed by the usual banquet.
Brother Rohrbaugh reported an excellent time.
May 23, 1901, I dedicated the hall of Logan Lodge No. 210, at Lincoln,
Illinois. There was a large number of brethren present from neighboring
lodges. The brethren at Lincoln have provided themselves with very ex-
cellent quarters and I predict for Logan Lodge No. 210 great success.
CORNER STONES.
December 21, 1900, assisted by Bros. Bailey, Doughty, Allen, Tenley,
Cutter, Hamilton, Zinger and others, 1 laid the corner-stone of the new
Western State Normal School building, in process of erection, at Macomb,
Illinois, in the presence of many Masons and Knights Templar. Macomb
and Galesburg Commanderies acted as escort to Grand Lodge. A large
concourse of citizens was present and listened attentively to an able ad-
dress delivered by our late Governor, John R. 'lanner.
May 22, 1901, at the request of the Board of Supervisors of McLean
county, assisted by R.W. Bro. George M. Moulton, M.W. Bro. Owen Scott,
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W. Bros. G. R. Smith, Louis Zinger and others, I placed in position the
corner-stone of the new Court House, in course of erection at Bloom ingtoii,
Illinois. There was present a large assembly of Masons and citizens.
DeMolay Coinmandery acted as escort to the Grand Lodge. McLean
county erected a Court House in 1868, the corner-stone of which was laid
by M.W. Bro. Jerome R. Gorin. This building was destroyed by fire June
19, 1900. The casket deposited in the stone at that time was recovered
from the ruins and with the new casket was placed in the stone, laid for
the present building, there to remain as long as the building shall stand
and succeeding generations shall discover the contents. The address was
delivered by Judge Colostin D. Myers.
May 24, 1901, assisted by W. Bro. I. A. Buckingham, M.W. Bro. Owen
Scott, R.W. Bro, J. E. Evans and a large number of Masons, escorted by
Beaumanoir Commandery, of Decatur, I laid the corner-stone of the Anna
B. Milliken Home for Aged Women and Friendless Children, at Decatur,
Illinois. Mrs. Anna B. Milliken was invited to assist in the use of the
trowel and in spreading the cement, on which the corner-stone was laid.
Thursday, August 8, 1001, at the request of Aledo Lodge No. 252,
I laid the corner-stone of a new Masonic building, now being erected by
Aledo Lodge, at Aledo, Illinois. In this, I was assisted by R.W. Bros. C. E.
Allen, J. S. Burns, Louis Zinger, W. Bro. K. M. Whitham, Bro. Wade W.
Hall, members of Alfdo Lodge and visitors. A delegation of Knights
Templar, members of Evarts Commandery, Rock Island, acted as escort.
The members of Aledo Lodge are to be commended for their enterprise.
At the request of the Board of Supervisors of Christian county, on
Thursday, September 12, I placed in position the corner-stone of the new
Court House, now in course of erection at Taylorville, according to ancient
Masonic custom and usage. I was assisted by M.W. Bro. Owen Scott, R.W.
Brothers Snell and Zinger, Brothers McBride and Perkins and members of
Mound Lodge No. 122, and a large number of visitors from neighboring
lodges. The Hon. Judge James B. Ricks delivered the oration, which was
followed by addresses by Major W. T. Vandeveer and Hon. W. M. Provine.
It was a gala day for Christian county, the streets of Taylorville being
crowded with people from early in the morning till late in the evening.
LODGES U. D.
With the new conditions existing and the wonderful prosperity
abounding all over the state, comes the desire for increased facilities to
attend lodge. Many requests have been made for authority to establish
new lodges. In some instances, the locations were in too close proximity
to lodges already established; in others, the size of the town did not seem
to warrant and in two or three instances, where there were no Masons,
charters have been requested, with the statement that many members could
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be secured if sufficient inducement was given to the original charter
menibers. As this organization does not hold out inducement for members,
it will be readily seen that such requests could not be complied with.
It has been my aim to give careful attention to locations. I have
granted four dispensations, namely: October 31, 1900, to eleven brethren
at Apple River, Jo Daviess county, to form Apple River Lodge, which was
instituted by R.W. Bro. Charles E. Grove, November 13, with Bro. John
W. Oliver as Worshipful Master.
November 17, 1900, to nineteen brethren, to form a lodge in the city
of Chicago, to be called Metropolitan Lodge, with Bro. D. A. Clitherow as
Worshipful Master. R.W. Bro. Cla.rk B. Samson instituted this lodge,
December 11, assisted by R.W. Bro. John Johnston, who gave instructions
to the Deacons and Stewards iu discharging the duties of their offices.
January 14. 1901, I issued a dispensation to eleven brethren at Sorento,
Illinois, to form Sorento Lodge, which was instituted January 29 by H.W.
Bro. Hugh A. Siiell with Bro. F. W. Burhorn as Worshipful Master.
July 1, 1901, to twenty-two brethren to form Riverside Lodge, at
Riverside, Illinois, with Bro. W. A. Radford as Worshipful Master. This
lodge was instituted July 23 by M.W. Bro. John C. Smith as my proxy,
assisted by Brothers Barnard, McCall, Brewster, Orr, Gunther and many
others. M.W. Bro. Smith gave a very flattering report of the prospects of
this new lodge.
DUPLICATE CHARTERS.
To the following lodges, whose charters had been lost by fire, duplicate
charters have been furnislied without cost:
November 19, 1900, Bollen Lodge No. 412, Spring Hill, Whiteside
county.
December 1, 1900, Manchester Lodge No. 220, Manchester, Scott
county.
December 29, 1900, Hardin Lodge No. 44, Mt. Sterling, Brown county.
March 20, 1901, Sequoit Lodge No. 827, Antioeh, Lake county.
August 9, 1901, Rantoul Lodge No. 470, Rantoul, Champaign county.
September, 1901, Bardolph Lodge No. 572, Bardolph, McDonough
county.
APPEALS FOR CHARITY.
I have authorized the following appeals for charity:
October 10, 1900, Orel Lodge No. 759, at Wayne City, for relief of
Brother Myers. Report having received .$279.47.
August 15, 1901, Orel Lodge No. 759, at Wayne City, for relief of
Brother Rassler. Report not received.
Rantoul Lodge No. 470. at Rantoul, Illinois, represented to me the
loss of their building, lodge room and all fixtures including charter by
fire with a loss of $5,100 in excess of their insurance, leaving them with
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a debt of about $800 and without resources. They also represented that
the entire business portion of the city was destroyed, and that there was
but little left to them with which to engage in business. In consideration
of the debt they were called on to pay and the deplorable condition in
which the fire left them, I have permitted Rantoul Lodge to appeal for
aid to the sister lodges, to assist them out of their present difficulty. If the
insurance had been sufficient to pay their indebtedness, I should have re-
quired them to start again, as many other lodges have been obliged to do.
There has been no report of the amount received.
September 14, 1901, Hazel Dell Lodge No. 580, for relief of Mrs. San-
ford, widow of Bro. D, H. Sanford, Junior Warden of Hazel Dell Lodge
No. 580. Report not received.
REPRESENTATIVES RECOMMENDED.
I recommended to the Grand Master of Minnesota the appointment
of W. Bro. William Johnston of Chicago, as the representative of the
Grand Lodge of Minnesota, near our Grand Lodge.
I recommended W. Bro. C. M. Forman of East St. Louis, to the Grand
Master of Nebraska, as the representative of the Grand Lodge of Ne-
braska, near this Grand Lodge.
As the representative of the Grand Lodge of Alabama, near the Grand
Lodge of Illinois, I recommended E.W. Uro. Chester E. Allen of Galesburg,
to the Grand Master of Alabama.
To the Grand Master of Manitoba, I recommended Worshipful Brother
Hugh K. Stewart of Chicago, as the representative of the Grand Lodge of
Manitoba, near the Grand Lodge of Illinois.
REPRESENTATIVES NEAR OTHER GRAND LODGES.
October 20, 1900, upon the recommendation of M.W. Bro. Lucien E.
Wood, Grand Master of Michigan, I appointed Bro. Arthur M. Hume of
Owasso, as the representative of this Grand Lodge near the Grand Lodge
of Michigan.
January 22, 1901, upon the recommendation of the Most Worshipful
Grand Master of West Virginia, I appointed Bro. Hiram R. Howard o{
Point Pleasant, as our representative near the Grand Lodge of West
Virginia.
April 13, 1901, I appointed Bro. Charles Cassius Rogers, upon the
recommendation of the Most Worshipful Grand Master of Wisconsin, \s
our representative near that Grand Lodge.
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Proceedings of the
[Oct. 1,
DEPUTY GRAND LECTURERS.
I appointed the following as Deputy Grand Lecturers:
W. B. Grimes, Pittsfield.
James Douglas, Chester.
Charles F. Tenney, Bement.
James John, Chicago.
John W. Rose, Litchfield.
J. R. Ennis, Burnt Prairie.
G. A. Stadler, Decatur.
John E. Morton, Perry.
W. 0. Butler, LaHarpe.
William E. Ginther, Charleston.
T. H. Humphreys, DuQuoin.
C. Rohr bough, Kinmundy.
•G. 0. Friedrich, Chillicothe.
C. W. Carroll, Blandinsville.
L. H. Todd, Belleville.
J. J. Crowder, Peoria.
C. E. Grove, Mt. Carroll.
D, B. Hutchison, Jacksonville.
D. ,D. Darrah. Bloomington.
Hugh A. Snell, Litchfield.
H. S. Albin, Chicago.
Arthur G. Goodridge, Irving Park.
S. M. Schoemann, JMcLeansboro.
W. K. Bowling, Virden.
R. F. Morrow, Virden.
J. G. Seitz, Upper Alton.
C. M. Erwin, Bowen.
W. J. Frisbeo, Bushnell.
Emerson Clark, Farmington.
W. M. Burbank, Chicago.
J. B. Kelly, East St. Louis.
J. F. Clayton, GJenarm.
W. H. Stevens, Steel ville.
R. R. Strickler, Galesburg,
Samuel G. Jarvis, Victoria.
J. H. Thomas, Belvidere.
James McCredie, Earlville.
S. S. Borden, Chicago.
W. H. Peak, Jonesboro.
P. F. Clark, Scottville.
C. H. Martin, Lawi'enceville.
J. B. Randleson, East Galesburg.
Oscar E. Flint, Chicago.
Enos Johnson, Upper Alton.
F. R. Smedley, Waverly.
C. N. Hambleton, Jeffersonville.
E. F. Seavey, Chicago.
H. C. Yetter, Galesburg.
Frank C. Funk, Bluffs.
Carl Swigart, Weldon.
G. A. Lackens, Good Hope.
A. 0. Novander, Chicago.
C. C. Marsh, Bowen.
J. B. Roach, Beardstown.
J. S. Burns, Orion.
W. F. Sinclair, Upper Alton.
T. N. Cummins, Reevesville.
Louis Pickett, Pullman.
Anthony Doherty, Clay City.
Charles T. Holmes, Galesburg.
George D. Bell, Bushnell.
George S. Doughty, Bushnell.
C. P. Ross, Jacksonville.
Lawrence C. Johnson, Gaiva.
Archibald Birse, Chicago.
Edgar Bogardus, Chicago.
Leon L. Loehr, Chicago.
Carl Mueller, Chicago.
F. M. Pendleton, Quincy.
0. F. Edwards, Oblong.
R. H. Wheeler, Chicago.
J. J. Amsden, Chicago.
R. W. King, Chicago.
E. E. Beach, Chicago.
Charles G. Young, Taylorville.
W. H. Robson. Chicago.
D. M. Baird, Piano.
Louis Becker. Knoxville.
R. L. Evarts, Knoxville.
J. E: Wheat, Sterling.
C. E. Ocheltree, Philo.
E. E. Wise, Greenville.
J. A. Burkhalter, Galesburg.
D. E. Woodford, Galesburg.
H. W. Harvey, Chicago.
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Grand Lodge of Illinois.
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SPECIAL DISPENSATION.
LODGE NO.
Marion 130
Galva 243
Pacific 60
Summerfield 342
Farmington 192
Reynoldsburg 419
Ridgeway . .816
Belvidere 60
New Holland 741
Bradford .514
Areola 366
Greenland 065
Albany 566
Mason 217
Erwin 315
Lee Centre 146
Oxford 367
Buckley 634
Lake Creek 799
Ewing 705
Urbana 157
De Witt 84
Creston 320
Kinderhook 353
Livingston 371
Toulon 93
Occidental 40
McHenry 158
Towanda 542
Stronghurst S47
Exeter 424
Marine 355
Pleasant Hill 565
Elizabetli 276
Moweaqua 180
Manito 476
Aledo 252
Evans 524
De Witt 84
AMOUNT
$20 00
2 00
2 00
2 00
2 00
2 00
2 00
2 00
2 00
2 00
2 00
2 00
2 00
2 00
2 00
2 00
2 00
2 00
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2 00
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2 00
2 00
2 00
2 00
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LODGE « NO.
Streator 607
Taylor 98
Chailestoii 35
Lockport 538
Chesterfield 445
Clark 603
Landmark 422
Russell 154
Shekinah 241
Golden Gate 248
Pana 226
Wyoming 479
Normal Park 797
Trenton 109
Cleveland 211
Germania 182
Jerusalem Temple... 90
Anna 254
Doric 319
Waldeck 674
Accordia 277
D. C. Cregier 643
Shiloh Hill 695
Home 508
Mithra 410
Blaney 271
Mound 122
Englewood 090
Oxford 367
Moweaqua 180
Golden Gate 248
Pontiac 294
Total $224 00
Dispensations for four
lodges $400 00
AMOUNT
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Total $624 00
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DISTRICT DEPUTY GRAND MASTERS.
The reports of the District Deputy Urand Masters indicate that har-
mony prevails throughout this grand jurisdiction. My observation proves
to me, that these officers should be something more than figure-heads. It
has been my aim to appoint brethren to this office, who would be interested
enough in their districts to visit the lodges at least once during the year.
That I have not been altogether successful, I am fully aware. It can
hardly be expected that a Deputy will give his time and also bear the ex-
pense of these visits, yet such is usually the case. I am convinced that
it would be of great benefit to the lodge if the Deputy should be reqiiired
to visit each lodge in his district, officially, once in each year, carefully
inspect the records, lodge room — how kept as to cleanliness and safety,
the manner of opening and closing the lodge, and conterring of degrees if
practicable. I imagine a revelation will be in order in many instances
and this official visit should be at the expense of the lodge for transporta-
tion and hotel. A little wholesome advice from the Deputy would work
wonders.
THE MASONIC SCHOOLS.
Five schools for instruction in the standard work were held during
the year. Three hundred and ninety-nine lodges were represented with a
total attendance of 1076. There were forty-four Deputy Grand Lecturers
in attendance.
It is gratifying to be able to report an increasing interest with a do-
sire to become proficient in the work. It was my pleasure to be present
one or more days at all of the schools. Perhaps, in some instances, I was
a little disappointed that the officers in many nearby lodges did not avail
themselves of the opportunity oflfered. It may be that they consider them-
selves proficient or more likely perhaps it was a lack of interest. I am
assured, however, bj'^ brethren in the localities where the schools were held,
that the influence is being felt, and in many instances, lodges that were
devoid of interest have been aroused from their lethargy and are putting
on new life. Under the present system of conducting the schools, the pur-
pose is to instruct, and I wish to bear testimony to the faithful and
laborious work of the Grand Examiners, assisted by various Deputy Grand
Lecturers. Schools were placed at the following places: Mt. Vernon, Jan-
uary 8, 9, 10; Decatur, January 22, 23, 24; Watseka, February 5, 6, 7;
Rockford, February 19, 20, 21; Peoria, March 5, 6, 7.
WORK.
The reports of the various lodges will show that this has been a busy
year. In the majority of lodges, the work has been well up to the standard.
The criticism I would make, is the attempt to confer too many degrees in
one day. I can see no way to restrict it save that Grand Lodge should
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limit the number of degrees that may be conferred by a lodge in one day.
This, I am informed, is the law in some states.
INSTALLATION OF GRAND OFFICERS.
October 17, 1900, I installed Rev. T. B. T. Fisher, as Grand Chaplain
in Temple Lodge No. 46, Peoria.
November 1, 1900, R.W. Bro. J. S. Burns, as my proxy, visited Trio
Lodge No. 57 at Rock Island, and installed Hon. V. M. Blanding as Grand
Orator.
May 3, 1901, T visited Home Jjodge No. 501, Chicago, and installed
Charles J. Manvil as Grand Tyler.
LAW.
The usual number of questions have been asked pertaining to points of
law but in every instance an explanation was all that was required.
A District Deputy Grand Master asks the following question:
Can objections bo made by a member to a District Deputy Grand
Master sitting in a lodge, while making an official visit?
The answer was that objections could not be made.
DISCIPLINE.
Early in the year, I was apprised of some irregularities on the part of
some of the members of Phoenix Lodge No. 663 at Mapleton, Illinois. It
was reported to me that on evenings of lodge meetings, buckets of beer were
taken to the lodge room. Further, that for more than a year, it had been
known to members of the lodge, that one of their members was implicated
in a very serious and unmaaonic offense. I wrote to the Worshipful
Master, stating the natiire of the reports and requested an explanation.
In response, the Worshipful Master called on me. He denied the beer
story, but admitted the truth of the report concerning the member. On
further investigation, I found that not only one but two and possibly
three, were implicated. The condition of morals was at so low an ebb in
that lodge, that it was a stain and blot upon the whole Masonic fraternity.
I instructed R.W. Bro. G. O. Friedrich to visit Phoenix Lodge and make
an investigation and unless the charges were cleared to arrest the charter.
R.W. Bro. Friedrich instructed the Master to notify his lodge that he
would visit them officially February 12, which he did. After opening the-
lodge, R.W. Bro. Friedrich stated his reasons for being present andi
requested the members to make their explanations. No explanation was,
made or attempted. He then, agreeable to my instructions, arrested the-
charter, records and seal, closed the lodge, placed the furniture ilt
the custody of the Master and delivered the charter and records to me.
They are now in the custody of the Grand Secretary. I, without hesitation..
18 Proceedings of the [Oct. 1,
recommend that the name and number of Phoenix Lodge No. 063 be erased
from the roll of constituent lodges.
Early in May, Chebanse Lodge l^o. 129, complained to R.W. Bro. W.
H. McClain, District Deputy Grand Master, that Sheldon Lodge No. 609,
had received the petition of one W. H. Overhue and conferred the degrees
on him, said Overhvie having been rejected by Chebanse Lodge, January 5,
1898, and that they were unable to obtain satisfactory explanation from
Sheldon Lodge. R.W. Bro. McClain corresponded with the Secretary of
Sheldon Lodge, who replied that W. H. Overhue received his Third Degree
in December last, that he stated in his petition that he had petitioned
Chebanse Lodge about two years before.
R.W. Bro. McClain sent the whole correspondence to me and I called
for an explanation. I received a reply similar to that of Brother Mc-
Clain, with the addition that two years having elapsed, they did not deem
it necessary to ask Cliebanse Lodge to waive jurisdiction and disclaimed
any intention to wilfully violate any of the Grand Lodge laws. Sheldon
Lodge, being one of the best working lodges in that section, I disliked very
much to discipline it, but regarding the case of importance, I felt that it
would not do to accept the plea of ignorance, for they have the law pro-
vided by this Grand Lodge and should read it. The petitioner had stated
plainly that he had been rejected by Chebanse Lodge, so there was no
deception on his part. I could see no other way but to discipline Sheldon
Lodge. I, therefore, instructed R.W. Bro. McClain to write the Secretary
to call a meeting of Sheldon Lodge No. 609, for an official visit. The
meeting was called for July 2. There was barely a quorum present.
Brother McClain stated the object of his visit and they admitted a viola-
tion of the law but claimed it to be unintentional.
Acting under my instruction, Brother McClain closed Sheldon Lodge
No. 609, and arrested the charter until this session of Grand Lodge, unless
it should be sooner restored. Believing the punishment inflicted to be
sufficient, and that the members of Sheldon Lodge will look to the law for
their guidance in the future, T would recommend that the charter of
Sheldon Lodge be restored to them with the admonition to go and sin no
more.
Complaint was made by Tower Hill Lodge No. 493 that Pana Lodge
No. 226, had invaded its jurisdiction without asking for a waiver. A
candidate, a resident of Tower Hill, but employed at Pana, petitioned the
lodge at Pana and received the degrees in Pana Lodge. He claimed Tower
Hill as his residence, voted at Tower Hill and returned to his home every
week. In explanation of his statement in his petition, he claimed Pana
as his Masonic home. I do not understand that the law contemplates a
legal home and a Masonic home. If Tower Hill was his residence, as he
claimed, then Tower Hill Lodge was the place for his petition and was so
decided, and I instructed the Lodge at Pana to settle with Tower Hill
Lodge. I am informed this has been done satisfactorily to both lodges.
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A candidate, for three or four years a resident of Anna, being de-
sirous of receiving the degrees in Masonry, made several requests for a
petition to Anna Lodge No. 520. For some reason, it was not furnished
him. The List request was made as late as January last. His reply then
was that he would get the degrees anyAva3^ rte at once sent his application
to Parkersburg Lodge No. 509, having lived there or near there previous
to his going to Anna. In his petition, he gives Parkersburg as his resi-
dence. He was elected to receive the degrees in Parkersburg Lodge, was
rotified, went there and received the three degrees in three days — returned
to Anna and to the surprise of the brethren there, desired to visit their
lodge. Complaint was made to me and on investigation, I found the facts
as stated. I visited Parkersburg Lodge and requested a full statement of
the case. The candidate claimed to them tnat Parkersburg was his home
but that he was doing business at Anna to make a little money to com-
plete his education. Yet, he considered Anna a home good enough to vote
in and Anna would have answered all purposes for his Masonic home, had
he been able to find some brother tliei-e to supply the petition. I decided
that the candidate belonged to Anna Lodge No. 520, and that Parkersburg
Lodge must pay over the fee to Anna Lodge. The usual examinations are
said to have been had to the satisfaction of the Master and brethren of
Parkersburg Lodge. I have not been informed wUether this case has yet
been settled.
PETITIONS.
In May, 1894, L. E. Holmes was tried in Auburn Park Lodge No. 789
for misrepresentation in his application for the degrees. The punishment
inflicted, being deemed inadequate by M.W. Bro. L. A. Goddard, the action
of the lodge was set aside and all papers in the case were ordered sent to
the Grand Secretary. These were submitted to the Committee on Appeals
and Grievances, of the Grand Lodge, who approved the action of the M.W.
Grand Master and recommended that the accused be expelled from all the
benefits and privileges of Masonry, which was adopted.
L. E. Holmes is now a resident of Bozeman, Montana. He petitions
Grand Lodge that he may be restored to the benefits and privileges of
Masonry. I recommend that the petition and papers in the case of L. E.
Holmes, be referred to the Committee on Petitions, for proper investiga-
tion.
VISITATION.
So far as possible, when requested, I have made official visits and have
always been received with the honors due the office. In every instance, my
reception has been cordial and most fraternal. A partial list of those
visited is given herewith:
Siloam Lodge No. 780, Chicago; Kensington Lodge No. 804, Chicago;
Temple Lodge No. 46, Peoria; Blaney Lodge No. 271, Chicago; Boyd D.
20 Proceedings of the [Oct. 1,
No. 857, Kirkland; Bloomington Lodge No. 4.3, Bloomington, anniversary;
Farmington Lodge No. 192, Farmington; Jerusalem Temple Lodge No. 90,
Aurora, anniversary; Auburn Park Lodge No. 789, Auburn Park; Ken-
wood Lodge No. 800, Chicago; Palace Lodge No. 765, Pullman; Hesperia
Lodge No. 411, Chicago; Illinois Lodge No. 263, Peoria; T. J. Pickett Lodge
No. 307, Bushnell; Macomb Lodge No. 17, Macomb; Alpha Lodge No. 155,
Galesburg; Mt. Vernon Lodge No. 31, Mt. Vernon; Macon Lodge No. 8,
Decatur; Ionic Lodge No. 312, Decatur; Watseka Lodge No. 446, Wat-
seka; W. B. Warren Lodge No. 209, Chicago; Tyrian Lodge No. 333,
Springfield; Central Lodge No. 71, Springfield; E. F. W. Ellis Lodge No.
633, Rockford; Star in the East Lodge, No. 166, Rockford; Rockford Lodge
No. 102, Rockford; G-arden City Lodge No. 141, Chicago; Peoria Lodge
No. 15, Peoria; Lincoln Park Lodge No. 611, Chicago; Windsor Park
Lodge No. 836, Chicago ; George Washington Lodge No. 222, Chillicothe ;
Home Lodge No. 501, Chicago; Normal Park Lodge No. 797, Chicago;
Logan Lodge No. 210, Lincoln; Mozart Lodge No. 656, Bloomington; D. C.
Cregier Lodge No. 643, Chicago; King Oscar Lodge No. 855, Chicago; Han-
cock Lodge No. 20, Carthage; Waukegan Lodge No. 78, Waukegan; Gar-
field Lodge No. 686, Chicago ; Springfield Lodge No. 4, Springfield ; May
Lodge No. 718, Norris City; Parkersburg Lodge No. 509, Parkersburg;
Aledo Lodge No. 252, Aledo; Sullivan Lodge No. 764, Sullivan; Washburn
Lodge No. 421, Washburn.
EXAMINATION OF CANDIDATES.
The law provides that each candidate must pass a satisfactory exam-
ination in open lodge, before he can be advanced to the next degree. This
law is imperative and must be obeyed. No candidate can be advanced
without passing this examination except by a dispensation from the
Grand Master, and yet I have been informed that it is customary iji
some lodges for some brother to vovich for the proficiency of the candi-
date and he is advanced. If any of the representatives present, are
guilty of this oftense, they are deserving of the severest censure. Every
candidate is entitled to the lectures to make him proficient in the work and
it should be required that the District Deputy Grand ]\Iasters satisfy them-
selves that the lodges in their district comply with the law in this respect.
RETURN OF SURPLUS.
In compliance with the resolution adopted by Grand Lodge at its
last session, R.W. Bro. W. M. Egan, Grand Treasurer, asked for bids from
four of the principal banks and brokers of Chicago, for a certain number of
the bonds owned by Grand Lodge, and received bids from three of them as
follows: $67,423.75, $67,408.75 and $67,325.60. He accepted the bid of $67,-
423.75 and interest on the city bonds from July 1 until November 17, which
netted the sum of $68,185.36.
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The Grand Treasurer furnished me a statement of the cost of the
bonds when purchased by him from time to time, beginning with the first
purchase in January, 1893, to the Uist purchase in October, 1899, showing
a gain in every bond purchased from 2 5-S to 6% per cent or a net profit
of $2,881.25 and 4 per cent interest while we owned the bonds. The
total amount distributed to the various lodges was $85,344.22, or $1.49 to
each member as shown by the list returned June 30, 1900. This amount
has been paid over to the lodges as the orders were presented. There was
not one single error, mistake or loss of a penny and I want to congratulate
this Grand Lodge in having so careful, painstaking and watchful a Grand
Treasurer as R.W. Bro. Egan.
INSURANCE.
On the death of R.W. Bro. A. A. Glenn, R.W. Bro. W. M. Egan, Grand
Treasurer, at once took measures to collect the insurance on the policy
this Grand Lodge held on his life and reported having received $5,046.41.
BEQUEST.
April 7, 1888, Bro. Robert A. Miller, a resident of Moutrie county,
executed a will bequeathing to the Masonic Grand Lodge of the state of
Illinois, a tract of land of 264 acres, located one and three-quarter miles
from the city of Sullivan, upon condition that said Grand Lodge shall
cause to be erected and maintained thereon, a suitable home for such
widows and orphans of Masons as said Grand Lodge may, from time to
time, designate, reserving only a life estate for his wife. In 1891, Bro.
Robert A. Miller died. The estate was properly administered and the will
recorded. Mrs. Miller has received the revenue of this 264 acres up to
the time of her death. On the twentieth day of August, 1901, Mrs. Miller
died, thus leaving this property free to come into possession of Grand
Lodge if it N will accept it. The conditions of the will are such that if
Grand Lodge refuses the bequest, it then becomes the property of Moultrie
county, to be used as a home for paupers supported by the county.
The conditions of the will are liberal. There are no specifications as
to when buildings shall be erected or how extensive they must be. That
matter is left entirely to the judgment of Grand Lodge. I am informed
that it is an excellent farm, valued from twenty-five to thirty thousand
dollars. The time is fast approaching when this Grand Lodge must
recognize that we have aged Masons, and widows and orphans of Masons
who are poor and for whom homes must be provided, or else they must
become dependent upon the charity of others. Brother Robert Miller
realized this and left this splendid property for that purpose. It is for
Grand Lodge to say if it will accept or reject it. I recommend that
the Grand Master be instructed to take the necessary steps to secure the
title to this property.
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MISSOURI LANDS.
In compliance with the resolution adopted by Grand Lodge October 5,
1881, and upon the recommendation of M.W. Bro. John M. Pearson, I have
executed deeds to the following tracts of land o\A'ned by Grand Lodge in
the state of Missouri. March 2, IflOl, all of the west half of lot numbered
one of the northwest quarter of section six in Township No. 28, north of
range 10 east, containing 40 and 13-100 acres more or less to George A.
Conrad. Consideration $140.45.
June 4, 1901, all of the northwest quarter of the northwest quarter
of section 36 in town 29, north of range 10 east, containing 40 acres. Also
the north half of lot one of the southwest quarter of section 18, town 28,
north of range 10 east, containing 40 acres, and also the north half of lot
two of the southwest quarter of section 18, town 28, north of range 10 east,
containing 40 97-100 acres. Total, 120 97-100 acres more or less, all in the
county of Ballinger and state of Missouri — to Jacob J. Conrad. Con-
sideration $362.91.
September 21, 1901, to Adolpli C. King, all of the southeast quarter of
the northwest quarter and the northeast quarter of the southwest quarter
of section 28, town 29, north of range 10, east, 80 acres more or less, in the
county of Ballinger and state of Missouri. Consideration $240. All of
which, I respectfully ask you to confirm.
CONSOLIDATED LODGES.
On the nineteenth of September, I was ofBcially notified by the Masters
of Piasa Lodge No. 27, and Erwin Lodge No. 815 at Alton, that their lodges
at a stated meeting, had unanimously voted to consolidate as Piasa Lodge
No. 27. The law having been fully complied with, I have instructed the
Grand Secretary to prepare a charter for Piasa Lodge No. 27, as consolidated
with Erwin Lodge No. 315. The consolidated lodge has not been consti-
tuted.
CONCLUSION.
I have herewith given you a full report of my year's work. I have
had the usual amount of correspondence and as iisual, very many
questions have been asked that might have been avoided, if reference had
been made to the book of law, furnished by Grand Lodge.
I promised you that I would administer the laws which are in the
statute books of the Grand Lodge, to the best of my ability, and I have
endeavored to do so. I have visited many lodges and have always been
received with the courtesy due the Grand Master. When I have sought
advice, it has been freely given and for this I wish to express my gratitude.
To our Grand Secretary, ever ready to furnish required information, I wish
to extend my sincere thanks for his generous aid and assistance. I shall
always remember the many kind words of encouragement and universal
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expressions of good will and friendship extended to ine the past two years,
which I can truthfully say were two of the best j^ears of my life.
And now, brethren, permit me to thank you for the distinguished
honor you have placed upon me. For my shortcoming^, I beg of you to
extend the broad mantle of Charity.
CHARLES F. HITCHCOCK,
Grand Master.
The motion was made by M.W. Bro. Owen Scott, and
carried, that this address be referred to the Committee on
Grand Master's Address.
24 ' Proceedings of the [Oct. 1,
KEPORT OF THE GEAND TEEASUREE.
The Grand Treasurer submitted the following report,
together with his books and vouchers, which, on motion,
was referred to the Committee on Finance:
Wiley M. Eg an, Grand Treasurer:
In Account with Grand Lodge, A.F. and A.M., of Illinois.
1900. Debit.
Oct. 1, To credit balances as per last report^
Account of General Fund $51,945 44
Account of Charity Fund 835 17
$52,780 61
Oct. 31, To amount received from Grand Secre-
tary, account of General Fund $ 24 25
Account of Charity Fund 16 GO
Nov. 2, To interest on government bonds, three
months 400 00
17, To proceeds sale of $10,000 government
bonds 13,700 GO
17, Toproceedssaleof $50,000 city bonds.. 53,723 75
17, To interest on city bonds to date 761 61
30, To amount received from Grand Secre-
tary, account of General Fund 200 GO
Account of Charity Fund 11 35
Dec. 31, To amount received from Grand Secre-
tary, account of General Fund 37 75
Account of Charity Fund 7 10
1901.
Jan. 8, To dividend on A. A. Glenn's Life In-
surance policy 46 40
31, To amount received from Grand Secre-
tary, account of General Fund 102 00
Account of Charity Fund 21 00
Feb. 2, To interest on government bonds, three
months 300 00
28, To amount received from Grand Secre-
tary, account of General Fund 4 GO
Account of Charity Fund 6 00
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Mch. 30, To amount received from Grand Secre-
tary, account of General Fund $ ]80 10
Account of Charity Fund 4 00
April 29, To amount received from Grand Secre-
tary, account of General Fund. ... 20 50
Account of Charity Fund 22 60
May 1, To interest on government bonds, three
months 300 00
16, To dividend on Masonic Fraternity
Temple Association stock, account
Charity Fund 12 00
31, To amount received from Grand Secre-
tar3% account of General Fund 1 25
Account of Charity Fund 72 01
June 20, To amount received from Connecticut
Mutual Life Insurance Co., in pay-
ment of policy No. 99588 on the life
of Archibald A. Glenn 5,046 40
29, To amount received from Grand Secre-
tary, account of General Fund 357 87
Account of Charity Fund 7 00
July 31, To amount received from Grand Secre-
tary, account of General Fund 22,977 20
Account of Charity Fund 4 00
Aug. 1, To interest on government bonds, three
months 300 00
31, To amount received from Grand Secre-
tary, account of General Fund 11,594 49
Account of Charity Fund 27 10
Sept. 27, To amount received from Grand Secre-
tary, account of General Fund. . . . . 1,270 26
Account of Charity Fund 8 00
Amounts carried forward $111,566 49
52,780 61
Amounts brought forward $111,566 49
52,780 61
Total amount received from Grand
Secretary during the year, account
of General Fund $36,770 17
Total amount interest from bonds, dur-
ing the year, account of General
Fund $ 2,061 61
26 Proceedings of the [Oct. 1,
Total amount received from all other
sources during' the year, account of
General Fund $72,516 55
Total receipts during the year, for ac-
count of General Fund $111,348 33
Total amount received from Grand ^
Secretary during the year, account
of Charity Fund 206 16
Total amount received from all other
sources during the year, account
Charity Fund 12 00
Total receipts during the year, for ac-
count of Charity Fund $218 16
$111,566 49
Total receipts for the year $164,347 10
1901. Credit.
Sept. 30, By mileage and per diem, paid officers
and committees since last report,
as per vouchers returned herewith. $ 2,680 48
30, By mileage and per diem, paid repre-
sentatives since last report, as per
vouchers returned herewith 16,055 00
Total mileage and per diem paid. $18,735 48
30, Amount paid out for charity, since
last report, as per vouchers num-
bered 997, 1043, and 1075, returned
herewith $ 200 00
30, Miscellaneous items paid since last re-
port, as per vouchers numbered 985
to 1110, both inclusive, except the
vouchers enumerated above, as
paid on account of Charity Fund,
and numbers 1005 and 1081, missing 12,562 67
oO, Amount paid to the constituent lodges
in distribution of the surplus funds,
as per statememt in detail sent to
Grand Master, and as per vouchers
returned herewith 85,344 22
Aug. 15, Amount paid for five $1,000.00 Bonds
of the United States, due 1925, @
137K ^ $6,875 00
1901.] Grand Lodge of Illinois. 27
Total amount paid out during' the year $123,717 37
Sept 30, Balance in cash to credit of General
Fund $39,776 40
Balance in cash to credit of Charity
Fund 853 33
Total credit balance in cash 40,629 73
$164,347 10
In addition to the cash balance reported above, the Grand Lodge
owns the following securities, all of which are now in my possession.
United States 4% Bonds, due 1925, (par
value) $35,000 00
Masonic Fraternity Temple Associa-
tion Stock, eight shares, (par
value) 800 00
$35,800 00
On May 22d, I learned of the death of R. W. Brother Archibald
A. Glenn, on whose life the Grand Lodge held a policy of insurance,
issued by the Connecticut Mutual Life Ins. Co. in the sum of Five
Thousand (5,000) Dollars. I at once notified the Grand Master of the
death of Brother Glenn, and was authorized by him to take such
steps as were necessary to collect the amount of the policy. On June
3d, I filed with said company the necessary papers to establish our
claim, and on June 20, received from said company a draft for
$5,046 40, in full settlement, which amount I placed to the credit of
the General Fund. And in this connection I will say, that the Grand
Lodge holds a note signed by the late Archibald A. Glenn, dated No-
vember 1, 1878, for the sum of $13,316.73, payable two years after
date. Payments have been made on said note as follows: December
12, 1878, $2,710.44, May 28, 1879, «1, 298. 70, leaving a balance of $9,307.59
still due. This note I submit herewith, for such action as the Grand
Lodge may deem proper.
On August 15, I invested for account of the General Fund, the
sum of $6,875.00 in five (5) United States Bonds, denomination of
$1,000.00, paying therefore the sum of $1,375.00 each. These bonds are
payable in the year 1925, and bear interest at the rate of 4% per an-
num, payable quarterly, on the first days of February, May, August
and November of each year.
Fraternally submitted,
WILEY M. EGAN, Grand Treasurer.
Chicago, September 30, 1901.
28 Proceedings of the [Oct. 1,
EEPOET OF THE GKAND SEOEETAEY.
The Grand Secretary submitted the following" report,
also cash book and ledg^er, and asked that they be referred
to the Committee on Finance, which was so referred:
Most Worshipful Grand Master and Brethren of the Grand Lodge:
In accordance with the by-laws of the Grand Lodge, I herewith
submit my annual report.
ORDERS DRAWN.
Orders have been drawn on the Grand Treasurer at and since the
last Annual Communication for the following amounts, to-wit:
To mileage and per diem of Officers, Representatives, and
Committees in attendance at last communication 818,697 60
Surplus returned to Lodges 85,344 22
Joseph Robbing, Committee on Correspondence 300 00
R. R. Stevens, service as Grand Tyler 100 00
R. R. Stevens, expenses Grand Lodge 107 25
George A. Stadler, services as Deputy Grand Secretary.. 25 00
Z. T. Griffen, stenographer 50 00
Rent Central Music Hall 400 00
J. O. Clifford, expense Railroad Committee 7 00
Relief of flood sufferers at Galveston, Texas 1,000 00
Pantagraph Printing and Stationery Co., printing report
on correspondence. Grand Master's and Grand Secre-
tary's reports, etc 446 25
Wiley M. Egan, attendance two meetings Printing Com-
mittee 10 00
Alexander H. Bell, attendance on Committee Appeals
and Grievances 25 00
Owen Scott, services Committee on Revising Ceremonials 75 00
Charity, Mrs. Andrew Orme 50 00
J. S. Burns, proxy for Grand Master 2 60
E. P. Quintel, engrossing commissions 10 65
Pantagraph Printing and Stationery Co., printing pro-
ceedings, etc 1,715 83
Expense Grand Master's office 307 40
Expense Grand Secretary's office, postage 208 00
Expense Grand Secretary's office, incidentals 55 64
American Express Co .' 355 21
1901.] Grand Lodge of Illinois. 29
U. S. Express Co $ 248 69
Grand Examiners School, at Watseka 193 92
Grand Examiners School, at Rockford 219 92
Grand Examiners School, at Peoria 192 56
Grand Examiners School, at Decatur 184 80
Grand Examiners School, at Mt. Vernon 230 26
Charity, Mrs. F. E. Dills 50 00
Sam. M. Schoemann, difference in mileage to Grand
Lodge 3 00
Panlagraph Printing and Stationery Co., binding and
embossing proceedings 376 85
Owen Scott, difference in mileage to Grand Lodge 4 40
Taxes on Missouri land 35 74
Record book for Grand Examiners 10 00
Miscellaneous printing 413 67
Herald Printing Co., printing 3,000 Ceremonials 730 00
C. F. Tenney, expense visiting Maroa Lodge 4 00
Washing Grand Lodge aprons 27 89
Costumes for Grand Examiners . 3 50
J. H. C. Dill, expense meeting Printing Committee 10 75
Relief of fire sufferers at Jacksonville, Florida 100 00
Expenses Finance Committee 37 60
Copying picture of P. G. M. Walker 10 00
W. H. McClain, expense visiting Sheldon Lodge 4 46
Rent of box in safety vault 5 00
C. J. Manvel, expenses Grand Tyler's office 22 35
Charles F. Hitchcock, salary as Grand Master 1,500 00
Wiley M. Egan, salary as Grand Treasurer 400 00
J. H. C. Dill, salary as Grand Secretary 2,500 00
Total $116,812 01
I herewith submit an itemized account of all moneys received by
me as Grand Secretary during the past year.
All of which is fraternally submitted,
J. H. C. DILL, Grand Secretary.
30
Proceedings of the
[Oct. 1,
GEAND SEOEETAEY'S ACCOUNT.
J. H. C. Dill, Grand Secretary, in account with
The M.W., Grand Lodge of Illinois, A.F. and A.M., Dr.
TO lodge dues for the year 1901.
LODGES.
NO.
DUES.
LODGES.
NO.
DUES.
Bodley
Equality
1
3
8
9
13
14
15
16
17
19
20
23
24
25
26
27
29
31
33
34
35
36
37
38
39
40
42
43
44
45
46
47
48
49
50
51
52
53
55
57
58
59
60
61
63
64
65
66
67
69
71
72
74
75
76
78
$ 100 20
14 40
78 60
85 80
98 40
205 80
48 00
48 60
23 40
198 00
39 00
95 411
64 20
58 20
67 80
72 60
42 00
11 40
72 00
45 60
52 80
213 00
58 80
63 00
25 20
61 20
148 20
28 20
100 20
148 80
105 60
47 40
39 60
280 80
15 00
42 60
35 40
58 20
49 20
24 60
63 00
39 60
111 60
49 80
37 20
108 60
30 00
45 00
53 40
43 20
37 20
54 60
31 20
33 00
28 80
34 20
24 00
49 80
178 20
127 80
Scott
79
80
81
84
85
86
87
88
89
90
91
92
93
95
96
97
98
99
100
102
103
104
105
106
108
109
110
111
112
113
114
115
116
117
118
119
$ 21 (!0
Whitehall
43 80
Vitruvius
45 00
DeWitt
Mitchell
81 00
Friendship
43 80
Kaskaskia
22 20
Mt. Pulaski
37 80
48 00
Fellowship
40 20
107 40
Temperance
36 00
Stewart
Toulon
82 20
23 40
33 60
Samuel H. Davis
23 40
St Clair
Excelsior
153 00
Taylor
42 00
Hiram
Piasa
Edwardsville
Astoria . .
51 60
36 60
Rockf ord
Mas;nolia
139 80
25 20
Oriental
Lewistown .
39 60
Winchester
36 00
38 40
Versailles
Trenton
36 60
29 40
24 60
Herman
Jonesboro
Bureau
Robert Burns
Marcelline ... ...
34 80
48 60
Mt. Joliet .^ ..
28 80
Bloornington
25 80
Rising .Sun
33 60
28 80
Temple
Elgin
113 40
Waverly
40 80
Unity .
Henrv
34 80
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
22
23
34
J5
26
n
28
^9
69 GO
Carrollton
Mt. Moriah
Oquawka
Cedar .
31 20
71 40
Benevolent
Greenup
Empire
Antioch.
19 80
34 80
Washington
28 20
Trio
Raleigh
Greenfield
25 20
33 60
New Boston
Belvidere..:
Lacon
Marion
Golconda
Mackinaw
Marshall
Sj'camore
Lima
130
131
132
133
134
13.1
136
137
138
139
140
141
142
143
144
145
42 60
25 80
22 20
St. Marks
38 40
Benton
Euclid
87 00
25 20
Pacitic
Hutsonville . .
Polk
Marengo
Geneva
16 80
Acacia
38 40
40 20
Central .
34 80
Chester
OIney
Garden Cit}'
Ames
44 40
425 40
37 80
Mt Nebo . . .
Richmond
29 40
DeKalb
70 20
39 60
1901.]
Grand Lodge of Illinois.
31
LODGE DUES FOR THE YEAR 1901 — Continued.
Lee Centre
Clayton
Blobmfield
Effingham
Vienna
Bunker Hill
Fidelity
Clay
Russell
Alpha
Delavan
Urbana
McHenry
Kewanee
Waubansia
Virden
Hope
Edward Dobbins
Atlanta
Star in the East .
Milford
Nunda
Evergreen
Girard
Wayne
Cherry Valley. . .
Lena
Matteson
Mendota
Staunton
Illinois Central.
Wabash
Moweaqua
Germariia
Meridian
Abingdon
Mystic Tie
Cyrus
Fulton City
Dundee
Farmington
Herrick
Freedom
La Harpe
Louisville
King Solomon's
Homer
Sheba
Centralia
Lavely
Flora
Corinthian
Fairfield
Tamaroa
Wilmington
Wm. B. Warren.
Logan
Cleveland
Shipman
Ipava
Gillespie
Newton
Mason
New Salem
Oakland
146
$ 19 80
147
31 80
148
70 20
149
30 60
150
33 00
151
34 20
152
28 20
153
30 00
154
30 60
155
104 40
156
39 00
157
113 40
158
30 00
159
76 80
160
121 80
161
49 80
162
43 20
164
43 20
165
32 40
166
144 60
168
39 00
169
28 80
170
58 20
171
38 40
173
27 60
173
36 60
174
31 20
175
144 00
176
54 00
177
40 80
178
46 80
179
19 20
ISO
15 00
182
140 40
183
30 00
185
42 60
187
26 40
188
45 60
189
38 40
190
53 40
192
49 20
193
17 40
194
3U 60
195
81 60
196
34 80
197
36 00
199
51 00
200
13 20
201
80 40
203
19 80
204
39 00
205
2< 00
206
46 80
207
23 40
208
45 60
209
190 20
210
94 20
211
250 20
212
16 20
213
37 20
214
22 80
216
34 80
217
18 00
218
24 60
219
43 20
Mahomet
Lerov
Geo. Washington.
Pana
Columbus ?.
Lovington
Manchester
New Haven
Wyanet
Farmers
Blandinsville
DuQuoin
Dallas City
Charter Oak
Cairo
Black Hawk
Mt. Carmel
Western Star
Shekinah
Galva
Horicon
Greenville
El Paso
Rob Morris
Golden Gate
Hibbard
Robinson
Hej'worth
Aledo
Avon Harmony..
Aurora
Donnelson
Warsaw
Mattoon
Amon
Channahon
Illinois
Franklin Grove. .
Vermilion
Kingston
La Prairie
Paris
Wheaton
Levi Lusk
Blaney
Carmi
Miners
Byron
M'ilton
Elizabeth
Accordia
Jo Daviess
Neoga
Kansas
Brooklj'n
Meteor
Catlin
Plymouth
De Soto
Genoa
Wataga
Chenoa
Prophetstown —
Pontiac
Dills
220
221
222
226
227
228
229
230
231
232
233
234
235
236
237
238
L'39
240
241
243
244
245
246
247
248
249
•--50
251
252
253
254
255
257
260
361
262
263
264
265
266
267
268
269
270
271
273
274
275
276
278
279
280
283
283
285
286
287
288
291
292
293
294
295
23 40
30 00
57 OJ
65 40
13 80
42 60
17 40
16 80
24 00
13 20
59 40
54 00
31 20
51 00
77 40
88 20
64 80
no 40
50 40
51 00
51 60
.50 40
51 00
27 00
36 00
25 20
40 20
42 60
65 40
24 00
121 20
17 40
42 00
105 60
23 40
23 40
116 40
16 80
24 60
24 60
22 20
91 80
43 20
13 80
98 40
34 80
56 40
28 20
31 20
9 60
37 80
66 60
29 40
22 20
33 60
50 40
61 20
45 00
39 00
48 00
13 20
43 80
61 20
63 60
15 60
32
Proceedings of the
[Oct. 1,
LODGE DUES FOR THE YEAR 1901— ConHmced.
Quincy
Benjamin
Wauconda
Hinckley
Durand
Raven
Onarga
W. C. Hobbs
T. J. Pickett
Ashlar
Harvard
Dearborn
Kilwinning
Ionic
York
Palatine
Erwin
Abr ah am Jon as . . .
J. L. Anderson. ...
Doric
Creston
Dunlap
Windsor
Orient
Harrisburg
Industrj'
Altona
Mt. Erie
Tuscola
Tyrian
Sumner
Schiller
New Columbia. ..
Oneida
Saline
Kedron
Pull Moon
Summerfield
Wenona
Milled geville
N. D. Morse
Sidnev
Russellville
Sublette
Fairview
Tarbolton
Groveland
Kinderhook —
Ark and Anchor.
Marine
Hermitage
Orion
Blackberry
Princeville
Douglas
Noble
Horeb
Tonica
Bement
Areola
Oxford
Jefferson
Newman
Livingston
Chambersburg. . .
296
297
998
301
302
303
305
306
307
308
309
310
311
312
313
314
315
316
318
319
320
321
322
323
325
327
330
331
333
333
334
335
336
337
339
340
341
342
344
345
346
347
348
349
350
351
352
353
354
355
356
358
359
360
361
362
363
364
365
366
367
368
369
371
373
75 60
45 00
19 80
31 20
32 40
21 00
36 60
48 60
49 20
234 00
61 20
322 20
291 00
106 20
26 40
37 80
14 40
14 40
39 00
108 00
34 20
61 80
40 20
21 00
67 80
33 60
26 40
10 80
54 00
109 20
60 00
76 80
28 20
40 20
12 00
14 40
40 2U
8 40
19 20
36 60
11 40
28 20
13 60
9 60
28 80
57 60
12 60
15 00
45 60
27 00
40 20
14 40
36 60
36 60
23 40
34 80
49 20
39 6 (
35 40
60 00
18 00
14 40
49 80
43 80
13 80
Shabbona
Aroma
Payson
Libert J'
Gill
LaMoille
Waltham
Mississippi
Bridgeport
El Dara
Kankakee
Ashmore
Tolono
Oconee
Blair
Jerseyville
Muddy Point. ..
Shiloh
Kinmundy
Buda
Odell
Kishwaukee —
Mason City
Batavia
Ramsev
Bethalto
Stratton
Thos. J. Turner.
Mithra
Hesperia
Bollen
Evening Star.. .
Lawn Ridge
Paxton
Marseilles
Freeburg
Reynoldsburg. ..
Oregon
Washburn
Landmark
Lanark
Exeter
Scottville
Red Bud
Sunbeam
Chebanse
Kendrick
Summit
Murraj^ville
Annawan
Makanda
Philo
Chicago
Camargo
Sparland
Casey
Hampshire
Cave-in-Rock.. .
Chesterfield
Watseka
S. D. Monroe —
Yates City
Mendon
Loami
Bromwell
374
B 22 20
378
9 00
379
43 80
380
16 20
382
13 20
383
10 80
384
31 20
385
82 80
386
25 80
388
22 80
389
90 00
390
30 00
391
36 00
392
24 00
393
163 80
394
53 40
396
15 00
397
18 00
398
31 80
399
24 60
401
13 80
402
31 80
403
52 20
404
34 20
405
34 20
406
15 00
408
30 60
409
116 40
410
72 60
411
275 40
412
15 00
414
33 00
415
19 80
416
54 00
417
52 20
418
18 00
419
16 20
420
62 40
421
23 40
422
176 40
423
37 80
424
18 60
426
34 20
427
15 00
428
36 00
429
30 00
430
23 40
431
18 60
432
15 00
433
25 20
434
34 20
436
36 00
437
216 60
440
31 20
441
25 20
442
31 20
443
39 00
444
19 20
445
28 20
446
80 40
447
8 40
448
27 60
449
30 00
450
33 OO
451
30 60
Levi Lusk.
Elected Grand Master 1 844.
1901.]
Grand Lodge of Illinois.
33
LODGE DUES FOR THE YEAR \^^)1— Continued.
LODGES.
NO.
DDES.
New Hartford
453
454
455
456
458
460
461
462
4e3
461
465
466
467
468
469
470
471
472
473
474
475
476
477
478
479
481
482
484
485
486
487
488
4f:9
490
491
492
493
495
496
497
498
500
501
502
503
504
505
506
508
509
510
512
514
516
517
518
519
520
521
523
523
524
525
.526
527
$ 31 00
.57 60
12 60
31 20
18 60
25 80
19 20
21 60
35 40
18 00
13 20
30 60
44 40
29 40
48 00
34 20
36 00
47 40
10 80
18 00
11 40
21 (JO
19 80
261 60
42 60
54 60
25 20
28 80
15 00
28 80
13 80
35 40
18 00
22 80
10 20
55 20
30 60
40 ><0
14 40
20 40
74 40
70 80
16 20
25 20
16 20
87 00
46 20
28 20
247 20
24 60
13 80
77 40
25 80
21 00
30 00
21 00
24 00
34 20
36 00
157 80
33 60
172 80
10 20
4.59 60
60 00
Maroa
Irving
Nokomis .
Blazing Star
Jeffersonville
Plainview
Tremont. . ....
Palmj'ra
Denver
Huntsville
Cobden
South Macon
Cheney's Grove
McLean
Rantoul
Kendall
Amity
Gordon
Columbia
Walshville
Manito
Rutland
W3'oming
Momence
Lexington
Edgewood
Xenia
Bowen
Andrew Jackson
Clay City
Cooper
Shannon
Martin
Libert}'ville
Tower Hill
Stone Fort
Tennessee
Alma
Murphvsboro
St. Paul
Stark
Woodhull
Odin
East St. Louis
Meridian Sun
O. H. Miner
Home
Parkersburg
J. D. Moody
Bradford
Litchfield
Roseville
Illiopolis
Monitor
Chatham
Evans
Delia
Rossville
Minooka
Adams
Maquon
Ashton
Seneca
Altamont
Cuba
Sherman
Plainfleld
J. R. Gorin
Lockport
Chatsworth
Harlem
Stewardson
Towanda
Cordova
Virginia
Valley
Sharon
Long Point
Plum River
Humboldt
DaM'Son
Lessing
Leland
Thomson
Madison
Trinity
Winslow
Pleasant Hill
Albany
Frankfort
Time
Jacksonville
Bardolph
Gardner
Pera
Capron
O'Pallon
Viola
Prairie City
Hazel Dell."
Doneola
Shirley
Highland
Vesper
Fisher
Princeton
Troy
Fairmount
Oilman
Fieldon
Miles Hart
Cerro Gordo
Farina
Watson
Clark
Hebron
Streator
Piper
Sheldon
Union Park
Lincoln Park
Rock River. I 612
Patoka ' 613
528
529
530
531
533
533
534
535
536
537
538
539
540
541
542
543
544
547
550
552
554
5=15
556
557
558
559
560
562
564
565
566
567
569
570
572
573
574
575
576
580
581
582
583
584
5&5
587
588
590
.591
592
595
600
601
602
603
604
607
606
609
610
611
i 27 60
84 60
21 60
25 20
28 80
18 60
46 80
30 00
61 20
29 40
5v! 80
14 40
174 60
12 60
8 40
13 20
34 80
29 40
45 00
15 00
61 80
46 80
28 20
79 80
21 00
24 60
16 80
38 40
23 80
17 40
39 60
22 80
18 00
64 20
19 80
29 40
22 20
37 20
22 20
22 20
11 40
15 00
9 60
25 80
18 00
114 60
16 80
76 80
21 00
20 40
21 60
10 20
25 80
40 80
31 80
18 60
35 40
22 80
86 40
35 40
44 40
274 20 ,
309 00
109 20
27 60
34
Proceedings of the
[Oct. 1,
LODGE DUES FOR THE YEAR 1901 — Continued.
Forrest
Wadlej^
Good Hope
Basco
Berwick
New Hope
Hopedale
Locust
Union
Tuscan
Norton
Ridge Farm
E. F. W. Ellis . . .
Buckley
Rochester
Peotone
Keystone
Comet
Apollo
D. C. Cregier
Oblong City
San Jose
Somonauk
Blueville
Camden.
Atwood
Greenview
Yorktown
Mozart
Lafayette
Rock" Island
Lambert
Grand Chain
South Park
Mayo
Greenland
Crawford
Erie
Burnt Prairie. . .
Herder
Fillmore
Eddyville
Normal
Waldeck
Pawnee
A. O. Fay
Enfield
Illinois City
Clement
Morrisonville . . .
Blue Mound
Burnside
Gallatia
Rio
Garfield
Orangeville
Clifton
Englewood
lola
Raymond
Herrin's Prairie
^hilohHill
Belle Rive
Richard Cole. ,.
Hutton
614
$ 36 60
(ilfi
24 00
fil7
35 40
618
13 80
619
7 80
6-20
12 00
623
30 00
62.S
16 80
637
13 80
630
23 40
631
28 8U
632
44 40
633
61 80
634
12 60
635
18 6)
636
27 60
639
175 20
641
29 40
643
207 00
643
186 OU
644
27 60
645
19 20
646
52 20
647
33 40
648
37 20
651
26 40
653
29 40
655
43 00
656
38 40
657
n 40
658
75 00
659
93 60
660
18 00
663
78 60
664
20 40
665
12 00
666
12 60
667
29 40
668
22 80
669
118 30
670
38 40
673
19 20
673
44 40
674
104 40
675
45 00
676
45 00
677
27 60
679
11 40
680
24 00
681
31 20
683
42 no
683
43 60
684
19 80
685
40 80
686
274 80
687
27 60
688
27 00
690
307 80
691
19 30
69a
34 20
693
19 20
695
22 80
696
8 40
697
173 20
698
26 40
Pleasant Plains
Temple Hill....
Alexandria
Braid wood
Ewing
Joppa
Star
Farmer City
Providence
CoUinsville
Johnsonville . . .
Newtown
Elvaston
Calumet
Arcana
May
Chapel Hill
Rome
Walnut
Omaha
Chandlerville.. .
Rankin
Golden Rule
Raritan
Waterman
Lake Creek
Eldorado
Harbor
Carman
Gibson
Morning Star.. ,
Sheridan
Arrowsmith
Saunemm
Lakeside
New Holland. .. .
Danvers
Scott Land
Goode
Winnebago
Weldon
Centennial
Alta
Akin
L}-ndon
Lounsbury ,
Allendale
Ogden
Pre-emption
Hardinsville
Verona
Mystic Star
Orel
Sibley
Van Meter
Crete
Sullivan
Palace
Littleton
Triluminar
Mizpah
St. Elmo
LaGrange
Bay City
New Burnside...
700
$ 21 00
701
12 00
703
31 80
704
97 30
705
10 20
706
15 00
709
65 40
710
48 00
711
48 60
713
30 00
713
29 40
714
49 30
715
13 60
716
78 60
717
17.' 80
718
17 40
719
18 60
721
13 80
723
27 60
723
21 (0
724
31 20
735
39 CO
726
263 40
727
18 60
728
21 60
729
25 80
730
26 40
731
144 60
733
18 60
733
45 00
734
113 40
7.35
36 00
737
19 80
73S
36 60
789
140 40
741
13 00
743
19 20
743
16 80
744
16 80
745
15 60
746
25 20
747
27 60
748
31 80
749
18 00
750
19 80
751
31 20
752
13 80
754
49 80
755
38 40
756
12 00
757
22 80
758
163 20
759
19 80
761
18 00
762
21 00
763
28 30
764
48 60
765
133 20
766
11 40
767
102 00
768
236 40
769
34 20
770
72 60
771
18 00
773
13 30
1901.]
Grand Lodge of Illinois.
35
LODGE DUES FOK THE YEAR 1901 — C07ltinued.
Mansfield
Lake View
Grand Crossing.
Ravenswood .
Gurnev
Wright's Grove.
Siloam
Colchester
Potomac
Constantia
Beacon Light
Stanford
Riverton Union.
Morris
Lerna
Auburn Park.. .
Pittsfield .
Broadlands
Calhoun
A. T. Darrah....
Tadmor
Myrtle
E. M. Husted
Normal Park
Sidell
Colfax
Kenwood
Sangamon
Williamson
Neponset
Kensington ....
S. M. Dalzell
Nebo
Royal
Cornland
Gillham
Tracy
Melvin
DeLand
Humboldt Park.
Ohio
Lawn
779
780
781
782
783
784
785
786
789
790
791
792
793
794
795
796
797
798
799
800
801
SOi
803
804
805
806
809
810
811
812
813
814
815
21 00
138 00
67 20
124 80
18 60
106 80
155 40
44 40
24 60
71 40
39 60
10 20
32 40
31 80
20 40
160 80
56 40
25 20
28 20
16 20
14 40
64 80
33 00
205 80
16 20
33 00
190 20
20 40
30 00
19 80
85 80
56 40
23 40
10 80
13 80
18 OJ
37 80
11 40
14 40
88 80
15 00
45 60
Ridgway
Creal Springs.. .
Ben Hur
Columbian
Henderson
New Canton
Belknap
Pearl
Grove
Arthur
Mazon
Sequoit
Edgar
Rockport
Finlay
Magic City
Dean
Toledo
Triple
Windsor Park..
Hindsboro
Charitv
Berwyn
Alto Pass
Woodlawn Park
Fides
Park
Hopewell
Martinton
Bluffs
Sironghurst
London
Palest ne
Austin
Chicago Heights
Gothic
Latham
Brighton Park..
King Oscar... .
West Gate
Boyd D
Utica
816
$ 21 60
817
24 00
818
73 80
819
75 00
820
28 80
821
22 20
822
19 20
823
39 00
8 -'4
35 40
825
23 40
826
33 00
827
25 80
829
20 40
830
25 20
831
26 40
832
36 00
833
22 20
834
33 00
835
26 40
836
61 80
837
30 00
838
21 00
839
43 80
840
19 80
•841
91 20
84 i
48 60
843
125 40
844
21 6o
845
16 20
846
18 60
847
19 80
848
14 40
849
16 20
850
106 80
8M
36 60
852
25 80
853
17 40
854
36 60
8.5
67 20
856
16 80
857
21 60
858
16 80
DUES PRECEDING YEARS.
Kansas, 280 $2 25
Rock Island, 668 4 50
JohnsonviUe, 713 75
Total $ 7 50
DUES FROM LODGES U. D.
September 1, 1901, Apple River $13 50
September 1, 1901, Metropolitan 24 00
September 1, 1901, Sorento 6 00
Total $43 50
36 Proceedings of the [Oct. 1,
DISPENSATION FEES.
Apple River Lodge, U. D $100 00
Metropolitan Lodge, U. D 100 00
Sorento Lodge, U. D 100 00
Riverside Lodge, U. D 100 00
Total $ 400 00
RECAPITULATION.
Dues collected previous to 1899 $ 7 50
Dues collected for 1901 35,614 20
Dues collected from Lodges U. D 43 50
Special dispensations by Grand Master 224 00
Dispensations for Lodges, U. D 400 00
Grand Lodge By-laws sold 12 25
Books of Ceremonials sold 3 75
Grand Lodge Proceedings sold 2 25
Proceeds sale of Missouri land, less expenses 462 72
Total $36,770 \'i
CHARITY FUND.
Defunct Phoenix Lodge No. 663 $ 50 66
Dues from Defunct Lodges 70 50
Certifying Diplomas 73 00
Dividend on Temple Stock 12 00
Total S 206 16
Grand Total $36,976 33
KEPOET— Committee on Grand Master's Address.
R.W. Bro. Wm. E. Ginther, from the Committee on
Grand Master's Address, presented the following report,
which was, on motion, adopted:
To the M. W. Grand Lodge of A. F. and A. 3Iasons:
Your committee, to whom was referred the Grand Master's ad-
dress, have considered the same, and by way of report, recommend
that the several subjects be referred as follows: to the Committee on
Obituaries all relative to our fraternal dead; to the Committee on
Lodges under Dispensation that part relating to new lodges; to the
Committee on Finance, the sale of Missouri lands, return of surplus,
and collection of insurance on the life policy of the late P. G. Treas-
urer Glenn; to the Committee on Masonic Jurisprudence, the com-
ments of the Grand Master on District Deputy Grand Masters, the
question of law and decision thereon, and the report on discipline; to
a special committee of five members the Most Worshipful Grand
Master's recommendation of acceptance of the late Brother Robert
A. Miller's munificent bequest, to consider the same, and report to
the Grand Lodge in due time at this communication; and to the Com-
1901.] Grand Lodge of Illinois. 37
mittee on Petitions, the application for restoration of E. L. Holmes.
Your committee further recommend that all other parts, none
of which require further action, be approved.
In conclusion 3'our committee deem it incumbent upon themselves
to state that the crisp, concise, and admirable address reflects credit
upon its Most Worshipful author and this Grand Lodge; that its as-
surance of the prevalence of peace and harmony among the Craft
throughout this extensive grand jurisdiction means that all the ruf-
fled feathers and ominous discontent in some quarters, a year or more
ago, have been deftly smoothed dovrn by great tact and good judgment,
and that the administration now closing follows as a peer its many
predecessors, and deserves your special thanks.
All of which is fraternally submitted.
WM. E. GINTHER,
L. L. MUNN,
M. M. LORD,
Committee.
EEPOET —Committee on Correspondence .
M.W. Bro. Joseph Robbins, from the Committee on Cor-
respondence, presented his report and asked that it be
printed in the proceeding's. It was so ordered.
INVITATION-To Visit Board of Trade.
R.W. Bro. Wiley M. Egan presented the compliments of
Geo. F. Stone, secretary of the Board of Trade, and invited
the members to visit that institution at any time during"
the session.
RESOLUTION-By M.W. Bro. John C. Smith. .
M.W. Bro. John C. Smith presented the following' reso-
lution, and asked that it be referred to the Finance Com-
mittee, W'hich, on motion, was carried:
I rise on behalf of a worthy lodge, that has been in distress for
some time by reason of the loss by fire of their property, and they
have been too modest to come before this Grand Lodge and ask relief.
I therefore move that the dues of Watseka Lodge No. 446, whose
property was destroyed by fire last year, be remitted, and that this
resolution go before the Finance Committee.
38 Proceedings of the [Oct. 1,
EEPOET— Lodges under Dispensation.
R.W. Bro. Daniel J. Avery, from the Committee on
Lodges under Dispensation, made the following report,
which, on motion, was adopted:
To the M. W.Grand Lodge of Illinois, A.F and A.M.:
Your Committee on Lodges under Dispensation would respectfully
report that there have been presented to it the dispensations and
returns of three lodges which have been working under dispensation
since our last session, and herewith submit the result of our investi-
gations:
Apple River Lodge, located in the village of Apple River, JoDaviess
county, Illinois.
The dispensation was granted to this lodge on the 31st day of Oc-
tober, 1900, and the lodge was instituted on the 30th day of November,
1900, by District Deputy Grand Master, Right Worshipful Brother
Charles E. Grove. A careful examination of the returns of this lodge
shows that they adopted a satisfactory code of by-laws while working
under dispensation: and that the work of said lodge was in all respects
regular and satisfactory.
We further find that the lodge adopted and reported with their
returns a proposed code of b3^-laws for the government of the lodge
after the same shall have been chartered and constituted.
While this committee has repeatedly, in its reports, declared that
a lodge under dispensation has no authority or right to propose a code
of by-laws for the lodge when chartered, we cannot refrain from call-
ing attention to certain sections of the "proposed by-laws" which are
in direct conflict with the laws of this Grand Lodge, especially where
they provide for the creation of life memberships. In view of which
action upon the part of the lodge, your committee recommend the fol-
lowing amendment to the by-laws of the Grand Lodge:
"Amend section 14 of article 23 of part 2nd of the Grand Lodge
By-laws by adding a second paragraph to read as follows:
"As soon as a lodge is constituted it shall cause to be prepared a
code of by-laws which shall be submitted to the Grand Master, and
upon his approval said code as approved shall be submitted to the
lodge for adoption."
The record of the work of this lodge is as follows:
1901.] Grand Lodge oj Illinois. 39
Petitions received 11
Elected 9
Initiated 9
Passed 7
Raised 7
Number of Master Masons named in dispensation 11
Number petitioning for cliarter 18
whicli are as follows:
Johin W. Oliver, William Parkin, George V. Lichtenberger, Wil-
liam Uren, J. Stewart Lamont, Albert J. Munson, Clarence N. Levitt,
Thomas Williams, James Francomb, William J. White, Marcus A.
McDonald, William F. Bonjour. William Gilbert Edge, Marshall John
Tyson, William Stephenson McFadden, James McFadden Thomas,
Newman Albert Scott, George Walter Dittmar.
Your committee recommend that a charter be granted to this
lodge as Apple River Lodge No. 859.
Metropolitan Lodge, located at Chicago, Cook county, Illinois:
A dispensation for this lodge was granted on November 17, 1900.
The lodge was instituted on the 11th day of December, 1900, by Right
Worshipful Brother Clark B. Sampson. District Deputy Grand Master
for the Second District. Immediately after the institution of the
lodge it adopted a code of by-laws for its government while working
under dispensation, which code in all respects meets the approval of
this committee.
A careful examination of the records of the lodge shows that un-
usual care seems to have been taken in keeping the records of their
several meetings and we find but one criticism to make, that is, that
the secretary records the character of the report of Committee on
Petitions, which is in direct violation of section 2, article 13, part 2nd
of the by-laws.
The record of work of this lodge is as follows:
Petitions received 41
Elected 36
Rejected 4
Objected to initiations 1
Initiated 34
Passed 27
Raised 26
Number named in dispensation 19
Number applying for charter 44
whose names are as follows:
Delbert A. Clithero, Charles Woodward, Fred F. Selbv, Charles
G. Morrell, Robert W. Brett, Albert E. Hedstrom, Cliff A. Butterfield,
William L. Sprague, Luke Nettleton, Thomas Melville, Henry W.
40 Proceedings of the [Oct. 1,
Glantz, William C. Gordon, Joseph S. Brand, William B. Sprag^ue,
Daniel Cruse, Frank S, Warner, Seward M. Gunderson, Henry W. Deyo,
Roy Lewis Arey, John Bennet, William E. Booth, Arthur E. Fossier,
Jacob Falkenstein, Harry L. Gannett, Hans S. Hanson, Christian L.
Jantz, James M. McKenzie, Roger William O'Brian, Arthur F. Peirce,
John W. Rau, James Skinner, Abraham L,. Scofer, Edward A. Schrei-
ner, Harry D. Schreiner, John G. Symes, Frederick B. Tilton. John J.
Tuttle. Samuel U. Nield, Charles E. Vogelsang-, John R. Watters,
Jesse V. Wise, William Walker, Carl Franz Wood, William D. Young.
Your committee recommend that a charter be granted to this
lodge as Metropolitan Lodge No. 860.
Sorento Lodge, located at Sorento. Bond county, 111.
The dispensation was dated January 14. 1901, and the lodge was
instituted on the 29th day of January, 1901. by Right Worshipful
Bro. Hugh A. Snell, as proxy for the Grand Master. Your committee
find that this lodge adopted a code of by-laws for their guidance while
working under dispensation, wiiich is in all respects satisfactory to
your committee.
The record of work of this lodge shows:
Petitions received 11
Elected 10
Initiated 8
Passed 7
Raised 7
Number of Masons named in dispensation 11
Total number signing petition for charter 18
which are as follows:
Frederick W. Burhorn, John Driskill, Harry E. Wilkins, Nor-
redden Cowen, James P. Whitworth, Charles F. Gipson, N.J. Ballen-
baugh, John Brooks, Henry C. Kelly, Charles W. Enos, John W.Beeson,
Albert Ernest Eisele, Albert Logan Mills, Thomas Wesley Kinzer,
Claude Conoway Tyler, William Henry Beckley, John C. Dressor,
August W. Lindbeck.
Your committee find upon examination of the record of the work
of this lodge the following subjects for criticism, viz.:
That the secretary records the report of investigating committees
upon petitions for the degrees. That in several cases it appears from
the record that three persons were initiated at one and the same
time, without any statement that they were separately prepared, in-
troduced and the degree conferred. That the record fails to show
1901.] Grand Lodge of Illinois. 41
in any case that the candidates in any of the degrees were properly
prepared before being introduced and receiving the degree. The
records also show that lodges of Fellowcrafts and Master Masons
were opened, without showing that Entered Apprentices and Fellow-
crafts, whom the record shows were present, had first retired.
These are facts shown by the record, and your committee are
unable to say whether it was mere carelessness in making up the rec-
ord on the part of the secretary, or whether the record shows the
truth.
Your committee, therefore, recommends that a charter be granted
to this lodge as Sorento Lodge No. 861, and be issued and placed in
the hands of the Grand Master, to be by him delivered when he shall
ascertain that the work of the lodge was in fact regular and in com-
pliance with the law.
All of which is respectfully and fraternally submitted.
DANIEL J. AVERY,
CHAS. H. PATTON,
ROSWELL T. SPENCER,
JOHN JOHNSTON,
H. C. MITCHELL,
Committee.
RESOLUTION-By M.W. Bro. John 0. Smith.
M. W. Bro. John C. Smith presented the following' reso-
lution and asked that it be referred to the Finance Commit-
tee, which, on motion, was carried:
A charter having been granted to Apple River Lodge, I desire to
call attention to the fact that recently there was a lodge in that vil-
lage or city, and that when this grand lodge took up its charter, an
interest in the building in which the lodge room was located, came to
the grand lodge. I desire that such property as came from the for-
mer lodge be now turned over to the new lodge.
EEPOET— Committee on Credentials.
R.W. Bro. James I. McClintock made the following re-
port from the Committee on Credentials, which, on motion,
was adopted:
42 Proceedings of the [Oct. 1,
To the 3f. W. Grand Lodge of Illinois, A.F. and A.M.:
Your Committee on Credentials fraternally report that the fol-
lowing brethren, whose names appear in this report, are present and
entitled to seats in this Grand Lodge:
All of which is fraternally submitted,
JAMES I. McCLINTOCK,
P. W. BARCLAY,
W. F. BECK,
Chicago, October 1, A.D. 1901, A.L. 5901. Committee.
GRAND OFFICERS.
M.W. Charles P. Hitchcock Grand Master.
R.W. George M. Moulton Deputy Grand Master.
R. W. William B. Wright Senior Grand Warden.
R.W. Chester E. Allen Junior Grand Warden.
R.W. Wiley M. Eg an Grand Treasurer.
R.W. J. H. C. Dill Grand Secretary.
R. W. T. B. Thayer Fisher Grand Chaplain.
R.W. V. M. Blanding Grand Orator.
W. George A. Stadler Deputy Grand Secretary.
W. T. A. Stevens Grand Pursuivant.
W. Walter Watson Grand Marshal.
W. W. W. Watson Grand Standard Bearer.
W. Samuel Cofpinberry Grand Sword Bearer.
W. Louis Zinger Senior Grand Deacon.
W. Joseph D. Ev^erett Junior Grand Deacon.
W. G. W. Hamilton Grand Steward.
W. Geo. S. Hummer Grand Steward.
W. Isaac M. Hornbacker Grand Steward.
W. J. S. McClelland Grand Steward.
Bro. C. J. Manvel Grand Tyler.
PAST GRAND OFFICERS.
M.W. Wm, H. Scott Past Grand Master.
M.W. Edward Cook Past Grand Master.
M.W. John C. Smith Past Grand Master.
M.W. John M. Pearson Past Grand Master.
M.W. Dan'l M. Browning Past Grand Master.
M.W. L. A. GODDARD Past Grand Master.
M.W. Owen Scott Past Grand Master.
M.W. Monroe C. Crawford Past Grand Master.
R.W. Henry E. Hamilton Past Senior G. Warden.
1901.] Grand Lodge of Illinois. 43
DISTRICT DEPUTY GRAND MASTERS.
R.W. Henry McCall First District.
R.W. C. B. Samson Second District.
R.W. Canute R. Matson Third District.
R.W. J. L. Brewster Fmcrt/i District.
R.W. A. G. Everett Fiftli District.
R.W. C. E. Grove Sixth District.
R.W. D. D. Hunt Seventh District.
R. W. John B. Fithian Eighth District.
R.W. Frederick E. Hoberg JSliith District.
R.W. T. VanAntwerp I'enth District.
R.W. J. S. Burns Eleventh District.
R.W. Emerson Clark Twelfth District.
R.W. C. T. Holmes ' Thirteenth District.
R.W. G. O. Friedrich . . .Fourteenth District.
R.W. W. H. McClain Sixteenth District.
R.W, Edwin A. Kratz Seventeenth District.
R.W. C. T. Tenney Eighteenth District.
R.W. Joseph M. Grout Nineteenth District.
R.W. John E. Morton Ticentieth District.
R.W. Charles C. Marsh Twenty-first District.
R.W. P. F. Clark Twenty-second District.
R.W. Hugh A. Snell Twenty-third District.
R.W. Charles H. Martin Twenty-fourth District.
R.W. Wm. Montgomery Twenty-sixth District.
R.W. James Douglas Tioenty-seventh District.
R.W. J. M. Burkhart Twenty- eighth District.
R.W. H. T. GODDARD Twenty-ninth District.
R.W. Simon Willard Thirtieth District.
REPRESENTATIVES OF OTHER GRAND LODGES.
Monroe C. Crawford Arizona.
Chester E. Allen Alabarna.
R. T. Spencer Arkansas.
Loyal L. Munn British Columbia.
George M. Moulton Cxiba.
Wiley M. Egan Canada.
L. C. Waters Colorado.
C. F. Hitchcock Comiecticut.
William S. Cantrel Delaware.
D. M. Browning District of Columbia.
John C. Smith England.
44 Proceedings of the [Oct. 1,
John C. Smith Florida.
W. M. BURBANK Idaho.
W. B. Wright Indiana.
Charles H. Patton Indian Territory.
Wiley M. Eg an Ireland.
IJeorge M. Moulton Kansas.
L. A. GODDARD Louisiana.
Hugh R. Stewart JIanitoba.
Joseph E. Dyas Michigan.
John C. Smith 3Iississi2)pL
George A. Stadler 3Iissouri.
Charles H. Brenan Maine.
M. Bates Iott Maryland.
A. B. Ashley Montana.
C. M. Forman NebrasTca .
John C. Smith Nevada.
Henry E. Hamilton Neiv Hampshire.
W. B. Grimes . . . New Jersey.
Henry E. Hamilton New Mexico.
R. T. Spencer New South Wales.
Walter A. Stevens New York.
E. C. Pace T North Carolina.
Geo. W. Warvelle North Dakota.
John M. Pearson Nnc Zealand.
S,. S. Chance Ohio.
John Johnston Quebec.
Joseph Robbins Scotland.
Ch AS. H. Patton South Carolina.
Edward Cook Texas.
Alexander H. Bell 7'ennessee.
Owen Scott Utah.
R. T. Spencer Victoria.
D. M. Browning Virginia.
Gil. W. Barnard Wisconsin,
COMMITTEES.
Ap2)eals and Grievances.
Monroe C. Crawford Jonesboro.
Joseph E. Dyas . Paris.
William S. Cantrell Benton.
William T. Irwin Peoria.
Henry E. Hamilton Chicajro.
1901.] Grand Lodge of Illinois. 45
Chartered Lodges.
James L. Scott Mattoon.
Thomas W. Wilson Springfield.
L. K. Byers Altona.
George R. Smith Bloomington.
James McCredie Earlville.
(Jorrespondence.
Joseph Robbins Jacksonville.
Credentials.
James I. McClintock Carmi.
P. W. Barclay Cairo.
W. F. Beck Olney.
Finance.
L. A. Goddard Chicag-o.
Gil. W. Barnard Chicago.
D. D. Darrah Bloomington.
Grand 3Iaster''s Address.
William E. Ginther Charleston.
L. L. Munn Freeport.
M. M. Lord Chenoa.
Lodges Under Dispensation.
D. J. Avery Chicago.
H. C. Mitchell Carbondale.
Charles H. Patton . . Mt. Vernon.
R. T. Spencer Chicago.
John Johnston Chicago.
Jurisprudence.
D. M. Browning East St. Louis.
John M. Pearson Godfrey.
John C. Smith Chicago.
Owen Scott Decatur.
John T. Richards Chicago.
46 Proceedings of the [Oct. 1,
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John A. Ladd Sterling.
George W. Cybus Camp Point.
Geo. S. Coughlan East St. Louis.
Obituaries.
William R. Payne Cliicago.
William J. Frisbee Bushnell.
Joseph H. Samson Jonesboro.
Petitions.
C. M. Porman Chester.
Ben Hagle Louisville.
Geo. M. O'Hara Springfield.
Tiailroads and Transportation.
J. O. Clifford Wheaton.
John Whitley Englewood.
To Examine Visitors.
A. B. Ashley LaGrange.
J. E. Evans Monticello.
H. T. Burnap Upper Alton.
H. S. Hurd Chicago.
Isaac Cutter Camp Point.
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J. T. Thurmon
E. L. Robinson
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Wm. R. Freek ''
R. H. Mann "
Ttiomas R Lees
G. E. Welsh "
P M. Rind' sbacher
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John McGinnis "
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Joseph Stein J.W.
A. H. Dale W.M.
John H. I'aj'ler
Oscar Latowsky "
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Wm. S. Watson "
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George B. Willam W.M.
William R. Davis "
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John P. Earl "
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7;i9
730
731
732
733
734
735
737
738
739
741
742
744
745
746
747
74S
749
750
754
755
756
757
... S.W.
. . . W. M
Edward Grimes WM.
C. C. Stotlar
O. A. Dean W.M.
W. R. Ross ^,
Henry M. Perry
Thos. Ockerby* ^y^-
John V. Hoseney W.M.
Wm. Lynd
W. J. Pyland .,
C. W. Postlewaite ^^
John Jack
N.P.Keyes* °W.
A. H. Wheaton* J-W.
John C.Webb W.M.
Henry Askins*
James W. Jones J- W-
L B. Rus.sell W.M.
G. M. Kincaid ,^
Geo. A. Hubbard ^,
Thomas Stone
W. M. Alvis
Z. S. Saylor
Henry C. Wright*.
W. A. Shirkev •■
Charles W. Bishop ^^ i
Francis C.Hansen ^^
J. L. Harrell c Tur
Wm. M. Boyd ^r'-
J. H. Penland W.M.
F.M.Thompson _^
Snyder Kaufman
H. P. Blackard
Ebenezer Spink* =-,y •
C. E. Groves
H. F. Pennington, J r W.M.
J. A. Hei.st |-W-
J.R.Butzaw J^w
Walter Cook* *^ -f^-
W. T. Wiltberger ^,
R. w. Jones • ,,
S. A. Whiiley '. ,,
James Patton ^,
W.J. Emerson
A. Babcook* •• =?-W-
Louis Daunenberg J • w •
Amos Ball W.M.
C. A. Wedge ,.
A. Gransden .^
Alfred G. Barnes _^
C. F. Ross
Joseph Hunter
John Flaws =-IX.-
F.M.Finley* J-W.
D. H. LaForge W.M.
M. B. Munsell
J. D. Bellamy
IraO. Paul...
CarlSwigart
Glenn Robinson ^ vv
D.E.Potter W.M
J.J. Bundy...... .^- Y\
Chas. A. Hamilton W.M
Simon Holmes _
H. H. Tomlinson* ,^
John Mulveane
Nathan Small
NAMES.
763
764
766
767
768
769
770
771
772
773
774
776
777
778
779
780
781
788
783
784
785
786
787
791
793
794
795
796
797
800
801
802
803
804
805
806
807
808
809
810
813
Richard B. Tapp W.M.
L.M. Forth '
A. C. Albright WM.
P. P. Anderson* S.W.
W. A. Phillips J- W-
LeviC. Wilcoxson W.M.
W.C.Trowbridge ■"
James A. Steele ''
Geo. A. Sentel* S.W.
J. E. Jennings J-W.
C.J. Nash W.M.
Wm. H.Jones S.W.
E.G. Burger J-W.
John W. Lambert W.M.
Henrv E. Each "
C. H. "Martin* '"
Henry Ebelmesser "
C. N. Babbitt S W
Henry Chambers* W.M.
John N. Berry "
Wm. Clemans* * ^^
George Peat
Edward Harpfer*
Fred H Morehouse
U. W. Robertson "
F. S. Bartholomew S.W.
J. Henry Peetz W M.
James Parnall '
R. L. Thompson J; „•
A.Speery W M.
Jos. Fener - -
Richard H Gulley* ^
M. Gerbuck
Charles Maddox ^^
Jno. Simon Schnorr ^
Ralph Jeffries [^
W. H. Robson
S. W Irwin = W .
J.T.Colvin J W.
O. O. Hemenwav W.M.
J. J. Donthit [[
S. G. Jarvis ,_
J. A Oxford _,
W. H. Brown
F. P Armstrong
JohnC. Hallenbeck ..
H. J. Sconce —
Charles M. Forsythe*
Jerome Probst W-M.
George P Nelson S.W.
PaulWickert J-W.
H.L.Kelly W.M.
T. J Mook . .' ^^j W .
George R.Gratidge W M.
A. Starokowitz
R. V. DeGroff ''
J. H. Franklin J ■ W •
I. L. Lemmon w ivi.
H. C. Vire
John R. Pierce ,.
Daniel R Elam ,,
JohnG. Henman ^
H. W. Sieveri
L. B. Dver ^ *^ •
J. C. Clemmensen ...
Henrv A. Jacks .n*..
S W.
.. J.W.
..W.M.
*Proxy.
1901.]
Grand Lodge of Illinois.
53
REPRESENTATIVES OF LODGES.
816
817
818
819
820
821
828
83.T
8■^6
827
829
830
831
833
833
834
835
837
838
810
841
S. L. Davis ^V.M.
Joseph Bauman JvV.
W. .). Blackard W.M
H. C. Murrah "
J.H.Morrow
A. R. Kehm ^W.
A. F.Cooley J-W.
Chas H. Kern W.M.
W.W.Johnston* "
George A. Dutcher
Samuel H. Rees "
G. W. Dow "
Chas. Llebenstein* S.W.
H. E. Robinson J W.
F. E. Payne* W.M.
Frank E. Hewitt* "
E.L.Simons
A. N. Tiffany S W.
W. R. Williams J- W.
J. C. Leist W.M.
W.T.Barton "
J.G. Cutler "
E.T.Osgood
Roper Walwark "
R. H. Smith '"
F. Kohl "
C.L.Watson . '|
A. P. Spence "
Wm. B. Porter
Chas W. Ostrander* S.W.
C. B. Holcomb W.M.
Frank C. Titzell* "
Geo. W. Biggs* S.W
843
844
845
847
848
849
850
852
853
854
855
>-56
857
858
Wm. Rothman J-W'
Edward W. Lee W.M-
CharlesSecard S.W-
D. L. Jones J-W-
Elmer E. Beach "^•™'
Elmer D. Brothers S.W-
JohnE. Evenden J-W-
Calvin Burgess W.M.
C. H. Edison "
A. C. Behlke S.W.
F. C. Funk* W.M.
E. D. Burd S.W.
Gei. T. Ch ant* W.M.
John H. Wagner
J.G.Nelson
Alfred E. Bartelme '
David Oliphant S W.
Robert R. Jampolis* „; \V'
David Wallace W. M.
Henry C. Meyer* S.W.
George H. Fuller J-W.
C.S.Lambert W.M.
W. T. Phillips
H. A. Clarke '
W. Hulbert =• W.
Wm. McCarter J-W.
Alfred E. Holmes W.M.
Chas. L. Wood
M. P. Murphy
John Mac Queen s. w.
R. B. Spiers J • ^ -
N. J. Gary
....W.M.
*Proxy.
Past
Masters, Wiley M. Egan, Arthur C.
Hahn.
RECAPITULATION.
Grand Officers
46
Members of Committees
Past Grand Officers not otherwise enumerated '-
Representative of other Grand Lodges not otherwise enumerated. 7
Past Masters not otherwise enumerated 1
District Deputy Grand Masters -^
Representatives ■ ■
Total
Number of Lodges Represented, TIL
.857
.962
54 Proceedings, of the [Oct. 1,
AMENDMENT TO BY-LAWS-Proposed.
R. W. Bro. R. T. Spencer, offered the following' amend-
ment to Grand Lodge By-Laws, and it being seconded by
the representatives of twenty lodges, lies over until
next year.
To amend Sec. 14, Art. 23, of Part Second, of the Grand Lodge
By-Laws by adding- a second paragraph to read as follows: "As soon
as a lodge is constituted it shall cause to be prepared a code of bj'-
laws which shall be submitted to the Grand Master and upon his ap-
proval the said code as approved shall be submitted to the lodge for
adoption."
INVITATIONS.
The following invitations were read by the Grand Sec-
retary and received with thanks:
''Yourself and Brother Master Masons are most cordially invited
to attend the reception tendered to the officers and representatives
of the Grand Lodge of Illinois to be held Tuesday, October the first,
nineteen hundred and one, at seven-fifteen p.m., by Garden City Lodge,
in the large and beautiful preceptory of Oriental Consistory on the
eighteenth floor of Masonic Temple, at which time the Sublime De-
gree of Master Mason will be conferred in due form by the officers
of the Grand Lodge of Illinois."
"Garfield Lodge 686 will confer the Master Masons Degree this
evening at 8 o'clock. A most cordial invitation is extended to the
representatives to be present. Hall is located at West Madison street
and California avenue. Madison street cable cars run to the door of
the hall."
"Chicago Lodge No. 437 extends a cordial invitation to the repre-
sentatives and visitors to the Grand Lodge to attend a meeting at its
hall at No. 78 Monroe street, tomorrow evening at 7:30 o'clock. The
Standard Club will exemplify the Master Masons Degree."
"Ashlar Lodge No. 308, A.F. and A.M., congratulates the Most
Worshipful Grand Lodge on this the sixty-second annual communica-
tion and extends to its members and visiting brethren a very cordial
invitation to visit us Tuesday evening, October 1, A.D. 1901, A.L. 5901,
seventeenth floor Masonic Temple. The Board of Grand Examiners
will exemplify the work of the Master Masons Degree."
1901.] Grand Lodge oj Illinois. 55
APPOINTMENT OF COMMITTEE.
The Grand Master announced the following" Committee
to report on the bequest of Bro. Robert A. Miller, recom-
mended by the report of Committee on Grand Master's
Address:
L. L. Munn, John C. Hallenbeck, W. J. Frisbee, J. W. Yantis,
Joseph M. Grout.
MOTION— To Proceed With Election.
R.W. Bro. Joseph Robbins moved that the Grand Lodg"e
proceed to election of officers for the ensuing year, which
was carried.
ELECTION OF OFFICERS.
The Grand Master announced that the District Deputy
Grand Masters would act as distributing tellers, and the
following brethren as counting tellers:
John C. Hallenbeck, C. M. Forman, Charles H. Ireland, Walter
Watson, Charles M. Borchers, F. H. Funk.
The tellers having collected and counted the several
ballots, reported that the following named brethren had
received a majority of all the votes cast:
George M. Moulton, Grand Master.
W. B. Wright, Deputy Grand Master.
Chester E. Allen, Senior Grand Warden,
Alexander H. Bell, Junior Grand Warden.
Wiley M. Egan, Grand Treasurer.
J. H. C. Dill, Grand Secretary.
SPECIAL EEPORT— Committee on Correspondence.
A special report by the Committee on Correspondence
was presented by M.W. Bro. Robbins, whereupon it was
moved by M.W. Bro. John C. Smith that the report be re-
ceived and published in the proceedings, and that con-
56 Proceedings of the I Oct. 1.
sideration of the same be postponed until the next annual
communication of the Grand Lodge. Carried. (See Ap-
pendix, Part I.)
MOTION -Amount of Bond.
M.W. Bro. Joseph Robbins moved that the bonds of
the Grand Treasurer and Grand Secretary be fixed at
$30,000 each. Carried.
CALLED orr.
At 1:25 p m. the Grand Lodge was called from labor to
refreshment, until 9 o'clock Wednesday morning.
1901.1 Grand Lodge of Illinois. 57
SECOND DAY.
Wednesday, Oct. 2, A. L. 5901. ?
9 o'clock a. m. f
The Grand Lodge was called from refreshment to labor
by the M.W. Grand Master. Grand Officers and Repre-
sentatives same as preceding day.
EEPOET— Committee on Pinance.
M.W. Bro. LeRoy A. Goddard, for the Committee on
Finance, presented the following report, which, on motion,
was adopted:
To the M. W. Grand Lodge, A. F. and A. M. of Illinois:
Your Committee on Finance fraternally reports that it has ex-
amined the reports of the Grand Treasurer, Grand Secretary, and
Grand Master, and find them correct.
For a detailed statement of receipts and disbursements, reference
is made to annual reports of said officers.
The condition of the treasury of the Grand Lodge is found to be
as follows:
GENERAL FUND.
Balance in hands of Grand Treasurer, October 1, 1900 $ 51,945 44
Received proceeds sale of $10,000 United States bonds 13,700 00
Received proceeds sale of $50,000 City bonds 53,723 75
Received payment policy life of Archibald A. Glenn 5,046 40
Received from all other sources 38,878 18
Total $163,293 77
CR.
Paid Grand Officers and committees $ 2,680 48
Paid mileage and per diem to Representatives 16,055 00
Paid miscellaneous orders 12,562 67
Distribution of surplus to constituent lodges 85,344 22
Paid for $5,000 United States bonds 6,875 00
Balance in hands of Treasurer, October 1, 1901 39,776 40
Total $163,293 77
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CHARITY FUND.
Balance on hand October 1, 1900 $ 835 17
Received during the year 218 16
Total $1,053 33
OR.
Paid on orders S 200 00
Balance on hand 853 33
Total S 1,053 33
CASH AND SECURITIES IN HANDS OF GRAND TREASURER, OCT. 1, 1901.
Balance on hand. General Fund $39,776 40
Balance on hand. Charity Fund 853 33
Eight shares stock Masonic Fraternity Temple Association,
par value 800 00
United States 4 per cent Bonds, due 1925, par value 35,000 00
Total $76,429 73
From the amount of cash in General Fund, as stated above, will
be paid amount of appropriations and special orders recommended,
if ap])roved, which will reduce the fund to an estimated balance of
$5,976 40.
Your committee recommends that the note of A. A. Glenn, sub-
mitted with report of Grand Treasurer be canceled as paid by col-
lection of life insurance policy to amount of $5,046 40, and the can-
celed note be filed in the office of Grand Secretary.
We estimate the expenses of the Grand Lodge for the ensuing
year as follows:
Mileage and per diem . $ 19,000 00
Printing 3,000 00
Stationery, postage and express 1,200 00
Masonic schools 1,200 00
Salaries of Grand Officers 4,400 00
Miscellaneous 5,000 00
Total $33,800 00
Your committee recommend the 'following appropriations, and
that orders for the amounts be drawn by the Grand Secretarj"
M.W. Bro. Joseph Bobbins, Committee on Correspondence . .$ 300 00
Bro. Charles J. Manvel, Grand Tyler 100 00
Bro. Charles J. Manvel, Grand Tyler, expenses, etc 33 20
W. Bro. G. A. Stadler, Ass't Grand Secretary 25 00
1901.] Grand Lodge of Illinois. 59
Bro. Z. T. Griffen, stenographer $ 50 00
Rent of Studebaker Hall 450 00
R.W. Bro. Wiley M. Egan, stationery, . postage, revenue
stamps, and extra clerical help incident to distributing
surplus 200 00
R.W. Bro. Wiley Al. Egan, Grand Treasurer's Journal 4 00
Pantagraph Printing' & Stationery Co., printing reports of
Grand Officers and Committee on Correspondence 384 25
Bro. J. O. Clifford, R. R. Agent 13 GO
Total $1,559 45
And to the members of the committees the usual allowance of
three dollars a day in addition to the amounts allowed by the by-laws.
In May last, your committee made the usual annual visit to the
Grand Secretary's office in Bloomington, and after a thorough exam-
ination of the books and accounts of the Grand Secretary, they were
found to be correct.
All of which is fraternally submitted,
LEROY A. GODDARD,
GIL. W. BARNARD,
DELMAR D. DARRAH,
Committee.
ADDITIONAL EEPORT-Oommittee on Pinance.
M.W. Bro. L. A. Gocldard, from the Committee on Fi-
nance, presented tlie following- additional report, which, on
motion, was adopted:
To the 31. W. Grand Lodge A.F. and A.Jf of Illinois:
Your Committee on Finance to whom was referred the motion to
remit the dues of Watseka Lodge No. 446, begs leave to report that
following the established custom of this Grand Lodge and considering
that Watseka Lodge is now comfortably established in a commodious
and splendidly furnished Masonic home, recommends the non-concur-
rence in the motion.
In regard to property formerly belonging to Apple River Lodge
No. 548, defunct, we recommend that such furniture and regalia now
in custody of the Grand Secretary received from said lodge, together
with certain indenture or lease given to said lodge dated November 1.
1872, and signed by Joseph P. Black and others, be donated to Apple
60 Proceedings of tie [Oct. 2,
River Lodge No. 859, the same to be without guaranty or liability on
the part of this Grand Lodge.
L. A. GODDARD,
GIL W. BARNARD,
DELMAR D. DARRAH,
Committee.
EEPOET —Committee on Appeals and Grievances.
M. W. Bro. Monroe C Crawford from the Committee on
Appeals and Grievances, presented the following report,
which, on motion, was adopted:
To the M. W. Grand Lodge of Illinois, A. F. and A. M.:
The Committee on Appeals and Grievances fraternally report as
follows:
No. L
Temple Lodge No. 46,
vs.
Your committee recommend that the action of the lodge be set
aside and accused be declared guilty as charged in the second specifi-
cation and that he be definitely suspended for six months from the
first day of October, 1901,
No. 2.
Garfield Lodge No. 686,
vs.
Your Committee recommend that the action of the lodge be sus-
tained.
No. 3.
Richard Cole Lodge No. 697, ^
vs. [•
Your Committee recommend that the action of the lodge be set
asid^ and that the accused be indefinitely suspended from the rights
and benefits of Masonry.
No. 4.
vs.
E. M. Husted Lodge No. 796.
Your Committee recommend that the action of the lodge be set
aside and the accused be restored to all his former rights in Masonry.
1901.] Grand Lodge of Illinois. 61
No. 5.
vs.
Sequoit Lodge No. 827.
Your Committee recommend that the action of the lodge be set
aside and the case remanded for a new trial.
KEPORT — Committee on Jurisprudence.
M.W. Bro. Daniel M. Browning' presented the following"
report from the Committee on Jurisprudence, which, on
motion, was adopted:
To the M. W. Grand Lodge of Illinois, A.F. and yi.M.:
Your Committee on Jurisprudence, as to matters referred to it,
respectfully reports:
In the decision of the Grand Master, "that objection cannot be
made by a member to a District Deputy Grand Master sittings in lodge
while making an official visit," we concur, and recommend that it be
approved.
In the matters of discipline, reported by the Grand Master, we find
that in each case he acted within the powers and prerogatives of his
office, as well as in a spirit of charity; we therefore recommend that
his actions therein be approved.
We have carefully considered the suggestions of the Grand Mas-
ter under the heading, District Deputy Grand Masters, and while
agreeing with him that many lodges might be benefited by more
frequent official visits from these officers, we are not inclined to rec-
ommend legislation requiring regular visits to all lodges at the ex-
pense of the lodges, or of the Grand Lodge, as it is in the power of the
Grand Masterto orderofficial visits by these officers whenever he may
deem it necessary.
As to the proposed amendment to the Grand Lodge by-laws, found
on page 57, Grand Lodge proceedings of 1900, wherein it is provided
"that a Grand Master shall hold office for a term of one year only,"
the committee suggests that such a restriction upon the rights of the
members of the Grand Lodge to re-elect a Grand Master, if the good
of Masonry will be subserved thereby, would not only be almost, if
not quite, unprecedented in the annals of Grand Lodges, but would
be a reflection upon the wisdom and intelligence of the members of
the Grand Lodge. We think the members of future Grand Lodges
62 Proceedings of the [Oct. 2,
can be trusted as they have been in the past. We, therefore, recom-
mend that the amendment be not adopted.
The M.W. Grand Master has referred to this committee a memo-
rial of Bloomington Lodge No. 43 with a petition from Edwin E. Jones,
who was made a B'ellow Craft in said lodge in 1895, asking the Grand
Lodge to determine the Masonic status of petitioner, and permit
saidlodge to confer upon him the Master Mason's degree and to ac-
cept him as a member thereof. Soon after petitioner was made a
Fellow Craft, Towanda Lodge No. 542 notified said Bloomington
Lodge that it claimed territorial jurisdiction of the petitioner. Much
evidence was taken under the direction of former Grand Masters to
determine the question involved. It appears, however, that petitioner
has now been an actual resident within the jurisdiction of said Bloom-
ington Lodge for more than five years. The W.M. and a representa-
tive of Towanda Lodge No. 543 appeared before our committee and
disclaimed any desire upon the part of the lodge to now hold or claim
jurisdiction of petitioner or to prevent Bloomington Lodge No. 4'i
from conferring upon Fellow Craft Edwin E.Jones the Master Mason's
Degree and his becoming a member of said Bloomington Lodge No. 43.
Your committee, therefore, recommend that Bloomington Lodge No.
43 be authorized to take said action. As to the fee paid Towanda
Lodge by Bloomington Lodge for the degrees conferred, that it re-
main the funds of Towanda Lodge, as the same was voluntarily paid.
Respectfully submitted,
DAN'L M. BROWNING,
JNO. M. PEARSON,
' JOHN C. SMITH,
OWEN SCOTT,
JOHN T. RICHARDS,
Committee.
AMENDMENT TO BY-LAWS-Lost.
W. Bro. John T. Richards broug-ht up the amendment
to part 3, article 5, section 5, Grand Lodge by-laws pro-
posed last year, and on motion it was lost. The amendment
as proposed would make the section read as follows:
The testimony of witnesses who are Masons may be taken in open
lodge or by a special committee appointed by the Master. Witnesses
who are not Masons shall be examined by said committee; Provided,
that the testimony of non- Masons may be heard by the lodge while at refresh-
ment, if in the judgment of the Master such procedure will entail no injustice
on either the accused or accuser. In either case the accused and accuser,
1901.] Grand Lodge of Illinois. 63
in person or b\' attorney, shall be entitled to be present and propound
such relevant questions as they may desire.
OEATION.
Delivered by R.W. Bro. V. M. Blanding-, Grand Orator.
Most Worshipful Grand Master, Bight Worshipful Grand Wardens, Officers
and Brothers of the Masonic Grand Lodge of Illinois:
Like the sweet refrain of an archaic hymn, there comes to us out
of the twilight of receding ages the ennobling and soul-inspiring le-
gend of more than forty centuries — "I know that my Redeemer
iveth,"'
As De Nadaillac in his treatise on the manners and monuments of
prehistoric peoples forcibly observes — to one great fact do all the
most ancient epochs of history bear witness; one and all, they prove
the existence in a yet more remote past of an already advanced
civilization such as could only have been gradually attained to after
long and arduous groping.
It is therefore not merely the impulse of speculative inquiry but
an object of profound research, which leads both the philosophic mind
and the believer in inspired revelation to look beyond the limits of
historic annals for the origin of the human race; for from whatever
point of view he is considered, man must of necessity have had a be-
ginning.
Whether it be true as scientific induction seems to imply, that
human existence came into being through natural selection and the
inherent energy of protoplasmic forms of an atomic life endowed by
the illimitable power of a First Cause with the properties of perpet-
uity, evolution and differentiation; or, whether the creation of man
was the separate, distinct, and specific act of Omni[jotence — sui
generis, and not emanating from anterior forms as the result of evolu-
tion and the product of differentiation simply; accept whichever of
these — or whatever genetic proposition we may in regard to the
origin of man — there is a remarkable coincidence between scientific
induction and so-called divine revelation in this, that both distinctly
point to a first cause, illimitable in power, everywhere present, and
the sum total of all knowledge without beginning or end. The little
rivulet on the mountain side, resplendent with the hues of the rain-
bow and sparkling in the sunshine as it rushes onward to join the
deeper and broader river, points not more significantly to the im-
measurable fullness of the ocean than do both scientific induction and
64 Proceedings of the [Oct, 2,
the legends of divine revelation to the existence of a Creator, omnip-
otent, omniscient, and omnipresent.
If man was created in the image and likeness of his Maker, and
from this high estate by transgression fell and lapsed into ignorance,
superstition and barbarism, or, came into being little more than hu-
man in form and features and with scant endowment of intellect as
would be inferred from the skulls of the cave-dwellers and of the
sepulchral tumuli of the early post glacial era; in either view, there
certainly was a period in the remote ages of man's existence when
civilization but obscurely prevailed, if at all; for the legends of this
remote antiquity are lost to all historic record and are only to be in-
ferred from their shadowy reflection in subsequent ages; their knowl-
edge of deity and their aspirations for immortality are only intimated
to posterity by cryptic symbols and their rude and casual modes of
sepulture. Still the evidence thus transmitted seems to indicate in
a vague and indefinite manner some conception of an unseen creative
agency superior to their own human existence, and to whom some de-
gree of worship was necessarily due. Even more, their habits of life
and modes of burial indicate some similitude of thought, gradually
evolved along the line of intellectual progression, to the observances
and customs as well as the belief of after generations who come with-
in the period of earliest historic record. Uncertain and conjectural
as may have been the condition of man, mentally and morally, during
the interval between his first appearance on earth and the initial his-
tory of the Aryan race, necessarily it was a period of proportionate
physical development and of increased intellectual endowment. Of
the verity of this postulate, the glimmering light of antiquity and
the researches of modern science do both sufficiently attest.
As the ages slowly receded and civilization developed, it was the
far away Orient which became the traditional home of the Aryan,
the Parsee and fire worshiper, the cradle of science and astronomy,
the very Eden of marvelous legends and poetic inspiration. What a
wealth of legendary lore must have accumulated in oriental lands
long anterior to the era of the Chaldean Empire, for it was in the city
of Ur of the Chaldees, illumined by the legends and the beliefs of pre-
ceding ages, that the inspiration of poetic genius gave birth to that
grand old Epic, the Book of Job, to which mj- opening remarks allude
and whose sublime delineation of the relations of the Creator to the
works of his omnipotent hand have seldom been equalled and never
excelled by succeeding poets of any age or nation.
Ten centuries later, less or more, in the Iliad of the blind old Gre-
cian bard we find proof of the same widespread innate belief in an
overruling Providence whom human beings should reverence and obey.
Amidst the appalling terrors of conflicting arms, the darkness of
Rev. Wm. F. Walker
Elected Grand Master 1845.
I
1901.] Grand Lodge of Illinois. 65
the sun's total eclipse, joined to the fury of a prevailing storm and
the threatened destruction of the Grecian forces on the plains of
Ilium where Silver Simois and Scamander join, Ajax utters aloud in the
presence of his countrymen this memorable prayer:
Lord of earth and air!
Oh King! oh Father! hear my humble prayer;
Dispel this cloud; the light of heaven restore;
Give me to see, and Ajax asks no more;
If Greece must fall we thy will obey,
But let us perish in the face of day.
Ten centuries later still in the annals of historic times when im-
perial pagan Rome neared the zenith of its dominion and glory, Cato,
the noblest Koman of them all, thus soliloquized:
"It must be so — Plato, thou reasonest well!
Else, whence this pleasing hope, this fond desire,
This longing after immortality?
O, whence this secret dread and inward horror
Of falling into naught? Why shrinks the soul
Back on herself, and startles at destruction?
'Tis the Divinity that stirs within us;
'Tis heaven itself that points out an hereafter
An intimates eternity to man."
Neither does the evidence nor the testimony of man's belief in a
great first cause, the self — existent creator of all things, and a belief
in the immortality of the soul as an emanation from Diety itself, end
with these citations from poetic inspiration or in deductions of pagan
philosophy.
Subsequent to these memorable expressions of pagan life and of
the hopes and belief of antiquity, was ushered in the Christian era
by the advent of that remarkable historic personage, Jesus of Naz-
areth, at whose birth it is said angels sang the heavenly song of
"Peace on Earth, Good Will to Men." After his departure from
earth, and as comprising the teachings and loving spirit of the Christ
and the belief of his apostles, his followers assembled in council and
formulated the well known Nicean Creed, which for the most part
constitutes the articles of Christian faith to the present day. With
precision and certainty the creed declares, Credo unum deum, patrem
ovmipotentem, fadorem terrce et coeli et omnium visibidum et invisibulum;
and in substance adds a belief in an only begotten son, conceived of
the Holy Spirit, who was subject in mortal form to the trials and in-
cidents of human life, suffered an ignominious death on the cross, was
buried, on the third day arose from the dead, and in due time as-
cended into heaven where he sitteth at the right hand of the Father
Almighty as mediator and intercessor for all who have faith in God
and put their trust in Him. Thus in the Christian creed we have a
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definite expression of belief in God and the immortality of the soul
far more direct, more responsive, and more ennobling to man's spir-
itual nature than all which had preceded it.
This annual communication, comprising the representatives of
more than seven hundred Masonic lodges within the jurisdiction of
the Illinois Grand Lodge alone, affords not only an opportunity to
commend your labors as a deliberative body, but renders it appropri-
ate on my part to make some practical application to the Masonic
mind and conscience of the nature and requirements of the great
underlying truths on which the superstructure of Masonic fraternity
is builded and securely rests. Among these may be specially indicated,
Belief and trust in God;
Personal honor and uprightness of character;
Altruistic respect for woman in the duality of her relations to
man;
Childhood's home, and the proper care of helpless orphans.
The first of these has already been presented at some length, and
neither my allotted time nor your patience will admit on this occa-
sion a more extended elucidation of this exalted theme.
The second proposition is but a corollary of the first, akin in sen-
timent and purpose, and always implied in the aphorism — Fear God
and keep His commandments. Says the poet in his beautiful Psalm
of Life:
Lives of great men all remind us,
We may make our lives sublime,
And, departing, leave behind us.
Footprints on the sands of time;—
Footprints that perhaps another.
Sailing o'er life's ocean main,
A forlorn and shipwrecked brother,
Seeing, shall take heart again.
Prom such rational thoughts and unselfish feelings beam forth
the sentiments of personal honor and aprightness of character which
look to a higher condition and nobler pursuits than the sensuous de-
lights and personal enjoyments of merely the present moment. By
their works shall men be known. Eat, drink, and be merry, for tomor-
row ye die, is the wisdom of the Epicurean — and may perhaps suffice
for the Stoic; — but the man who looks beyond the confines of this life
and is inspired with wisdom to discern, in the transformation of life
termed death, a higher and grander evolution of spiritual life, will
never forget that the light of his own life shines none the less brightly
for having assisted in lighting the pathway of others. Integrity of pur-
pose, the rectitude of honor, and the unselfish characteristics of an
upright heart, are all essential attributes of true manhood, and a
necessity in every honorable transaction between man and man.
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Greater love hath no man shown than he who giveth his life for
another — not merely the giving of his mortal body unto death for
another's sake, but the giving of those things which constitute his
daily life, and in the daily performance of all the obligations incident
to human existence for righteousness sake. In fullness and aptitude
of expression and in its practical application to daily life, no man, no
philosopher, no founder of a religious system of piety and profound
convictions of the beatitude of a pure asd irreproachable life, either
in ancient or modern times, has more clearly and tersely expressed
the paramount duty of brotherhood than He v?ho enjoined on all men
to do to others as they would that others should do unto them. Even
the humble gift of the vridow's mite He commended as greater in the
sight of heaven than the munificence of the rich, who gave of their
abundance that they might gain the applause of men, while her of-
fering was rich in heartfelt beneficence and nigh unto the loving
grace of the Father Almighty. Nor does true charity consist alone
in alms-giving — it is long suffering and kind, it thinketh no evil, it
forgives an erring but repentant brother, yea, seventy and seven
times.
Not "always, everywhere, and by all," have such enlightened sen-
timents prevailed, or even been known and respected. As the ages
moved onward, earth beheld the licentious and profligate courts of
successive oriental monarchies; witnessed, too, the servile degrada-
tion of the people under the Pharaohs in the land of the Sphinx and
the Pyramids;' saw upbuilt through the agency of tyrannous oppres-
sion the broad and massive walls which environed and protected
ancient Cathay, the home of Confucius, and which still exist; yet no-
where, either in their annals, in their imposing monuments, or in
their imperial greatness and glory, do we find any cognition of the
rights of human brotherhood, or any accepted belief in the equality
of man and the sovereignty of the people as such.
Coming down the corridors of time to the later era of classic
Greece and Rome, abounding even to this daj"^ in ruins of magnificent
temples erected to the service of their gods and the festivities of the
populace — these lands of art, science, classic culture and philosophy
— these classic lands which in fruitage and culmination of national
greatness and glory are alike the wonder of the historian and the ad-
miration of intellectual culture — even these lands of learning and
renown knew only such civic distinction among their citizens as Aris-
tos and Helot, Patrician and Pleb, while the degredation of women
in general, and as such, was beyond permissible description even to
this intelligent audience on this occasion. Their mythology is riotous
with the details of immodest, immoral and illicit amours of gods and
godesses. The great body of women belonged to the Hetairai — the
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favored and exempted class were comparatively few in number, and
exclusively Aristos and Patrician, Menander and other Greek writers^
as also Plautus and Plutarch of Rome, more than intimate that both
Greece and Rome endorsed the oriental idea of man's imitation of
the gods and of woman's subordination and subserviency to man's
sensuality. If this be true of the most civilized and enlightened na-
tions in the period when pagan customs and beliefs prevailed, what
may we expect to find even in the present century among the servile
oriental races and the semi-civilized peoples of the earth, still linked
to the beliefs and traditions of the earliest historic period, and of
which the world still contains largely more than a desirable suf-
ficiency?
It may be safely predicated of man's progressive civilization and
of his elevation to a higher standard of ethical developments, that
not until the Christian era and the propagation of Christianity in
Europe, Asia and Africa, was there any special cognition and accept-
ance— even among the most enlightened pagan nations — of the verity
and necessity of altruistic honor in the relations of man to man, and
of man to woman, in keeping undefiled the sanctity of personal
chastity. The general belief and practice anterior to this period in
the world's history seems to have been almost wholly of the realistic
libidinous type rather than a concept of altruistic purity which the
Founder of Christianity promulgated and declared to be inspired
from heaven. The idealistic truths of universal application which
He taught, accord to woman that profound respect and chivalrous
deference which the iual relations of social intercourse and domestic
happiness require, — which men, strong mentally and physically in
the might of good deeds, and believing in the equality and reciprocity
of the dual relations of human life, willingly accord as the God-given
and inalienable right of womanly purity and protection. The bread
winners and the bread dispensers of one generation are the progeni-
tors of that which follows, and whatever elevates and exalts the liv-
ing of today becomes the inheritance of tomorrow. The progress of
civilization from the beginning till now, upward and along the line
of higher thought and more enlightened reason, verifies these signifi.
cant and instructive facts. Though, like the slow but continuous
abrasion of lofty mountains and the deposit of alluvium in the bosom
of the sea, the process is scarcely discernible by human eyesight from
century to century, or even from age to age, none the less the process
is certain and sure; so is it likewise true that progression from a
lower to a higher stage of human development in knowledge and ap-
preciation of eternal verities is as constant and certain as the all-
pervading law of mutability imprinted upon the material and moral
universe by the fiat of creative agency. The perception and approach
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of the human understanding to the fullness and immensity of om
niscient and eternal truth is indeed but a tardy progression and a
toilsome advance; yet the eye of faith looks forward in hopeful ex-
pectancy to the consummation of its belief in a coming day when all
the peoples of the earth, regardless of nationality, or duality of sex,
shall know and enjoy the inherent rights of life, liberty, and the pur-
suit of happiness; when the several relations of man and woman in
their respective spheres of activity and cooperation shall be every,
where known and respected; when the equality of a common origin
and the unificatiofi of their duality in the perpetuity of the human
race shall be fully realized and shall be deemed and held by all as
acred and inviolate.
The Fraternity of Freemasonry, wherever, and under whatever
circumstances or conditions it may have had its orig'in, in the very
beginning adopted and proclaimed as its motto "In God we Trust,''
significant of a firm and undoubting belief in one God, the Supreme
Architect of the universe. It proclaims the brotherhood of man, and
adapts its teaching and principles to the universality of the human
race; it neither attempts to proselyte nor to disguise its tenets;
neither dogmatizes nor doubts; assumes no canonical authority, nor
admits the dialect of polemic controversy; it leaves each and all free
to interpret nature and revelation as their inclination and judgment
may decide — save and except that no atheist is knowingly admitted
to membership. It demands of the initiate only these express quali-
fications— that he shall have arrived at the age of manhood; belief
in God the Supreme Ruler of the universe and man's accountability
to him as such; shall be of good repute in the community where he
resides; just, upright and charitable in his dealings with his fellow
men; that he shall be actuated by no mercenary motives in seeking
admission to the fraternity; and that he seeks admission of his own
free will. The continuous existence and increasing numbers of the
fraternity in all civilized countries, and especially among the most
enlightened nations of the earth, attest its merits and its broadly
humane spirit.
Equally legitimate are the ties of the fraternity which teach the
initiate to be faithful in the performance of every known duty — to
be good men and true, and strictly to obey the moral law; to be peace-
able citizens, and to cheerfully conform to the laws of the country in
which they reside; not to be concerned in plots or conspiracies against
government, but patiently to submit to the laws and constituted au-
thorities; to pay proper respect to the civil magistrates; to live
creditably and act honorably by all men.
If there be a sentiment of honor existing among men, implanted
in the human breast by the inspiration of the Creator — or, if the law
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of righteousness be but the consensus of the most enlightened and
wisest men of all ages — among whom, and where, shall we find it more
succinctly and clearly set forth as the duty and obligation of all men,
and specifically as the duty of intelligent and conscientious men in
their relations to civic and social life, than in the qualifications and
requirements of Masonic membership.
Although the esoteric work is veiled under symbolic instruction
and in the hidden mysteries of occult rites and ceremonial envelop-
ment, its exoteric exposition of its inner spirit and meaning is a true
index and versimilitude of its cryptic teachings and its symbolic
habiliments. You who have sought and gained admittance, have
been conducted to the inner courts of the Masonic temple, have seen
the symbols and heard the explanation of their use and purport, and
have listened to the solemn and impressive words of the Master as he
unfolded to your moral sense and mental eye the beauty and purity
of that great light in Masonrv, the Bible — among such, none will ever
question the similitude or the oneness in spirit and accord of esoteric
and exoteric Masonry. As to its defamers — if any there be — who de-
ride its method of instruction and speak falsely against men of
good repute and exemplary citizenship, we need only say — Father,
forgive them, for they know not what they do or say. Despite the
obliquity of false witnesses and the penalties of ecclesiastic bans
Masonry has existed untold centuries — it still survives in more than
pristine vigor — and it will continue still to live until it shall have
accomplished its day and fulfilled its mission.
"Lead, Kindly Light," without Thy gift of sight,
Man's vision ne'er would lead his steps aright."
In the enumeration of Masonic duties the initiate is most impress-
ively taught to give relief to the destitute, to whisper in their ear
words of kindly admonition and advice, and to encourage their legiti-
mate efforts to gain the esteem and fellowship of reputable men.
This is the language of true charity.
Not to pause when at the door
A sui¥ering brother stands,
To ask the cause that made him poor.
Or why he aid demands.
First give relief, then kindly say.
Go, Brother, sin no more.
Such aid as Charity doth now bestow.
Likewise do thou to others show.
At some indeterminate time, and quite possibly at the period of
gradual transformation from operative to speculative Masonry, or in
the days of the Renaissance — but not probably as early as the reign
of Solomon, King of Israel, with his diverse and sundry wives and
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concubines — the Masonic fraternity, (to its immortal credit be it
spoken,) adopted as obligatory and imposed upon its membership a
belief in the sacredness of the hearthstone and fireside and in the in-
violable preservation of female purity. Thus within the limits of
Masonic jurisdiction has the law of chastity been interpreted, and
thus has it continued and remained to this hour. Nowhere, save
among men of an exalted virtue who fear God and eschew evil, or
among that association of believers termed the Church, do we find
the counterpart of Masonic law and its tribute to the virtuous char-
acter and unblemished purity of woman; not elsewhere have equal
safeguards been devised for the protection of spotless innocence and
the beauty of unsullied integrity. Thus are Masons taught that al-
truistic love and marital affection are rational, unselfish, and look to
a higher and nobler condition of sexual relations than the libidinous
pleasures of indiscriminate sensuality.
"Some thoughts there are to mortals given,
With less of earth in them than heaven."
Let us honor the father and mother who have brought no dishonor
upon their offspring through the reproach of illegitimate birth. To
you who constitute this highly intelligent audience, who have been
reared in a Christian land amidst elegance and refinement, and who
are conversant with the .earning and culture as well as the practical
utilities of modern civilized life — to you. gentlemen of this Grand
Lodge, permit me to commend, with all the seriousness and energy at
my command, the wisdom and beauty of true conjugal life and the
honor and happiness it confers on posterity. You do well to recall to
mind the parental joy which welcomed your advent to mortal life, the
manifold obligations which centered upon you then and for all time
in their tender care, their watchful solicitude and their unwearied
efforts to guide and direct you along the path of rectitude to an hon-
orable career in manhood. The memory of such a father is to be re-
vered beyond the limits of mere filial respect and esteem, and what
profound and heartfelt love should be given to such a mother. The
joys of maternity and the depths of true motherly love no man has
ever fathomed.
It was a mother's love which smiled with sweet delight upon the
unconscious face of her babe in the innocence of its helpless infancy;
which watched with unerring instinct the dawn of reason and the
earliest recognition of her soothing and sympathetic voice; which
assisted and guided your tottering footsteps in earliest childhood;
and who was your instructor, your dearest friend, the better part of
yourself, in that formative period of intellect and character in youth
which preceded your entrance upon the duties and responsibilities of
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after life. It was that same loving mother who knelt at your bedside
in the days of infancy and childhood, and besought the Giver of all
good to preserve your life, to direct you in the way of righteousness
and truth, to imbue you with wisdom from on high, and who made in-
tercession in your behalf in such earnest and loving supplication as
only a mother's heart can feel and utter.
Oh, sacred motherhoodi Oh, radiant glory of maternal love in
the beauty of its purity! You who love righteousness, teach your
sons and daughters to love it too. Then shall your daughters be win-
some and attractive maidens, honored and beloved matrons; then
shall your sons also become good men and true, respected and exem-
plary citizens, and be worthy and well qualified for the honors and
awards of manhood life which the hand of Providence may bestow.
How deeply ought we to be interested in the future welfare and
the rearing of a deceased brother's fatherless children — perchance,
widow and children, alike destitute and left unprovided for. That
little rosy-cheeked maid, and that bright-eyed budding boy may sorely
need and require the comforts and blessings of a well ordered home
to guard and protect their inexperienced youth — to insure their
proper education — and to suitably prepare them for opportunities of
usefulness to others and for living an upright life. What matter of
deep regret it would truly be, if, through neglect and the parsimony
of the fraternity, they should fall into dissolute habits, and become
wicked and depraved because we heeded not their youthful necessi-
ties and lifted them not from the environments of poverty and des-
titution. How intensely does the poet express the bitterness of
unavailing regret —
Of all the sad words of tongue or pen,
The saddest are these — it might have been.
What heart that beats responsive to the claims of humanity,
which realizes the spirit and obeys the mandates of the fraternity,
would willingly suffer these little ones to fall away from the safety
and protection of a loving parental home and ignominiously perish
as reprobates and outcasts for lack of a helping hand — or who would
not give of his substance, for sweet charity's sake, all the assistance
in their behalf that his ability will permit? How, and in what direc-
tion shall we move? Let us concentrate our efforts and build a Ma-
sonic Orphans' Home. In unity there is strength; in organized charity
there is also effectiveness and certainty; the age in which we live
demands it, and every achievement of true beneficence justifies it.
Suffer little children to come unto me and hinder them not, for of
such is the kingdom of heaven, was the command of Him who spake
as never before had man spoken.
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In these days of unprecedented gifts and donations bestowed by
men of wealth upon colleges and institutions of learning, upon
churches and eleemosynary associations, for the laudable and benevo-
lent purpose of giving increased strength and support to those agen-
cies of moral and mental activity in this twentieth century of the
Christian era; animated by the example of such commendable deeds,
and obedient to your own sense of Masonic duty, what attitude will
this Grand Lodge assume in the noble and glorious work of providing
relief for the destitute and in the nurture and rearing of helpless
orphans, the offspring of a deceased brother? To your enlightened
counsel and advice, and your skill and ability to devise plans for the
workmen, do the fraternity of Illinois look for wisdom to contrive,
strength to support, and beauty to adorn their common purpose and
their mutual labors. Nor will the labors of the craft, or of this Grand
Lodge, go unrewarded. The illustrious bard of imperial Rome in the
golden days of Augustus Caesar thus proudly proclaims to his contem-
poraries and to posterity the undying fame of his poetic work; — I have
reared a monument more enduring than brass and lofty as the regal
structure of the pyramids, which neither wasting storms, the unavail-
ing north wind, nor the countless series of years and the flight of ages,
can possibly destroy. Non omnis moriar.
It is allotted to but few men Individually, yet haply it may be given
to many organized bodies of men, to attain to eminence and renown
in the world's history. Then what a powerful influence for good may
not the united action of that great body of more than sixty thousand
Masons in the state of Illinois alone constantly and rightfully exert
under the wisdom and direction of this grand lodge. Endowed as it is
with power — not to alter, change, or make innovations in the body of
Masonry itself —but with full power and lawful authority to regulate,
supervise, and manage the conjoint labors and contributions of the
craft, what wiser and more practical concentration of organized effort
in the management of affairs pertaining to the common weal, can
your honorable body devise and execute than the appropriation and
use of grand lodge funds for worthy and legitimate purposes. Organ-
ized charities are consonant with the spirit and the development of
the present generation, and are not derogatory nor in conflict with
the time honored usages and regulations of the fraternity. In your
present deliberations, do in this as you are accustomed to do in all
legitimate business coming within your discretion and supervision; do
whatever may seem to you most expedient and proper; consider the
subject well; be resolved to act for the best and to do right as it is
given us to see the right and to wisely choose the path of duty. Act
then, ye men of wisdom and experience, of personal worth and honor —
act for, and in the living present — act as your official prerogatives
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and your representative character may seem to you to require, but
act — ever remembering', and ever encouraged by the lofty and inspir-
ing thought, that
Honor and Fame from no conditions rise,
Act well your part, there all the honor lies.
Then in spirit and in truth can we all fervently and reverently
say: Our Father which art in heaven, hallowed be thy name; thy
kingdom come, and thy will be done on earth as it is done in heaven;
give us this day our daily bread, and forgive our trespasses as we for-
give those who trespass against us; so lead us that we shall not be
tempted, and deliver us from evil; for thine is the kingdom, the power?
and the glory, now and forever.
Then shall our hearts be alive to the majesty and glory of the Su-
preme Grand Master above, and our lips be attuned to sing his praise.
Masonically we say — so mote it be.
THANKS.
Bro. Daniel W. Whittenberg appeared before the Grand
Lodge and made the following remarks:
Brethren of the Grand Lodge of Illinois:
At the request of the Worthy Grand Matron of the Order of the
Eastern Star of Illinois, and by the courtesy of the Most Worshipful
Grand Master, I have come here to thank you for the generous dona-
tion that this Grand Lodge has made in the past to the Masonic and
Eastern Star Home located at Macon, Illinois, and to extend our
heartfelt thanks to the subordinate lodges ot this Grand Jurisdiction
for what you have done in the past year.
Most of you doubtless are aware that this home was organized in
1895 for the purpose of providing for aged and indigent members of
the Order of the Eastern Star and the Masonic Fraternity. By the
report of our Treasurer and Secretary the Home is paid for,
and we have a handsome balance in the treasury to pay incidental
expenses and the maintenance of the Home. We also have a building
fund of more than $1,600 that has been donated by you, my brethren,
and the subordinate chapters of the Grand Jurisdiction of this State
the past year.
Now, as the Representative of the Grand Chapter of the Order of
the Eastern Star, and out of a heartfelt gratitude, I thank you again
for your generous donation.
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KEPOET— Committee on Chartered Lodges-
W. Bro. L. K. Byers, from the Committee on Cliartered
Lodges, presented tlie following report, which on motion
was adopted.
To the Grand Lodge of Illinois, A. F. & A. M.:
Your Committee on Chartered Lodges after carefully examining'
the returns of the constituent lodges for the year ending June 30,
1901, submit the following summary of the tabulated statement.
INCREASE.
Number raised t 3,819
Number reinstated 437
Number admitted £01
Number added for error ... 39
Total increase 5,202
DECREASE.
Number suspended 711
Number expelled 10
Number dimitted 1,174
Number died 888
Number deducted for error 21 2,804
Total net gain in membership 2,398
Total membership June 30, 1901 59,689
Members residing in Illinois 55.024
Non-resident members 4,665
Number initiated 4,162
Number passed 3,870
Received dues for the year ending June 30, 1901 — $35,614.20
CONTRIBUTIONS FOR CHARITY.
Contributed to members, their widows and orphans 329,979.50
Contributed to those not members 6,547.51
Contributed to Illinois Masonic Orphans' Home. 9,046.41
Contributed to Masonic Home for Aged Masons 1,924.08
Contributed for Eastern Star Home 462.50
$43,960.00
Total contributed for charity '. $43,960.00
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Your committee are again pleased to make special mention of
the fact, that all the constituent lodges of this Grand Jurisdiction
have made due returns to the Grand Secretary, paid all Grand Lodge
dues and all reported arrearages, thus placing each constituent lodge
in good standing with the full quota of their respective reported
membership. We would especially congratulate the brethren of Illi-
nois and the Grand Officers for this most excellent showing. All of
which is fraternally submitted. JAMES S. SCOTT,
THOS. W. WILSON,
L. K. BYERS,
G. R. SxMITH,
JAMES M'CREDIE,
Committee.
THANKS-To Grand Orator.
R.W. Bro. R. T. Spencer moved that a vote of thanks
be given by the Grand Lodge to R. W. Bro. V. M. Blanding,
Grand Orator, for his very able address, and that it be
printed in the proceeding's. Carried.
KEPOET— Committee on Obituaries.
Bro. Wm. R. Payne presented the following report
from the Committee on Obituaries, which, on motion,
was adopted by a unanimous vote:
To the Most Worshipful Grand Lodge A. F. and A. M. of the State of Illinois:
Brethren: — Your committee to whom have been referred matters
pertaining to necrology, would respectfully submit the following
report:
At each annual communication, we are called upon to express
our sorrow for those who have been taken from us. The past year
has been unusually sad. Those who have been called, and who have
entered into that better life, are many. Within our own jurisdiction,
the number is large of those who have entered into that undiscovered
land, from whose bourne no traveler returns. We shall miss, and we
do miss, the many familiar faces.
M.W. Bro. William Harbron Turner, was born in Cincinnati,
Ohio, on October 2, 1828. He was initiated in Piasa Lodge No. 27, A.
P. and A. M., at Alton, Illinois, January 17, 1851, passed and raised to
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the Sublime Degree of Master Mason in the same lodge in which he
served as Junior Warden in 1853, Senior Warden in 1854, and Worship-
ful Master in 1855. In 1853 he was Grand Junior Warden of the Grand
Lodge of Illinois. He removed to Chicago in 1860, and became a mem-
mer of Oriental Lodge No. 33, of which he was a member at the time
of his death. He received the degree of Capitular Masonry in Alton
Chapter No. 8, and was exalted to the Royal Arch Deg"ree on Decem-
ber 12, 1851, and served as Hig-h Priest of this Chapter in 1856. When
he came to Chicago, he affiliated with LaPayette Chapter No. 2. He
received the Cryptic Degrees in 1853. Was elected Thrice Grand Il-
lustrious of the Grand Council of Illinois in 1855. Was made a Knight
Templar in St. Louis Encampment at St. Louis, Mo., in 1853. He as
sisted in organizing Belvidere Commandery No. 2, K. T., at Alton Il-
linois, in which he was elected and served as Junior Warden and Em.
Commander. In 1860 he affiliated with Apollo Commandery No. 1, K.
T., Chicag"o. He was present and assisted in the formation of the
Grand Commandery, K. T., of Illinois, and served as its Grand. Re-
corder in 1857, '58 and '59. He was Grand Captain-General in 1860,
Grand Generalissimo in 1861, Deputy Grand Commander in 1863. Re-
ceived the 32nd degree in Chicago, in 1864:, and crowned a Sovereign
Grand Inspector General, 33rd degree, and honorary member of the
Supreme Council at Boston, Mass., in 1865. At the time of his death,
he was the oldest honorary member of the Supreme Council in Illi-
nois. He was buried Nov. 14, 1900, by Apollo Commandery No. 1, with
full Templar service. Brother Turner was one of the foremost men
in this state, and he had one motto which he studiously followed in
his successful career, and that was — to know the right and do it.
W. Bro. James E. Church, 33rd degree, was born in New Cannon,
N.Y., April 17, 1830, and died in Chicago on January 6, 1901. Was
raised to the sublime degree of Master Mason in Star Lodge No. 187^
Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio, August 15, 1853. Was exalted a Royal Arch
Mason in Webb Chapter No. 14, Cleveland, Ohio, June 29, 1854. Wa
made a Royal and Select Master in Pairview Chapter No. 161, at Chi-
cago, June 12, 1878. Was created a Knight Templar in Apollo Com-
mandery No. 1, Chicago, on August 20, 1892. Passed the several degrees
and grades to the 32nd degree in Chicago Consistory, on April 26, 1869.
Was crowned a Sovereign Grand Inspector General, 33rd degree, at
Boston, September 22, 1880. Our highly esteemed brother served as
Worshipful Master of Waubansia Lodge No. 160, A. P. and A.M., for
seven years, besides filling other offices for a long period of time. He
was a faithful worker in all the several degrees of the order, and was
buried by Kenwood Lodge, of which he was a member at the time of
his death. The oration at his funeral was delivered on behalf of the
A. A. S. Rite, by 111. Bro. John Corson Smith, 33rd degree. Brother
Church will be greatly missed by all the craft.
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W. Bro. Haswell Cordis Cl,arke, 33rd degree, was born in Rox-
bury, Mass., September 28, 1842, and entered Harvard College in 1859.
At the breaking out of the war, like thousands of other brave young
men in our fair land, he entered the army, and was commissioned a
second lieutenant, and assigned to duty as aid-de-camp on the staff
of Major General Butler, and served in that capacity until the end of
the war, and for meritorious conduct in the service was promoted
lieutenant colonel. He removed to Kankakee, 111., soon after the war
and engaged in manufacturing business, and in 1871 accepted'the po-
sition of cashier of the First National Bank of Kankakee. In the
state of his adoption he was always ready and willing to do his whole
duty, and was often called to fill important places. At the time of
his death he was a member of Kankakee Lodge No. 78 R. A. M., of
which he had been High Priest. Also a member of Ivanhoe Command-
ery No. 33, K.T., of which he was Past Eminent Commander. Was
District Deputy Grand Master of the 16th district; Past Grand High
Priest of the Grand Chapter R.A.M., and Past Grand Commander of
the Grand Commandery, Knights Templar of Illinois. A member of
Oriental Consistory, and crowned a Sovereign Grand Inspector Gen-
eral, 33rd degree, at Philadelphia, September 16, 1879. Brother Clarke
died at his home in Kankakee, January 16, 1901, and was buried by
Kankakee Lodge with impressive ceremonies. It was the privilege
of Past Grand Commanders John C. Smith, EUwood and Moulton, to-
gether with Illustrious Brothers Barnard, Warvelle and Pettibone, to
attend the service and unite with their brethren in the last sad rites
of our beloved order.
W. Bro. William A. Summers, of Bodley Lodge No. 1, departed
this life on July 16, 1900. He served his lodge' as a faithful and effi-
cient officer for many years, as Senior Deacon in 1870-71, Junior
Warden in 1872, Senior Warden in 1873, and as Worshipful Master in
1874, 1875 and 1882.
W. Bro. William C. Lence died August 1, 1900. He served as
Worshipful Master of Jonesboro Lodge No. Ill, in 1889. He is greatly
missed by all his brethren, who will never forget his faithful services.
W. Bro. John E. HiGBEE>was called to his last resting place on
February 8, 1901. He served as Worshipful Master of Whitehall
Lodge No. 80, for six years, and was truly called the father of his
lodge. Brother Higbee was one of the most enthusiastic workers in
the fraternity.
W. Bro. Christopher P. Stafford died on August 7, 1900. He
served as Worshipful Master of Full Moon Lodge No. 341, in 1894, and
was greatly loved by his brethren.
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W. Bro. John M. Beck departed this life on March 4, 1901. He
was Worshipful Master of Odell Lodge No. 401, for three years, and
was buried by his brethren with Masonic rites.
W. Bro. Fredrick Koeberlin was a member of Freeburg Lodge
No. 418, and served as its Worshipful Master for seven years, 1864-65-
66-68-70-71-86. No one was more appreciated than Brother Koeberlin,
who was called into that undiscovered country on April 8, 1901.
W.Bro. John Rattger served as Worshipful Master of Jackson-
ville Lodge No. 570, in the years 1893-4, and ceased his faithful work
on April 24, 1901, at his home in Jacksonville, and was buried by his
brethren with full Masonic rites.
W. Bro. Myron S. Brown was called from the labors of earth on
June 28, 1901. He served eight years as Worshipful Master in Urbana
Lodge. At the time of his death he was a member of Olive Branch
Lodge No. 38. He was always a faithful and energetic worker, and
had the confidence and respect of all his brothers.
W. Bro. Ashley John Hector, of Wheaton Lodge No. 269, served
six years as its faithful Worshipful Master, and died at his home on
February 26, 1901. His term of service as Worshipful Master covered
the years 1891-92-93-95 and 1900, to the date of his death in 1901. He
was loved by his brethren, who greatly appreciated his services.
W. Bro. WiLLiAxM Henry Johnson, of Wheaton Lodge No. 269,
passed away on April 7, 1901. Brother Johnson, like Brother Hector,
had'served'long and well as Worshipful Master of his lodge, com-
mencing in 1876, and serving in 1877-79-80-81-84-85. Brothers Johnson
and Hector were regarded by Wheaton Lodge No. 269 as of their very
best and faithful brothers. They were both laid to rest with Masonic
honors.
W. Bro. Charles Heinz, of Benevolent Lodge No. 52, departed
this life on May 3, 1901.
W.Bro. John W. Marshall, of Polk Lodge No. 137, passed away
January 3, 1901. On account of the destruction of the records by fire,
we are unable to say how long Brother Marshall served as Worship-
ful Master, but our best information is that he was one of the most
faithful and upright brothers of the craft, and he is greatly missed
by all.
W. Bro. J. W. McClanahan was a member of Sparland Lodge
No. 441, and served as Worshipful Master in 1882 83-88. He died on
May 21, 1901.
W. Bro. James T. Price, who died on March 11, 1901, member of
Mt. Erie Lodge No. 331, served his lodge faithfully and well as Wor-
shipful Master for three terms, 1867-72-77.
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W. Bro. Rheuna Drake Lawrence was born in Green county,
Ohio, January 18, 1837, and died on February 17, 1901. He served as
Worshipful Master of Tyrian Lodge No. 333, of which he was a mem-
ber in 1876. He was buried with Masonic and Templar honors in Oak
Ridge cemetary, Spring-field, 111., on February 20, 1901. The funeral
services were conducted by M.W. Grand Master Charles F. Hitchcock,
of the Grand Lodge of Illinois,
W. Bro, William C. Caldwell, served as Worshipful Master of
Loami Lodge No. 450 in 1896. His death occurred on June 3, 1901.
W. Bro. Frederick H. Brown was a member of Palace Lodge
No. 765, and served as Worshipful Master of his lodge from November
16, 1882, to December 31, 1884. Your committee were unable to ascer-
tain date of his death.
W. Bro. Matthias M. McNeall served as Worshipful Master of
Bowen Lodge No. 486 in 1866, and was called to his rest on December
7, 1900.
W. Bro. David A. Cushman, member of Garfield Lodge No. 686,
served his lodge as Worshipful Master in the years 1872-73, and died
June 18, 1901.
W. Bro. David H. Sanford, also of Hazel Dell Lodge No. 580,
served as Worshipful Master in 1897. He departed this life on
June 2, 1901. With the taking away of Brothers Roan and San-
ford, Hazel Dell Lodge lost two of its most faithful workers, and
Masonry two of its most loyal friends.
W. Bro. Thomas E. Lawrence, who served Elgin Lodge No.
117 as Worshipful Master in 1871, died February 17, 1901.
W. Bro. Richard J. Young, was installed Worshipful Master
of Murphj'sboro Lodge No. 498, on December 27, 1872, and served for
one year. He died in East St. Louis, 111., on July 6, 1900, aged sixty-
seven years.
W. Bro. Sidney S. Moore, who served his lodge so long and
well as Worshipful Master during the years 1880 81-82-83-84-92, was
called from his faithful service to his eternal rest on May 22, 1901,
He was a member of Galva Lodge No, 243,
W, Bro. George Hastings, was Worshipful Master of J. R. Gorin
Lodge No. 537 during the years 1897-98-99, and died on April 23, 1901,
He is greatly missed for his good service and his true brotherly
character.
W. Bro. Moses D. Dowdell was one of the best workers in Pekin
Lodge No. 29 and served his lodge as Worshipful Master in 1888. His
death occurred on June 3, 1901.
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W. Bro. Seely Perry, who was a member of Rockford Lodge
No. 102 and served as Worshipful Master of his lodge faithfully and
well for four years, departed this life on September 1-4, 1900.
W. Bro. George Hardsock, member of Mason Lodge No. 217, died
on April 11, 1901. He served as Worshipful Master of his lodge in
1895.
W. Bro. Patrick H. Lyons, of Russellville Lodge No. 348, served
as Worshipful Master in 1898. He died on March 22, 1901.
W. Bro, Dr. Thomas H. Bros, who died on June 26, 1901, was a
member of New Boston Lodge No. 59, and served as Worshipful Mas-
ter of his lodge in 1880.
W. Bro. James H. Smith was a charter member of T. J. Pickett
Lodge No. 307. He was the first Worshipful Master of his lodge, and
after several years of faithful service, ceased his life of usefulness
on April 14, 1901. He is greatly missed by all his brethren, who for so
many years have enjoyed his association and appreciated his noble
work.
W. Bro. Charles H. Fenton, who served as Worshipful Master
in Capron Lodge No. 575, died on July 13, 1901.
W. Bro. Edward McAllister, whose death occurred on March
25, 1901, served as Worshipful Master of Plainfield Lodge No. 536 for
four years. He is greatly missed by all his brethren, who highly ap-
preciated his many years of faithful service.
W. Bro. William D. Craig, who was a member of Aledo Lodge
No. 252, was Worshipful Master of his lodge in 1866-70-83, and his death
on January 23, 1901, brought great sorrow to all his brethren, and
ended a life of activity and usefulness.
W. Bro. Peter Gardner, whose death occurred on August 5, 1900,
served as Worshipful Master of LaGrange Lodge No. 770, for seven
years. Upon the going out of his life deep grief was felt by his breth
-ren, among whomhe had been such a faithful worker and true brother.
W. Bro. A. M. Wilson served Prince ville Lodge No. 360 faithfully
and well for two years as its Worshipful Master. His death occurred
on January 31, 1901.
W. Bro. John B. Miller, died November 20, 1900. He was a
member of Anna Lodge No. 520, and served as Worshipful Master for
one year.
W. Bro. John W. Spellman, who died on June 30, 1901, was a
member of Logan Lodge No. 210, and served as Worshipful Master in
1889.
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W. Bro. Louis Jacob Hammel, was a member of Pleiades Lodge
No. 478, and was Worshipful Master of his lodge in 1896. He departed
this life on May 10, 1901.
W. Bro. L. H. Rogers, member of Mackinaw Lodge No. 132,
served as Worshipful Master of his lodge in 1896. '97 and '98. He was
called to his final rest on June 6, 1901, and is missed by all his breth-
ren as a. true friend and faithful worker.
W. Bro. Samuel Sharpe departed this life on March 6, 1901.
He was a member of LaHarpe Lodge No. 195, and served as Worship-
ful Master in 1883.
W. Bro. M. A. Terry, whose death occurred on March 29, 1901,
was a member of Havana Lodge No. 88, and was Worshipful Master
of his lodge in 1898.
W. Bro. Beverly N. Ewing was a member of Cornet Lodge
No. 461. He served his lodge long and faithfully during the years
1887,-88,-89,-91,-92,-93, as Worshipful Master, and was called from
this earth on April 25, 1901. He is greatly missed by all his brethren,
who feel in his loss that they have been deprived of a true friend and
a loyal brother.
W. Bro. Levi W. Wheeler, of Corinthian Lodge No. 205, de-
parted this life on November 14, 1900. He served his lodge as Wor-
shipful Master in 1890.
W. Bro. George Lough Ward was Worshipful Master of Cove-
nant Lodge No. 526 in 1883. He died on August 11, 1900.
W. Bro. George P. Cleveland, of Groveland Lodge No. 352, faith-
fully served as Worshipful Master of his lodge from Pebraary 5, 1898,
to May 12, 1900. His death which occurred on April 18, 1901, brought
great sorrow to the hearts of all his brethren.
W. Bro. Jacob Krohn, who died on June 21, 1901, was a member
of Excelsior Lodge No. 97, and was Worshipful Master of his lodge in
1863. He was District Deputy Grand Master of the Pif th Masonic Dis-
trict for twenty years. He had served as Grand High Priest of the
Grand Chapter of Illinois and was revered as a faithful worker by
said Grand Chapter, and honored and respected by all his follows.
W. Bro. Robert Davis, member of Taylor Lodge No. 98, died on
February 28, 1901, after serving his lodge well as Worshipful Master
in 1887.
W. Bro. Mark Blackmore was a member of Black Hawk Lodge
No. 238, and was Worshipful Master of his lodge in 1884. He died on
March 15, 1901.
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W. Bro. Orville D. Sanborn was born in Orange county, Vt., on
April 16, 1842, and moved to Chenoa, III., in 1868. He was one of the
most enthusiastic members of his lodge, serving from 1875 to 1887 as
Worshipful Master of Chenoa Lodge No. 292. He also served in the
capacity of High Priest of Chenoa Chapter No. 143, R.A.M. He was
ever faithful, honest, upright and true, thinking always of others
rather than of himself, which was so thoroughly demonstrated, when
on his way to visit his brother in Seattle, Wash., on July 9, 1901, on
the Chicago & Alton railway, he was in that fatal accident known as
"The head-end collision,"' near Marshall, Mo., and was severely scalded
by steam, injuring his eyes, face, throat, neck and arms, his left hand
and arm being scalded to the arm pit; he found his way out of the car
window, and, forgetting his own injuries, assisted in saving others.
He thought at first that he was not severely injured in his excitement
and anxiety for others, but septic fever set in, and he died at St. Jo-
seph Hospital, Kansas City, Mo., at 9 o'clock a.m. on Saturday, July
20, 1901. In his death the fraternity lost a true friend, and his Sev-
eral lodges a faithful and affectionate brother.
W. Bro. Curtis F. Columbia, member of Western Star Lodge,
departed this life on June 6, 1901. He served his lodge as Worshipful
Master in 1864.
W. Bro. Charles H. Osborn gave his lodge two years of faith-
ful service as Worshipful Master, in 1884-85. He was a member of
Lincoln Park Lodge No. 611. His death occurred on July 25, 1900.
W. Bro. John Pitney Beers, member of Lambert Lodge No.
659, departed this life on January 23, 1901. He was Worshipful Mas-
ter of his lodge in 1900.
W. Bro. Adolph Inveen, was a member of Erwin Lodge No.
315. His death occurred on November 4, 1900, and he is greatly
missed by all his brethren.
Now and then we are called upon to mourn the loss of one who
stands pre-eminent among his fellows for faithful and efficient work
done. This is true of our distinguished brother. General J. A. Mc-
Clernand, who was a member of Central Lodge No. 71. He was a
brave soldier, and rose to high rank, and was loved by all who knew
him. He heard the last call on September 23, 1900, after having
reached a ripe old age.
Weep not for those who have found what we seek,
We have nothing to offer them here,
They have finished their work, and have found their reward.
And although their memories are dear,
Let us give tlianks that God irt his kindness.
Has given such friends, though now gone.
And let us continue to iDuild, without blindness.
The kingdom of God — in which we're all one.
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We shall certainly miss our g-ood brother, Nelson W. Jenvey,
Senior Warden of Landmark Lodfje No. 422, who passed away on Jan-
uary 28, 1901. His life and character were such as to inspire all who
came in contact with him.
W. Bro. Edw. L. Wahl. will be greatly missed by our brethren at
Vandalia. He was made an entered apprentice on May 11, 1868, and
raised to the Sublime Degree of Master Mason on July 6, 1868; elected
Worshipful Master in 1884, and continued his services in his lodge as
Marshal until the date of his death, July 30, 1901. Truly can it be said
of him that he was a Master Workman, and never ceased his toil until
he was called to the Grand Lodge above.
The State of Alabama has suffered such loss as to cause great
mourning. Their first great loss is Henry Clay Armstrong, R.W
Grand Secretary of the State of Alabama, who passed away on the
17th day of December, 1900. His death was a severe shock to the en-
tire fraternity of his state. He was a most zealous, useful and loyal
brother, and never was so happy as when at work for and in behalf of
the order which he loved so well.
The second great stroke came when M.W. Bro. Past Grand Mas-
ter Francis L. Pettus was called to the house not made with hands,
on March 6, 1901, at the age of forty-two. Though young in years, his
energy and faith in the cause of right caused him to be loved by all.
Then came the death of the most widely known and beloved Mason
in Alabama, Honorary Past Grand Master and W. Bro. James McGin-
nis Brundidge, who died at his home in Trinity, Morgan county, Ala-
bama, on March 13, 1901. He had been a Mason since April 16, 1838,
and had served his brethren in every capacity known to the order, and
is universally mourned.
Surely Alabama has her full cup of sorrow, and to all her bereaved
brethren we bring assurance of our sympath}^ and love in the time of
their affliction.
Our sister state of Michigan, which is one of the great states
carved out of the Northwest Territory, alongside of Illinois, has been
called to mourn the loss of two of her Past Grand Masters, within the
last year.
Edwin L. Bowring suddenly died at his home in the city of Grand
Rapids, at low twelve, on the 26th day of October, 1900. M.W. Brother
Bowring was an Englishman by birth, but was an American of Ameri-
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cans in his country of adoption. He is greatly mourned by our breth-
ren in Michigan as well as all the brethren throughout the United
States.
Again, on the morning of July 24, 1901, Michigan was called upon
to give up one of her best lawyers and judges, and one of the most en-
thusiastic Masons, Past Grand Master John W. Champlin, Most
Worshipful Brother Champlin was born in New York in 1831, and set-
tled in Grand Rapids, Michigan, in 1854. Was elected Chief Justice
of the Supreme Court of his adopted State in 1883; was appointed
Professor of Law in the University of Michigan in 1892. His remains
were laid to rest with Masonic honors by the fraternity of Grand
Rapids.
The state of Nebraska has also had her share of sorrow. Worship-
ful Master, Bro. James A. Tulleys, died at Red Cloud, Nebraska, on
the 21st day of January, 1901, at high twelve, in the midst of his fam-
ily and friends. Brother Tulleys was one of Nebraska's most faithful
Masons, and in appreciation of his faithful services the lodges through-
out the state have passed resolutions setting forth his greatness and
goodness, which fully testify to the grandeur of his character.
Another of Nebraska's noblemen, R. W. Brother James Wassen
Moore, died at Washington, D.C., on August 2, 1901. It was said of
him by the Grand Master, of Nebraska: "He gave to the needy, as-
sisted those in want, was generous to a fault, loyal and true to his
friends, and in the discharge of duty met every demand with prompt-
ness and fidelity." Brother Moore filled the highest stations in the
Grand Chapter and Grand Commandery of Nebraska, and brought to
those exalted positions talents of the highest order.
We join Nebraska in mourning the loss of these brethren.
We also mourn with our sister state Iowa, in the loss of her good
Grand Secretary, Theodore Sutton Parvin, who for more than
one-half century was the 111. and beloved Grand Secretary of the
Grand Lodge of Iowa. He passed away at the home of his son in
Cedar Rapids, on June 28, 1901, A. L. 5901. The funeral was in charge
of the officers of the Most Worshipful Grand Lodge of Iowa, and the
remains were taken to Iowa City, his former home, on July 11, 1901.
Iowa's sorrow did not cease with the death of THEODORE Sutton
Parvin, her Grand Secretary, but she must also give up Brother
Edwin Carlton Blackmar, one of her great Past Grand Masters,
who built his own monument in the shape of a splendid life and char-
acter. His memory is imprinted in fadeless colors upon the hearts of
the Masonic brethren of Iowa. Brother Blackmar was born at North
Woodstock, W^indham county, Conn., September 7, 1835. He was
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made a Mason on December 6, 1856, in Glenwood Lodge No, 58, Iowa,
raised May 2, 1857. Later he became a member of Pioneer Lodge No.
22, DesMoines, and afterwards a member of DesMoines Lodge No. 1,
of Burlington, and finally a member of Malta Lodge No. 318, of which
he was a member at the time of his death. He was elected Grand
Master of Iowa in June, 1887, and re-elected in June, 1888. His death
occurred at his home in Burlington, Iowa, on the 7th day of October,
1900. His funeral was in charge of the officers of the Worshipful
Grand Lodge of Iowa, and his remains were laid away by loving
hands, in the cemetery at Marion on the 11th day of October, 1900.
The Old Dominion, which might now be called the Grandmother
of Presidents, was caused much grief by the loss of one of Virginia's
most beloved Masons, M.W. Bro. John Howard Wayt. He was Grand
Master of Masons in Virginia in 1890-91. He was ever constant in his
effort to bring the work of the ritual up to the highest standard. He
was much learned in the history and literature of Masonry, which
made him always interesting and instructive.
We, of the great Northwest Territory, have always felt a deep in-
terest in the growth and success of the people within our bounds, and
we extend our sympathy to the State of Wisconsin, in the loss of her
Grand Secretary, Bro. John Warren Laflin, who for seventeen
years vras Grand Secretary of the Grand Lodge of that state. He
was born in Hartford, Conn., November 24, 1844, and his death oc-
curred at Milwaukee, Wis., August 30, 1900. His Masonic life was
ideal, because it was conscientious and courageous. His kindness of
heart made him beloved by his fellow-men, and he now sleeps at the
conquered goal of his journey — an upright man and Mason.
Another district of our Northwest Territory has been stricken
with grief, and the State of Indiana has been asked to give up her
Past Grand Master, Mortimer Nye. He was stricken with paralysis
on July 4,1901, and the last moments came on July 6, 1901. Brother
Nye was born November 12, 1838; he was made a Mason in Excelsior
Lodge No. 194, February 20, 1861. He was exalted to the degree of
Royal Arch Mason in LaPorte Chapter No. 15, on February 4, 1868>
was made a Royal and Select Master in LaPorte Council No. 32, No-
vember 17, 1868, and was knighted in LaPorte Commandery No. 12, on
June 2, 1868; was grand Marshal of the Grand Lodge of the State of
Indiana in 1879; was J unior Warden in 1880, and was advanced at each
succeeding meeting until 1886, when he was elected Grand Master.
He served as Grand Scribe in the Grand Chapter of Royal Arch Ma-
sons in 1882, and became Grand High Priest in 188o; received order of
High Priesthood in 1878, and received the 33rd degree, A. A. Scottish
Rite in 1888. He was distinguished as a Masonic jurist throughout
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the United States. He served four terms as mayor of the city of
LaPorte; served as Lieutenant Governor of his state, and presided
over the Senate with such a high degree of fairness, that his political
opponents greatly admired and honored him. So that the Lodge, the
state and his home cit}^ have all lost a faithful, conscientious and
trustworthy man.
From the far west comes the wail of our sister state, Idaho, and
it is certainly a sad duty for the chairman of your committee to
report the death of M.W. Bro. Geokge Dickerson Golden, Grand
Master of the state of Idaho, for but a short time ago it was the priv-
ilege and pleasure of 3'our chairman to examine this beloved brother,
and he then learned that Brother Golden was one of God's noblemen,
honest, upright and true. Our deceased brother was born in Norfolk
county, I^ngland, on March 29, 1844, and his grand and useful life
ended on May 17, 1901. at Idaho Falls. He came to the United States
in 1866, and located at Rocky Bar, Idaho, in 1869. He served Alturas
Lodge No. 12, Rocky Bar, Idaho, as its Worshipful Master for eleven
years. To him the heartsore and afflicted came, and the distressed
never applied in vain.
"None knew him but to love him; none named him but to praise him.'
Again, from the great northwest, we hear the cry of sorrow, for
Montana has been deprived of Past Grand Master Brother William
C. BORDMAN. After a brief illness. Brother Bordman passed from life
temporal to life eternal on April 16, 1901, at his home in Butte, Mont.,
and was buried with Masonic honors, at a special communication of
the Grand Lodge of Montana, on April 18, 1901, the grand officers offi-
ciating. Brother Bordman was one of the best Masons in Montana,
and was admired, respected and loved by all who knew him. He was
a member of Butte Lodge No. 22, and served as its Worshipful Master
in 1888, and was secretary of his lodge at the time of his death.
Again from the mountain states we hear of the death of Brother
Edward Carkoll Parmelee, late Grand Secretary of the Grand
Lodge of Masons of Colorado, who died at his home in Denver, on
May 10, 1901. He was a native of Vermont, and moved to Colorado
in 1860. He became a Mason in 1857 in Monroe Lodge No. 88, at Mon-
roe, Iowa. In 1858 he became a charter member of Clearwater Lodge
No. 28. at Clearwater, Minn.: affiliated with Central Lodge No. 6, at
Central City, Colo,, in 1863; became a charter member of Georgetown
Lodge No. 48, at Georgetown, September 20, 1882, and served that
lodge as Worshipful Master in 1883. He had taken all the higher de-
grees of the order, including the 33rd, which he received February 23,
1885, and had served as secretary of the four grand bodies since June
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1894, and served as Grand Secretary of the Grand Lodge of Colorado
since October 6, 1866.
And from the southwest comes the announcement that on June
18, 1901, Senior Grand Warden James Ray Shkehan, of Indian Ter-
ritory, passed to his rest. Brother Sheehan died in Kansas City, Mo.,
and was buried at his home in Vinita, Indian Territor3', with Masonic
rites.
From the sunny southland we are informed that Mississippi is
drinking from her cup of grief, which is filled to overflowing.
The first to be called was Past Grand Master Brother John Mar-
shall Stone, and a little later Grand High Priest John K. McLeod,
and then Past -Grand Master John F. McCormick, and also Past
Grand Master of Masons, Past Grand High Priest, Past Deputy Grand
Master of the Grand Council, Past President of the Order of High
Priesthood, and Past Grand Commander of Templars of Mississippi,
William Starling.
Our tears mingle with those of the Masons of Mississippi, for the
loss of these noble brethren, who have done so much for our beloved
order in that state, and we pray that our Heavenly Father will as-
suage their great sorrow, and throw around our beloved brethren His
arms of love.
From the Pacific coast we hear of the death of Past Grand Master
James R. Bailey, of the state of Oregon, who departed this life at
his home in Newport, Oregon, on May 24, 1901. -His remains were
buried at Corvallis, Oregon, with full Masonic honors, on May 26, 1901.
Brother Bailey went to Oregon in 1854, and served as M.W. Grand
Master in 1861.
From the District of Columbia comes the news that William
Reynolds Singleton, R.W. Grand Secretary, departed this life on
February 23, 19J1. He was by professioa an architect and civil engi-
neer, and had control of the construction of many public works in
Illinois and Missouri. He became a Mason on January 20, 1840, in
Naphtali Lodge No. 25, of St. Louis, Mo. He was made an Honorary
Sovereign Grand Inspector General, 33rd degree, A.A.S.R., by the Su-
preme Council of the Southern Jurisdiction, May 6, 1878. He was
buried at Oak Hill cemetery, with the highest honors on February 25,
1901.
^ It is with deepest sympathy and grief that your committee speaks
of the death of our dear Bro. Archibald A. Glenn, who was born in
Nicholas county, Ky., on January 30, 1819, and died in Wichita, Kas.,
at the advanced age of 82. For a brief time' he served as governor of
Illinois. He was an active energetic Mason, and was a noble, upright
and faithful citizen.
1901.] Gi^and Lodge of Illinois. 89
All of the brothers of this grand body will agree that with the
greatest sadness we are called upon to speak of the death of our Grand
Tyler Robert R. Stevens, who petitioned Oriental Lodge No. i{3,
Chicago, April 15. 1869, elected May 21, 1869, initiated July 2, 1869,
passed July 30, 1869, raised August 13, 1869, and for twenty-four long
years served as the Tyler of this Grand Lodge. He was ever pure in
heart, upright in spirit, pleasant to members and visitors alike, and
was ever faithful and true. He was buried at Rose Hill by Oriental
Lodge.
Our dear good brother, General John C. Smith, has just returned
from Jackson, Miss., and brings the news of the death of our distin-
guished and honored brother, John Logan Power, who was elected
Grand Secretary of the Grand Lodge of Mississippi, January 19, 1869?
appointed Grand Secretary of the Grand Chapter, March 18, 1870;
Grand Recorder of the Grand Council, March 14, 1870; Grand Recorder
of the Grand Commander3^ January 26, 1870. He was one of the oldest
Grand Secretaries in the United States, and continued to serve these
bodies from the time of his election or appointment to the date of his
death, which occurred September 24, 1901. Brother Power was one
of the most geniel, kind-hearted men to be found anywhere, and
wherever he went, and in whatever position he was placed, he brought
to it that force of character which made him master of the situation.
He rose to the rank of Colonel in the confederate army, and was sec-
retary of the secession convention when the State of Mississippi
sought to go out of the Union: but like those who were on the firing
line during the dark days of the rebellion, and knew what the roaring
of cannon and the rattle of musketry meant, when Appomattox was
reached — he became an honored and honorable citizen of our great
Union; and it was certainly a fitting tribute that our dearly beloved
brother, General John C. Smith, should be present and assist in laying
to rest one against whom he had battled in the dark days of the re-
bellion, under a common flag which now floats over the north and south
alike. Brother Power was the Grand Secretary of all the grand
bodies of the State of Mississippi, and was universally loved, honored
and respected by all Masons throughout the world, and will be sadly
missed and mourned by all.
On May Day, 1865, a bright young soldier, fresh from the fields of
contest, buoyant and hopeful of the future, became an entered ap-
prentice in Hiram Lodge No. 21, of Winchester, Virginia, and was
rapidly passed and raised to the degree of Master Mason. He after-
wards, on August 21, 1867, affiliated with Canton Lodge No. 6'3, Can-
ton, Ohio, and subsequently became a charter member of Eagle Lodge
No. 43, of the same city. He was a Royal Arch Mason and Knight
90 Proceedings of the [Oct. 2,
Templar, and faithfully kept his affiliations with our beloved order to
the end. Our distinguished brother was born January 29, 1843, and in
the hour of the Nation's triumph, when the wheels of commerce were
moving' at the greatest possible speed, and the voice of peace, and
the hum of industry filled our ears with joyful sounds, and our hearts
with faith in the future, on September 14, 1901, he passed into the
house not made with hands. Our beloved and distinguished brother,
whether at home, on the field of battle, at the forum, in the halls of
Congress, as chief executive of his native State, or in the Presiden-
tial chair of this the greatest Republic that ever graced God's foot-
stool, was ever honest, faithful, upright and true. Falling by the
hand of a base assassin, he poured out his kind heart in prayer for
forgiveness, which was characteristic of his noble soul. We mourn
him as a Brother Mason; we mourn him as a distinguished soldier and
citizen; we mourn him for his noble, true and upright manhood, and
we mourn him as Chief Executive of our matchless country. We say,
farewell, dear brother, faithful husband, noble and true friend; fare-
well, Illustrious Chief of our mighty Republic; and may the princi-
ples of love and purity which governed William McKinley be a guide
to us. In honor to all our dead, let us adopt the immortal words of
the last song of our lamented President — William McKinley:
Nearer, my God, to Thee,
Nearer to Thee !
E'en though it be a cross
That raiseth me,
Still all my song shall be.
Nearer, my God, to Thee,
Nearer to Thee !
Tho' like a wanderer.
The sun gone down,
Darkness be over me,
My rest a stone ;
Yet in my dreams I'd be
Nearer, my God, to Thee,
Nearer to Thee !
There let my way appear,
Steps unto heaven ;
All that Thou sendest me.
In mercy given ;
Angels to becken me,
Nearer, my God, to Thee,
Nearer to Theel
WM. R. PAYNE,
JOSEPH H. SAMSON.
W. J. FRISBEE, Committee.
GALLED OFF.
At 1 o'clock p. m. the Grand Lodg-e was called from
labor to refreshment until 9 o'olock Thursday morning-.
IN MEMORiAM
THIS PAGE
IS DEDICATED TO THE MEMORY OF
Brother William MgKinley
BY THE MOST WORSHIPFUL
GRAND LODGE OF THE STATE
OF ILLINOIS, A. F. &. A. M.
BORN JANUARY 29, 1843
DIED SEPTEMBER 14, 1901
A TRUE AND UPRIGHT MAN AND
MASON HAS BEEN TAKEN FROM US
" IT IS GOD'S WAY J
HIS WILL, NOT OURS, BE DONE."
1901.]
Grand Lodge of Illinois.
91
THIRD DAY.
Thursday, October 3, A. L. 5901. )
9 o'clock a. m. )
The Grand Lodg-e was called from refreshment to labor
by the M.W. Grand Master with Grand Officers and Repre-
sentatives as 3'esterday.
REPORT— Committee on Mileage and Per Diem.
W. Bro John A. Ladd, from Committee on Mileage and
Per Diem, presented the following report, which was on
motion, adopted:
To the M. W. Grand Lodge of Illinois, A.F. and A.3L:
Your Committee on Mileage and Per Diem would fraternally re-
port that the following Grand Officers, members of Committees, and
Representatives, members of this Grand Lodge, are entitled to mile
age and per diem as set forth in the following pages.
Fraternally submitted,
JOHN A. LADD,
GEORGE W. CYRUS,
GEORGE S. COUGHLAN,
Committee.
GRAND OFFICERS.
NAMES.
OFFICE.
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RESIDENCE.
Chas. F. Hi'chcock
George M. Moulton
Wm. B. Wright
Grand Master
Deputy Gr. Master...
Senior Gr. Warden. .
Junior Gr. Warden . .
Grand Treasurer . . .
Grand Secretary —
Grand Chaplain
Grand Orator
Dep. Gr. Secretary..
Grand Pursuivant. . .
Grand Marshal
Gr. standard Bearer
Gr. Sword Bearer. . .
Senior Gr. Deacon..
Junior Gr. Deacon. . .
Grand .Steward
GJrand Steward
Grand Steward
Grand Steward
Grand Tyler
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1
199
163
2
126
145
16'J
170
1
275
263
14n
158
1
170
209
85
145
1
$14 .50
10
19 90
16 30
20
12 60
14 50
16 -cO
17 00
10
27 50
26 30
14 50
15 80
10
17 00
20 90
8 50
14 50
10
6
6
6
6
6
6
6
6
6
6
6
6
6
6
6
6
6
$14 50
6 10
25 90
22 30
20
12 60
20 .50
22 50
23 00
6 10
33 50
32 30
20 50
21 80
6 10
23 00
26 90
14 .50
20 50
6 10
Peoria
Chicago.
Effingham.
Galesburg.
Chicago.
Bloomington.
Peoria.
Chester E. Allen
Wiley M. Egan
J. H. C. Dill
Thos. B. L. Fisher
V. M. Blanding
George A. Stadler
Thos. A.Stevens
Decatur.
Chicago.
Walter Watson
W. W. Watson
Barry.
Peoria.
Pekin.
Samuel Coffinberry
Louis Zinger
Joseph D. Everett
J. S. McClelland
Geo. W. Hamilton
Geo. S. Hummer
Chicago.
Decatur.
Prairie City.
Sheldon
Isaac M. Hornbacker . . .
C. J. Manvel
Peoria.
Chicago.
92
Proceedings of the
[Oct. 3,
DISTRICT DEPUTY GRAND MASTERS.
Henry McCall.. . .
Clark B. Sampson.
Canute R. Matson.
J. L. Brewster
A. G. Everett
Cbas. E. Grove
Daniel D.Hunt....
John B. Fithian. . .
Fred E. Hoberg. . .
T. Van Antwerp.. .
J. S. Burns
Emerson Clark . . .
Chas. T. Holmes.. .
G. O. Frederick. . .
W.H.'McCia'in'."..
Edwin A. Kratz. . .
Chas. F. Tennev. . .
J. M. Grout ".. .
John E. Morton ...
C. C. Marsh
Peter F. Clark....
Hugh A. Snell
Chas. H. Marten...
Wm. Montgomery
James Douglas. . .
J. M. Biirkhart. .
Henry T. Goddard
Simon Willard ...
DISTRICTS.
1st District.
2d
3d
4th
5th
6th
7th
8th
9th
10th
nith
12th
13th
14th
15th
16th
17th
18tli
19th
20th
21st
22d
23d
24th
25th
26 th
27th
28th
29th
80th
1
1
1
35
87
127
58
37
lOD
130
ia5
171
163
134
85
r28
153
185
252
244
225
231
226
261
321
326
252
360
$ 10
10
10
3 50
8 70
12 70
5 80
3 70
10 00
13 00
16 50
17 10
16 30
13 40
8 50
12 80
15 30
18 50
85 20
24 40
22 50
23 10
22 60
26 10
32 10
32 60
25 20
36 (10
S 6 10
6 lU
6 10
9 50
14 70
18 70
11 80
9 70
16 00
19 00
22 50
23 10
22 30
19 40
14 50
18 80
21 30
24 50
31 20
30 40
28 50
29 10
28 60
32 10
38 10
38 60
31 20
42 00
RESIDENCE.
Chicago.
Chicago.
Chicago.
Waukegan.
RockforU.
Mt. Carroll.
DeKalb.
Joliet.
Peru.
Sparland.
Orion.
Farmington.
Galesburg.
Chilicothe.
Onarga.
(Champaign.
Bement.
Springfield.
Perry.
Boone.
Scottville.
Litchfield.
Lawr'nceville
Moro.
Chester.
Marion.
Mt. Carmel.
Mound City.
COMMITTEES.
APPEALS AND GRIEVANCES.
Monroe C. Crawford
Joseph E. Dvas
Wm. S. Cantrell
W. P. Irwin
Henry E. Hamilton
CHARTERED LODGES
James L.Scott
Thomas W. Wilson
L. K. Bvers
Geo. R." Smith
Jas. McCredie
CORRESPONDENCE.
Joseph Robbins
CREDENTIALS.
J. I. McClintock
P. W. Barclav
W. F. Beck '.
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Total
330
160
.$33 00
16 00
po
30
$ 63 00
46 00
30r
30 70
30
60 70
145
14 50
30
44 50
2
23
30
30 20
172
17 20
20
37 20
185
18 50
20
38 50
148
14 80
20
34 80
126
12 60
20
32 60
72
7 20
20
27 20
215
21 00
15
36 50
284
28 40
20
48 40
365
36 50
20
56 50
234
23 40
20
43 40
RESIDENCE.
Jonesboro.
Paris.
Benton.
Peoria.
Chicago.
Mattoon.
Springfield.
Altona.
Bloo I'ington.
Earlville.
Jacksonville.
Carmi.
Cairo.
Olney.
1901.]
Grand Lodge of Illinois.
93
COMMITTEES— Coni^ntetZ.
Lerov A. Goddard.
Gil. W. Barnard....
D D. Darrah
GR.4ND MASTER S ADDRESS.
W. E. Ginther.
L. L. Miinn
M. M. i^oid....
Daniel J. Avery.
H. C. Mitchell...
Chas. H. Patton.
R. T. Spenct-r
John Johnston. .
MASONIC JURISPRUDENCE.
Daniel M. Browning.
John M. Pearson
John C. Smith
Owen Scott
John T. Richards . . .
MILEAGE AND PER DIEM.
John A. Ladd
Geo. W. Cyrus
Geo. S. Coughlan.
OBITUARIES.
Wm. R. Pavne.
W. J. Frisbee. .
J. H. Samson. . .
PETITIONS.
C. M. Forman...
Ben. Hagle
Geo. M. O'Hara.
RAILROADS AND TRANPORTATIONS.
J. O. Clifford. .
John Whitlev
TO EXAMINE VISITORS.
A. B. Ashley..
J. E. Evans. . .
H. T. Burnap.
H. S. Kurd....
Isaac Cutter..
PAST M.W. GRAND MASTERS.
W. H. Scott.,
Edwin Cook
LODGES UNDER DISPENSATION.
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Total
1
1
126
10
10
12 60
20
20
20
20 10
20 10
32 60
182
114
1 2
18 20
11 40
10 20
20
20
20
38 20
31 40
30 iO
308
275
20
30 80
27 50
20
20
20
20
20
20 20
50 80
47 50
20 00
20 10
1
10
280
252
2
170
1
28 00
25 20
20
17 00
10
20
20
20
20
20
48 Off
45 20
20 20
37 00
20 10
110
242
280
11 00
24 20
28 00
30
30
30
41 00
54 20
58 00
1
192
330
10
19 20
33 CO
20
20
20
20 10
39 20
53 00
280
228
185
$28 00
22 80
18 50
$20
20
20
$4^ 00
42 80
38 50
25
6
2 50
60
20
20
22 50
20 60
15
145
259
1
242
1 50
14 50
25 90
10
24 20
15
15
15
15
15
16 50
29 50
40 90
15 10
39 20
366
36 60
6
6
42 60
6 00
RK.SIDENCE.
Chicago.
Chicago.
Bloomington
Charleston.
Freeport.
Cheno.<.
Chicago.
Carbondale.
Mt. Vernon.
Chicago.
Chicago.
E. St. Louis.
Godfrey.
Chicago.
Decatur.
Chicago.
Sterling.
Camp Point.
E. St. Louis.
Chicago.
Bushnell.
Jonesboro.
E. St. Louis
Louisville.
Springfield.
Wheaton.
Englewood.
La Grange.
Monticello.
Upper Alton.
Chicago,
i-amp Point.
Metropolis.
Chicago.
94
Proceedings of the
[Oct. 3,
REPRESENTATIVES.
Bodley
Equality
Harmon}' —
Springtield ..
Friendship .
Macon
Rushville
St. Johns ....
Warren
Peoria
Temperance
Macomb
Clinton
Hancock
Cass
St. Clair
Franklin
Hiram
Piasa
Pekin
Mt. Vernon. .
Oriental
Barrv
Charleston . .
Kavanaugn .
Monmouth . .
Olive Branch
Herman
Occidental...
Mt. .loliet....
Bloomington
Hardin
Griggsville . .
Temple
Caledonia ...
Unity
Cambridge . .
CarroUton. ..
Mt. Moriah. .
Benevolent. .
Jackson
Washington.
Trio
Fraternal . ..
New Boston .
Belvidere
JLacon
St. Marks....
Benton
Euclid
Pacific
Acacia
Eureka
Central
Chester
Rockton
Roscoe
Mt. Nebo
Prairie
Waukegan . .
F. M. Pendleton
B. G. Brooks
Joseph Estaque
L. K. Cleaveland
Oliver S. App
Charles M. Borchers.
John H. Ward
Gilbert Zacher
L. H. Adams
F. T. Tompkins
Will W. Kitchey
Chas. W. Flack
H. K. Rule
S. H. Ferris
J. P. Warnke.
H. J. Christophersen
N wman Cole
Jeorge Howe. . . . . ..
Orland Hemphill
C. H. Turner
Allen C. Tanner
H. L. Langerhaus . .
T. T. Shoemaker
Frank Fraser
John C. Gettemy —
J. B. Johnson
Henry Ohlschlager. .
Wm. H. Higby
Fred E. Whallon
J. B. Lennon
H. G. Vande venter..
F. H. Farrand
J. C. Bell
R. L. Sheehan
D. W. Thatcher
W.M.Smith
S. E. Pierson
A. H. Clotfelter
Wm. J.Hale
John W. Yantis
Julius Huegely
Morris S. Heagy. ...
A. T. Pipher ...
Ed. L. Willits
M. E. Dorn
E. D. Richmond
H. J. Dyzert
W. M. Webster
James J. Hunt
H. H. Beamer
Wm. P. Grube
W. L. Heath
John I. Rinaker, Jr.
E. A Dudenbostel . .
J. W. Armstrong —
Giles H. Baldwin
Thomas Rinaker
John Welch
L. R. Conoliv
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263
$ 26 30
;f;6
304
30 40
6
215
21 50
6
185
18 50
fi
98
9 80
6
170
17 00
6
228
22 80
6
100
10 00
4
310
31 00
6
145
14 50
6
230
23 00
4
2W
20 40
fi
187
18 70
6
239
23 90
6
235
22 50
6
295
29 50
6
259
25 90
fi
168
16 80
6
257
25 70
6
157
15 80
6
274
27 40
6
1
10
263
26 30
6
182
18 20
6
144
14 40
6
179
17 90
6
124
12 40
6
263
26 30
6
84
8 40
6
37
3 70
6
126
12 60
6
255
25 50
6
246
24 60
6
145
14 50
6
368
36 80
6
36
3 60
6
154
15 40
6
249
24 90
6
239
23 90
6
238
23 80
6
195
19 50
6
277
27 70
4
162
16 20
6
145
14 50
6
191
19 10
6
78
7 80
6
128
12 80
4
51
5 10
6
307
30 70
6
30
3 00
6
169
16 90
6
99
9 90
6
168
16 80
6
185
18 50
6
321
3i 10
fi
102
10 20
4
85
8 50
4
223
22 30
6
160
16 00
6
35
3 50
6
1901.]
Grand Lodge of Illinois.
95
REPRESENTATIVES — Con tinued.
Scott
Whitehall
Vitruvius
DeWitt
Mitchell
Kaskaskia
Mt. Pulaski
Havana
Fellowship
Jerusalem Temple
Metropolis
Stewart
Toulon
Perrj'
Samuel H. Davis. .
Excelsior
Taylor
Edwardsville
Astoria
Rockf ord
Magnolia
Lewistown
Winchester
Lancaster
Versailles
Trenton
Lebanon
Jonesboro
Bureau
Robert Burns
Marcelline
Rising Sun
Vermont
Elgin
Waverly
Henry
Mound
Oquawka
Cedar
Greenup
Empire
Antioch
Raleigh
Greenfield
Marion
Golconda
Mackinaw
Marshall
Sycamore
Lima
Hutsonville
Polk
Marengo
Geneva
Olney
Garden City
Ames .'
Richmond
DeKalb
A. W. Rawson . . .
Lee Centre
Clayton
Bloomfleld
Efangham
Vienna
79 Wm. Johnston
80 Charles Richert. ..
81 P. R. Pfeiter
84 Thos. O "Brown....
85 W. R. Dwyer
86 Wm. M. Schuwerk.
87 R. D. Clark
88 L. K, Haack
89 W. D. Abney
90 Chas. Doelschman.
91 D. W. Helm
92 Prank Cook
93 Walter T. Hall
95 VV. T. Reynolds....
96 R. C. McCredie
97 H. S. Gochenour. ..
98 C. F. Hrady
99 C. H. Bartels
00 W. T. Foster
02 Robt. A. Shepherd
03 S. B. Mitchell
04 J. R. Maguire ....
05 Alonzo Ellis
06 G. M. Saylor
08 A. O. McCoy
09 A. McDonald
10 John H. Cook
U Wm. D. Lverle
12 A. C. Vedder
13 W. W. Cannon
14 Jas. E. Agard
15 I. A. Penlon
16 P. R. Johnson
17 B. F. Gaut'-r
18 E. C. Rohrer
19 O. P. Carroll
22 Chas. G.Young
23 John Kessel
24 John Ray
25 W. F. Shade
26 Franklin L. Velde.
27 Chas. Harbaugh. .
28 L. R. Stricklin. ...
29 Ralph Metcalf
30 J. W.Johnson
31 Frank D Thomas .
32 K. L. Hav
33 J. C. Perdue
34 S. I. Armstrong
3^) J. I Frazer
36 J. B. Cato
37 S. M. Schoemann..
38 S. B. Oakley
39 Fred Smith
40 H. Godeke
41 Edw. L. Johnson ..
42 B. S. Williams ....
43 F. E. Holmes
44 W. F. Pierce
45 W. R. Winchester..
46| James E. Gray
47|S. H.Trego
48 Almon Boomer
49 S. G. Barbee
50'L. H. Frizzell
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261
$26 10
16
240
24 00
6
25
2 50
6
148
14 80
6
290
29 00
6
334
33 40
fi
169
16 90
6
188
18 80
fi
326
32 60
fi
38
3 80
6
366
36 60
6
159
15 90
6
144
14 40
6
252
25 20
6
96
9 60
6
114
11 40
6
134
13 40
6
266
26 60
4
220
22 00
6
87
8 70
6
121
12 10
6
196
19 60
6
235
23 50
fi
164
16 40
6
246
24 60
6
278
27 80
6
286
28 60
6
330
33 00
4
105
10 50
6
194
19 40
6
V;72
27 20
6
46
4 60
6
213
21 30
6
37
3 70
6
210
21 00
6
127
12 70
6
194
19 40
6
203
20 30
6
62
6 20
6
202
20 20
6
158
15 80
6
45
4 50
6
303
30 30
6
252
25 20
6
249
24 90
6
373
37 30
6
146
14 60
6
176
17 60
6
52
5 20
6
277
27 70
6
196
19 60
6
306
30 60
6
66
6 60
4
36
3 60
6
234
23 40
6
1
10
4
120
12 00
6
60
6 00
6
58
5 80
6
101
10 10
4
95
9 50
6
242
24 20
6
147
14 70
6
199
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Proceedings of the
[Oct. 3,
REPRESENTATIVES — Continued.
Bunker Hill
Fidelity
Clay
Russell
Alpha
Delavan
Urbana
McHenry
Kewanee
Waubansia
Virden
Hope
Edward Dobbins.,
Atlanta
Star in the East .
Milford
Nunda
Evergreen
Girard
Wayne
Cherry Valley
Lena
Matteson
Mendota
' Staunton
Illinois Central...
Wabash
Moweaqua
Germariia
Meridian
Abingdon
Mystic Tie
Cyrus '.
Fulton City
Dundee
Farmington
Herrick
Freedom
LaHarpe
Louisville
King Solomon's ..
Homer
Sheba
Centralia
Liavely
Flora
Corinthian
Fairfield
Tamaroa
Wilmington
Wm. B. Warren.. .
Logan
Cleveland
Shipman
Ipava
Gillespie
Newton
Mason
New Salem
Oakland
Mahomet
Lerov
Geo. Washington.
Pana
Columbus
J. H. Belt, Jr
Charles C. RhoaMs. . .
P. E. O'Hryant
Buford Taylor
L. D. Austin
Geo. W. Fockler
W. H. Roughton ....
Rollin Waite
H. R. Clears
Jas. F. Rowins
J. E Van Wouner . ..
Matt Sproul
F. W. Keller
A. O. Haines
J. Larson
W. W. lioberts
Louis Dickes
Philip Flood
F. D. Hull
C. W. Buck
Wallace E. Tucker . .
E. G. Bowen
Jacob Scheidenhelm
R. E. Dorsey
J. P. Johnson
W. C. Abell
A. J. Combs
F. W. Thomsen
W. E. Dole
G. W. Kline
H. L. Griffin
Chas. I. Smith
J. M. Eaton
Geo. T. King
Eugene Christopher.
David Moves
C. McClure
W. O. Butler
P N. Smith
E. A. Culver
W. B. Whitlock
W. A. Jovce
G. D. Tufts
F. B. Bates
E. B. Yeck
T. H. Stepler
Henry Sessel
R. Owight Konizey..
E. W. Steinhart
Ralph H. Wheeler ...
L. W. Walker
William Gibson
J. F. Sweet
J. W. Quillin
F. E. Schmidt
W. H. Lathrop
i^eorge T. Mills
C. L. Aba
H. P. Martin
F. O. Jahr
E. K. M. Taylor
E. L. Walker
C. A. Glasgow
W. E. Gilliland
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Nelson D. Morse.
Elected Grand Master 1846.
190J.]
Grand Lodge of Illinois.
97
REPRESENTATIVES— C09(h'»?iecZ.
Lovington
Manchester
New Haven
Wyanet
Farmers
Blandinsyille. ..
DuQuoin
Dallas City
Charter Oak....
Cairo
Black Hawk
Mt. Carmel
Western Star..
Shekinah
Galva
Horicon
Greenville
El Paso
Rob Morris
Golden Gate
Hibbard
Robinson
Hej'worth
Aledo
Avon Harmony
Aurora
Donnelson
Warsaw
Mattoon
Amon
Channahon
Illinois
Franklin Grove
Vermilion
Kingston
La Prairie
Paris
Wheaton
Levi Lusk
Blaney
Carmi
Miners
Byron
Milton
Elizabeth
Accordia
Jo Daviess
Neoga
Kansas
Brooklyn
Meteor
Catlin
Plymouth
De Soto
Genoa
Wataga
Chenoa
Prophetstown. .
Pontiac
Dills
Quincy
Benjamin
Wauconda
Hinckley
Durand
228
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232
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236
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240
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244
245
246
247
248
249
250
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252
253
254
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261
262
263
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265
266
267
268
269
270
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272
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278
279
280
282
283
285
286
287
288
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292
293
294
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297
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C. H. Bynner :
L. C. Funk
Isaac A. I'"'oster. ...
Willis Hamrick
F. M. Jones
John O. Oakman
E. Musselman
A. P. Lay ton ,
Thos. F. Blankley
W. F. Gibson
R. S. Gordon
G. N. Stonemetz
Jos P. Gulick
J. N. Howell
J. W. Emery
W. P. Graham
E. E. Wise
David Dunn
John Goodwin
A. M. Westfall
F. W. Froelich
A. G. Miserve
Lee Passwaters
Keneth M. Whitham
Arthur Merrill
T. E. Walters
W. H. Young
John W. Marsh
W. N. McKamj^
E. M. McPherson
John H. Smith
Fred B. Tracy
Frank M. Banker
George W. Lenhart . .
Lucius M. Morrison...
Chas. R Chinn
Cha.s. H. Cone
F. L. Parsons
R. H. Van Law
J. C. Groendyke
T. W. Hall
H S. Crooks
F. A. Mealio
J. T. Thurroan
Elisha L. Robinson. . .
Joseph Weiss
Chas. E. Morton
Chas J. Richmond
W. S. Brown
C. F. Powell
G. S. Culver
L. P. Pate
R. L.Cloud
Frank Friedline
C. A. Brown
C. W. Merrill
Chas. F Churchill. ...
H. A. Sturtevant
C. A. Rollins
I. P. Kilgore
Robert A. Kief er
Fred A. Morley
G. C. Roberts
Wm. Von Ohlen
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6
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6
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Proceedings of the
roct. 3,
REPRESENTATIVES — Confmwed.
Raven
Onarga
W. C. Hobbs
T. J. Pickett
Ashlar
Harvard
Dearborn
Kilwinning
Ionic
York
Palatine
Erwin
Abraham Jonas . .
J. L. Anderson. ..
Doric
Creston
Dunlap
Windsor
Orient
Harrisburg
Industry
Altona
Mt. Erie
Tuscola
Tyrian
Sumner
Schiller
New Columbia. ..
Oneida
Saline
Kedron
Full Moon
Summerfleld
Wenona
Milledgeville
N. D. Morse
Sidney
Russellville
Sublette
Fairview
Tarbolton
Groveland
Kinderhook
Ark and Anchor.
Marine
Hermitage
Orion
Blackberry
Princeville
Douglas
Noble
Horeb
Tonica
Bement
Areola
Oxford
Jefferson
Newman
Livingston
Chambersburg. . .
Shabbona
Aroma
Payson
Liberty
Gill
303 Lewis P. Voss
30o D. F. Ward
306 f. A. McGuire ,
307 Geo. D. Bell
30S John C. McCurdy . . . .
309 Oavid Davidson
310 H. W. Harvey
311 Albert RoulUer. .. .
312 E, D. Mattes
313 Henry Megrath
31-1 Robert Mosser
315 N. O. Ton.sor
316 P. F. Butzow ... ,
318 P. G. Wintield
319 O. F. Anderson
3i0 Joseph Shaw
331 F. C. Barnum
333 1. H. Gilpin
333 James Stewart
335 Richard N. Pearce .
337 A. A. Adkinson
330 E. S. Keyes
331 Alex. S. jessup
332 R. J. N. Johnson
333 Charles W. Prouty . .
334 W. S. Hoopes
335 C. H. Kamraann
336 J. U. Cowan
337 Joh n H. Anderson
339 S. P. Adams
340 George A. Parish . . . .
341 I. C. Duncan
343 H. L. Padheld
344 T. D. Judd
345 D. E. Busell
346 Adam Wenger
347 J. E. Raymond
348 J. C. Taylor
349 W. R. Owen
350 Kdgar Field
351 J. R. Rayburn
353 P. Reuliag
353 J. A. H irbourn
354 J. W. Hederick
3.55 Louis Brandes
356 Joseph Green
358 W. M. Nulle
359 Coit Spalding
360 W. K. Blanchard
361 H. G. Hottes
363 J. S C. Nichols
363 W. T Wills
364 Bert Gunn
365 Homer E. Shaw
366 C. D. Kasray
367 H. H. Roberts
368 G. S. Brown
369 B. W Vandine
371 F. J. Vickery
373 M. X. Lidgard
374 M. Bloomingdale
378 J. C. Danforth
379Chas. E. Gabriel
380Ie. B. McBride
383lThos. Gibbs
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131
13 10
193
19 30
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17 00
196
19 60
36
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357
35 70
99
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336
22 60
160
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185
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316
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148
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358
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336
33 60
145
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349
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153
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193
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314
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19 40
98
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145
14 50
370
27 00
301
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277
37 70
370
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301
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341
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161
16 10
290
29 00
166
16 60
74
7 40
346
24 60
69
6 90
61
6 10
378
27 80
383
28 30
333
32 30
1901.
Grand Lodge of Illinois.
99
REPRESENTATIVES — ContVlUed.
LaMoille
Walthara
Mississippi
Bridgeport
El Dara
Kankakee
Ashmore
Tolono
Oconee
Blair
Jersey ville
Muddv Point. . .
Shiloh
Kinmund}^
Buda
Odell
Kishwaukee . ..
Mason City
Batavia
Eamsev
Bethalto
Stratton
Thos. J. Turner
Mithra
Hesperia
Bollen
Evening Star..
Lawn Ridge —
Paxton
Marseilles
Freeburg
Reynoldsburg. .
Oregon
Washburn
Landmark
Lanark
Exeter
Scottville
Red Bud
Sunbeam
Chebanse
Kendrick
Summit
Murray ville
Annawan
Makanda
Philo
Chicago
Camargo
Sparland
Casey
Hampshire
Cave-in-Rock..
Chesterfield
Watseka
S. D. Monroe. ..
Yates City
Mendon
Loami
Bromwell
New Hartford. .
Maroa
Irving
Nokomis
Blazing Star. ..
John Igon
Judson Spauldiiig..
Chas. D. i^rouse
Thos. H. Seed
C. L. Fesler
Fayette S. Hatch...
W. R. Comstock....
A. B. Campbell
J. W. Heckethorn..
Wellington Walker
N. A. Grosjean
H. McPherson
A C. Gilmour
A. M. Allen
Horatio Churchill.
Chas. Finefleld
H. A. I.iamar
Jas. H. Dearborn
William Clark
E. P. Staff
John G. Klein..
C. F. Shirley
William 'I'ihsley
Ernst A. Knoop . . . .
H. R. Stewart
W. C. Graham
A. J. Foster
C. B. Root
R. J. Atwood
M. E. Blanchard. ...
Fred Moeser
Noel Whitehead ...
W. L. Middlekauff..
Chas. H. Ireland
VV. T. Apraadoc
E. D. Leland
C. N. Priest
A. E Claussen
John J. Fox
J. E. Turpin
John Burrill
Henrv Grant
R. O. "VanGilder ....
Walter Harnback . .
Fred Johnson
W. W. Thomas. ...
Wm. F. Dillon
J. E. Furth
J. B. Hammet
Deacon Dunlap
J.W.Dunn
Prank Channing ...
C. A. Okerson
Ed. Carter
Alex. H. Smith
E. F. Nuttall
J. C. Riner
Jacob Punk
Geo. H. Harris
E. C. Watson
H. T. Shaw
S. A. Friedman .
C. B. McKinney
A. J. Wlliford
C. A. Furlong
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263
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330
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17 80
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32 40
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28 30
39 20
100
Proceedings of the
[Oct. 3,
REPRESENTATIVES— Co7iii)nted.
Jeffersonville
Plainview
Tremont
Palmyra
Denver
Huntsville
Cobden
South Macon
Cheney's Grove..
McLean
Rantoul
Kendall
Amity
Gordon
Columbia
Walshville
Manito
Rutland
Pleiades
Wyoming
Momence
Lexington
Edgewood
Xenia
Bowen
Andrew Jackson
Clay City
Cooper
Shannon ,
Martin | 4»l
Liberty ville.. .
Tower Hill —
Stone Fort
Tennessee
Alma
Murphysboro .
St. Paul
Stark
Woodhull
Odin
East St. Louis,
Meridian Sun
O. H. Miner. . .
Home
Parkersburg.
J. D. Moody
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468
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470
471
472
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475
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J. W. Tate
Geo. H. Callaway
L. M. Hobart
T. J. Yoang
W. L. Clark
H. C. Pierc ■
A. J. Hardin
A. L. Fleming
A. T. Hardwick
W. N. Ewing
E. V. More
G. F. Hoadley
L. S. Manville
Chas. Schacht
E. A. Weinel -
A. T. Strange
Geo. Knollhoff
A. F. Witte
O. G Halbich
W- E. Nixon
C. B. Astle
A. H. Scrogin
Samuel Barthey
Asher R. Cox
D. D. Nice
T. M. Mitchell
W. H. Graham
H. A. Eidson
W. E. Earlenbaugh
M. J. Piatt
E. H. Brown
H. S. Cordt-y
M. Ozment
J. E. Shields
W. H. Stephens
John A. Prickett ...
E. L. Chapin
R. J. Martin
A. A. Mackey
I. W. Love
E. W. Eggmann
C. E. Oakes
Wm. Schrum
Henry H. Blake
F. M. Rash
C. H. Dyer.
Wade-Barney. 512 Geo. M^Green
Bradford.
Andalusia
Litchfield
Abraham Lincoln.
Roseville
Anna
Illiopolis
Monitor
Chatham
Evans
Delia
Covenant
Rossville
Minooka
Adams
Maquon
Ashton
Seneca
514 Cvrus Bocock.
516 Chas. L. Wenks
517 W. H. Tinklepaugh. ...
518 A. E. Billings
519 Charles Carr
520 H. F. Bussev
521 C. B. Sutherland
522 J. W. Bodenschatz, Jr.
523 W. T. Henne
521 L. B. Springer
525 T. J Dunn
526 J. D. Chubb
537 C Reiff
528 W H. Randall
.529 W. H. Gilles
530 G. G. Shearer
531 John M. Trostle
532 R. L. Wiley
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Grand Lodge of Illinois.
101
REPRESENTATIVES — ContinV£d.
AUamont
Cuba
Sherman
Plainfield
J. R. Gorin. . ..
Lockport
Chatsworth . .
Harlem
Stewardson..
Towanda
Cordova
Virginia
Vallej-
Sharon
Long Point. ..
Plum River. ..
Humboldt
Dawson
Lessing
Leland
Thomson
Madison
Trinity
Winslow
Pleasant Hill.
Albany
Frank'f ort . .
Time
Jacksonville. .
Bardolph
Gardner
Pera
Capron
O'Fallon
Viola
Prairie City..
Hazel Dell ....
Doneola
Shirley
Highland
Vesper
Fisher
Princeton
Troy
Fairmount . . . .
Gilman
Fieldon
Miles Hart
Cerro Gordo. .
Farina
Watson
Clark
Hebron
Streator
Piper
Sheldon
Union Park ...
Lincoln Park.
Rock River. ..
Patoka
Forrest
Wadley
Good Hope
Basco
Berwick
I. A Sprinkle . . .
P. M. Mosher
G. H. Wayne
A. E. Mottinger.
J. O. Goodman . .
H. A. Kettering.
T. P. Mautz. . .
B. W. Storer.
W. R. Freek..
R. H. Mann...
T. R. Lees ....
G. E. Welsh .
P. M. Rindesbacher.
G. H. Haight
John McGinnis
H. Vvigt
A. H. Dale
J. H. Taylor
O. Latowsky
J. A. Waugn
W. J. VanMatre
J. R. Galloway
F. W. EUingham. ..
J. .\. Baker
C. E. Bagby
W. L. Simpson .
G. Shirk
H. W. Bergen
W. S. Waison
W. R. Merriett
C. T. Smiley
A. Kindlesperger
G. B. Willan
W. R. i.avls
T. N. Henly
G. Karr
E. Lorenz
Geo. W. Tapp
H. C. Porter
Chas. A. Brown
S. W. Rawson
G. W. Shultz
D. W. Miller
E. F. Brown
A. M. Blythe .
Oscar Yarnell
J.N. Holmes
B. F. Mesnard
E. W. Childs
Frank Rowe
Wm. B. Jones
John F. Earl
G S. Main
Chas. Odell
J. C. Crawford
F. H. Geyer
J. L. Simcox
E. A Eignus
H. H. Sample
J. S. Harden
R. A. Saunders
W.H. Fair
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Proceedings of the
[Oct. 3,
REPRESENTATIVES — Continued.
New Hope
Hopedale
Locust
Union
Tuscan
Norton
Ridge Farm
E. F. W. Ellis . . .
Buckley
Rochester
Peotone
Keystone
Comet
Apollo
D. C. Cregier
Oblong City
San Jose
Somonauk
Blueville
Camden
Atwood
Greenview
Yorktown
Mozart
Lafavette
Rock" Island
Lambert
Grand Chain
South Park
Mayo
Greenland
Crawford
Erie
Burnt Prairie.. .
Herder
Fillmore
Eddyville
Normal
Waldeck
Pawnee
A. O. Fay
Enfield
Illinois City
Clement
Morrisonville
Blue Mound
Burnside
Gallatia
Rio
Garfield
Orangeville
Clifton
Englewood
lola
Raymond
Herrin's Prairie.
ShilohHill
Belle Rive
Richard Cole. . . .
Hutton
Pleasant Plains. .
Temple Hill
Alexandria
Braidwood
Ewing
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630
631
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634
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636
639
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676
677
679
680
681
682
683
684
685
James Snyder
B. H. Schulte
J. S. C. Cusslns
James T. Startord
B. F. Douglass
D. B. Kelghim
A. J. Stevenson
H\ A. Carson
E. A. Cast
K. P. Hunter
A. H. Cowing
Edward Beck
M. H. Hand
Frank Crozier
J. N. Elliot
L. E. James
J. W. Arington
J. F. Poplin
L. C. Carlin
John H. Loop
J. F. A. Edmanson
J. H. Stone
H. A. Spilson
August Muxfeld
R. E. Seeley
J. G. Hunto'on
Walter H. Bennett ...
W. P. Copeland
L. A. Harkness
R. H. Shamhart
G. W. Tipsword
Herbert Athey
Seward A. Edd3'
J. R. Ennis
Max E. Gemeinhardt.
M. B. Kessinger
Daniel Lawrence . .
R. G. Bright
Frank Dober
C.W. Kessler
John N. Wilson..
E. L. Marston
Chas. E. Knorr ..
H.C. Bohn
N. M. Mesnard. . .
J. F. Jenkins
R. P. Jones
G. W. Ernst
F. J. Burton
Cyrus Grove ..'...
N. T. Stevens
G. M. Abbott
Eli F. Patrick . ..
Edward Grimes .
C. C. Slolter
O. A. Dean
W. R. Ross
Henrv N. Perry .
J. V. Haseny ....
Wm. Lynd
W. J. Pvland
C. W. Postlewait.
John Jack
John C. Webb....
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Grand Ltidge of Illinois.
103
KEPRESENTATIVES— Co?ltinued.
Joppa
Star
Farmer Citj^ —
Providence
Collinsville
Johnsonville . . .
Newtown
Elvaston
Calumet
Arcana
May
Chapel Hill
Rome
Walnut
Omaha
Chandlerville. . .
Rankin
Golden Rule
Raritan
Waterman
Lake Creek
Eldorado
Harbor
Carman
Gibson
Morning Star.. .
Sheridan
Arrowsmith
Saunemm
Lakeside
New Holland. .. .
Danvers
Scott Land
Goode
Winnebago
Weldon
Centennial
Alta
Akin
Lyndon
Lounsbury
Allendale
Ogden
Pre-emption
Hardinsville
Verona
Mystic Star
Orel
Sibley
Van Meter
Crete
Sullivan
Palace
Littleton
Triluminar
Mizpah
St. Elmo
LaGrange
Bay City
NewBurnside. .
Mansfield
Lake View
Grand Crossing
Ravenswood . . .
Gurnev
Harry Askins
L. B. Russell . .. ..
G. W. Kincaid
G. A. Hubbard
Thomas Stone
W. M. Alvis
Z. S. Say lor
W. A. Shirkey
C. W. Bishop
Francis C. Hansen ,
J. L. Harrell
J. H. Penland
F. M. Thompson
Snyder Kaufman . .
H. P. Blackard
Ebenezer Spink
C. E. Gi-oves
H. F. Penington, Jr
Walter Cook
W. T. Wiltberger...
R. W. Jones
S. A. Whitley
Jas. Patton
W. J. Emerson
Amos Ball
C. A. Wedge
Albert Gransden . . .
Alfred G. Barnes...
Charles F. Ross
Joseph Hunter. .. .
D. H. LaForge
M. B. Munsell
J. i). Bellamy
LO. Paul
Carl Swigart
Glenn Robison
D. E. Potter
J. J. Bundy
Chas. A. Hamilton. .
Simon Holmes
II. H. Tomlinson
John M Iveane
Nathan Small
Richard B Tapp
L. M. Forth
A. C.Albright
L. C. Wilcoxsen
W. C. Trowbridge ..
James A. Steele
0. J. Nash
John W. Lambert...
Henry E. Each
C. H. Martin
Henry Ebelmesser.
C. M. Babbitt
Henry Chambers.. .
John N. Berry
Wm. Clemans
George Peat
Edward Harpfer...
Fred H. Morehouse.
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[Oct. 8,
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NAMES.
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316
187
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150
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293
346
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321
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6 40
J. Henry Peetz
Colchester
James Parnall
Albert Sperry
27 10
18 10
Joseph Peur
4 30
Richard H. Gulley
7 00
Marcus Gerbrick
19 90
Chas. Maddox
25 10
Morris
J. Simon Schorr
Ralph Jeffris
36 30
Lerna
23 80
W. H. Robson
6 80
Pittsfleld
Broadlands.
O. O. Hemenway
J. J. Douthit
30 60
''1 60
A. T. Darrah
S. G. Jarvis
J. A. Oxford
21 70
Tadmor
39 00
Myrtle
W.H. Brown
6 70
E. M. Husted
29 60
Normal Park.
John C. Hallenbeck
6 70
Sidell
Colfax
H. J. Sconce
20 70
18 00
Kenwood
6 50
Sangamon
H. L. Kelly
P. J. Mook e
18 40
Williamson
37 70
Neponset
Kensington
S. M. Dalzell.
Geo R Grattige
18 30
A. Stankowitz
R. V. DeGroff
7 30
16 40
Nebo
I. L. Li, Emmerson
33 00
Royal
Cornland
Gillham
Tracy .
Melvin
B.C. Vire
lohn R. Pierce
Daniel R. Elam
JohnG.Henman
37 60
24 70
31 30
7 30
DeLand
Humboldt Park
H. W. Slevert
6 50
Ohio
Henrv A. Jackson
16 30
Lawn
Ridgwav
S. L. Davis
W. J. Blackard
6 90
35 90
Creal Springs
H C. Murrah
39 60
Ben Hur
J.H.Morrow
C. H. Kern
7 30
Columbian
6 70
Henderson
W. W. Johnston
21 50
New Canton
George A. Dutcher
35 20
Belknap
Pearl
S. H. Rees
G. W. Dow
40 60
18 00
Grove
P.E.Payne
Arthur
23 60
Mazon
Frank E. Hewitt
13 10
Sequolt
11 30
Edgar
J. C. Leist.
21 40
Rockport
W. T. Barton
36 00
Finlay
J G Cutler
26 40
Magic City
E. T. Osgood
Roger Walward
8 30
Dean
36 10
Toledo
Rufus H. Smith
25 00
Triple
F Kohl
33 70
Windsor Park
Hindsboro
C. L. Watson
23 80
Charitv
A. P. Spence
25 70
Wm. B. Porter
C. B. Holcomb
7 00
Alto Pass
39 20
Woodlawn Park
P. C. Titzell
6 60
Fides
Edw. W. Lee
7 70
Park
Elmer E. Beach
7 00
1901.
Grand Lodge 0/ Illinois.
105
REPRESENTATIVES— ConJmued.
Hopewell
Martinton
Bluffs
Stronghurst
London
Palestine
Austin
Chicago Heights
Gothic
Latham
Brighton Park..
King Oscar... .
West Gate
Boyd D
Utica
Calvin Burgess
C. H. Edison
F. C. Funk
Geo. T. Chant
John H. Wagner. . .
J. G. Nelson
Alfred E. Bartelme
David Wallace
C. S. Lambert ,
Wm. T. Phillips
H. A. Clarke
Alfred E. Holmes...
Chas. S. Wood
M. P. Murphy
N. J. Gary
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6
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6
280
28 00
6
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6
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EEPOKT— Committee on Petitions.
R.W. Bro. C. M. Forman presented the following' re-
port from the Committee on Petitions, which, on motion,
was adopted:
To the Most Worshipful Grand Lodge, A. F. & A. M., of the State of Illinois.
Your Committee on Petitions would respectfully and fraternally
report as follows:
No. 1. Petition of John W. Philson, who was indefinitely sus-
pended by Lostant Lodge No. 597 (now defunct), July 24, 1880, for non-
payment of dues, now petitions the Grand Lodge for restoration; that
he has paid into the hands of the Grand Secretary the amount of
dues for which he was suspended and is now clear on the books of said
defunct lodge as shown by the Grand Secretary's receipt filed with
said petition. Every thing being in due form and said John W. Phil-
son having complied with the requirements of the Grand Lodge by-
laws, we recommend that the prayer of said petition be granted and
said brother be restored to all the rights and privileges of Masonry.
No. 2. Petition of J. M. Ingling for restoration, expelled from
Joppa Lodge No. 706, for unmasonic conduct about January, 1885.
Petitioner having obtained the endorsement for restoration of said
Joppa Lodge No. 706, your committee would recommend that the
prayer of the petition be granted.
No. .3. Petition of J. L. Browning, expelled from Richmond Lodge
No. 145. The petitioner was expelled from said Richmond Lodge for
106 Proceedings of the [Oct. 3,
unmasonic conduct on or about April, 1872. He now petitions said
Richmond Lodg"e for its endorsement to the Grand Lodg"e for restora-
tion, and said lodge having unanimously voted in favor thereof, your
committee recommends that the prayer of the petition be granted,
and the petitioner be restored to all the rights and privileges of
Masonry.
No. 4. Petition of L. E. Holmes, vrho vras expelled by the Grand
Lodge at the session of 18*^5 for unmasonic conduct as a member of
Auburn Park Lodge No. 789. This is the case referred to this com-
mittee by the M.W. Grand Master in his address to the Grand Lodge.
Your committee having fully investigated the facts and circumstances
connected therewith recommend that the prayer of said petition be
granted and said brother be restored to all the rights and privileges
of Masonry.
No. 5. Petition of J. W. Aiken, who was expelled from Tennessee
Lodge No. 496. The papers in this case indicate that this lodge is not
holding regular communications, but, on the contrary, that it is almost
impossible to obtain a quorum at its meetings. The petitioner states
that for this reason he has been unable to get his petition for restora-
tion acted upon. The report of this lodge to the Grand Lodge for the
year 1900 shows its membership to be twenty-six, of whom three are
non-residents. The petitioner has secured the signatures of eleven
of the members of said lodge endorsing his petition for restoration
Owing to the informalities in the papers in this case your committee
cannot recommend that the prayer of the petitioner be granted, but
would recommend that the papers in this case be referred to the said
Tennessee Lodge No. 496 for proper action thereon.
All of which is respectfully and fraternally submitted.
C. M. FORMAN,
BEN HAGLE,
GEO. M. O'HARA,
Committee.
EEPOET-Spscial Committee.
R.W. Bro. L. L. Munn presented the following' report
from the Special Committee appointed by the Grand Master,
as recommended by the Committee on Grand Master's Ad-
dress:
Most Worshipful Grand Lodge, A.F. & A.M., of the State of Illinois:
Your committee to whom was referred that part of the Grand
Master's report relative to the bequest of our late brother, Robert A.
Miller, of 264 acres of land located in Moultrie county, Illinois, beg
1901.] Grand Lodge of Illinois. 107
leave to report, that the recommendation of the Grand Master be
concurred in, and that a committee of four to act in conjundtion with
the Grand Master be appointed bj' the Grand Master to investigate
and recommend to the Grand Lodge at its next annual communica-
tion, the best method of utilizing the same in accordance with the
bequest and for the use of the Grand Lodge in accordance with its
constitution.
L. L. MUNN,
JNO. C. HALLENBECK,
W. J. FRISBEE,
J. W. YANTIS,
JOS. M. GROUT,
Committee.
It was moved that the foreg"oing" report be adopted.
M.W. Bro. Joseph Bobbins moved to refer the report to the
lodg'es for action. After full discussion the motion to re-
fer was declared defeated. The vote recurring on the report
of the committee, the same was adopted.
AMENDMENT TO BY-LAWS-Proposed.
R. W. Bro. C. M. Forman presented the following-
amendment to Sec. 1, Art. 25, Part 2, Grand Lodge By-
laws, and moved that it be sent to the lodges for their
action. The amendment as offered was seconded by repre-
sentatives of more than twenty lodges, and lies over until
next year.
Strike out the word sixty (60) and substitute therefor the words
seventy-five (75) cents, of which amount the sum of twenty (20) cents
for each Master Mason shall be annually placed in a fund to be known
as a "Charity Fund," to be used in bestowing charit3' by the Grand
Lodge.
When amended, said section shall read as follows:
"Sec. 1. Every lodge under this jurisdiction shall, on or before the
first day of August annually, pay into the treasury of the Grand
Lodge, through the Grand Secretary, the sum of seventy-five cents
for each Master Mason belonging to such lodge at the time of mak-
ing the annual returns. Of this seventy-five cents the sum of twenty
(20) cents shall be set aside as a special fund, known as a "Charity
Fund," subject to the use of the Grand Lodge for bestowing charity."'
108 Proceedings of the [Oct. 3,
RESOLUTION.
W.Bro. Ralph H. Wheeler, representative of William B.
Warren Lodge No. 209, presented the following resolution
and it was referred to the special committee appointed by
the Grand Master on the bequest of Brother Miller:
Whereas, The organized Masonic charities of the Jurisdiction
of Illinois are now conducted wholly under private auspices and inde-
pendently of Grand Lodge control and supervision, and
Whereas, It is highly desirable that said Masonic charities
should be officially controlled and maintained by the Grand Lodge and
under its immediate supervision; therefore be it
Resolved, That the Grand Lodge of Illinois, A. F. & A. M., upon a
proper transfer to it of all the property and effects of the Illinois
Masonic Orphans' Home and the Illinois Masonic Home for the Aged,
will accept the trust of both those institutions and make suitable
provision for their maintenance.
AMENDMENT -To Constitution -Proposed.
M.W. Bro. John C. Smith offered the followingf amend-
ment to the Grand Lodge Constitution, and it being sec-
onded, will be submitted to the several lodges for their
approval or rejection.
Amend article 2, Constitution of this Grand Lodge, by adding
after the words "Past Grand Wardens" in third line from bottom of
said article 2, the words "Past Grand Treasurers, Past Grand Secre-
taries."
If amended, the paragraph will read as follows:
The Grand Lodge shall consist of a Grand Master, Deputy Grand
Master, Senior Grand Warden, Junior Grand Warden, Grand Treas-
urer, Grand Secretary, Grand Chaplain, Grand Orator, Deputy Grand
Secretary, Grand Pursuivant, Grand Marshal, Grand Standard Bearer,
Grand Sword Bearer, Senior Grand Deacon, Junior Grand Deacon,
four Grand Stewards, Grand Tyler, thirty District Deputy Grand
Masters, together with the Worshipful Masters and Wardens of the
chartered lodges duly constituted, under its jurisdiction; and such
Past Grand Masters, Past Deputy Grand Masters, Past Grand War-
dens, Past Grand Treasurers, Past Grand Secretaries, and Past Mas-
ters as shall be present and are members of subordinate lodges in
Illinois.
1901.] Grand Lodge of Illinois. 109
AMENDMENT -To Constitution- Proposed.
M.W.Bro. John C. Smith presented the following amend-
ment to article 8, section "2, Grand Lodge Constitution, and
it being seconded, will be submitted to the several lodges
for their approval or rejection:
Amend article 8, section 2, of the Constitution of this Grand
Lodsre, by adding' after the words "Each Past Grand Master to one
vote," the words "Each Grand Treasurer to one vote, each Past Grand
Secretary to one vote," so tliat article 8, section 2, shall read as
follows:
If amended the section will read as follows:
Sec. 2. In all elections and in all questions before the Grand Lodge,
each lodge shall be entitled to three votes, the Grand Master to one
vote, the Deputy Grand Master to one vote, each Grand Warden to
one vote, the Grand Treasurer to one vote, the Grand Secretary to
one vote, each Past Grand Master to one vote, the Past Deputy Grand
Masters to one vote collectively, the Past Grand Wardens, Past Grand
Treasurers, Past Grand Secretaries, to one vote collectively, and the
Past Masters to one vote collectively. No representative of a lodge
shall vote as a sfrand officer.
INTKODUOTION OP EEPRESENTATH/'ES.
TheM.W. Grand Mastkr:— Brethren: I hold in my hand the com-
mission of R.W. Bro. Christopher M. Forman, who has been appointed
Representative of the Grand Lodge uf Nebraska near this Grand
Lodge; and I have the pleasure of introducing to you Brother Forman.
• You will join with me in extending to him and the Grand Lodge
of Nebraska the grand honors.
R W. Brother Forman: — 3/. W. Grand Master and Brethren of the
Grand Lodge : I will detain you but a moment. You have had plentj-
of talking to do today I think on this annual communication of
this Grand Lodge. I want simply to express my gratification at
appearing before this Grand Lodge as the representative near it of
the Grand Lolge of the State of Nebraska, succeeding as I do, a
most distinguished citizen of this state, an ex-governor and an ex-
senator, the late John M. Palmer.
We have not as many Masons out in Nebraska as you have here.
But what we lack in quantity we make up in quality.
110 Proceedings of the [Oct. 3,
And in behalf of that jurisdiction I now extend to you fraternai
greetings, and I trust that the fraternal and good feelings that have
always existed between the jurisdictions will continue.
I am very much obliged to you brethren, for 3'our attention.
The Grand Master: — Brethren: I have in my hand the commis-
sion of Bro. Chester E. Allen, Grand Warden elect, as the Represent-
ative of the Grand Lodge of the State of Alabama, near this Grand
Lodge.
I have the honor and pleasure of presenting to you R.W. Brother
Chester E. Allen, and you will unite with me in extending to him the
grand honors.
R.W. Brother Allen:— 1/. IF. Grand Master and Brethren of the
Grand Lodge : I thank you most sincerely for the hearty reception you
have accorded to me as the Representative of the Grand Lodge of
Alabama near this Grand Lodge, and I hope and pray that the fra-
ternal relations that have so long existed between these two Grand
Lodges may continue forever. Brethren, again I thank you.
The M.W. Grand M-ASTKR:— Brethren: I have the commission from
the Grand Lodge of Manitoba. That is the jurisdiction up here in
the north part of the country. It is a cold climate, but they have got
rather solid Masons up there. This commission is in favor of R.W.
Brother Hugh R. Stewart, Representative of the Grand Lodge of
Manitoba near this Grand Lodge.
I ask brethren, that you join with me in extending to R.W.
Brother Stewart the grand honors.
R.W. Brother Stewart: — M. W. Grand Master arul Brethren of the
Grand Lodge of Illinois : I am keenly sensible of the honor that has
just been conferred by this introduction, not an honor to me person-
ally, but as the Representative of a sister Grand Lodge.
The fraternal relations that have heretofore existed and now ex-
ist between the two grand lodt;es, the Grand Lodge of Illinois -and
the Grand Lodge of Manitoba, I hope shall continue until the end of
time. I only hope that I, as Representative of that Grand Lodge
shall be able to promote that fraternalism which was so ably and
faithfully promoted by my illustrious predecessor, R. W. Brother
Krohn, of EYeeport.
And in the name of the Grand Lodge of Manitoba, 1 extend to
the Grand Lodge of Illinois a most fraternal greeting. I thank you.
1901.] Grand Lodge of Illinois. Ill
AMENDMENT TO BY-LAWS -Proposed.
R.W. Bro. C. M. Portnan offered the following- amend-
ment to article 10, section 7, part 3, Grand Lodg^e By-laws,
and it, bein<:^ seconded by representatives of more than
twenty lodges, lies over until next year.
Amend article 10, section T, part 3, Grand Lodge Bj'-laws, by add-
ing the following:
Provided, The petition for restoration shall be presented at a
stated communication of the lodge and acted upon at the next or a
subsequent communication.
EESOLUTION.
R.W. Bro. R. T. Spencer offered the following" resolu-
tion, which was carried:
Besolved, That the Committee on Obituaries be instructed to pre-
pare a memorial page in honor of our late brother, William McKinley,
which, accompanied by his portrait, shall be published in the pro-
ceedings of this Grand Lodge.
INVITATION -To Visit Hesperia Lodge.
The following invitation was read by the Grand Secre-
tary and received with thanks:
To the 31. W. Grand Master, Officers and Members of the Grand Lodge of Ma-
sons of Illinois:
You are hereby cordially invited to visit Hesperia Lodge No. -ill,
A.F. and A.M., at its hall. No. 78 Monroe street, Thursday, October 3,
at 7:30 p. m. Work on the third degree.
EE PORT— Committee to Examine Brethren.
The Grand Secretary read the following report:
To the M. W. Grand Lodge, A.F. and A.M.:
Your committee appointed to examine visitors at this session of
the Grand Lodge would beg leave to report that they have examined
all who have presented themselves, and vouched for them to the
Grand Tyler. Fraternally submitted,
A. B. ASHLEY,
J. E. EVANS,
H. L. BURNAP,
H. S. HURD,
ISAAC CUTTER, Committee.
112 Proceedings of the [Oct. 3,
The Grand Master announced that the bonds of the
Grand Treasurer and Grand Secretary had been received
and approved.
GKAND OrnOEES-Appointed.
The Grand Secretary read the following- list of Grand
Officers appointed by the Grand Master:
R.W. J. P. Brushingham, 'D.'D.. Grand Chaplain Chicago.
R.W. Richard Yates Grand Orator Jacksonville.
W. George A. Stadler Deputy Grand Secretary. Deca.tur.
W. Henry L. Whipple Grand Pursxdvant . ... .Quincy.
W. Walter Watson Grand Marshal Mt. Vernon.
W. Herbert Preston Grand Standard Bearer. Chicago.
W. Louis Zinger Grand Sivoixl Bearer. . . . Pekin.
W. Joseph D. Everett Senior Grand Deacon — Chicago.
W, James McCredie Junior Grand Deacon. . .Earlville.
W. J. S. McClelland Grand Steward Decatur.
W. Geo. W. Hamilton Grand Steicard Prairie City_
W. W. B. Grimes Grand Steward Pittsfield.
W. W. M. BURBANK. Grand Steivard Chicago.
Bro. Wm. L. Orr Grand Tyler Chicago.
INSTALLATION-Of Grand Officers.
M.W. Bro. Chas. F. Hitchcock, assisted by M.W. Bro.
Owen Scott as Grand Marshal, installed the following of-
ficers:
M.W. George M. Moulton . (rrancZ Master Chicago.
R.W. Wm. B. Wright Deputy Grand Master Effingham.
R.W. Chester E. Allen Senior Grand Warden Galesburg.
R.W. Alexander H. Bell. .Junior Grand Warden Carlinville.
R.W. Wiley M. Eg an Grand Treasurer Chicago.
R W. J. H. C. Dill Grand Secretary Bloomington.
W. George A. Stadler . . Deputy Grand Secretary Decatur.
W. Henry L. Whipple. ..Grand Pursuivant Quincy.
W. Walter Watson Grand Marshal Mt. Vernon.
W. Herbert Preston. . . . Grand Standard Bearer Chicago.
W. Louis Zinger Grand Sivord Bearer Pekin.
W. Joseph D. Everett. , .Senior Grand Deacon Chicago.
W. James McCredie Junior Grand Deacon ...... .Earlville.
W. J. S. McClelland Grand Steivard Decatur.
W. Geo. W. Hamilton. . . Grand Stexmrd Prairie City.
W. W. B. Grimes Grand Steward Pittsfield.
W. W. M. Burbank Grand Steward Chicago.
Bro. Wm. L. Orr Grand Tyler Chicago.
1901.] Grand Lodge of Illinois. 113
EEMAEKS— By Grand Master.
First, my brethren, let me return my thanks to Brother Hitchcock
and Brother Scott for their kind assistance in the installation cere-
monies which have just been concluded.
It is due to you, my brethren, and at the same time it is a duty the
performance of which is very agreeable to me, that I should state at
this time, so far as I have words to express, my special appreciation
of the honor which you have conferred upon me in thus exalting me
to the highest station in your power to bestow. I feel this emotion
stronger probably because of the fact that it came with such a degree
of unanimity. I should have been proud indeed of being chosen
Grand Master of this Grand Lodge by a respectable majority of its
members, but when the fact was apparent that practically all of the
members or representatives who have voted upon this subject were
unanimous in their choice, it gives added zest and inspiration to me
to try and fulfill the duties of this office to even greater extent than
otherwise.
There has been, brethren, a great deal discussion at this session
of the Grand Lodge. I recognize that the hour is getting late, that
the representatives or possibly some of them desire to start for their
homes and therefore believe that it is a time for forbearance in the
way of making speeches.
I shall, therefore, only say that I have accepted this office at your
hands and propose to give it my best effort and endeavor. I can only
add that favored by divine guidance and aided by the loyal sup-
port which I believe will always be forthcoming from the brethren, I
trust that I may meet with some measure of success so that I can
bring my own conscience to approve of the work that I have done and
bring forth the commendation of my brethren "well done good and
faithful servant" at the close of my term.
VOTE or THANKS.
M.W. Bro. LeRoy A. Goddard presented the following-
resolution which was unanimously adopted:
Resolved, That we record our thanks to M.W. Bro. Chas, F. Hitch-
cock, for his faithful services as Grand Master in guarding our
Masonic interests the past two years.
114 Proceedings of the [Oct. 3,
LIST or COMMITTEES.
The Grand Secretary read the following- list of com-
mittees appointed by the Grand Master:
JURISPRUDENCE.
D. M. Browning, John M. Pearson, John C. Smith, Owen Scott,
Edward Cook.
APPEALS AND GRIEVANCES.
Monroe C. Crawford, Joseph C. Dyas, W. S. Cantrell, Henry E. Ham-
ilton, J. R. Ennis.
CHARTERED LODGES.
J. L. Scott, Thomas W. Wilson, L. K. Byers, Joseph M. Grout, Robert
L, McKinlay.
LODGES UNDER DISPENSATION.
D. J. Avery, H. C. Mitchell, Charles H. Patton, R. T, Spencer, John
Johnston.
MILEAGE AND PER DIEM.
Geo. W. Cyrus, John A. Ladd, E. C. Pace.
FINANCE.
L. A. Goddard, Gil W. Barnard, D. D. Darrah,
CORRESPONDENCE.
Joseph Robbins.
GRAND EXAMINERS.
A. B. Ashley, H. T. Burnap, Isaac Cutter, Hugh A. Snell, M. Bates lott.
SPECIAL COMMITTEE ON BEQUEST OF BROTHER MILLER,
The M.W. Grand Master, Charles F. Hitchcock, W. G. Cochran, L. L.
Munn, Geo. W. Warvelle.
1901.]
Grand Lodge of Illinois.
115
CLOSED.
At 12:45 p. m., no further business appearing, the M.
W. Grand Master proceeded to close the Grand Lodge in
AMPLE FORM.
GRAND MASTER.
GRAND SECRETARY.
Grand Master's Address-
Fisher Building,
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118
Proceedings of the
[Oct. 3,
Districts and District Deputy Grand Masters
For I'HE Years 1901-2.
NAMES.
Henry McCall...
Robert R. Jampolis
Elmer E. Beach...
Jay L. Brewster.
A. G. Everett
Chas. E. Grove
Daniel D. Hunt
John B. Fithian
Fred'ck E. Hoberg.
T. Van Antwerp . . .
J. S. Burns
Emerson Clark...
Chas. T. Holmes...
G. O. Friedrlch ..
Wm. N. Ewing
W. H. McClain
David E. Bruffett .
Chas. F. Tenney . . .
Charles W. Prouty.
John E. Morton. ..
C. C. Marsh
Peter F. Clark
John W. Rose
Chas. H. Martin
Ant'ny Dougherty.
Wm. Montgomery.
Geo. S. Coughlan...
J. M. Burkhart
Henry T.Goddard.
W. Y. Smith
POSTOFFICE ADDRESS.
335 Wabash Ave., Chicago
160 W'shingt'n St., Chicago
1501 Ashland Blk, Chicago.
Waukegan, Lake Co
Rockford, Winnebago Co.
Mt. Carroll, Carroll county
DeKalb. DeKalb county . .
Joliet, Will county
Peru, La Salle county
Sparland, Marshall Co
Orion, Henry Co
Farmington, Fulton Co. . .
Galesburg, Knox county. .
Chillicothe, Peoria Co
McLean, McLean Co
Onarga, Iroquois county..
Urbaua, Champaign Co.
county.
Bement, Piatt county
Springfield, Sangamon Co.
Perry, Pike Co
Bowen, Hancock county . .
Scottville, Macoupin Co. .
Litchfield, M ontgom'ry Co.
Lawrenceville, Lawrence
countv.
Clay City', Clay Co
Moro, Madison Co
E. St. Louis St. Clair Co..
Marion, Williamson Co.. . .
Mt. Carmel, Wabash Co..
Vienna, Johnson Co
COUNTIES COMPOSING DISTRICT.
Lodges Nos. 33. 160, 211, 308, 314, 410,
437, 524,557, 639, 662, 686, 711, 726, 751,
767, 774. 779, 784, 797. 810. 818, 836, 843,
851, Metropolitan U. D., in Cook Co.
Lodges Nos. 81, 182, 271, 310, 393, 411,
478, .526, 610, 642, 669. 690, 716, 731, 758,
768, 776, 780, 789, 800, 813, 819, 839, 843,
854, in Cook Co.
Lodges Nos. 141, 209, 277, 311, 409, 422,
508, 540, 61 1. 643, 674. 697, 717, 739, 765,
770, 777, 783, 795. 804, 815, 832, 841,
850, 855, RiversideU. U.. in Cook Co.
Kane, McHenry, and Lake.
Boone, Winnebago, and Stephen-
son.
Jo Daviess, Carroll, and Whiteside.
Ogle, Lee. and DeKalb.
Kendall, DuPage. Will. and Grundy
La Salle and Livingston.
Bureau, Putnam, Marshall, and
Stark.
Henry, Rock Island, and Mercer.
McDonough, Fulton, and Schuyler
Knox, Warren, and Henderson.
Peoria, Woodford, and Tazewell.
McLean, DeWitt, and Ford.
Kankakee.Iroquois. and Vermilion.
Champaign, Douglas, Edgar, and
Coles.
Piatt, Moultrie, Macon, and Logan.
Mason, Menard, Sangamon, "and
Cass.
Brown, Morgan. Scott, and Pike.
Adams and Hancock.
Calhoun, Greene, Jersey, and Ma-
coupin.
Montgomery, Christian, and Shelby
Cumberland, Clark, Crawford, Jas-
per, Richland, and Lawrence.
Clay, Eftingham. Fayette, and Ma-
rion.
Bond, Clinton, and Madison.
St. Clair, Monroe, and Randolph.
Washington. Jefferson, Franklin,
PeiTy, Jackson, and Williamson.
Wayne. Edwards. Wabash, White,
Hamilton. Saline, and Gallatin.
Hardin, Pope. Massac. Johnson,
Union, Pulaski, and Alexander.
1901.]
Grand Lodge of Illinois.
119
REPRESENTATIVES '
OF THE GRANO LODGE OF ILLINOIS NEAR OTHER GRAND LODGES.
GRAND LODGE.
Alabama
Arizona
Arkansas
British Columbia
California
Canada
Colorado
Connecticut
Cuba
Delaware
District of Columbia
England
Florida
Georgia
Idaho
Indiana
Indian Territory
Ireland
Kansas
Louisiana
Manitoba
Maine
Maryland
Michigan
Minnesota
Mississippi
Missouri
Montana
Nebraska
Nevada
New Brunswick
New Hampshire
New Jersey
New Mexico
New York
New Zealand
North Carolina
North Dakota
Nova Scotia
Ohio
Oregon
Prince Edward Island
Quebec
Rhode Island
Scotland
South Australia
South Carolina
South Dakota
Tennessee
Texas
Utah
Vermont
Virginia
Washington
West Virginia
Wisconsin
United Grand Lodge of Victoria.
United Grand Lodge of New
South Wales
REPRES )<;NTATIVE.
W. W. Daffln
Artemus Louden Grow
R. J. Laugh lin
W. W. Northcott
John McMurry
E. D. Parlow
Henry M. Teller
John W. Mix
Juan B. Hernandez Barreiro
Geo. M. Jones
L. Cabel Williamson
Walter Henry Harris
James C. Craver
James Whitehead ,
Stephen Dempsey
B. M. Wiloughby
Silas Armstrong
Obadiah Ternan
Matthew M. Miller . . .
Chas. F. Buck
John Leslie
Joseph A. Locke ,
John S. Berry
Arthur M. Hume ,
A. T. Stebbins
Frederic Speed ,
Martin Collins
Cornelius Hedges ,
George H. Thummel ,
Charles E. Mack
William A. Dougherty
Sewell W. Abbott
Jos. A. Gaskill
John W. Poe ,
Wm. D. Critcherson
William Beilby
Hezekiah A. Gudger
E. George Guthrie
Theo. A. Cossman
O. P. Sperra
W. T. Wright
Henry M. Aitkin
E. C. Rothwell
Newton D. Arnold
Colonel Patrick .Stirling
John Trail McLean
John F. Ficken
Oscars. Gifford
A. V. Warr
Geo. Lopas, jr
A. Scott Chapman
Delos M. Bacon
Beverly R. Wellford, jr
Louis Ziegler
Hiram R. Howard
Charles C. Rogers
Edward Edwards
Harry Passmore
RESIDENCE.
Grove Hill.
Tombstone.
Bentonville.
Victoria.
Weaverville.
Ottawa, Ont.
Central City.
Yalesville.
Havana.
Dover.
Washington.
London.
Sutherland.
Warrenton.
Nampa.
Vincennes.
Wyandotte.
Enniskillen.
Topeka.
New Orleans.
Winnipeg.
Portland.
Baltimore.
Owosso.
Rochestfr.
Vicksburg.
St. Louis.
Helena.
Grand Island.
Virginia.
Saint John.
Wolfboro.
Mount Holly.
Roswell.
New York.
Hastings.
Asheville.
Casselton.
Halifax.
Ravenna.
Union.
Charlottetown.
Montreal.
Providence.
Kippenross.
Adelaide.
Charleston.
Canton.
Rossville.
Houston.
Salt Lake City.
St. Johnsbury.
Richmond.
Spokane.
Point Pleasant.
Milwaukee.
Melbourne.
Sydney.
120
Proceedivgs oj the
[Oct. 3,
REPRESENTATIVES
OF OTHER GRAND LODGES NEAR THE GRAND LODGE OF ILLINOIS.
GRAND LODGE.
Alabama
Arizona
Arkansas
British Columbia
California
Canada
Colorado
Connecticut
Cuba
Delaware
District of Columbia
England
Florida
Georgia
Idaho
Indiana
Indian Territory
Ireland
Kansas
Louisiana
Maine
Manitoba
Marj^land
Michigan
Minnesota
Mississippi .'. . .
Missouri
Montana
Nebraska
•Nevada
New Brunswick
NewHampshire
New Jersey
New Mexico
New York
New Zealand
North Carolina
North Dakota
Nova Scotia
Ohio
Oregon
Prince Edward Island
Quebec
Rhode Island
Scotland
South Carolina
South Australia
South Dakota
Tennessee
Texas
Utah
Vermont
Virginia
Washington
"West Virginia ,
Wisconsin
United Grand Lodge of South
Wales
United Grand Lodge of Victoria.
REPRESENTATIVE.
Chester E. Allen
Monroe C. Crawford.
R. T. Spencer
Loyal L. Munn
John McLaren
Wiley M. Egan
L. C. Waters
Chas. F. Hitchcock
George M. Moulton...
William S. Cantrell.. .
D. M. Browning
John C. Smith
John C. Smith
W. J. A. DeLancey....
W. M. Eurbank
W. B. Wright
Charles H. Patton
Wiley M. Egan
George M. Moulton . . .
Leroy A. Goddard.. . .
Charles H. Brenan....
Hugh R. Stewart . . .
M. B. lott
Joseph E. Dyas
William Johnston
John C. Smith
George A. Stadler
A. B. Ashley
C. M. Forman
JohnC. Smith
Malachi Ma}'nard
Henry E. Hamilton ..
W. B. Grimes
Henry E. Hamilton...
Walter A. Stevens
John M. Pearson
Edward C. Pace ......
Geo. W. Warvelle ....
L. B. Dixon
S. S. Chance
Frank W. Havill
E. T. E. Becker
John Johnston
Albert B. Wicker
Joseph Robbins
Charles H. Patton
William L. Milligan..
Robert L. McKinlay..
Alexander H. Bell..". . .
Edward Cook
Owen Scott
Hugh D. Hunter
Daniel M. Browning. .
Edmund S. Moss
Charles Reifsnider. . .
Gil. W. Barnard
RESIDENCE.
Galesburg.
Jonesboro.
Chicago.
Freeport
Chicago.
Chicago.
Chicago.
Peoria.
Chicago.
Benton.
East St. Louis.
Chicago.
Chicago.
Centralia.
Chicago.
Effingham.
Mt. Vernon.
Chicago.
Chicago.
Chicago.
Chicago.
Chicago.
Evanston.
Paris.
Chicago.
Chicago.
Decatur.
LaGrange.
East St. Louis.
Chicago.
Apple River.
Chicago.
Pittsfield.
Chicago.
Chicago.
Godfrey.
Ashley.
Chicago.
Chicago.
Salem.
Mt. Carmel.
Mt. Carroll.
Chicago.
Franklin Gr've
Quincy.
Mt. Vernon.
Ottawa.
Paris.
Carlinville.
Chicago.
Decatur.
Chicaso.
East St. Louis.
Chicago.
Chicago.
Chicago.
R. T. Spencer Chicago.
R. T. Spencer | Chicago.
1901.]
Grand Lodge of Illinois.
121
LIST OF GRAND LODGES
Recognized by the Grand Lodge of Illinois, together with Names and
Addresses of Grand Secretaries.
GRAND LODGE.
Alabama
Arizona
Arkansas
British t olumbia
California
Canada
Colorado
Connecticut
Cuba
Delaware
District of Columbia
England
Florida
Georgia
Idaho
Illinois
Indiana
Indian Territor3'
Iowa
Ireland
Kansas
Kentucky
Louisiana
Maine
Manitoba
Maryland
Massachusetts
Michigan
Minnesota
Mississippi
Missouri
Montana
Nebraska
Nevada
New Brunswick
New Hampshire
New Jersey
New Mexico
New York
New Zealand
North Carolina
North Dakota
Nova Scotia
Ohio
Oklahoma
Oregon
Pennsylvania
Prince Edward Island..
Quebec
Rho e Island
Scotland
South Australia
South Carolina
South Dakota
Tasmania
Tennessee
Texas
Utah ; . .
United Grand Lodge of
Victoria
United Grand Lodge of
New South Wales
Vermont
Virginia
Washington
West Virginia
Wisconsin |
Wyoming |
GRAND SECRETARY.
Geo. A. Beauchamp
George J. Roskruge
Pa}' Hempstead
W. J. Quinlan
George Johnson
J. J. Mason
Wm. D. Todd
John H. Barlow
Aurelio Miranda
Benj. F. Bartram
.'\. W. Johnston
Edward Letchworth
v\. P. Webster
W. A. Woolihin
I'heo. W. Randall
J. H.C. Dill
Calvin W. Prather
Joseph S. Murrow
Newton R. Parvin
Archibald St. George, D
Albert K. Wilson . . . . . . . '.
Henry B. Grant
Richard Lambert
Stephen Berr}'
James A. Ovas
Jacob H. Medairy
Sereno D. Nickerson
J. S. Conover
Thomas Montgomery...
Prederic Speid, actiiig .
John D. Vinril
Cornelius Hedges
Francis E. White
Chauncey N. Noteware.
J. Twining Hartt
George P. Cleaves
Thos. H. R. Redway... .
Alpheus A. Keane
Edward M. L. Ehlers . . .
Malcolm Niccol
John C. Drury
Prank J. Tho'mpson
Thomas Mowbray
J. H. Bromwell
J as. A. Hunt
James F. Robinson.
Wm. A. Sinn
Neil McKelvie
John H. Isaacson
S. Penrose Williams
IJ. Murray Lyon
J. H. Cunningham
Charles Inglesby
George A. Pettigrew
John Hamilton
John B. Garrett
John Watson
Christopher Diehl
John Braim.
Arthur H. Brav . ...
W. G. Reynolds
Geo. W. Carrington.
Thomas M. Reed
Geo. W. Atkinson ...
Wm. W. Perry
Wm. M. Kuykendall
ADDRESS.
Montgomery.
Tucson.
Little Rock.
Nelson.
San Francisco.
Hamilton, Ontario.
Denver.
Hartford.
Havana.
Wilmington.
Washington.
London.
Jacksonville.
Macon.
Boise.
Bloomington.
Indianapolis.
Atoka.
Cedar Rapids.
Dublin.
Topeka.
Louisville.
New Orleans.
Portland.
Winnipeg.
Baltimore.
Boston
Coldwater.
St. Paul.
Vicksburg.
St. Louis.
Helena.
Omaha.
Carson City.
St. John.
Concord.
Trenton.
Albuquerque.
New York.
Auckland.
Raleigh.
Fargo.
Halifax.
Cincinnati.
Stillwater.
Eugene.
Philadelphia.
Summerside.
Montreal.
Providence.
Edinburg.
Adelaide.
Charleston.
Flandreau.
Hobart.
Nashville.
Houston.
Salt Lake City.
Melbourne.
Sydney.
Burlington.
Richmond.
Olympia.
Charleston.
Milwaukee.
Saratoga.
122 Proceedings of the [Oct. 3,
PERMANENT MEMBEES.
1. M.W. Bro. Joseph Robbins, P.G.M., Quincy No. 296.
2. M.W. Bro. W, H. Scott, P.G.M., Metropolis No. 91.
3. M.W. Bro. Daniel M. Browning, P.G.M., Benton No. 64.
4. M.W. Bro. John R. Thomas, P.G.M., Metropolis No. 91.
5. M.W. Bro. John C. Smith, P.G.M., Miners No. 273.
6. M.W. Bro. John M. Pearson, P.G.M., Piasa No. 27.
7. M.W. Bro. Monroe C. Crawford, P.G.M., Jonesboro No. 111.
8. M.M. Bro. Leroy A. Goddard, P.G.M., Fellowship No. 89.
9. M.W. Bro. Owen Scott, P.G.M., Wade-Barney No. 512.
10. M.W. Bro. Edward Cook, P.G.M., Blaney No. 271.
11. M.W. Bro. Charles P. Hitchcock, P.G.M., Temple No. 46.
12. R.W. Bro. George M. Moulton, G.M., Covenant No. 526.
13. R.W. Bro. John C. Baker, P.D.G.M., Waukegau No. 78.
14. R.W. Bro. Charles Fisher, P.D.G.M., Central No. 71.
15. R.W. Bro. W. J. A. DeLancey, P.D.G.M., Centralia No. 201.
16. R.W. Bro. William B. Wright, D.G.M., Effingham No. 149.
17. R.W. Bro. Henry E. Hamilton, P.S.G.W., Lincoln Park No. 611.
18. R.W. Bro. Chester E. Allen, S.G.W., Alpha No. 155.
19. R.W. Bro. Alexander H. Bell, J.G.W., Mt. Nebo No. 76.
Our Fraternal Dead
ILLINOIS
R.W. BRO. WILLIAM HARBRON TURNER
Oriental Lodge No. 33. Died November 13, 1900.
W. BRO. JAMES E. CHURCH
Kenwood Lodge No. 800. Died January 6, 1901.
R.W. BRO. HASWELL CORDIS CLARKE
Kankakee Lodge No. 389. Died January 16, 1901.
W. BRO. WILLIAM A. SUMMERS
Bodley Lodge No. 1. Died July 16, 1900.
W. BRO. WILLIAM C. LENCE
Jonesboro Lodge No. 111. Died August 1, 1900.
W. BRO. JOHN E. HIOBEE
Whitehall Lodge No. 80. Died February 8, 1901.
W. BRO. CHRISTOPHER P. STAFFORD
Full Moon Lodge No. 341. Died August 7, 1900.
W. BRO. JOHN M. BECK
Odell Lodge No. 401. Died March 4, 1901.
W. BRO. FREDRICK KOEBERLIN
Freeburg Lodge No. 418. Died April 8, 1901.
W. BRO. JOHN RATTGER
Jacksonville Lodge No. 570. Died April 24, 1901 .
W. BRO. MYRON S. BROWN
Olive Branch Lodge No. 38. Died June 28, 1901.
W. BRO. JOHN HECTOR ASHLEY
Wheaton Lodge No. 269. Died February 26, 1901.
W. BRO. WILLIAM HENRY JOHNSON
Wheaton Lodge No. 269. Died April 7, 1901.
W. BRO. CHARLES HEINZ
Benevolent Lodge No. 52. Died May 3, 1901.
W. BRO. JOHN W. MARSHALL
Polk Lodge No. 137. Died January 3, 1901.
Our Fraternal Dead
ILLINOIS
W. BRO. J. W. McCLANAHAN
Sparland Lodge No. 441. Died May 21, 1901.
W. BRO. JAMES T. PRICE
Mt. Erie Lodge No. 331. Died March 11, 1901.
R.W. BRO. RHEUNA DRAKE LAWRENCE
Tyran Lodge No. 333. Died February 17, 1901.
W. BRO. WILLIAM C. CALDWELL
Loami Lodge No. 450. Died June 3, 1901.
W. BRO. FREDERICK H. BROWN
Palace Lodge No. 765. Died
W. BRO. MATTHIAS M. McNEALL
Bowen Lodge No. 486. Died December 7, 1900.
W. BRO. DAVID A. CUSHMAN
Garfield Lodge No. 686. Died June 18, 1901.
W. BRO. DAVID H. SANFORD
Hazel Dell Lodge No. 580. Died June 2, 1901.
W. BRO. THOMAS E. LAWRENCE
Elgin Lodge No. 117. Died February 17, 1901.
W. BRO. RICHARD J. YOUNG
Murphysboro Lodge No. 498. Died July 6, 1900.
W. BRO. SIDNEY S. MOORE
Galva Lodge No. 243. Died May 22, 1901.
W. BRO. GEORGE HASTINGS
J. R. Gorin Lodge No. 537. Died April 23, 1901.
W. BRO. MOSES D. DOWDELL
Pekin Lodge No. 29. Died June 3, 1901.
W. BRO. SEELY PERRY
Rockford Lodge No. 102. Died September 4, 1900.
W. BRO. GEORGE HARDSOCK
Mason Lodge No. 217. Died April 11, 1901.
Our Fraternal Dead
ILLINOIS
W. BRO. PATRICK H. LYONS
Russellville Lodge No. 348. Died March 22, 1901.
W. BRO. DR. THOMAS S. BROS
New Boston Lodge No. 59. Died June 26, 1901.
W. BRO. JAMES H. SMITH
T. J. Pickett Lodge No. 307. Died April 14, 1901.
W. BRO. CHARLES S. FENTON
Capron Lodge No. 575. Died July 13, 1901.
W. BRO. EDWARD McALLISTER
Plainfield Lodge No. 536. Died March 25, 1901.
W. BRO. WILLIAM D. CRAIG
Aledo Lodge No. 252. Died January 23, 1901.
W. BRO. PETER GARDNER
LaGrange Lodge No. 770. Died August 5, 1900.
W. BRO. A. M. WILSON
Princeville Lodge No. 360. Died January 31, 1901.
W. BRO. JOHN B. MILLER
Anna Lodge No. 520. Died November 20, 1900.
W. BRO. JOHN W. SPELLMAN
Logan Lodge No. 210. Died June 30, 1901.
W. BRO. LOUIS JACOB HAMMEL
Pleiades Lodge No. 478. Died May 10, 1901.
W. BRO. L. H. ROGERS
Mackinaw Lodge No. 132. Died June 6, 1901.
W. BRO. SAMUEL SHARPE
LaHarpe Lodge No. 195. Died March 6, 1901.
W. BRO. M. A. TERRY
Havana Lodge No. 88. Died March 29, 1901.
W. BRO. BEVERLY N. EWING
Comet Lodge No. 461. Died April 25, 1901.
Our Fraternal Dead
ILLINOIS
W. BRO. LEVI W. WHEELER
Corinthian Lodge No. 205. Died November 14, 1900.
W. BRO. GEORGE LOUGH WARD
Covenant Lodge No. 526. Died August 11, 1900.
W. BRO. GEORGE F. CLEVELAND
Groveland Lodge No. 352. Died April 18, 1901.
R.W. BRO. JACOB- KROHN
Excelsior Lodge No. 97. Died June 21, 1901.
W. BRO. ROBERT DAVIS
Taylor Lodge No. 98. Died February 28, 1901.
W. BRO. MARK BLACKMORE
Black Hawk Lodge No. 238. Died March 15, 1901.
W. BRO. ORVILLE D. SANBORN
Chenoa Lodge No. 292. Died July 20, 1901.
W. BRO. CURTIS F. COLUMBIA
Western Star Lodge No. 240. Died June 6, 1901.
W. BRO. CHARLES H. OSBORN
Lincoln Park Lodge No. 611. Died July 25, 1900.
W. BRO. JOHN PITNEY BEERS
Lambert Lodge No. 659. Died January 23, 1901.
W. BRO. ADOLPH INVEEN
Erwin Lodge No. 315. Died November 4, 1900.
BRO. GEN. J. A. McCLERNAND
Central Lodge No. 71. Died September 23, 1900.
W. BRO. NELSON W. JENVEY
Landmark Lodge No. 422. Died January 28, 1901.
W. BRO. EDW. L. WAHL
Temperance Lodge No. IG. Died July 30, 1901.
BRO. ROBERT R. STEVENS
Grand Tyler of Illinois. Died February 11, 1901.
Our Fraternal Dead
OTHER GRAND JURISDICTIONS
R.W. HENRY CLAY ARMSTRONG
Grand Secretary of Alabama. Died December 17, 1900
M.W. BRO. FRANCIS L. PETTUS
Past Grand Master of Alabama. Died March 6, 1901
M.W. BRO. JAMES McGINNIS BRUNDIDGE
Past Grand Master of Alabama. Died March 13, 1901.
M.W. BRO. EDWIN L. BOWRING
Past Grand Master of Michigan. Died October 26, 1900-
M.W. BRO. JOHN W. CHAMPLIN
Past Grand Master of Michigan. Died July 84, 1901.
JAMES A. TULLEYS
Of Nebraska. Died January 21, 1901.
R.W. BRO. JAMES WASSEN MOORE
Of Nebraska. Died August 2, 1901-
R.W. BRO. THEODORE SUTTON PARVIN
Grand Secretary of Iowa. Died June 28, 1901.
M.W. BRO. EDWIN CARLTON BLACKMAR
Past Grand Master of Iowa. Died October 7, 1900.
M.W. BRO. JOHN HOWARD WAYT
Grand Master of Virginia. Died 1901.
R.W. BRO. JOHN WARREN LAFLIN
Grand Secretary of Wisconsin. Died August 30, 1900.
M.W. BRO. MORTIMER NYE.
Past Grand Master of Indiana. Died July 6, 1901.
Our Fraternal Dead
OTHER GRAND JURISDICTIONS
M.W. BRO. GEORGE DICKERSON GOLDEN
Grand Master of Idaho. Died May 17, 190).
M.W. BRO. WILLIAM C. BORDMAN
Past Grand Master of Montana. Died April 16, 1901.
R.W. BRO. EDWARD CARROLL PARMELEE
Grand Secretar}' of Colorado. Died May 10, 1901.
R. W. BRO. JAMES RAY SHEEHAN
Senior Grand Warden of Indian Territory.
Died June 18. 1901.
M.W. BRO. JOHN MARSHALL STONE
Past Grand Master of Mississippi. Died
W. BRO. JOHN K. McLEOD
Of Mississippi. Died
M.W. BRO. JOHN F. McCORMICK
Past Grand Master of Mississippi. Died
M.W. BRO. WILLIAM STARLING
Past Grand Master of Mississippi.- Died
M.W. BRO. JAMES R. BAILEY
Past Grand Master of Oregon. Died May 24, 1901.
R.W. BRO. WM. REYNOLDS SINGLETON
Grand Secretar}' of District of Columbia.
Died February 23, 1901.
R.W. BRO. ARCHIBALD A. GLENN
Of Kansas. Died 1901.
R.W. BRO. JOHN LOGAN POWER
Grand Secretary of Mississippi. Died September 24, 1901.
APPENDIX
PART I.
REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON MASONIC
CORRESPONDENCE,
1901.
1901.] Gra7id Lodge of Illinois. 129
The Grand Secretary desires to thank the editors of the following^
magazines and papers for kindly supplying his office with their publi-
cations during the past year, in exxhange for our proceedings. We
shall be happy to exchange with all Masonic publications and papers
having a Masonic Department:
The Illinois Freemason — Bloomington, Illinois.
Masonic Advocate — Indianapolis, Ind.
Masonic Home Journal — Louisville, Ky.
The Masonic Chronicler — Chicago, 111.
The Australian Keystone — Melbourne, Victoria.
Masonic Tidings — Milwaukee, Wis.
The TreMe Board — 408 California street, San Francisco, Cal.
Masonic iVeios— Peoria, 111.
Masonic Journal — Portland, Me.
The Masonic Constellation — St. Louis, Mo.
2Vie New Zealand Craftsman — Dunedin.
Square and Compass — Denver, Colo.
The Texas Freemason — San Antonio, Texas.
The American Tyler — Ann Arbor, Michigan.
The Freemason and Fezz — Cedar Rapids, Iowa.
Masonic Token — Portland, Me.
The Masonic iJeiu'cw— Tacoma, Wash.
Square and Compass — New Orleans, La.
The Tennessee Mason — Nashville, Tenn.
Masonic Standard— New York, N.Y.
Masonic Voice and Bevieio — Chicago, 111.
The Pacific Mason — Seattle, Wash.
The Signet — Decatur, 111.
REPORT
OF THE
Committee on Masonic Correspondence.
To the M. W. Grand Lodge of Illinois, A. F. and A. 3Iaso7is:
In the following pag'es we have reviewed the proceeding's of all
the North American grand lodges except Nevada, Quebec and Rhode
Island — which were either not received or were mislaid when we
moved the materials for our report from Quincy to our new home in
Jacksonville,— and the five recognized grand lodges of the Australa-
sian group, fifty-eight in all.
We have the proceedings of England and Scotland but have been
compelled to pass them for the present for want of time to examine
them thoroughly, and they are this year too important to be slighted.
To the jurisdictions that we have had under review we feel that
an apology is due for the imperfection of our work. As we look back
over it. it seems to us most unsatisfactory. But it was the best that
we could do under the limitation of time caused by a change of resi-
dence not long foreseen, and amid the distractions of a field of labor
whose administrative responsibilities were in great measure new.
The result was that the work was crowded into about one-third of
the time we had usually been able to give to it.
We have no time left in these fast waning moments of the eleventh
hour to take a survey of the field that we have been over. We can
only take a minute to say that by the action of the Grand Lodge of
Washington at its last communication, the disturbance of the waters
caused by its action of 1898 has ceased. The sudden demise of the
Gran Dieta of Mexico, in the midst of the hue and cry raised by the
promoters of its recognition in this country, has left them sucking
their thumbs and wondering at the disastrous outcome of what for a
short time seemed to be full of promise for the discrediting of genu-
ine Masonry and the upbuilding of dissent from the original plan.
Of course one can never foretell what new cause for excitement
the future may have in store, but it now looks as though we were en-
tering upon a quiet period, favorable to the student of Masonic his-
tory. In this view, easily the most important event of the year is the
forthcoming- of the '-Concise History of the Craft," by the eminent
historian, ROBERT Freke Gould. This we understand is really an
abridgment of his great work, to which has been added all the im-
portant discoveries made by Masonic students since that was pub-
lished. Most of us are too busy to hunt out the facts we seek in the
larger work, and the appearance of the smaller work, which will give
us the facts — as Brother Gould always does — without the specula-
tions, will indeed fill a long felt want.
We here renew our thanks to M.W. Jesse B. Anthony, of New
York, for the use we make of his valuable statistics, which this year
will be found at close of our report.
To our fellovvs of the guild and our brethren of both hemispheres
we tender fraternal greetings.
Joseph Robbins, Committee.
Jacksonville, 111., Sept. 28, 1901.
NDEX
Grand Lodge. Page.
Alabama 23
Arizona 28
Arkansas 30
British Columbia 35
California 38
Canada (Ontario) 45
Colorado 48
Connecticut 54
Delaware 52
District of Columbia 56
Florida 60
Georgia 64
Idaho 67
Indiana 71
Indian Territory 78
Iowa 81
Kansas 86
Kentucky 88
Louisiana 96
Maine 98
Manitoba 106
Maryland 108
Massachusetts 110
Michigan 114
Minnesota 117
Mississippi 119
Missouri 124
Montana 129
Nebraska 133
Grand Lodge. Page.
New Brunswick 138
New Hampshire 141
New Jersey 145
New Mexico 147
New South Wales 156
New York 163
New Zealand 166
North Carolina 168
North Dakota 171
Nova Scotia 172
Ohio 175
Oklahoma 184
Oregon 186
Pennsylvania 189
Prince Edward Island 194
South Australia 195
South Carolina 196
South Dakota 199
Tasmania 201
Tennessee 202
Texas 205
Utah 209
Vermont 212
Victoria 215
Virginia 216
Washington 219
West Virginia 223
Wisconsin 225
Wyoming 227
SPECIAL REPORT
Proposed Recognition of Foreign Grand Bodies,
To the M. W. Grand Lodge of A. F. aiid A. M. of the State of Illinois:
At the annual communication of this grand lodge in 1900, the
following resolution was referred to the committee on Masonic cor-
respondence:
Resolved, That the grand master be requested to enter into fra-
ternal relations, and exchange of representatives, with the following'
grand lodg'es:
The Grand Lodge of Norway (at Christiana), His Royal Highness,
Bro. Oscar Gustave Adolph, G M.
The Grand Lodge of Sweden (at Stockholm), His Majesty, Bro.
Oscar II, Kingf of Sweden and Norway.
The Grand National Lodge of Denmark (at Copenhagen), His
Royal Highness, Bro. Hans, G.M.
The Grand Lodge of the Republic of Peru, Bro. Dr. Artruo Ego,
Aquiri, G.M.
The Grand Lodg-e Vallie de Mexico, Bro. W. J. DeGress, G.M, (P-
Deas, P. G.M.)
The National Grand Lodge of Spain (at Madrid), Bro. Dr. Miguel
Moray ta, G.M.
The National Grand Lodge of Egypt (at Cairo), Bro. Idris Bey
Ray re b, G.M.
The Symbolic Grand Lodge of Hungary (at Budapest) , Bro. Georg-e
Von Joannovics, G.M.
The Grand Lodge of Saxony (at Dresden), Bro. Bernh Aurther
Erdmann, G.M.
The Grand Lodg"e of the Electric Union (at Frankfort-on-the-Main)^
Bro. Joseph Werner, G.M.
The Grand Lodge of Prussia (at Berlin), Bro. Alwin Wagner, G.M.
The Grand National Lodge of Freemasons of Germany (at Berlin
W.), Bro. Hans Zolliner, G.M.
The Grand Lodge of the Three Globes (at Berlin, S.), Bro, Karl
Gerhardt, G,M.
The Grand Lodge of Switzerland (at Berne), Bro. C. Fr. Hausman,
G.M.
The Grand Lodge of Holland (at The Hague), Bro. J. P. Vaillant,
G.S.
APPENDIX. — PART I.
This reference compels your committee to traverse ground that
was very thoroughly gone over at the annual communication of 1898;
ground that is very familiar to the older members of this grand lodge.
But every year brings here in part a new generation of masters and
wardens who are, in a measure, unfamiliar with the precedents with
which this grand body has blazed its path of steadfast loyalty to the
Free and Accepted Masonry which the fathers of the fraternity in
this jurisdiction received as a sacred heritage in its lineal descent
from the first grand lodge, and with it accepted the responsibility of
transmitting it in its purity to succeeding generations.
In attempting to so clear the ground that this new element may
act understandingly upon this proposition for wholesale recognition
of alleged Masonic governing bodies, whose history and status is in
some instances but too little, and in others but too well known, we
shall draw largely upon the report above referred to.
The early records of the Grand Lodge of Illinois do not show any
formal recognition of several of the grand lodges with which we are,
as a grand lodge, in fraternal correspondence. The earliest recorded
act tending to show, possibly, how these fraternal relations came
about, is to be found in a resolution adopted in 1842, as follows:
Besolved, That this grand lodge reciprocate the courtesy of the
grand lodges from which communications have been received, and
that the grand secretary, as soon as convenient, transmit one copy of
the proceedings of this grand lodge at its present communication to
each grand lodge in the United States, and to such foreign grand
lodges as he may have the address of.
In 1844 first appeared a tabular list, presumably of such grand
lodges, which embraced the following:
Alabama, Arkansas, Connecticut, District of Columbia, Florida,
Georgia, Indiana, Iowa, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts,
Mississippi, Missouri, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North
Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Tennes-
see, Texas, Virginia, Wisconsin.
These, however, are all bodies a knowledge of whose legitimacy
and regularity was a part of the undisputed stock of general Masonic
information.
The first recorded deliverance bearing upon the question of the
legitimacy of grand lodges seeking recognition — apart from the con-
stitutional provision acknowledging the constraint of the ancient
landmarks, carrying with it the obligation to regard their repudia-
tion and overthrow as destroying the Masonic character of the offend-
ing body — was the following resolution adopted in 1845:
Besolved, That this grand lodge will conform to and abide by the
ancient rules and regulations of the fraternity, in all cases wherein
the change in the character of the institution from "operative and
speculative" to "speculative only" has not indicated the propriety or
necessity of a departure therefrom; and will discountenance all inno-
vations upon and rebellion against the real landmarks of the order.
MASONIC CORRESPONDENCE.
Touching' the question of such regularity of formation as would
entitle to recognition a new grand lodge known to have been organized
b}' lodges of undoubted legitimacy, it was generally agreed at this
period that not less than three lodges could unite in forming a recog-
nizable grand lodge, but the completed rule which now finds universal
acceptance in this country was still a matter of discussion.
This rule, which for many years has governed the action of the
Grand Lodge of Illinois in determining these questions may be briefly
stated as follows:
Three or more lodges constituting a majority of the lodges exist-
ing in a state or other politically autonomous territorj^, all the lodges
therein having been invited to particijiate in the deliberations, may
unite to form a grand lodge, and the grand lodge thus formed is there-
upon rightfully entitled to the recognition of other grand lodges, and
to absolute sovereignty — within the landmarks — within such terri-
tory.
The "lodges" referred to in this rule the Grand Lodge of Illinois
has always held must be genuine Masonic lodges, warranted by some
recognized grand lodge of Free and Accepted Masons; not simply the
simulacra of lodges chartered by some supreme council of the Scot-
tish Rite, Rite of Memphis, or some other file of side degrees, who, be-
cause they have been tolerated in the misuse of the Masonic name for
their sodalities, have come to assume a voice in the government of
the Masonry upon which their sky-scraping Babel towers have been
built. For a stronger reason it has held that the so-called lodges es-
tablished by grand orients could not be recognized as capable of form-
ing a legitimate grand lodge — the stronger reason that in their case
to the impudence of sheer assumption has been added the sin of inten-
tional deception. We say intentional deception, because, while the
members of a supreme council in a country where nothing apart from
its system claiming to be Masonry exists, if ignorant of the history of
Masonry, might believe that their governing bodies were the reposi-
tories of lawful authority therein, the establishment of a grand orient
wherein the fiction of a grand lodge is maintained without the sub-
stance, in order to salve over the consciences of those who have sol-
emnly ag:reed (over and over again with every annual recurrence of
the installation ceremony) to conditions that render it simply impos-
sible that there should be any authority in the government of Masonry
outside of the grand lodge plan, is of itself the most indubitable evi-
dence that those who conceived and those who promote this subter-
fuge are conscious of the fundamental law, and of the fact that their
system is simply organized dissent from the original plan of that
Masonry whose privileges no man has ever lawfully received, or can
receive, without agreeing that these conditions shall be maintained
inviolate.
Before the nature of these bodies was understood by a probable
baker's dozen Masons in this country, and before a less number was
aware that at the time the grand lodge system was established there
was nowhere in the world any Masonry within which might grow up a
different system of Masonic government without its being necessarily
a dissent from that plan — a dissent organized by Masons who had re-
ceived Masonry upon the express condition that they would not depart
from it or countenance dissenters therefrom — fraternal relations
were entered into with supreme councils by some grand lodges in this
country, and with grand orients by a still larger number.
APPENDIX. — PART I.
In a limited sense this was true of the Grand Lodg^e of Illinois: at
least it found itself in fraternal correspondence with some of them,
among them the Grand Orient of France, although not through any
conscious overture of its own. It probably came about through the
vague discretion lodged with the grand secretary bj^ the resolution of
1842 in the expression, "and to such foreign grand lodges as we may
have the address of."' The records do not disclose the establishment
of fraternal relations with any European grand body by grand lodge
authorit3\ Since the adoption of our new constitution in 1870, fra-
ternal relations have not been established with an}' grand lodge with-
out such authority.
After the nature and composition of grand orients and the rela-
tions of the so-called high degrees in foreign bodies came to be under-
stood, Illinois spoke with no uncertain sound. Before an occasion
had arisen which called for such speaking in this jurisdiction. New
York had retraced its too-hastily taken steps in the recognition of
grand orients. In 1871 Grand Master Anthon in his address to the
grand lodge of that jurisdiction said:
''Each of these grand orients is more or less subject to the au-
thority of what I believe to be known as a 'Supreme Grand Council,'
which is, as its name denotes, the ultimate governing body of the Ma-
sonic jurisdiction, and superior to the grand orient.
"The supreme grand council belongs to a rite, and requires for
admission to its governing body the possession of degrees wholly un-
known to this grand body, and in those countries considered and
spoken of and really being 'higher degrees' to their S3'stem.
"Representation, tlierefore, with the grand orients is a represen-
tation and treaty between the supreme Masonic power in the Free
and Accepted Rite, our own, and a subordinate body in the Ancient
and Accepted Rite, adopting these terms as convenient.
"Representation between the grand lodge and the supreme coun-
cil is, of course, impracticable from the degrees additional to that of
Master Mason, required in those bodies, and doubtless also from the
rank and authority over 'inferior' degrees, so termed, which belong
to them.
"In our own jurisdiction there is also a supreme council, which,
in common with the grand chapter and grand encampment has
adopted the generous and fraternal policy of a cession of all claim
to jurisdiction over the first three degrees of Masonry to the M.W.
grand lodge.
"This, however, is not the case with the grand orient, now apply-
ing to us. I am myself averse to the institution of the representative
system between our own grand lodge and grand orients, which, in
legal governmental power, organization, ritual and rank, as indepen-
dent jurisdictions, differ so widely from our grand lodge."
And the grand lodge adopted the following relating thereto, re-
ported by the committee on jurisprudence:
"The question of the recognition of or correspondence with the
regular, disputed, doubtful, or spurious bodies called grand orients,
MASONIC CORRESPONDENCE.
discussed by the M.W. grand master, has been considered by your
committee, and for the reasons stated by the grand master, it is rec-
ommended that such recognition and correspondence cease."
In submitting to this grand lodge in 1878 an overture from the
Grand Orient of Spain asking for recognition as the supreme Masonic
power in that Icingdom and for an exchange of representatives, the
grand master gav« the following reasons why the request of that Ijody
should be denied and why the pretensions of the system of which it
was a part, to exercise any authority in Ancient Craft Masonry,
should be repudiated:
The Grand Lodge of Illinois recognizes as entitled to an exchange
of representatives only sovereign and independent and perforce legiti-
mate grand lodges. No Masonic body answering this description is
known to exist in Spain.
The so-called Masonry of Spain is what is known as the "Ancient
and Accepted Scottish Rite." whose governing head is a body known
as the Supreme Council of Sovereign Grand Inspectors General of the
Thirty-third Degree, and of this body all other bodies composing the
grand orient are dependents. Among these dependent bodies is the
"Grand Lodg"e," nominally the governing body of Symbolic or Blue
Masonry. It is a grand lodge only in name, having no attribute of
sovereignty, and destitute even of the first attribute of independence
— the right to choose its own rulers. The sovereign grand commander
of the supreme council is ex officio grand master of the grand lodge.
The office of grand commander is non-elective, attaching by right of
succession to the senior sovereign grand inspector general, accord-
ing to the date of his diploma, and held, with the appendant grand
mastership, by a life tenure.
With no such emasculated grand lodge — however legitimate
might have been its origin — could the Grand Lodge of Illinois, sov-
ereign and independent, enter upon relations of equality.
Recognition of a Masonic power pre-supposes something to recog-
nize, some attribute on the part of such power which gives it a like-
ness to a sovereign state. For the Grand Lodge of Illinois to appoint
a representative to the "Grand Lodge of Spain," would be analogous
to the sending of an ambassador by Great Britain to Alsace or Lor-
raine: or by the United States to the county of Tipperary, or Con-
naught.
But these considerations, weighty as they are, do not touch the
core of the question of our relations to the grand orients and the sys-
tem on which they are based, wherein is involved our loyalty to the
institution of Masonry and to the obligations we sustain as one of its
constituents.
The sole warrant for the existence of the Grand Lodge of Illinois
is that it possesses, and through its constituents administers, genuine
Masonry. If the system it holds and practices is genuine, it is certain
that the antipodes of that system cannot also be genuine. Masonry
is distinguished not less by its polity than by its traditions and cere-
monials. Its metes and bounds were fixed when the first grand lodge
solemnly agreed to the ''Charges of a Freemason" as the landmarks,
the unchangeable law. The Masonry thus bounded and distinguished
10 APPENDIX. — PART I.
occupied the whole ground. No coeval body having the same or similar
traditions and ceremonials, but a different body of law, existed to dis-
pute its title. It was absolutely' exclusive. This Masonrj' is our herit-
age. We are dowered with all its privileges, immunities, and glories,
and upon us are entailed all its responsibilities, chief among which is
the maintenance unchang'ed of its immemorial law. From the time
when the society crystallized into its present form, every successive
generation of masters, down to that which largel)* composes this as-
sembly, has agreed that no man, or body of men, can make innovations
in the body of Masonry, and that no new lodge shall be formed with-
out permission of the grand lodge.
The existence of a lodge anywhere that may lawfully administer
the rites of Masonr}^ presupposes the existence of a grand lodge from
which it has derived its warrant; and the existence of such grand
lodge presupposes the prior existence of warranted lodges by whose
representatives it was formed, and so on backward in unbroken con-
nection to the first grand lodge.
The Grand Lodge of Illinois would not for a moment entertain a
proposition to recognize as Masonic any so-called lodge of Ancient
Craft Masons which could not show such a connection, however loudly
it might proclaim its allegiance to the primal law, and though its
polity were identical with our own. By what mysterious process of
logic can it justify itself, if it shall recognize as Masonic any so-called
lodge, grand or subordinate, which not only cannot show such a con-
nection, but whose polity is a flat denial of the fundamental law which
we hold to be unchangeable? It will not thus place a premium on in-
novation, nor accord to the alien that which it denies to the house-
hold of the faithful.
Masonry is a commonwealth whose members stand on a footing of
perfect equality. It has no impermm in imperio from whose ranks the
rulers of the craft must spring; but on the contrary every craftsman
is eligible to be raised bj- the suffrages of his brethren to the highest
office within its gift. Its representative form of government is an
essential feature, without which it cannot be identified as 3Iasoni-y. Only
on condition that this feature shall be maintained can, or could, any
body of men acquire the authority to administer its rites.
The claim, then, of any sodality, or system whose government is
a non-elective oligarchy exercising absolute control over admission
to its own ranks, to be considered Masonry, or as being in any sense
coequal with Masonry, is an assumption which the Grand Lodge of
Illinois cannot admit without self stultification.
Yet such is the system which in Continental Europe breeds grand
orients and supreme councils, claiming to be the supreme Masonic
power in the states wherein they exist.
The grand lodge approved this action through the report of the
committee on grand master's report, concurring in the following:
"His reasons for such actions are clear and convincing, and prove
that it is a body which entirely disregards the ancient landmarks of
our order, and thereby places itself without the pale of our Masonic
family."
MASONIC CORRESPONDENCE. 11
The following year the retiring grand master of 1878 (having been
appointed committee on correspondence), discussing this general sub-
ject with another reviewer who thought that in some instances the
charters for craft lodges were really issued by the grand lodge section,
or bureau, of the grand orient — but who admitted that they might
have to vised by the sovereign grand commander — took occasion to
make the following statement with the intention of making all the
points of the debate as clear as possible:
We utterly deny that any body save a representative grand lodge
can by warrant or charter create a lodge that has any claim what-
ever to the name of Masonry, or that can administer its rites; and as
emphatically deny that an}^ body which establishes as a condition of
eligibility to membership therein any distinctions save those known
to "The Charges of a Freemason," viz: Master, fellow and appren-
tice, or which admits that any organization based upon, or by virtue
of, distinctions other than these, may supervise, veto, or in any man-
ner restrict its actions, within the sphere curcumscribed by those
charges, is a grand lodge within the meaning of Masonic law.
This so fully reflected the views of the grand lodge upon the ques-
tions involved, that upon its being called up and presented by Past
Grand Master Cregier, it was, upon his motion, unanimously concur-
red in.
In 1884 M. W. Brother Gurney, of this committee, presented a spe-
cial report to the grand lodge the subject of which is sufficiently dis-
closed by the propositions and resolutions appended thereto, for the
purposes of this report, to make it unnecessary to reproduce the
matter which precedes them. They are as follows:
First. That persons can not be made Masons except by the act
of a regular lodge, working under the jurisdiction and by the author-
ity of a grand lodge duly constituted by the representatives of lodges
of Free and Accepted or Craft Masons.
Second. That every association of Masons, of whatever name or
degree, other than that of the three degrees of Craft Masonry here-
tofore described, that assumes the right to congregate, initiate, pass
and raise persons to' the several degrees of said Craft or Symbolic
Masonry, is clandestine, and is hereby so pronounced and declared.
And whereas, The aforesaid "Egyptian Masonic Rite of Mem-
phis," of which Bro. Darius Wilson is "Grand Master," together with
the "Ancient and Primitive Rite of Memphis," of which Bro. Alex-
ander B. Mott is grand master, declare, by both positive avowal and
implication, that they and their organizations have an inherent
right, by charters and otherwise, to establish lodges for conferring
the degrees of Entered Apprentice, Fellow Craft and Master Mason;
therefore.
Resolved, That the said "Egyptian Masonic Rite of Memphis," and
the said "Ancient and Primitive Rite of Memphis," and all other as-
sociations of persons of whatever degree or name (other than lodges
of Free and Accepted, Symbolic or Craft Masons, and the grand lodges
duly constituted by the representatives of such lodges), that shall ar-
rogate to themselves the authority, under any circumstances or con-
ditions, to confer the degrees of Symbolic or Craft Masonry, to-wit:
12 APPENDIX. — PART I.
Entered Apprentice, Fellow Craft and Master Mason, or whose char-
ters, constitutions, laws, edicts or decrees shall assume, or permit the
powers organized under them to assume, the authority to constitute
lodges, or bodies of any other name, for the conferring the said three
degrees of Symbolic or Craft Masonry, are clandestine bodies within
the meaning of the fundamental law of Masonry; and with their con-
stituents, dependents and individual members are clearly within the
scope of the inhibitions of Section 2, Article X., of the constitution
of this grand lodge: and all the Masons within the jurisdiction of the
said Grand Lodge of Illinois are hereby warned that any Masonic in-
tercourse with the aforesaid "Egyptian Masonic Rite of Memphis,"
of which Bro. Darius Wilson is "Grand Master," or the "Ancient and
Primitive Rite of Memphis," of which Bro. Alexander B. Mott is
"Grand Master," their members and constituent bodies, or with anj^
other association or persons assuming to have any authority, powers
or privileges in Ancient Craft Masonry, not derived from this grand
lodge, within the state of Illinois, will subject them to the penalty at-
taching to a violation of their Masonic covenants.
It is a singular illustration of the irony of fate that with this
record of steadfast adherence to the conditions upon which it re-
ceived (and upon which alone it could have received), the custody of
Masonry in this jurisdiction, the Grand Lodge of Illinois should have
found in the one continental European body with which it was in
fraternal relations at the time the report of 1898 was written, viz:
the Grand Lodge of Three Globes, at Berlin, the one that next to the
Grand Lodge of France was the first to overthrow the landmarks
almost to obliteration and which today utterly ignores the landmark
concerning God and religion which gives to Masonry its only claim to
universality. Our records show that this body was not originally
formally recognized, but must have been placed upon the accredited
list by the grand secretary under the resolution previously cited, and
adopted at a time when the grand lodge not only knew nothing of the
status, but did not even know the address of the alleged grand lodges
of the continent of Europe.
In order to get any just idea of the relations of the German and
other continental bodies to the fraternity, it is necessary first to re-
member that at the time the first grand lodge was formed there was
not then, nor had there been, any Freemasonry existing outside of
the British Isles. The modern claim — or rather suggestion, for no
Masonic student of reputation dares to make the direct claim — that
Masonry developed at different centers at the same time, independ.
ently of each other, is without even the shadow of a foundation in
fact. There was no Freemasonry but British Freemasonr3^ and the
Frenchman or the German who received this received it under pre-
cisely the same conditions of obligation as the Englishman, the Irish-
man or the Scotchman, all equally agreeing to preserve inviolate the
landmarks which define the "body of Masonry" as being representa-
tive in its government, preserving to every member equal rights and
MASONIC CORRESPONDENCE. 13
elig'ibilities with every other member, and excludinjj all dii^tinctions
save those of Apprentice. Fellow and Master b}^ providing for no
others.
Yet, as we shall see, no sooner had Masonry been transplanted
from its native home among a free people long inured to self-govern-
ment, than it began to be honeycombed by innovations and rapidly to
reflect the aristocratic, hierarchical notions and the spirit of caste
of its new environment. Lodges originally chartered by lawful au-
thority soon cut loose from that authority and set themselves up in-
dividuall}' as propagators of lodges and under the lead of kings who
assumed the divine right to substitute their own whims for the law of
Masonry, declared themselves grand lodges; and these alleged grand
lodges afterwards became the prey of every new system which came
along with a more imposing array of new degrees and distinctions
than its predecessor, each transformation leaving less and less of the
Masonry of the original plan.
An indispensable step towards any fair working understanding of
the tangled condition of German Freemasonry is some familiarity
with a paper on that topic by Bro. Gotthelf Greiner, published in
the transactions of the Lodge Quatuor Coronati, of London, conceded
by the most erudite Masonic scholars to be unequaled as a compen-
dium of existing Masonic affairs in Germany. Referring to the period
following the year 1720, when Masonry found its way from Britain to
the continent, first to France, where lodges had taken root in 1732,
and a little later to Germany, to be confined for many years chiefly to
the upper classes, he speaks of the initiation of Prince Francis
Stephen, duke of Lorraine and eventually Emperor of Germany, by
Dr. Desaguiliers in a special lodge held at the Hague in 1731; he
calls attention to the statement that the Earl of Strathmore,
Grand Master of England, had granted a deputation to eleven Ger-
man Masons to open a lodge at Hamburg in 1733, and says:
With regard to the above it has been remarked by Brother Malc-
zovich (whose statement I adopt) "that the first lodges in Germany
were founded by German brethren mostly initiated in England, and
that they obtained warrants from the Grand Lodge of England. Ma-
sonic districts and provinces were formed out of the largest part of
these lodges by the English grand lodge. Some of the German lodges,
however, especially those in the capitals, declared themselves as
mother and grand lodges for their own country, thus expressing a
tendency to become Masonic centers for their own lands." (A.Q.C.,
iv., 184.) Of this a conspicuous example may be afforded. On the
night of August 14, 1738. the Crown Prince of Prussia— afterwards
Frederick the Great — was initiated at Brunswick by a deputation
from the lodge at Hamburg. It is a noteworthy circumstance that
the Crown Prince of Prussia, as well as the Duke of Lorraine, was re-
ceived into Masonry in a deputy (or occasional) lodge. Frederick,
when he succeeded to the throne, founded a lodge in Berlin. This
14 APPENDIX. — PART I.
took the name of the "Three Globes,*' and its first meeting was held
September 13, 1740. It granted several warrants of constitution to
subordinate lodges during the next ensuing years, and on June 24,
1744, assumed the title of the "Grand Mother Lodge of the Three
Globes." The grand master (at least in name) from that period until
the date of his death (1786) was Frederick the Great.
In other parts of Germany, particularly in the capitals and other
important cities, as at Dresden, Frankfurt, Leipsic, Hanover, and
other places, lodges were established by the authority of the Grand
Lodge of England at dates closely approximating their establishment
at Hamburg and Berlin. Continuing, he says:
About the year 1740 a number of degrees, alleged to be of Scottish
origin, made their appearance in all parts of France. Indeed, not con-
tent with this, as St. Andrew was the patron saint of Scotland and of
the lodges there, the new degrees manufactured in France were called
not alone Scottish, but St. Andrew's Degrees. (A.Q.C., i., 10.) The
Scottish master asserted in every way a superiority over the Master
Mason, and even as a visitor ranked before the master of the lodge.
At any time or place, he could personally confer the degrees of E. A.,
F.C., and M.M. Later still, when the Scottish lodges were grafted on
the ordinary lodges, the former became supreme in all matters and
even acted as grand lodges, granting warrants of constitution. In
this way arose throughout France the numerous Scottish mother
lodges. From France, these imaginary Scottish degrees were im-
ported into Germany. There were Scottish lodges at Berlin, 1741; at
Hamburg, 1744; at Leipzig, 1747; and at Frankfurt, 1753. Forty-seven
or more of such lodges were erected in Germany between 1742 and
1764. The influence of the Chapter of Clermont then made itself felt,
and lastly came the Templar System of the Strict Observance, which
burst over Central Europe like a tornado, and nearly swept away
every vestige of pure and ancient Freemasonry.
The landmarks of the Craft in Germany may be said to have been
almost totally obliterated during the twenty years that the mania of
the Strict Observance was in the ascendant.
A few events which occurred in those "dark days" must now be
related, as without them, the peculiar features by which the Grand
Lodges of Berlin are distinguished from those in other parts of Ger-
many, would be but imperfectly understood by a portion of my
hearers.
J. W. von Zinnendorff. one of the most remarkable Masons that
ever existed, signed the Act of Strict Observance at Halle, on August
24, 1764, was knighted by von Hund (the head of the order) October 3,
1764, and made Prefect of Templin {i.e., Brandenburg with the seat in
Berlin) on the 6th, with his friend Kriiger as next to him in rank. In
June, 1765, Zinnendorff was elected master of the Three Globes, which
in 1766 was constituted a Scottish or directorial lodge, with power to
warrant Strict Observance lodges. The subordinate lodges under the
Three Globes went over to the new system, with the exception of the
Royal York, which placed itself for a time under the protection of
England, but afterwards reasserted its independence; and in 1798 be-
came a grand lodge.
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In 1766 Zinnendorff renounced the Strict Observance, and in the
same year resigned the office of master of the Three Globes. In 1767
he retired altogether from the Three Globes, and in 1768 "by virtue of
his inherent authority'" as a Scottish master (having" previously pro-
cured the rituals of the Swedish High Degrees), he erected his first
lodge (Minerva) on the Swedish system, at Potsdam. A second was
formed at Berlin in 1769. and no less than twelve were established by
1770. These, in the same year, assumed the title of the Grand Na-
tional Lodge of German Freemasons in Berlin. A compact with the
Grand Lodge of England, by which (Frankfurt alone dissenting), all
German}' was virtually handed over to the Zinnendorff body, was con-
cluded in 1773, and the new grand lodge obtained the protection of
Frederick the Great in 1774.
The Swedish system or rite is commonly described as a mixture
of English Freemasonry, of the High Degrees of the French, of Tem-
plarism. and of certain ideas peculiar to the Hermetic or Rosicrurian
fraternities. It is also affirmed that the mystical teachings of Eman-
uel Swedenborg are discernible in the doctrines of the rite. But I
shall wind up this brief description of the Swedish working, with a
statement by Brother Speth, who assures us — "That no Masons have
diverged further from the true light of Masonry, than those under
the Swedish systems in Sweden, Denmark, and Germany." (A.Q.C.,
i., 208.)
Upon the same authority I here introduce the fact that during
the sway of the Strict Observance "the Provincial Grand Lodge of
Frankfurt was the only body on the whole continent which had kept
inviolate and unsullied the pure and simple teachings of English Free-
masonry." (Ihid.) In 1774, the Prov. G.M. (under England) of this
provincial grand lodge, stated in an official letter, that the only truly
English lodge in Germany was the Frankfurt lodge, and that both the
Zinnendorff and the Strict Observance systems were something en-
tirely different.
Of this lodge, the "Union," established at Frankfurt in 1742, and
of the provincial grand lodge into which it afterwards developed, it
may indeed be said, that alone among the private, the provincial
grand, or the grand lodges of Germany (during the continuance of
the troubled period I am describing), they withstood the combined in-
fluence of "Scottish" degrees, Strict Observance, Rosicrucians, Illu-
minati, and of every other system or society which tampered in any
way with the genuine principles of English Craft Masonry.
About the year 1784 the Strict Observance had spent its force,
the Grand Lodge of the Three Globes at Berlin threw off the yoke,
and in 1786 the English Provincial Grand Lodge of Hamburg was re-
established.
In 1797, new constitutions were agreed to by the Three Globes.
The grand lodge was to consist of thirty-six members chosen from the
Berlin lodges. Seven of these formed the "Ancient Scottish Direc-
tory." The president took the title of Head Scottish Master, and the
members were all required to be "Scottish" Masons. The Directory
was also an Inner Orient, and the preservation of the ritual was en-
trusted to its care. There were three degrees, with four higher steps.
16 APPENDIX. — PART I.
As at present constituted, the Grand Lodg'e of the Three Globes
consists of: (a) The grand lodges in its stricter sense. (6) The union
directory; and (c) The legislative assembly. The grand lodge is com-
posed of: (1) Brethren elected by the grand lodge; (2) the presiding
masters and their representative deputy and second deputy masters of
daughter lodges; and the grand archivists during their term of office.
The number of elected members is limited to sixty-three, and those
eligible for election present or past wardens, or orators, Master Ma-
sons of three years' standing and regular members of daughter lodges
in the union. Every lodge sends up annually a list of from three to
five eligibles. The term of service is for twelve years. Further:
There is also the Union Directory, which is the executive, repre-
sentative, and ratifying body or organ of the grand lodge in all ex-
ternal Masonic matters. It inherits the authority of the old Scottish
lodge, and by virtue thereof bears the name of "Old Scottish Direc-
tor3^" As such, it is the protector, multiplier and dispenser of the
knowledge of the Inner Orient, while as the authority in internal
Masonic affairs it is called the Supreme or Highest Inner Orient.
The Union Directory consists of seven brethren who were formerly
elected for life by the grand lodge (but whether they are so at present
I cannot say), from among her active members holding the highest
Masonic rank.
The various degrees are: I. — St. John's lodge: 1, E.A.; 2, F.C.; 3,
M.M.; II. — Scottish lodge: 4, Scottish master; ill. — Chapter or inner
orient: 5th, 6th and 7th grades.
A profession of the Christian religion is necessary either to initia-
tipn or affiliation. This is also true of the Grand National Lodge of
German Freemasons, and seems also to be an unwritten law of the
Grand Lodge of Prussia, Royal York of Friendship, both also of Ber-
lin. In all the other German lodges Jews or other non-Christians are
eligible for initiation or joining.
In all the German lodges there is an absence of an effectual secret
ballot, the custom of "justification of the ballot" prevailing. Brother
Greiner says:
Four weeks later the ballot is taken, and it is an unalterable law that
every black ball must be justified, and that every black ball not justified is dis-
regarded. With four or more black balls the application is adjourned
for one year; and forever — under the Three Globes — if they make up
one-third of the entire ballot. With only one, two, or three black
balls the W.M. calls upon the brethren who cast them to reveal to
him their identity, privately and confidentially, and to furnish within
eight (or fourteen) days their reasons for having back-balled the can-
didate. If within this period no one acknowledges having cast such
black balls, the W.M. is empowered to consider them as having been
cast in error, and to declare the ballot white. At a second ballot (after
the lapse of a year) the application is barred forever (under grand
lodge IV — Hamburg) if only a single justified black ball is cast.
The following is also of universal application:
Initiation is sealed (or ratified) by the word of honor, hand-clasp
(or hand-pledge) and signature of the postulant. An oath is no longer
taken, and is merely referred to as a matter of history. The word of
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an honest man is deemed sufficient. At the same time it must be
clearly understood that a vow is made at initiation, the form of which
varies with the ritual used, and that such vows are repeated in the
ceremonies of passing and rising.
In thus tracing at considerable length the history of the Grand
Lodge of the Three Globes, we have incidentally found that much
light has been thrown upon the history of other German grand
lodges included with it in this extraordinary proposition to thrust
fraternal relations upon bodies that have so far abdicated their in-
dependence that they may not say whether they desire it or not, and
to enter into an exchange of representatives with merely nominal
grand lodges possessing neither sovereignty nor independence. In
this- we refer to the fact (chronicled in the general report of this
committee for 187.'{) that the three Berlin grand lodges named in the
resolution of recognition now under consideration, are, with the
other German grand lodges, viz: Grand Lodge of Hamburg, at Ham-
burg; Grand National Lodge of Saxony, Dresden; Grand Lodge of
the Sun {Zur Sonne), Beyreuth; Grand Lodge of the Eclectic Union,
Frankfurt-on-the-Main, and Grand Lodge of Concord (Zur Eintracht) ,
Darnstadt, are constituents of the Grand Lodge League {Grosslogen
Bimd) of Germany, a sort of general grand lodge, and to it have
given over the entire control of their foreign relations.
By their own act in ceding to the Grand Lodge League the con-
trol of these relations, the Grand Lodges of Germany are no longer
able to meet or treat with any sovereign and independent grand
lodge on terms of equality, but have placed themselves in this
respect in that dependent condition occupied by the nominal "Grand
Lodges" of the grand orient system which led the Grand Lodge of
New York by formal action to terminate its recognition of and cor-
respondence with those bodies, and which has led most other grand
lodges to tacitly permit their relations with them to fall into "in-
nocuous desuetude." This affords ample reason why all formal re-
lations of recognition, mutual representation, and correspondence
between the Grand Lodge of Illinois and these dependent bodies now
partially stripped of grand lodge powers should cease, and having
ceased should not be resumed.
Having found one sufficient reason for the non-recognition of
these German grand lodges it might well be deemed superfluous to
cite others. But we cannot forbear calling attention to a complica-
tion arising from the cession to the Grand Lodge League by the grand
lodges confederated thereunder of their right to individually control
their foreign relations, that has nowhere been adequately discussed.
A generation ago the Grand Lodge of Illinois and all the other grand
lodges in the United States placed one of the members of the Grand
Lodge League, the Grand Lodge of Hamburg — and the Masons of its
obedience — under the ban for having invaded New York and New
Jersey and planted lodges in those jurisdictions. Prior to the crea-
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tion of the Grand Lodge League one of its constituent grand lodges,
the Grand Lodge of the Eclectic Union, at Frankfurt, — a body with
which we are now asked to enter into fraternal relations — had recog.
nized the clandestine body planted in New Jersey, "as a daughter
lodge of the Grand Lodge of Hamburg." No one of the dependent
bodies in the league has moved therein for the exercise of the con-
straining power with which the league was clothed by the relinquish,
ment of their own sovereign attributes, to compel the Grand Lodge
of Hamburg to withdraw its clandestine lodges from New York and
New Jersey, or the Grand Lodge of the Ecletic Union to withdraw its
recognition of them. By their acquiescence in the piratical acts of
the Grand Lodge of Hamburg the other members of the league (when
they are clothed with the power to redress the wrong) all become
partkeps criminis, and should be held jointly and severally respon-
sible.
The Grand Orient of France and the Masons of its obedience were
laid under an interdict of non-intercourse by this grand lodge in 1869,
because the grand orient passed a resolution of aid and encourage-
ment to a supreme council which invaded the jurisdiction of Louisiana
and planted blue lodges there in defiance of the >zrand lodge. In 1877
the grand orient eliminated from its constitutions the requirements
of a belief in God as a prerequisite to Masonic admission, and was
promptly laid under the ban by the Grand Lodges of the United States,
the British Islands, and some of the Grand Lodges of Continental
Europe. The whole grand lodge system has considered it as being no
longer a Masonic body and as of interest only as a touchstone of bodies
elsewhere claiming to be governing powers in Masonry. We have
already seen that the German Grand Lodge League formally sus-
pended relations with it, but that the interdict against fellowship
with the members of its obedience is disregarded with the approba-
tion of Masons prominent in the league. The Grand Lodge Alpina
of Switzerland, and the Grand Lodge of Hungary have entered into
fraternal relations with the grand orient, which is sufficient reason
of itself why Illinois should not recognize either: but the Grand
Lodge of Hungary furnishes another sufficient reason by dispensing
with the Bible as a Masonic symbol and as a part of the furniture of
its lodges.
The Grand Lodges (so-called) of Denmark, Sweden, and Norway,
have gone as far in the other direction as the Grand Orient of France
has in its own, and has completely overthrown the landmark of relig-
ious liberty. Beyond this they partake nearly as much of a political
as of a Masonic character. The king is the head of the order — for it
can scarcely be called a fraternity — and by royal decree the crown
prince is a Freemason by birthright. By royal decree also the
Grand Lodge of Norway was spoken into existence in 189L It was
not established in a recognized manner by the representatives of
lodges, but was made first on paper by the king, whose dual functions
make him what Brother GouLD calls "a sort of Protestant pope."
They have had little relation with the world of Masonry, and for
a long time refused to admit any German Masons to visit except
those of the obedience of the Grand Lodge of the Three Globes,
which, like them, worked the Rite of Zinnendorff.
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If there was ever anythinfr in the system called Freemasonr}- in
Sweden and Norway and in Denmark, which answers to the Free and
Accepted Masonry of Enfjiish-speaking countries, the Masonry cir-
cumscribed and defined by the charges of a Freemason to which we
owe an undivided allegiance, it has become so overlaid with additional
degrees and so metamorphosed by innovations as to make it doubtful
whether it is more of a fraternal, a political or a religious body. The
king is grand master by vir.tue of his political accession, and in the
tenth, or ruling degree of the organization, the grand master is the
Vicar of Christ, as indicated by the remark of the historian Gould
that he is a sort of Protestant pope.
When the king concluded that he wanted a grand lodge in the
Norwegian half of his dominions, instead of intimating to the Nor-
wegian lodges that Norway was sufficiently autonomous, Masonically,
to maintain one, and permitting them to call a convention of lodges
and form one — the only way in which a grand lodge can be lawfully
formed under the landmarks — he assumed to speak a Grand Lodge of
Norway into existence by royal decree. And the Grand Lodge of
Illinois is asked to recognize this work as Masonic and the workman
as a Mason !
We suppose the "Grand Lodge of Holland" referred to in the
omnibus resolution of recognition to be identical with the Grand
Orient of the Netherlands, of which we said in our special report
of 1898 that it seemed doubtful whether it had any features which
allied it to the grand orient system, except the name, and recom-
mended that it be classed neither with recognizable nor unrecogniz-
able bodies, letting the question of its recognition wait on further
information. W^e knowof no reason for making a different recommen-
dation now. That we have no additional information as to its status is
not a matter of extreme regret, inasmuch as no request for recogni-
tion has been received from it by this grand lodge.
In 1 898 this grand lodge also decided that the National Grand Lodge
of Egypt should be placed on the waiting list pending further dis-
closures as to the genesis of the lodges composing it, so that it might
be definitely known before action was had, whether a majority of them
were of known lawful origin, or were derived from a supreme council
of the Rite of Memphis, a rite which had been placed under the ban
by the Grand Lodge of Illinois (1884) for assuming to possess author-
ity, powers or privileges in Ancient Craft Masonry.
This inquiry, essential as it is, may well wait for the present upon
the settlement of another question which has since arisen to assume
priority, viz: Whether after the English lodges in Egypt had been
merged in the new body and it had been so recognized by the Grand
20 APPENDIX. — PART I.
Lodge of England, that the English promoters of general recognition
assured us that no more English warrants would be granted for
lodges in that country, the subsequent appointment by the Grand
Lodge of England of Lord Kitchener as District Grand Master of
Egypt shows an understood lack of that quality of independence
which could alone enable the National Grand Lodge of Egypt to treat
with sovereign grand lodges upon a footing of equality? Until this
question of vassalage, partial or complete, is determined, the wisdom
of making haste slowly must be apparent.
The Grand Lodge of Peru, another of the bodies placed in the
position of a candidate for recognition without its own asking, is a
body of Scottish Rite origin and was excluded from the recognized
and recognizable lists of this grand lodge in 1898 because of the con-
genital illegitimacy of most of its component lodges, a status which
no existing conditions give promise of betterment when the body shall
undergo another of its periodical reconstructions.
It is not necessary to waste many words on the National Grand
Lodge of Spain. Whether it be the same body which in 1878 sought
recognition as the Grand Orient of Spain or not is immaterial, the
genesis of all the alleged Masonic governing bodies in Spain is sub-
stantially the same, and the description of Spanish Masonry in the
previous pages of this report, "furnished at the time by a highly in-
telligent Spanish gentleman, is still correct in all essential particu-
lars.
The Grand Lodge Valle de Mexico, for which the resolution of
recognition stands sponsor, is the body which set the pace for the
Gran Dieta Simbolica, which on the tenth day of May, 1901, laid the
world of genuine Masonry under its first obligation to it by writing
its own obituary. During its brief decade of existence, the Gran
Dieta had been the hot-house in which had been demonstrated the
possibilities of rank growth blossoming and fruitage of evil springing
out of dissent from the original plan of Masonry. You are all, or
nearly all, familiar with most of the Masonic crimes committed un-
der the administration of the Gran Dieta, which was a confederation
of so-called grand lodges, differing from the Grand Lodge League of
Germany in that it chartered lodges directly subordinate to itself.
You are familiar with the taking of the obligations upon honor only,
as in the German lodges; with the publication of the ritual of the"
three degrees; with the removing of the bible from the altars; with
the conferring of the degrees upon women and the chartering of
women lodges, and with the wholesale and circumstantial lying and
deceit resorted to, first to conceal and afterwards to condone these
offences when concealment was no longer possible. But you are not
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all familiar, indeed none of us was familiar with the full extent of
the demoralizeition, the depths of depravity reached, until the report
of Bro. William H. Seamon, of New Mexico, who had made a personal
investigation of Mexican Masonry on its own soil, was submitted to
his grand lodge last October. After referring to the widely prevalent
belief — which existed even after the Gran Dieta had confessed to
the contrary — that the relations of women to Masonry in Mexico
were identical with the relations of the Eastern Star to the frater-
nity in the United States, he says:
I went to Mexico convinced beforehand that this was the whole
truth about the matter. I could not allow myself to believe that any
men, to say nothing about Masons, would subject women to the ceremo-
nies to which men were subjected. I could not allow myself to believe
that women, in the presence of men, would allow such treatment, but
I learned from the Secretary of the Gran Dieta that matters were
even worse than had ever been stated. Men and women associated
indiscriminately in lodges together; men and women assisted each
other in conferring the degrees of Entered Apprentice, Fellow Craft,
and Master Mason, as practiced with the ceremonies of the Scottish
Rite, on men and women. But worse than this, many of the women
were used as mistresses by the officers of the lodges. The scandals
were so great that families were broken up and lives were wrecked.
This was the condition of Mexican Masonry under the Gran Dieta
from 1891 to 1895. This information was given me by Senor Iglesias,
Grand Secretary of the Gran Dieta.
The Grand Lodge Valle de Mexic(f, which we are here asked to
recognize, is the channel through which women Masonry went into
the Gran Dieta from its birthplace in the lodges aforetime subordi-
nate to the grand orient or the supreme council, in which women had
received the degrees up to the fourteenth of the Scottish rite. It was
the appearance of women as office bearers in the Grand Lodge Valle
de Mexico that first largely convinced the Masonic world that its
grand master, Ermilio G. Canton, the grand secretary of the Gran
Dieta, was not telling the truth when he claimed that what were
charged to be women lodges were really only the equivalent of the
Eastern Star in this country. Later it became known that he was a
moving spirit in the grand orient which first chartered a woman's
lodge in Mexico, in 1871.
The Gran Dieta as an organization is dead, after having shown
what depths may be sounded by bodies that are not under the con-
straints of the ancient law. It was what it was because the bodies
composing it were in their very birth a denial of that law. Every
minute of their existence is in violation of the law that "no new lodge
can be formed without permission of the grand lodge," and in defi-
ance of the law that no man or body of men can make innovations in
the body of Masonry, and their recognition would be directly in the
22 APPENDIX. — PART I.
face of the law that "no countenance shall be given to any irregular
lodge or to any person clandestinely initiated therein," and of the law
which requires us "to respect genuine brethren and to discountenance
impostors and all dissenters from the original plan of Masonry."
If it is not proven that all the bodies named in the resolution of
recognition referred to us are as clearly shown to be open to these
objections, it is clearly shown that in none of them has there been
adduced any adequate evidence of their legitimacy; and the institu-
tion as well as our own consciences is entitled to the benefit of the
doubt.
The resolution is therefore reported bacic with the recommenda-
tion that it do not pass. Fraternally submitted,
Joseph Robbins,
Committee on Correspondence.
■A'
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GENERAL REPORT
OF THE
Committee on Masonic Correspondence, 1901.
JOSEPH ROBBINS.
ALABAMA, 1900.
80th Annual. Montgomery. December 4.
Four grand masters were present, all helping to swell the diplo-
matic corps in which thirty-five jurisdictions were represented,
Illinois by Wm. W. Baffin.
The grand master, B. Dudley Williams, announced but one
break in the past or present official circle of the grand lodge, the
death of Benjamin F.Pope, past junior grand warden; but alas I
another break occurred before the proceedings were printed. In less
than two weeks after the grand lodge closed. Past Grand Master
Henry Clay Armstrong, who had been re-elected grand secretary,
went over to the majority.
The grand master reported no less than sixty decisions, a number
large enough to reflect his knowledge of Masonic law, his abundant
common sense and his Masonic spirit, as well as some of the pecu-
liarities of Alabama law. Some of them we copy:
1. A member of a Masonic lodge who shamefully and cruelly
chastises his child is guilty of unmasonic conduct and should be dealt
with by the lodge.
3. "When a profane applies to a lodge other than that of his res-
idence to be made a Mason, and the lodge of his residence, in reply
to the question of the other lodge (Sec. 13, Art. 6) states, that it
knows of good and sufficient reasons why the applicant should not be
made a Mason, such reply, while not necessarily acting as an estop-
pel to the candidate, should call for a most thorough and unprejudiced
investigation by the lodge of the alleged reasons ; and the committee
of investigation should not make favorable report until fully satis-
fied that said reasons are unsustained by the facts.
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4. A man who has lost three fingers from his left hand is not
thereby rendered ineligible for the degrees of Masonry.
5. The worshipful master of a lodge, while intoxicated, visits
another lodge and acts disorder!}-. What procedure is proper in such
case ?
Held: It is the duty of the lodge visited to bring the matter to
the attention of the lodge of which the offending brother is master,
and if it fails to take proper action, then to prefer charges against
such derelict lodge before the grand master or grand lodge.
11. The worshipful master of a lodge may invite a competent
brother — a member of a lodge in this grand jurisdiction to confer the
degrees, also to teach and lecture the lodge in the worshipful mas-
ter's presence, regardless of whether the brother holds or ever has
held office in a lodge.
16. The provision of the constitution, requiring twelve months'
residence in this state prerequisite to receiving the degrees does not
appl}^ to active ministers of the gospel.
20. A brother who marries a lewd woman, and leads an upright,
consistent life and reforms the woman, commits no Masonic offence.
22. A young man petitions a lodge for initiation ; five years before,
he had seduced the daughter of a Master Mason, and married her to
hide her shame. It is claimed, however, that the girl really seduced
the young man, who was only 18 at the time. Soon after marrj-ing
her he found she was untrue and left her, Sitice that time, five
vears ago, the young man has lived an upright, exemplar}^ life.
What shall we do V
Held : Each member of the lodge must decide for himself as to
whether this is worthy material. The young man's waywardness five
years ago should be no bar to his being made a Mason.
23. An aged brother, who has always been faithful to the order,
and is non-affiliated, because by reason of age, distance and feeble-
ness he cannot attend the lodge, makes application to affiliate, but
before the lodge meets in regular communication he dies.
Held : He is entitled to Masonic burial.
24. A man 56 years of age. well preserved and in good health,
does not come under the head of '*an old man in dotage."
25. A Mason who abandons his wife and children, leaving them in
need and on the charity of the communitj', is guilt}' of a Masonic
offence. The lodge in whose jurisdiction the wile and children
reside, the lodge in whose jurisdiction the erring brother lives, or the
lodge of which he is a member may prefer charges and try him.
3.3. A lodge that initiates or advances one, known to have been
rejected by another lodge, without first obtaining the consent of the
rejecting lodge, is guilty of a gross violation of Masonic law and
should have its charter arrested. One thus receiving the degrees is
a "clandestinely made Mason."
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37. In the absence of the W.M. the senior warden called the
senior deacon to preside.
Held: That the election of officers and other business transacted
was illegal.
46. A member of a lodge who recommends as a suitable person to
be made a Mason one who has been rejected by another lodge, know-
ing him to be such, is unfit to sit in a Masonic lodge and should be
expelled.
55. If a lodge in Alabama confers the M.M. degree upon a candi-
i b}' request of a lodge in South (
request has a right to name the fee.
date b}' request of a lodge in South Carolina, the lodge making the
58. When a member is suspended by a lodge his dues continue to
accrue, and a by-law providing to the contrary is illegal.
Some of the committee on jurisprudence, to whom the decisions
■were referred, were so burdened with other work during the session,
that the committee was given until the next annual communication
to make their report.
Number 1 is based on no written Masonic law, but it will doubtless
be approved as it deserves. No. 25 ought to have been placed in jux-
taposition to it, for, like it, it ought to stand.
In Illinois there could be no question, as the offence of family
abandonment is criminal, punishable by imprisonment.
No. 3, and several others along kindred lines, illustrates the fact
in Alabama lodges have no territorial jurisdiction, a profane not
being required to petition the lodge of his residence.
No. 4, like others of the series on the subject of physical fitness,
makes the question hinge, as it should, on the ability of the applicant
to conform to what the several degrees require of him.
No. 5, if it reflects the local law. would seem to indicate that in
Alabama a lodge may tr}' its master while in office, a condition of
affairs which we supposed existed only in Indiana.
Numbers 11 and 3" should be read together to give the reader a
chance to guess why the senior warden, succeeding to all the master's
rights and duties in the latter's absence, may not do what is held law-
ful when done by the master. We give it up.
Referring to No. 16 it would be interesting to know whether a
privileged class has grown up there in spite of the constitutional pro-
vision referred to, or whether some other provision of the organic
law opens the door for them. No. 20 goes without saying, and No. 22
is Solomonic in its wisdom, inasmuch as it shows that the grand mas-
ter does not purpose to be the custodian of any other man's conscience
26 APPENDIX. — PART I.
but his own. No. 23 is all the more creditable to the grand master,
because, we presume, from its being made at all, that it was made in
the face of the letter of the law, and he can get any of us who have
been writing these reports off and on for thirty years, to agree with
him in No. 24. With the first part of No. 33 we cordially agree, but we
think his remark about the status of the brother so made must have
been hastily uttered. Clandestinity does not attach to one who is
made in regular lodge, regularly at labor under its own laws, even if
it does break the grand lodge regulations. Referring to No. 46, it is
not an offence for a brother to recommend the petition of one who
has been rejected in another lodge, unless the recommender is know-
ingly a party to the concealment of the rejection.
We have seen some curious complications arising over the ques-
tion of fees where work is done by courtesy, and we think that in
No. 55 the grand master has indicated the correct procedure.
We presume of course that No. 58 reflects the Alabama regula-
tions, but more's the pity. The requirement that one shall pay for
something which he is not permitted to enjoy, is so manifestly inequi-
table that it ought to have no standing in Masonry.
We observe among representatives appointed was one near the
Grand Lodge of Western Australia, which leads to inquire whether it
is the usage in Alabama for the grand master to enter into fraternal
diplomatic relations with bodies that have not been recognized by his
grand lodge?
The grand master made an earnest plea for the establishment of
a Masonic widows' and orphans' home, citing the fact that several
jurisdictions had erected splendid homes while they were lagging be-
hind in this "monumental charity."
We have heretofore suggested the question whether the monu-
mental side of the matter was not unconsciously the moving motive
in the contagion of home building regardless of whether in a given
jurisdiction that were the most or the least economical and success,
ful method of Masonic beneficence; whether the disposition to jump
at the conclusion that the building of a "home" at once solved for all
time the problem of poor relief, was not after all one of the mani-
festations— the foaming breaker — of the wave of spectacularism
which has swept over Masonry within the last quarter of a century.
Be this as it may, there seems to be a strong sentiment in the
Grand Lodge of Alabama in favor of the establishment of a home,
but we are glad to say that the grand lodge does not yet seem pre-
pared to do so by taxation, as suggested by the grand master, who
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thought that an increase of the annual dues by a few cents would
make clear sailing.
A special committee of four past grand masters, to whom the sub-
ject was committed, reported that it was the purpose of the grand
lodge to have, under its supervision and control, a widows' and or-
phans' home, and made provision for the appointment by the grand
master of a brother in each judicial circuit of the state to solicit
contributions from the lodges and the craft, to carry its purpose into
effect. One of the committee, Past Grand Master Pettus, declined
to concur in the report for reasons not stated. After thorough dis-
cussion the report was adopted.
The conclusion of the grand master is eloquent. He might well
be proud to say, as he did on referring to his election to the chair
from which he was about to retire:
Through the debauchery of pelf and the unscrupulous manipula-
tions of machine politics, suppressing the voice of the people regard-
less of worth or merit, men have reached high positions in state and
nation, but I proudly declare to you that which you know full well
that no man has ever reached this exalted station, who was not the
deliberate, well considered choice of a majority of the 12,000 untram-
meled Masons of Alabama.
As a token of its regard for his official services the grand lodge
presented him with a handsome jeweled watch.
The committee on appeals in a case before it, thus strongly en-
forces a truth that cannot be too much dwelt upon:
Said Howell was convicted, and the record of the punishment in-
flicted ran in these words: "Punishment — Suspension until the debt
is paid," There is in this language an apparent suggestion that the
moving inducement to the prosecution was the collection of the debt.
We do not charge this, but the language is unfortunate and subject
to this criticism. The pains and penalties of the Masonic jurispru-
dence are intended to be applied to Masonic offences and not to be
used as a collecting agency.
Russell M. Cunningham, of Ensley, was elected grand master;
Henry Clay Armstrong, Montgomery, re-elected grand secretary.
The grand secretary having died soon after the close of the grand
lodge, the grand master appointed Geo. A. Beauchamp, of Mont-
gomery, to fill the vacancy.
The report on correspondence (186 pp.) is again by Bro. Wm. Y.
TiTCOMB, who gives nearly eight of his interesting pages to our pro-
ceedings for 1899. He commends the views of Grand Master CoOK on
the whole subject of spectacularizing the ritual, as being of the
good, old-fashioned, solid type of Freemasonry; characterizes his re-
marks on rotation in office as most sensible, and wisely says that the
28 APPENDIX. — PART I.
rule prevailing in elections to office should ever be consideration of
what is for the best interest of the institution. Of the grand master's
suggestion of a trial board, he saj^s:
The experiment of trial by board of commissioners or trial board
has been made in a few jurisdictions, with what success we cannot
yet determine; and perhaps it will prove to be the better plan; but
we are free to confess that the old method seems to us the more sat-
isfactory. The right of each lodge to be the judge of the conduct of
its own members, looks like an inherent right; besides, the lodge has,
it appears, the best opportunity for getting at the merits of a case in
which one of its members is the defendant. The only plea for a trial
board would be, in our judgment, the fact that members of such trial
board would, presumably, be disinterested parties, and that such plan
would doubtless facilitate the dispatch of business.
He pays the oration of Bro. Frank Crane the rare compliment
of reproducing it entire.
His notice of our report on correspondence is also very compli-
mentary. He confesses, however, that he does not like the topical
plan of report so well as the old way. He commends as pertinent our
remarks anent the "opening up" and "closing down" superfluity in
cases where there is nothing to be done in the other degrees, and
credits us with a spirit of fairness in presenting our views on the
subject of Negro Masonry, which is very gratifying in more than a
personal sense, coming from one with his environment.
ARIZONA, J900.
19th Annual. Phoenix. November 13.
The portrait of the retiring grand master, William F. Nichols,
graces the fly leaf of the Arizona pamphlet.
Eight past grand masters were present, helping to swell the dip-
lomatic corps to seventeen, Illinois being represented by Past Grand
Master Artemus Louden Grow.
The grand master was happily able to say that death had not in-
vaded the grand lodge during the year.
He submitted a lengthy correspondence touching the depreda-
tions committed by Ermilio D. Canton Lodge, a subordinate of the
Mexican grand diet, located (most of the time) in the Sonora half of
the city of Nogales, on the territory and material of Nogales Lodge
No. 11, located in the Arizona half. The former hired a hall on the
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Arizona side of the line — sometimes the Masonic and sometimes the
Odd Fellow's hall— and made Masons there, that is, came as near
making Masons there as a body could which is clandestine on both
sides of the line. Investigation showed that there had been such a
mixup that it was hard to tell who was to blame. Nogales Lodge
having waived jurisdiction over the individuals on account of whose
making the Mexican body was subsequently complained of, the net
result was an order by the Grand Lodge of Arizona that recognition
be temporarily denied to the Masons so made with the understanding
(as we read it) that an apology would heal both the breach and the
clandestinity. Somehow everybody who recognized the Gran Dieta
Simbolica and entered into fraternal relations with it seemed to have
their perceptions befogged from that time forward. Among other
things reported by the jurisprudence committee, to whom the subject
finally went, was a deliverance that an Arizona lodge has no right to
waive jurisdiction over its material in favor of a lodge in any other
grand jurisdiction. After this the next thing to be looked for is a
decision that an Arizona lodge has no right to make Masons of eligi-
ble material within its own territory, until the grand master shall
have stamped his approval upon both the procedure and the can-
didate's person.
The grand master recommended the recognition of the Grand
Lodge of Western Australia — the body formed by the English lodges,
of which Sir Gerard Smith, formerly district grand master under the
English constitutions, is grand master — and on the further recom-
mendation of the committee on correspondence, recognition was ex-
tended.
The committee on correspondence reported at considerable length
on the Negro Masonry incident and the Grand Lodge of Washington,
and the grand lodge adopted the following reported by them:
Besolved, That it is, at the present time, inadvisable that this
grand lodge take any official notice of the late acts of our sister Grand
Lodge of Washington concerning the subject of Negro Masonry.
Resolved, Also, that we accept their statement in the Ninth Dec-
laration ©f 1899 as their adoption of the American doctrine of exclu-
sive territorial jurisdiction, and that, so long as they adhere strictly
to that principle, we see no sufficient cause for further action on the
part of the Grand Lodge of Arizona.
We believe this to be an appropriate occasion for the Grand
Lodge of Arizona to affirm her loyalty to the American doctrine,
and, therefore, submit the following resolution:
liesolved, That this grand lodge adopts and incorporates the
American doctrine as one of its fundamental tenets; that is to say, a
grand lodge first organized in a state or territory has the supreme
control over Symbolic Masonry within its territorial limits.
30 . APPENDIX. — PART I,
The grand master submitted a communication discussing the
physical fitness of an applicant in whose interest it was presented to
him, who had lost the first two fingers of his right hand. His adverse
decision was based upon former deliverances of the grand lodge that
the applicant must not be dismembered. The jurisprudence, as will
be seen, seem inclined to place the emphasis upon another sentence:
That in the case of the person applying for the degrees of Ma-
sonry who is afllicted with the loss of tbe first two fingers of his right
hand, we find no reason for reversing the decision of the grand mas-
ter, and the decisions of the grand lodge from time to time. The ap-
peal in this case to the grand master, while very plausible, fails to
touch upon, one of the most important points in our laws — that of the
applicant being able to conform literally to the requirements of our
work. We therefore recommend that the decision of the grand mas-
ter be sustained.
The grand lodge chartered one new lodge; listened to an interest-
ing oration by the grand orator, Charles D. Belden, on "The Ulti-
mate of Freemasonry," which proved to be the millennium, and
agreed to meet next year at Prescott.
George Montague, of Nogales, was elected grand master;
George J. Roskruge, Tucson, re-elected grand secretary.
There is no report on correspondence.
ARKANSAS, 1900.
60th Annual. Little Rock. November 20.
Three excellent photogravure portraits grace the pages of the
Arkansas volume — the late lamented Robert M. Smith, grand mas-
ter, who with his wife and four of their five children, all save their
eldest son, perished in the great storm and tidal flood at Galveston,
September 8, 1900; Harry H. Myers, who as .deputy grand master
succeeded to the office, and Fay Hempstead, who has so long and
ably filled the office of grand secretary.
Nine past grand masters were present at the annual communica-
tion hall, helping to swell the diplomatic corps, representing forty
g^and lodges. Past Grand Master R. J. Laughlin appeared for
Illinois.
The very opening of Grand Master Myers' address naturally
reflected the thought and feeling uppermost in every mind and
heart, the terrible calamity that had bereft them of their grand
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master and his happy family. The grand master had called an
emerfjent communication of the grand lodge at Hot Springs, the
home of Bro. Smith, on Sunday, October 7, for a service to his mem-
ory, where in the presence of a great concourse of people many
eloquent tributes were paid to his character. The proceedings of
this meeting are bound up with the annual volume and reflect the
universal concensus of all who knew Grand Master Smith that he
was not' only one of the most earnest and upright, but also one of the
most lovable of men.
Besides their grand master our Arkansas brethren had lost no
less than four past grand masters in the two years which had elapsed
since the last communication of the grand lodge, now meeting bien-
nially—James H. Van Hoose, John J. Sumpter, William H. Gee
and Sam W. Williams, all of whom had served the craft ably and
well. A memorial service was held for them on the first day of the
session.
The grand master issued an appeal for aid for the Galveston suf-
ferers, which brought in from the craft nearly $1,000.
The three decisions reported had all been rendered by Grand
Master Smith. Two of them are as follows:
No. 1. A and B have a difficulty and B prefers charges against
A. Shall the committee to which such charges are preferred investi-
gate the same as to A only, or against both, if the evidence warrant?
Answer. The committee appointed to investigate the charges
against A would have a perfect right, and, indeed, it would be its duty
to prefer charges against B if it found upon investigation that he was
deserving of discipline. The committee might even report no grounds
for charges against A and at the same time prefer charges against B.
The committee is appointed to take care of the interest of the lodge
and should endeavor to see that justice is done.
No. 3. A member of a lodge may. either in open lodge or privately
to the master, object to the conferring of any degree upon an elected
candidate, and cannot be required to disclose his reasons therefor.
The fact of objection alone, and not the name of the objector, shall
be entered on the minutes, and shall be equivalent to a rejection by
ballot.
Number 1 was approved, but the committee on law and usage
finding an apparent conflict in their laws on the subject of No. 2, sub-
mitted, and the grand lodge adopted, the following in lieu of it:
If a member of a lodge desires to object to the conferring of a de-
gree on a candidate who has been elected by ballot, he must do so in
open lodge in his own proper person, or by privately communicating
his objection to the worshipful master during the session of the lodge,
or if unable to be present, he may, in his own name, send his objection
by a member of the lodge; and such objection shall hold good in case
32 APPENDIX. — PART I.
of a candidate for initiation for only six months, and for advance-
ment, only one month. The fact of objection alone, and not the name
of the objector, shall be entered on the minutes.
In Illinois an objection to a candidate for initiation stays him for
one year unless sooner withdrawn by the objector, but the rig'ht of
peremptory objection to a candidate for advancement is not recog-
nized: the objector must give his reasons if required, to the end that
the brother, (because he is a brother,) may have an opportunity to
meet the objections. Like Arkansas, Illinois permits only the fact
of objection and not the name of the objector, to go upon the record.
The Grand Lodge of Porto Rico was recognized upon the recom-
mendation of the committee on correspondence, reporting b}" its chair-
man, Bro. Frank Hill. Having quoted the instruction of the grand
lodge in 1898, ''That the customary review of the proceedings of
sister jurisdiction be discontinued after this session until the temple
debt is paid," he sa3's:
Having received, however, from the newly established Grand
Jurisdiction of Porto Rico copy of its constitution and laws, together
with the evidence that the said grand jurisdiction has been regularly
recognized by the Grand Lodge of New York, as well as by the Grand
Lodge of Michigan, also by the Grand Lodge of Cuba, and the assur-
ance that the said grand jurisdiction is conforming to the ancient
landmarks of Masonry, your committee take pleasure in recommend-
ing the following resolution:
Then follows the resolution of recognition.
It seems to us well nigh certain that the ''copy of its constitution
and laws" referred to by Bro. Hill are simply the two circulars
issued in the interest of the Porto Rican body (or ghost) last year
and somewhat exhaustively (and adversely) reported upon by Past
Grand Master Long, of Indiana. Number 1 of these circulars was
issued, by the grand master and addressed solely to the lodges — a part
if not all of which were confessedly dormant — and No. 2 was ad-
dressed to grand lodges, asking recognition and an exchange of
representatives and citing No. 1 as "the accompanying circular,"
whose statements were the basis upon which such recognition was
sought.
The body seems to be a reminiscence of an alleged grand lodge
organized at Mayaguez in September, 1885, and from the statement
of the circular (No. 1) that it was reorganized on the 2d of April,
1900, "under a representation of five lodges which existed after the
force of circumstances had paralyzed their working. " It is manifest
that both the grand body and its subordinates had been dormant if
not dead for some time. Perhaps, indeed, they are all dead still — for
as the circular states that the grand lodge decided, at a meeting
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held in the city of Ma3'ag'uez February 27, 1900, to hold its future
sessions at the city of San Juan, "where the difficulty of the contin-
uance of its regular worli for the lack of elements necessary for its
operation does not prevail, but where the existence of other lodges,
and the presence of a large number of past masters and Master
Masons may give it life and enable it to continue its regular routine."'
It is apparent that the meeting of April 2 was held at San Juan, and
it seems more than probable that some of the lodges there lent their
life-giving blood to virtually create a new body to be palmed off as
the old original Jacobs of Mayaguez.
Notwithstanding the fact that the status of the Porto Rican
body becomes more and more obscure the more one studies the
meagre information clad in the high sounding language of the cir-
cular, the question of its recognition seems to have been shorn of
its difficulties for Bro. Hill and the grand lodge of Arkansas, by
the fact that recognition had been extended by Michigan, New York
and Cuba. The record shows that Michigan recognized the nebulous
body on the ground that the body was now on United States terri-
tory, seemed to be imbued with the true spirit of Masonry, and to
have been regularly organized, a pretty vague statement upon which
to base so grave a step as the recognition of a body whose genesis
must naturally be under suspicion, with any one who had read the
circulars referred to.
We should marvel that Brother Hill cites the recognition of the
Porto Rican body by the Grand Lodge of New York as one of the
grounds of his recommendation that the Grand Lodge of Arkansas
should recognize it, were it not for the fact that he has so recentlj^
come to the chairmanship of his committee that he may not be fa-
miliar with the recent extraordinary acts of New York in such mat-
ters. Its hasty recognition of the Gran Dieta Simbolica of Mexico
— no act of whose unsavory life became it so much as the leaving of
it — and its more recent obiter dictum that persons made in lodges cre-
ated b}^ supreme councils are as regular and lawful Masons as those
made in lodges of grand lodge parentage, according to the original
plan, show how utterly unsafe as a guide has become the grand lodge
whose precedents in other days we were wont to follow with confi-
dence.
We do not find in our last year's report any mention of the recog-
nition of the Porto Rican body by the Grand Lodge of New York, and
as we are now writing at a distance from our collection of last year's
proceedings, we cannot say definitely whether it did or did not occur.
It seems strange to us that we should have overlooked the fact, if
fact it is; but on the other hand, if recognition was solicited it would
34 APPENDIX. — PART I.
seem equally strange to us if those who have recently controlled the
jurisprudence of the Grand Lodge of New York neglected an oppor-
tunity to discredit the Masonry of the grand lodge plan. They cer-
tainly would have promptly read between the lines of the Porto Rican
circulars what is apparent to others, that the attempt to resuscitate
the dormant Mayaquez body, originally formed by lodges which had no
legitimate parentage, was made in order to forestall, by a claim of
preoccupation of the territor}', any movement to introduce into the
island the legitimate Masonry of the United States.
The Grand Lodge of Western Australia was also recognized on
the strength of reported similar action by the Grand Lodges of Eng-
land, Ireland, and four of the Australian colonies. It will be remem-
bered that the grand committee of the Grand Lodge of Scotland
last year intimated that neither of the rival grand lodges in Western
Australia had the allegiance of a majority of the lodges in the colony;
and we have nowhere seen any evidence to show that all the lodges
there were invited to participate in the formation of either grand
body, a condition precedent which American grand lodges have here-
tofore almost universally agreed was a sine qua non.
The committee on correspondence also reported a resolution
looking to the resumption of fraternal relations with the Grand
Lodge of Washington, but it was laid over until the committee, by
correspondence with that grand lodge, should ascertain whether on
the Pacific slope a disclaimer disclaims.
The question having been asked: ''What shall be done with mem-
bers of lodges who engage in the sale of intoxicating liquors?" — the
committee on law and usage reported that "by the term 'intoxicating
liquors' is meant all vinous, malt, and spirituous liquors, or any com-
pound thereof, commonly called tonics or bitters, and shall include
native wines:" that no man engaged in the sale of these shall be
made a Mason in any Arkansas lodge; that the grand secretary shall
so prepare the blank returns as to smoke out all members so engaged,
and all lodges failing to inflict punishment therefor, and providing
that:
In obedience to Section 2 of this edict the worshipful master
shall, by virtue of his office, direct the dropping from the rolls the names
of members as shall be engaged in the sale of intoxicating liquors,
without formal trial, and that such persons shall be deprived of all the
rights and privileges of Masonry from the time so dropped.
The italics are ours. They emphasize three points which taken
together serve to illustrate how brethren so well versed in the prin-
ciples of Masonic jurisprudence as the Arkansas committee, may
forget its most imperative demands in an untempered zeal for the
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immediate reform of an evil that lias been a stumbling- block to soci-
ologists for centuries. We know of no other crime in the whole cate-
gory— with the possible exception, in some localities, of the crime of
non-paj^ment of dues — for being accused of which, a brother, not only
without formal trial but without even a hearing before the one man
who is made the judge, jury and executioner, may be deprived of all
the rights and privileges of Masonry.
The grand lodge listened to an interesting address along well
trodden lines by the grand orator, Bro. W. R. Chestnut; granted
seven charters and five dispensations and restored one charter previ-
ously surrendered; very properly ordered a lodge holding- the advance
fee deposited by a rejected petitioner to refund the same to its law-
ful owner; wisely declined to reduce the minimum fee for the degrees
to $15, and, mirahile dictu, on motion of a past grand master, instructed
the grand secretary to prepare, at each session of the grand lodge, a
programme for the session I What would the grand lodge do if the
grand master should chance to have a programme of his own?
Harry H. Myers was elected grand master; Fay Hempstead,
re-elected grand secretary: both of Little Rock.
As stated above, there is no general report on correspondence.
BRITISH COLUMBIA, 1900.
29th Annual. Vancouver. June 21.
Four past grand masters lent dignity to the assemblag-e, and
thirteen jurisdictions were represented, Illinois not among them.
The grand master (R. Eden Walker) announced the death of
Past Grand Master Fred Williams, one of the pioneer Masons who
helped to form the grand lodge. He occupied the grand east in 1876
and 1877. Deceased also were H. McDermott, district deputy grand
master; John Bule, past district deputy, who had filled several minor
offices in the grand lodge; H. Douglas, honorary past grand treas-
urer, and Colin C. McKenzie, past master, formerly superintendent
of education for the province.
Referring to the Grand Lodge of Washington and its declaration,
the grand master says:
The question is one which interests us in British Columbia in
theory rather than in practice, but I cannot help feeling that the
36 APPENDIX. — PART I.
"color line" has so far warped the better judgment of members of
the fraternity in some of the grand jurisdictions of the neighboring
republic as to make them unable, under any circumstances or condi-
tion, to view any man of African descent as a "brother."
He deplores the small attendance of grand representatives, but
does not take to the Nova Scotia remedy wherein the representative
who absents himself from three successive annual sessions forfeits
his commission; of which he says:
Just how this removal can be affected presents some difficulty.
The grand representatives of other grand lodges near this grand
lodge are not the officers of, nor do the}' receive their appointments
from this grand lodge, but from the grand body which they represent,
although their appointment may have been made on the recommen-
dation of the grand master of this grand jurisdiction. Power to
remove from office lies exclusively with the grand master of the juris-
diction they represent.
He thinks that possibly if these functionaries without a function
were clothed with higher powers and higher responsibilities it might
arouse an interest which would insure a more regular attendance.
The functions of grand representatives being purely honorary,
their absence from the sessions is not a calamity that is felt except
by the few who are solicitous to wear their honors. If the usage of
the elder days prevailed and these positions were really filled by the
appointees of the grand masters of the jurisdictions which their in-
cumbents nominally represent, instead of being, as they now are, so
much patrgnage to be dispensed by the grand masters of the juris-
dictions to which the representatives are accredited, complaints of
their non-attendance would "grow fainter and then cease."
In reporting his official visits he discloses the fact that the spec-
tacular craze has infected the lodges across the border. He says:
This was the occasion of my first visit to St. John's lodge, and I
was much struck with the work done. The use of paraphernalia cer-
tainly adds novelty to the ceremony, and while I can say nothing but
praise for the excellency of the work, I must confess that, personally,
I prefer a simpler form of ritual.
Among the decisions reported were the following:
2. Question. — In conferring the E. A. degree can more than one
candidate be initiated at the same time, or must the degree be con-
ferred upon each one separately?
Answer. — More than one candidate may have the degree conferred
upon him at the same time, but the ceremony loses much of its im-
pressiveness by thus administering it.
3. Question. — In case of election of officer (treasurer) a tie re-
sulted. Has the W.M. the casting vote, even if he has already voted
once?
Answer. — Yes.
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5. Question. — Can an application for membership be received at
other than a regular meeting?
Answer. — Yes, it can be received at an emergency meeting, pro-
vided it appears on the notice calling the meeting.
6. Question. — Can the report of the investigation committee be
received and the ballot spread at other than tlie regular meetings.
Answer. — No.
We have been familiar with the practice in some localities of
conferring the first section of the Fellow Craft and Master Mason
degrees on more than one candidate at the same time, but decision
No. 2 of Grand Master Walker is the first intimation we have seen
that the practice of conferring the first section of the Entered Ap-
prentice degree by wholesale either prevailed or was held to be per-
missible. The Illinois law does not permit it in either degree.
The committee on address, who perform the functions of a juris-
prudence committee, approve this decision as correct and sensible,
as they do also No. 3, but they do not say on what grounds, and Ave
despair of their being disclosed by any one else. No. 5 failed of
approval for the double reason that the committee could not agree
upon the interpretation of a certain section of their laws, and that
they knew it was contrary to the universal Masonic practice.
The committee on constitution reported a section establishing a
grand charity fund, from which refunds are to be made to lodges,
wholly or in part, for sums disbursed by them for charity. The sec-
retaries of lodges are to forward to the grand secretary, with the
grand lodge returns, a list of relief granted, which will be referred
to the committee on charity for their report and recommendations to
the grand lodge. This strikes us as a most practical solution of the
problem of relief, reducing the cost of administering the charity
fund to the lowest point and insuring its distribution by those who
are most familiar with the needs of individual cases. Thus the
beneficence of the grand lodge will be felt throughout the jurisdic-
tion, and the major portion of the money set apart for charity will
not be diverted to the maintenance of an expensive pile of brick or
stone, as happens when the institutional plan of benevolence is
adopted.
Past Grand Master John C. Smith, of this jurisdiction, was a vis-
itor to the grand lodge and incidentally delivered an interesting
account of Masonry as practiced in Egypt and other countries, en-
livened by personal experiences while traveling in foreign lands, for
which he received a vote of thanks. He also assisted at a banquet
38 APPENDIX. — PART I.
given to the grand lodge by the local craft at the Hotel Vancouver,
making a speech which the record says was the gem of the evening.
Harry H. Watson, of Vancouver, was elected grand master;
William J. Quinlan, Nelson, re-elected grand secretary.
The report on correspondence (215 pp.) is the fourth from the
hand of Bro. W. A. DeWolf Smith, and more than sustains his well
won reputation as a well equipped and trenchant reviewer.
Over three of his pages are given to the Illinois proceedings of
1899. The address of Grand Master CoOK is appreciatively reviewed,
the salient points of the business of the grand lodge briefly pre-
sented, Bro. Frank Crane's oration aptly noticed, and the form of the
report of the appeals committee commended.
He reflects the expressed opinion of many others of the guild that
the topical form in which the Illinois report on correspondence was
that year for the second time presented, does not favor a critical
review.
He does us the honor to say that he thinks our argument on
Negro Masonry fully sustains the position which we took the pre-
ceding year, and notes our agreement with the suggestions of
Bros. Ruckle, of Indiana, and Eggleston, of Virginia, that the only
real remedy for the Mexican mix-up is to regard Mexico as open ter-
ritory.
CALIFORNIA, J 900.
51ST Annual. San Francisco. October 9.
Ten past grand masters were present and thirty-eight grand juris-
dictions represented at the opening.
The grand master, Charles L. Patton, announced the death of
John Ashby Tutt, aged over 85 years. Brother Tutt was a native
of Virginia and was made a Mason in Missouri. Upon the organiza-
tion of the Grand Lodge of California he was elected deputy grand
master, and the next year succeeded to the grand mastership.
He was the last survivor of the strong men of the grand east who
left the impress of their personality upon the annals of his grand
lodge.
No less than forty-five past masters had passed beyond the vail
during the year, and to two of these, William Thomas Reynolds and
MASONIC CORRESPONDENCE. 39
George John Hobe, the grand master paid high tribute for their
character and for their work on the committee on grievances, the
former as chairman, for many years.
The death of Past Grand Master Harrison Dills, of Illinois,
was noted.
It is gratifying to observe that at least some of the men in high
places are getting their heads above the wave of commercialism
which has been felt more or less in all jurisdictions during the last
three decades, and which in California seemed to threaten the essen-
tial character of the institution, overriding both the letter and spirit
of the law. The grand master says:
In spite of the fact that in 1898 this grand lodge decided that a
standing resolution, requiring that every application to remit dues
should be made in writing or in person by the delinquent, was illegal
and contrary to the constitution of this grand lodge, which decision
has been published in' section '831, Anderson's Manual, yet I think
that such a provision is on the books of many lodges in this jurisdic-
tion, either as a standing resolution or as one of its by-laws, and that
many masters require such applications to be made in writing or per-
sonally by the delinquent, and will not listen to any of the brethren
who desire to show that the brother who is about to be suspended for
non-payment of dues is indeed unable to pay his arrearages. This is
entirely wrong, contrary to express law, and unmasonic. As long ago
as 1873, it was decided by this grand lodge that no lodge should allow
one of its members to be suspended for non-payment of dues without
knowing, among other things, that the member has ability to pay.
(305, Anderson's Manual.) This has ever since been the settled law
of California; yet these lodges, by their by-laws or standing resolu-
tion, cast the burden of proof upon a delinquent, and say that he is to
be suspended unless he himself, in person or by written communica-
tion, asks for the remission of his dues.
I am convinced that in consequence of this misconception of law,
and these illegal resolutions or by-laws, many brethren who are really
innocent of wrong, but who are unable to pay the stated assessment
levied by their lodges, and who are, perhaps, too proud to make con-
fession of that fact, are suspended for nonpayment of dues, when
some of the brethren present at the meeting are able and willing to
tell to the lodge the facts of the case. I would therefore recommend
that this grand lodge direct the proper officers to notify each lodge
that such a by-law or resolution is invalid, and call the lodge's atten-
tion to the true Masonic and charitable rule which has prevailed in
this jurisdictson for nearly thirty years.
The grand lodge emphasized these remarks of the grand master
by adopting their endorsement by the committee on address.
The grand lodge, under the lead of the grand master, took another
important step in getting nearer to the old law respecting physical
qualifications, touching which the California regulation read as fol-
lows:
40 APPENDIX. — PART I.
"The person who desires to be made a Mason must be * * *
not deformed or dismembered, but hale and sound in his ph3'sical con-
formation, having his right limbs as a man ought to have, and able to
conform literally to what the several degrees respectively require of
him."
The grand master having stated that while in his decisions he
had declined to depart from the rigid interpretation of their regula-
tions heretofore prevailing, his experience had led him to question
whether it would not be wise to rescind some of them so as to recog-
nize as ph3-sically eligible those who could conform literal]}- to all
the requirements of the degrees, the committee on jurisprudence, to
whom the subject was referred, proceed to show not only how rigid
that interpretation had been, but how widely it had departed from
the expectations of those who reported the regulation as above
quoted. They say:
It has been uniformly held b}^ this grand lodge that this provision
of our law requires that an applicant must be not only physicalh' able
to conform literally to what the several degrees respectively require
of him, but that he must also be absolutely free from deformity or
dismemberment or bodily ailment of any kind, no matter how trivial
the imperfection; that he must be, in fact, physically perfect.
That this was not the effect anticipated by the framers of our
Regulation is evident from a perusal of their report accompanying
the Regulation in 1864 (Proc. 1864, p. 363) for in that report they ex-
pressly repudiate the idea that absolute perfection is essential, and
asking where, out of the ""celestial lodge above" is such perfection;to
be found, the}' well siid that such a requirement would have proved
the death of the fraternit}-.
The committee, in the same report, endorsed the views of our late
Brother Abell, expressed in 1855 (Proc. 1855, p. 87) to the effect that
the perfection required by the ancient charges, revised under the di-
rection of the Grand Lodge of England, and approved by that bod}' in
1722, were simply that the candidate should have no maim or defect
that might render him incapable of learning the art. and that if he
had no such maim or defect, he was a "perfect youth" for all the pur-
poses of Masonry, and therefore eligible.
Satisfied as we are that nothing in the body of Masonry requires
such a rigid law in the matter of physical qualifications, we recom-
mend that General Regulation No. 11 be amended so as to read as fol-
lows, viz.: —
"The person who desires to be made a Mason must be a man: no
woman nor eunuch; free born, being neither a slave nor the son of a
bond woman; a believer in God and a future existence; of moral con-
duct; capable of reading and writing; having no maim or defect in
his body that may render him incapable of learning the art, and
physically able to conform literally to what the several degrees re-
spectively require of him."
MASONIC CORRESPONDENCE. 41
The amended regulation was adopted, thus placing California in
accord with Illinois on this question, and, it is to be hoped, freeing
the grand lodge from the traditions which, supported by the great
ability of former jurisprudence committees, held its practice uni-
forml}- against the spirit of its law for a generation.
Following are some of the twenty-eight decisions reported by the
grand master:
2. A lodge in California may, at the request of any lodge in this
state, or under the jurisdiction of any other grand lodge recognized
as legitimate by this grand lodge, confer any or all of the three de-
grees upon a candidate elected by the lodge making the request.
7. A past master of a lodge which merges its existence by consoli-
dating with another lodge has the same standing as a past master of
the new lodge created by the consolidation as he had in the lodge
merging its existence.
8. Every legally constituted life member of either of the lodges
consolidating is a life member of the lodge formed by the consolida-
tion of such lodges.
10. As any one of the lodges having concurrent jurisdiction over
a person may receive his petition, elect him and confer the degrees
of Masonry upon him, so any one of such lodges may waive jurisdic-
tion in the manner prescribed by the constitution and authorize an-
other lodge to receive and act upon the application.
11. When a lodge within this state confers the degrees of Masonry
upon a candidate at the request of a lodge in another jurisdiction
recognized as legitimate by this grand lodge, the regulations of that
jurisdiction in relation to physical qualifications will control, and any
question as to the eligibility of the candidate upon this ground must
be decided by the requesting lodge. Should the candidate, however,
appear to be ineligible under our laws, it would be prudent to request a
distinct ruling from the lodge requesting to have the degrees con-
ferred upon him before proceeding.
12. A lodge must be convened in stated meeting for business at
the hour and on the day fixed by the by-laws, and under no circum-
stances has the master or any other officer authority to open the
lodge for business at an earlier hour, because by so doing a brother
relying on the by-laws and desiring to take part in the business of the
meeting might be deprived of his right to do so, and any business
transacted at such meeting before the time fixed in its by-laws is void
and of no effect.
26. If the master of a lodge directs the junior warden to prefer
charges against one of its members, he cannot preside at the trial,
nor should the charges be presented to him.
27. Lodges have jurisdiction (exclusive if but one, or concurrent
if more than one lodge is located in the same place) within the cor-
porate limits of the town or city in which such lodge or lodges may be
situated, and in every direction from the corporate limits of such
APPENDIX. — PART I,
town or city. The jurisdiction of the lodge or lodges, as the case may
be, is exclusive over all the persons living- nearer the corporate limits
of such town or city than to the corporate limits of any other town
or city where another lodge is located. It is the geographical center
between towns or cities in which lodges are located which governs,
and not that between the lodge-halls. Thus no lodge can gain or lose
territorial jurisdiction by moving its place of meeting from one hall
to another in the town or city in which it is located.
Number two is of interest inasmuch as it has been questioned
whether all the degrees could be conferred by proxy, or "courtesy,"
even by those who conceded that the last two might be. No. 7 cor-
rectly settles a question which must nearly always arise in cases of
consolidation. No. 10 was controverted by the committee on juris-
prudence, who, after quoting their regulation on the subject, say (un-
answerably, as we think):
It will be seen from this that the only exclusive jurisdiction given
to lodges having concurrent jurisdiction is jurisdiction over its own
members. In all other matters jurisdiction is concurrent. It neces-
sarily follows that until such lodge has acquired jurisdiction over an
applicant for the degrees, by receiving and acting upon his peti-
tion, it has no separate or exclusive authority over such applicant.
We therefore maintain that in towns where more than one lodge
exists, no one lodge has a right to waive a jurisdiction which is held
in common by the lodges within that town.
The grand master's view prevailed, however, and was adopted as
the law of the grand lodge. In Illinois the view held by the committee
was sustained after an exhaustive discussion, upon the expressed
ground of the decision, that "what is equally the possession of all, no
one can give away." No. 11 is upon a point which we do not remem-
ber having seen before raised. It passed muster with the committee
and the grand lodge, and we think correctly. No. 12 is so important
and the reason for its being is so well stated that it cannot be too
often repeated. No. 26 speaks the language of enlightened jurispru-
dence. No. 27 the committee found so perplexing that they were unwill-
ing to render an opinion without time for more thought, and received
permission to report thereon next year.
Unlike the law as stated by Grand Master Patton. in Illinois it is
held that the general principle governing -jurisdiction of lodges, is
that it extends half way on straight lines between them without refer-
ence to county, township or corporate lines: that the exception to this
is that where two or more lodges exist in the same territory, territorial
jurisdiction is concurrent within the boundaries of such territory:
that the exceptional should not prevail where the general principle
is applicable, and that hence in determining the question of jurisdic-
tion between a lodge outside of the common territory of several lodges
MASONIC CORRESPONDENCE. 43
and the nearest lodge within it, the general principle must apply in
so far as it does not trench upon the domain dedicated by law to the
exception, thus fixing the boundary on the half-way line between the
individual lodges, measuring from hall to hall, providing it does not
fall within that domain.
The grand lodge wisely concurred in the following from the com-
mittee on jurisprudence, to whom had been referred a proposition to
amend the regulations by adding thereto the words "Nor shall any
lodge receive such application from any person who shall be engaged
in the sale of intoxicating liquors."
The proposed amendment, if adopted, would introduce class legis-
lation into our constitution — a thing that is repugnant to the funda-
mental principles of Freemasonry. By one of the unchangeable tenets
of our order each lodge is constituted the sole judge of the moral and
social fitness of any applicant who knocks at its outer door for admit-
tance. Temperance- is one of the cardinal principles of Freemasonry.
Its precepts are inherent in our ceremonies. They are unchangeable,
and, therefore, more permanent and just as obligatory as the man-
dates of our constitution. The lodge, or the individual Mason who
disregards the requirements of temperance to such an extent as to in-
jure the good name of Masonry, becomes, by the very force of our
traditions, subject to Masonic discipline. We therefore recommend
that the proposed amendment be not adopted.
The committee also had the concurrence of the grand lodge in
an adverse report, on constitutional grounds, on a proposition to en-
able a brother to transfer his membership from one lodge to another
without forfeiting membership, by permitting his election in one
lodge by a three-fourths vote, before withdrawing from the other.
Tlie following constitutional amendment, unanimously adopted,
was doubtless the outgrowth of an experience not peculiar to the
Grand Lodge of California:
Sec. 4. No business of any kind shall be finally acted upon until
after reference to and report upon by a committee, unless by unani-
mous consent; and no appropriation of money shall be made until
after reference to and report upon by the committee on finance; and
no appropriation of money shall be made at any annual communica-
tion after the election of grand officers, except by a three-fourths
vote of the members present.
The reports of the Masonic Home show the operating expenses,
not counting improvements, to be $13.80 per capita, and the per
capita tax for its support to equal about one-half the revenue of the
grand lodge.
The report of the San Francisco board of relief shows aid dis-
bursed to four cases from Illinois amounting to $21.00; of the Los An-
geles board $95.00 (number of cases not stated); of the Oakland board'
two cases, $124.70; Sacramento board, two cases, S40.00. Of refunds
44 APPENDIX. — PART I.
from Illinois the report shows: Los Angeles board, $11-4.35; Stockton,
$1.60. Due from Illinois: Stockton, $2.00; Sacramento, $40.00.
Among the deceased brethren buried with Masonic honors by the
San Francisco board, we find the name of S. B. Blakeslee reported
as a member of Quitman Lodge No. 88, Illinois. There is no Quitman
Lodge on our register, and No. 88 is Havana Lodge, at Havana.
The grand lodge chartered two new lodges; listened to an inter-
esting address by the grand orator, CARROLL CoOK, but being ex tem-
pore only a skeleton of it gets into the proceedings — just enough to
make one wish there was more of it; to make sure of the proper
preparation of the ballot box, ordered that it shall be inspected by
both master and wardens prior to the voting, and wrestled without
final determination, with the case of a lodge which having protected
its members from liability by incorporation under the state law in vio-
lation of the regulations, has succeeded in piling up a debt of $21,000
on property worth half that amount and now virtually says, "What
are you going to do about it ? "
James A. Foshay, of Los Angeles, was elected grand master ;
George Johnson, San Francisco, re-elected grand secretary.
The report on correspondence (139 pp.) is another of those valu-
able papers that have given their author, Past Grand Master Wil-
liam Abraham Davies, a first place among reviewers. It is a pity to
have such treasures buried in nonpareil type.
Brother Davies gives Illinois for 1899 nearly three of his precious
pages, epitomizing salient points in Grand Master Cook's address
and the business of the session and quoting approvingly from the
former on the subject of rotation in office. He reproduces the
remarks of the grand master and of R.W. Bro. George M. Moulton
as the representative of the Grand Lodge of Cuba; notices "the
charming and instructive oration of Bro. Frank Crane, and the elo-
quent tribute to the dead of Chairman L. C. Waters, of the obituary
committee, and anent our hint that our grand lodge never chose the
years when ugly men were in the grand east to present the portraits
of her grand masters, says:
We are waiting patiently, Brother Bobbins, to see the number of
the journal that shows us on its opening page M.W. George M. Moul-
ton clothed in the Creiger jewel.
We are profoundly impressed with the angelic spirit of Brother
Davies, shown in his generous characterization of the Illinois report
on correspondence, notwithstanding what h*e calls our "roast" of
their committee on jurisprudence on their report recognizing the
Mexican gran dieta, a recognition which barely escaped being post
mortem, that body being now only a nephitic reminiscence.
MASONIC CORRESPONDENCE. 45
CANADA, IN THE PROVINCE OF ONTARIO, 1900.
45th Annual. London. July 18.
The Canada picture g'allery is continued, this volume containing
five elegant half-tone portraits of past grand masters, James Kirk-
PATRiCK Kerr, William Henry Weller, James A. Henderson,
James Moffat and Daniel Spry, all striking faces. The period
covered by the services of these strong men extends from 1875 to 1883.
Seven past grand masters graced the opening with their pres-
ence, and helped to swell by that number the diplomatic corps repre-
senting thirty-one grand jurisdictions. Illinois was represented by
E. D. Parlow, past district deputy grand master, who was received
and accredited during this session.
At the outset of his eloquent and markedly patriotic address, the
grand master (E. T. Malone) announced the death of Past District
Deputy Grand Masters R. H. Collins, John E. Brooke, Robert A.
Mackay, James Reynolds, and C. R. Church; of the Rev. Vincent
Clementi, at 87, past grand chaplain, a member of the pre-existing
provincial grand lodge, and of Past Grand Stewards James J. Buck-
ley and William Melrose.
The death of M.W. Harrison Dills, the last of the past grand
masters who participated in the organization of the Grand Lodge of
Illinois, was noted.
Referring to his official and fraternal visits, the grand master
says:
With regret I have to report that I noticed in some lodges the
introduction of ward politics in the election or officers; tickets were
gotten up, an opposition camp formed, and open, unblushing canvass-
ing indulged in. I condemned the practice in strong terms, but on
two occasions I was met with the answer that so long as grand lodge
set the example, the subordinate lodges should not be condemned;
and in order to corroborate the charge, a brother of the Frontenac
district stated that he was working under the direction and in the
interest of a candidate for grand lodge honors, while several breth-
ren in Niagara district produced letters from and on behalf of such
candidates. Should not such answers have silenced any grand mas-
ter? The fountain cannot rise higher than its source. The grand
lodge is, and should be, a pattern for the subordinate bodies. If the
work of the grand master and his officers is to bear fruit, their hands
should not be tied by the conduct of any member of grand lodge.
Rules are laid down year after year by grand lodge for the guidance
of subordinate lodges in these matters. The same rules should, in
46 APPENDIX. — PART I.
my opinion, be equally as applicable to grand lodge affairs. Persist-
ence in this line of conduct will drag Masonry to as low a level as
pot-house politics, and no man of resoectability will allow his name
to be mentioned in connection with office. I believe firmly that such
conduct in grand lodge is exceptionable, and the remedy is in your
hands.
Of another practice he says:
Another matter which has become very common, and to which I
draw the attention of the brethren, is the unwarranted display in
lodges of decorations and jewels not recognized in Craft Masonry.
Every case that came under my notice was placed in the hands of the
director of ceremonies, who insisted on a proper observance of the
constitution. The Grand Lodge of England has laid down a very strict
rule on this subject, and we cannot do better than follow in its foot-
steps. Decorations and titles not earned in craft duties are no evi-
dence of abilit}^, wisdom or zeal in work confined to our lodges.
He reported but three decisions, two of which we reproduce en-
tire, the third in its essentials:
1. I forbade the initiation of a man who. although possessing
considerable worldly wealth, was unable to write or sign his name. I
considered that a man so ignorant would be out of place in a Masonic
lodge. The admission of such a man would be a reflection on our in-
stitution.
2. I decided that in the examination of strangers who desire to
visit a lodge, that the tyler's oath should be administered after and
not before the examination.
3. I was asked for an opinion on the meaning of the words "im-
proper solicitation," when applied to candidates for admission to the
order. An effort was made to show that "delicate hints'" to desirable
men should not be classed under the heading of "improper solicita-
tions." Great stress was laid on the word ''improper.'" I decided that
solicitation of an}^ kind was improper. I desire grand lodge to con-
sider this ruling, so that anj' misunderstanding that may now exist
may be set at rest. * * * i believe I am safe in asserting that all
English speaking grand lodges in the world condemn the practice of
soliciting. There can be no half measures. Solicitation of any kind
is improper.
All were approved. In the first, unless the regulations required
the ability to write we think his action an unwarrantable form of
interference with the duty of the lodge to settle the question of fit-
ness, although we quite agree with him in thinking a man so ignorant
at this day would be out of place in a Masonic lodge. No. 2 we
think is contrary to general, almost universal usage, but we are open
to conviction as to its advisability. No. 3 cannot be too highly com-
mended.
The reports of the nineteen district deputy grand masters occupy
222 solid pages of the proceedings, .and as usual reflect the thorough
and painstaking work of these officers in Canada.
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The grand lodge warranted one new lodg'e; indorsed the opinion
of the board of general purposes that unless the grand lodge other-
wise orders at its next session, the asylum fund should be merged in
the general fund ; warned the lodges against three principal evils
detrimental to their success — neglect of secretaries to collect dues,
tardiness in opening the lodge and getting to woric, and keeping the
meetings open to too late an hour ; entertained as a visitor Past
Grand Master William A. Sutherland, of New York, and empha-
sized its welcome by electing him to honorary membership and con-
ferring upon him the rank of past grand master, with all the rights
and privileges thereto appertaining; conferred, in conformity with
the grand master's recommendation, the honorary position of his-
torian upon Past Grand Master J. Ross Robertson, and appropri-
ated $400 to purchase from him enough sets of his History of Free-
masonry in Canada for presentation to sister grand lodges of the
United States ; in addition to the action of last year in ordering a
suitable testimonial to Grand Secretary J. J. Mason, signalizing the
completion of his twenty-fifth year in that office, conferred upon him
the well earned honor of the rank of past grand master, and fixed
upon Hamilton as its next place of meeting.
Richard B. HunGERFORD, of London, was elected grand mas-
ter; J. J. Mason, Hamilton, re-elected grand secretary.
The report on correspondence (109 pp.) is from the long accus-
tomed hand of Past Grand Master Henry Robertson, whose review
of all the North American grand lodges but Arkansas, and several
Australasian grand lodges in his limited space proves him a past
master in the art of condensation. Illinois for 1899 gets three full
pages.
Premising that the address of Grand Master CoOK deals in a very
able manner with a large number of matters, he quotes therefrom at
length on the subject of rotation in office.
In the following Bro. Robertson refers to an occasion which
others recall with added pleasure because of his presence.
Two of their best beloved past grand masters died during the
year, James A. Hawley and Dewitt C. Cregier. We had an unbounded
admiration for Brother Cregier. A seance with him and his com-
mittee on jurisprudence was the treat of a lifetime. He was the
guiding spirit in grand lodge for a number of years. His energy was
superabundant, his ability was unquestioned and his love for the craft
and for all its members shone forth brightly in all his actions. We
can easily understand the love and respect in which he was held by all
who had the privilege of his acquaintance and the deep regret man-
ifested at his death. To us it comes as a personal loss.
48 APPENDIX. — PART I.
In his notice of the Illinois report on correspondence, he pays us
the high compliment of quoting entire the conclusion of our paper
on Mexican Masonry, wherein we spoke of the conditions of the Mex-
can problem that would still confront us when the Gran Dieta, then
on its last legs, should have passed to merited oblivion.
COLORADO, 1900.
40th Annual. Denver. September 18.
The Colorado gallery of celebrities this year presents the por-
traits of the grand master, Joseph W. Milsom, Past Grand Masters
A. J. Van Deren, Ernest Le Neve Foster, and George W. Roe,
and Grand Secretary Ed. C. Parmelee. The latter a steel plate en-
graving ordered by the grand lodge. The face has stronger lines
than the photograph which he sent us at our request some thirty
years ago, but the}' have been well earned. We are glad that this
token of appreciation of his long and devoted service came to him in
his lifetime to cheer the heart which the press dispatches told us one
sad, recent day was stilled forever.
Nineteen past grand masters were present at the opening of the
grand lodge and also the representatives of forty-two grand jurisdic-
tions, among them Past Grand Master Henry M. Teller, represent-
ing Illinois.
The grand master (Alphonse A. Burnand) announced the death
of the grand tiler, Thomas Linton, who had held the office continu-
ousl}' since 1873, and who is shown by the eloquent memorial of Past
Grand Master Greenleaf to have been greatly beloved by his
brethren.
The grand master visited fifty-six lodges, beginning with those
that had not been favored with the presence of a grand master for
many year=. In his travels he found too much intemperance among
the members, especially in towns where, owing to the lack of reading
rooms and other places of entertainment, men frequent the saloons.
He attributes the present prevalence of this vice to indisposition to
discipline the offenders.
Referring to the discussion as to the right and the policy of es-
tablishing any lodges, he is of the opinion that if established the
grand master should restrict their work to the soldiers and others of
his own jurisdiction: the committee on jurisprudence went a step
MASONIC CORRESPONDENCE. 49
further with unanimous approval, expressing the opinion that under
present conditions dispensations should not issue for such lodges.
This will doubtless hold good until some future grand master, igno-
rant of the experience of a prior generation, gets an opportunity to
demonstrate what he mistakenly considers patriotism.
The reasons of the grand master for his action in the following
were sufficient for the jurisprudence committee and the grand lodge,
but to us — apart from the question whether in the absence of an ex-
press regulation authorizing him to interfere he properly has any say
in the matter — they seem to be a non seginter:
I have refused permission to some of our lodges to confer the
three degrees by request; holding that as a rule, when a lodge in a
foreign jurisdiction is asked to confer all the degrees, the candidate
has removed from the jurisdiction, and the lodge so electing him has
lost its control over him. The lodge of his new residence then has
jurisdiction and control, and properl}^ should not make him a Mason,
except upon his petition to, and election by, the lodge in whose juris-
diction he then lives.
Following is the first of his three reported decisions:
In answer to the question, "If a lodge wants waiver of jurisdic-
tion, where two lodges have concurrent jurisdiction, do you have to
ask one or both lodges for waiver?" I formulated the following mode
of procedure:
First — A lodge receiving a request for a waiver of jurisdiction
shall refer the same to a committee for investigation.
Second — No lodge shall act upon an application for waiver unless
the same shall have been laid over one lunar month, and the commit-
tee has presented its report.
Third — Where two or more lodges exercise concurrent jurisdic-
tion the request shall be made to the oldest lodge, and the lodge re-
ceiving such request shall immediately notify all the concurrent
lodges.
Fourth — Written objection filed by a lodge having concurrent
jurisdiction shall have the elTect of denying the issuance of the
waiver.
This is a recognition of the principle that the rights of all the
lodges being equal in the matter, the consent of all must be obtained.
The provision that after equal notice 1:o all this consent may be ex-
plicit or tacit is perhaps as convenient as any way of getting at the
result.
The third decision is as follows:
Query: "Can we receive a petition for membership from a former
member; but now a resident of San Francisco, California?"
50 APPENDIX. — PART I.
Answer. No. Voluntary non-affiliation is a Masonic offence. The
offence is committed against the laws of the grand jurisdiction in
which the non-affiliate resides. Each grand lodge provides the way
and manner in which a Mason can reinstate himself to good standing.
It would, therefore, be not only highly discourteous, but a grave of-
fence against the Grand Lodge of California to receive the brother's
petition, for it would have the effect of nullifying their statute against
non-affiliates.
This, we are glad to say, was disapproved. The committee, after
citing approved decisions adverse to it, say:
Having thus emphatically declared and decided that a brother
living in our jurisdiction may become a member of any lodge in any
other jurisdiction according to his own will, we should insist on the
converse of the proposition and hold that any brother wherever he
may reside, if in good standing, may petition and become a member
of any lodge in our own jurisdiction. We therefore recommend that
this decision be not approved.
The grand master thought that one of their approved decisions,
giving a lodge the power at its discretion to bury a suspended Mason
without regard to the cause of suspension, and cited a case in which
a lodge asked permission of another lodge to bury a Mason suspended
by the latter. The master of the suspending lodge could not get at
a consensus of his members and so reported; the burial was proceeded
w^ith. Of this the committee say, with grand lodge approval:
While there may be some chance for an abuse of discretion in the
burial of a non-affiliated or suspended Mason, yet we know of no better
way than leaving the matter to the discretion of the lodge in each
individual case. The decision and action of the master and officers
of the lodge would in our opinion be the action of the lodge if objec-
tion was not made at the time.
During a lull in the proceedings Past Grand Master Teller was
introduced, who spoke entertainingly and instructively of the Ma-
sonry of the early days of Colorado, and in turn introduced Past
Grand Master Bromwell, formerly of Illinois, whose eloquent words
were listened to with rapt attention, but from illness he was unable
to conclude his remarks and spoke again on the following day. From
our latest advices as to his health we are led to fear that this was
destined to be his last word to the assembled grand lodge of which
he has been so many years an honorary past grand master.
The grand lodge sent the customary greeting to Past Master
Adna Treat, then 103 years of age; listened to an oration of unusual
thoughtfulness and strikingly antithetical power, by the grand orator,
Herschel M. Hogg; chartered four new lodges; accepted from Past
Grand Master Roger Williams Woodbury, chairman of the Wash-
ington Centennial Memorial committee and father of the memorial
idea, the present of a cane made from the wood of an old forest tree
MASONIC CORRESPONDENCE. 51
which grew in the yard of Washington's church, and was presented
to him by the Ladies' Sewing- Guild of Christ church, Alexandria,
Va., on Centennial Memorial Day, and promised to carry out his sug-
gestion that it be carried by the grand master of Colorado at the
Washington memorial exercises in 1999; took the initial steps look-
ing to the foundation of a Masonic benevolent fund for the benefit of
old or indigent brethren, their widows and orphans, the same to be a
trust fund whereof the revenue only shall be used for charitable pur-
poses, and exchanged fraternal greetings with the Grand Lodge of
Montana, then in session.
Joseph W. Milsom, of Canon City, was elected grand master;
Ed. C. Parmelee, Denver, re-elected (for the 37th time) grand sec-
retary.
The report on correspondence (174 pp.) is as usual from the facial
hand of Past Grand Master Lawrence N. Greenleap, a hand which
grows not less firm and strong, but gentler with passing years. He
gives liberal space to Illinois for 1899, giving merited attention to
Grand Master Cook's able address, epitomizing or gusting its most
salient portions. Bro. Frank Crane's oration is characterized as
"of unusual brilliancy of thought and abounding in apt illustration
of the 'point of view.' " The case of Mechanicsburg lodge is cited as
showing the possibilities of expense involved in Masonic trials, and as
being one of the most remarkable on record. The Illinois report is
generously referred to as affording "plenty of food for refiection and
also for discussion," the latter half of which we suspect to be true.
He gives an extract, in order to note an exception, from our remarks
minimizing the importance of the fact that the original meaning of
some of the emblems and forms of Masonry have been forgotten, as
bearing upon the question whether Masonry was a perfect system at
the outset of its existence, but passes the discussion, hoping to take
it up in his conclusion. We find there, however, only the following
that bears upon the matter, and find its chief interest in the fact
that his views on physical fitness are based — not like those of many
who hold similar opinions — upon some piece of probably corrupted
printed text, but upon the symbolism of the institution.
52 APPENDIX. — PART I.
DELAWARE, 1900.
94th Annual. Wilmington. October 3.
A fine engraved portrait of the retiring grand master, William
W. Black, Jr., graces the fly leaf of the Delaware volume.
Eight past grand masters were present and the diplomatic corps
mustered twenty-six, Illinois being represented by George M. Jones.
Distinguished visitors were Grand Master Joseph E. Moore, Past
Grand Master JOSIAH W. EWAN and Grand Secretary Thomas H. Pi.
Redway, of New Jersey.
Grand Master Black announced the death of Past Grand Master
Joseph W. H. Watson, Past Senior Grand Warden John Brown
Roberts, and Past Masters Leonidas Darlington. Edwin O. Shake-
speare, Wm. J. Jeffries, David D. Murray and John Fisher. The
death of Past Grand Master Harrison Dills, of this jurisdiction is
also noted.
The grand master reported but one decision, as follows:
October 24, 1899, I received a letter from John L. Thomson, wor-
shipful master, Franklin lodge, No. 12. Georgetown, Del., wishing to
know if there was any objection to said lodge giving a certificate to
Fellow Craft Dr. Howard G. Purnell, in order that he might prove
himself a B'ellow Craft and receive instructions while residing in a
sister jurisdiction. As it has not been the custom in this jurisdiction
to issue certificates to any but Master Masons, I refused permission,
stating that such certificate would not. be satisfactory proof that
Brother Purnell was a Fellow Craft ; that such could only be deter-
mined by due examination or be properly vouched for.
The grand master's closing words were timely and wise, but the
same would also be true of a Master Mason. We see no real objection
to certifying to the fact so long as it goes only to regularity.
We last year chronicled the fact that our. Delaware brethren had
no lecture explanatory of the ceremonies of the Entered Apprentice
degree; this struck us strangely, as the lack is more apt to show itself
in the concluding portion of the degree of Master Mason. Of this the
grand master says:
At the last session of the grand lodge it was recommended that
the committee on work prepare an explanatory lecture for the first
degree in order that the candidate should have explained to him the
meaning of the ceremonies through which he had just passed, espe-
cially as the ceremonies are explained in the two succeeding degrees.
I am glad to be able to report that this long-felt want has been sup-
MASONIC CORRESPONDENCE. 53
plied. The committee, after much time and labor, have prepared a
very able and highly instructive lecture, which I hope will meet the
hearty approval of every member of this g'rand lodge.
This language makes one wonder whether what appears to have
been evolved out of the committee's inner consciousness (as the Ger-
man wrote history) differs materially from what has been handed
down from one generation to another in New Jersey and Maryland.
The grand master made a part of his address a letter from Grand
Master Seeman, of Washington, soliciting a resumption of fraternal
relations, as he did also his fraternal reply thereto. He thinks, how-
ever, that as the Washington grand lodge has not done any more re-
scinding since the Grand Lodge of Delaware ordered the edict of
non-intercourse to continue in forfte, that no recommendation is nec-
essary— at least he makes none. The grand lodge, speaking through
the committee on address, says it will have no resumption until it is
"satisfied that the Grand Lodge of Washington shall have absolutely
and unequivocally receded from its former position." And there you
are.
The grand master reported the receipt of a letter from the grand
master of New South Wales, with a copy of the proceedings of that
grand lodge held to discuss the question of recognizing the new Grand
Lodge of Western Australia, with the result that recognition was ac-
corded. Being satisfied of the correctness of this action he said that
while no application for recognition had been received from the new
body, he hoped that when such application was made it would receive
favorable consideration. But with the advice and consent of the
committees on correspondence and address, the grand lodge concluded
not to wait the asking but extended recognition.
We are glad to see the following square-toed deliverance from
Delaware:
Your committee on jurisprudence, to whom was referred the re-
port of the committee on by-laws, would report that while there is
no constitutional provision bearing directly on this point, in their
opinion no member of any lodge can be deprived of any of his rights
and privileges as such member without charges having' been pre-
ferred and trial had. The right to vote in his lodge and to hold office
in same is a privilege inherent in his membership. Our decision, there-
fore, is that any such provision in the by-laws of any lodge depriving
members when in arrears for dues of the privilege of voting or hold-
ing office is unlawful, and we recommend that all such provisions in
the by-laws of any subordinate lodge in this jurisdiction be stricken
out. (Adopted.)
A liberal appropriation was made for the benefit of the flood suf-
ferers at Galveston, and the retiring grand master was presented
with a past grand master's jewel, the presentation being made by
54 APPENDIX. — PART I.
Past Grand Master Ewan, of New Jersey. Joseph Stuart, of Wil-
rQington, was elected grand master; Benjamin F. Bartram, Wil-
mington, re-elected grand secretary.
The report on correspondence (72 pp.) is another of those excel-
lent papers in which Past Deputy Grand Master Lewis H. Jackson
has compressed much valuable matter into little space. Illinois for
1899, administration of Grand Master Cook, receives courteous and
favorable notice.
CONNECTICUT, I90I.
113th Annual. New Haven. January 16.
The frontispiece of the very attractive volume sent out by Con-
necticut this year is a portrait of Grand Master John O. Rowland.
The portrait of Eli S. Quintard, who was grand master in 1864, and
is set down as the oldest living past grand master, is set over against
the report on correspondence, and the likeness of Past Grand Master
Clark Buckingham and Arthur B. Calef, who was grand junior
warden in 1863, both deceased during the past year, are borne on their
memorial tablets. Besides, there is a cut of the oldest Masonic hall
in the state, at Monroe, a frame building erected in 1800, now occu-
pied by Washington Lodge No. 10,
Thirteen past grand masters were present, and the representa
tives of thirtjf grand lodges, among them Past Grand Master James
L. Gould, representative of Illinois.
Standing at the threshold of a new-dawning century, Grand Mas-
ter Gould congratulated the craft upon the closing of one of the
most prosperous years in the history of Masonry in Connecticut. He
feelingly referred to the death of Brothers Buckingham and Calef
the former at sixty-nine and the latter at seventy-five. The former
was superintendent of the Masonic home. Notable among the grand
master's visits was that to Hiram Lodge No. 1, on the occasion of its
four days celebration of its 150th anniversary. None of the charter
members were present.
He speaks very highly of the beneficient work of the Masonic
home, of which he is now superintendent.
The report of the grand secretary. Past Grand Master John H.
Barlow, gives notice to the Connecticut Masons of the establish-
ment of clandestine lodges in Pennsylvania by a body styling itself
MASONIC CORRESPONDENCE. 55
"The Spanish Grand Orient," and in the following discloses the fact
that Connecticut had recognized the Grand Orient of Spain upon in-
sufficient information:
At our annual communication in 1899, recognition was extended
to this grand body on recommendation of the committee on corre-
spondence, and in April last a commission as representative near the
Grand Lodge of Connecticut, was forwarded to me from said grand
orient. Before accepting the same, I was informed on good authority
that said grand orient was in fraternal recognition and correspond-
ence with the Grand Orient of France. I returned the commission,
and would recommend that our resolution of recognition be rescinded.
Through the committee on address the recognition of the Belgian
bod}' was withdrawn.
The finance committee reported a tax levy of eighty cents per
capita, whereof twenty-five per cent should go to defraying the ex-
penses of the grand lodge, and seventy-five per cent to the Masonic
Charity Foundation fund. The grand lodge increased the tax to one
dollar per capita with the same ratio of division. On the heels of
this action the following, offered by Past Grand Master LOCKWOOD,
was adopted:
Resolved, That a committee be appointed by the grand master to
examine and report at the next annual communication of the grand
lodge, a just and equitable basis for the contributions by lodges for
the requirements of the grand lodge.
We judge that among the requirements of the grand lodge is the
support of the Home. If a just and equitable basis is sought for this
purpose it might not be amiss to try the good old Masonic plan of
contributions according to the ability of the giver.
The retiring grand master was presented with a past grand mas-
ter's jewel and apron.
Frederick S. Stevens, of Bridgeport, was elected grand master;
John H. Barlow, Hartford, re-elected grand secretary.
The report on correspondence (193 pp.) is as usual the work of
the grand secretary, Past Grand Master Barlow, who gives to the
Illinois proceedings for 1900 something over five pages of careful and
courteous review. He quotes from the opening paragraphs of Grand
Master Hitchcock's address, and permits Grand Orator Faville to
develop in his own language the parallel between the building of that
marvel of unity, the old Gothic Cathedral, and the upbuilding of
character by the individual Mason.
Referring to the grand master's one decision that a lodge may
enact a by-law providing for the election of all its officers, he doubts
the expediency' of depriving the master and senior warden of the
56 APPENDIX. — PART I.
power of appointing their deacons. We also doubt the wisdom of
making the office of deacon elective, but we are fully in accord with
the Illinois regulation which lodges the appointing power wholly in
the master as the responsible head of the work.
He overlooks the fact that the projected raid on the grand lodge
treasury for the benefit of eleemosynary institutions started by indi-
vidual Masons in the face of expressed opinion of a majority of the
lodges that such an inelastic method of beneficence is not the most
economical or the most desirable, failed of success, an error into
which he falls in common with several other reviewers.
The Illinois report on correspondence is complimented in direct
terms and also indirectly by being laid under contribution on several
subjects wherein we judge we are pretty closely in accord with each
other in our views.
We do not know where in our report he found the grounds for his
belief that we approve the doctrine of "dependent membership,'' and
must believe that it is the outcome of such hurried reading as we all
of us frequently have to give to matter under review.
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, 1900.
90th Annual. Washington. December 5.
The semi-annual communication was held Ma}^ 9. Twelve past
grand masters were present, and the representatives of twenty-five
jurisdictions, among them Past Grand Master L. C. Williamson,
representing Illinois. At the annual communication he helped to
swell the diplomatic corps to thirty-seven, which at the installation
communication, in his absence, dwindled to sixteen.
Last year we noted that a proposition to go into partnership with
the grand chapter, grand commandery and the Eastern Star organi-
zation in the erection of a Masonic and Eastern Star home, was sent
to a committee to be reported upon at this meeting. The committee
say:
While acknowledging the great prospective benefits to be derived
from such an enterprise, cannot at this time recommend the active
participation of the grand lodge therein The erection of the pro-
posed new Masonic temple in this city will tax the resources of the
fraternity for several years and we think it would be unwise to as-
sume additional heavy burdens until after that desirable object is
consummated.
MASONIC CORRESPONDENCE. 57
We are also of opinion that when the grand lodge determines to
eng-age in the work of providing a home for distressed worthy breth-
ren, their widows and orphans, such an enterprise should be under its
control and direction, in justice to its position as the ruling Masonic
body in this jurisdiction and in conformity with the custom of other
jurisdictions where homes similar to the one under consideration have
been established.
While, as stated, we are not prepared to advocate the active par-
ticipation of our g'rand lodge in this matter, we are in hearty accord
with the objects, aims, and purposes desired to be accomplished, and.
In furtherance of our sympathy, recommend an appropriation to
assist the grand chapter of the Eastern Star in the work of relief
which, we are informed, it has already undertaken, and herewith
present a resolution embodying- our views on that subject.
Resolvpd, That a committee of three members of the grand lodge
be appointed, with authority to expend from the funds of the grand
lodge a sum not exceeding $500 in aid of the work of relief now being
prosecuted by the grand chapter, Order of the Eastern Star, subject
to the approval of the M.W. grand master.
After a motion to adopt the report had carried and had been re-
considered—
Past Grand Master L. C. Williamson moved, as a substitute for
the report, that the grand lodge appoint a committee of three to
confer with a similar committee to be appointed by the grand chap-
ter of the Order of the Eastern Star of the District of Columbia upon
the subject and report at a subsequent communication of the grand
lodge. The substitute was rejected: yeas, 26; nays, 47.
After considerable discussion. Past Grand Master Matthew Trim-
ble, with the consent of the other member of the committee present,
Past Grand Master Samuel C. Palmer, amended the report, with-
drawing the resolution embodied therein. On motion, the report as
amended was adopted.
At last the revolution in the method of appointing grand repre-
sentatives, which has for some time been substantially complete, is
now by the records of the Grand Lodge of the District of Columbia
confessedly so. It is thus stated:
The M.W. grand master informed the grand lodge that he had
appointed the assistant grand secretary representative of the Grand
Lodge of Maine near this grand lodge, and on motion of Past Master
Howard M. Gillman, Benjamin B. French Lodge No. 15, said officer
was received and acknowledged as such representative.
We have italicized the pivotal word. Formerly the grand master
of Maine would have appointed the representative; later the grand
master of the district would have said that he had nominated and the
grand master of Maine had appointed the representative, but now he
makes the language fit the fact. Of course it is very ridiculous, but
it is the natural evolution of the patronage theory in Masonry.
58 APPENDIX. — PART I.
At the annual communication Past Grand Master W. H. Nichols,
of Texas, was flanked by seventeen of the same rank from the dis-
trict. The grand master (Wm. G. Henderson) announced the death
of Past Grand Master Isaac LaRue Johnson, who served in the
^grand east in 1874 and 1875; six past masters and one master in
office.
The grand master chronicles a visit to President McKinley, in
company with Past Grand Masters Parker and Small, to introduce
the master of Columbia Lodge, London, England, who presented the
president a handsomely engrossed certificate of his election to mem-
bership in that lodge. He discusses the question of physical fitness
at some length, expressing quite latitudinarian views personally, but
officially standing by the stricter construction of the law of his grand
lodge.
In a case coming up from a lodge in which a brother refused to
vote on a petition for the degrees, in face of the law that neither the
master nor the lodge could excuse him from that duty, the grand
master ruled that a ballot under such circumstances was irregular
and illegal and should be so held by the master, who should proceed
to take a second ballot, having first required the brother to retire
who declined to vote.
Of this the jurisprudence committee say:
Requiring a brother to retire from his own lodge raises a question
which your committee believes has never, in this form, been before
the grand lodge.
These papers were only presented to the committee yesterday,
and, as this appears to be a question of grave importance, it is sub-
mitted, without recommendation, to the grand lodge for its con-
sideration.
The subject was recommitted for further consideration and re-
port, and was not again reached during the session.
We sympathize with the committee in their perplexity, but we
do not see how they can reach any other conclusion than that reached
by the grand master.
The grand lodge seems again to have gotten itself into the atti-
tude which years ago kept it in hot water with other grand lodges
over the making of those claimed by them to be residents of their
jurisdictions, temporarily sojourning at the seat of government. The
constitutional provision touching this subject is as follows:
Sec. 27. Every lodge is prohibited from receiving the petition for
the degrees from anyone not a resident of this district for a period
of twelve months next preceding the date of his application, without
first having received the consent of the lodge nearest his place of
MASONIC CORRESPONDENCE. 59
residence, under seal, where personal jurisdiction is constitutionally
claimed.
In a case of alleged violation of the jurisdiction of a Virginia
lodge by a District lodge Grand Master Henderson argues the mat-
ter at some length with the following conclusion:
I am of the opinion that "residence," Masonically considered,
means the place where the petitioner actually resides — has an estab-
lished abode — a habitation, and does not mean necessarily the place
where he claims and exercises the political right to vote. In the
present case of Mr. , he has not only resided in this jurisdiction
for twelve months, but for nine years, and, without undertaking to
determine whether he has any political rights or not in the State of
Virginia. — for I am only to consider the question of his "residence"
from a Masonic point of vievv, — I am of the opinion that, Masonically
considered, he is a resident of this jurisdiction, and having resided
here for the period prescribed by our grand lodge constitution, he is
the i)roperty of La Fayette Lodge No. 19, of this jurisdiction; and,
having been elected for the degrees, that lodge may properly confer
them upon him.
This is the interpretation which was practically if not explicitl}-
abandoned years ago because the eleven obstinate jurors persisted in
taking the opposite vievv. The decision passed muster, however, with
the jurisprudence committee and the grand lodge.
The committee on jurisprudence recommended the adoption of
proposed rules taking the trial of offences out of the hands of the
lodges and placing the same in the hands of a committee appointed
by the grand master, after which no one need be surprised at the
following, referring to blank forms (properly directed to be uniform
in text), unless, indeed, he should wonder at the exception made in
the last sentence:
The committee recommends that all official communications sent
out by lodges, as well as petitions for degrees, affiliations, and rein-
statements, should in the size of the sheet conform to the dimensions
of the forms herewith submitted. The dimensions of dimits, the
committee believe, should be left to the pleasure of the lodge grant-
ing the same.
Both these recommendations were concurred in, as were others
extending recognition to the Grand Lodge of Western Australia, and
renewing fraternal relations with the re-organized Grand Lodge of
Porto Rico. Further time was given to consider the applications of
the Grand Lodge of Costa Rica for recognition and of the Grand
Lodge of Washington for an exchange of representatives.
Harry Standford, of Washington, (717 11th St., N.W.,) was
elected grand master; Wm. R. Singleton (since deceased) was re-
elected grand secretary, and William A. Gatley, (1833 Fifth St.,
Le Droit Park,) appointed assistant grand secretary.
60 APPENDIX. — PART I.
At the installation communication (Dec. 27) the retiring grand
master was presented with a past grand master's jewel, and the fol-
lowing resolution was unanimously adopted.
Besolved, That the names of all grand representatives near this
grand lodge from countries in which grand lodges do not exist, be
stricken from the list of grand representatives.
The report on correspondence (77 pp.) briefly reviewing the pro-
ceedings of fifty-five grand lodges, is by Past Grand Master George
W. Baird. In his "conclusion'' he says: ,
The senior member of our correspondence committee (our vener-
able and much loved Brother Singleton) has been able to revise and
correct the errors of the other members in this review, and to him
great credit is due. So cheerful is he in his sickness, so happy in his
methods of setting us right, that it makes us wish it would please the
Almighty to let him live forever.
A wish that for everybody's sake but the venerable brother's who
had so well earned the rest he has since found, all would have gladly
echoed.
The proceedings of our grand lodge for 1900 were received so late
as to receive only a very brief notice. He commends the brevities of
the report of the committee on appeals, and says the details of such
matters are better not published.
FLORIDA, J90I.
72nd Annual. Jacksonville. January 15.
The fly-leaf bears the portrait of William A. McLean, who was
grand master from 1877 to 1880.
Nine past grand masters were present and thirty-nine grand
jurisdictions were represented in the diplomatic corps, Illinois by
James C. Graver.
The grand master (Silas B. Wright) reported for the second
time that death had not broken the immediate membership of the
grand lodge.
While urging that careful attention should be given to the busi-
ness of the lodge and the proper conferring of the degrees, it should
be remembered, he says, that this is not the only object of lodge work:
The lessons inculcated should be taught outside of our ceremon-
ials. The social side of the lodge meetings should not be neglected.
MASONIC CORRESPONDENCE. 61
The brother who comes to meeting^ after meeting, and has no oppor-
tunity of social conversation soon ceases to attend at all. Man is a
social being' and seeks intercourse with his fellows. A few moments
spent in social intercourse is appreciated b}' the new members, and is
productive of much good. Let every member greet and talk with as
manj^ members present as possible. See that all are acquainted and
take pains to introduce the new member and visiting brother. Spend
a portion of ever}- communication in social pleasures of some kind
and a more kindly feeling among the brethren is sure to follow. En-
courage the study of the history of the order and provide short talks
on current Masonic subjects, at every convenient opportunity. Many
new members will be encouraged to attend and all will be benefited
thereby. Masters should arrange for something of this kind at every
convenient opportunity.
He recommended the recognition of the Grand Lodge of Western
Australia; the reference of the application of the Grand Lodge of
Costa Rica to the committee on correspondence for investigation
and report next year; the indefinite postponement of the request of
the Grand Orient of Belgium for recognition; the refusal of recogni-
tion to the Gran Dieta of Mexico, and stated that although their
edict of non-intercourse against the Grand Lodge of Washington had
been rescinded he had not thought best to exchange representatives
with that grand lodge at this time, the reasons assigned being that
the grand secretary of Washington in his report on correspondence
in 1899 indulged in unfraternal and unjust abuse of him for certain
statements made by him in a letter to the grand master of Washington,
and also for the reason that Brother Upton, of Washington, has said
that the declaration of the Grand Lodge of Washington in 1899 as
well as that of 1898, practically recognized the legitimacy of Negro
Masonry from an historical standpoint.
Quotations from the report of Brother MuCurdy, of Michigan
and Brother Seamon, of New Mexico, furnished tlie sufficient justifi-
cation for his recommendation as to the grand diet of Mexico.
His discovery of the reason assigned for discrediting the Grand
Orient of Belgium came about through making the acquaintance of
the representative of the grand orient to the Washington Memorial
Centennial meeting, Albert J. Kruger, with whom he was greatly
pleased. He says:
Shortly after his return home he sent me a copy of their "Bulle-
tin" or printed proceedings for 1900, and in a letter mainly about
other matters, requested action upon their request for recognition.
The list of grand bodies with whom the grand orient has exchanged
representatives as printed in this book includes that of the French
orient at Paris, and the Grand Lodge of Hamburg at Hamburg. A
letter to W.Bro. Kruger asking if the list was correct, and if they
had recognized and exchanged representatives with the French
orient, brought reply that it was. He writes that from 1800 to 1825
62 APPENDIX. — PART I.
several lodg'es in Belg'ium worked under French charters. In 1833
the Grand Orient of Belgium was formed and recognition given the
French in 1840. An effort was made about a year ago to sever these
relations but failed by a few votes. On receipt of his reply I ad-
dressed notes to the several American grand lodges who had given
them recognition, asking if in their opinion it was proper to recog-
nize the Grand Orient of Belgium, while interdicting all intercourse
with the French. The replies were various, and some of them curi-
ous. All expressed surprise at the statement regarding the recogni-
tion of the French orient by the Grand Orient of Belgium. From
some of the grand lodges no replies have been received, and among
them the Grand Lodge of New York. That jurisdiction is placed in
the position of having issued edicts of non-intercourse with the
French and the Grand Lodge of Hamburg, and refusing to restore re-
lations with the state of Washington, because they refuse to declare
non-intercourse with Hamburg, still they recognize and exchange
representatives with the Grand Orient of Belgium.
All of these recommendations were concurred in.
Following are some of the twenty-two decisions reported by the
grand master, all of which were approved:
No 4. Can we confer the Entered Apprentice degree upon an
elected candidate of Welborn Lodge No. 13 at their proper request?
Ans. Yes. The same question was asked by Escambia Lodge No. 15,
and same answer given.
No. 9. A brother in good standing dies and is temporarih^ buried
at Orlando. Body is taken up and removed to family lot at Sanford
for final burial. Can lodge bury him with Masonic honors, he having
requested it before death, and family requesting it now? Ans. Y'es.
No. 13. A brother presents a dimit from the Grand Orient of Colom-
bia for affiliation? Can it be received and the brother affiliated? Ans.
Yes. the brother having proven himself a Mason, and having lived in
the jurisdiction a year, may be healed by his renouncing his allegi-
ance to the grand orient, and on taking the necessary obligation,
may be affiliated.
No. 17. What is the age limit? Can a man 68 3'ears of age be
made a Mason? Ans. Our rules prescribe no special age limit. Any
man of sound mind and physically able to comply with all of our re-
quirements is eligible.
No. 20. Have we the right to receive and act upon a petition for
affiliation accompanied by a dimit from the state of Washington
dated February 19, 1897? Ans. Y"es. the dimit is dated prior to our
edict of non-intercourse and the applicant has not been a member of
or within the jurisdiction of that grand lodge since that date. In 1900
the edict of non-intercourse was repealed and though the grand mas-
ter has not yet exchanged representatives with them, the matter of
recognition stands as it did prior to January, 1899.
No. 21. When charges have been preferred against one brother
by another, has the brother who has the charges preferred against
him the right to vote in an election for officers? Yes, provided the
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charges are not of a nature such as to require his exclusion under
Regulation No. 371.
Has the master elect the right to appoint said brother to any
office while charges are pending? Ans. No, see Reg. No. 141.
No. 22. A man claiming to be a Mason, who was a member of
a lodge in Cuba desires to affiliate with a lodge in Florida. His lodge
did not form part of or come under the Grand Lodge of Cuba but
remained under the Grand Orient of Spain. The lodge is now defunct
and the party has no documentary evidence of membership. Can he
be healed or in any way become a member here? Ans. No. He not
having any documentary evidence from a regular lodge, and the
lodge he claims to hail from being now defunct, and it having been a
constituent of a grand orient not recognized by our grand lodge, he
cannot be healed but must apply as a profane.
No. 4. is of interest because recent discussions have brought out
the fact that in some jurisdictions conferring degrees by "courtesy"
for another lodge is forbidden. No. 9 -does not touch the custom
permitted in some southern jurisdictions of "funeralizing the dead,"
there being in this case a re-interment. Healing is recognized as
necessary in No. 13 notwithstanding the subject of it is said to have
proved himself to be a Mason, but by this we presume the grand mas-
ter means that he is found to be in possession of the secrets of Ma-
sonry, but has received them in a manner which failed to impart the
Masonic status. No. 17 is interesting as showing the vague impres-
sion the Masonic covenant may leave upon the mind.
Referringwto the answer to the second query in No. 21, it would
seem the Florida regulations offer a brother a ready method render-
ing temporarily ineligible anyone whom he thinks stands in the way
of his own aspirations. No. 22 shows that the position of Florida
with reference to grand orients is the same as that of Illinois.
The committee on jurisprudence had the concurrence of the
grand lodge in its adverse report on a petition to repeal a resolution
instructing lodges not to accept the petition for the degrees of those
engaged in the liquor traffic. The committee hold that the resolution
is not, as the petitioner for its repeal avers, in violation of the con-
stitution of the grand lodge (which might be true while- 'it is also
true that it is in violation of the constitutions of Freemasonry), and
reported a resolution declaring it unmasonic conduct for those who
are already members to be so engaged; this the grand lodge adopted.
The grand lodge through the committee on finance conceded the
laudable purpose of resolutions passed by a couple of lodges looking
to the establishment of a Masonic Home, but held that neither the
time nor the condition of the finances made it desirable to enter
upon such a project at present; it also ordered-the publication as an
64 APPENDIX. — PART I.
appendix to the grand master's address, of the report of Bro. W. H.
SeamOiV, of New Mexico, on Mexican Masonry, the most instructive
paper in many respects yet published on thatjsubject.
James Carnell, of Ormond, was elected grand master; Wilber
P. Webster, of Jacksonville, re-elected g-rand secretary.
There is no report on correspondence.
GEORGIA, 1900.
IUth Annual. Macon. October 30.
Two strikingly fine faces grace the pages of the Georgia volume,
those of the retiring grand master, William A. Davis and Past
Grand Master James M. Mobley.
Only two past grand masters were present, but the diplomatic
corps mustered thirty-five, Illinois being represented by Thomas J.
Cabling.
The address of Grand Master Davis, as is generallyjthe case in
Georgia, rises to the dignity of an oration. Of the proud position of
the Empire State of the South, he says:
As an evidence of the esteem in which the Masons of Georgia are
held by our sister jurisdictions, it is only necessary to recall an honor
which was recently conferred on a distinguished member of this grand
body. On the 24th day of September last, in the city of Cincinnati,
at the last tri-ennial convocation of the general grand chapter, a
past grand master of this grand lodge was placed at the head of the
Capitular Masonry of the United States. This is an honor that was
justly deserving and most worthil}' won, and in its bestowal the gen-
eral chapter but recognized the devotion and fidelity which our
beloved brother for far more than a decade of years had devoted to
its interests. Yet it was intended as a compliment to Georgia as
much as to individual preferment. This is a distinction which has
rarely come to the south, and never to our state before, and should
well be held in highest appreciation by the entire fraternity. In that
great meeting, composed of representatives from almost every state
in the Union, and representing the very highest type of manhood
and Masonry, I was especially gratified at tlie high regard in which
theMasons of Georgia were held, and the manifold deferences which
were so often manifested toward our delegation. Georgia stands in
the very front rank of the jurisdictions of this country, and we are
proud of the position she holds and the impression she is making on
the fraternal world.
He reported fifteen decisions, from which we select the following:
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2. Can the master of a lodge sign an application as a voucher?
Answer: Any member of a lodge can sign a recommendation either for
initiation or affiliation.
3. A man who resides one year or more away from his original
home and then returns is in the jurisdiction of the lodge in whose
territory he last resided twelve months.
8. A man sixty-six years of age is not necessarily ineligible to the
degrees in Masonry. One man might arrive at his dotage at a much
younger period, while a large number of others do retain their full
faculties to much greater age.
11. Ever}^ member of a lodge in good standing is entitled to vote
and there is no law that deprives him of this privilege. On all appli-
cations it is not only his privilege but absolute duty to vote.
Number 2 is chiefly of reflex interest. No. 3 must reflect some
local regulation, for on general principles the territorial jurisdiction
possessed by a lodge over profanes ceases instantly the moment they
leave the territory, no relations having been established between
them and the lodge. No. 8 is a truism, but interesting in view of the
cropping out of the same question in two jurisdictions at least in the
same year. No. 11 ought to be repeated every year.
The grand master announced the death and paid eloquent tribute
to the memory of Past Grand Masters Samuel D. Irvin and John P.
Shannon, Whiteford Smith Ramsay, chairman of the committee
on correspondence, and Herschel V. Lester, grand tiler.
The grand master raised the question whether a warden who is
not a past master is qualified to represent his lodge in the grand
lodge in the event of the death of the master. The grand lodge
adopted the following report thereanent by the committee on juris-
prudence:
We find that in the year 1880 that Grand Master James M. Mobley
ruled as follows: "If the worshipful master and senior warden are
both dead, the junior warden can perform all the duties of worshipful
master, and as such represent the lodge in the grand lodge." This
decision, at the regular annual communication, in 1880, of the grand
lodge, was referred to the committee on jurisprudence. A majority
of this committee reported adversely to the ruling of the grand
master; a minority, in their report, sustained his ruling. The minor-
ity report was adopted by the grand lodge, thus affirming the grand
master's ruling.
This precedent, we think, covers the question submitted by
Grand Master Davis.
The ruling made in 1880, we think, was fully authorized by article
II of the constitution of the grand lodge, and is well sustained by the
reasoning contained in the minority report already referred to.
66 APPENDIX. — PART I.
The grand master submitted the request of the Grand Lodge of
Western Australia for recognition, expressing the hope that it would
meet with a favorable reply. It went to the committee on corre-
spondence and there remains.
The committee on jurisprudence recommended the indefinite
postponement of the following resolution, explaining that it was
aimed at the annual meeting of the masters in each district at the
call of the district deputy:
Resolved, That without exi:)ress authority, contained in a warrant
or charter from this grand body, no Masonic body, or body of Masons,
in the state of Georgia (this body alone excepted) ha? authority to
create Masonic offices or officers, or to elect grand or subordinate
officers in the name of Masonic organizations, or to hold sessions with
Masonic forms and ceremonies.
The grand lodge concurred.
The committee appointed last year to devise ways and means to
establish a Masonic home reported that receipts in response to a cir-
cular letter issued in May, $1,834.25 had been pledged, and submitted
a series of resolutions which were adopted by the grand lodge. The
chief interest of the resolutions centers the three following:
2. That the grand lodge hereby appropriates, for the purpose of
building and maintaining said home, one-half of the surplus now in
the treasury of the grand lodge, and one-half of such future surplus
as may hereafter be in the treasury of the grand lodge at each and
every annual communication.
3. That the grand lodge hereby resolves and declares that it will
not create any debt for the building and maintenance of said home,
nor will it be responsible for any debt created for the building and
maintenance of said home beyond the amount of the appropriation
herein specified, and no taxes or individual assessment, either upon
members or lodges, shall ever be laid for the purpose of building and
maintaining said home, or for any purpose in connection therewith.
4. That the building of said home and its administration shall not
be begun until as much as ten thousand dollars in money have been
raised and appropriated from the surplus herein appropriated and
from voluntary contributions.
We have no doubt of the sincerity of the grand lodge in the
pledge given in the third resolution, but unfortunately it is only a
resolution and so is subject-to change with possible waves of opinion
dominant for the time being at every annual communication, and
when the pinch of maintenance comes year after year, as come it
will in any American jurisdiction, where at the best there can be but
a limited number of members accustomed to give large sums for
charitable purposes, we fear the pledge now given not to tax lodges
or members to maintain it will go with similar good intentions with
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which other ^rand lodges have entered upon large enterprises whose
demands must in the nature of things be never ceasing. But inevita-
ble as we regard this outcome we can but highly commend the present
determination of our Georgia brethren not to sacrifice the basic
principle of Masonic relief to a desire to impress the general public
with some monumental evidence of the beneficence of the fraternity.
Max Meyerhardt, of Rome, was elected grand master; W. A.
WOLIHIN, Macon, re-elected grand secretary.
The report on correspondence (148 pp.) is by Bro. A. Morrill
Lamdin, who, upon the death of the beloved and lamented Ramsey,
was called to the vacant chairmanship.
The Illinois proceedings for 1899 are included in his interesting
review. That he has the true editorial instinct for what is worthy
of preservation is shown in the quotation he makes from the conclu-
sion of Grand Master Cook's address.
Bro. Crane's oration is characterized as full of vivacity, interest
and practical conclusions. The name of John C. Smith in the list of
past grand masters recalls some pleasant memories of a lodge meet-
ing in Cairo, Egypt, where the two met some five years ago.
IDAHO, 1900.
33rd Annual. Boise. September 11.
The Idaho volume is illustrated with a full page half tone cut of
the grand lodge photographed in a group on the capitol grounds, and
by similar cuts of the incoming grand master (George D. Golden),
and Francis E. Ensign, grand master in 1881, both excellent.
Five past grand masters were present and the representatives
of fifteen grand jurisdictions. Illinois not among them.
The grand master (John C. Muerman) pressed the closing century
into the service as "the curtain with its one hundred folds rapidly
separating the present from the past." He announced the death of
Past Deputy Grand Master George Garrett; Thomas C. Maupin
and AUREN G. Redway, past senior grand wardens, the former the
representative of Illinois, and Joseph C. Gross, past junior grand
warden. He notes also the death of Past Grand Master Harrison
Dills of Illinois.
68 APPENDIX.— PART I.
The grand master, after a year's administrative experience of
the New York law of dimits, designed to make it impossible for a
brother to dimit without leaving Idaho, says:
Perhaps no part of our by-laws has given us more trouble than this
vexed question, and while not reported, yet it has frequently been
violated unintentionally. To join another lodge may take six months,
causing no little inconvenience, annoyance and confusion.
I would recommend that a careful consideration of this question
be taken by the grand lodge, and some action taken that will allow
a brother to receive his dimit without so much delay and make less
work for the secretaries and trouble for the lodges. When a brother
has paid all dues to the lodge, and is free from all charges, he is cer-
tainly entitled to a dimit if he requests it, but our present by-laws
forbid it.
Several of his decisions reflect the difficulties and burdens of the
law. The grand lodge finally saw its vicious character and repealed
it by a short cut. The Draconian Non-Affiliation resolutions of 1897
and 1899 not only refused to execute themselves, but the grand master
after an earnest and vigorous attempt to execute them confessed to
failure, as follows:
In nearly every instance I have received a reply with remarkable
promptness. I am fuU}^ convinced that the resolution as it stands
does not otfer a remedy, and when a brother, suspected, absolutely
refuses to tell whether he is a non-affiliate or not, I know of no way
to force a compliance with the law.
I would recommend that it be repealed. I firmly believe that a
notice in proper form, and in the spirit of true fraternity, sent by
the master of a lodge to a non-affiliate residing within his jurisdic-
tion, will do far more towards making these brothers once more active
workers in our lodges than any threat of suspension or expulsion.
The resolutions were accordingly rescinded. We congratulate
our Idaho brethren on knowing right away when they have got
enough. Some grand lodges with longer experience and self-confessed
failure with this kind of legislation, are still experimenting with
additional turns of the fraternal thumbscrew.
The grand master reported fifteen decisions, all of which were
approved. A few of them follow:
No. 1. On October 23, 1899, the master of Essene Lodge No. 22
ruled upon the petition of Brother Paul to become a member of On-
tario Lodge, Oregon, while still residing under the jurisdiction of
Essene Lodge, that the same could not be granted.
Referred to me on same date and decision of master was sustained,
Brother Paul being a member of Essene Lodge No. 22.
No. 5. On January 11, 1900, Elmore Lodge No. 30 asks if a member
of a lodge who asks for a dimit when living out of the jurisdiction,
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and havinof a credit of eight dollars, shall receive the balance due, or
is it the property of the lodfje?
I replied that the matter rested entirely with the lodg'e. I know
of no law that would compel you to remit except b}^ vote of the lodge.
It is quite refreshing to notice such a case once in a while when so
many are the reverse.
No. 9. Several questions regarding physical qualifications have
been answered similar to a former ruling by P.G.M. Waterhouse,
namely: "So that a man be not deformed to an extent that will pre-
vent him from receiving and giving all Masonic signs, etc.. nor pre-
ventinfif him from earning an honest living for himself and family,
and that he be not likely to become a charge upon the lodge."
Of this the lodge is the only judge.
We copy No. 1 because it is a Chinese puzzle. We note the rea.
son given, but fail to see the application. Perhaps no one can see it
who has not lived through the development of the Idaho law of affili-
ation and of dimits. If Idaho has no law compelling a lodge to return
the surplus in such a case as is referred to in No. 5, might it not be
well to re-enact one or two of the ten commandments. No. 9 rather
clumsily reflects the interpretation of law most generally prevailing.
Perhaps the most important part of it is the last clear sentence. The
fact that the grand master is so frequently appealed to, showing how
long it takes to get the idea comprehended, that the responsibility of
judging the physical, like the moral fitness of the applicant, lies with
the lodge and not with the grand master.
The grand master showed a disposition favorable to the recogni-
tion of the grand lodge of Costa Rica, but nothing came of it. He
thought the action of Idaho in extending recognition to the grand
orient of Belgium last year was somewhat hasty, having ascertained
since that the grand orient was in full fellowship with the grand
orient of France. The grand lodge agreed with him, adopting the
following from the committee on correspondence:
Resolved, That the action of this grand lodge at its last annual
communication, in extending fraternal relations with the Grand
Orient of Belgium, be not rescinded at present, but if said grand
orient does not see its way clear to sever its friendly relations with
the Grand Orient of France, and officially notify us "before the next
annual communication of this grand lodge, the grand secretary will
then be instructed to withdraw the commission of the representative
of this grand lodge near the said Grand Orient of Belgium, and the
grand secretary shall at once forward a copy of this resolution to the
grand secretary of the Grand Orient of Belgium, also a copy to the
representative of this grand lodge near the Grand Orient of Belgium.
The following from the committee on correspondence, referring
to Mexican Masonry, found favor in the eyes of the jurisprudence
committee and the grand lodge:
70 APPENDIX. — PART I.
As to the Gran Dieta, we can only re-echo the sentiments ex-
pressed by your committee three years ago. (See page 63, annals
1887.)
The united grand lodge of New Mexico, as now constituted, so far
as we can learn, is clandestine and irregular, and we recommend that
the grand lodge of Idaho have nothing to do with Mexican Masonry.
Conditions there do not change. Their lodge rooms are used for
political gatherings, and politicians dictate the policy of the grand
lodges. We therefore urge the adoption of the following:
Hesolved, That the prayer of the united grand lodge of Mexico,
presented to this grand lodge at its last annual communication, ask-
ing for recognition as a regular Masonic body, be denied.
Referring to the liquor traffic the grand master says:
While aware of the laws already enacted respecting those en-
gaged in the liquor traffic, I am of the opinion that no Mason should be
permitted to engage in this traffic and retain his membership in the
lodge.
The same occupation that would debar him from becoming a
member should be regarded as unmasonic conduct after he has been
received by a lodge.
The adoption of the following, from the law committee, seemed
to satisfy the official conscience of the grand lodge:
With reference to brethren employed or engaged in the liquor
traffic, your committee is of the opinion that in the absence of any
positive legislation en this subject, individual cases had best be left
to the will of the lodges wronged or interested.
One lodge under dispensation received a charter conditionally,
and the grand lodge banqueted at 8 o'clock on the evening of the
first day of the session with the brethren of Boise Lodge No. 2, and
the "Ladies of Adah Chapter No. 8, Order of the Eastern Star." We
presume the Gentlemen of Adah were also in at the feast.
George D. Golden, of Rocky Bar, was elected grand master;
Theophilus W. Randall, Boise, re-elected grand secretary.
The report on correspondence (116 pp.) is again from the versatile
pen of Past Grand Master Fred G. Mock, who gives Illinois for 1899
a courteous and comprehensive notice, with liberal quotations from
the address of Grand Master CoOK and the report on correspondence.
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INDIANA, I90J.
80th Annual. Indianapolis. Mxy 28.
The Indiana volume contains two portraits, those of the incoming
grand master, Orlando W. Brownback, and the lamented Thomas
B. Long, whose untimely death we noticed last year. For this latter
picture, those of us who did not know the original in the flesh are
especially grateful.
Fifteen past grand masters and a diplomatic corps representing
twenty-seven jurisdictions, graced the occasion with their presence.
Illinois was not represented.
Grand Master HOLliOWAY, at the outset of his able and elegantly
written address announced the death of Past Grand Master Thomas
B. Long, and paid eloquent tribute to the 515 loyal members of the
Indiana lodges, who during the year had drifted beyond the bar.
In the following he details one of the possible causes of friction
where Eastern Star organizations are permitted to meet in Masonic
apartments:
Ashley Chapter No. 229, O.E.S., meets in the lodge room of Ashley
Lodge. Said chapter has purchased a piano to be used in the lodge
room. The chapter has divided itself into sections of six members
each; such sections being required to give public entertainments
from time to time for the purpose of raising the money to pay for
this piano. During the year 1900 these entertainments were given in
the lodge room of Ashley Lodge. In January of this year, one of
these sections advertised a musical program for the evening of Janu-
ary 29, announcing that tickets for the same would be on sale at a
certain store in Ashley. The W.M. of Ashley Lodge, seeing this ad-
vertisement, gave notice to the worthy matron of Ashley Chapter
that he could not allow this entertainment to be given in the lodge
room, it being in violation of section 92 of the General Regulations.
Being appealed to, I sustained the worshipful master in his ruling,
but held in addition thereto that, as the grand lodge allows the sub-
ordinate lodges to grant the use of their lodge rooms to the Order of
the Eastern Star, and that body being a social organization, such
entertainment as they might give for their own benefit, or the benefit
of Masons and their families, would be right and proper; but, that
under no circumstances could a lodge room be converted into a public
hall, to which the general public could be invited, no matter how com-
mendable the purpose.
We do not question the correctness of the grand master's inter-
pretation of the Indiana view of what constitutes "legitimate Ma-
sonic purposes," but upon general principles, from a strictly Masonic
APPENDIX.— PART I.
standpoint the line drawn between the Eastern Star organization and
the rest of the general public seems to us a distinction without an
essential difference.
The grand master submitted a correspondence between himself
and Grand Master MoORE, of New Jersey, growing out of the making
by Delaware Lodge No. 46 of Indiana, of a man who had been thrice
rejected by a New Jersey lodge. The correspondence is highly cred-
itable to both for the courtesj^ and admirable temper which charac-
terizes it, and it is to be hoped, rather than trusted, that Grand
Master Holloway'S impression is correct, that the relations be-
tween the two grand lodges are not in any sense strained by their ir-
reconcilable differences. It is perennial stumbling block to good
neighborhood which must ever threaten the public peace so long as
the desire to maintain the correctness of their own regulations by
each jurisdiction is so strong as to make them lose sight of their
mutual obligation to the fraternity to accord full faith and credit to
the Masonic acts of the other within the limits where their authority
is unquestioned.
The grand master recommended the reference of the request of
the Grand Lodge of Western Australia to a committee, and it went
to the committee on correspondence, whose report brings out the
fact that three grand lodges have been found in that colony: the one
whose application was under consideration having been formed (by
lodges holding under the English constitution) October 11, 1899.
The Grand Lodge of New South Wales held a special communi-
cation February 1, 1900, for the purpose of recognizing this body, and
immediately printed and sent out its proceedings covering this action,
''presumably," the committee say, "to influence other grand lodges
to do the same thing." The committee further say:
In the meantime the Grand Lodge of England recognized No. 2 as
early as March, 1900. When it is remembered that the Grand Lodge
of England is proverbially slow about matters of this kind, it would
seem that there was at least an understanding between England and
New South Wales as to the recognition of this Grand Lodge.
It is certain, it seems to your committee, that there can be but
one legitimate Grand Lodge in Western Australia, and as. with the
meager information at hand, we are unable to ascertain that fact,
we recommend that, until further information is obtained, the ques-
tion of recognition be postponed.
The grand lodge concurred.
The grand master reported a case in which a man was initiated
who had lost the entire thumb of his right hand, the discovery of the
mutilation being made when the first section of the degree was nearly
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finished. His employer, one of his recommenders. was among those
most surprised when informed of the fact. The grand master directed
that the further progress of the candidate be stayed, until the case
was disposed of by the grand lodge. The grand lodge concurred in
the following from the committee on jurisprudence:
Your committee to whom was referred the matter in regard to the
conferring of the Entered Apprentice degree by Wayne Lodge No. 25
upon a candidate not possessing all the necessary qualifications, beg
leave to report that they have had the matter under consideration
and find that the action of said Wayne Lodge No. 2.5 was one of gross
carelessness and to be condemned by this grand lodge. We approve
the action of the grand master in refusing to allow the candidate to
be advanced further, and we recommend that the incoming grand
master either visit in person Wayne Lodge No. 25 or send some quali-
fied brother and administer a proper and suitable reprimand to the
brethren of said lodge for such improper violation of the laws and
regulations of Masonry.
From all that appears here we judge that the brother is to be
permanently left where he is. If this is so we think the action of the
grand lodge is wrong. Neither the grand master (whose action in
the case is not open to criticism) nor the committee hint that the
brother himself was in any measure to blame. If he was guilty of any
deception he might properly be dealt with therefor. So long as he is
not placed under disabilities by disciplinary action he stands as a law-
fully made Mason, because made iu a regular lodge regularly at labor
and therefore fully capable of conferring the Masonic status. He
could not be attainted by any irregularity in his making. His status
is indefeasible e.xcept for proven fraud on his part in obtaining it or
for subsequent misdeeds. Both in equity and in Masonic law the con-
sequences for the irregularity should fall on the guilty lodge and not
on the innocent candidate. In the eye of both law and equity he
stands in the same position as an apprentice who has been maimed
subsequent to his making. Because the fact that he was 7nade has
foreclosed the question of his previous eligibility. There are few
jurisdictions that would refuse to advance a brother maimed subse-
quent to his admission, and we do not believe Indiana is one of them.
The , grand master reported seven decisions, three of which we
copy:
1. Can we receive the petition of and confer the degrees on a sec-
retary of a brewing association? His work is all in the office.
Answer. — No. His livelihood depends as much upon the manufac-
ture and sale of intoxicating liquors as does that of the proprietor.
I have the following from as many different sources:
2. Can a man with his left hand off at the wrist, but wearing an
artificial hand, be made a Mason?
74 APPENDIX. — PART I.
Can a man with the leg amputated below the knee, and wearing-
an artificial limb, receive the degrees of Masonry?
Can we confer the degrees on a man wearing an artificial foot?
To all of these I have replied in the negative.
I cannot, however, in justice to what I believe is right, let pass
this opportunity to say that with my intimate knowledege of what
modern surgery and American invention has done for these unfortu-
nates, that we are certainly splitting hairs when, without hesitation,
we admit the man with an artificial palate or artificial ear drum,
without which the one of whom could not speak, or the other hear; or
we confer the degrees upon one whose vision is so defective that arti-
ficial means of the most skillful construction are required, and refuse
those who can much more literally fulfill the requirements. I say
this because in my decisions I have upheld the previous actions of
this grand lodge in opposition to my own conviction and judgment,
regarding what is right and just in these cases.
4. Will the objection to the initiation of a candidate privately
made to the W.M. before the ballot is taken be equivalent to a rejec-
tion?
Answer.— It will not. Objection to the initiation of a candidate
can only be made after he has been elected to receive the degrees. The
objecting brother has the right, and it is his duty, to inform the com-
mittee on character of any reason why the petitioner should not be
made a Mason, and he has the second opportunity to express himself
when the ballot is spread, leaving the objection as the last resort,
should he be unable to express himself in the other two.
Number 1 is given as showing the iron-clad interpretation of the
legislation against intoxicants inacted in Indiana. No. 2, because we
admire anything so briefly and strongly put, whether we agree with
it or not, and No. 4, because it states so clearly what should always
be borne in mind, that the right of summary objection is in the nature
of things, and historically, a supplementary right, coming into
existence only after the universal method of objecting by ballot has
been exhausted.
The grand master did himself, and laid out for others, a mountain
of labor in securing a searching inspection of all the lodges save
those in one county, where a suitable special deputy could not be
found. Ninety-one special deputies, each loaded with ninety ques-
tions, secured an amount of information not to be otherwise obtained,
and of the most interesting character. To the tact of the grand
master in disarming the natural suspicion that the information was
sought for disciplinary purposes, the success of the method is largely
due. We have only room for his tabulation respecting the work,
selecting this because it is startling in itself, and still more startling
because it indicates how rapidly we are drifting towards the obliter-
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ation of one of the peculiarities which differentiates Masonrj^ from
the parasitic bodies which have been built upon it, and the imitative
societies which for the last half century or more have increasingly
swarmed in its wake.
WORK.
Nineteen lodges could not open in full form. One hundred and
thirty-seven lodges could not receive the special deputy as grand
master.
In one hundred and twelve lodges the regular officers did not
occupy their stations.
In the work one hundred and thirty-seven lodges varied from
what was considered the recognized work of Indiana.
In sixty-eight lodges only the first section of the lectures are ever
given.
In thirty-eight lodges only the first and second sections are given.
In sixty-two lodges new features are introduced into the work.
In eight lodges rituals were used in the work during the inspec-
tion.
In one lodge everv word of the opening, work and closing, was
read from a ritual. The temptation was very strong to suspend that
lodge, but I determined to give them a second trial, and one month
later the special deputy reports that the opening, conferring of the
degree, and closing was done in a very creditable manner, with no
rituals in sight.
In three hundred and thirty-six lodges officers learn work from a
ritual called Of these I have found three editions
differing very materially in the essentials.
In sixteen lodges from one called This book is
printed in full text, without any attempt at disguise.
In six lodges from one called
Six lodges use a ritual, the author of which is a past grand master
of Indiana.
Thirty-two lodges learn the work from the .
Many of the lodges report having as many as three or four rituals
of different publishers, all at variance with each other on the impor-
tant points.
Six lodges have no L.L. For that purpose three of these use the
chandeliers overhead, the remainder depending upon the imagina-
tion, as do twelve lodges that have no M.C. columns.
Six lodges instruct their candidates from leaflets containing each
degree separately, and in three lodges the candidates are allowed to
use the rituals, with the instructions to stop at a certain page.
76 APPENDIX. — PART I.
I know of one candidate who was so energetic, and who progressed
so rapidly, that when the worshipful master forgot the in
the next degree, he was able, and did finish it without the W.M.'s
assistance.
Twelve lodges have opened with less than the required number
present, and have transacted business.
Four lodges have initiated candidates who could not comply liter-
ally with the requirements.
Eighteen lodges have not required proficiency before advancing
candidates.
Among the recommendations made as a result of his fine-tooth-
comb inspection, is the following:
With approximately three thousand rituals in use b}' the officers
and members of the subordinate lodges of the state, the assumption
that we will ever be able to eliminate them is untenable. The edict
of the grand lodge on this question is a dead letter. The grand mas-
ter who would attempt to enforce it would have no grand lodge to
whom he could report. We have sinned away our day of grace, and
much as the fact is to be regretted, the ritual has come to stay.
Granting this, there is but one solution to the question. Indiana
should own and control her own ritual. I, therefore, recommend
that a committee be appointed by the incoming grand master,
which committee shall fully investigate this subject, make a selection
of a ritual, present it for the approval and adoption of the grand
lodge, propose a plan for its control and distribution among the
lodges, and make such other suggestions relative to this subject as
their judgment may dictate. Said committee to report at the next
annual communication of the grand lodge.
We give this as a sign of the times which should go on general
record, but we cannot now take the time for the comments it sug-
gests.
A smart shower of individual plans for the establishment of a
Masonic home was experienced, all starting with the idea that such
a form of Masonic relief was the most desirable one. The atmos-
phere had sufficiently cleared before the strong committee on ways
and means, consisting of Past Grand Masters Nye, Douglas, Gavin,
FOOTE and O'Rourke, submitted the following report, to secure for
it the ready concurrence of the grand lodge:
Your committee on ways and means, to whom was referred the
resolutions of Brothers John R. Simpson. John W. Hughes, Wathias
Leamle and Charles McKinne}', relative to a home for Masons and
their widows and orphans, would report that however desirable such
an institution might be in some respects, yet we deem it inexpedient
for the grand lodge to enter upon its construction without being much
more full}' advised as to the necessity therefor and the cost of con-
struction and maintenance. We therefore recommend that the mo-
tions be not adopted, but that the whole subject be referred to the
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incoming' grand master, with directions to investigate the needs and
demands of the craft in this state for such a home, the probable
expense of its construction and maintenance and the workings of
similar institutions in other jurisdictions, with power to appoint a
committee during the 3'ear to further consider and report thereon to
the next meeting of the grand lodge, should he deem it advisable.
The g'rand lodge chartered six new lodges; decided that no new
regulations were necessary to enable lodges to purge themselves of
dealers in intoxicants: appropriated $200 for the relief of the Jack-
sonville sufferers; ordered the preparation of a new trial code; pro-
vided for insuring its fiduciary officers in surety companies at its
own expense, and decided that appeals for aid should be referred to
the lodges within whose jurisdiction the applicants reside, rather
than to the grand lodge, they having means and facilities for getting
at the facts which the grand lodge has not.
Orlando W. Brownback, of Pendleton, was elected grand mas-
ter: Calvin W. Prather, Indianapolis, grand secretary.
The report on correspondence (207 pp.) is by Past Grand Master
Daniel McDonald, who was appointed to the chairmanship made
vacant by the death of the lamented Long. Those who remember
Brother McDonald's work in this department in the seventies, need
not be told that his report lacks neither in excellence nor interest.
He has opinions and expresses them, directly, forcibly, but courte-
ously, and his wide knowledge and long experience of Masonry gives
them a high value. He gives the Illinois proceedings of 1900 over
three full pages, quoting from the address of Grand Master HITCH-
COCK and the report of the committee thereon, and from the report
of the committee on finance.
Touching the pro-rating of the surplus in the treasury to the
lodges, he says:
This was probably the best disposition that could have been made
of the surplus funds accumulated from the members in the way of
dues. So far as we have observed the Masonic homes erected and
maintained by the several grand lodges in which thej' are situated,
are a heavy burden to the subordinate lodges, without corresponding
benefits. The report of the committee in regard to membership in
Illinois, shows that there were suspended (presumably for the non-
payment of dues) 934, and dimitted 1.208, making a total of 2,142 lost
to the membership, the larger portion of whom undoubtedly severed
their membership to be relieved from the heavy financial burdens they
were called upon to bear to maintain these and other schemes "out-
side of the original plan of Masonrj'.'" As we have said elsewhere in
these reports, we are in favor of rendering all the assistance our
destitute brethren and their families may need, but we believe that
it is the duty and mission of the subordinate lodges.
78 APPENDIX. — PART I.
Touching a cognate branch of the same subject, in describing his
figurative journey through the various jurisdictions reviewed, which
he does in his "conclusion," he says:
We have visited the orphans' and other Masonic homes in all
jurisdictions where they have been established; have examined into
their financial and other management, the number and class of in-
mates contained in each, and have been forced to the conclusion that,
with very few exceptions, they have not proven to be the success that
their founders had confidently hoped they would be. The enormous
amount of money invested in these homes and their management, and
the yearly calls for money to suppl}' deficiencies, it seems to us. ought
to produce better results than are apparent on the hasty examination
we have been able to make.
We regret that we have not the time to summarize Brother Mc-
Donald's report. It could not fail to prove profitable to our readers,
coming back to the round table as he does ripened by so much experi-
ence.
INDIAN TERRITORY, 1900.
27th Annual. Wagoner Creek Nation. August 14,
Six past grand masters were present.
The grand master (Peter Byron Arthur) was happily able to
say that no past or present grand officer had died during the year.
Of affairs in general, he says:
Secular afifairs in this grand jurisdiction has for the last twelve
months been in a muddled or confused condition consequent upon the
approaching transition period, notwithstanding Masonry has made
wonderful strides. The fruits of its civilizing power is seen and felt
on every hand.
Wherever a Masonic lodge is established in this grand jurisdic-
tion, the social and moral virtues are in the ascendency — illiteracy,
and its consequence, crime and immorality is on the decrease.
In reporting having given his consent for the performing of the
funeral rites of Masonry over the grave of a brother several days
buried, he gives the correspondence between himself and the master
of Doaksville lodge which is located seventy-five miles from the place
of burial. The master in his second letter reported that the lodge
made the trip, consuming in all five and one-half days in order to
carry out the wishes of the deceased and his surviving kindred.
Deceased (Henry C. Harris) was a charter member of Doaksville
lodge, a native of Mississippi, a Choctaw by blood, had held many
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positions of honor and trust, and at the time of bis death was supreme
judge of the Choctaw nation.
Upon reaching in his address the subject of 'Decisions," he says:
We have now reached the vortex of the whirlwind of confusion —
a partial harvest of the "question crop." I feel I am due you some
apology for the vast amount and length of the decisions I have ren-
dered, yet it seemed to me that the interest of the craft demands
that they be thus fully explained, or commented upon. I am fully
alive to the certain fact that this mode of procedure is calculated
to subject me to untold (and perhaps severe) criticism at home and
abroad. Be that as it ma}', I have not shunned to declare what I
conceive to be of manifest interest to a majority of our lodges.
He reported fifty-six, and then, he saj's, he had only plucked a
few links from the chain of correspondence that he deemed of more
than local or passing interest, having written several hundred letters
on questions of jurisprudence of which no record had been kept.
The committee on law and usage approved the first thirteen of
his decisions, and the fourteenth conditionally, and are silent as to
the other forty-two. Much of his work in the judicial field is unique,
but we have time and space for only a specimen or two:
Third. We have an application for affiliation, accompanied by a
certificate, from R.W. Fay Hempstead, grand secretary of Arkansas.
Shall we admit this certificate?
Answer. Yes, sir. This certificate shows the lodge where mem-
bership was held, is defunct, and the certificate is just as good as a
dimit. It's O. K.
Twenty-fifth. Charges are preferred against a member of our
lodge for getting drunk and using abusive language to a brother
Mason. The party charged acknowledged his guilt and asked the
mercy of the lodge, and promising never to be guilty of the like any
more. The lodge forgave him, and in two days he was guilty of the
same offence. I understand he intends to make the same plea and
ask the mercy of the lodge. How often shall we forgive him?
Answer. Under certain restrictions "The Great Light" says four
hundred and ninety times, but I am decidedl}^ under the impression
this has no allusion whatever to habitual drunkards. Whenever a
Mason allows his "stomach"' to sway his intellect and conscience, he
is more devoted to "Bacchus" than to his brethren or Masonr\-. I
have known these drinking Masons, when caught up with, to volun-
tarily make the most sacred promises, under awful penalties, self-
imposed. Their passionate plea for mercy was sufficient, if it was
possible, to draw tears from a wooden "Indian cigar sign," and yet it
was all only a preconceived subterfuge to escape the just condemna-
tion of their willful acts. That is always "worked" when the proof
is in evidence, and they never, or hardly ever fail to violate their
promise at the first opportunity. When once some Masons become
inoculated with this morbid virus in a violent form — and it usually
gets violent — the end of him. as a Mason, is inevitable. Drunkenness
80 APPENDIX. — PART 1.
causes more sorrow, tears and conflicts in our lodges — trace them to
their origin — than all other things combined. It's an infernal dis-
ease, and very subtle and contagious. Use sympathy in large doses
on its victims as long as there is hope of improvement; your lodge
is the judge of how often you should forgive a brother. You should
judge his motives, promises and will-power to comply. Where the
law is not plain or explicit enough, use good common (horse) sense.
The grade of punishment must be commensurate with the offence
committed as shown by the proof in the case.
.1 Before closing his address, he saj-s:
At the urgent request of several of the officers of the Grand
Chapter O. E. S. and at the special request of Worth}- Grand Patron,
Bro. George W. Cotton, I desire and earnestly trust you will endorse,
and approve of the work of the Order, by resolution, or otherwise as
you may deem prudent, as a grand auxiliary to influence and assist
our noble institution in it's work of spreading the doctrines and
tenets of Freemasonry, being composed, as it is, of Master Masons,
their wives, mothers, sisters and daughters.
He must have been more than satisfied with the following which
was adopted:
Resolved, That the Most Worshipful Grand Lodge, A. F. & A.
M., of the Indian Territory, does most heartily endorse the Order
known as the Order of the Eastern Star, not as a part of Masonry,
but as a most powerful adjunct to Masons in its great work, it being
composed of Master Masons, their wives, widows, sisters and daugh-
ters, and we recommend the Order to all Masons.
Resolved, That the thanks of this Grand Lodge is most
heartily extended to the Grand Chapter, O. E. S., of Indian and Okla-
homa Territories, for the very generous donation it has granted to
the establishment of the Masonic Orphans' Home, and we pray that
our sisters will continue to aid in this most laudable work.
The grand master reported that fraternal relations having been
re-established with the Grand Lodge of Washington, he had effected
an exchange of representatives with that grand lodge.
The grand lodge chartered six nev\^ lodges, listened to an inter-
esting address by the grand orator, Eugexe Hamilton, publicly
delivered, on the "Theological Ladder,"' appointed a financial agent
for the projected orj^han's home, to solicit funds for that institution,
heard a most interesting report from its representatives to the
Washington Memorial centennial, Past Grand Master and Grand Sec-
retary Joseph S. Murrow. and voted to meet in 1901 at Durant.
John William Franklin Parker, of Davis, was elected grand
master: Joseph S. Murrow. Muskogee, re-elected grand secretary.
There is no general report on correspondence, but the chairman
of the committee. Grand Secretary Murrow, submitted a few impres-
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sions g-athered from reading- the proceeedings and reports on corre-
spondence of other grand lodges, which were ordered to be printed,
and we are glad to note that he was directed to prepare a full report
for next year.
IOWA, J90I.
58th Annual. Davenport. June 4.
The portrait of Grand Secretary Theodore S. Parvin, past
grand master, is appropriately the center of the frontispiece of the
Iowa volume, bearing also vignettes of the grand master, grand war-
dens and grand treasurer. Similarly grouped as a frontispiece to the
appendix are the faces of five grand secretaries deceased during the
year — Baker, of Rhode Island. Singleton, of the District of Colum-
bia, Parmelee, of Colorado, Laflin, of Wisconsin, and Armstrong,
of Georgia, which had also been scattered through the text of me-
morials of these brethren: full page portraits of Past Grand Master
Thomas Lambert, Grand Master Eaton and Past Senior Grand
Warden Wilber Fisk Fidler; vignettes of Past Grand Master
Blackmar and Past Junior Grand Warden Elsom on their memorial
tablets; interior views of the library, illuminating the librarian's re-
port, and with ornamental initials and tail pieces, it will be seen that
the volume is rich in pictorial embellishment. Six past grand mas-
ters graced the opening of the grand lodge with their presence.
There was no diplomatic corps; Iowa having been the first to abol-
ish the grand representative system, will probably be the last to re-
sume it, an event, however, likely to occur in the near future.
The grand master (Willard Lee Eaton) announced the death of
Past Grand Master Edwin C. Blackmar, at 65, and Past Junior Grand
Warden William Elsom at 53. It was our privilege to know Brother
Blackmar, one of the most loveable of men, and the ingenuous
warmth of his greeting when we last met almost cost us a pang as
we remembered our sharp criticism of some of his official acts.
The grand master reported complaints and in some instances
threatened schism in consequence of card-playing in Masonic halls,
and agreeably to his suggestion it was put in the same category with
dancing and can be indulged in only by unanimous consent.
He presented the requests of the newly created Grand Lodges of
Costa Rica and Western Australia for recognition, and for some un-
explained reason recommended their reference to a special commit-
82 APPENDIX. — PART I.
tee instead of the committee on correspondence. The grand lodge
concurred, as it did also of his suggested disposition of the following:
At the International Masonic Congress held in Paris in August,
1900, was discussed the question relative to "the establishment of fra-
ternal relations between the difl'erent Masonic powers of the globe,
irrespective of their denomination or their rite, with a view to their
mutual support in the research of scientific, physiological, and socio-
logical truths." The discussion resulted in the determination to "es-
tablish a permanent committee composed of delegates of all the
assenting powers, and the Grand Lodge of Switzerland ('Alpina') was
requested to lead in the movement." The properly constituted au-
thorities of the Grand Lodge of Switzerland ("Alpina") desire an
expression of this grand lodge upon the desirability and feasibility of
the establishment of a permanent international office for the purposes
herein named. I recommend that the communication be referred to
the special committee, if such be appointed, heretofore recommended
in relation to the Grand Lodge of the colon^^ of Western Australia
and others, for consideration .and report.
This special committee, whose report was presented by Past
Grand Master Crom. Bowen, recommended the recognition of the
Grand Lodge of Western Australia, they being of the opinion from
the correspondence and papers, that it was in all respects regular,
and saying also that it had "already been recognized by very many
of the sister grand lodges of this country," a statement hardly war-
ranted by the number of American recognitions. The new grand
lodge was accordingly recognized. Of the other matters referred)
which were disposed of as suggested by them, the committee say:
The committee have not been ableito procure sufficient data or
evidence as to the character or stability of the Grand Lodge of Costa
Rica to make any recommendation at the present session, and would,
therefore, recommend that action upon its request for recognition be
postponed for future consideration.
The committee are also left somewhat in the dark as to the real
purpose and object of the international office for Masonic relations,
having no light upon the subject farther than that set forth in the
address of the grand master: nor are we prepared at this time to ex-
press an opinion either as to the desirability or feasibility of estab-
lishing a permanent international office of this character. We,
therefore, recommend that this subject and the request of the Grand
Lodge of Costa Rica be referred to the committee on fraternal cor-
respondence to be reported on at the next annual communication of
this grand lodge.
After having observed the dire results of the dabbling in research
of "sociological truths" bj' its especial protege on the other side of
the Rio Grande— of which full information had been furnished by the
correspondence report of Brother COXE — we do not wonder that the
Grand Lodge of Iowa was a little shy of the proposed international
office for that line of study, nor that it handled rather gingerly the
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alleged grand lodge in Costa Rica, the genesis of whose lodges is
similar to those which composed the Mexican Gran Dieta.
After the report of the committee on credentials, the grand
master, with deep feeling, reverted to the fact that for the first time
in the history of the grand lodge, the grand secretary was absent
from his post of duty. The fact that the speaker referred to him as
''Father Parvin'' was at once a recognition of the fact that the
venerable brother had passed beyond the line of service except as —
"They also serve who only stand and wait."
A few days before, he had taken the thin, transparent, helpless
hand of Father Parvin in his own, and while he found the body appar-
ently lifeless, the mind of the old man was clear as a mountain brook.
From the bed of weakness where the Nestor of Iowa Masonry laj- — the
last of his generation, whose mind was in a region where there was
nothing but the graves of the past — he brought a greeting which
came to them ''as a whisper from borderland," a message of love, and
hope, and admonition to his fellow craftsmen:
My heart is with you at Davenport. My spirit will be within the
rooms where you hold your grand lodge sessions. I will mingle with
you in soul, as I have in body all the years. But, oh, I am longing to
be with you. I had hoped, even almost to the last and against hope,
that I might be able to be carried to Davenport and probablj^ taken
in a litter to the grand lodge rooms, that at least I might see and
hear mj^ brethren once more. But this was not to be. My strength
is almost gone, and I can only send through you this message. Tell
the brethren in Iowa that it is ra}' last behest that they live up to the
teachings of the fraternity, that they may be Masons in fact as well
as in name. And tell them also that if they desire to perpetuate my
memory, if I have done anj'thing which deserves recognition, that
they carry on the work I have begun in the grand lodge library. Let
it be my monument, and at the same time an enduring monument for
Masonry in Iowa. Into that institution my whole soul and the best
years of my life have been woven.
An eloquent message framed by Past Grand Master Dewey and
emphasized b}"^ the unanimous voice of the grand lodge was borne to
his bedside at Cedar Rapids.
The story of its delivery as told by Chairman Dewey, of the com-
mittee, was a most impressive description of a more impressive scene.
Read to him after he had once talked until he was exhausted, he was
the first to break the silence, saying in response:
"How can I ever be grateful and thankful enough to the brethren
of the Grand Lodge of Iowa. It is impossible. Mj' heart has been
opened and unburdened to you more than once in the history of
Masonry, and now, tonight, the last time that I shall ever meet your
members, excepting one or two of you here around this bed, from
which in all possibility and probability I shall never arise, but my
84 APPENDIX. — PART I.
heart will rise. I have a spirit within me which has buo3^ed me on and
borne me upward through all these 3^ears, as you well know, and that
spirit is still vigorous — though feeble in the body, but strong in the
heart, strong in that mental vision which T have for that grand
future which I can see open up before me and around me.
''The grand lodge is here and she will remain here; she will pro-
gress and improve and build upon the foundation which I have built
with your assistance — all around me will continue and God's blessing
shall follow you through your Masonic career.
"Oh, I am so glad, brethren, to get to see all of you again — God
bless you all."
'•When he had finished, he dropped back," said Brother Dewey,
"and his eyes were closed. Silently, one by one, we stepped to his
bedside, shook his wasted hand, and walked away."
If we do not err in reading between the lines the impression made
b.y all this was so profound that the incident which occurred at the
installation, just before the closing — best told in the language of the
record — did not seem even surprising at that moment, but as quite
the natural thing to do:
When the installation ceremony reached the office of Grand Secre-
tary, Grand Master Eaton closed the volume, and said:
Brethren of this Grand Lodge. I must and shall go outside of the
ritual, for there are no words in this ancient ceremony to fit the pres-
ent situation. Science tells us that there are times when the body
becomes so weakened and loses its hold upon the spirit that this may
go forth wheresoever it will. This is the condition of your elected
grand secretary. His body has but little hold upon his soul, and,
brethren, I believe that if ever the spirit ot mortal passed during life
from its habitation of clay, that the spirit of Theodore S. Parvin is in
this hall and with us upon this stage, and is a part and portion of this
grand lodge. And, therefore, I shall exercise my prerogative as
grand master for the last time that I shall ever exercise such preroga-
tive, and declare installed in this vacant chair the present spirit of
Theodore Sutton Parvin.
A few weeks later the tenuous and brittle thread snapped, and
the strong spirit which had dominated Masonry in Iowa for nearly
half a century, and the frail body which had so long been its dwelling
place, parted company forever.
The grand lodge took the unusual course of providing by resolu-
tion that in the event of the death of the grand secretary the deputy
grand secretary should perform the duties of the office during the
remainder of the year, and receive the salary attached thereto, thus
depriving the grand master, so far as it could be done by simple reso-
lution, of one of the rights attaching to his person and office.
The reports of the jurisprudence committee contain nothing of
general interest, dealing only with local law.
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The grand lodge chartered twelve new lodges; ordered the pur-
chase of a United States flag, to be carried at the head of the lines
in all public processions of the grand lodge and to be displayed in the
east at all its sessions; selected Dubuque as its next place of meeting,
and adopted the following:
Resolved, That the Grand Lodge of Iowa looks with disfavor upon
the use of the word "Masonic" in connection with all business enter-
prises, extrinsic of the business management of the order and its
property.
It is to be hoped that this mild mannered deliverance will be in-
terpreted by the Iowa peddlers of "Masonic" insurance, to mean that
the "disfavor" attaches not alone to their traffic in Iowa, but in con-
tiguous jurisdictions as well.
Lewis Jackson Baker, of Ottumwa, was elected grand master;
Newton R. Parvin, Cedar Rapids, designated as acting grand sec-
retary.
The chief interest of the Iowa proceedings attaches to the splen-
did report on correspondence (115 pp.), by Bro. J. C. W. CoxE, whose
work in this department for the last nine years has reflected great
credit upon his own jurisdiction and has been of inestimable value to
the craft in general. In the grace of its style, in its impressive re-
gard for facts and in its overglow of the true Masonic spirit, his work
has no superior.
His review of Illinois is of the proceedings of 1900 and the admin-
istration of Grand Master Hitchcock. He notes the salient points of
the grand master's address, the reports of the grand treasurer and
grand secretary, and of the business of the grand lodge. Tribute is
paid to the report of the committee on obituaries, and of the oration
of Bro. John Pavelle he says that it "has the rare merit of origin-
ality and common sense."
Of the Illinois report on correspondence he kindly says:
We rejoice that he has returned to his first love as to the form of
report. That Brother Bobbins could not make the topical report
satisfactory to himself or to the craft at large should deter any tyro
from essaying the task. But the old is better, anyway.
He echoes with decided emphasis our proposition that a Master
Mason should be as free to select his Masonic home outside of the
grand jurisdiction as he is to retain his Masonic home elsewhere,
when he moves into Iowa from another state; and anent our sugges-
tion whether he had not unintentionally let "on" stand in place of "in,"
in his comment on a Mexican letter defending the gran dieta, of which
he spoke as "an essay on lying as a fine art," he says, "He will note
that we this year accept the amendment, and correct accordingly."
86 APPENDIX. — PART I.
And we now gladly give him the benefit of the confession as we then
did of the doubt.
He prints as an addendum to his report the posi ?nor^em circular
issued by the wraith of the gran dieta, announcing its own demise
and we hasten to congratulate him on the honorable part he has borne
in unsparingly laying bare the facts which made the longer existence
of that body impossible.
With this report Brother CoxE retires from the chairmanship, to
be succeeded by Brother Joseph E. Morcombe. While we shall be
glad, if permitted, to accord to the new comer a hearty welcome to
the vacant place at the Round Table, we shall hope that the craft is
not to permanently lose the charm, the edification and the inspira-
tion of the facile pen of Brother CoxE, and in taking our present
leave of him we prefer not to say good bye, but auf lokdevsehen.
KANSAS, J90I.
45th Annual. Wichita. February 20.
This richly embellished Kansas volume contains portraits of the
retiring grand master, Charles J. Webb, and Past Grand Masters
Maurice L. Stone, William M. Shaver and Charles C. Coleman.
It contains also cuts of rich and elegant past grand master's jewels
presented to Past Grand Masters Charles J. Webb and Henry C.
LoOMis, at the communication under review. Brother LooMis, after
accepting his jewel in a very eloquent speech, immediately presented
it to the grand lodge with the request that it be used hereafter as its
official jewel.
Eight past grand masters were present, and the diplomatic corps
was swelled in number to thirty-seven. Illinois being amply repre-
sented by Past Grand Master M. M. Miller, an Illinois-made Mason,
and, we believe, a native Illinoisan.
Grand Master Webb announced the death of Silas Elam Shel-
don, at 63, who was grand master in 1866; MoSES S. Adams, at 74,
grand master in 1866-67, and Cyrus K. Holliday, at 74, deputy grand
master in 1861-66.
On receipt of the news of the disastrous storm at Galveston, the
grand master promptly wired the grand master of Texas to draw on
him for ^500.00 for the relief of distressed brethren there, and the
council of administration endorsed his action.
MASONIC CORRESPONDENCE. 87
He recommended the continuance for another year of the per
capita tax of twenty-five cents for the maintenance of the Kansas
Masonic Home. The per capita cost of maintaining the home for the
past year was $2.69 per week.
He reported but one decision, tlie following: .
The only part of the work of the degrees that can be conferred
on more than one candidate at the same time is the second section, or
Middle Chamber work, of the Fellow Craft degree. If the same de-
gree is conferred upon several candidates on the same day, the lec-
tures and charge may be given to all at the same time. [Approved.]
The work of the grand secretary, Albert K. Wilson, has but
one flaw — the lack of an index to the proceedings.
As librarian Brother Wilson reports a munificent donation from
the family of the late John H. Brown, so long grand secretary, con-
sisting of 550 copies of proceedings and miscellaneous matter, un-
bound, and 211 bound volumes of laws, magazines, periodicals, etc.,
most of which he terms the cream of Masonic thought.
A brilliant oration was delivered by the grand 'orator, the Rev.
Bro. Stephen S. Estey, of which 1,000 extra copies were ordered
printed for separate distribution.
The grand lodge referred the question of continuing the one lodge
standing under dispensation to the incoming grand master; made it
the duty of all Kansas lodges to procure and display in its lodge room
at every meeting a United States flag, and fixed upon Fort Scott as
its next place of meeting.
Perry M. Hoisington, of Newton, was elected grand master;
Albert K. Wilson, Topeka, re-elected grand secretary.
The report on correspondence (221 pp.) is again from the deft
hand of Past Grand Master John C. Postlethwaite. A feature
which adds greatly to the permanent value of the report, is the be-
ginning of his notice of each grand lodge with the history of its
organization; a thoughtful addition for the benefit of the many breth-
ren who do not have access to Masonic histories.
His confessed chief aim — to interest the craft in the true purpose
and principles of Masonry has been well realized.
He devotes six and one-half pages to the Illinois proceedings for
1900, touching all the chief subjects of general interest, and extrac-
ting two pages in fine print from the oration of Bro. John Faville.
The report on correspondence receives very appreciative notice.
He notes without other comment the abandonment of the topical
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form of report; says we are in accord on the subject of non-affiliation,
but confesses to a difference of views on Masonic Homes, attributing
the diversity to the fact that he loves the ladies. This strikes us as
possibly a 7ion segintur, but be this as it may, the subject is one on
which we have not yet reached the age of public confession. We
would not wean him from his idols, but only ask that he be not so
much engrossed with them as not to be able to see that the charity
which lets not the left hand know what the left hand doeth, may per-
haps equally with that which appeals to public approbation through
costly material piles, "redound to the honor of the Fraternity and
the glory of God."
«
Brother Postlethwaite, refers graciously to his rememberance
of his visit to the city of our home the preceding year. He will see
on which side we think the obligation lies if he will recall Emer-
son's saying — "Happiness is the alighting of superior persons at our
srates."
KENTUCKY, 1900.
100th Annual. Louisville. October 16.
The centennial volume of the Grand Lodge of Kentucky is em-
bellished with half-tone portraits of John A. Ramsey and William
C. McChord, retiring and incoming grand masters, and with cuts of
the Hiram Bassett prize and centennial medals, the latter bearing
on one side in has relief the profile likenesses of James Morrison, who
presided over the grand lodge when first organized, and installed the
first regularly elected grand master, and of John A. Ramsey who
presided over the centennial communication ; on the other side is a
picture of Masonic Widows' and Orphans' Home of Kentucky.
The centennial exercises were held in the auditorium of the
Home and consisted of a literary and musical program and drill
by the children of the Home; addresses, contemplated by Thomas
Todd and J. D. Landown, the oldest living past grand masters, and
by the Rev. J. M. Morrell, D.D., whereof only the latter was de-
livered, and a retrospective summary by Grand Secretary H. B.
Grant. The opening address of Grand Master Ramsey, the only
one published, is a noble tribute to the sagacity, sincerity, constancy
and independence of the pioneer Masons of Kentucky. •
MASONIC CORRESPONDENCE. 89
Sixteen past grand masters were present. The «jrand master an-
nounced the death of Past Grand Master J. Speed Smith, and Pres-
ton Brown Scott, chief of the medical staff of the Home.
Fifteen decisions were rendered, some of which follow:
4, A lodfje failing for five years to report as a member a minister
who had been admitted to membership must, when making its next
annual report, place his name upon the roll, with date when admit-
ted, and pay to the cfrand secretary the Widows' and Orphans' Home
assessment for five years.
7. The election of officers by a lodge when the charter is not pres-
ent is illegal. They can not be installed and the old officers hold over.
10. When two lodges agree upon a division of adjoining territory,
agreeing upon a boundary line fixing the jurisdiction of each, and
this arrangement is confirmed by their formal action, it is tanta-
mount to a waiver of their constitutional jurisdiction over the terri-
tory ceded, and is binding upon them until mutually revoked. They
should scrupulously regard each other's rights, and afford an example
of that good faith in all transactions which should distinguish all
Masons.
15. In a Masonic trial the prosecution has the close of the argu"
ment.
Referring to No. 7, we have not changed our opinion, long held
and frequently stated, that the absence of the parchment upon which
the charter is written does not invalidate the proceedings of a lodge
regularly at labor under its by-laws. It is only one of the evidences,
not the sole evidence that the lodge is working under a legal charter.
No. 10 would not be good law in this jurisdiction. Such an agreement
could not set aside the principle of the half-way line recognized by
our law. The waiver would have to be made by regular action in
each individual case as it arose. We find that No. 10 was not ap"
proved.
The natural astonishment of the grand master referred to in the
following will be somewhat lessened with those who have been familiar
with the practice formerly, if not at present prevailing in some juris
dictions, of stopping in the midst of the drama to close on one degree
and open on another, in order to meet a theoretical difficulty which
arises by mixing up those, who for the time being, are supposed to be
standing on different degrees:
A communication from a lodge in one of the largest cities of the
state informed me that the practice prevailed in the lodge of calling
off after the first section of the Master Mason degree, and that the
second section was conferred while the lodge was at refreshment. I
did not suppose such a gross violation of correct Masonic usage was
practiced anywhere in this state, certainly not in the enlightened
jurisdiction of that lodge. My astonishment was increased when it
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was claimed that the practice is approved b}- a past grand master of
Kentucky.
It is hardlj' necessary to saj- that I decided the practice wrong,
calling attention to the fact that no work, not even the installation
of officers, can be done except when the lodge is at labor.
We don't know that we have made it plain by what we have al-
read}' said that we suppose the lodge is not really'called off at the
time, but only playing that it is called off.
The grand master's remarks on the sale of the Masonic Temple
are in evidence of the truth of the old maxim that "3-ou can't have
your cake and eat it too:"
The Masonic Temple in Louisville was the "Grand East" of the
Grand Lodge, being the place where it has met for nearlj' half a cen-
tury, including its grand master's and grand secretar^-'s offices, and
where its library and archives were located. The grand lodge owned
bonds and stocks in the temple to the amount of over $100,000. 00, but
generoush' gave it all to the Masonic Widows and Orphans" Home as
an endowment fund, but the Home deemed it best to sell its interest
at a profit of something over SSO. 000.00. and the grand lodge must
seek other quarters, either by purchase or rental.
It has given away its capital and can not build a home, nor is it
advisable to be subject to the whims of a landlord that may at any
time sell its home over its head and leave it to shift for itself.
The conditions upon which the Home received the stock in the
temple company are recorded in the proceedings of 1890, page 57, but
too strict a construction of those provisions is not advisable, for we
do not wish to do an3'thing that might injure that institution.
Inasmuch as the Home has a large amount seeking investment
that the income ma}- be devoted to the support of the children there,
I am convinced that it would benefit the Home, and is due to the
grand lodge that the Masonic Home construct a suitable building for
the uses of the grand lodge, thus furnishing a permanent tenant and
help to secure a good income on the amount so invested, and at the
same time obtaining a suitable place for our meetings, offices and ar-
chives.
The grand lodge is too old and dignified a bodj- to meet in ordi-
nary convention halls, here, there, or anywhere, but ought to have a
permanent place of meeting. If there be no other means of securing
it, the money it has on hand ought to be used for that purpose: and if
not sufficient, an additional amount be borrowed or obtained b}- sale
of stock in a new Masonic temple dedicated to Masonic uses.
The committee on finance endorsed this suggestion and recom-
mended a committee who should borrow SIOO.OOO of the Home at 4
per cent or in the event of the refusal of the directors of the Home
to make the loan, to borrow elsewhere at the same rate and proceed
with the construction of a home for the grand lodge. The commit-
tee saj' :
MASONIC CORRESPONDENCE. 91
We heartily concur in his recommendations as to the necessity of
a permanent meeting place. Great inconvenience has been experi-
enced in this one change, and we have no assurance that even these
arrangements could be made for the next annual meeting. We might
be forced to go to a smaller hall, and one so far from our various
hotels, that much time would be lost and we be put to even greater
inconvenience. While j^our committee on finance is of the opinion of
the grand master as to a home for the grand lodge, we believe such
home should be owned and controlled by the grand lodge and not the
Home. The Home is a creature of the grand lodge and its prosperity
and happiness depends upon the continued prosperity of the grand
lodge.
The report was adopted. Prior to this the following resolution
was adopted :
Be it Besolved, That a committee, consisting of three members of
this grand lodge, be appointed and directed to fully examine and in-
vestigate the condition and management of the Masonic Widows and
Orphans' Home in all it details to this date, and to make full report
as to same to the next session of this grand lodge.
The committee on jurisprudence made a report on clandestine
lodges. It is of such importance that we copy it, notwithstanding its
length:
CLANDESTINE LODGES.
So much of the grand master's address as refers to this subjec't
has been referred to us, together with such information on the sub"
ject as is now accessible.
We have given this matter very careful consideration and have
sought to make our report thereon a source of information to the
fraternity rather than an attack u|)on those who attempt to wear
our name unlawfully. Clandestine lodges of Masons can only derive
their existence from those who were regularly made and have violated
their obligations, or those who were never Masons and pretend to
sell degrees and privileges they are not in possession of. Whether
the founders of these pretended lodges are perjurers or common
swindlers we do not at present know.
The facts are as follows: There exists in this state at present a
body calling itself the Grand Lodge of Ancient York Masons of Ken-
tucky, which in its official organ takes occasion to warn all persons
against confounding it "with the Colored Rite of this same name,"
and makes said publication especially for the information of some of
the Masonic journals who are not aware of our (its) status, and are
laboring under the belief that our body is of the "Colored Rite."
This body was incorporated under the laws of Kentucky by arti-
cles filed in Secretary of State's office at Frankfort on November 21,
1899. We have no information as to its first meeting, but the secular
papers give the following account of its second meeting on October
4, 1900:
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MASONIC NOTES.
SECOND ANNUAL COMMUNICATION OF THE MOST WORSHIPFUL GRAND
LODGE OF ANCIENT YORK MASONS OF THE STATE
OF KENTUCKY.
The Most Worshipful Grand Lodge Ancient York Masons of the
State of Kentuclfy held their second annual communication Thurs-
day, October 4, in the Masonic Temple, southwest corner of Fourth and
Scott streets, and was called to labor by the most worshipful grand
master, Joseph W. Pomfrey.
Every lodge in the jurisdiction was fully represented. The roll
of officers was called, when all but two were found to be present. The
minutes of the previous communication were read and approved. The
most worshipful grand master, and right worshipful grand secretary,
in turn, read their annual reports. The reading of the reports was
listened to with rapt attention by the assembled representatives.
They were especially gratifying, as they showed the Ancient York
Rite to be in a flourishing condition in this jurisdiction. The most
vForshipful grand lodge then proceeded to the nomination and elec-
tion of officers for the ensuing term. The nominations for the vari-
ous officers having been made, tellers were appointed by the most
worshipful grand master to superintend the count. After the tellers
had finished the count the most worshipful grand master announced
it to the assembled representatives and declared that the following
brethren had been duly elected as officers for the ensuing year:
Joseph W. Pomfrey, M.W. grand master.
N. R. Brice, R.W. deputy grand master.
A. B. Burk, R.W.. grand senior warden.
W. D. Jones, R.W. grand junior warden.
J. B. Palmer, R.W. grand treasurer.
J. G. Brice, R. W. grand secretary.
A. B. Green, R.W. grand senior deacon.
W. C. Steieringer, R.W. grand junior deacon.
G. L. Green, R.W. grand tyler.
The officers elect were duly installed and entered upon the dis-
charge of their respective duties.
At the conclusion of the installation ceremonies the right wor-
shipful grand secretary read a communication from King Solomon
Lodge No. 1 inviting the most worshipful grand lodge to attend a
special communication of that lodge Thursday night to witness the
raising of Brother Eugene Schoolfield to the subline degree of Master
Mason. On motion, the invitation was unanimously accepted.
The most worshipful grand lodge, by order of the most worshipful
grand master, was called from labor to refreshment until after the
work and festivities incident to the raising of Brother Schoolfield.
MASONIC CORRESPONDENCE. 93
The most worshipful grand lodg-e having witnessed the raising of
Brother Schoolfield, expressed their high appreciation of the manner
in which the work was done. The most worshipful grand lodge, hav-
ing been called from refreshment to labor, and there appearing no
further business, it was closed in ample form.
On the adjournment of the most worshipful grand lodge the
brethren, with their wives, sisters and sweethearts, adjourned to the
superbly decorated banquet hall, where a most elegant lunch had
been prepared by the ladies in honor of the occasion. The good
things having been duly attended to, the assembled guests were
greeted with the delightful strains of instrumental and vocal music.
It is needless to add that both the old and young enjoyed themselves
to their heart's content.
It was early morning when the participants departed for their re-
spective homes, and all agreed that a thoroughly delightful time had
been enjoyed to the utmost.
The lodges holding under this organization, so far as icnown to us
are :
King Solomon No. 1 — J. W. Pomfrey, worshipful master ; A. B.
Burk, senior warden; J. G. Thornton, junior warden.
Washington Lodge No. 2— N. R. Brice, worshipful master; G. L.
Green, senior warden; J. B. Palmer, junior warden.
Jefferson Lodge No. 3 — J. G. Brice, worshipful master; A. B.
Green, senior warden; W. D. Jones, junior warden.
There appears to be also a chapter of Royal Arch Masons, known
as
Mt. Sinai Chapter No. 1— J. W. Pomfrey, high priest; J. G. Brice,
king; A. B. Burk, scribe.
We are informed that no such chapter is on the rolls of the Grand
Chapter of Kentucky, and from the published names of its officers
we suppose it is equally as fraudulent and clandestine as the lodges
are. No genuine chapter of Royal Arch Masons could knowingly ad-
mit such men as members or visitors. We presume that this "Ancient
York Grand Lodge" was created by its articles of incorporation, as
the only members of it are named therein as Joseph W. Pomfrey,
most worshipful grand master; N. R. Brice, right worshipful deputy
grand master, and John Grant Brice, right worsliipful grand secre-
tary; and it is further provided that it shall begin when the articles
of incorporation are filed with the county clerk at Covington and the
secretary of state, and shall "continue until dissolved by the pleasure
of the most worshipful grand lodge hereby created.''^
We have no information when or by whom the Royal Arch Chap-
ter was "created," but as this "Ancient York" Grand Lodge was "in-
stituted solely to practice and preserve Ancient Craft Masonry in
Kentucky," its founders may have concluded that the institution of
chapters was part of that laudable work.
There is little use for serious argument with charlatans. Every
Mason knows that grand lodges are not "created or instituted" by
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letjislatures, either by special or general acts. Three subordinate
lodges under certain conditions may form a grand lodge — three men
can not. The Grand Lodge of Free and Accepted Masons has. for one
hundred years, been practicing and preserving Ancient Craft Masonry
in Kentucky without asking any legislative authority to do so, or crav-
ing any legislative sanction for its dissolution. The significant points
about this legislative grand lodge are these:
It may die when it pleases.
It consists of three trustees.
It may contract unlimited indebtedness.
The private property of its members shall not be liable for the
corporate debts.
It has no capital stock.
It is not given power to sue and be sued, or to acquire and hold
any property.
Its principal place of business is Covington, Kentucky.
As we said before, we do not know whether the founders of this
clandestine grand lodge are perjurers or common swindlers. One can
read the provisions of their charter and form his own opinion. It is
simply our purpose to identify, so far as possible, the persons engaged
in this "business" at "Covington, in the county of Kenton, and state
of Kentucky." We wish their names to go broadcast to the craft in
this state and elsewhere. Our brethren in Covington can inform
inquirers as to the character of the three men who constitute this
corporation, and who make a "business" of selling degrees to which
they do not show any title, real or pretended.
But there is one feature of their assumed authority to which the
grand master has called especial attention. In the edict of Mr.
Pomfrey, dated August 20, 1900, it is stated that "the degree work of
the Ancient York Rite in this jurisdiction is identical with that of the
F and A. M. Rite." It is, indeed, singular that this "degree work"
should be identical with ours, when it is a constant complaint that no
two lodges in our jurisdiction work exactly alike. Conformity in es-
sentials, diversity in details has always been the practice, if not the
rule, in Kentucky.
The college of custodians never did adopt a written or printed
ritual for this jurisdiction: and there is not now any written or
printed ritual which contains a work agreed upon by that college.
This has been repeatedly affirmed by this grand lodge, and never
denied upon this floor. The fact that some lodges do use unauthor-
ized books, containing work expressly condemned by the college of
custodians, in defiance of the edicts of this grand lodge, has made
clandestine Masonry possible, and profitable. Clandestine Masons
know these books perfectly, just as a professional gambler knows his
cards. Such knowledge is the capital of their business, out of which
they derive an income by swindling genuine Masons who only know
the same work, and do not know it half so well. The writer of this
MASONIC CORRESPONDENCE. 95
has had much to do with examining Masons for admission into his
lodge. Masons from remote lodges, where there was probably no
work oftener than once a year, could prove themselves, because the
fragments of work which they did know were not found in any of the
"books." But the expert, who knew well the Ohio "book," the Indi-
ana, or Illinois, or Michigan "book," always left the examiner in
doubt, because he could buy either of them through any bookseller,
and, if he knew his "book" well, usually proved to be a fraud.
"Uniformity of work" is a beautiful ideal, which will never be re-
duced to practice. Every effort to bring it about by printing a
"ritual" has made it more certainly impossible. The work as handed
down by word of mouth for more than a hundred years is better than
any flimsy ritual of to-day, with their changes and "betterments,"
and flimsy modern conveniences. Not one of them that has not worn
holes in it through which slimy consciences may crawl to the evasion
of plain provisions in their obligations. When this grand lodge
abolished the college of custodians, who were appointed for life, it
did so in accordance with the wish of that body, and for reasons not
proper to be written. That action left no obligation on any one to
accept or practice any "work" alleged to have been adopted, or "pro-
mulgated" by that college.
Kentucky has not now, and never had, any "ritual" except the
unwritten work handed down by word of mouth to each lodge by the
elders thereof. But, as matters stand, no means of guarding against
the evils of clandestine Masonry is more efficacious than the placing
of information where every lodge can have access to it. Members of
these clandestine lodges in Kentucky have visited regular lodges
whose officers did not know that such bodies existed. It is to give in-
formation to subordinate lodges, and lawful brothers, that we have
given so full an account of these lodges.
The following is from the same committee:
The practice of electioneering is beginning to creep into this
grand body and we recommend that any representative who may be
improperly solicited to cast his vote for a candidate, shall prove his
Masonry by voting for some one else.
As is also the following;
The question as to the proper wearing of aprons in the three de-
grees should be settled. This committee believes that aprons should
be worn: In Entered Apprentice degree, with flaps turned up to pro-
tect the clothing; in Fellow Craft degree, with left corner of apron
turned under, the better to prevent interference with the working
tools; in Master's degree, naturally, as becomes an overseer of the
work. The reasons for this can only be given orally to this grand
body.
The grand lodge chartered eight new lodges, continued two under
dispensation, and gave one petition a favorable recommendation ;
received an encouraging report on the condition of the Masonic Home,
and approved the grand master's action in promptly sending $500 to
the Galveston sufferers.
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William C. McChord, of Springfield, was elected grand master;
Henry B. Grant, Louisville, re-elected grand secretary.
The report on correspondence (132 pp.) is by Past Grand Master
James W. Staton, the second since he forsook the round table for
the grand east.
Illinois for 1899 is included in his review. He summarizes very
thoroughly the salient points of Grand Master Cook's address cover-
ing the last year of his administration, and of the business of the ses-
sion. Referring to our dead, he says :
It was the pleasure of this writer to have known Brothers Cregier
and Perry. The death of such craftsmen mentioned, in any jurisdic-
tion, is certainly a great calamity, and we sincerely tender our sym-
pathy.
Brother Staton gives our report a very appreciative notice,
although he does not admire its topical form, and does not always
agree with our conclusions. One point on which we do agree is, the
inferiority of the topical form for securing the best results from these
reports. We are not surprised that he sometimes disagrees with our
conclusions. We have the same difficulty with some of his, but it
does not detract from our high respect for him as a man and a writer.
LOUISIANA, J90J.
89th Annual. New Orleans. February U.
Eight past grand masters were present, and the representatives
of thirty-two grand jurisdictions. Illinois was represented in the
person of Past Grand Master Charles F, Buck.
The Grand Master, Robert H. Cage, announced 'the death of
William Robson, past deputy grand master, and of W. D. Hall,
district deputy grand master.
From the contemplation of the part played by Masonry in the
century just closed, the grand master turned to ask what Masonry
would do for the cycle just opening.
Of their outside relations he says:
I am glad to state that our relations with foreign jurisdictions
are of the most pleasant and fraternal, with the exception of the
grand lodge of Washington, which remains in the same status as left
by this M.W. grand lodge at its last communication, and will remain
MASONIC CORRESPONDENCE. 97
so until the grand lodge of Washington recedes from the position
taken by it three years ago on the question of clandestine Masons.
From which we infer that he still thinks that Washington has
not receded.
The grand master reported no rulings, but in that connection
asked for and obtained a committee to revise their accumulated de-
cisions and edicts.
The report of Louisiana Relief lodge, shows relief granted to Illi-
nois brethren to the amount of $12.
For the relief of the suffering brethren at Galveston the grand
master immediately authorized the Grand Master of Texas to draw
on the Grand Lodge of Louisiana for $500, andjthis amount was in.
creased by subscriptions in response to a circular issued by Grand
Master Cage to $1185.
The most striking item of business .recorded Iwas- the following
report and its adoption, a transaction most creditable to the commit-
tee and the grand lodge.
Your committee on the state of the order, to whom has been re-
ferred the application of Linn Wood lodge seeking official interposition
with the president of the United States to gratify the aspiration, by
promotion, of a brother now serving in a military capacity, begs
leave respectfully to report that we find this proposition so at vari-
ance with the functional obligations of a Masonic body, that we are
constrained to conjure the brethren to listen to the still small voice
after the tumult of an innovation has been hushed, and to adhere to
the landmark, as well as the unwritten laws of Masonrv, therefore,
be it
Resolved, That the aforementioned application be not entertained,
and the request be hereby denied.
Less thoughtful, we think, was the adoption of the following, of-
ferred by Past Grand Master Packwood :
Be it Resolved, By the M. W. grand lodge in session this date, that
the use of the grand lodge-room be granted to the grand chapter
of the "Order of the Eastern Star," recently organized in our grand
jurisdiction, for their use when holding their meetinsr to be held
June 12th, 1901.
The following presented just before the close of the session, and
referred to the Committee on Jurisprudence, was not reported upon:
Whereas, The Grand Lodge, F. and A. M., has learned that re-
cently, to-wit, October 4, 1900, the chapters of the Order of the
Eastern Star of the state of Louisiana organized a Sovereign Grand
Chapter, and
Whereas, The said Order, while no part of Masonry, is a most
important adjunct thereto, being composed exclusively of Master
98 APPENDIX. — PART 1.
Masons, their wives, widows, mothers, sisters and daughters; there-
fore,
Resolved, That this grand lodge hails with pleasure the coopera-
tion thus afforded in the department of humanitarian effort.
Besolved., That this grand lodge hereby decrees that the renting
or loaning of a lodge-room to a chapter of the Order of the Eastern
Star is not obnoxious to the provisions of our regulations concerning
joint occupancy.
Robert H. Cage, grand master, and Richard Lambert, grand
secretary, both of New Orleans, were re-elected.
The report on correspondence (72 pp.) by Herman C. Duncan, is
on a topical or selective plan which does not lend itself easily to re.
view unless indexed, and not then unless the reviewer has unlimited
time at his disposal. Just now we have more of almost anything else
than time.
The Illinois proceedings do not seem to have reached the re-
viewer.
MAINE, 1900.
81sT Annual. Portland. MayI.
Twelve past grand masters were present and the diplomatic corps
came out correspondingly strong, no less than forty-four jurisdictions
being represented, Illinois bj' Past Grand Master JOSEPH A. Locke.
The grand master, Winfield S. Choate, announced the death of
Hiram Chase, whose decease leaves Josiah H. Drummond, who was
deputy grand master during his service in the grand east, the senior
past grand master. Brother Chase was elected grand master in 1858,
four years after the election of his father, Timothy Chase, serving
two years. His is the only instance in the Grand Lodge of Maine
where father and son have occupied that high station. He continued
to be a constant attendant on the grand lodge until his death at the
age of 82 years and four months. Brother Drummond presented a
very fine memorial minute, worthy of its subject, adequate in its esti-
mate of his character and service, instructive of the transition period
when the mantle of the older generation fell upon the younger in his
person, and touching in its reference to the many years during which
they had wrought together
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Others dead were David Bugbee, senior grand warden in 1862,
and William Osborne Fox, grand treasurer from 1879 to 1883.
The grand master reported nine decisions, four of which we
copy :
i. A lodge has a by-law exempting honorary members from an-
nual dues, and further providing that past masters shall be honorary
members.
Question. Can the lodge pass a by-law requiring past masters to
pay annual dues ?
Ans. Yes, as to the future, notwithstanding they have been ex-
empted from dues in the past, but I doubt the power of a lodge to im-
pose dues for the past on those who, under the then existing by-laws,
were exempt from dues.
4. There is no Masonic law limiting the time within which a can-
didate must present himself for the second degree after having taken
the first degree.
8. Has a Mason who -is suspended for non-payment of dues the
right to sit in his own or any other lodge ?
As the question is put, has a brother "who is suspended for non-
payment of dues a. right to sit in his own or any other lodge?" I
should answer that if the suspending lodge is within this jurisdiction
he has not the rjciht to sit in his own or an}^ other lodge in this juris-
diction, yet, while he cannot claim admission as a matter of right, if a
lodge sees fit they may permit him to visit.
Suspension from membership for non-payment of dues does not
suspend from all Masonic rights ; see Sec. 117 of the constitution of
the grand lodge, which provides that "No lodge shall suspend or ex-
pel a Mason from the rights of Masonry for non-payment of dues.
The penalty of such delinquency shall be forfeiture or suspension of
membership."
I have assumed that the suspension referred to is suspension from
membershi)), as that is the only suspension permitted by the section of
the constitution referred to.
As to the propriety of admitting a member, suspended from mem-
bership for non-payment of dues, it would be well to call to mind
standing regulation No. 8, wherein masters are enjoined not to allow
any person to visit their respective lodges without being vouched for
by some well known brother present or being found by strict exami-
nation to be a Mason in good stamding.
9. The following statement of facts is presented :
An application is presented by a sea captain. He hailed origi-
nally from the Provinces, and it had .always been his dwelling place
when on land until the last few years. For the past three years his
wife has been with him on his vovages and his two sons and daughter
have been living in this place. He claims his home is upon the sea,
but when ashore, if for any length of time (but it is never above a
100 APPENDIX. — PART I.
few weeks), he stops with his daughter at this place. Has the lodge,
at place of writing", jurisdiction?
Answer. If the applicant had taken up his residence in your town
there would be no difficulty in the matter, but, as you write, he claims
his home is upon the sea. Now, we cannot of course recognize that
any man can have a residence upon the sea, but disregarding that
claim, there is no claim of residence in this state, even when not ab-
sent on voyages. The applicant once had a Masonic residence in the
Provinces, and that he has not lost because he has not moved into:
this state and taken up his residence here. Courtesy to the Provin-
cial jurisdiction would therefore require that application be made for
waiver of jurisdiction.
He might have denied more positively the power of a lodge to
make the imposition of dues retroactive in his answer to No. 2. No.
4 is in accord with Illinois law, which unreservedly holds that every
step of the brother's advancement must be of his own free will and
accord.
We reproduce No. 8 because in Maine suspension for non-pay-
ment of dues, unlike suspension under our law, is from lodge member-
bership only. But we may say in passing, since the Maine constitu-
tion forbids suspension from the rights of Masonry for non-payment
of dues, the suggestion of his italics that good standing in the fra-
ternity is impaired seems to us far fetched.
No. 9 is reproduced because it appears that in Maine where they
have the genuine article of the sea-faring man, they don't give him
the latitude which Georgia attaches to him, and so calls some of its
peripathetic landsmen "sea-faring men" in order to let them in.
The grand master has the following reference to Mexico:
Circular and constitution have been received from the Gran Dieta
of Mexico and have been turned over to the committee on foreign
correspondence. Masonry seems to be in a somewhat unsettled con-
dition in Mexico, and there seems to be no other course open but to
await the outcome.
"Time at last makes all things even"; at all events it has evened
up things with the grand diet. Just a year and ten days later that
body died of auto-toxaemia.
He thus refers to Washington:
Under date of December 18, 1899, 1 received a communication from
M.W. Wm. M. Seeman, Grand Master of Washington, inviting an ex-
change of representatives, and upon his recommendation I appointed
Levi Ankeny, past grand master, as our representative near the
Grand Lodge of Washington, and nominated R. W. Enoch O. Green-
leaf, of Farmington, for appointment as representative of the Grand
Lodge of Washington near the Grand Lodge of Maine, at the same
time writing M.W. Bro. Seeman that "it is a matter of congratula-
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tion to us all, that the former very friendly and fraternal relations
existing between these two grand jurisdictions has been so fully re-
stored.
We congratulate the Grand Lodge of Maine upon securing so ca-
pable a representative. Formerly, before Washington abandoned
the grand representative system, Past Grand Master Ankenny
served Illinois for a time in that capacity most acceptably. Only
one brother registered during the past year under the law permitting
non-affiliates to register and pay dues direct to the grand lodge,
"only one, but a lion! "
One dispensation was granted for a new lodge, and a regulation
prohibiting business in the grand lodge after the concluding of the
election was repealed.
WiNPiELD S. Choate, Grand Master of Augusta, and Stephen
Berry, grand secretary, Portland, were re-elected.
The report on correspondence (292 pp.) is again — as we have hap-
pily had occasion to remark, unvaryingly, from our first report, in
1869, down to the present — the work of Past Grand Master Josiah H.
Drummond. As usual it is full of interest and value from beginning
to end, and we regret that we cannot give to it the thorough exam-
ination that might be so profitable to our readers. Circumstances
over which, from a Masonic standpoint, we have had no control — de-
mands upon our time and thought incident to a change of residence,
and the assumption of exacting responsibilities just at the time when
we usually write our report — -make us so late with our work that we
cannot even give his review of Illinois anything but the most hasty
notice.
He gives thirteen pages to the Illinois proceedings of 1899. Re-
^^w 5,-. — J — tj —
ferring to our dead, he says :
We had a personal acquaintance of many years' standing with
Brothers Cregier and Hawley, and while we knew that the health of
Brother Cregier was poor, the news of his death came quite unex
pectedly to us. Brother Hawley we met only a short time before his
death, when he appeared to be in perfect health, and the announce-
ment of his death was a severe blow to us.
Of one of our causes celeore he says:
One curious case had come before the grand master. At a former
session, the grand lodge directed the proceedings in a case of disci-
pline to be set aside and the case tried in another lodge. Thereupon
the other lodge brought claim before the grand lodge for expenses in-
curred in the second trial. It was a long one, and they were obliged
to pay additional rent and be at various items of expense. One of
about four hundred dollars was a stenographer's bill, one-half of
which the respondent had agreed in advance to pay, but later refused
102 APPENDIX. — PART I.
to pay. Apparently they had paid counsel and this bill was included.
At any rate, the grand master, to which the matter had been re-
ferred, concluded to pay the bill, 'amounting to over six hundred
dollars.
Quoting from Grand Master CoOK on the disastrous trail left by
the trial, he continues:
We have heretofore deplored the increasing tendency to conduct
Masonic trials after the manner of criminal courts. There is no
doubt at all that this is a departure from the old usages, and is a
procedure entirely contrary to the procedure in former times, as-
sumed to be the correct one. The two methods are based on entirely
different principles. In a lodge a brother is tried by his brethren,
and the technicalities of trials in courts, never should be allowed.
Least of all should a brother who appears as counsel on one side or
the other be allowed to receive pay for his services. It ought to be
made a Masonic offence, with expulsion as a probable consequence.
However, this case illustrates the necessity, now that our lodges are
so large, of some other method of trial of charges, than a trial in a
lodge.
We have watched with a good deal of interest and some anxiety,
the result of the system of commissioners in Massachusetts, and our
conviction is that it has proved to be an abundant success, and will
be adopted ultimately generally.
He gives entire the remarks of Grand Master Cook on rotation in
office, for the reason that "it is a growing evil in Masonry,"
Referring to the amendment to our by-laws providing for a divis-
ion of the expenses of trials for Masonic offenses between the parties
thereto, he says:
We have grave doubts as to the wisdom of this provision. The
fact is, that in many jurisdictions, at any rate, Masonic discipline is
altogether too lax, and if a brother who makes a charge is obliged to
pay the expenses of the prosecuting part of the trial, very few charges
will be made by individual brethren.
We had occasion to say in discussing a point with him, that we
should be glad with him to know how old is the certainly wide-spread
usage of conferring degrees by courtesy for another lodge, and
whether it does not antedate the recognition of the right of objection.
In reply he says:
Of course not: the trouble is that it takes away practically the
opportunity for making the objection. But if the abuse of the right
of objection continues to increase as much as it apparently has in-
creased within the two years that have just passed since we wrote
the paragraph which he quotes, we shall not insist very strongly
upon this reason for not conferring degrees in that manner.
The first that we ever heard of the conferring of a degree by one
lodge for another was during the civil war, and in that case the grand
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master of the jurisdiction promptly forbade its repetition, and we
have never met, so far as we remember, any earlier allusion to it.
Of another point of deference between us he says:
He devotes considerable space to the Hart case, holding' that the
long- usage of Maine and Massachusetts (and several other grand
lodges) does not justify it, and really has no bearing upon the ques-
tion. He overlooks the principle that contemporaneous construction
of a law, especially if long acquiesced in without objection, is very
conclusive evidence as to the proper construction of the law. We
have been at a loss to understand what "law" he had in mind. We
now find that he relies upon the law in relation to controversies between
brethren, which has no reference or application whatever to offences
against Masonry.
If it is true that the law which when "complaint" is made makes
the lodge the proper and competent judges of all such controversies
has no reference on application whatever to offenses ag^ainst Masonry,
then what becomes of the principle that contemporaneous construc-
tion of a law especially if long acquiesced in without objection, is
very conclusive evidence of the proper construction of the law? Con-
temporaneous construction, acquiesced in as the prevailing rule and
only departed from by a few jurisdictions and that within the Masonic
lifetime of both of us, has made the lodge the proper and competenc
judges of complaints, whether offences against Masonry or contro-
versies between brethren.
Brother Drummond still denies that any "broils" have "rent the
Scottish Rite," at least not since 1867 — which, if our memory serves
us right (we are writing where our books are not accessible) was
about the time when he and others were about ready to put the
whole Scottish Rite outfit under the ban by grand lodge action— and
as near as we can come to defining his somewhat elusive position
holds that in the so called Cerneau war there wasn't any rending of
the rite, because one of the parties to the mixup really was not in the
rite, but only a pretender (wherein he discribes the condition out of
which all dynastic broils grow,) and that as the same party got bat
tered out of all recognizable shape, of course there wasn't any fight.
But the question of who was right in the matter — who was the right-
ful heir and who the pretender — does not affect the main question
whether a rite whose affiliates are willing to carry their feuds into
the domain of the Masonry to which their allegiance had been pri-
marily and irrevocably pledged, is a "mischief making" rite.
We have been trying for some years to so frame and explain a
certain question that Bro. Drummond and ourself should agree as to
the purport of it, and then to get from him a definite answer. But
with a versatility of misapprehension which to us seems little short
of the marvelous, but which may after all be due to our blundering
104 APPENDIX. — PART I.
way in so putting the question that it appears to him "almost too ri-
diculous to notice," he either answers some other question or puts in
another demurrer.
In the report under review he quotes the question in its original
form :
"Now can a grand lodge, thus constrained by the fundamental
law, make a definition of Masonry, which shall permit a portion or
all of the members of the lodge, to practice as Masonry, in bodies
which it does not create, something other than the Masonry of the
original definition?"
He continues :
We answered it as we supposed, but he is not satisfied with it, and
in answer to our question says that he means the same grand lodge
and repeats the question. Having driven him to that limitation upon
his question, we answer, yes. The grand lodge is, for the members
of its obedience, the supreme power of the craft. The "original
definition" of Masonry by it is no more sacred than later definitions
by it: and if a later definition varies from the original one, that pre-
vails. It should be said that this discussson arose from his denial of
the right of grand lodges, to recognize chapters or any bodies other
than lodges, as Masonic bodies. We pointed out that grand lodges
had done so from time nearly coeval with the organization of the
grand lodge system. But he insisted that this definition was different
from the "original definition." We pressed him to know "whose
original definition," and he now says that of the same grand lodge;
when he says that the answer is obvious and certain. In this con-
nection he says:
"He says he is not sure that he understood us, and as it also seems
doubtful to us, we will try to make the matter plainer. A lodge prac-
tices Masonry by the acts of its individual members. What those
acts shall be is determined by the definition of Masonry which makes
the grand lodge, acting under the constraints of the fundamental
law, makes for the lodges and individual Masons of its obedience. Is
it not equally true that the acts of the individual which constitute
the practice of the rites of Masonry thus defined must be practiced
in lodges warranted by the body thus defining it or be utterly invalid?
Universal usage as well as common sense gives an affirmative answer."
This question he answers himself in the affirmative. If he had
not, he would not have obtained any. This is almost too ridiculous
for notice: tor according to it, the Grand Lodge of Maine cannot
recognize the work of the lodges of any other jurisdiction, but only
that of the lodges warranted by iti
It is not in question whether the Grand Lodge of Maine can rec-
ognize the work of the lodges of any other jurisdiction, and nothing
that we have said has remotely hinted at such a question. Nor is it
a question whether the grand lodge is, for the members of its obedi-
ence, the supreme power of the craft. Nor yet is it a question whether
the grand lodge may at different times, under different light, make
different (definitions of Masonry in good faith, but it cannot make
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two contemporaneous opposing definitions of Masonry without having
cut loose in the one direction or the other from the constraint of the
fundamental law. ,
Coming- to the subject of ''Negro Masonry," he quotes us in re-
sponse to his statement. "That there is not the slightest evidence
that he (Prince Hall) or those that were with him ever applied to any
grand lodge in Massachusetts to come under its obedience," as follows:
"It seems singular that in his collection of the printed documents
of these organizations, he should have failed to secure one so. acces-
sible as the petition of 'Lewis Hayden and others' — seventy-two mem-
bers of the five negro lodges existing in Massachusetts in 1868, clos-
ing with the humble plea for equal Masonic manhood in the hope
that we may be permitted to establish our claim to Masonic rite by
whatever means the Most Worshipful, Grand Lodge may suggest.^'
Of this he says: "It will be noticed that he does not deny the cor-
rectness of our statement, but quotes a clause from the petition for
what it is worth." No, we did not take the superfluous trouble to
deny the correctness of his statement, but simply quoted a clause
which proved its incorrectness. He calls this clutching at a very
small straw. It may have been small, but it was heavy enough to
break the camel's back. He correctly says that we even deny that
the Massachusetts Grand Lodge asserted the doctrine of exclusive
territorial jurisdiction in what he calls the "famous declaration of
1877," although it was not put forth until 1782. He quotes from us
the declaration, as follows:
'"That no person or persons ought or can, consistent with the
rules of ancient Masonry, use or exercise the powers or prerogatives
of an Ancient grand master or grand lodge, to-wit: to give power to
erect lodges of Ancient Masonry, to make Masons, appoint superior
or grand officers, receive dues, or do anything which belongs to the
powers or prerogatives of an Ancient grand lodge, within any part of
the commonwealth of Massachusetts, the rightful and appropriated
limits to which the authority of this grand lodge forever hereafter
extends."
And after passing over much that we said he quotes from us re-
garding it :
" In that declaration it was not even broached, for, although
by the terms of the fifth resolution, it seems to be, when it is read
by the light of the context — whether the report or the resolution
or of both — it is clear that it was then construed to apply only to
Masons and Masonic authority of the schismatic or 'Ancient' branch
of the fraternity. The report emphasizes the propriety of contem-
porary existence of two independent grand lodges within the same
autonomous territory, and the fourth resolution shows that the grand
lodge did not ask or expect that any lodges save those holding
under the deputation of Warren, should send up their charters for
endorsement, in recognition of its power and authority."
106 APPENDIX. — PART I.
And asks: "Why did he not add that the ancients did not recog-
nize the others as Masons? That would have spoiled his argument."
The answer to his question is, because it is not true. We have
just shown, in the matter which he passed over, that they did recog-
nize the others as Masons ; that the overtures for a union came from
them to the "others,'" and that when the union was perfected and the
resulting Grand Lodge of Massachusetts was formed the new grand
master was chosen from among the "others."
There is much more in his report that we should be glad to notice
in connection with this subject and others, but the mountain of work
between us and the meeting of our grand lodge — only twelve days
distant — makes it physically impossible. But there is one more point
to which he compels us to refer. He says :
In all this discussion, he claims that the legitimacy of African
lodge when it was chartered is the "pivotal point" upon which the
whole question turns: whereas he ignores, (and wisely from his
standpoint) the fact that whether African lodge was regular or clan-
destine every one of the others is clandestine beyond question.
That the legitimacy of African lodge when it was chartered is
the pivotal point of this discussion, is no discovery of ours. Brother
Drummond manifestly discovered it long ago. He can claim all the
credit for the discovery covered by his " whereas." In our discussion
of this subject in 1871 as well as in the present discussion, we have
not only distinctly admitted that all the lodges springing from Afri-
can lodge were irregular, but have not denied that its subsequent
missteps had placed African lodge itself in the same category. His
parenthetical fling is therefore to say the least, ungracious. Not less
so, certainly, is his putting the inuendo into the form of a positive
charge. His attempt to invoke the odium theoloyicum in this discus-
sion he can characterize to suit himself.
MANITOBA, J 901.
26th Annual. Winnipeg. June 12.
Eight grand masters and thirty grand representatives lent dig-
nity to the opening.
The grand master (Robert S. Thornton) announced the death
of Francis E. Statham, grand director of ceremonies, and we find
also a memorial tablet to Simon Duffin, past senior grand warden.
The grand master advocates a very liberal construction of the
law relative to physical qualifications, and where dispensations were
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sought in case of maims he gave permission to receive and act on the
petition of one applicant with an artificial left leg, one with an arti-
ficial left arm, and one with an artificial foot; but drew the line at
the loss of a right arm. He compensated for his indifference to a
full quota of limbs by enforcing with considerable vigor the necessity
of vigilance on the part of the committee on character. He was en-
couraged by the results of schools of instruction planned to occur
when he made his visitations to one lodge in each Masonic district,
so that two birds could be killed by one stone. At one of these meet-
ings the brethren chipped in for the benefit of a fund started for
some sort of a charitable institution for indigent Masons, and he
thinks festival occasions should be turned to account in this direction.
"In England," he says, "the funds are chiefly raised by Masons be-
coming subscribing members, paying a certain sum in each year from
half a crown (60 cents) upwards." Thus it will be seen that the Ma-
sonic charities of England, so often referred to by the advocates of
grand lodge taxation for the support of sueh institutions in this
country, find their chief support in voluntary contributions, as they
should.
The grand lodge listened to an address by the grand master on
"The Great Symbol of the Craft," with such pleasure and conviction
of profit that the address was ordered to be published as a supplement
to the annual proceedings; recognized the Grand Lodge of Western
Australia and "replaced" the Grand Lodge of Cuba on its recognized
list; chartered four new lodges, one of them at Dawson, in the Yukon
(Klondike) district; approved the action of the committee raised for
that purpose who reported that the testimonial ordered for Bro Wm.
G. Scott on his retirement from the office of grand secretary, had
taken the form of a set of silverware; ordered the committee on
jurisprudence to prepare a list of the decisions by the several past
grand masters, indicating whether approved or not, and agreed to
meet next year at Calgary.
Robert S. Thornton, of Deloraine, grand master, and James A.
OvAS, Winnipeg, grand secretary, were re-elected.
There is no report on correspondence.
108 APPENDIX. — PART I.
Mf^RYLAND, J 900.
114th Annual. Baltimore. November 20.
The semi-annual communication was held May 8. One past grand
master and thirty-two grand representatives were present. Illinois
was represented by John S. Berry.
The grand lodge was opened in person by the grand master,
Thomas J. Shryock. One new lodge was chartered.
At the annual communication one past grand master was present
and the representatives of thirty-eight grand jurisdictions, John S.
Berry, representing Illinois among the number.
The grand lodge was opened in due form by the deputy grand
master, John A. Russell, the grand master being at the baths of
Mt. Clemens, Mich., taking treatment for rheumatism, and thither
the grand lodge sent a telegram of greeting, good wishes, and pray-
ers for his speedy return.
The address of Grand Master Shryock was read by the deputy.
It announced the death of William H. Clark, past deputy grand
master, in his sixty-eighth year. By his will he gave $1000 to the
grand charity fund.
Relative to decisions the grand master says:
During the year just past I have not been called upon to make
any decisions on points of Masonic law. I think the craft in our juris-
diction is to be congratulated upon this circumstance, as it shows
most clearly that the brethren, who are called upon to fill the posi-
tions of masters of lodges, are well schooled in the constitution of the
grand lodge, and are thus able to decide for themselves what is the
law governing their bodies as laid down in our constitution. The reso-
lution passed by the grand lodge, requiring that the 23rd articleof the
constitution be read in open lodge, is, in my judgment, largely respon-
sible for the knowledge of, the law which the brethren generally have,
and which is evidenced by the fact that decisions are not asked of
the grand master.
He pays merited tribute to the beloved chairman of the commit-
tee on correspondence, and the committee on address, speaking more
at length, says:
The remarkable vigor of the venerable chairman of the commit-
tee on correspondence, Bro. E. T. Schultz, finds appropriate mention
and here in his own home we rely so implicitly on his Masonic lore, as
the great treasure house for all such information, that we regard it
as a paradox, that nothing escapes his vision and yet he cannot see at
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all. Would God some magic art could unravel the complicated threads
of Masonic facts now wrapped up in the convolutions of his busy brain
and weave a tapestry of his personal reminiscence and historical truths
and give us such a chart as few men living could match and none of
the fathers could surpass. President Lincoln once replied to a criti-
cism of a general, who had been very successful but unfortunately
yielded sometimes to the influence of liquor, "You complain of his
drunkenness; I wish some of the others could get hold of his bottle."
Some of us clear sighted men would like to share in the light of
Schultz's darkness. ''Where there is no vision, the people perish."
We rejoice that he still points his telescope to the four quarters of
the heavens, and chases the wandering stars to cover. His search-
light is on the alert for the sly torpedoes and he slyly blows them out
of the water. We cannot expect him to give as much help to the new
century as he has to the past, but we express the hope that the coming
years may be blessed with a green old age, and that his wonderful
works in the line of historical research will preserve his name through
many generations.
Thomas J. Shryock, grand master, and Jacob H. Medairy,
grand secretary, both of Baltimore, were re-elected.
The elective officers present were installed and the grand lodge
was called off until such time as the grand master should appoint for
his installation. This occurred December 14, when the grand lodge
was called to labor by the deputy grand master, H. C. Larrabee.
The senior grand warden, S. B. Medairy, reported that the grand
master had returned in improved health, and was then in the temple
and would soon be ready for installation. Continuing, he said:
On the 27th of February next he will have reached the age of 50
years, and it would be a proper occasion for the grand lodge to mark
the event by showing its appreciation of the services of a grand mas-
ter who has for fifteen years labored so successfully in promoting the
interest of the Grand Lodge of Maryland, I therefore offer the follow-
ing resolution:
Resolved, That a committee be appointed to prepare a suitable
testimonial of our regard and esteem for our grand master, Bro.
Thomas J. Shryock.
Of course this was unanimously adopted and the committee
named; after which the grand master was ushered in, received with
the grand honors, and duly installed.
The report on correspondence (112 pp.) is again by Bro. Edward
T. SCHULTZ, who may Heaven long spare to the Craft he has already
so long served, and which has watched with increasingly tender solic-
itude the approach of that time when for him those that look out of
the windows should be indeed fully darkened. While nothing can
offset the lofes of outward sight, there must be great compensation
for him who like our brother turns his inward sight towards a soul
filled with light.
110 APPENDIX. — PART I.
Brother Schultz gives to Illinois for 1899 verj- full and apprecia-
tive notice. He quotes from the address of Grand Master CoOK on the
use of robes and otherwise spectacularizing the ceremonies, and gives
in full his remarks on rotation in office, as being in full accord with
his own views as given the preceding year. The Illinois report on
correspondence also receives courteous and fraternal notice.
MASSACHUSETTS, J 900.
110th Annual. Boston. December 12.
We are short two of the Massachusetts pamphlets for 1900, the
proceedings of the March and the June quarterly communications.
If we received them, which is probable, we must have mislaid them
when we changed our residence from Quincy to Jacksonville.
At the quarterly of September 12, the grand master, Charles T.
Gallagher, called attention to the recently obtained portraits of
two of the earliest known secretaries of Masonic bodies in Boston,
Peter Pelham and his son, Charles.
They were successively sacretaries of the " First Lodge," the
former from December 26, 1739, until September 26, 1744, the latter
from this last date until July 24, 1754, when the volume ends, and per-
haps longer.
At the annual communication four past grand masters were pres-
ent. Massachusetts does not indulge in the luxury of a diplomatic
service, so no other jurisdictions were represented.
The grand master referred to the death of two prominent mem-
bers, R. W. Brethren, HiRAM O. Smith and Charles H. McClellan,
past senior grand wardens, to whose memory tribute had already
been paid.
He reported an addition of S500 to "Lodge of St. Andrew Fund,"
held in trust by the Masonic Educational and Charity Trust, and a
bequest of $20,000 by the late Bro. Franklin Pratt of Columbian
Lodge.
Among the special communications reported, was one held at
Barre to assist in the centennial celebration of Mt. Zion Lodge, and
in the record of his visitations we find the following :
December 30, attended a meeting of Liberty Lodge at Beverley;
this being a part of a triangular celebration wherein courtesies are
MASONIC CORRESPONDENCE. HI
annually exchanfjed at the end of the year with Constitutional Lodg-e,
of Beverley, En<jland, and Alexandria Washington Lodge No. 22, of
Alexandria, Va., all of which meet at the same hour and hold a mu-
tual observance of the passing of the old and advent of the new
year. The tables were decorated with ivy, holly, yew and oak leaves,
which with pheasants, jugged hare, and other game on the table, had
been contributed by the iCarl of Londesborough, former master of
the lodge at Beverley, England. On this visit I was accompanied by
the R. W. deputy grand master and the grand secretary. The ex-
ercises were most interesting and impressive. As a part of the cer-
emonies the grand master placed upon the bust of Washington a
chaplet of leaves from Cave Castle, the ancestral home of the Wash-
ingtons in England.
Of his visiting he further says:
In all my visits to lodges I have gone unattended by a suite, gen-
erally without previous notice, and as far as possible without cere-
mony. In addition to the visits here recorded, several invitations
have been accepted to other Masonic bodies where I have repre-
sented the grand lodge, but it is not appropriate that such should
find mention here. In all my visits, however, I have been received
with the greatest courtesy, and the honors attempted to be bestowed
have evinced a regard for the position of grand master that has
been embarrassingly flattering to the incumbent.
But two cases were reported by the commissioner of trials. In
one the testimony, while going to show that the offender was guilty,
also showed that the residence of the accused, whether within or
without the commonwealth, was unknown to the officers of the lodge.
So the commission halted, saying:
No notice could, therefore, be served upon him ; and it is doubtful
whether under the grand constitution the commissioners have the
right to proceed to a trial ex parte, the requirement in the language
of Part 3, Art. 4, Sec. 1, being that the residence shall be outside of
the commonwealth and unknown.
Upon the heels of this report one of the commissioners offered an
amendment to the grand constitutions which would permit the com-
mission to proceed ex parte where the residence of the accused is un-
known.
The following, from the committee on charters and by-laws, is of
interest only because it shows that the doctrine held by some writers,
that a lodge has no right to devote its funds to the purchase of jewels
to be presented to retiring masters, does not prevail in Massa-
chusetts.
They could not approve the amendment of Hampden Lodge, of
Springfield, which called for a regular stipulated sum, for the pur-
chase of past master's jewels. By reference to the proceedings of
the grand lodge for 1883 (page 121), and 1891 (page 134), it will be seen
that this body has not deemed it expedient, or proper, to incorporate
112 APPENDIX. — PART I.
such a provision into the lodge by-laws. Such expenditure should be
made by a special vote of the lodge.
The following seems to be a movement to permit dual member-
ship:
The recording grand secretary submitted the following amend-
ment to the grand constitution:
Amend Part V., Miscellaneous Regulations, section 12, by strik-
ing out the words: "be an active member of more than one lodge in
this commonwealth; nor shall he." The section will then read as fol-
lows: "No brother shall hold more than one office in the same lodge,
or in grand lodge except as a director, at the same time."
The proposed amendment was laid on the table for action at the
Quarterly Communication in March next, being referred to a com-
mittee consisting of Brothers S. L. Thorndike, Charles S. Robertson
and Charles M. Green.
Charles T. Gallagher, of Boston, was re-elected grand master;
Sereno D. Nickerson, of Cambridge, was re-elected recording grand
secretary. The address of both is Masonic Temple, Boston.
The stated communication for the installation of officers and the
celebration of the Feast of St. John the Evangelist, was held, as
usual, on the 27th of December.
Both purposes of the communication were manifestly accom-
plished in ample form.
From the opening remarks of Grand Master Gallagher at the
feast we take the following:
In 1773 there must have been a great feast, for "the tables being
furnished, the brethren (with the guests) enjoyed themselves agree-
ably to the festivity of the day." And in the account of expenses for
fifty dinners, there were thirteen double bowls of punch, twelve bot-
tles of port and seventeen of Madeira. At this feast, there being at
that time two rival grand lodges in Massachusetts, the most worship-
ful grand master was pleased to direct three "brethren" as a com-
mittee to wait upon the other grand master, "Most Worshipful John
Rowe, esquire, and his grand officers and brethren at their office at
Colonel Ingersoll's. to acquaint them their healths would be drunk at
half after four o'clock. The committee returned for answer that
Grand Master Rowe and brethren convened would return the compli-
ment at that period." This was at the installation of Joseph War-
ren, of lamented memory, as grand master.
This is of especial interest because it is cumulative evidence — al-
beit no further evidence was needed— of the correctness of our con-
tention that in what Brother Drummond calls "Its famous declaration
of 1777" (for what reason we know not, as the declaration referred to
was not promulgated until 1782,) the Massachusetts grand lodge did
not claim or intend to claim that it had exclusive jurisdiction in
MASONIC CORRESPONDENCE. 113
Massachusetts as against the provincial grand lodge established
there by the same Grand Lodge of England which in 1784 chartered
African Lodge in Boston; but claimed only that its authority over all
tjae lodges and brethren of the Schismatic or "Ancient" ilk, including
the Lodge of St. Andrew which ignored its authority and continued
to pay dues to the Grand Lodge of Scotland, was full and complete.
The table talk ranged from grand to gay, from lively to severe,
although not much of it was severe.
Of the lively kind was a portion of the response of Bro. Samuel
J. Elder, one of the newly brought out orators, who won his spurs by
his address at the dedication the previous year. Here is a hint, real
or feigned, that the toasts were being drunk in something at least as
sparkling as cold tea:
I told my friend, Mr. Blake, that I did not dare to get up, because
I had to get home tonight; and he said he had to do the like. You
have heard the story of the lion tamer, the man who fearlessly, in
the presence of the crowds, marches into the lions' den, and whips
them around like puppies. Being out late one night, and thinking
that he ought not to go home, he stayed away. Well — my friend
Blake says it is old — well, he did go home the next day. Like an hon-
est man, when his wife asked him why he didn't come home the night
before, he said, "My dear, to tell you frankly, I wasn't in condition to
come home." "Where did you stay?" she asked. "In the den with
lions," said he. "You coward!" she said.
There was an old gentleman down in Maine, who had traveled
most of his life, bringing up at Augusta, occasionally, every five years
or so, for a few weeks or months with his old friends. He ran up
against a new Maine law, which provided not only that a man should
not drink, but that he should not be seen on the street — that it was a
criminal offence to appear on the street after having indulged in any
kind of spirituous liquors. The officers who had been engaged in en-
forcing the law observed him, and shrewdly suspecting that with his
old friends he sometimes drank something besides ice water and
coffee, they hauled him before the court one morning. Of course he
was too dignified to go on the stand himself, but his counsel put his
man servant on, who testified that his master came home perfectly
sober. On cross-examination counsel said to him, "You say your mas-
ter came home absolutely sober?" "Yes, sir.'" "And went to bed?"
"Yes, sir." "What did you do?" "Well," said the servant, "I put
him to bed, as I always do." "Oh, you did, did you?" "Yes, sir."
"What did he say to you?" "He didn't say very much." "What did
he say?" "Oh, well, I don't know. He said good night." "No, sir; I
want the exact words that he used. Tell this court exactly what he said
to you." "Well, sir, if you want to know, he said, 'Call me early,
mother dear, for I'm to be queen of the May.' "
The record shows that "At half-past ten o'clock p. m., the breth"
ren were called from refreshment to labor again, and the grand lodge
was closed in Ample Form." But it is only once a year that our
Massachusetts brethren stay out an hour and a half after the curfew
has rung.
114 APPENDIX. — PART I.
MICHIGAN, I90I. ^
57th Annual. Detroit. January 22.
A fine portrait of the retiring- grand master, Lucian E. Wood,
forms the frontispiece of the Michigan volume.
Fifteen past grand masters and the representatives of thirty-five
grand jurisdictions graced the occasion with their presence. The
representative of Illinois, Arthur M. Hume, was absent, on account
of — as we learn from his report to his own grand lodge — of bereave-
ment in his lodge.
Upon Grand Master Wood fell the sad duty of announcing the
death of two past grand masters, Alanson Partridge aged seventy-
three, and Edward L. Browning, at fifty-one.
The death of Past Grand Master Harrison Dills, of Illinois, is
noted.
Of jurisdiction the grand master says:
In regard to jurisdiction, I would reccommend that the Grand
Lodge of Michigan and subordinate lodges release jurisdiction on all
candidates after they have removed from this grand jurisdiction for
more than one year.
This did not obtain, but an amendment to the general regula-
tions was adopted, the effect of which is thus stated by the commit-
tee on jurisprudence, who recommended its adoption.
The proposed amendment, if adopted, will give the lodges juris-
diction over the material above mentioned for five years, when the
lien will be raised and a rejected candidate, if he has removed from
the jurisdiction of the lodge that rejected him, may apply to a lodge
where he resides for the degrees, the lodge which rejected him hav-
ing no further jurisdiction over him.
An examination of the amendment itself does not bear out the
interpretation put upon it by the committee, but shows that it is not
strictly a provision for a five year limit to the personal jurisdiction
acquired by rejection — heretofore perpetual in Michigan — but pro-
vides for the lapsing of such jurisdiction only after such material has
been for five years under the observation of another lodge for five
years.
The amended section reads as follows:
"By its personal jurisdiction a lodge has the exclusive right to
complete its wprk and accept its rejected material wherever residing-
MASONIC CORRESPONDENCE. 115
but it will lose this right in favor of another lodge within whose ter,
ritorial jurisdiction such work or material shall have resided for five
years.
This, therefore, is a new departure in that it assumes that a
lodge should have five years' time in which to reach a conclusion
whether reform is enduring, if it be a case in which reform was
necessary.
Nine decisions reported by the grand master were all approved.
Those based on general principles rather than simply on local regula-
tions follow:
Q. (1.) — Does the loss of the thumb and the two last fingers of
the left hand disqualify a candidate from being made a Mason?
A. No.
Q. (2.) — Does the loss of three fingers and a part of the thumb on
the left hand disqualify a man from being made a Mason?
A. No.
Q. (7.) — Has the lodge a right to recommend a congressman un-
der the seal of the lodge?
A. No.
Q. (8.) — Has the lodge under the seal a right to clear a brother's
military record by vote of the lodge?
A. No.
Just what is involved in the last two questions we do not know;
but the answers are right.
There are rituals to get lost in Michigan; the grand master thus
reports:
Last year at the close of the annual communication Past Master
Osborn, of Marquette Lodge No. 101, informed me they had lost the
ritual of the lodge; as per grand lodge regulations, I issued an order
to the grand secretary to send another ritual to the master of that
lodge.
Acting upon the Michigan custom in cases of emergency, the
grand master waited for no special authorization when the Galveston
disaster occurred, but issued an order to the grand secretary to draw
a warrant on the grand treasurer for $500 for the immediate relief of
the sufferers. The grand lodge approved.
A plan reported by a committee appointed the year previous, for
a charity fund raised by penny contributions, lies over one year for
consideration.
The board of control of the Masonic Home report :
116 APPENDIX. — PART I.
The receipts from all sources during the year endintj November
30, were $6,885.67, and the disbursements $6,478.15.
The average weekly per capita cost of maintenance was S2.91.
Beneficiaries at the Home, November 30, 19u0, 45; 35 men, 9 women
and 1 boy. Average age of the 35 men, 72 years; and of the 9 women,
75 years.
The following from the committee on jurisprudence was adopted:
About three years ago, Ellison, who is a traveling man, petitioned
Doric lodge for the degrees, and paid ten dollars to apply on the
same. He was elected and notified to appear and take the first, but
was out of the cit}-, so says the secretary of Doric lodge. He has re-
moved from this state to Cleveland, Ohio, and desires to petition a
lodge there for the degrees, and asks Doric lodge to refund the ten
dollars he paid it when he petitioned for the degrees.
Your committee presumes that the ten dollars which accom-
panied the petition was the fee the law required to accompany the
same, and if he had been rejected the lodge would have returned the
ten dollars to Ellison, and in case of his election and not appearing
to receive the degree the sum paid was forfeited to the lodge. This
is the legal aspect of the case. In this matter, however, the lodge
admits that the ''candidate was out of the city,'' therefore could not
present himself for initiation. Mr. Ellison now resides in Cleveland,
and wishes to petition a lodge there for the degrees. While the lodge
has the legal right to retain the ten dollars, we think the moral right
and justice will be promoted by the lodge refunded to Mr. Ellison the
ten dollars, and your committee recommend to Doric lodge to apply
the golden rule and refund the money.
Advice so well rooted ought in a year's time, if not previously
heeded, to grow into a mandate.
The grand lodge recognized the Grand Lodge of Costa Rica; killed
a proposition to return to the original plan of one ballot for the three
degrees: met the declination of Past Grand Master Arthur M. Clark
again be a candidate for grand lecturer with a deservedly flattering
tribute to his long, faithful and fruitful service; cabled its sympathy
to Edward VII, king of Great Britain, then still grand master of
Masons in England, in the loss sustained by him and by the nation in
the death of his royal mother, and selected Muskegon as the place of
next meeting.
Frank O. Gilbert, of Bay Cit)% was elected grand master; Jef-
ferson S. CONOVER, Coldwater, re-elected grand secretary.
There is no report on correspondence.
MASONIC CORRESPONDENCE. 117
MINNESOTA, J 900.
48th Annual. St. Paul. January 23.
The portrait of the retiring grand master, Alonzo Branden-
burg, which forms the frontispiece of the Minnesota volume, is
exceptionally fine. Eight past grand masters and -forty-one repre-
sentatives of other jurisdictions, lent additional dignity to the court
of St. Paul. Alonzo I. Stebbins, representing Illinois, vras in both
lists.
Grand Master Brandenburg reported the death of Henry S.
Doty, junior grand steward, aged sixty-two, an old Illinois soldier
who won a lieutenancy in Fifty-second Illinois infantry in the Civil
war, and was made a Mason in Elgin Lodge No. 117, in this jurisdic-
tion, and of Jean C. Fischer, aged sixty-nine, grand tiler since 1883.
The following decisions were rendered and approved:
Question: In 1883 a party made application to our lodge for the
degrees in Masonry, was elected, and received the Entered Apprentice
degree. Objection was made to his further advancement, which ob-
jection has never been withdrawn. He now lives within another juris-
diction, and petitions this lodge to have the remaining two degrees
conferred upon him. Have we jurisdiction over him? If so, how
shall we proceed? The records fail to show that objection was ever
made to his advancement, but a brother who was a member of our
lodge at that time states that he remembers that such an objection
was made.
Answer: He is the material of your lodge. After satisfying
yourselves that there is no ground for further delay, you can pro-
ceed with the work, should you find the brother worthy, unless some
brother prefers charges against him. No further ballot is required.
The brother was entitled to a hearing, but seems never to have had
one. A brother who has received one or two degrees in Masonry has
obtained some rights, and is entitled to be heard.
Question: Is a brother who has received a certificate for dues for
life in a certain lodge, under a provision of their by-laws providing
for the same, liable for lodge dues after the by-laws have been
amended by striking out the life membership section of said by-laws?
Answer: No.
Question: Can the investigating committee, in case they fail to
secure the presence of the necessary witnesses and their evidence
(when witnesses live within the jurisdiction of the lodge), present to
the lodge as evidence of a brother's guilt, a duly authenticated tran-
script of the testimony of the various witnesses taken in court, and
where the brother was duly represented by able counsel who had
118 APPENDIX. — PART I.
ample opportunity to prevent the introduction of improper evidence
under the strict arbitrary rules of evidence.
Answer: No.
Question: Does the resolution passed by the grand lodge in 1897,
page 48, apply to saloonkeepers and bartenders who were in the busi-
ness prior to that time, and are thej^ violating any Masonic law?
Answer: Yes, to both questions.
We presume the answer relative to life membership turned on the
possession of the lodge certificate, as showing a contract which could
not be impaired, as most of the many decisions on this point have
held that all members are equally bound by changes in lodge by-laws
made conformably to their own provisions for amendment.
David T. Calhoun, grand orator, delivered a well prepared ora-
tion, which deservedly finds a place in the printed proceedings.
Five new lodges were chartered.
Preparations are being made for the semi-centennial of the grand
lodge, and the recommendation of the grand master that the annual
communication of the anniversary year (1903) be held February 24 —
the date of organization — instead of January in that year, is under
advisement.
Gideon Sprague Ives, of St. Peter, was elected grand master;
Thomas Montgomery, of St. Paul, re-elected grand secretary.
The report on correspondence (85 pp.) is as usual the condensed
wit and wisdom of Brother Irving Todd. He gives Illinois very gen-
erous space. He condemns the action of our grand lodge in pro-
rating the treasury surplus back to the lodges as a nucleus for a
charity fund in each lodge, holding that the grand lodge could have
administered the sum in a lump more economically and prudently
than seven hundred and seventy-five lodges can hope to do so piece-
meal.
If that were true, as we do not admit, the 'advantage would not
be great enough to make it worth while to set it over against the
danger of raids by all sorts of schemes which is sure to be tempted
by the existence of a large surplus fund.
No one knows so well the needs of those living in their own baili-
wicks as the lodges themselves and a true knowledge of these is the
first and greatest step towards a prudent and non-pauperizing relief
of them.
MASONIC CORRESPONDENCE. 119
MISSISSIPPI, I90t.
83d Annual. Oxford. February 28.
The Mississippi volume is embellished with portraits of five past
grand masters, the frontispiece being that of retiring Grand Master
B. V. White, whose clear-cut American face gives no hint of orien-
tal origin ; but the oriental dignity with which he carries the sym-
bols of Mohammed upon his pious breast bespeaks him to the manor
born.
On page seven of the proceedings appears the familiar face —
most successfully caught by the camera — of the representative of
Mississippi near the Grand Lodge of Illinois, Past Grand Master Gen-
ercil John Corson Smith, while scattered through the text of
the memorial service held on the evening of the first day of the
session are the faces of three past grand masters of Mississippi
deceased during year, ex-Governor John M. Stone, John F. McCor-
MICK and William Starling. Fifteen past grand masters present
in the flesh helped to swell the number of the diplomatic corps to
twenty-five.
At the opening of the afternoon session our Past Grand Master
Smith was introduced, received with the private grand honors, con-
ducted to a seat in the grand east, and in preface to his experience
in the Holy Land, said:
There is a good custom prevailing in European lodges, which re-
lieves the embarrassed and pleases one who has nothing to say, of
which I would be glad many times to take advantage, and that is to
rise and present the "hearty good wishes of Miners' lodge, No. 273, of
Illinois," my mother lodge, and then be seated. While I may not be
let off so easy on this occasion, yet I may be permitted, as the repre-
sentative of this grand jurisdiction, and a Mississippian by brevet, to
bring to you the hearty good wishes of the sixty thousand Free-
masons of Illinois, and, as the representative of Edward VII. near
that grand body, the hearty good wishes of the million and more
tried craftsmen composing the mother Grand Lodge of England.
[Applause.]
The grand master rendered no decisions. When questions were
propounded he either cited the law which governed or referred them
at first hand to the committee on law and jurisprudence, thus reach-
ing what seems to us the logical conclusion of the system peculiar to
Mississippi, where the committee is constructively in perpetual ses-
sion.
120 APPENDIX. — PART I.
Among the dispensations granted is the following, and the rea-
sons therefor:
December 31st — To Meridian Lodge, No. 308, to ballot out of time
and confer M. M. degree on Bro. E. Arky, also to ballot out of time
and confer the E. A. on Mr. J. S. Jenkins.
My reasons for granting these dispensations to Meridian Lodge
were, the lodge desired to finish up thp old year and century with the
Master's degree just as the bell told the hour of low twelve at night,
and as soon as the last notes died away that an Entered Apprentice
should knock for admission, thus ushering the new year and century
in by the reception of an Entered Apprentice. The sentiment of the
brethren appealed to me and I cheerfully granted their request. I
am happy to say the idea was well executed in the presence of a
large attendance of the brethren. It was not my good pleasure to be
present, having made a previous engagement to watch the old
century out and the new century in, which I regretted, because such
an occurrence will never occur again in the history of any one living
at this time.
With reference to this and to other dispensations the law com-
mittee say, with grand lodge approval:
They find that all the dispensations granted and refused are
strictly within the letter of the law, it being his prerogative to dis-
pense with any portion of the by-laws in his discretion, but they do
not think that under any circumstances a dispensation to confer the
degrees should be granted which has the effect to dispense with the
necessity for the candidate's becoming proficient in a preceding de-
gree, or by which due investigation shall not have been made as to
his moral character and standing in the community.
Thus it will be seen that a very considerable residuum of preroga-
tive is still conceded to exist in Mississippi notwithstanding the rid-
dling that the grand lodge recently gave it when a grand master in-
voked that power to make a Mason at sight:
The grand master recommended the recognition of the Grand
Lodge of Western Australia and advised the adoption of a similar
recommendation as to the Grand Dieta of Mexico, made by the com-
mittee on correspondence. The committee also recommended the
recognition of the Grand Orient of Belgium, the Grand Lodges of
Cuba and Porto Rico, as well as the Mexican and Australian bodies.
The grand lodge recognized the Grand Lodge of Western Aus-
tralia, but let the others stand over for a year. The wisdom of wait-
ing was signally shown in the case of the malodorous Mexican
hybrid, which less than two months afterwards turned its toes to the
daisies, leaving no mourners for itself, although in a few jurisdictions
— notably in New York, Kansas, Iowa, California and Montana, there
may be some incidental grief among the promoters of recognition to
whatever savors of dissent from the original plan of Masonry.
MASONIC CORRESPONDENCE. 121
The report of the law committee, presented by Past Grand
Master Frederic Speed, is as usual, a paper of very great ability
and value.
In answer to the question, "What is the length of my cable
tow? " he writes at some length, but neither in his own text nor in
his citations do we find any light thrown, upon the question we re
cently asked — perhaps last year: When did the three-mile limit
creep in as explanatory of a cable tow's length? After quoting from
Mackey's encyclopedia, he says :
And in giving his explanation of the length of a cable tow, the
same illustrious Mason says : "Gadick says that, according to the
ancient laws of Freemasonry, every brother must attend his lodge if
he is within the length of his cable tow. The old writers defined the
length of a cable tow, which they sometimes called "a cable's
length," to be three miles for an entered apprentice. But the ex
pression is really symbolic, and, as it was defined by the Baltimore
convention in 1842, means the scope of a man's reasonable ability."
"The old writers" here seems to us to have no other significance
than a mere form of expression to indicate the fact that at some
time the three-mile idea had crept in.
Again referring to the alleged Baltimore-convention definition,
Brother Speed says :
The definition said by Brother Mackey to have been made by the
National Masonic convention, which assembled in Baltimore in 1842,
although a careful examination of its proceedings fails to disclose
any deliverance on the subject, comes nearer to our views than any-
thing we have seen, that it is "the scope of a man's reasonable
ability," and yet this is not just the form we would use in answering
the question.
It seems to us that the phrase, as we are considering it, has a plain
and verv comprehensive meaning, which must have been the real one
in which it was originally employed. We take it that it clearly
means and is but another form of saying, he will do that which is
within the spirit of a Mason's obligation; that which binds him to his
fellows and the craft at large; that which may be reasonably con-
strued to fall within the scope of his undertaking. Hence, neither a
brother nor a lodge can exact that of a Mason which is not reason-
able, just or expedient; that which would subject him to unnecessary
hardship, undue loss or obloquy. For instance, it cannot be said that
a cable tow is so long that a lodge in Jackson can summon a brother
in Corinth to appear in person before it, and if it did he would be
under no obligation to respond; nor can an individual demand of
another the doing of an immoral act, or one which would forfeit his
self-respect or lower him in the estimation of the public, for these
things are not within the spirit of his obligation. It cannot be that
a cable tow is so long that it would be the means of working injury,
or that one is outside of it who does not respond to every demand that
may be made upon him. He is to do those things which, with a proper
regard for the circumstances by which he is surrounded, an upright,
122 APPENDIX. — PART I.
honorable, law-abiding", God-fearing man may do, tempered with
friendship and brotherly love. It is within the spirit of his obliga-
tion that he should respond, as a brother should do, to the demands
upon his time, labor or means, which are contemplated by his coven-
ants with his brethren, and more he ought not to be called upon to
render. This we understand to be the spirit of his obligation, and
hence, the length of his cable tow.
Brother Speed has the following on the "Past Master's Degree:"
Question 30. Is one eligible as master, and qualified to install his
successor, who has not received the past master's degree?
Answer. This grand lodge has always held that the past master's
degree, so-called, is a sine qua non, and, until the master elect has been
invested with the secrets of the chair, he could not be installed. If
one acted as master whose installation was not completed by investing
him with the secrets of the chair, it was no installation, and all his
acts as master were void, and of course he could not install the mas-
ter elect, for this is a function which can only be performed by a past
master. There has of late years been manifested on the part of cer-
tain Masonic reformers — men who think that the}' could improve
upon the original plan of Masonry — a disposition to eliminate the so-
called past master's degree, and we believe that one or more grand
lodges have been carried off their feet by them in attempting to dis-
pense with the ceremony of investing the master elect with the
secrets of the chair, but they might as well have dispensed with the
old charges, which are given to every master at the time of his in-
stallation, as to have dispensed with requiring him to assent to them.
It is not a degree, but a part of the ceremony of installation, which
was required long before the chapters began conferring a degree
which they call past master, and in which they borrow somewhat
from the installation ceremony of the lodge; something whjch they
should not have been permitted to do, and if the reformers, who busy
themselves tearing things to pieces, would only devote their surplus
energies to securing legislation which would restrict the chapter in
using a lodge ceremony, in this particular, they would do a good ser-
vice. The charges to the master at his installation may not inaptly
be termed the maqnacharta of Masonry, and the investiture of the mas-
ter with the secrets of the chair may well be likened to procuring
King John's signature to it. As long as the master of a lodge com-
plies with his obligation to ob.^^erve the fifteen pledges which he
makes when he signifies his assent to the "Ancient charges and regu-
lations which point out the duty of the master of a lodge," it is im-
possible that he should materially error that the craft should drift
from its secure anchorage, the landmarks: and the men who are con-
suming with anxiety to make improvements ("dissenters from the
ancient landmarks and constitution of Masonr}'" is what the charges
call them), whether it consists in cork legs or abolishing ancient
ceremonies, will not be materiallj' dangerous: but knock down one
barrier to innovation, like the past master's degree, and it will not be
long before there will be no Masonr}- as our fathers knew it. At any
rate, whatever others may think of the past master's degree, in this
jurisdiction, where Masonic iconoclasts do not find much favor, no one
could be recognized as a master of a lodge who has not been invested
with the secrets of the chair, and a master hailing from another
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jurisdiction, where they have assumed to abolish it, could not preside
in one of our lodges or receive any of the honors and rights appurten-
ant to the dignity of master.
This reminds us of the old judge who advised his young successor
on the bench not to give reasons for his decisions, for the reason that,
while his decisions would probably be right, his reasons therefor
would probably be wrong. There may be some good reason for re-
taining the secret portion of the function called the Past Master's De-
gree (although we confess we have never seen any), but if there are
Brother Speed has not given them. The fifteen charges, or master's
covenant, is something entirely apart from the obligation of a past
master, and are assented to in the presence of the lodge everywhere,
regardless of whether the so-ca.lled Past Master's degree is retained
or abolished. Nobody — at least no Free and Accepted Mason — has
asked that this assent be dispensed with, nor can it be dispensed with,
for it is a part of the original plan of Masonry. The additional obli-
gation required by the Past Master's degree is not rooted in the
charges of a Freemason or in the fifteen points, and there is not only
no evidence, but there is no probability that it was coeval with them.
Some degree monger conceived the idea of providing an esotery for
thejjrevailing open service of inducting the master into the chair,
and then those outside of the new circle, thinking that they might
find within it the evidence — which nobody has ever found outside— to
justify the claim that it was necessary to the proper qualification of
a new master, went in. That this was the genesis of it is shown by the
fact that the public induction into the chair went on and still goes on
just as it went on before.
Illinois is one of the jurisdictions that years ago ceased to place
this innovation of>&. secret ceremony in connection with the installa-
tion of a master,,on par with the requirement of assent to those
"ancient charges and regulations which point out the duty of a mas-
ter of a lodge" — charges and regulations constituting no cipher code
which requires occult knowledge to interpret; and it is possible as
Brother Speed suggests, that her past masters by actual service in
conformity to her regulations will be denied in Mississippi the honors
and rights appurtenant to the dignity of a master, but for the most
part the Grand Lodge of Illinois will reasonably expect that other
grand lodges will accord full faith and credit to its Masonic acts.
The memorial service held on the evening of the first day of the
session was an event to be remembered, not only for the distinguished
dead whose lives and virtues were commemorated, but for the elo-
quent tributes inspired by their strong characters and drawn from
the hearts and lips of men worthy to have been their associates.
124 APPENDIX. — PART I.
The grand lodge chartered one new lodge; levied a tax of twenty-
five cents per capita for the endowment fund of the Masonic Widows'
and Orphans' Home; placed on record the greetings of the represen-
tatives of Georgia and Montana, and fixed upon Winona for the next
place of meeting.
Oliver L. McKay, of Meridian, was elected grand master; John
Logan Power, Jackson, re-elected grand secretary.
The report on correspondence (109 pp.) is from the long practiced
hand of Past Grand Master Andrew H. Barkley, who gives to the
Illinois proceeding for 19Q0 a very generous notice, marked by his
usual courtesy.
MISSOURI, 1900.
80th Annual. St. Louis. October 16.
The frontispiece of this volume is a portrait of the retiring grand
master, C. H. Briggs.
Fifteen past grand masters and thirty grand representatives
were present, among the latter Martin Collins, who appeared for
Illinois.
Grand Master Briggs announced the death of Grand Chaplain
John W. Robinson, Junior Grand Steward Leslie Orear, and Past
Grand Masters Lee A. Hall and Harry Keene.
He reported seven decisions, the first as follows:
December 26, 1899, F. E. Bullock, W.M.. Forest City Lodge No.
214, learned that a member of the lodge was sick with smallpox at
West Plains, Mo., and needed assistance. He called a meeting of the
committee on charity, consisting of the wardens and himself. The
by-laws authorize this committee to draw on the funds of the lodge
up to $25 without action by the lodge.' They decided that S25 was
necessary, and the master instructed the secretary to draw a warrant
for this amount and the treasurer to remit the money to the master
of Mt. Zion Lodge No. 327, at West Plains. But those officers objected
that their books were in the hands of the finance committee, who had
requested that no warrants be drawn till they had made their annual
report. As the case was urgent, Worshipful Brother Bullock drew
his personal check for the amount and sent it to Mt. Zion Lodge No.
327. December 27, H. L. Everson was installed master of Forest City
Lodge No. 214.
January 8, 1900, at a regular communication, the new master
brought the matter up in open lodge, and ordered a warrant drawn
for $25 in favor of Brother Bullock. He took no vote, nor did any
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brother object. The treasurer refused to pay the warrant, on the
ground that it was illegal, not having been ordered by the lodge.
The case was referred to me, and I held that the action of the
master in ordering the warrant was right and proper, and required
the treasurer to pay the same. [Approved.]
In a case where a rehearing was granted on appeal, and the
grand lodge ordered that the judgment of expulsion be set aside and
that the defendant "be and he is hereby suspended from all the
rights, privileges and benefits of Masonry for a period of three
years," the question was asked, "What is his standing at the expira-
tion of that period?" The grand master answered:
He is restored to all the rights and privileges of Masonry. Hav-
ing borne the full penalty inflicted by the grand lodge he regains his
standing as a member of Bethany Lodge No. 97.
Although the record does not show it, we infer that the grand
lodge adopted the adverse conclusion of the committee on jurispru-
dence, thus expressed:
With all due respect to the grand master, we must disapprove
this decision, and hold that Mr. Ellis was simply restored to good Ma-
sonic standing, with the right to petition any lodge in this grand jur-
isdiction for membership, and become a member of any lodge that
may receive him, but not of an}' lodge that will not.
A committee on desecration of halls made a report which tells its
own story:
Your committee, to whom was referred the matter of the alleged
desecration of the Masonic hall, in St. Joseph, Mo., beg leave to re-
port as follows:
The third story of the building situate at Fifth and Edmund
streets, is occupied by three lodges, two chapters, two commander-
ies, and one temple of the shrine. These eight bodies jointly own the
furniture, and the government of the hall is in the hands of a com-
mittee selected, one by each of these eight bodies. The rooms are
also rented to a council of R. & S. M., and two chapters O.E.S. The
rooms in which the degrees are conferred have been, of course, dedi-
cated to the usages and practices of Freemasonry.
In January, 1900, complaint was made to the grand master that
in the lodge room a dance had been held, and wine and beer served.
This was not done by a Masonic body, but members of the Masonic
lodges are said to be members of the body complained of. Some cor-
respondence ensued between the grand master and R.W. Brother E.
F. Hartzell, D.G.M. Eighth district, in which St. Joseph is situate,
and on March 9, 1900, a meeting of a special committee, composed of
three members from each of the eight bodies was held.
The following organizations were represented : St. Joseph lodge.
No. 78, A.F. & A.M.; Zeredatha lodge. No. 189, A.F. & A.M.; Charity
lodge. No. 331. A.F. & A.M.; St. Joseph Chapter, No. 14, R.A.M.;
Mitchell Chapter, No. 89, R.A.M.; St. Joseph Commandery, No. 4, K.
126 APPENDIX. — PART I.
T.; Hugh De Payens Commandery, No. 51, K.T.; Molla Temple, A. A.
O.N. M.S.
The committee adopted this resolution:
Besolved, That it is the sense of this meeting; that the various
bodies represented instruct their hall committees to prevent the
serving of liquors as a beverage in the Masonic rooms, or to use the
rooms for dancing.
The representatives from Moila Temple asked that it be made of
record that they protested in voting, for the reason that that body
had not empowered them to act. They also protested that they did
not recognize the jurisdiction of the grand master as extending over
the meetings of the Shrine. So far as the latter protest is concerned,
in justice to the grand master, it may be stated he never claimed to
exercise any jurisdiction over the Shrine, but a Mason does not cease
to be such when he becomes a Shriner, and his Masonic obligations
are quite as binding upon him when attending a meeting of the
Shrine as they are at any other time or place. Indeed, as member-
ship in a Masonic lodge is a prerequisite to membership in the Shrine,
and as in the eyes of the public a Shrine is regarded as a Masonic
organization, all Masons should be more than careful in enjoying the
festivities of the Shrine to remember those lessons of temperance
and obedience inculcated in the Masonic lodge, for if those lessons
had not been learned, the i^leasures of the Shrine would be denied to
them.
The resolution of the committee was ratified as follows:
Mitchell Chapter No. 89, R.A.M., at regular meeting, March 7.
St. Joseph Chapter No. 14. R. A.M., at regular meeting, March 8.
Charity Lodge No. 331, A.F.&A.M., at regular meeting, March 12.
Zeredatha Lodge No. 189, A.F.&A.M., at regular meeting, March 13.
St. Joseph Commandery No. 4, K.T., at regular meeting, March 15.
St. Joseph Lodge No. 78, A.F.&A.M., at regular meeting, March 20.
So that all the members of these bodies were bound by their ob-
ligation to serve no liquors, and not indulge in dancing in the Ma-
sonic rooms. This was the result of the resolution formulated by
the joint committee and adopted by the bodies hereinbefore men-
tioned. The resolution was binding upon every member of the bodies
adopting it, whether such member was in attendance at his own
lodge or at any other body of any character whatever meeting in
said rooms.
It is stated that at the ceremonial session of the Shrine, held on
May 9, 1900, this resolution was violated, and that a member of Char-
ity Lodge procured beer to be brought into the room dedicated to
Freemasonry. This caused some correspondence between the grand
master and R.W. Brother Hartzell, D.D.G.M., and the officers of
Charity Lodge. It is a matter of deep regret that in the course of
this correspondence, a subordinate lodge of this jurisdiction did not
exhibit that courtesy and deference which should always prevail
among members of a common brotherhood. It was not for a lodge to
determine for itself the motives which actuated the complaint to the
grand master, nor do we think the lodge did its full duty when it re-
stricted itself "to rumors or conversation overheard," or to say
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"from the correspondence presented to us by the D.D.G.M., we are
unable to find out who the guilty parties are."
The grand master and the district deputy are to be commended
loi the patience and forbearance with which they treated Charity
lodge, and should be upheld by this grand lodge in their efforts to se-
cure the due observance of a resolution adopted by a subordinate
lodge.
But if any member of a subordinate lodge has offended against
the laws of Masonry, this grand lodge has no original jurisdiction in
the matter. A charge must be formulated in the manner prescribed
by law, and upon this charge a trial must be had in due form. In the
opinion of the committee, the entire correspondence should be
referred to the incoming grand master, with directions if in his opin-
ion the good of the order will be accomplished by regarding the inci-
dent as closed, to do so. If in his opinion the facts disclosed are such
as to warrant the presentation of charges, the grand master should
do so.
The committee is of the opinion that in the future, no cause will
exist for complaint as to the use of the Masonic hall in St. Joseph.
The report was adopted after the following had been added :
Bp. it resolved, That it is the sense of this grand lodge, that the
use of intoxicating liquors in a hall dedicated to Masonry is a dese-
cration thereof, and herby forbidden.
The strong point of the report is the statement that a Mason
does not cease to be such when he becomes a Shriner, and his Masonic
obligations are quite as binding upon him when attending a meeting
of the Shrine as they are at any other time or place.
Campbell Wells, of Platte City, was elected grand master;
John D. Vincil, of St, Louis, re-elected grand secretary.
The report on correspondence (163 pp.) is, as has long been usual,
the work of the grand secretary. Past Grand Master John D. Vin-
cil, who gives to the Illinois proceedings for 1899 a very thorough
and instructive examination. Referring to the views of Grand Mas-
ter Cook, on '' robes," he says:
He reiterated his disapproval of the use "of robes and other
paraphernalia" in the work of the degrees, "calculated to distract
the mind of the candidate from the teachings of Masonry rather
than to impress its lessons." His views and the action of the grand
lodge approving them one year before, meet the unqualified endorse-
ment of this writer. I have never tried but once to play King Solo-
mon in a Master Mason's lodge where modern toggery was in use.
Thereafter I declined to wear a coal scuttle on my head and call it a
crown. To me the beauty of Masonry is its simplicity, not display
or show. Whatever "distracts the mind of the candidate" from
such simplicity and beauty of our ceremonies, to that extent de-
tracts from its interest and impressiveness, robbing him of what is
due, and what we promised by accepting his application. If there
128 APPENDIX. — PART I.
is truth in our announcement to the candidate at the thresh-
hold of Masonry that it is "a beautiful system of morals, veiled
in allegory and illustrated by symbols," what use is there for any
such trumpery as "robes and other paraphernalia," introduced of
late, calculated to modernize the institution. There is another ob-
jection to the introduction of this robing business: If it is so im-
portant that this kind of regalia should be worn, all lodges ought to be
required to conform to the usage. There are hundreds of lodges in
Missouri, made up of "good men and true," which cannot afford this
great luxury. Nothing should ever be required or allowed with which
all Masonic lodges cannot comply. There must be no discrimination
permitted, thereby giving some an opportunity to " show off," while
others are denied the^sweet privileges of display. Away with bun-
combe from Masonry.
He is also freely in accord with the views of Brother CoOK on ro-
tation in office, as is attested by vigorous remarks in the same direction.
Referring to the form of the report on correspondence, he says:
It was gotten up in the "topical form," following his plan of the
year previous. After collecting the opinions of numerous writers of
our correspondence, Brother Bobbins said; "It will be seen that, so
far as the correspondent's guild is concerned, the 'topical form' of re-
port is very generally disliked." For myself, I have to say that such
"form of report" does not meet the wants or the designs of reviews
of grand lodge proceedings. I should dislike exceedingly to see this
form of reviewing become general. While honored with the position
of reviewer for my own grand lodge, I shall adhere to old methods.
Of another topic, he says, and, considering his known views in an
opposite direction, his remarks are a model of considerate fairness:
Brother Bobbins holds views peculiar to himself respecting Ma-
sonic Homes. While, perhaps, not in absolute antagonism to these
institutions, he has a way of his own of minifying them, as compared
with other methods of dispensing Masonic charity. He styles the
beneficiaries of our Masonic bethels as "decayed members, and their
dependents." He would have all such "decayed members" provided
for by accumulated funds in grand lodges, to be disbursed according
to supposed necessities, to be determined by the almoners in charge
of such funds. His objections to Masonic Homes, which he classes
with a modern fever for display of "spectacularism," are — First:
That such institutions must, in this country, be supported by unequal
taxation. Second: The Home system "makes no provision for aid
to those who do not need entire support, but only occasional help,
thus forcing all who need help at all into the eleemosynary ranks,
when, with partial help, they could maintain their independence and
self respect." Query — Would the diffusive plan of- Brother Bobbins
meet the needs of the "decayed members" of our jurisdictions, as they
are met and supplied by our Homes, while affording "partial help" to
those not "decayed?" Again: Has he the evidence of complaint
from sources justifying such statements, that "unequal taxation" is
oppressing the craft? I hope the following was not intended as sar-
casm: "When we get a class of wealthy Masons in this country who
are willing to voluntarily support these jJcd'ices, and leave lodges and
individual resources unimpaired for the occasionally sick and needy,
we will all be glad to see such great and enduring monuments."
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MONTANA, J900.
36th Annual. Great Falls. September 19.
The frontispiece, a portrait of the retiring grand master, An-
thony H. Barret, bearded like a pard, with the eagle eye of the
traditional mountaineer, fully maintains the enviable reputation of
the Montana gallery.
Six past grand masters were present, and twenty-one grand juris-
dictions were represented, Illinois by the grand secretary, Past Grand
Master Cornelius Hedges.
Grand Master Barret announced the death of the deputy grand
master, Henry Chapple, whose too brief life went out at thirty-
nine, and of E. D. Aiken, past master. Brother Chaple's youthful
likeness embellishes the proceedings, as does also that of Past Grand
Master Leander W. Frary, a staunch figure and sterling face of the
frosty period of life.
The grand master rendered but one decision before the condition
of his health compelled him to leave the jurisdiction and go to Hot
Springs, Ark., where he was the recipient, during his illness, of many
kindnesses from the grand master of Arkansas, Robert M. Smith,
who with his family was afterwards swallowed up by the Galveston
flood. Of his stay there the grand master also says:
I desire to record also the relief I found in the companship of
such fellow valetudinarians as M.W. Bro. John Corson Smith and
Gil. W. Barnard, of Chicago, who were also at Hot Springs during
my stay there. Even afflictions have their discounts and there is
some relief from fellowship in suffering.
The senior grand warden, Theodore Brantley, on whom the
mantle of his disabled superiors fell, rendered fourteen decisions,
most of them manifestly reflect local regulations. We copy only
those at which the jurisprudence committee arched its eyebrows.
5. A member who has been suspended for more than one year, for
non-payment of dues and has upon payment in full of arrears, peti-
tioned his lodge for reinstatement, has no recourse or remedy, if his
petition is rejected, except to petition again. The dues paid with a
view of obtaining reinstatement should be refunded in case the peti-
tion is rejected.
9. In such case, if it is deemed best to take evidence, it is not im-
proper to employ the service of a stenographer, who is a profane, but
such employment should not be had without the consent of the lodge.
130 APPENDIX. — PART 1.
unless the fellow craft to whose advancement objection is made, as-
sumes the burden of expense incident thereto. Such hearings should
be fairly conducted with a view to get at the truth, due care being
used to make them as brief and as private as possible, thus avoiding
scandal to our brotherhood.
11. A brother appointed on such committee should report in per-
son to the lodge. If he reports to the lodge through some other
brother and the master chooses to accept such verbal report at sec-
ond hand, of course it is his duty to order the ballot in case the re-
port is favorable. If the brother cannot appear and report in person,
he should communicate with the lodge through the secretary in
writing.-
Of these the committee say:
As to that part of decision five which says that the dues paid with
a view of obtaining reinstatement should be refunded in case the pe-
tition is rejected, your committee would hold that there is no legal or
moral obligation to refund said dues, the refunding thereof being in
the discretion of the lodge.
As to decision nine in which it is held that it is not improper to
employ the services of a stenographer who is a profane, your com-
mittee is of the opinion that it would be a dangerous precedent to
establish.
As to decision eleven we hold that far a member of an investiga-
ting committee to report to the secretary in writing would be contrary
to the code of statutes.
Number 5 refers to the investigation of objections to the ad-
vancement of a Fellow Craft. We do not agree with the committee
that there is no moral obligations to refund. In No. 9, "in such a
case," refers to the necessity of taking the testimony of profanes.
In No. 11, we infer that the report of the committee of inquiry is re-
quired by their statutes to be — as it should be — private and unre-
corded. If so, the committee is right.
The governmental vicissitudes of the Montana craft during the
year have have not all been told here. The grand secretary says:
Another remarkable occurrence during the year was the absence
of the grand master from the jurisdiction on account of sickness, the
death of the deputy grand master, and the absence of the senior
grand warden from the jurisdiction at one and the same time, which
left the junior grand warden as acting grand master for a period of
about two weeks, and he 386 miles distant from the grand secretary.
It is the first time in the history of our grand lodge that a junior
grand warden has ever been the acting head of the craft.
The grand lodge recognized the Grand Lodge of Costa Rica and
the "revived" Grand Lodge of Porto Rico, thus identifying the latter
as the dormant Mayaguez body, of 1885, whose application for recog-
nition was rejected during life by the Grand Lodge of Illinois, and
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the whisper of whose ghost was adversely considered by the Grand
Lodge of Indiana last year; appropriated $100 for the relief of the
Galveston sufferers; chose a committee to receive bids for the location
of a Masonic Home, to report site and plans next year; exchanged
telegraphic greetings with the Grand Lodge of Colorado, then in
session and agreed to meet next year at Helena.
Theodore Brantly was elected grand master; Cornelius
Hedges re-elected grand secretary, both of Helena.
The 'report on correspondence j (116 pp.) by Past Grand Master
Cornelius Hedges is in his usual charming style and warm Masonic
spirit.
Over five full pages are given to his review of Illinois.
Noting that the grand lodge paid $400 for its three days' use of
Central Music hall, he says that even this is cheaper than to support
a million dollar temple, and he might safely have said the hall would
be cheaper than a temple at thrice that rental.
We are quite sure that none of us who know Brother CoOK will
ever think of him as being past ;middle life, and so the following
shows how misleading even a good likeness may be:
Brother Edward Cook presided as grand master, closing his two-
year term of creditable service. His picture would make him ap-
pear to be older than Chicago or Cook county, but the lines of good
humor about his eyes indicate the existence of the antidote against
the consuming cares and worry of life. Amidst the many causes
for rejoicing are mingled notes of sorrow over the loss of dear and
honored brothers. Past grand master DeWitt C. Cregier (1870-1)
and Past grand master James A. Hawley (1872-3) followed each
other to the spirit world at an interval of less than two months.
Wifh Brother Cregier we became somewhat acquainted at the
World's Masonic Congress, and his work of relief after the great fire
had made him well-known throughout the world. His example and
influence still live. With our brothers in affliction we join in sym-
pathetic sorrow.
The financial situation of our grand lodge he characterizes as
"blooming," and of other items says:
The newly accredited grand representatives were received with
honors and congratulations extended. Brother George M. Moulton,
who served in Cuba during the recent war, now represents the rejuv-
enated grand lodge of the island, with a bright future before it.
Rev. Brother Frank Crane delivered a novel but very interesting
address on "The Right Way of Looking at Things," a faculty worth
a fortune to the possessor in smoothing the rough places and remov-
ing the friction and fever of life.
We beg pardon for departing in what follows from our almost
uniform custom of leaving unquoted what is personal to ourself, but
132 APPENDIX. — PART I.
Brother Hedges has such a way of mixing' one's personality when he
writes that it is difficult to get his flavor and his spirit without tak-
ing his text as it runs:
Under the stress of enforced brevity Brother Bobbins again re-
ports on correspondence under the topical forms, evidently distaste-
ful, for in his introduction he says, "we approach the increased labor
entailed by it with an apprehension akin to positive dread.'' If con-
densation and abbreviation are the "sme gua non" we are sure our
brother ought to be allowed to adjust the garment to suit his form
and taste, and we are sure the "drudgery" part of the work must be
greatly increased in pursuing the topical form, and no one can do as
good work under disagreeable surroundings. However, Brother Rob-
bins is a strong team in any kind of harness, a fearless, independent,
and withal a courteous champion of the York rite, without any devi-
ation or adulteration. We attribute to our brother's love of a brave
fight in a desperate cause his championship of the Washington de-
parture on negro Masonry. Surely he would not fa.vor a departure
from the American doctrine of exclusive Masonic jurisdiction, though
it be not found among the ancjent landmarks. It is the only mochis
Vivendi that assures peace and comity. The Grand Lodge of Massa-
chusetts might have affiliated African lodge without doing violence
to any est iblished usage or canon, and as we look at it, thus have
saved a world of contention and prevented the irregular growth now
so widespread. But it was a case for Massachusetts to settle, and
others should abide the settlement. We have always thought that
the grant of that charter, soon after the close of our Revolutionary
war, was intended as an insult to American Masons, who were par-
ticularly prominent in the overthrow of British authority in the Uni-
ted States. England never chartered any negro lodge at home and
never seemed to have cared for their colored offspring in America.
Whatever difference of opinion may exist as to the regularity of Af-
rican Lodge No. 459 while holding charter from England, there can
be none as to the lodges and grand lodges that have spawned there-
from in the century following.
Under the head of "Masonic Homes" Brother Robbins raises the
query whether the present rush into the building of these institu-
tions is not a part of the general wave of "spectacularism" which
has been sweeping over the fraternity for the last twenty-five years.
Possibly there may mingle in this movement some of that spirit
which the Great Master describes as sounding a trumpet in advance
of alms-giving, but there is also we think much of that more com-
mendable spirit which would not have the left hand know what the
right hand doeth. At least the bent of "spectacularism" toward
Masonic Homes is not to be classed with parades, scenic diplays, or
even splendid Masonic temples. We do not claim that this is the
only or even the best way always to administer Masonic relief.
There is a better way to do most everything than is now done, but
the Home seems to be the best in most cases to save the worthy, des-
titute, and enfeebled from feeling humiliated to the rank of paupers
doing nothing for their own support. Where Homes are supported
mainly by a per capita tax there is necessarily inequality of taxa-
tion. But we misjudge human nature if it does not minister to a
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manly pride and satisfaction of the poorest member and make the
payment of dues easier to Ivnow that a portion of what he pays goes
to relieve some one whose needs are greater than his own. It is more
creditable to the body of a craft that teaches meeting upon the
level, that all should share in the work of relief rather than await
the advent of some rich brother who wants to erect a monument to
perpetuate his name with that which is most Godlike in human na-
ture. This last is a worthy ambition with richer rewards than crown
the successful warrior or statesman, but hitherto comparatively few
in all the world's history have preferred this open road to enduring
fame. If the world depended upon extemporaneous charity of those
most able to give, human misery would increase with every setting
sun. It needs collecting reservoirs to gather the tributary rills as well
as to store the ample floods, and equal care to distribute to the waste
and desolate places. It has been a reproach to Masonrj^ that its
charity too often exhales in sentiment. Hence the numerous kindred
societies that promise something more substantial. It is not right
or wise to be frightened with fear of being called a "beneficiary so-
ciety." It is both right and wise to study the designs on our trestle-
board. On it will be found inscribed, ''to relieve the distressed is a
duty incumbent on all mankind, but more especially upon Masons."
The poor, weak, needy and distressed we shall always have with us
of our own household, and how can we better do our duty by them
than to provide for such a Home, not of luxurious ease, but a harbor
of refuge for those wrecked on the stormy sea and rocky shores of
life. Brother Robbins may think by this time that we have adopted
a topical plan, but we plead interest in the matters suggested by his
report and not in any controversial spirit have drifted away beyond
the length of our cable. With benedictions upon the veteran past
grand master of Illinois and all the glorious host of personal and
Masonic friends in allegiance we add, good night.
We have no time to talk back to-day, not even to protest against
being called a veteran just because we happen to be the senior past
grand master in our jurisdiction. However, his benediction is cheap
at any price.
NEBRASKA, J 900.
43rd Annual. Omaha. June 6.
No less than twenty-one past grand masters were present, and
the representatives 'Of thirty-one grand jurisdictions. Past Grand
Master George H. Thummel answering for Illinois.
The grand master, William W. Keysor, referred to the decease
of Colonel Stotsenberg and General Henry, Nebraska Masons who
died soldiers' deaths in the Philippines, and reported the death also
of Christian Hartman, grand treasurer, aged fifty-five.
134 APPENDIX. — PART I.
The grand master rendered sixteen decisions, a majority of which
successfully run the gauntlet of the jurisprudence committee. We
copy in part:
I. That indefinite suspension of a brother must be imposed at a
regular meeting of the lodge.
9. That a petitioner for the degrees who was elected two years
ago but did not attend for initiation, is the material of the lodge to
which he applied for admission, and another lodge cannot receive
him upon petition without a waiver of jurisdiction from the former
lodge.
10. That honorary membership in subordinate lodges is not rec-
ognized in this state.
II. That the use of the word "Masonic" in the corporate name
of an accident insurance company ought not to be approved by the
grand master, even though said company be controlled by Masons and
issues policies to none but brother Masons.
]2. That the manager of a brewery cannot receive the degrees
even though he be highly recommended for intelligence, industry and
good moral character.
15. That when objections are filed with the worshipful master
against conferring the E. A. degree, the objector is not bound to
disclose reasons for his objections; but when the objections are
against the advancement of a brother, the grounds of the objections
must be stated in open lodge, if called for, and the lodge allowed to
pass on their sufficiency.
16. A brother was suspended for non-payment of dues, and did not
subsequently pay them because of his straitened circumstances.
Shortly before he died he gave his son the money to pay his dues, but
the son neglected to do so. The family requested a Masonic funeral.
Held, that under the circumstances it was not error for the worship-
ful master to grant the request.
No. 1 was dissaproved as being in conflict with the provision of
their code that trials for offenses may be held at special meetings.
Of others the committee say:
We recommend that decision No. 12 be not approved.
We recommend that the following portion of decision No. 15 be
approved: "That when objections are filed with the worshipful mas-
ter against conferring the E. A. degree, the objector is not bound to
disclose reasons for his objections,"' and that the remainder of said
decision be not approved, to-wit: "but when objections are against
the advancement of a brother, the grounds of the objection must be
stated in open lodge if called for, and the lodge allowed to pass on
their sufficiency."
We recommend that decision No. 16 be not approved.
An unsuccessful attempt was made to strike the word "not" from
the recommendations concerning No. 12 and -No. 16, and the report
prevailed.
MASONIC CORRESPONDENCE. 135
If the master referred to in No. 16 was wrong, as he doubtless
was, technically, it was such an error that angels might well wish to
blot out its record with their tears.
Of committees the grand master says:
Contrary to my own inclinations in many instances, and much to
the disappointment of some brethren who desired to serve on com-
mittees in order that they might attend this session and receive mile-
age and per diem therefor to defray their expenses, I have felt it to
be my duty to appoint said committees entirely from the membership
of the grand lodge. I sincerely trust that this departure from a
practice which has well nigh become a custom, will not be viewed as
a reflection upon anyone. The following are my reasons for not ap-
pointing on grand lodge committees brethren who are not members
of this body, and on these reasons alone I rely for your approval:
First, There is no provision in our law for paying mileage and per
diem to members of said committees who are not otherwise members
of the grand lodge; Second, To avoid swelling the pay-roll which at
best consumes fully twenty-five per cent of our annual receipts.
Third, To bestow these places of honor and means of learning and
experience upon those who are entitled to them by virtue of their
offices in the subordinate lodges: and, Fourth, To induce the lodges
to select their most competent brethren for worshipful masters in
order that they may receive recognition on these important com-
mittees.
If, as in Illinois, the representative highest in rank alone draws
mileage and per diem, we should like to know whether the mileage
and per diem account was reduced at all thereby, or whether, there
as here, the master permitted the senior or junior warden to repre-
sent the lodge and draw the mileage and per diem as representative,
while he himself took it as committeeman.
Past Grand Master Charles J. Phelps, chairman of the commit-
tee on correspondence, presented a report setting forth that the re-
scinding action of the Grand Lodge of Washington had left the matter
of recognizing clandestine Masons no better than before — echoing in
this the grand master's address— and ending with the following:
Resolved, That all fraternal relations existing between the Grand
Lodge of Nebraska and the Grand Lodge of Washington, be and the
same are hereby severed.
This was sent to the committee on jurisprudence, who near the
close of the session asked and received further time for its consider-
ation.
The following recommendation of the grand master was ap-
proved by the jurisprudence committee and the grand lodge :
I respectfully recommend that paragraph 2, section 1, of our
by-laws be amended so as to include among the standing committees
of the grand lodge a committee on fraternal dead, which shall be ap-
pointed at the close of the annual communication, the same as com-
186 APPENDIX. — PART I.
mittees on foreign correspondence and codification of the law: that
the grand master be permitted to omit from his address all matters
relating to deceased brethren, and that they be embodied in a report
by said committee to be published at the same time with the grand
master's address and reports of officers.
The committee wisely disapproved the following recommenda-
tion, the very purpose of the mileage and per diem system being to
insure that some representatives shall draw out more than their
lodges pay in, thus enabling the weak and distant lodges to be repre-
sented as well as the strong and near:
I also respectfully recommend that our laws relating to mileage
and per diem of its members be so amended as to provide, that the
representative of no lodge shall draw from our treasury a greater
amount in per diem and mileage than said lodge has paid in during
the year: and also that the mileage be reduced to actual railway
fare.
The mileage and per diem system is entirely just, because all
members contribute to it precisely the same amount whether they
happen to belong to large lodges or small ones.
Upon quite an elaborate report from the committee on corre-
spondence, just at a time when promoters and opposersof recognition
were holding their noses over what has since become only a putrid
reminiscence, the hybrid nondescript known as the Gran Dieta Sim-
bolica of Mexico was recognized. The recognized body lived just
eleven months afterward.
The following lies over one year, under the law :
Be it resolved. That Article Three of the constitution of the Grand
Lodge of the Most Ancient and Honorable Fraternity of Free and
Accepted Masons of Nebraska, be amended as follows: "Article III.
The grand lodge shall hold a regular communication biennially at
such time and in such place as it may designate and all the officers of
said grand lodge shall hold their offices for a period of two years, or
until thair successors are elected and installed, and that all grand
lodge dues hereafter collected and not e.xpended for the holding of
said biennial communication, shall be appropriated and used for the
purpose of constructing, furnishing and maintaining a Masonic
Home.
The grand lodge chartered three new lodges, and continued one
lodge under dispensation; listened to an interesting oration bj' the
grand orator, Walter W. Wells; unwisel}', as we think time will
prove, adopted the following:
Every Mason hereinafter raised to the degree of Master Mason
shall become proficient therein as required in the former degrees and
give proof thereof by examination in open lodge ; which fact shall be
entered of record:
And agreed to meet next year again at Omaha.
MASONIC CORRESPONDENCE. 137
Albert W. Crites, of Chadron, was elected grand master;
Francis E. White, Plattsmouth, re-elected grand secretary.
The officers were installed by Past Grand Master George W.
Lininger, and a fraternal experience meeting followed, in which
Grand Master Crites spoke of the installing officer as the "Land-
mark of Masonry in Nebraska." We enter our solemn protest
against the implication of an age "whereof the memory of man run-
neth not to the contrary," for GEORGE and ourself were boys together
in Illinois.
The report on correspondence (146 pp.) by Past Grand Master
Charles J. Phelps, realizes the hope which we expressed last year,
that we might see a report from him when he was not hampered b}' a
straight jacket made for a much smaller man.
Two of his finely printed pages are given to Illinois for 1899. He
quotes from Grand Master Cook's address on rotation in office and
on frequent changes in the office of master, and characterizes the ad-
dress of Grand Orator Frank Crane, "formerly of Omaha," as an
eloquent oration.
He thus speaks of the form and other characteristics of our re-
port:
It is written upon the topical plan, and so thoroughly has he
compiled the views on each subject contained in the proceedings and
reports reviewed, that the result is a valuable contribution made to
our literature. He devotes eighty pages to the presentation of the
subject of Negro Masonry, compiling the-action taken in nearly all
of the American grand lodges, and the comments of grand masters
and committees. His own views seem warped by sentiments quite in
sympath}' with the spirit animating the Grand Lodge of Washington.
It is gratifying to know that the conservatism so essential to the per-
petuit}" of our institution, evidenced by the consenus of opinion, ex-
ists so generally that a repetition of the folly indulged in by the
Grand Lodge of Washington, will not be likely to ever appear again
to interrupt the peace and harmony of American Freemasonry.
Twenty-eight pages are given to "Mexican Masonry," and his
symposium on the topic is ladened with arguments, suggestions and
views which smack of the advocate, as distinguished from the impar-
tial historian. We would suggest to him the remark of their grand
orator, applied to the lawyer, he "is not busy seeking facts, he is
seeking to convince the judge and jury how to look at the facts."
We have not the heart — if we had the time — to take up these
matters in the face of his recent bereavement of his Mexican bant-
ling.
138 APPENDIX. — PART I,
NEW BRUNSWICK. 1900.
33rd Annual. Saint John. August 28.
We are doubly grateful for the New Brunswick frontispiece, be-
cause it shows a personality which any grand lodge might be proud
of in its chief executive, and because it enables us to give the full
name of the grand master (James Gordon Forbes), whom last year's
record only permitted us to identify as "His Honor, Judge Forbes."
Four past grand masters were present and thirty-four grand juris-
dictions were represented, Illinois not among them.
Grand Master Forbes announced the death of E. Lee Street,
past district deputy grand master; Past Master Charles F. Harson,
a member of the committee on foreign relations, and eight other past
masters, among them a veteran to whom he thus refers:
Within a few days another of our members, at the ripe age of
ninety-two years, W. Brother Thomas E. Raymond, passed quietly
away to that bourne from whence no traveler returns. Brother Ray-
mond joined our order in 1838, and for a long period was actively con-
nected with Hibernia Lodge ISTo. 3, and in all the walks of life exem-
plified the principles of our lodge in a marked degree.
The death of our oldest past grand master, Harrison Dills, is
noticed.
The grand master seems to be imbued with a good deal of mission-
ary zeal. He says:
On assuming the duties of grand master I was somewhat surprised
at our limited representation at grand lodges. We were only repre-
sented at four grand lodges outside of the neighboring republic. I
observed that some of the lodges in the United States are agitating
the abolishing of this time honored aid to the perpetuation of what
we claim to be the universality of Freemasonry. They seem to think
it monarchial savoring of plenipotentiaries and ambassadors, and dis-
tasteful to their republican sensibilities. To us it should be doubly
dear, even if it were not an ancient landmark to be sacredly guarded
as all landmarks should.
My brethren, the world is getting smaller, time and distances are
reduced to a minimum, and it is well to cultivate the closest relations
with our brethren everywhere.
And so without hesitation, and from the results we must judge
without inquiry, he started out to bring into the diplomatic fold of
New Brunswick pretty much everything that calls itself Masonic. In
a hurried examination we do not find the Grand Orient of France, but
MASONIC CORRESPONDENCE. 139
we find the Grand Orients of Greece and Italy, the Grand Lodges of
Hungary, Portugal and Hamburg, and the Mexican grand diet, of
which he says:
The Grand Dieta of Mexico has done me the honor to appoint me
the representative of the land of the Montezumas. This most inter-
esting grand dieta numbers over two hundred and twenty-five subor-
dinate lodges and over twenty-two thousand members.
Less than two months after the above was written, Brother
W. H. Seamon, reporting to the Grand Lodge of New Mexico after a
personal investigation of the status of the gran dieta, made on its
own ground, said: "Accordingly I feel justified in saying that the
total number under this grand lodge is less than 600, as determined
from estimates based on their own figures, and it is my conviction
that not more than 400 could be brought together in a round-up of all
the Masons under the gran dieta."
But Grand Master Forbes was able to announce that he had
added twenty-four accredited representatives to the grand lodge dur-
ing the year.
Of the projected union of the grand lodges of the Maritime
Provinces, the committee — which was continued agreeably to its own
request, says:
The committee appointed under resolution of grand lodge last
year, as printed on page 531 of the proceedings, in regard to an
amalgamation of the Grand Lodges of the Maritime Provinces, re-
spectfully report that efforts to get a meeting of the joint commit-
tees were not successful, and that, therefore, nothing was done. It
may be wise to continue the committee another year, and it is rec-
ommended that this be done.
An interesting report was submitted by a special committee, re-
ceived and laid on the table, which with our provincial neighbors does
not mean finally disposed of. The report explains itself:
The committee to whom paragraph 5, sub-section 3, of last year's
report of the board of general purposes, dealing with suspension of
members, was referred, report as follows:
That they find the subject so submitted to them has been the oc-
casion of much discussion in other jurisdictions, and is admitted a
verj^ difficult and perplexing one.
In the United States and Canada we find that in the last ten j'ears
the membership has been reduced about thirty per cent by suspen-
sions for non-payment of dues, as the following table will show:
It will be seen from the above that the evil is great and therefore
may require drastic measures to overcome it, but while we are not
prepared to report a complete change in the system of charg.rg dues
140 APPENDIX. — PART I.
or their collection, we submit the following' recommendations for the
consideration of ffrand lod<je.
First, with a view of preventing the accumulation of arrearages,
as mentioned in the report of the board, we would recommend the fol-
lowing :
That section 26 of private lodges in the constitution be amended
by adding' before the word "no" inline nine of said section the words,
*' The names of all members of lodges that are twelve months and up-
wards in arrears for dues must be reported and read by the secretary
in open lodge at the first regular meeting of the lodge after such de-
fault, and the lodge shall thereupon consider the cause of the non-
payment and take action thereon,'' but
Second, with a view of introducing a system of life membership
we would recommend the following :
That g'rand lodge amend its constitution by adding- the following
section under the heading of proposing members: " Every lodge
may by by-law admit their members to life membership on such terms
as such lodge may determine, provided that any amount paid for such
life membership be jjlaced in the hands of a board of trustees ap-
pointed for the purpose, and by them invested, the income (and, in
case of the death of such life member, the corpus) to be paid into
and form part of the funds of the lodge."
Third, with a view of assisting lodges to maintain their inember-
ship and keep members on their roll we recommend the following :
That grand lodge amend its constitution under the heading of
fees by the following addition to that section :
" (o). Every lodge may by by-law adopt a system of voluntar}' con-
tributions from its members in lieu of dues, and thereupon the per
capita tax payable towards the fund for grand lodge purposes shall be
from time to time reduced in proportion to the increase of the mem-
bership of such lodge."
(Ij). By adding the following to section 29 of private lodges :
" And in such case there shall be no member's fee payable to
grand lodge for him for the year for which such dues are remitted,"
so that section 29 will read as follows :
" 29. By a vote of the lodge the dues, or any portion of the dues,
of any member in indigent circumstances may be remitted, and in
such case there shall be no member's fee payable to grand lodge for
him for the year for such dues are remitted."
One new charter was granted and one restored which had been
surrendered in 1894,
The following, from the committee on address, was adopted:
We are in cordial sympathy with the M. W. Grand Master's refer-
ences to the union of the Imperial and Colonial forces in the unhappy
war in South Africa as an evidence and pledge of the unity of the
Empire, and his felicitous recognition of the growing feeling of
friendship between our people and those of the neighboring republic.
MASONIC eORRESPONDENCE. 141
which, let us hope, will continue to grow until the Ang'lo-Saxon race
shall become inseparable, and Anglo-Saxon freedom extend its in-
fluence to all the nations of the earth.
His Honor Judg-e James Gordon Forbes (36 Coburg- street), grand
master, and J. Twining Hartt (120 Prince William street), grand
secretary, were re-elected, both of St. John.
There is no report on correspondence.
NEW HAMPSHIRE, 1900.
llTH ANNUAL. Concord. May 16.
The New Hampshire volume is embellished with an engraved por-
trait of the retiring' grand master. John M. McLane, and a half-tone
likeness of Norman C. Hewes, tiler of Franklin Lodge No. 6, for
forty-six years, whose introduction as the "Oldest Tiler in New
Hampshire," found a pleasant episode at the semi-annual communi-
cation, held at Manchester December 27, 1899, when the work was
exemplified and the perennial appetite of the brethren demon-
strated.
Nine past grand masters and the representatives of thirty-two
grand jurisdictions graced the annual with their presence. Illinois
was not represented, but at the semi-annual our ambassador, Sewall
W. Abbott, was present.
Grand Master McLane announced the death of Past District
Deputy Grand Master Frank W. Richardson, aged forty-nine, for
the last thirty years the friend and companion of the grand master,
and for the past fifteen his partner in business ; and Henry Clay
Buxton, aged sixty-eight, who by his last will bequeathed §500 to
the Masonic Home at Manchester, and a like amount each to his
lodge and chapter for building purposes.
Under the head of "Dispensations," the grand master says:
In ten instances 1 have granted dispensations to lodges to install
their officers in public ; to five lodges, permission to attend church
service and wear Masonic clothing ; to three lodges, dispensations to
elect officers to fill vacancies caused by death or resignation ; to two
lodges, permission to wear Masonic clothing at a Masonic reception,
and to one lodge, permission to hold meetings in a hall not dedicated
to Masonry, on account of fire.
I granted a dispensation to Washington Lodge No. 61, to visit a
lodge in Belmont, Mass., and work the Master Mason degree, and to
142 APPENDIX. — PART I.
the same lodge a dispensation permitting them to invite Belmont
lodge to visit Washington lodge in Manchester and w^ork the Master
Mason degree. In both instances like dispensations were granted by
the grand master of Massachusetts.
I vrould be the last one to say a word against anything that has
a tendency to increase the good will and fraternal feeling among
Masons, but on reflection I am convinced that there are strong rea-
sons why lodges should not exchange visits of the character indicated
above, and if the question should again come before me I should hes-
itate long before granting a dispensation for that purpose.
The committee on jurisprudence made an able constitutional ar-
gument against the practice, citing as a clincher the following pro-
vision:
No lodge shall encourage, promote, or permit the delivery of any Ma-
soju'c Zeciw res which have not been sanctioned and authorized by the
grand lodge. Nor shall any Mason he permitted to deliver such lectures
under this jurisdiction.
The committee continue:
We have our sj^stem of work covering all this subject, dulj- au-
thorized, and it is the law of the State and for the best of reasons
well known to the craft, and it should be our purpose to observe
faithfully and obey our grand regulations. Sister jurisdictions may
be able to do better work. Such is their privilege and duty if they
are able to do so, but we must work in our own way as best we can.
We do not think a brother is properly instructed who receives
the degrees under the manner of a sister jurisdiction. One of the
minor objections is that the practice of traveling about and using
other rituals is quite likely to confuse the brethren in their work.
They see some new thing, some practice, thus introduced, and it leads
to a mixture of forms and practices.
It is said that it is only a courtesy extended to a sister lodge and
that it becomes an entertainment, etc. AH that is pleasant but it is
not necessary, and it is using the ceremonies and institutions of our frater-
nity for a frivolous purpose.
Resolved, That it is the sense of the grand lodge that the practice
of lodges from this state going into other jurisdictions to confer the
degrees, according to our own ritual, and having lodges from other
jurisdictions come into this state to exhibit the work of their juris-
diction and to confer the degrees, is unlawful and should not be con-
tinued.
The italics are ours, and we have used them because they point
directly to what we want to say. If the chief element entering into
this desire for intervisitation is mere idle curiosity, then the purpose
is not of the highest, although the desire of the brethren to know
something of the methods and usage outside of their own dooryards
is a laudable one; but if the chief purpose is to extend their Masonic
MASONIC CORRESPONDENCE. 143
acquaintance and enjoy wider opportunities of fraternal intercourse,
so far from being frivilous, it is the very hig-hiest purpose of the fra-
ternity, the delights and the broadening, elevating influence of fel-
lowship under conditions that keep it within due bounds.
To us it seems a very grave question whether this is not an in-
stance wherein is invoked the letter that killeth, rather than the
spirit which giveth life.
The grand master reported no decisions.
Referring to the ritual he properly thinks the master should have
some discretion as to how much of the monitorial work should be
used in conferring the degrees: on the other hand, and here com-
mands our unqualified commendation, he says:
In this connection I wish to say that I look with disfavor upon
the frequent changes which have in recent years been made in the
charges to the candidates at the close of the several degrees; especi-
ally is this noticeable in the third degree, where in place of the
grand old charge, which is one of the landmarks of Masonry, and as
literature as glorious and magnificent, a piece of poetry is quoted,
which to my mind is flat and insipid and comes in the nature of an
anti-climax after the sublime prose with which we are familiar.
The committee on jurisprudence reporting on the subject of
Negro Masonry and the Grand Lodge of Washington, postponed the
previous year to await the further action of Washington, say:
The Grand Lodge of Washington, at its ■42nd annual communication
held on the 13th day of June, 1899, considered the subject and referred
it to a special committee consisting of very eminent members of that
grand body. That committee made an exhaustive report, in which
they recommended a declaration covering the position that the Wash-
ington grand lodge maintains. That declaration in the main repeals
the objectional legislation which previously took place in that grand
lodge, and in a general way enunciates the doctrines which this grand
lodge adheres to and which we asserted in our report of last year.
There is one subject which it considered, and to which conclusions we
do not agree, namely, the authority of the United Grand Lodge of
England to establish lodges in other jurisdictions during the period
when the transactions took place from which the questions have
arisen. But this is a matter of opinion, and probably of no very
serious practical eft'ect. We do not deem it of sufficient importance,
under the circumstances, to warrant this grand lodge in severing its
fraternal relations with the Grand Lodge of Washington.
The report of the committee to which we have alluded is exceed-
ingly courteous and fraternal in its expressions and manner of treat-
ing the subject, and under all the circumstances may be regarded as
a reasonable and consistent declaration of their position. It is desir-
able on the part of this grand lodge to dispose of the subject, and we
recommend the following resolution:
Resolved, That the committee be discharged from any further
consideration of the subject. [Adopted.]
144 APPENDIX. — PART I.
George I. McAllister, of Manchester, was elected grand master;
Frank D. Woodbury, Concord, elected grand secretary.
The report on correspondence (147 pp.) is from the courteous and
customary hand of Bro. Albert S. Wait, and is of course full of in-
terest. His notice of Illinois for 1899 evinces a careful examination
of the proceedings. After quoting from the conclusion of Grand
Master Cook's edict against the use of the paraphernalia commonly
used in spectacularizing the ritual, he says:
Several interesting topics relating to the government of the craft
are discussed by the grand master, but they are rather applicable to
the especial local condition than of universal importance and need
not here be specially dwelt upon.
Our brethren mourn the death of two of their distinguished and
beloved past grand masters, namely, M. W. Brothers James A. Hawley
and Dewitt Clinton Cregier. Each of these filled large space in the
masonry of their time, and will be greatly missed and deeply mourned
by the fraternity at large.
Of the topical form of our report he takes a flattering view:
In his new reportorial method our Brother Robbins has achieved
a marked success, producing a work of very great interest and re-
plete with erudition and learned disquisition, worthy to engage the
closest attention of the thoughtful Masonic student; and while in a
few instances we have not been so fortunate as to be able to adopt
the views he holds, we have been greatly interested in his discussions
and recommend them to the careful attention and perusal of the
brethren.
In his concluding survey of the field, he has the following well
considered remarks relative to the Grand Lodge of Washington:
In our reference to the Grand Lodge of the State of Washington,
we have given its action reversing that of the preceding year relat-
ing to Negro Masonry. That action has been generally accepted as
satisfactory by those grand lodges which had withdrawn recognition
from it, and with them the former fraternal relations have been re-
stored. To a small number of our sister grand lodges, however, we
think only two, this latter action of our brethren of Washington, be-
cause accompanied by expressions of views deemed objectionable,
have not been accepted, and they still adhere to their first edict of
non-intercourse. This appears to us greatly to be regretted from a
variety of considerations. It fans the dying embers of a contention
which, however justly raised, ought as speedily as possible to be
allowed to subside. It maintains a stumbling block in the way of
united effort for the accomplishment of higher and better purposes,
to be accomplished in greatest measure only by universal union
among the craft. It presents the Masonic institution before the world
in the most unenviable light, causing its friends to blush at a contro-
versy the grounds for which the world cannot well understand, and
its enemies to point with scorn to it as a palpable contradiction of its
high professions and assumed universal charity. And truly, not least,
though mentioned last, it betrays a spirit of hypercriticism not in
MASONIC CORRESPONDENCE. 145
keeping' with the wide views, the liberal spirit and the general genius
of the Masonic institution.
Throughout his report we find various instances where his lan-
guage so thoroughly expresses our own views that we should like to
reproduce it, but time forbids.
NEW JERSEY, I90J.
114th Annual. Trenton. January 23.
Nine past grand masters, and forty-two grand jurisdictions were
present through their representatives. Illinois was not among them.
The grand master, Joseph E. Moore, coming to the death-roll,
said:
It is with profound sorrow we learn at the opening of this grand
lodge that Victoria, Queen of Great Britain and Ireland and Empress
of India, the mother of the Most Worshipful Grand Master of Eng-
land, has passed away, after a long and useful life. Her death calls
forth the sorrow of the whole civilized world, and heartfelt sympathy
goes out to our esteemed and most worshipful brother.
Continuing he announced the death of no less than thirty-nine
past masters.
His appeal to the craft for aid to the sufferers by the Galveston
flood brought in $4600, $3000 of which was forwarded when the wants
of the afflicted appeared to be fully relieved. He thoughtfully rec-
ommended that the balance be set apart as a special benevolence
fund, whereby in a case of emergency the grand master could make
immediate contribution. The committee on finance and the grand
lodge concurred.
He made a part of his address, his letter to Grand Master Sea-
MON, of Washington, declining an exchange of representatives with
that grand lodge, in which he says:
Where it seems to me that the Grand Lodge of Washington is in
the wrong, is in permitting and encouraging the violation of Masonic
obligations by the brethren within its jurisdiction. If the Grand
Lodge of Washington will open its doors to its colored brethren and
gather them into its fold, duly healed from their present clandestine
character, I am certain that the Grand Lodge of New Jersey will
most gladly resume the relations with your grand lodge, now inter-
rupted.
No further action was had.
146 APPENDIX. — PART I.
The following reflects the New Jersey view of the chief execu-
tive's duty with reference to the physical fitness of applicants. We
have some curiosity to know whether applicant's from all over the
state have to report at the home office for examination, or whether
the grand master or his deputies go to their homes:
While the moral, mental and social qualifications of material for
Masonic privileges should always be closely scrutinized, and such
scrutiny should be and is the paramount duty of the investigating
committee, of equal importance is the physical competency of the
petitioner to conform literally to the requirement of our forms, cere-
monies and laws. Frequent allusion to this important subject, and
rigid discipline for disregard of our established requirements, have
minimized infractions of the law and regulations governing such
cases. Of the fifty-two cases of physical qualifications which have
been submitted to me during the year, all of which have been duly
examined personally, or by competent deputy, I have declared thirty-
six to be eligible and sixteen ineligible.
Among the applications for new lodges was one from Newark for
a lodge to be distinctly Italian in its membership. The grand master
recommended that if a warrant vras granted it should be with the
distinct understanding that they vrork in the English language. It
having been found that not all the officers could render the standard
work without the aid of an interpreter, a warrant was denied.
One new lodge was chartered.
On the recommendation of the committee on correspondence, the
Grand Lodge of Costa Rica was recognized, but in the case of the
Grand Lodge of Western Australia present action was abstained from.
The grand lodge listened to an elaborate oration by Brother
Charles A. Alden, of New York; cabled a message of sympathy to
the grand master of England, and received as distinguished guests
the governor of New Jersey, Foster M. Voorhees, and Joseph
Stuart, grand master of Masons in Delaware.
Joseph E. Moore, of Jersey City, grand master, and Thomas H.
R. Redway, Trenton, grand secretary, were re-elected.
The report on correspendence (172 pp.) is again by Past Grand
Master Charles Belcher, who gives the Illinois proceedings for 1900
close consideration.
Of the action of the grand lodge in distributing the surplus to
the lodges as a nucleus for a charity fund in each, he says:
Possibly a wise measure; to the casual observer a grand lodge
charity fund, keeping the larger amount intact, would be productive
of better results, but it might be regarded as a "trust."
The uppermost thoughts of a Jerseyman will come out just like
those of other people.
MASONIC CORRESPONDENCE. 147
He pays the oration of Bro. John Faville the high compliment
of saying' that it was "a practical, common-sense discourse, devoid of
flights of imagination so common in these efforts."
The Illinois report on correspondence "written in the 'good old
way,'" receives very appreciative notice; its idiosyncrasies are gen-
erously dealt with, and it is laid under contribution on several sub-
jects, with some of which, without specifying, he confesses himself
in accord with our views.
NEW MEXICO, 1900.
23rd Annual. Albuquerque. October 15.
Seven past grand masters were present, and the representatives
of rifteen grand jurisdictions, Past Grand Master J. W. POE repre-
senting Illinois.
Death had not broken the immediate circle of the grand lodge.
The grand master, Elias E. Day, whose fine half-tone portrait,
in evening dress, graces the fly leaf, makes the following sensible
suggestion respecting dispensations to install:
It seems to me that the number of dispensations required for
elections and installations out of the regular time, grows from year
to year, and I suggest that the members here assembled make it a
special point to call the attention of their respective lodges to the
fact that these requests for dispensations are getting too numerous
and by a little effort on the part of members might be avoided to a
great extent. Or perhaps it might be advisable for the grand lodge
to devise some law by which these installations out of order might
take place without a dispensation from the grand master.
We have never been able to discover any good purpose subserved
by requiring installation on a fixed date. Our own law providing that
it shall occur as soon after installation as practicable, works all right.
We copy from the six decisions rendered by him:
Number 1. An Entered Apprentice from a lodge under another
grand jurisdiction, presents us with a waiver of jurisdiction under
seal of said lodge, dated September 27, 1899, and desires to petition
our lodge to confer the remaining degrees upon him. He has resided
within the jurisdiction of New Mexico only three months. Can we
consider his petition before the completion of a year's residence on
his part?
Answer. No, he must serve full time as a resident. See by-laws,
article ix, section 8.
L48 APPENDIX. — PART I.
Number 2. A lodge asked if it could request a lodge at Aguas
Calientes, Mexico, holding a charter from the Gran Dieta Symbolica,
to confer the Master Mason's degree upon a certain fellowcraft be-
longing to said first mentioned lodge.
Answer. No. The Gran Dieta Symbolica is not recognized Ma-
sonically by the Grand Lodge of New Mexico, and until such recog-
nition is granted no subordinate lodge of New Mexico can hold Ma-
sonic intercourse with any offspring of the Gran Dieta Symbolica.
Number 3. Can a past master, not of this jurisdiction, act as in-
stalling officer to install the worshipful master of a lodge in this ju-
risdiction?
Answer. Yes. See by laws, article viii, section 8.
We infer that under their law if the inquiry had been whether
the other degrees might be conferred upon him at the request of his
lodge, within the year, the answer would have been in the affirmative.
Referring to No. 3, we think any past master in good standing
ought to be held qualified to install a master anywhere.
Relative to the grand lodges of Costa Rica, Western Australia
and Cuba, he says:
I received a letter from the Grand Lodge of Costa Rica, accom-
panied by a copy of its constitution and code of laws. From a careful
and complete reading of the manner in which this grand lodge was
formed and a perusal of its constitution and laws, I can find nothing
irregular in either, but I recommend that the Grand Lodge of New
Mexico exercise great care in extending fraternal greeting and re-
cognition to any new grand body in the Spanish-American states.
There seems to be some conflict of authority as regards the body
holding legal jurisdiction in Western Australia. A Grand Lodge of
Western Australia was established on October 11, 1899, and after
careful investigation the United Grand Lodge of New South Wales
and many others recognized this new body. I refer the matter to this
grand lodge with the recommendation that fraternal greeting and
recognition be extended.
This organization (Cuba) seems tojbe having some trouble with
the Grand Lodge of Virginia, in as much as the latter grand body has
severed Masonic intercourse with the former. The said former pre-
sents its grievances in the form of a circular letter which I attach
hereto, marked Exhibit "D." I recommend that this body take ac-
tion thereon and settle the matter as far as this grand lodge is con-
cerned.
Of these matters the committee on address, the grand lodge con-
cerning, say:
We recommend that no recognition of this grand lodge be ex-
tended to the Grand Lodge of Costa Rica until this grand lodge is in
possession of more detailed information regarding their organization
and practices.
MASONIC CORRESPONDENCE. 149
We favor the adoption of the recommendation of the gfrand mas-
ter regarding- the Grand Lodge of Western Australia, and that the
said grand lodge be recognized.
In regard to the Grand Lodge of Cuba, and its diiTerence with
the Grand Lodge of Virginia, we see no reason to take action, this
grand lodge having heretofore recognized the Grand Lodge of Cuba.
The question between these two grand lodges should be settled be-
tween themselves.
And the following in reference to Mexico:
In regard to the recognition of the Gran Dieta Symbolica, we ad-
vise the printing of the report of the grand lecturer in our proceed-
ings, and recommend, from the information given by the grand
lecturer, that the request of the Grand Lodge Cosmos of Chihuahua
to be recognized, be granted by this grand lodge, and we further rec-
ommend an exchange of grand representatives between the two grand
bodies. We recommend that the application of the Gran Dieta Sym-
bolica for recognition be refused and that our recognition of the
Grand Lodge of the Federal District, granted in 1886, be withdrawn.
In this connection we desire to call attention of the craft to the thor-
oughness and impartiality of the report made by Grand Lecturer
Seamon, and commend the same to the favorable consideration of
our sister jurisdictions.
The report of Bro. W. H. Seamon here referred to is the result
of personal study of what is called Masonry, told by one who seems
not to have permitted himself to be dissuaded in any degree by pre-
conceived conceptions from telling the naked facts as he could get at
them. We should like to reproduce it entire, but it is too long for
present use in that way. We can only use some helpful extracts. For
this purpose it is unnecessary to go further back than the organiza-
tion of the grand orient in 1867:
In 1867 the Grand Orient of Mexico was formed, claiming author-
it}' over all degrees up to the Fourteenth. It strongly apposed the
authority of the Scottish Rite Council. In 1872 this fight was ended
by its fusion with the Supreme Consejo. In 188;^ the Supreme Consejo
declared the freedom of the symbolic degrees. In this same year the
Grand Lodge of the Federal District was formed. This grand body
was recognized by the Grand Lodge of New Mexico in 1896. It did
not, however, receive unanimous support. The lodges of the National
Rite continued working in the City of Mexico in an irregular way.
It is charged that the deceased Brother Canton was connected with
these lodges. He was the life of the Grand Orient of Mexico, revived
in 1879, claiming jurisdiction over the degrees up to the Fourteenth,
and by his indomitable energy succeeded in forcing the Supreme
Consejo to amalgamate the Grand Orient with the Supreme Consejo
in 1889, when Canton became a power under the Supreme Consejo.
He was a forceful man, capable of great achievements, but he was
not properly guided or instructed. He had a weakness for offices
where he could secure fees from the brethren, and he was remarkably
successful.
150 APPENDIX. — PART I.
In 1890 the grand orient, by decree, formed the gran dieta, and
in 1891 this body began its career. The need of some general regu-
lating power in symbolic Masonry was felt, and this body received
stronger support than it would otherwise have obtained. The Grand
Lodge of the Federal District recognized the gran dieta, and became
merged in the Grand Lodge of the Valley of Mexico, which claimed
to be the original successor of the lodge formed in 1826.
In 1892, Sr. Ignacio de la Pena was expelled from the gran dieta
for preferring charges against Canton. He took with him a follow-
ing, and with five lodges organized a new Grand Lodge of the Federal
District. This body is said to exist today in the city, but it must not
be confounded with the Grand Lodge Santos Degollados of the Fed-
eral District, recently organized.
CHARACTER OF MEXICAN MASONRY.
The brief sketch of the history of Mexican Masonry shows that
it was introduced in a regular way, by charters to lodges issued by
grand lodges, regularly organized and possessing the power to issue
a charter. The lodges thus chartered formed grand* lodges in the
regular way, and they issuefl charters to other lodges in Mexico. In
this way Masonry has been disseminated in the Republic of Mexico.
The irregularities in Mexican Masonry has been caused more by that
lack of cohesion which, until recently, has universally prevailed in
everything in Mexico.
The Mexican Mason does not, as a rule, have the same concept of
the institution as English speaking people. He takes to Masonry as
a protest against the church. The Koman church is a political fac-
tor in Mexico, and the opponents of it fall into disrepute with it when
they oppose it politically. They need some rallying point, and rec-
ognizing that Masonry is considered by the church as an opponent,
they go into a Masonic lodge to consult politically and to retain,
possibly, their reputation for morality. It is for this reason that
you will find the intelie.ct of the men in Mexican lodges of a very
high order. The leaders in politics in Mexico are men of great nobil-
ity of purpose, patriotic, progressive, and of high social standing.
All the political leaders in Mexico are, or have been, identified with
Masonry. Masonry in Mexico is most flourishing during times of
political excitement. The Mexican lodges are apt to become en seuno,
dormant, when political matters are dull, and when the lodges revive
again it is not unusual for the revived lodge to be composed of en-
tirely new men, the former members being found, possibly, in other
lodges. Wishing to become active in Masonic matters, the Masons
seem to take hold of any charter they can find and go to work and in
a short time it becomes known that lodge so and so is meeting again
regularly at such and such a place. The lodge may assert that it is
working under a grand lodge, giving its name, and the grand body is
usually proud to acknowledge the child.
While they teach the morality of Masonry, they do not look upon
this feature as the real cause for the existence of the lodge. They
practice the teachings of the fraternity, but they hold a secondary
place in the lodge work. Very little, if any, supervision is given to
subordinate lodges by the grand lodges. Reports are seldom made to
the grand bodies, and each lodge does about as it pleases.
MASONIC CORRESPONDENCE. 151
There is very little discipline in the Mexican lodges. This is
mainly due to the Mexican temperament, which resents criticism of
any unfavorable nature. Attempts to discipline a member of a Mex-
ican lodge will generally result in his withdrawal, with all his friends,
and the very likely result of the formation of a new lodge, taking a
charter from some other grand body, or, if necessary, a new grand
lodge will be started. These peculiarities account for many irregu-
larities in Mexican Masonry. After the Mason gets his degrees and
has his diploma issued by the grand secretary, for which a nice fee is
usually charged, he'.pursues his Masonic career very much as he pleases.
The discussions concerning Mexican Masonry caused by the efforts
of the gran dieta to obtain foreign recognition, have had a beneficial
result on Mexican Masonry. The leaders have been educated to know
something about the institution, its real purposes, and what they
should do to be proper exponents of Masonry.
One of the great results is the permanent decrease of the en su-
eno lodges. It is not now so easy to reorganize a lodge. The grand
bodies have assumed a permanent character, and most of them are
performing their functions in overlooking their subordinate lodges.
While the criticisms previously made have, in the past, been of
almost general application in Mexico, I am glad to say that during
the past few years, matters have changed much under the gran dieta,
and the grand lodges under treaty rights with the supreme consejo.
At the present time there are under the gran dieta, about 400
English-speaking Masons and about 200 Mexicans, the latter of whom
may be aware of the fact that they are under the gran dieta, or may
have come to the conclusion that they are under some other grand body.
Under the grand lodges in treaty relations with the Supreme
Consejo there are about 200 English-speaking Masons and about 1500
Mexicans. There are about thirteen working lodges under the gran
dieta, and about twenty-five under the grand lodges recognized as
regular by the Supreme Conseio.
From these numbers it is plain to be seen that it would be wiser
for the bodies all to unite under one grand lodge for the entire re-
public of Masonr}'. It may be possible to accomplish this, but I do
not think that the gran dieta or the people now controlling it, can
succeed in bringing about a union of the discordant elements. Some
of the best Masons in the Grand Lodge Valle de Mexico are of the
opinion that a recognition of their Grand Lodge and the Grand Lodges
of Vera Cruz, Santos Degollados, Hidalgo and Cosmos, would be a bet-
ter solution of the problem than recognition of the gran dieta, but
this is not so practicable as it might at first seem. The Grand Lodge
of the Valle de Mejico claims jurisdiction over nearly all the terri-
tory of the republic, and it could not be recognized with the other
bodies at the same time. However that may be, there is a pretty
strongly founded opinion amongst the members of the lodges under
the gran dieta. that recognition of the gran dieta will not now be of
any service to Mexican Masonry.
*********
The Mexicans are more familiar with the Scottish Rite, and all
Mexican lodges work it. The English-speaking lodges work the
152 APPENDIX. — PART I.
Scottish, York, and a mixture of both. Cuahtemoc Lodge, under the
gran dieta, works the purest York Rite measured by American
standards, as found any where in the Republic. They follow Kansas
work very closely. All other lodges using the York Rite, even Toltec
Lodge, no matter what their relations may be to the various govern-
ing bodies, use a conglomeration of both rites, sometimes one prevail-
ing over the other, but always a recognizable mixture. The lodge of
Chihuahua follows Texas work. The Mexican of today knows very
little about the York Rite. Some effort has been made to show to
him its beauties, but the matter has not been followed persistently
enough to make anj^ decided impression on the mind of the modern
Mexican. It is my opinion that the Scottish Rite is better suited to
the temperament of the Mexican Mason, and since we do not refuse
to grant our recognition to lodges on account of this difference in rit-
ualism, we can not consider this an insuperable barrier to recogni-
tion of either branch of Masonry in Mexico we care to recognize.
There is always a tendency towards skepticism in the minds of
men when the}' place themselves in opposition to their church, and
it is not at all surprising to find skepticism in nearly every Masonic
body in Mexico. There is no pronounced atheism, but there is lack-
ing in emphasis the teachings concerning God and morality. From a
liturgy of Pena's Lodge, which is similar to the one used in all of the
Scottish Rite symbolic lodges, we make the following extracts. The
following questions are asked all initiates:
"What do you think of secret societies '? What is your opinion of
the Society of the Jesuits? Is religion necessary to society ? Does
atheism exist ? Is there a conscience? Does man possess liberty in
thought, action and conscience? Is a belief in God in born in man?
Should we respect tradition? Are honor and virtue the same all the
world over? "
*********
One of the first acts of the gran dieta was to issue charters to
four women's lodges; the charters authorizing them to confer the de-
grees of Entered Apprentice, Fellow Craft, and Master Mason. But
little attention was attracted to these lodges until women were ap-
pointed to official positions in the Grand Lodge of the Valley of
Mexico. This gave such prominence to the matter that protests
began to be made, but thej^ were without avail; secession then be-
came the rule, and Canton expelled, from time to time, most of those
who protested. Diaz, Mariscal and others of the Mexicans left the
gran dieta and gave up Masonry entirely, or neglected the lower de-
grees. At the time of the visit of M.W. Brother Parvin to Mexico,
the gran dieta retained the support of the women Masons, such
Mexicans as did not know what this meant, or knowing, did not care,
and the foreign element which did not know the real status of women
in Mexican Masonry, many of whom to this day conscientiously be-
lieve that the relations of women to Masonry were identical to those
of the Eastern Star in the United States. This was, to a certain ex-
tent, true, for the French Adoptive Rite was worked for a time, and
the beautiful plan of holding special meetings after the death of a
brother, to which the widow, her children, and other relatives were
brought, and the ceremony of solemnly obligating the lodge to pro-
MASONIC CORRESPONDENCE. 153
tect and defend the helpless ones was practiced. I went to Mexico
convinced beforehand that this was the whole truth about the matter.
I could not permit myself to believe that any men, to say nothing'
about Masons, would subject women to the ceremonies to which men
were subjected. I could not allow myself to believe that women, in
the presence of men, would allow such treatment, but I learned from
the secretary of the gran dieta that matters were even worse than
had ever been stated. Men and women associated indiscriminately
in lodges together; men and women assisted each other in conferring
the degrees of Entered Apprentice, Fellow Craft and Master Mason,
as practiced with the ceremonies of the Scottish Rite, on men and
women. But worse than this, many of the women were used as mis-
tresses by officers of the lodges. The scandals were so great that
families were broken up and lives were wrecked. This was the condi-
tion of Mexican Masonry under the gran dieta from 1891 to 1895. This
information was given me by Senor Iglesias, grand secretary of the
gran dieta.
I desire now to say that his frank acknowledgement of all these
scandalous facts, which we had always opposed, convinced me that
the gran dieta did well when they gave him this important position.
He was frank in everything, and made no effort to conceal anything,
although it might prejudice the cause he represented.
In 1895 Canton yielded, and the gran dieta withdrew the charters
from the lodges of women, and the evil practices were entirely elimi-
nated. Todav no women can have anything to do with Masonry as
practiced under the gran dieta. The men composing it are above re-
proach, and may be relied upon to maintain this pure condition.
The grand orient and the gran dieta are the only bodies in Mexico
which have ever sanctioned the presence of women in Masonry.
At the present time the gran dieta has under its control, the
Grand Lodge of the Valley of Mexico, the Grand Lodge of the State
of Tamaulipas. and the Grand Lodge of Vera Cruz. The strength of
these bodies is unknown to the grand secretary of the gran dieta,
and I found it impossible to get any but some meager information,
which I will give under the proper place.
At the present time I know of no reason to refuse recognition to
the gran dieta, for the reasons that it is working improperly or that
its officials are likely to use the organization in ways that we can not
approve. It is not, however, a regular Masonic body; it is in no sense
a representative body; it lays no claim to any authority over its sub-
ordinates (and they may withdraw at will) except in representing
them in their relations with foreign bodies. In reality, it is no more
than a foreign correspondence committee of the Grand Lodge of the
Valley of Mexico, in whose appointment the latter body has nothing
to say, and is possessed of an interior grand lodge like organization.
It is, therefore, an abnormal body in Masonry.
The gran dieta is now recognized by the following grand bodies:
Arizona, Arkansas. California. Georgia, Iowa, Kansas, Montana, Ne-
vada, New York, North Dakota and Texas.
154 APPENDIX. — PART I.
Gran Logia de Valle de Mejico.
The body working under this name is not the legitimate successor
of the older body, which had merged itself in the Grand Lodge of the
Federal District when the latter body was formed. The latter body
placed itself under the gran dieta, but seceded, and the gran dieta re-
vived or reorganized the Gran Logia de Valle de Mejico; (it is a very
easy matter to do this in that country.) The present officers of this
grand lodge are the controlling members of the gran dieta. The same
individuals occupy official positions in the gran dieta; not always the
same office, however. W. J. De Gress is grand master, and Senor
Iglesias is grand secretary. The grand secretary furnished me with
the printed financial statement for the year 1899. The lodge list is
given, from which we find the lodge numbers run to 254. The name
and location of 38 of the 254 is given; presumably the other 216 are
en sueno, which must be the condition of 25 of the 38, as they made
no remittance or report during 1899. The grand secretary was unable
to give me any information concerning any of the lodges, except
seven composed of foreigners. In these seven there are, according to
his estimates, less than 300 Masons. Accordingly I feel that I am
justified in saying that the total number under this grand lodge is less
than 600, as determined from estimates based on their own figures,
and it is my conviction that not more than 400 could be brought to-,
gether in a roundup of all the Masons under the gran dieta. Exami-
nation of the financial statement shows that seven lodges, whose
numbers are not on the lodge list, paid fees, for candidates taking de-
grees. Can it be possible that the remote constituent lodges do not
know the difference between this grand lodge and the gran dieta? Or,
is Masonry so liberal under the Gran Logia de Valle de Mejico, that
it will receive the money of any lodge that will take the trouble to
send it?
The thirteen contributing lodges are scattered all over Mexico,
and nearly all, if not all, are composed of foreigners. While I was in
the City of Mexico in July, one of them gave up its charter and ap-
plied for a charter to the Gran Logia de Hidalgo, and I think their
example will be largely followed.
This grand lodge adopted a new constitution last year, which
meets all the requirements for pure Masonry, as measured by our
standards. They have been carefully prepared and modeled after
American standards.
The Grand Lodge op Vera Cruz,
This body was formed about one year ago under the auspices of
the gran dieta. The members of it ceded from the United Grand
Lodge of Vera Cruz, the most regular and beneficent grand lodge in
Mexico, in order to escape the heavy dues exacted to maintain the
beneficial institutions of that body. Very little information can be
had concerning it. Their numbers must be insignificant, and their
Masonry very much smaller, for them to abandon so beneficent, well
established and wealthy a lodge as the united grand lodge. One mem-
ber of the gran dieta told me that these fellows were no credit to
any Masonic organization.
MASONIC CORRESPONDENCE. 155
Other Grand Lodges Under the Gran Dieta.
It is reported that there are a number of other state gfrand lodges
under the gran dieta. I will not deny their existence, although the
officials of the gran dieta did not know enough about them to give me
their postoffice addresses.
The present strength of the gran dieta lies entirely in the fact
that it is under American control. The strength of the Supreme
Consejo lies in the fimness of its foundation and long establishment;
that it has more Americans in it than the gran dieta, and has the
support of all the Mexicans of any standing. The real point now at
issue is not recognition of the Supreme Consejo or the gran dieta,
but whether the elements represented by the Supreme Consejo, or the
gran dieta, shall prevail in symbolic Masonry, and obtain foreign
recognition. No matter how the matter of recognition may result,
the Supreme Consejo will always dominate Mexican Masonry, and the
gran dieta, while it may make a greater noise abroad, will never
amount to much in influence at home.
Brother Seaman's conclusions are thus expressed:
Therefore recommend for your consideration, the following reso-
lutions, which, if adopted, will accomplish what I believe will be for
the best good of Mexican Masonry the only thing which would influ-
ence our action.
Resolved, That, we withdraw our recognition of the grand lodge
of the federal district, recognized by us in 1886.
Resolved, That, the request of the gran dieta for recognition be
respectfully declined.
Resolved. That, we recognize the United Grand Lodge of Vera
Cruz; the Grand Lodge Cosmos, of Chihuahua; the Grand Lodge
Santos DegoUado, of the federal district; and the Grand Lodge Hi-
dalgo of the state of Mexico, as legitimate and regularly organized
Masonic powers within their present defined territorial jurisdictions;
that we give them a hearty welcome into the family of grand lodges,
and that the incoming grand master be requested to accomplish the
exchange of representatives.
One new lodge was chartered,
Elias S. Stover was elected grand master; Alpheus A.
Keenre elected grand secretary, both of Albuquerque.
The report on correspondence (91 pp.) is this year by Brother W.
H. Seamon, who gives Illinois for 1899 appreciative notice. Of the
edict of Grand Master CooK he says:
This is a wise edict. We must admit that the Masonic ritual af-
fords ample opportunities for magnificent settings and dramatic
effects, very pleasing to the eye and ear; but in reaching out for
these eft'ects, the real object of the ritual is lost, the moral teach-
ings are obscured. We should never forget that the audience con-
156 APPENDIX. — PART I.
sists of the candidate only ; he is the one for whom the labors are
made. The lodg'e is there to impress upon the candidate the teach-
ings of Masonry; to convince him that they are sincere in their
beliefs and that they wish him to know that they intend to try and
treat him in accordance with their principles.
There are a number of lodges of national reputation for the
splendor of their work, the dramatic ability of their teams and the
magnificence of their wardrobes and stage settings. Large crowds
assemble to see the renditions and they go away impressed, talking —
of the beauties of Masonry ? No, but talking of the powers of A
and B as actors. The truths of Masonry are never thought of.
The writer has devoted much time to the study of rituals and
their effective renditions, and is convinced that the beauty of the
Masonic ritual lies in its simplicity. A lodge of old farmers, hay-
seeds if you wish to call them so, halting and crude in their work, if
permeated by the true spirit of Masonry, will produce greater im-
pressions and do more good than all the brilliant work of the "Actor
Lodges."
Brother Seamon'S service as grand lecturer has well qualified
him to speak on this matter and we are glad to find his views so com-
pletely in accor 1 with our own.
He regrets that the proceedings of his grand lodge contained
nothing worthy of a place in our topical report of that year. It is
not a question of worthiness altogether, but rather what shall fit
into the plan. This is one of the disadvantages of the topical form
of report, the writer is often obliged to forego the use of matter of
the highest value if it happens to be foreign to the subjects he has
chosen in advance to treat.
NEW SOUTH WALES, J 900.
13th Annual. Sydney. June 13.
The grand lodge representatives are not listed except at the spe-
cial communication of June 23, 1900, when the grand officers were in-
stalled. Twenty-nine jurisdictions were then represented. Illinois
by Brother Harry Passmore. At this and the five communications
held during the year, the grand master, J. C. Remington, presided.
At the quarterly communication of September 13, 1899, the grand
master ruled, on a point of order, that an unaffiliated Mason had no
right of appeal.
Quarterly communication December 13.
The grand master announced the death of Past Senior Grand War-
den T. F. De Courcey Browne, who was the originator of the plan
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of district grand inspectors. For several years he conducted The
Freemason, a local journal of repute among the craft.
Referring to a visiting tour the grand master says:
A critic in the Masonic press hints that I found Freemasonry in
the country different from that I was familiar with in the city. I de-
sire to say, most emphatically, that such is not the case. I could not
have believed, had I not seen it. that such absolute fidelity, not only
to the ancient landmarks, but to the unwritten laws and customs of
the craft could have been preserved and transmitted pure and unsul-
lied throughout all the lodges, however remote from Sydney and the
influences of example and emulation. For this, as I have already said
elsewhere, I attribute much of the credit to the district grand inspec-
tors.
Referring to recent trespass of England, he says:
As bearing on this point, I am reminded to say that I was sur-
prised at receiving, not long ago, a request from some suburban
brethren for permission to visit a meeting of those who so unhap-
pily still refuse allegiance to our grand lodge. I do not desire to say
more with regard to these mistaken though undoubtedly energetic
Masons, than that the edict of grand lodge, dated 14th December,
1898, against either visiting or receiving visits from any body of Free-
masons in New South Wales not on our register, has never been re-
voked.
I am still in correspondence with the Grand Lodge of England on
the subject, and am not without hope that a peaceful solution of the
difUculiy, and an end to the schism, may yet be achieved.
Meantime we owe a debt of gratitude to our grand representa-
tive. Lord Carrington, for his eloquent and forcible presentation of
our views as to the undoubted supremacy of our grand lodge in this
territory, which I trust will always be maintained by all under its ban-
ner, and especially by tbose who owe everything they possess, in the
shape of Masonic rank and influence, to its establishment. I confess
to being unable to understand how any New South Welshman can,
in Blue Masonry or anything else, wish to disclaim a right to local
self-government.
He referred to the fact that a grand lodge had been established
in Western Australia, and closed with the following eloquent refer-
ence to the Washington memorial observance:
Only one word more ere we proceed to the business of the evening.
The sun which has just set over our southern continent is now rising
over the United States of America where tomorrow the Freemasons
of that grand country will join with visiting' brethren from all lands
in doing honor to the memory of the illustrious George Washington,
on the hundredth anniversary of his death. It is much to be regretted
that the other Grand Lodges of Australasia could not see their way
to join with ours in sending a special ambassador on such a unique oc-
casion. We have done what we could in entrusting our greetings to
our grand representative nearest to the Grand Lodge of Virginia; and
I ask you now to arise, and stand to order, as a silent token of our
158 APPENDIX. — PART I.
fraternal feeling' towards those who, whatever their nation, creed or
tongue, hold fast to the mystic tie, which binds us all in love and
amity, and which only death can sever.
The brethren, who had arisen at the sound of the gavel, remained
standing' to order till the g'rand master finished speaking.
A special communication was held February 1, 1900, to consider
the situation in Western Australia, or, more correctly speaking, to
recognize the new grand lodge formed by the lodges under the Eng-
lish constitutions in that colony.
The board of general purposes reporting on the situation, summar-
ized it as follows:
On December 6, 1898, a number of brethren met together in
Perth, and resolved to form a "Grand Lodge of Western Australia."
There were no lodges represented at that meeting, simply a number
of unattached brethren, who, to use their own words, were "owing no
allegiance to any grand lodge having authority here [i. e.. Western
Australia], and were therefore free to hold meetings and to consti-
tute a grand lodge." Upon this ground — the presumed right of a num-
ber of unattached Masons to meet and constitute a grand lodge —
they claim recognition as the Sovereign Grand Lodge of Western
Australia.
We were not informed as to the precise number of brethren pres-
ent at the formation of this body, but, at the installation of the sec-
ond grand master (the first having only ruled for twenty days), there
were only seven past masters present, and there were not enough
members to fill all the offices in grand lodge.
GRAND LODGE FORMED BY BRETHREN UNDER THE E. C.
On February 1, 1899, the district grand secretary, E. C, issued
a circular to the lodges under that constitution, calling attention to
certain clauses in the book of constitutions bearing upon the subject,
and stating that the district grand master would be prepared to issue
dispensations to lodges to enable the members to discuss the advisa-
bility of forming a grand lodge.
On October 11, the district grand lodge met, and the result of
the discussion in the lodges was announced as follows: Lodges under
the E. C. , 34; of these. 33 had decided in favor of the establishment
of a grand lodge, and the remaining lodge was understood to be op-
posed to the proposal. The number of lodges under the S. C. was re-
ported as 24, and those under the I. C. as 2.
At this meeting the Grand Lodge of Western Australia was de-
clared to be formed, and His Excellency Sir Gerard Smith, K. C. M.
G., governor of the colony, was elected grand master. We have re-
ceived application for recognition from this grand lodge, and our M.
W. grand master has been invited to perform the installation cere-
mony.
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THE GRAND LODGE OP SCOTTISH FREEMASONRY IN WESTERN
AUSTRALIA.
On October 26, 1899, a letter was written to us by the district
grand secretary, S. C, stating; that the lodg'es under that constitution
had been prohibited from takincr any part in the movement for the
establishment of a grand lodge. This letter gives the number of lodges
as follows:
K. C. (one dissenting) 33
S. C 28
I. C 2
On December 28, 1899, the district grand lodge, S. C, held a
meeting, and then it was announced that R. W. Brother the Rev. G.
E. Rovve had received from the Grand Lodge of Scotland his patent
of office as pro-grand master of Western Australia. The district grand
lodge, S. C., was thereupon proclaimed to be the "Grand Lodge of
Scottish Freemasonry in Western Australia," and grand lodge officers
were appointed.
This body has not asked us for recognition as a sovereign grand
lodge, but it has (as also has the body formed on December 8, 1898)
written to protest against the recognition by us of the grand lodge
formed on October 11.
The board separately considers the claims of each:
1. THE BODY FORMED OF UNATTACHED MASONS.
Authorities differ as to the legal and constitutional methods of
establishing a grand lodge. Some. — Mackay among them, — lay it
down as a rule that any number of lodges, not less than three, can, in
any territory not occupied by a sovereign grand lodge, meet in conven-
tion, and form themselves into a grand lodge. Other authorities fix
the minimum number of lodges necessary as five; some affirm that it
is necessary to obtain the cooperation of a majority of lodges in such
territory; while our Scottish brethren in Western Australia, by what
authority is uncertain, claim that it is necessary to have consent of a
majority of the lodges "under each constitution."
It is not necessary in the present instance to enter into a contro-
versy upon the correctness of these rival theories. There is one im-
portant point upon which they all agree. They agree that a number
of warranted lodges are necessary for the establishment of a grand
lodge, and, therefore, that "a number of brethren, owing no allegi-
ance to any lodge within the territory" are not in a position to form
a lawfully constituted grand lodge.
For the foregoing reasons, the board respectfully recommend this
grand lodge to decline to recognize as a lawfully constituted grand
lodge, the body formed on December 8, 1898.
2. GRAND LODGE OF SCOTTISH FREEMASONRY IN WESTERN AUSTRALIA
ESTABLISHED DECEMBER 28, 1899.
The board is of the opinion that this body, having derived its ex-
istence from, and being still subordinate to, the Grand Lodge of
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Scotland, cannot be regarded as a sovereign grand lodge: but as a
provincial body owing allegiance to the Grand Lodge of Scotland, and
having jurisdiction over the lodges formed under the Scottish consti-
tution in that colony. This opinion the board recommend for the en-
dorsement of this grand lodge.
3. THE GRAND LODGE ESTABLISHED ON OCTOBER 11, 1899.
The brethren protesting against the recognition of this body ad-
vanced two arguments as reasons why we should refuse the recogni-
tion asked for. Our Scottish brethren claim that a condition prece-
dent to the establishment of a grand lodge is the consent of a major-
ity of lodges under each constitution. This is a new condition, and if
admitted as necessary, would question the validity of some of our
oldest and most esteemed grand lodges. This contention, coming, as
it does, from the rulers of Scotch Freemasonry, loses its force when
we remember that our Scottish brethren in Western Australia were
prohibited from taking any part in the movement.
Another argument used by the protestants is based upon the fact
that subsequent to the formation of the grand lodge on October 11th,
the grand master appeared at a public function, with his officers as
the district grand lodge, E.G.
This apparent contradiction of the deliberate action of October
11th, appears to have been the result of excessive modesty upon the
part of those brethren, who, pending installation and investiture, re-
frained from assuming the titles of their more exalted rank.
It appears that the proceedings leading up to the establishment
of this grand lodge were careful and regular, and that a majority of
the lawfully warranted lodges in the colony took part in its forma-
tion, while most of the remaining lodges were prohibited from taking
part.
The board therefore recommend that this grand lodge do grant
its fraternal recognition to the grand lodge formed on October Uth,
1899, as a sister grand lodge, and that the hearty congratulations of
this grand lodge be forthwith conveyed to His Excellency Sir Gerard
Smith upon his election as grand master of Western Australia.
When the report had been adopted the grand master stated that
he had felt so sure of his action in advance, that he had telegraphed
long before to the governor of the colony. Sir Gerard Smith, the
grand master elect, that if possible he would come over and install
him.
Referring to the order of the Grand Lodge of Scotland forbidding
its lodges in the colony to participate in the movement, he properly
and forcibly says:
But in saying this 1 must remind you in the strongest possible
terms that there is no necessity for Masonic lodges to ask permission
to form themselves into a grand lodge in any territory not already so
occupied. No other grand lodge can either give or refuse permission
for the formation of a new grand lodge. We asserted that very
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plainly in the case of our own. We neither asked nor waited for per-
mission in 1888, but as representatives of a vast majority of the lodges
in the territory, we met, and declared our jj^rand lodge formed, elected
our first g'rand master and the verj^ ne.xt day demanded, and in due
course received, recognition from nearly all the grand lodgeij in the
world.
The grand master is right. The grand lodges that have planted
lodges in open autonomous territory have no voice in determining
whether or when a sovereign grand lodge shall be formed there. That
is a right that belongs absolutely to a majority, not less than three of
the lodges there planted without regard to who planted them. When
they confer on that subject they confer as orphans without guardians.
At the quarterly of March 14, 1900, the grand master reported
the death of Arthur Wilcox Manning, aged 81, of whom he
says:
He was initiated in Sydney Samaritan Lodge No. 578, E. C, on
the 5th December, 1860, and speedily attained eminence in the craft,
of which in Queensland he was deputy district grand master under
the English constitution, and deputy provincial grand master under
the Scottish constitution. On his return to S3'dney, he took an ac-
tive part in the formation of the grand lodge of New South Wales in
1877, and presided at the installation of its first grand master, the
late M. W. Brother James Squire Farnell, — being subsequently ap-
pointed his deputy grand master, and in August, 1888, raised to the
rank of past grand master.
Also deceased was John Slade, past grand inspector of work-
ings, who assisted in the formation of the grand lodge in 1877.
Quarterly communication, June 13, 1901.
Referring to the Grand Lodge of Western Australia, the grand
master says:
The pro-grand master writes me that the day after the installa-
tion of the grani master, viz., the 28th February, they telegraphed
or wrote to all grand lodges in the world, asking for recognition, and
received an immediate and encouraging reply from England, which
was followed, I find, by complete recognition on the 7th of March. A
similar promise has been made by Ireland.
The P.G.M. of Scottish Freemasonry in Western Australia, with
that genuine Masonic spirit which I fully anticipated from our pre-
vious correspondence, considers that the question of the legality of
the new grand lodge was practically settled by our recognition.
And from many of the grand masters in the United States of
America, I have had letters heartily approving our views, and prom-
ising to recommend similar action to their grand lodges.
The precipitancy with which, upon a wired request, recognition
was accorded by England, so contrary to all precedent, has suggested
to some of our brother reviewers that there was some sort of a pre-
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vious understanding by which the grand lodges formed by the lodges
of English derivation should be at once placed in the saddle.
An ugly conflict beginning in the board of general purposes,
whose president, we judge, had either adopted, or continued a former
practice of writing the reports of the board and presenting them with-
out consultation of the members, engendered a good deal of feeling in
the grand lodge for a considerable period. We hope and trust that
the ebullition has already in great measure subsided, and will soon
pass out of the recollections of those concerned.
J. C. Remington was re-elected grand master without opposition
and Arthur H. Bray was re-appointed grand secretary. The address
of both is Masonic Hall, Castlereagh St. Sidney.
The report on correspondence (128 pp.) is again largely the work
of the chairman of the committee, Bro. J. B. Trivett, although the
other members, Bros. William King, John McLachlan, E. D. Mul-
len and W. H. Shortland. contributed.
It is throughout a most creditable report and our brethren of New
South Wales can be assured that they are recognized as contributing
their full share to the common stock of knowledge and interest which
these reports do so much to create and foster. An excellent, full
three-page notice of Illinois for 1899 is the work of Brother Trivett"
Quoting from Grand Master CoOK'S edict he says:
Such a sweeping injunction betokens a considerable departure
from the simplicity of the ancient ways on the part of the delin-
quents. We are pleased with the firmness displayed, and have no
doubt the robes, views, and other absurdities, will prove as short-lived
as such shallow absurdities generally are amongst rational beings.
Brother Frank Crane's oration is appreciatively noticed, and
of the reception of their representative, Brother Spencer, he say^s:
Brother Spencer, our new representative, was very pleasantly in-
troduced by the grand master, and made a reply in such terms as to
to convince us that we have made an excellent selection in appoint-
ing him as our sponsor in the great state of Illinois. His references
to the characteristics of our citizens, and to the prospective advan-
tages derivable from our new-born federal constitution, are deeply
appreciated.
In reference to the grand master's humorous remarks as to our
"designs," we have but one answer, viz., our deep-laid plot against
the brethren of Illinois is the resolve of a young and iniatative brother
to copy and emulate his well-grown and lusty elder in all that is
great, useful, and good.
His notice of our report is flatteringly kind, and is all the more
appreciated because he is too far removed from all the conflicting
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interests that crop out here to have his work colored consciously or
unconsciously. He coins a new word, "Robbinsesque," and defines it
in a way to pamper our vanity.
NEW YORK, 1 901.
120th Annual. New York. May 7.
Two finely engraved portraits embellish the New York volume,
those of the retiring Grand Master Charles W. Mead and of Past
Grand Master MORGAN Lewis, the noble old Roman who took up the
gavel of supreme authority as it fell from the nerveless grasp of
Stephen Van Rensallaer when the storm of anti-Masonry broke,
and held it until the new dawn appeared, throwing the influence of
his great name in behalf of the fraternity throughout the whole
troublous period.
Twelve past grand masters graced the opening of the grand lodge,
and the diplomatic corps appeared with nearly full ranks — only seven
being missing out of sixty-one, and the seven were subsequently for-
mally excused for non-attendance. Illinois was represented by Wil-
liam D. Critcherson. The change of the date of meeting of the
grand lodge from June to May was a fortunate one for the repre-
sentative of Mexico, who was present and bore his blushing honors
equally with the other diplomats. The body he represented expired
almost synchronously with the closing of the grand lodge of New
York — only one day later.
It was a long and mournful roll that was called by Grand Master
Mead — the death roll for the year: Benjamin Flagler, past grand
master; Marion Grimes, John F. Shafer, Ephraim W. Richard-
son, Edwin Evans, David P. Day, Joseph E. Carson, Matthew
Taylor, Adolph G. Gutgsell, John F. Baldwin, George H.
Cleaves and David Kay, past district deputy grand masters; James
G. Janeway, commissioner of appeals; Edward P. Campbell, past
grand standard bearer; Thomas Bell and Solomon Strasser, past
grand stewards. Adna Adams Treat, aged 103 years, 8 months, and
1 day, past master, who had long lived at Denver, Colo., but pre-
served his affiliation with his mother lodge — Apollo, No. 18, of Troy,
N. Y., in which he was raised February 21, 1823; and Rear Admiral
John W. Philip, of whom the grand master says:
Brother John W. Philip, of Catskill Lodge No. 468. Rear Admiral,
United States Navy, died at Brooklyn, June 30, 1900, Admiral Philip
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never held official rank in our fraternity; but he illustrated in his
daily life the wealth of its teachings, and made the lessons taught
him in the lodge the criterion for his conduct and action among men.
He was a God-fearing man, pure in thought, noble in purpose, high in
his aspirations. With a heart as tender as a woman's he also pos-
sessed undaunted courage. His admonition to the crew of his ship in
the victory at Santiago, "Don't cheer, boys, the poor devils are dy-
ing," is an epitome of the nature of this distinguished t^ailor, whose
life adorns the annals of America and graces the record of our craft.
The grand master reported that their relations with the Grand
Lodge of Washington remained unchanged, the attitude of the latter
body being still unsatisfactory, and the incoming grand master was
clothed with full power to take any action in the matter that he
might deem advisable.
He reported the applications for recognition of the Grand Lodges
of Western Australia and Costa Rica, and as the result of a corre-
spondence with the Grand National Lodge of Germany and with the
Grand Lodge Royal York, of Berlin, he conveys their suggestion of
an interchange of representatives.
With reference to the Grand Lodge of Western Australia he sug-
gests the consideration by the committee on jurisprudence whether,
in view of the fact that not all the lodges in the colony had joined in
the establishment of the new grand lodge, that body was supreme in
that territory.
The committee closely follow these suggestions reporting the fol-
lowing resolutions, which were adopted:
Resolved, That the Grand Lodge of Costa Rica be, and is, recognized
as an independent and sovereign Grand Lodge, and that fraternal re-
lations, through the appointment of grand representatives, be ex-
changed therewith.
Resolved, That action upon the application of the Grand Lodge of
Western Australia for recognition be deferred.
Resolved, That the M. W. grand master be authorized to enter into
fraternal relations with the Grand National Lodge of Freemasons of
Germany and the Grand Lodge of Prussia, called "Royal York," by
the interchange of representatives.
Grand Master Mead reported advices from the grand master of
Denmark that the Grand Lodge of Hamburg had established a lodge
in Copenhagen, in consequence of which fraternal relations between
the two grand lodges had been broken off. He also reports the follow-
ing:
A communication has been received from an organization styling
itself Regional Grand Lodge with headquarters at Philadelphia, Pa.
This organization was perfected on June 2-4, 1896, by four lodges under
MASONIC CORRESPONDENCE. 165
the jurisdiction of the Grand Orient of Spain. These lodges are
located as follows:
Christopher Columbus Lodge No. 188, Philadelphia.
Pilgrim 'Lodge No. 189, Allentown.
Abraham Lincoln Lodge No. 210, Philadelphia.
St. John's Lodge No. 213, Weisport.
My object in calling your attention to this body, and designating
its lodges by name and number, is to warn our craft that these lodges
are clandestine and spurious, and that any person claiming member-
ship therein is not entitled to recognition as a Mason.
On the heels of the Galveston disaster he issued an appeal to the
New York craft for aid to the sufferers, and the response enabled
him to transmit to Texas for their relief the sum of $10,274.08.
In speaking of the Home at Utica and the invaluable superin-
tendence of Past Grand Master Anthony, he discloses to us for the
first time the sad bereavement suffered by that most worshipful
brother in the loss of his wife, who as the matron of the Home had
won all hearts by the kindness of her own. Hereafter in a deeper
sense than ever before, that will be to our stricken brother holy ground.
The report of the superintendent shows the per capita cost of
maintaining the inmates of the Home $189.93.
During the session came the report of the great fire at Jackson-
ville, Florida, and the extent of the disaster being verified by tele-
graphic inquiry, $1000 was promptly appropriated for the relief of
suffering brethren.
In the report of the grand historian, Peter Ross, devoted chiefly
to the part played by the craft in the War of 1812, the annotated al-
phabetical roster of New York craftsmen in the military service is
of surpassing interest.
Five new lodges were chartered, and just prior to closing the
grand lodge, according to the record —
A magnificent floral piece was presented to M.W. Edward M. L.
Ehlers, grand secretary, by R.W. Elbert Crandall, deputy grand mas-
ter, as the gift of the representatives of lodges in the metropolitan
district, to emphasize his twenty years' service in the office of grand
secretary, which was accepted by the grand secretary in feeling lan-
guage.
Charles W. Mead, of Albany, grand master, and Edward M. L.
Ehlers, New York, grand secretary, were re-elected.
The report on correspondence (184 pp.) is, as usual, the work of
Past Grand Master Jesse B. Anthony, which is a sufficient voucher
166 APPENDIX. — PART I.
for its excellence. His comprehensive review of Illinois is of our pro-
ceedings for 1900. The address of Grand Master Hitchcock and the
business of the session are drawn upon for instruction and informa-
tion, an'd the oration of Grand Orator Paville is characterized as
being "worthy of thoughtful consideration — a grand address."
He devotes three pages to the report on correspondence, anent
which he says that the change from the topical to the old method
suits him and he thinks will every one else. He excerpts liberally from
our introduction and from our review of New York on the Negro
Masonry incident of the Grand Lodge of "Washington, for the speedy
closing of which — if it is not already practically closed — he seems
fraternally solicitous.
The New York report has its customary valuable notice of foreign
governing bodies, more or less Masonic, and Brother Anthony's usual
table of statistics, which we propose appropriating as usual, provided
we do not crowd our printer so closely for time — as now seems prob-
able— that he cannot set it up. At all events, we beg to tender our
most worshipful brother our most grateful thanks in advance.
NEW ZEALAND, J90J.
13th Annual. Christchurch. April 25.
Three past grand masters were present; also the representatives
of twenty-two grand jurisdictions. Eight representatives sent apol-
ogies for non-attendance. The representative of Illinois was not
present, nor did he send regrets.
The grand master, Alexander Stuart Russell, presided.
The board of general purposes reported on the steps to be taken
to ensure a better representation of the lodges at the communica-
tions of the grand lodge.
The difficulties are so many and great as to suggest many plans
none of which are satisfactory. The grand lodge has been kept "on
wheels," as we say in this country, in order to bring it by turns nearer
to all their widely scattered lodges. So great are their distances
that so far they have been unable to agree upon any system of mile-
age that is not appalling when they come to figure up the expense.
Provincial grand lodges suggest themselves, but the feeling against
them is strong, and the desire which actuates a majority of the
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lodges to seek a permanent site for the grand lodge is so strong that
probably some agreement to that end will ultimately be reached.
Amid all their other difficulties the "provincial grand lodges ex-
isting under the Scottish Constitutions, apparently backed by the
Grand Lodge of Scotland, has added a new vexation by granting a
warrant for a lodge in the North Island, in face of the fact that the
Grand Lodge of Scotland has recognized the Grand Lodge of New
Zealand. The latter has protested vigorously against this flagrant
breach of Masonic law, and of course has denounced the interloping
lodge as clandestine, not only because Scotland had no authority to
open it, but because, as they allege, there were only six Masons pres-
ent when the lodge was brought into existence, only one of whom was
in good standing. The grand master says:
The thanks of grand lodge are due especially to R.W. Brother
Corkill, P.G. warden, for his zealous and successful efforts to render
abortive this flagrant breach of masonic law; and we are also very
much indebted to our English and Irish brethren for their unwaver-
ing friendship throughout this ordeal; to their firm and unhesitating
condemnation of the conduct of the Scottish authorities, and their
loyal support in assisting us to maintain our position we attribute to
the fact that this episode has ended in such a. fiasco.
An application from the Grand Lodge of Costa Rica for recogni-
tion had been received and referred to the grand secretary for inquiry
and report.
The lodges had voted on the question of flxing the office of the
grand secretary permanently at Wellington, 67 out of 117 voting for
it; 35 against and 15 not voting.
The death of George Samuel Graham, past grand master under
the English constitution, was reported, as was also that of Col. Fred-
erick Wyatt Francis, past senior grand warden of the Grand Lodge
of New Zealand.
Alexander Stuart Russell was re-elected grand master; Mal-
colm NiCCOL, Auckland, grand secretary.
There is no report on correspondence.
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NORTH CAROLINA, J90J.
114th Annual. Raleigh. June 8.
This volume contains two half tone portraits of Past Grand Mas-
ter Horace H. Munson and Capt. John W. Gidney, past senior
grand deacon.
Seven past grand masters were present, as were also the repre-
sentatives of twenty-three grand jurisdictions, Illinois not of the
number.
The grand master, B. S. Royster, announced the death of HOR-
ACE H. MuNSON, past grand master, and W. P. Williams, assistant
grand lecturer.
The twenty-three decisions rendered by the grand master and the
remarks of the jurisprudence committee thereon show that our North
Carolina brethren are pretty free from new-fangled notions, and are
doing business after the ways of the fathers. Some of the decisions
are here reproduced:
1. Applicants for degrees who have lived all their lives in a
county where there are several lodges, moving from the jurisdiction
of one lodge to that of another in the same county, are not entitled
to have their applications acted upon until they have resided for
twelve months, next preceding the date of such applications, within
the jurisdiction of the lodge to which they make ^application.
3. One who has taken the E.A. degree cannot take the remaining
degrees in another lodge, except by the unanimous consent of the
lodge in which he was elected. He is still subject to the jurisdiction
of the lodge which elected him, and may make application to such
lodge for the degrees at any time. The fact of his neglecting to ap-
ply for such degrees for a period of eight years does not work a for-
feiture of his right to apply now.
5. A brother holding a dimit is not required to present the same
for membership in another lodge within any given time.
7. A Master Mason holding a dimit may apply for membership in
any lodge when and as often as he may please. It does not require a
twelve months' residence within the jurisdiction of the lodge before a
Master Mason holding a, dimit may apply for membership in such lodge.
8. A brother making application for advancement and being re-
jected, may renew his application at any time thereafter and as often
as he may please.
9. The degrees may be conferred on as many as five candidates at
the same communication; but no more than one candidate can be re-
ceived or obligated or raised at the same time.
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16. A lodg'e has no right to assess its members for the purpose of
building a hall, and if a member refuses to pay such assessment the
lodge would have no right to exclude him.
21. A brother who asked for and is granted a dimit by his lodge,
the same becomes effective at once. The time of its actual delivery,
or non-delivery, by the secretary to the brother, has no bearing on its
status. As soon as the lodge acted upon and granted the dimit, the
brother ceased to be a member, and the only way by which he can re-
gain his membership is by petition in the regular manner as pre-
scribed in the code.
The committee qualify the first decision by adding "unless writ-
ten permission shall be granted by the lodge from whose jurisdic-
tion the candidate has removed.
Just why this application should be made the committee do not
say, and we imagine it is something that no fellow can find out. The
last named lodge never had any jurisdiction over him except as pos-
sible material for its working, and this he ceased to be as completely
the moment he moved cut of its territory as if he had only passed
through it on the limited express.
No. 13 is thus commented upon by the committee:
Thirteenth decision — A Mason is not a member of a lodge until
he shall have signed the by-laws. But after a Mason shall have been
elected to membership in a lodge, or shall have received the degrees
of Masonry, upon petition, he has a right to sign the by-laws and be-
come a member. If by inadvertence he does not sign, an opportunity
should be given him to sign. Qpon his failure or refusal so to do, the
master has a right, and it is his duty, to declare that he is not a mem-
ber. This does not interfere with the right of the lodge or any mem-
ber to prefer charges against such member as a Mason residing in its
jurisdiction for any Masonic offence. The wilful refusal of any such
Mason, who has for some time acted as a member with all the rights
and privileges of such, to sign the by-laws (as he was presumed to
have done), or to attempt to take advantage of his own wrong in re-
fusing to sign the by-laws, is a Masonic offence.
As thus explained No. 13 is in close accord with our law, under
which every Master Mason is raised to a condition of non-affiliation,
with the privilege of becoming affiliated by simply signing the by-
laws. Most of the other decisions are in accord with our laws and
precedents.
The North Carolina lodges contributed nearly five hundred dol-
lars to the Galveston relief fund.
The grand lodge concurred in the recommendation of the juris-
prudence committee that the applications of the Grand Lodge of
Cuba and the Grand Lodge of Costa Rica should wait a year pending
a thorough investigation, the first by the correspondence and the
latter by the jurisprudence committee.
170 APPENDIX. — PART I.
The ^rand lodge chartered two new lodges; listened to an admir-
able extemporaneous address from the grand orator, A. C. Davis, and
as usual gave much of his best thought and work to the Oxford orphan
asylum, so long the object of its generous sacrifices.
B.S. ROYSTERof Oxford, grandmaster; JOHN C. Drewry, Raleigh,
grand secretary, were re-elected.
The report on correspondence (154 pp.) is again by Bro. John A.
Collins, whose work we welcome each year with increasing pleasure.
In his introduction he notes that with the passing of the negro
Masonry excitement grand lodges are giving more consideration to
old time subjects; sees with increasing knowledge of the Mexican
grand diet a growing disinclination to enter into fraternal relations
with it; thinks from past experience that the non-affiliate will wax
numerous with the increase of Masonry, and on the subject of Masonic
homes has the following:
The most surprising evolution in the Craft within the last few
years is the new zeal for the building of Masonic homes for the care
of aged and indigent Masons, their widows and orphans. Many com-
paratively poor grand lodges have taken steps looking to the estab-
lishment of a home or of creating a fund to be used in the future for
the erection and maintenance of such a charity. The growth of this
sentiment has become almost a fad, and is a wide departure from the
old and well-known ways of dispensing Masonic relief, but if any
grand lodge is willing to build a costly home and maintain it, the
other grand lodges will applaud the benefaction, albeit not endorsing
the plan.
Prom his very full and fraternal notice of Illinois for 1900, we
take the following:
The practical, everyday benevolence inculcated before Masonic
altars is exhibited in the simple story told by the grand master of a
girl, the daughter of a deceased Mason, who became destitute while
seeking health in Colorado, and was cared for and brought home to
die by the Masons of Illinois. This is true Masonry.
He thus commends the form of report of the ^ committee on ap-
peals:
The form of the report of the committee on appeals and griev-
ances as furnished to the printer is a model for all grand lodges to
follow. It consists of the name and number of the lodge, blanks for
the name of the accused and the final disposition recommended by
the committee, and that in the fewest possible words.
His notice of our report is very generous, too generous, we fear,
but none the less grateful for the^fear, because it is so instinct with
the true fraternal spirit.
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NORTH DAKOTA, 1900.
llTH Annual. Fargo. . June 19.
One rarely sees a finer half-tone portrait than that of the retir-
ing grand master, John A. Percival.
Five past grand masters helped to swell the diplomatic corps to
twent}% a fine showing for a Masonic court in that land of magnifi-
cent distances. Illinois was represented by E. George Guthrie.
Grand Master Percival brought the glad tidings that death had
not invaded the immediate circle of the grand lodge membership.
He also said:
During the year, peace and prosperity have spread their balmy
wirigs about us. Our fair state, no longer content with its splendid
climate and its beautiful prairies, has thrown off her swaddling
clothes of infancy and by the onward and upward hand of progress is
showing remarkable development. Only a few years back, the red
man reigned supreme amid the primeval surroundings of his tepee
where now beautiful hamlets, growing towns, flourishing schools,
churches and Masonic lodges are springing up; and today the citizens
of North Dakota are prosperous, contented and happy.
He made a part of his address the report of Past Grand Master
William Thomas Perkins, whom he had commissioned as a delegate
to the Washington memorial observance, who gives a very interest-
ing account of the services, by which he was deeply impressed.
Only two decisions were reported by the grand master, one of
which was purely local in its bearings; the other to the effect that a
lodge cannot dimit an Entered Apprentice, but only Master Masons
who are full members.
The grand secretary (Frank J. Thompson) says of their military
lodge:
On January 17, 1900, I received from Bro. W. D. Purdon, treasurer
of the Military Lodge U.D., Philippine Islands, the sum of $728.45.
I have returned to candidates the sum of $30 for fees not earned by
the Military Lodge. A formal waiver of jurisdiction was printed and
issued, on application, to all who had been elected in the Military
Lodge and who desired to complete the Masonic degrees.
Among the matter turned over to the grand secretary by Col. W.
C. Treumann, worshipful master of Military Lodge, is a visiting reg-
ister in which are recorded the names of brothers from almost all
parts of the world. Also a silver senior warden's jewel, which did
service in a military Masonic lodge in the Confederate army during
172 APPENDIX. — PART I.
the Civil War, and which was presented to our grand lodge by Bro.
John W. Scott, who received it as a gift from the Confederate officer
who was its senior warden and who, at the time of the close of the
war, desired to get to New Orleans on the boat on the Mississippi
steamer on which Brother Scott was captain. These are interesting
relics whose value will be enhanced as the years go by.
I find from the records of Military Lodge that 100 were elected in
that lodge, most of whom received the Entered Apprentice or the
Fellow Craft Degree. None received the degree of Master Mason,
for the reason that the North Dakota regiment, to which said lodge
was attached, was called to the firing line and did not have another
opportunity to hold lodge meetings.
The following action was had in reference to those made in the
lodge:
That the adoption of this report be a direction to the grand sec-
retary to notify each member of the 'Military Lodge' that he is en-
titled to receive, upon application to the grand secretary therefor, a
certificate of his former membership in the 'Military Lodge,' and,
where he has since affiliated with no other lodge, of his present mem-
bership in the grand lodge A.F.& A.M. of the jurisdiction of North
Dakota.
Seven new lodges were chartered, and the following was adopted:
Resolved, That the action of the grand lodge session of 1898, re-
quiring particular lodges to present a copy of the Morals and Dogmas
of the Symbolic Degrees, as compiled by the late Brother Albert
Pike, to all Master Masons at their raising, be and the same is hereby
repealed.
Edwin H. James, of St. Thomas, was elected grand master;
Frank J. Thompson, Fargo, re-elected grand secretary.
There is no report on correspondence.
NOVA SCOTIA, J900.
35th Annual. Halifax. June 13.
One past grand master and the grand representatives of thirty-
two jurisdictions were present. Illinois was represented by R. W.,
now M. W. Brother THEODORE A. Cassman.
The address of the grand master, Thomas B. Flint, like all its
congueers in the Dominion, is intensely patriotic.
Of the condition of the craft, he says:
I congratulate you brethren and the lodges generally upon the Ma-
sonic prosperity which has attended your labors during the year.
MASONIC CORRESPONDENCE, 173
Nothing- has occurred to disturb the perfect harmony which should al-
ways subsist among us. Our financial position has improved. One
thousand dollars has been paid on the debt, and the treasurer's report
shows a comfortable balance of seventeen hundred and ninety dollars
on hand.
A substantial gain in the lodge membership of one hundred and
eleven attests to much faithful work done, and to the gratifying fact
that our craft has retained its attractions for intelligent and high-
minded men. Almost every lodge in the jurisdiction has shared in
this success. Some, however, under circumstances of no little diffi-
culty, nobly work on hoping for better times.
He announced the death of Richard Avery, permanent grand
chaplain and past deputy grand master who passed away at the ripe
ag;e of eighty-five years.
With Past Grand Master Col. C. J. McDonald he attended the
Washington memorial observance at Washington and Mt. Vernon,
and says of it:
The exercises on this occasion were of the most interesting" na-
ture, worthy the great nation to whom the name of Washington is
almost sacred, and worthy the craft of which that distinguished
statesman, soldier and patriot was an ornament.
During the evening, afterour return to the city of Washington, a
very brilliant reception was held at Willard's Hotel by the grand
master of Virginia, at which we met many brethren famous in the
annals of the craft. Later the visiting grand masters, past grand
masters and delegates were entertained at a complementary banquet
at the Ebbitt House. This occasion was one of rare interest. Here
were representatives of almost every grand lodge in America and of
some in Europe. The addresses were all brief, but marked by ad-
mirable good taste, and the most delightful unity of feeling and
brotherly spirit. Nothing could have exceeded in cordiality the
manner in which my own remarks and 'those of Brother McDonald
were received. As we concluded our brief words of regard for the
memory of Washington and our tribute of affection to our brother
Masons of the United States, greeting them on behalf of the craft
of Canada, we were thrilled with the strains of "God Save the
Queen" and the enthusiastic demonstrations from every brother
present. It was an occasion never to be forgotten by those who were
present.
The interest in the projected consolidation of the Maratime Pro-
vinces seems to be dying out. The committee on that subject reported:
That very little progress has been made in this important matter.
The fact that two committees from the Grand Lodge of Nova Scotia
were in existence on this, or a somewhat similar object was found to
to be awkward and tended to detract from the question this commit-
tee was appointed to deal with. The other committee alluded to had
under consideration the larger union of the Grand Lodges of Prince
Edward Island, New Brunswick and Nova Scotia, and it would appear
174 APPENDIX. — PART I.
that the committee appointed by the Grand Lod^re of P.E. Island was
appointed to consider the union pertaining to the three provinces and
did not feel like meeting officially with us. Your committee have
therefore nothing tangible to report. All of which is respectfully
submitted.
The following is from the report of the committee on address:
We are pleased to find that such cordial relations subsist between
the Grand Lodges of the United States and our grand body, as to re-
sult, last summer in a fraternal visit from Mount Olivet Lodge of
Cambridge, Mass., to our Scotia Lodge at Yarmouth, and a second
visit from the same lodge is to be made this month.
One new lodge was chartered.
Theodore A. Cossman, the representative of Illinois near the
Grand Lodge of Nova Scotia, was elected grand master; Hon. William
Ross, re-elected grand secretary, both of Halifax.
The report on correspondence (135 pp.) is the work of two hands,
and the history of its making is thus given by the grand secretary:
We divided the reviews of foreign correspondence between M.W.
Brother Flint and a past master of one of our city lodges, belonging
to the legal profession. Brother B'lint returned in good time thirty
proceedings which he reviewed during the time he was attending to
his parliamentary duties at Ottawa, and when we expected our city
reviewer to send in the fruit of his labor and industry we were sur-
prised and disappointed when the bundles of books were returned to
us unopened. We do trust that this is not the common practice of
the legal profession even when there is no fee attached. Consequently
we had to further encroach on the good nature of Brother Flint and sent
him another batch of proceedings, who at the time of their delivery
was busily engaged in an election contest which materially delayed
his Masonic work. We may also add that the writer was also engaged
in a keenly contested election, and that with his other Masonic du-
ties prevented his taking a hand in reviewing.
M.W. Brother Flint has reviewed the proceedings of fifty grand
lodges; R.W. Brother Mowbray, eight.
All of which reflects the truth of the old adage— to make sure of
having a thing done, entrust it to a busy man.
The review of Illinois for 1899 is the work of Brother Flint, and
reflects through nearly four pages the close and discriminating exam-
ination of the author. He copies at length the valuable observations
of Grand Master CoOK on the subject of rotation in office "as being an
expression of sound policy to be recommended," and of his closing re-
marks, he says:
After thanking the members and officers of grand lodge for their
support during a laborious year of office, the grand master concludes
his very interesting and able address with some good advice, appli-
cable to all Masons in every jurisdiction, and to all men everywhere.
MASONIC CORRESPONDENCE. 175
It would be satisfactory did space permit to quote every word of this
beautiful peroration, but we can only find space for a few sentences.
He compliments the oration of Brother Crane as a most readable
and pleasing contribution to the literature of the session, and praises
the report on correspondence far beyond its deserts as a monument
of industry and patience. He is one of the few to whom the topical
method — even when modified as we tried to do in order to make it
lighter and more elastic — is satisfactory. He says:
The method he has pursued, that is, dealing with the various re-
ports, topically rather than in chronological order, involves great
labor, but when well done, as in this case, is productive of most valu-
able results as a literary and philosophical as well as technical pro-
duction. Under the head of" "necrology," we are furnished with
twenty pages of interesting biographical memoranda. The distin-
guished dead of each jurisdiction pass in solemn review before us,
words of kindly praise and affectionate remembrance being appropri-
ately awarded to them as their names are called. Some sixty-five
pages are devoted to foreign reviews of the affairs of the Grand Lodge
of Illinois, under the title, "As Others See Us." As here arranged
these comments and the observations of Brother Robbins are really
delightful reading. "Negro Masonry" occupies seventy-five pages,
and "Mexican Masonry" twenty-seven pages. This form of report
certainly brings together in an admirable way all the information to
be gleaned from the various reports on these subjects.
His own work is excellent, showing few marks of the stress of dis-
tracting duties under which most of it was performed.
OHIO, 1900.
91sT Annual. Springfield. October 24.
Eleven past grand masters were present.
The grand master, E. L. Lyberger, whose portrait graces the fly-
leaf of the Ohio volume, reports but one death in the imrbediate mem-
bership of the grand lodge, that of George Palmer, present master.
Of questions of law. He says:
Believing that the Code and the decisions under its different sec-
tions are sufficient to cover almost every conceivable case that can
possibly arise in Masonic jurisprudence, I have refrained from mak-
ing any new decisions, although I have answered hundreds of ques-
tions, and cited those making inquiry to the sections of the Code
applicable to each case as it occurred to me. In some cases I have
given an opinion with the assurance that, if a decision were given, it
would be in line with the opinion.
176 APPENDIX. — PART I.
The following- shows the Eastern Star problem cropping out in a
new direction:
My attention has several times been called to the practice of
subordinate lodges of publishing- a Masonic calendar, and including
therein the names of the officers and members of the Order of the
Eastern Star, located in their midst. The Order of the Eastern Star
not being a Masonic body, the question is raised as to the propriety
or legality of thus including in what is termed a Masonic calendar
anything that is not Masonic. I respectfully refer this matter to the
grand lodge, with the recommendation that some action be taken
thereon, for the better information and instruction of the brethren
in this particular.
The committee on topical reference in distributing the various
topics in the grand njaster's address to their appropriate commit-
tees seems to have been disinclined to saddle on any committee a sub-
ject so instinct with dynamite possibilities, "and skillfully parried the
danger by ignoring it, thus blanketing it under the "remaining por-
tions" of the address which were "approved as read."
The report of the committtee on the S. Stacker Williams
Library, the generous donation of which Brother Williams we chron-
icled in our last year's report, gives some idea of the extent and va-
riety of his collection:
We called upon him in answer to his request, and found that he
bad already catalogued his collection, and that there was little for
the committee to do except to take possession of the same. We found
in this library about forty-three hundred volumes, pamphlets, letters,
etc., consisting, in part, of about fifteen hundred and fifty volumes of
proceedings of grand lodges, grand chapters, grand councils, grand
commanderies, supreme councils, consistories, and councils of deliber-
ation, constitution of nearly every jurisdiction in the world, commenc-
ing with Anderson's original of 1723 and the Dublin constitution of
1730. There are American and foreign histories, enclycopedias, and
lexicons; also proceedings of foreign, English, and non-English speak-
ing grand bodies. In monitors the library is very rich, and contains
a copy of all the different editions of Thomas Smith Webb; also of
Cross, Dove, Gray, Hardie, Hutchinson, Mackey, Maco}', Matthews,
Moore, Sickels, and a number of others. There are volumes of music
and poetry, antimasonic works, the Carson reprints, bibliography,
biography, addresses and sermons, Ahiman Rezons, works on Masonic
jurisprudence, by-laws, controversial pamphlets, magazines, and a
great many other miscellaneous Masonic books, pamphlets, letters,
addresses, etc. Of the above there are about eleven hundred volumes
bound.
Two new lodges were chartered and Cleveland was fixed upon as
the place, and the fourth Wednesday in October as the time of hold-
ing the next annual communication.
Frank S. Harmon, of Akron, was eiected grand master; J. H.
Bromwell, Cincinnati, re-elected grand secretary.
MASONIC CORRESPONDENCE. 177
The report on correspondence (324 pp.) is — as it should be so long
as able to wield the pen — the work of Past Grand Master William M.
Cunningham, whose industry and erudition have so long^ reflected
lustre upon his grand lodge. In his introductory remarks he properly
inveighs against the emasculation of the Entered Apprentice degree
in the United States through the unwarranted action of the Balti-
more convention over a half century since. He says:
Previous to that time all business, balloting for candidates, pub-
lic ceremonials, etc. — except that pertaining strictly to the other de-
grees— was done in a lodge of Entered Apprentices. When that
grade was received, the initiate was a Mason, and with well as in the
name, with all the rights of membership, and with thereby the oppor-
tunity and duty of saying, by his ballot, who should be made his
brother and become one with him in the Masonic family.
The degree is in itself the most perfect and unchanged of any
grade in Ancient Craft Masonry. The beauties and lessons to be
learned or developed through its symbolism are illimitable; it is the
foundation of Freemasonry, and as its superstructure the manifest
injustice of neutralizing the grade by depriving it of its inherent
rights, powers, and prerogatives, without its own consent, must be self-
apparent.
The influence of members and admirers of a modern organization,
then becoming very popular, was doubtless the first cause of the per-
petration of this great wrong and innovation, as the result of their
efforts to have the business affairs of Freemasonry to correspond in
management with a modern organization in accordance with their
own progressive ideas.
To accomplish fully this displacement required a number of years
in the lodges of the United States. In the England, however, and in
other grand jurisdictions, the change was not made.
Those who are cognizant of the circumstances attending or caus-
ing the action of the Baltimore convention are becoming very few;
hence the duty of directing attention to this important subject, and
urging the rehabilitation of the Entered Apprentice degree and the
restoration of its inherent rights, privileges, and prerogatives.
On another subject he expresses our views more forcibly than we
could hope to do:
A new feature in American grand bodies is the late introduction
of honorary titles, an absurd ''fad," out of place and out of character
in the grand and subordinate bodies of the United States, in which
every grand office is open to fair competition upon the part of every
member.
In a grand lodge like that of England, in which the grand master
and grand treasurer are the only elective officers — other than their
several boards — and in which also the grand master (if of the royal
family) is expected to serve during his natural life, and who appoints
all of the other officers of grand lodge, a very different state of affairs
obtains. In the Grand Lodge of England a "commoner" can not ex-
178 APPENDIX. — PART I.
pect to receive any higher distinction than that of a grand deacon,
and, as stated by an eminent brother, "are blocked beyond save some
special offices like grand secretary," etc. The Eminent V.W. Bros.
William James Hughan and Robert Freke Gould have been honored
only with the rank of past grand deacon; but, as stated in that con-
nection by V.W. Brother Hughan, "We are an old country, and our
plans answer here."
The honor of having the title of a grand officer in that grand
lodge is held in such high estimation that each grand officer, accord-
ing to rank, is expected to pay a "fee of honor" therefor. The fees
paid go into some one of the benevolent funds of the grand lodge. In
this connection, in the report of your committee last year, under the
head of England, it is stated that the "fund of benevolence" ac-
knowledged the receipt of £10 lOs., the honor fee of a provincial
grand master, with an additional fee for the same of £3 3s., acknowl-
edged in the "fund for general purposes." An honor fee of £5 5s.
is paid by grand deacons, a deputy grand sword bearer, and an assist-
ant grand director of ceremonies, whilst a deputy grand registrar
paid £10 10s. for the honor of his appointment.
In grand jurisdictions with such customs prevailing therein, hon-
orary rank is doubtless a very desirable feature; but its adoption in
the grand bodies of the United States is but a fulsome imitation of
foreign customs, and with the modern innovation of annual rotation
in office, and a one-year term only for grand masters, introduced
within the past few years, will, sooner or later, detract from the official
dignity of the office, and belittle the honors justly pertaining to official
Masonic rank.
He gives no less than fourteen of his valuable pages to the Illi-
nois proceedings for 1899, two-thirds of which are devoted to the re-
port on correspondence. He gives the address of Grand Master CoOK
a very thorough examination with frequent well selected quotations.
He quotes also from the oration of Brother Crane, which he charac-
terizes as scholarly and practical. Of another incident of the pro-
ceedings, he says:
In the proceedings of the grand lodge it is noted that Past Grand
Master M. W. Brother John C. Smith could not be present at the third
day's session, on account of his own ill-health and his attendance upon
his guest. Past Grand Master M. W. Brother Frederic Speed, of Mis-
sissippi, who was dangerously ill at his house. The fraternal con-
gratulations of your committee are extended to these distinguished
brethren upon their restoration to health.
So far our esteemed and most worshipful brother purrs with
great gentleness and serenity, but when he strikes the report on cor-
respondence, the evidence abounds that somebody or something has
been stroking the fur the wrong way.
If in vindicating the truth of history we have been compelled to
say anything that has ruffled him we greatly regret it, for we have a
very profound respect for the ability of our eruidite brother, as we
MASONIC CORRESPONDENCE. 179
have also for his disposition to be fair in his treatment of differing
opinions and those who hold them. If he sometimes appears to fail
in this, we try not to wonder at it when we recall how much in the
action of his grand lodge he has been called upon to defend.
It is probable that it is utterly impossible in view of his racking
experience, for him to see in a condemnation of the course of certain
High Riters in making the grand lodge the battle ground of the fac-
tions, without suspecting that such condemnation is a defense of
Cerneauism, even if it comes from one who is affiliated like himself
with the Anti-Cerneau wing of the rite; and so we do not chafe much
over the necessity which compels us — writing as we do now within
six days of the meeting of our grand lodge at which this report must
be distributed in print, and having only reached Ohio in our alpha-
betical progress — to let him have this and kindred fields pretty much
to himself this year, printing most of his indictment of our alleged
"puerilities" and "evasions."
He says:
Under the head of Maine, he continues his discussion with M.W.
Brother Drummond in a labored defence of his unwarranted animos-
ities against the legitimate bodies of Scottish Rite Masonry, and of
his previous unwarranted statements relating to the powers that he
says are claimed to be possessed by those of the "Thirty-third degree
— statements absolutely untenable so far, at least, as those of the
Northern Masonic Jurisdiction are concerned ; and doubtless so also
in relation to those of the Southern Jurisdiction, although differing
in its constitution, as the single instance quoted in that connection
— and that, too, in a jurisdiction never under the control of the York
Rite — is supported alone by inference.
Whilst it has been fully shown that the so-called Cerneaus not
only claimed those powers, but have exercised them in establishing
and fostering clandestine lodges of craft Masonry, his statement in
that connection that "there are clandestine lodges in Ohio, because
there have been broils among Masons tkere,'" and that the
"Origin of all the difficulties that inflict the jurisdiction was a dy-
nastic factional broil over who had the right to rule over and adminis-
ter the Scottish Rite,"
Has been di'sproven so often-as to need no further reference thereto,
other than to again say, as well known, that there are neither diffi-
culties nor broils among legitimate Masons in Ohio, as also heretofore
noted in the review of Colorado herein. In his five pages, in reply to
the writer, under the head of Ohio, he reiterates similar statements
with his usual fling at Ohio.
We must take a moment to say, with reference to the following,
that we did not refer to the "limb" which he chooses to assume that
we did. The "limb" which he unfortunately got onto was in using the
Conservator's Association to illustrate his argument in defense of the
180 APPENDIX. — PART I.
high rites against the charge of being peace disturbers, when the Con-
servator Rite belonged in the same category with those he was de-
fending:
Of the connection of our M.W. Brother with the Conservator's
Association, and its dissemination of a printed ritual, he sa3's:
"Coming now to the Conservator's Association where Brother
Cunningham so deftly saws off the limb on which he is standing, let
us say, in passing, that if he was a member of the association in Ohio,
he is, of course, authority on what was the stated principal object in
that jurisdiction, but, as we remember it in Illinois, its stated prin-
cipal object was uniformity of work; and also that he is in error in
saying that Grand Master Blair made war upon it. These matters
are of no importance to this discussion, but they are facts of history,
and so should be recorded."
As "Brother Cunningham" was not "a member of that association
in Ohio," and not even in sympathy with it, he therefore was not on the
'^limV with M.W. Brother Bobbins says that he "so deftly saws off."
He was, however, earnestly solicited to become a member by its head,
"the chief conservator," the late M.W. Bro. Robert Morris — an es-
teemed and loved friend — and was by him placed in possession of its
persuasive and p?austMe literature. Membership therein, however, was
declined by the writer, for several reasons, among which it is only nec-
essary to state that: First. The writer p7'e/i?7'recZ the "Ohio Barney
Webb work,"' as taug|it by John Snow,* to the Eastern Webb of the
Morris Mnemonics; Second. The Mnemonic and other methods of its
dissemination were, in his opinion, very objectionable.
Whilst uniformity of work was an ostensible intent of the associa-
tion, yet its equally avowed object to its membership, for its attain-
ment, was the official control of lodges, subordinate and grand, and
the dissemination and adoption therein of the Morris Webb Mnemonics
for the accomplishment of that proposed uniformity, and, perhaps,
the sale of the Mnemonics.
The objects and purposes of the association, as shown by its
printed matter, were doubtless the same in all grand jurisdictions in
which it had an organization. The writer has now no recollection of
any establishment of the association as such in Ohio; but if so, its
following must have been very inconsiderable, as if otherwise he
would have learned of it. if not otherwise, doubtless through Brother
Morris himself, whose close friendship for the writer was never in the
least clouded by his non-concurrence in the conservator movement.
As to the attittde of Grand Master Blair thereto, M.W. Brother
Blair may not have joined with other in Illinois in their war upon the
association, but, as may be noted in his annual address as grand mas-
ter in 1862, he has no words in its defense; but, on the contrary, extols
the "Barney work," and is pronounced in favor of the method then in
use in that grand jurispiction in the dissemination of work, etc.
As the proceedings of the grand lodge in its consideration of the
conservator question was had in a committee of the whole, and as
opinions were divided as to the proprietj' of the publication of the
proceedings in relation thereto, the grand master's order that it
should be published would apparently be a further warrant for the
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inference drawn. (See pp. 37, 38, etc, and 323 and 324, Proc. Grand
Lodge of Illinois for 1862.) Much that was said in the discussion re-
lating to the association, it is to be inferred, was doubtless omitted
in the published proceedings.
The reference to the connection of Brother Bobbins with that
association, and its dissemination of a cipher ritual, was not intended
to be in any manner censorious, as that is a matter of each individual
conscience only, but to show the inconsistency of his vituperative ar-
raignment now of those grand lodges that publish official "cipher
suggestions" of the esoteric work, "with whom," he said, in 1898,
"that we almost favor cutting off of fraternal intercourse."
Another count in his indictment:
In answer to the writer's statement that the connection of our
M. W. Brother with the Scottish rite gave him an opportunity of
knowing the injustice of his invective statements concerning that
rite and its membership, he says, in the commencement of his reply
thereto, that
•'We have been too busy with the affairs of Masonry proper, in
what time we could spare from earning a livlihood, since we became
affiliated with the Scottish rite, to know everything that a member
of the thirty-second degree might know about the laws governing the or-
ganizatio ?;,even if we thought it worth the while to give one's time,"
etc.
The animus of the forgoing is evident when it is well known that,
with the exception of its legitimate esotery, all matters pertaining
to the Scottish rite are as freely published as those of the York rite.
And another, with bill of particulars:
In the case of the action of Grand Master Goodale in forbidding
the installation of an avowed Cerneau, who was in open antagonism
to the regulations of the grand lodge, and whose vow of office, if per-
mitted to be installed, would have iseen a mere farce, our M. W.
brother sanctions the usual Cerneau plea against official enactments,
and evasively says:
"We said that he did not avow himself such when called upon to declare
that he was not such at the price of installation, and that the record did not
show him to be one, but did show that he declined to make the declara-
tion on other grounds."
And in answer to the following question of the writer, viz.:
"Does our M. W. brother intend us to infer that a member who is
in avowed rebellion against the enactments of a grand lodge, or if
even against whom such a charge had only been preferred, is in good
standing, or justified in refusing to purge himself of the charge if
innocent?"
He says that only his "demurrer (?) to the first part of the ques-
tion was printed," and that the following was suppressed, viz.:
"To the question whether a person against whom such a charge
had been made, but not yet proven, is in good standing, we answer unhesi-
182 APPENDIX. — PART I.
tatingly, that we think he is, and that in so thinking and holding we
are in accord with the opinions of Masonic jurists generally — outside of
Ohio. The question whether he is justified in refusing to purge himself of
the charge, if innocent, is tantamount to asking whether, when one is
charged with an offence, the burden of proof lies primarily upon the
prosecution or on the defense? To this question all jurisprudence worthy
of the name, whether civil or Masonic, gives but one answer."
That he may have the full benefit of the puerility of the foregoing
in its application to this case, it is now quoted herein. It ^cas not in
any sense heretofore suppressed; but was omitted because it was con-
sidered to be only another one of his ingenious evasions, as may be
noted by his own statements therein, as;
1. Openly-avowed rebellion against the enactments of the grand
lodge is in itself a personal confession of guilt, that does not require
any further proof that he was not in good standing.
2. Open disobedience and insubordination, alike with intoxication
or profanity in a lodge, in all jurisdictions, warrants prompt discipline
upon the part of the master, even to ejectment from the lodge-room,
and does not require any waiting for subsequent charges, trial and
discipline therefor, which may follow, in order to show that the ac-
cused is not in good standing.
3. There was no denial whatever of the charge upon his part, be-
cause the accused was knowingly in openly-avowed contempt of the
grand lodge and grand master, and the refusal to accept the oppor-
tunity kindly offered by the grand master for a renunciation of his
contumacious connection with and open advocacy of a body that he
knew had been declared by the Grand Lodge of Ohio to be irregular,
illegal, and unmasonic, and membership therein prohibited — was but
another evidence of willful disobedience, fully warranting the action
of the grand master; and the reader hereof is left to judge whether
the opinions of "Masonic jurists generally" (?) coincide with the views
and injured innocence plea of our M. W. brother, or whether "all jur-
isprudence worthy of the name" will justify his fling at Ohio therein.
Believing that the Grand Lodge of Ohio and its grand master were
fully justified in the action referred to above, and that it will be so
considered by all fair-minded, loyal Masons or Masonic jurists, the
writer does not propose to again recur to the foregoing case.
Looking over our quoted remarks on that subject, we can stand
the quitting if he can.
In the following, we ought to explain what without such explana-
tion no one might suspect, that he is referring to the Ohio denial of
the immemorial right of the lodge to instruct its representatives in
grand lodge:
In regard to the endeavor of Brother Robbins to have the writer
renew a discussion concerning the right of the Grand Lodge of Ohio
to decide for itself in 1887 — when the question was raised — as to the
rights of its constitutional members, a membership provided for in
its constitution, adopted nearly ninety years ago, your committee is
of the opinion that, at least until he submits some new points or a
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more forcible argument other than his own statements in support of
his views, there is nothing sufficiently important in the question to
warrant its further discussion; and the Grand Lodge of Ohio will
doubtless continue to exercise its own judgment as to the rights of its
constitutional members to vote their own convictions, regardless of in-
structions, in contradistinction to those representatives appointed by
a lodge to fill vacancies and act in its behalf:
In the following he gets back to what seems to be his favorite
stamping ground. His remarks require no special reply except to
say that we consider him as well informed, perhaps better informed
on the subject than Brother Perkins:
Brother Bobbins mildly says that
"Inasmuch as Brother Perkins knows that we have not only not ap-
peared to be the champion of Corneauism in these reports — and we have not
aired our opinion on the subject elsewhere except as our action in af-
filiating with the other belligerent during the war might be held to
reflect it— but have consistently maintained that neither the grand
lodge nor grand lodge papers were proper fields for the discussion of
such questions. We can afford to forego the tempting field for dis-
cussion offered by the 'consanguinity' of 'illigitimacy,' and content
ourselves with thanking him for the pleasanter, if not sincerer,
things which follow it."
"When it is considered that for more than a dozen years our most
worshipful brother, in his reports on foreign correspondence has upon
apparently every available opportunity been zealous in his vitupera-
tive arraignment of the M. W. Grand Lodge of Ohio for its justifiable
and necessary action against Cerneauism, and the defense of the
loyal brotherhood in Ohio against the deceptions, clandestine en-
croachments, rebellious conduct, and disobedience to grand lodge en-
actments of its adherents; also,
That within the same period he had been pronounced in his de-
nunciatory protests against the M. W. Grand Lodge of Iowa for its
similar action against these enemies of legitimate Masonry.
Pennsylvania and other states have also received his animadver-
sions in the defense of Cerneauism.
He has freely quoted Cerneaus and Cerneau statements against
the evidence of loyal Masons and their truthful publications in sup-
port of his views.
To such an extent indeed has he posed as the defender of these
"injured and much persecuted" innocents! that he was quoted and
extolled by the so-called Grand Master of the Clandestine Masons in
Ohio in a pamphlet entitled, "An Address to Men and Master Masons,"
pp. 63 and 103. (See Proceedings Grand Lodge of Ohio, 1897, p. 426.)
Again, whilst bitter denunciations against legitimate Scottish
Rite Masonry, its officials and members, have in that connection at
times permeated his reports, Cerneauism itself a.nd its clandestine fol-
lowing here, so far as now recollected, escaped censure at his hands.
Now, however, he says that "he has not appeared! to be the champion
of Cerneauism." Doubtless true! for that it was not in appearance
3 84 APPENDIX, — PART I.
only, but that he ivas the champion of Cerneauitm is self-evident from
his own pen — and how much Ohio is indebted to the defenders of Cer-
neauism and its justification for the establishment within its jurisdic-
tion of those clandestine lodges, to which he refers with such self-com-
placency on page 71 of his report, in his explanation of the dissolution
of the Illinois Conservator's Association, is a matter to be determined
by their own conscience, whatever the opinion of others may be in
that connection.
Brother Cunningham copies our remarks anent the topical form
of report, to say that he fully concurs. This is of course very grati-
fying. The surprising part of it is that he should find eighteen lines
in our report that did not in his estimation contain a "fling at Ohio."
OKLAHOMA, J 901.
9th Annual. Kingfisher. February 12.
Two past grand masters were present. Oklahoma has no diplo-
matic court.
The grand master, William M. Anderson (whose young, fresh
looking face with its adolescent moustache looks out from the fly
leaf) announced that death had not invaded the immediate member-
ship of the grand lodge.
He had been asked for a dispensation to confer the degrees on a
man who had lost the thumb of his right hand, but:
I declined to grant this dispensation but believe it should be done,
as I do not think this misfortune should bar a good man from the
rights and privileges of the order, and refer the matter to you with
my recommendation that it be granted.
The refusal to grant the dispensation was approved, but of the
main question the jurisprudence committee say:
We are of the opinion that no candidate is eligible to Masonrj^,
who is by nature, or by accident, unable to give all due signs and
summons, and who is incapable of making himself known as a brother,
in the dark, as well as the light.
He reported eight decisions, two of which we reproduce:
Has a lodge jurisdiction over a rejected candidate after the ex-
piration of the required six months, so that another lodge would have
to obtain a waiver before the petition could be considered?
1. Answer — No.
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Does an appeal to grand lodg'e from a sentence of suspension stay
the sentence until grand lodge acts?
2. Answer— Yes.
The first is given for information as showing that a rejected ap-
plicant is only required to wait six months under their law; and No.
2 shows just the opposite of what is true in Illinois.
Of the representative system the grand master says:
Early in the year, I received a communication from the grand
master of the Grand Lodge of Washington, asking for an exchange
of representatives. I wrote him that we did not have the repre-
sentative system, and while this was voted down at the last grand
lodge, I again lay the matter before you and ask you to adopt it. I
believe this is an age when closer union is necessary in order to keep
up with the progress of the times, and I believe that Masonry should
be more closely allied in the relations of her grand lodges.
On the report of a special committee the grand representative
system was adopted, but the following went over for a year:
We further recommend, that the grand master of this grand
body, take such steps as are necessary, looking to the establishing of
an International Federation of Free Masons on the line suggested in
the circular letter received from the Grand Lodge of Switzerland.
Perhaps at the end of the year the special committee will be
able to explain just what kind of brokerage business is involved in
this Alpine proposition.
The grand lodge chartered eight lodges working under dispensa-
tion, continued two, and if we recall the record correctly chartered
two new lodges outright ; listened to a brief but comprehensive ora-
tion by Grand Orator J. H. Antrobus ; recommended the lodges to
levy a tax of twenty-five cents per capita as a donation to the Ma-
sonic Home fund, and voted against the custom of banqueting the
grand lodge by the local craft. The next meeting of the grand lodge
will be at Guthrie.
Charles Day, of Blackwell, was elected grandmaster; James
S. Hunt, Stillwater, re-elected grand secretary.
The report on correspondence (188 pp.) is by the Grand Secretary
James S. Hunt, who, we rejoice to see, has again been permitted to
take up the pen.
He gives Illinois for 1900 a comprehensive notice, quoting from
Grand Master Hitchcock's address and noting the salient points of
the session's business with the discrimination of a veteran. He quotes
extensively from the introduction to our report, the sentiments of
which, on the subjects treated, coinciding fully with his own previ-
ously expressed views.
186 APPENDIX. — PART I.
OREGON, I90I.
51 ST Annual. Portland. June 12.
The half tone, fresh, Pacific-coast face gracing the fly leaf of the
attractive Oregon volume, is that of Henry B. Thielsen, the retir-
ing grand master.
Fifteen past grand masters and the representatives of thirty-eight
grand jurisdictions were present at this semi-centennial communica-
tion, Past Grand Master W. T. Wright representing Illinois.
The anniversary feature was informal. On the afternoon of the
second day the grand lodge was called from labor to refreshments,
and Past Grand Masters John M. Hodson and John McCracken ad-
dressed the brethren and others assembled. The address of Brother
Hodson was historical, telling the story of Masonry in Oregon for
fifty years and more, and was worthy of the occasion. Brother Mc-
Cracken's address, no less worthy in its way, was more desultory,
giving many reminescences of the early days of the grand lodge, its
officers and members.
The addresses concluded the grand lodge was again called to
labor.
The address of Grand Master Thielsen is a strong paper. He
announced with sorrow the death of Past Grand Master James R.
Bayley, for many years a prominent figure in the grand lodge. His
election to the grand east was in 1861, and he had been fifty-four
years a Mason.
The grand master submitted five decisions, two of which we copy:
Second — ^In response to numerous requests for a ruling upon a
part of Section 1, Article V, of the by-laws, reading as follows: "No
member is entitled to vote, nor can he be elected or appointed to any
office, who is not clear on the books of the lodge." I was compelled
to declare so much as is quoted above to be unconstitutional, in that
it provides a different standing for the member who is in arrears for
dues to that specified by the constitution, Article XII, Section 5.
Further, that it is in contravention of the twelfth landmark and in
violation of what Mackay calls the magna charta of Masonic liberty,
"that no Mason can be punished or deprived of any of the privileges
of Masonry except upon conviction after trial."
Fourth — That an admixture of Indian blood is no bar to becoming
a Mason, but inasmuch as experience teaches that in a cross between
races, the vices rather than the virtues of the parents are apt to be
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perpetuated, it is advisable to subject the character of the petitioner
to a more than usually searching scrutiny.
All were declared to be correct, but the committee on jurispru-
dence recommended as follows, and the grand lodge concurred:
We find that decisions Nos. 1, 3 and 5 are in strict accordance with
Masonic laws, and recommend that they be approved.
The second decision is correct, but we recommend that all after
the words "section 5" be stricken out.
The fourth decision is correct, but we recommend that all thereof
after the word "Mason" be stricken out.
After referring to the clandestine lodges in Ohio, and in Penn-
sylvania where a so-called "Regional Grand Lodge" has been organ-
ized out of certain irregular lodges chartered by a "Grand Orient at
Madrid, Spain," he says:
We, in our own midst, have an irregular lodge styling itself
"Coos Bay Lodge No. 55," at Beaver Hill, Oregon. This is a negro
lodge, and has before given us some trouble. I understand they are
occasionally making members of white men, and I would suggest that
our members living in that neighborhood should let it be known that
this is a spurious lodge, and I call the attention of all our lodges
that they must be careful not to admit as visitors any member of
this clandestine lodge. I am informed that man}^ of their own mem-
bers suppose they are working under our authority; that one C. M.
Richardson claims to represent them in our grand lodge, and comes
to Portland at the time of our annual communications, and gives out
at Beaver Hill that he comes to attend our sessions.
He submitted for consideration the applications for recognition
of the grand lodges of Western Australia (of which Sir GERARD
Smith is grand master) and Costa Rica, and on the recommendation
the former was recognized, and on the claims of the latter the com-
mittee was given further time for report.
After being approved by the committee on jurisprudence the fol-
lowing was adopted:
Besolved, That the M.W. grand master appoint a committee of
three to make such alteration in our Masonic burial ceremonies so
that said ceremonies can be used in the disposal of the body by cre-
mation.
The grand lodge continued one lodge under dispensation; found
from the report of the grand secretary that Oregon lodges had con-
tributed $342.50 to the Jacksonville (Fla.) sufferers; listened to a more
than usually good address by Grand Orator Leroy Lewis; exchanged
telegraphic greetings with Grand Lodge of Washington, then also in
session, and later received Past Grand Master William H. Upton, of
the latter, as a visitor, and adopted the following:
188 APPENDIX. — PART I.
Whereas, Our Rev. and R.W. Bro. J. R. N. Bell has faithfully
served this grand body for twenty-seven years as grand chaplain;
therefore be it
Resolved, That his picture be added to the gallery of past grand
masters as a recognition of his long and devoted service and as a
slight token of our appreciation of him as a man and a Mason.
William E. Grace, of Baker City, was elected grand master;
James P. Robinson, Eugene, re-elected grand secretary.
The report on correspondence (115 pp.) is the second from the
hand of Fast Grand Master John M. Hodson, who devotes four pages
to his comprehensive notice of our proceedings for 1900.
Quoting the action of the grand lodge in pro rating the surplus
back to the lodges as the nucleus of a charity fund in each lodge, he
says:
Which vrill divide among the lodges about 8100,000, probably a
little more; approximating a per capita of $2. That may have been
a good move, but it occurs to us that a reduction in grand lodge dues
and the caring for the funds already accumulated, to assist in bridg-
ing over the next hard times, which are liable to come, would have
been a wiser course; but they who could accumulate such a hand-
some surplus are certainly qualified to do as they please with it and
insure its proper use.
Perhaps Brother Hodson overlooks one strong incitement to such
action — the temptation to raids on the treasury offered by the pres-
ence of so large a surplus.
He says of the address of Grand Orator Paville, that it is one of
the most striking, yet cultured orations that the year had brought to
him.
Apropos of the Oregon regulation requiring that all resolutions
to be referred to some committee without debate, we said there were
many times when resolutions might properly be discussed on a mo-
tion to refer. Commenting on this, he says:
When discussion is allowed, there is frequently much time taken
up which is really valuable, and we have known sessions of our grand
lodge extended from half a day to a whole day, when, if all business
worthy of being considered had been properly digested by a commit-
tee, we could have completed all our work within the usual time. We
do not know how it is in Illinois, but Oregon has numerous brethren
who are not at all averse to talking.
Relative to the possession of prerogatives by the grand master
he says:
We recognize certain prerogative belonging to the office of grand
master in which no Mason or body of Masons can legally make inno-
vations, such as the making of a Mason at sight, convening and pre-
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siding over any lodge, laying corner-stones of public edifices, etc.
But while we may arrest a charter, he cannot annul the charter; he
may grant dispensation to form a lodge, but he cannot charter and
constitute a lodge without the order of the grand lodge, and should he
transcend his power as prescribed in the constitution and landmarks,
"whatever these may be," he is amendable to the grand lodge the
same as any other brother. If he were guilty of gross unmasonic
conduct, the grand lodge can depose him and expel him from the fra-
ternity. Anciently this was not so; acting by authority of his king
or emperor he was the head and absolute governor of the craft, to do
as he willed. In 1703 the grand lodges of London passed resolutions
authorizing the making of "Accepted" Masons; Sir Christopher
Wren, then grand master, forbade it, and there were no Accepted
Masons made until after his death, which occurred in 1716.
If we wait a little while he will probably drop Sir Christopher
Wren as a grand master. We think it is pretty well agreed that the
craft had no grand master prior to the election of Anthony Sayre.
He seems inclined to want to discuss the rightfulness of the posses-
sions of the three degrees of Masonry by the Scottish rite bodies, but
we are too near the sitting of the grand lodge to take up that ques-
tion with him now.
PENNSYLVANIA, 1900.
115th Annual. Philadelphia. December 27.
•
The Pennsylvania volume in its traditional dress of blue and gold
contains two finely engraved autograph portraits, those of James
Page, grand master in 1846-1847, and Peter Fritz, grand master in
1848-1849.
This grand lodge holds five communications each year — four
quarterlies and the annual.
At the quarterly of March 7. one hundred and twenty-four lodges
were represented out of a total of about four hundred and thirty. A
petition for a warrant for a new lodge was referred to the grand
officers with power to act — the unvarying course.
At the quarterly of June 6 the Grand Lodge of Western Aus-
tralia was recognized on the recommendation of the committee on
correspondence.
At the September 5th quarterly the grand master, GEORGE E.
Wagner, announced the death of Past Grand Master J. SIMPSON
Africa, who was grand master in 1891 and 1892. of whom an apprecia-
tive memorial was presented by the grand tiler, Samuel W. Wray.
190 APPENDIX. — PART I.
Eloquent eulogies on the deceased were pronounced by Past Grand
Masters Conrad B. Day, William J. Kelly and Michael Arnold,
and Brethren James F. Neall, James M. Lamberton and Henry
Oscar Kline.
Another death, reported in December, was that of William H.
Slack, district deputy grand master.
At the quarterly of December 5th the committee on library thus
referred to the reprint of the records:
The sixth volume of the reprint of the minutes of the grand lodge
is now in the printer's hands. This volume will include the records
from the year 1828 to 1840, and those who have purchased the preced-
ing volumes are expected to secure copies of this one as soon as it is
ready for delivery. Those who have not yet secured a set of these
important publications should do so at once.
George E. Wagner, grand master; William A. Sinn, grand sec-
retary, were re-elected. The address of both is Masonic Temple,
Philadelphia.
A resolution of sympathy was transmitted to Past Grand Master
Arnold, then lying sick at Jefferson hospital.
At the annual communication, December 27, twenty-two days
later, it was reported that Brother Arnold had undergone a severe
operation at the hospital, and the brethren were rejoicing over the
advices that he was steadily improving.
The stewards of the Stephen Girard charity fund reported aid
extended to two poor and respectable brethren from Illinois, amount-
ing to $20.
Honorary membership in the grand lodge, a rare honor, was con-
ferred on Grand Treasurer Thomas R. Patton, the bountiful.
Grand Master Wagner delivered his annual address, opening with
a contrast between the annual meeting of December 27, 1800, with
twenty lodges out of the thirty, making returns that year, and all
the lodges representing about fifteen hundred masons, and today
when there are 437 lodges on the roll with a membership of about
55,000.
Dwelling on the virtue of secrecy, he says:
I have been requested to sound a note of warning on this subject,
as in these days of wide publicity some of our brethren are, perhaps,
not so discreet in this matter as they should be; some of the newer
and younger brethren are doubtless mislead by reading of such things
as Masonic parades, Masonic dinners, banquets, balls, concerts, dances,
etc., given by so-called Masonic bodies and participated in by breth-
ren and others not of the craft; such shows are discountenanced and
forbidden to Pennsylvania lodges, as we believe that Freemasonry
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should be practised and its affairs discussed behind the tyled doors of
the lodge room.
He has the following' severe strictures on Massachusetts:
In the early part of this year we received copies of the printed
proceedings of the Grand Lodge of Massachusetts, held June 14, 1899,
which appear to call for comment; not that we wish to interfere with
anything that that distinguished body desires to do or sa^^ but be-
cause silence on our part might be construed as acquiescence in the
most extraordinary spectacle that it was ever the lot of any grand
lodge to witness, and also because such silence might be thought to
mean that we did not feel aggrieved at the intemperate and heated
language used against us and ours.
At the meeting referred to "the recording grand secretary"
arose to call attention "to the revival of the absurd pretensions of
certain brethren of Pennsylvania that the Masonry of this country
had its birth in Philadelphia, or, as they proudly express it, that
Philadelphia wasthe "Mother city' of Freemasonry in America."
If our right worshipful brother had discussed the question in a
rational, fraternal spirit, I would have no comment to offer; but un-
happily he used the most violent, extraordinary, and unfraternal
language, applying it without discrimination to this grand lodge, to
our beloved brother, the late right worshipful past grand master,
Clifford P. MaCalla. to our good brother, .Julius P. Sachse, and to the
late brother, Jacob Norton, of the jurisdiction of Massachusetts.
Whatever may be the views of our Massachusetts brethren as to
the "mother city," there is no call to abuse the living or the dead,
particularly the dead; it may be safe so far as the latter are con-
cerned, but it is particularly unseemly, especially so when a Mason
speaks of a dead one, one who held the love and esteem of our juris-
diction and was honored with the highest gift in its keeping, the
grand mastership.
That the Grand Lodge of Massachusetts should tolerate such a
spectacle, listen to such a tirade, and then send it broadcast as an
official document, seems beyond comprehension.
I do not intend to discuss the question of the "mother city;" the
established facts are plain. There were lodges in Pennsylvania in
1730; the ledger of a lodge working in Philadelphia in February, 1731,
has been produced; it is known as "Libre B;" preceding that must
have been a "Libre A." How many years that was in use before
"Libre B" was begun is left to conjecture. The deputation to Bro.
Daniel Coxe as provincial grand master for New York, New Jersey,
and Pennsylvania, issued by the Grand Master of England in 1730,
appears on the records of that date.
In Massachusetts the first lodge dates from 1733. This was con-
stituted by Bro. Henry Price, who claimed to have a commission as
provincial grand master; doubtless he had such a commission, but it
is nowhere recorded, except by a copy of a copy said to have been
made at least twenty years later.
In the face of these facts, what is the use of calling hard names?
192 APPENDIX. — PART I.
What difference does it make who discovered them, and how are we
to get away from them if we want to?
How can it alter the fact that there were lodges meeting here in
1730, as published by the Pennsylvania Gazette, whether Franklin, the
publisher of that paper, was at that time a Mason or not? It is not
be supposed that he was like Nero, as represented by the current
story: Nero's friends are expostulating with him on the destruction
he is causing in Rome, when he replies, indignantly, "Don't you see I
am compelled to do it; that I am obliged to make material for 'Quo
Vadis' ?"
Franklin was the newspaper man of his day; as such he published
current happenings. It is impossible to believe that he manufactured
the news referred to. What could be his object? He certainly was
not making material for the "mother city" controversy of one hun-
dred and fifty, or more, years later.
Surely our Massachusetts brethren do not intend to assert that
our lodges in 1730 were clandestine, and that Benjamin Franklin and
our other worthies of that date were illegitimate Masons, or met
with and recognized such.
Following are some of his decisions, which in Pennsylvania are
submitted for information only, not for review:
When the by-laws of a lodge provide for life or honorary mem-
bership, without future payment of dues, and a member complies
with the conditions imposed and thereby becomes such life or honor-
ary member, the lodge cannot thereafter, by a change in its by-laws,
compel him to pay dues or suspend him in default thereof.
Declined on several occasions to issue dispensations for the elec-
tion of a worshipful master or a senior warden, and held that when a
vacancy occurs in the office of the worshipful master the senior war-
den becomes the "acting master," and in case of a vacancy In the
station of senior warden the junior warden acts as senior warden.
Called the attention of several lodges to the previous decisions
of grand masters that the lodge name, the lodge-rooms, or the lodge
funds cannot be used for any but Masonic purposes ; that a reception
or banquet to those who are not Masons are not Masonic purposes ;
that none are permitted at Masonic banquets but Masons; that it is
unlawful to use the lodge name, as was done in one case, to hold a
public banquet entertaining those not Masons and following it by a
dance and cake-walk.
Refused permission to allow a lodge room to be used for a meet-
ing of a society called the Eastern Star.
None but "a son of honest parents" can be made a Mason ; this
excludes all born out of wedlock.
There must be three copies of the Holy Bible for the use of a
lodge ; one on the altar, one on the master's pedestal, and one for the
use of the examining committees.
Two new lodges had been warranted during the year.
The grand master reports the following:
MASONIC CORRESPONDENCE. 193
Early in the year I was waited upon by an officer of the navy, just
back from Manila. He came well introduced, and I found him an en-
thusiastic Mason. He presented the idea of the grand lodge warrant-
ing a lodge at that place. We talked the matter over at length, and,
indeed, he came a second time, but I finally declined to entertain it,
and urged him to go to the grand master of the Grand Lodge of the
District of Columbia. The cit}- of Washington is in constant inter-
course with Manila, and we are not; it therefore seemed much more
desirable for the brethren in that distant part of the world to work
under a warrant from that grand lodge than one from ours.
The report on correspondence (354 pp.) is this 3'ear wholly the
work of Brother John M. Lamberton, whom we had the pleasure of
introducing to our Illinois brethren last year.
Illinois proceedings for 1900 are thoroughly reviewed. He is quite
justified in his witty remark that the preamble and resolution setting
forth that the grand lodge had established a chart setting forth the
symbols of Masonry, etc., "appears to be a little out of plumb, in the
grammar line." Quoting the resolution, he says:
We find no action establishing such a chart, but the following,
later in the session, was offered and referred to the board of grand
examiners:
We maj' add that both the slantindicular grammar and the gen-
eral knowledge that the grand lodge had never established any chart,
probably had as much influence as any other consideration in per-
mitting the resolution to slip through without comment. But this
will not, probably, abate his expressed desire to "see the chart."
The oration was suggestive to him in a direction not often men-
tioned:
An interesting oration was delivered by Brother John Faville, on
the subject, "The Operative Mason: What can he tell us? This Me-
diceval Order: What can we learn from it?" He speaks of "yonder
temple" "a few doors from here," which he never sees "without a
new surprise," as "a magnificent material monument to our order."
It seems to us and always has seemed (as we say seemed because we
may not know the peculiar circumstances of the case), that it is odd
that this Masonic temple so spoken of, has no accommodations suita-
ble for the communications of the grand lodge.
'"Yonder temple'" is not in any sense a Masonic temple except
that it has accommodations for lodges and other bodies, provided for
revenue only by the business corporation which built the structure
and made an unwarrantable use of the Masonic name by calling it the
Masonic Fraternity Temple.
Referring to our report he expresses pleasure that the topical
form had been abandoned. He makes generous quotations from it,
194 APPENDIX. — PART I.
and records his acquiescence in the views expressed relative to Grand
Master Locke's (Maine) decision as to Roman Catholics.
Because we expressed the opinion that in Brother Sachse's anti-
quarian address there had been a great cackle over a small egg, he
makes this justifiable request:
We shall ask our brother to do us the favor (it is a great one, we
know) to read our review of Massachusetts in this report, and we think
he may agree that while the egg may be small, it is very full of good
meat.
We promise to read it. We -should do so even if it were the pen-
ance he unwarrantably suggests, as a just penalty for having put
our face into the discussion. We have looked over enough to see that
it is an able paper, and doubly interesting because we went over some
of the ground traversed by it, thirty years ago, but we haven't the
time this year to read it.
PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND, J90J.
26th Annual. Charlottetown. June 24.
The grand master, Ronald McMillan, presided, and there vpere
present the representatives of twenty-eight grand jurisdictions. Illi-
nois vras not among them.
The grand master reported the death of Dr. James McLeod,
present master.
He submitted one decision:
I decided that any member in good standing has the right to ob-
ject to the initiation and advancement of a candidate after he has
been declared elected or initiated, and it has the same force and effect
as if he had been present at the election and cast his ballot.
The jurisprudence committee —
Agree with him in that part of the decision where he finds that an
objection to the initiation of a candidate is an inherent right, and
one that may be exercised without question, by any member of the
lodge, neither is he required to give his reasons therefor.
The second part of the decision, your committee view in a differ-
ent light. The candidate having acquired certain rights as an E.A.,
cannot be stopped by a mere objection after initiation, he is received
as a brother, and as such, he is entitled to more consideration than
the mere profane, and any allegation reflecting upon the character
or qualifications, should be carefully examined.
MASONIC CORRESPONDENCE. 195
The committee then proceed to map out the proper course of pro-
cedure in which we find they quote from the Illinois law. The view
ot the committee prevailed.
The Grand Lodtje of Western Australia was recognized; an ap-
plication for recognition from the Grand Lodge of Costa Rica was re-
ferred to the committee on correspondence.
John Muirhead, of North Toyan, was elected grand master;
Neil Mackelvie, Summerside, re-elected grand secretary.
Summerside was chosen as the next place of meeting.
There is no report on correspondence.
SOUTH AUSTRALIA, I90I.
17th Annual. Adelaide. April 7.
The grand master, the Honorable Samuel James Way, presided.
Twenty-three grand jurisdictions were represented, Illinois of the
number.
At the half-yearly communication, held October 17, 1900, a repre-
sentative was elected to the Grand Lodge of Western Australia.
At the annual communication, upon motion of the grand master
a congratulatory address was ordered to be sent to the King upon his
accession to the throne of England, and to the Duke of Connaught
upon his election as grand master of the United Grand Lodge of
England.
The Honorable Samuel J. Way was re-elected grand master;
T. J. D. Hautke was elected deputy grand master, and they were
duly proclaimed as such. J. H. Cunningham remains grand secre-
tary ; F. J. Cunningham assistant grand secretary. The address of
all the grand officers is Adelaide.
196 APPENDIX. — PART I.
SOUTH CAROLINA, 1900.
124th Annual,. Charleston. December 11.
Seven past grand masters and the representatives of thirty-four
grand jurisdictions were present, Illinois being represented by John
F. FiCKIN.
The grand master, Orlando Sheppard, announced the deaths of
Grand Chaplain S. P. H. Elwell, and Grand Organist Thomas P.
Oneale.
For information he reported a circular letter from the Grand
Lodge of England notifying him that the Grand Orient of France had
invaded English territory by chartering The Hiram Lodge of London.
We reproduce two of the five decisions reported by him:
2. "Can a lodge vote on resolutions of respect to a deceased
brother, at a meeting for the purpose of taking part in his funeral?"
I ruled that a lodge has a right to call extra communications for
certain purposes, one of which is to bury a deceased brother, and that
it was competent for the lodge to adopt resolutions of respect to the
memory of said deceased brother, at such extra communication, be-
cause such action was germaiu to the purpose for which the extra
communication was called.
3. A worshipful master had, for reasons which he deemed suffi-
cient, arrested the jewel of the junior warden of his lodge.
The arrest of the jewel was not followed by the preferment of
charges, or any other action on the part of the master; at the ensu-
ing election of officers for the ensuing Masonic year, this junior war-
den, with his jewel arrested, was elected master.
The retiring master wanted my ruling, as to how a junior warden
stood with his jewel arrested, and how he should act in the matter of
installing such junior warden, so elected to the office of master?
I ruled that the junior warden, by reason of the arrest of his jewel,
was suspended from the discharge of the functions of his office, but
that his standing as a Mason was not aiTected.
That such being the case, in the absence of charges, the lodge
had a right to elect him as Master, and that it was his duty as retir-
ing master to install him.
The jurisprudence committee say of No. 2 that it can do no harm,
but are of the opinion that according to the strict Masonic law such
resolutions can only be adopted at a regular communication, or at
one called for that purpose. We agree with them that it can do no
harm, and we think the grand master was right in No. 3.
MASONIC CORRESPONDENCE. 197
Relative to the grand lodge at Washington the grand master an-
nounced:
It is with very sincere pleasure that I have to inform you, that
the Grand Lodge of Washington has reconsidered its action on this
subject, and that by authority conferred by you, on your grand mas-
ter, at the last annual communication, the pleasant relations hereto-
fore existing between the Grand Lodge of Washington and this grand
lodge have been restored and renewed.
Of the result of his appeal for aid for the Galveston sufferers, he
says:
I am very much gratified to report to the grand lodge, that on the
17th day of November, our Grand Treasurer Zimmerman Davis, re-
ported to me, that he had received up to that time from sixty-three
lodges in this grand jurisdiction, the sum of $706.40 which amount he
had forwarded to the grand secretary of the Grand Lodge of Texas.
It is indeed very gratifying that the responses have been so cheer-
ful, so prompt and so liberal, and it only demonstrates the fact,
that whenever and wherever Masons are in trouble. Masonic relief
will be extended.
This is from the record and is a needed step in the right direc-
tion :
W. Brother James R. Johnson offered the following resolution:
Resolved, That the use of Masonic emblems by any Master Mason
to further his political or business ends, be considered as a Masonic
offence.
After discussion this resolution was laid on the table.
M.W. Brother R. F. Divver then offered the following:
Resolved, That this M.W. Grand Lodge of A.F.M. of South Caro-
lina disapproves and condemns the use of Masonic emblems for any
but Masonic purposes. Adopted.
An event of the session most gratifying to his own grand lodge
and to the craft throughout the country was the presence in his place
of Grand Secretary Inglesby, to whom the following tribute was
paid through the committee on correspondence:
The committee desires to place on record its appreciation of the
long and faithful services of the grand secretary, Bro. Charles In-
glesby. They rejoice that he has come safely through a long and
serious illness, and they express the hope that he may be soon restored
to full strength and vigor. His labors in the cause of Masonry have
been long and abundant. Faithfully and brilliantly has his work been
done, and he stands, as a writer of Masonic reports, in the very front
rank, if not at the head, of the corps reportorial — and of him it may
be truthfully said: '-There is nothing Masonic which he has not
touched; there is nothing that he has touched that he has not
adorned."
198 APPENDIX. — PART I.
During the session the grand master with imposing ceremonies
laid the corner-stone of the Exposition building, the grand lodge be-
ing opened for that purpose on the Entered Apprentice degree.
Charleston was selected as the place of next meeting.
Orlando Shephard, of Edgefield, grand master; Charles In-
GLESBY, Charleston, grand secretary, were re-elected.
The report on correspondence (187 pp.) was prepared by Bro.
John R. Ballinger, junior grand warden; and those who were privi-
ledged to meet and hear him while a guest at our grand lodge of last
year, will not doubt that the mantle of Brother Inglesby fell on
competent shoulders. The report is excellent throughout both in
matter and spirit.
The Illinois proceedings for 1899 are very thoroughly reviewed.
Referring to the address of Grand Master Cook, he says:
He disapproves "of the use of robes and other paraphernalia cal-
culated to distract the mind of the candidate from the teachings of
Masonry rather than to impress its lessons." The grand lodge having
approved these views the year before, and the approval being disre-
garded, he issued an edict forbidding their use, which was approved
at this communication. We agree with him in all this, while in this
state, each lodge is allowed to determine for itself whether robes
shall be worn.
Of our amended law respecting the expense of trials, he says:
We think this a very unwise and unjust law. In the first place,
we suppose, that, while there is always an accuser, the lodge is al-
ways the prosecutor; the accuser, it is presumed, makes his charges
for the good of the lodge, or the craft at large, or both, and if he has
to pay the expenses, he will often refrain from preferring charges in
cases in which they should be preferred. In the second place, it
makes a distinction between an accuser and an accused in cases of
inability to pay expenses, the former must pay, whether able or not.
In the third place, the accused must pay his part of the expenses of
a trial into which he is unwillingly, and it may be unjustly, drawn,
even though he is acquitted and entirely exonerated, and thereby an
innocent man is punished. Lastly, we think it wrong to allow the
lodge to be the judge of his ability to pay.
His notice of our report is quite full, and although it touches on
subjects that on account of our differing environments might be ex-
pected to make sharp differences, the fraternal courtesy which char-
acterizes it never lapses.
MASONIC CORRESPONDENCE. 199
SOUTH DAKOTA, 1900.
26th Annual. Aberdeen. June 12.
A fine vig'nette likeness of the retirinff grand master, W. H. ROD-
DLE, forms the frontispiece of the volume.
Six past grand masters and the representatives of eighteen grand
jurisdictions graced the occasion with their presence. Illinois was
represented by Past Grand Master Oscar S. Gifford.
Grand Master Roddle counted it his great privilege to report
that the ranks of their grand lodge had remained unbroken during
the 3'ear.
We reproduce but one of his five decisions, one that shows their
kinship with Illinois law:
3. A dimit must be granted if the applicant is not an officer, and
is free from all charges. An intention not to affiliate is no bar.
From his well considered remarks on rotation in office, wherein
he advocates the g^olden mean, we take the following:
Fitness only should recommend a brother for advancement. Mis-
takes are often made in electing or appointing, and, if made, should,
in the best interest of the craft, be corrected at the first opportunity,
and no brother who from neglect or inability fails to fill the place to
which he has been advanced creditably, has cause for any stronger
feeling than regret that he had not done better.
A letter and telegram from Past Grand Master William Blatt,
regretting his inability to be present, evoked the following:
On motion of Brother O. S. Gifford, P. G. M., it was
Resolved, That the grand secretary be instructed to forward to
Brother Blatt by telegram the sincere regrets of this grand lodge
that he was unable to be present at this grand annual communication.
We notice that, contrary to the almost universal practice, the
report on correspondence was adopted.
Two new lodges were chartered, and Sioux Falls won on a ballot
forthe next place of meeting.
John A. Cleaver, of Huron, was elected grand master; George
A. Pettigrew, Flandreau, re-elected grand secretary.
The report on correspondence (136 pp.) is by Brother S. A. Brown,
M.D. , and is very largely in his own hand. It is excellent in style
200
APPENDIX. — PART I.
and discriminating in treatment, and keeps up the reputation won
for South Dakota by Past Grand Master Blatt in this department.
Illinois for 1899 finds a place in his review, and the address of
Grand Master Cook furnishes one of the few instances where verba-
tim quotation is indulged in. Referring to the edict against military-
drills, etc., and the sale, distribution, use or possession of keys and
ciphers; he says:
We hope that the example of this great and influential grand
lodge will not be followed in these particulars. Leave the brethren
alone to resist unmasonic encroachments such as these. The good
sense of the lodge will show them the folly of superfluous additions to
the work and the wickedness of those that are unmasonic. Personal
remonstrance of the grand master, the deputy grand masters and
other beloved and influential Masons will do all that ought to be done.
We don't know whether this was intended for us, but we take it
so far as to say that we think the first and greatest step towards com-
prehension of the true uses of our ritual is to know the truth as near
as may be:
We have no sympathy with that spirit among a small class of cor-
respondents to belittle the antiquity of Freemasonry. These brethren
desire and should expect to show their superior knowledge in their
writings. Masonry has existed from time immemorial. That is the
unshaken "no thoroughfare" obstruction reached by all investigators
who wish to prove its modern origin. When W. M. assures the candi-
date that "King Solomon is said to have been our first most excellent
grand master," let not our writers on correspondence immediately
plant in such candidate's minds the seeds of contempt for the reality
and truth of Masonry to his lasting injury and loss.
He flatteringly expresses his inclination to agree with us in the
following particulars:
Brother Bobbins, in his able and painstaking review of grand
lodge proceedings, expresses himself on many questions emphatically
and forcibly. We are inclined to agree with him:
That non-affiliates who remain so should not be hunted down with
penalties.
That when objection is made to advancement of an E. A. or F. C,
it should not be a secret objection, for the reason that the candidate
is a brother.
That no Scottish Rite body or officer can, by virtue of Scottish
Rite authority only, lawfully confer a symbolic degree, nor form a
blue lodge, under any circumstances.
That a brother suspended or excluded from lodge fellowship for
non-payment of dues only, is still a Freemason at large, and entitled
to claim his individual rights and benefits as such.
That the law of Illinois protecting the secrecy of the ballot, even
of the committee on character of an applicant, is a good law.
MASONIC CORRESPONDENCE. 201
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That the objections to the action of Washington grand lodge,
declaring the legitimacy of Negro Masonry, are the outgrowth and
desire to exclude negroes from Masonic fellowship.
That Mexican Masonry is not in a condition to demand the unqual-
ified approval of a grand lodge.
That an army lodge is likely to be disappointing.
That Masonic homes and temples should wait for endowment by
the wealthy and we would add that they should wait for grand lodge
endowment until the members of the grand lodge are financially able
to attend its meetings without the aid of mileage and per diem.
That a Master Mason may lawfully apply to and be elected to
membership in any lodge on earth irrespective of his residence.
We always feel under obligations to summarize the work of a new
accession to the guild, and we greatly regret that time will not let
us do this with the report of Brother Brown.
TASMANIA, 1900.
9th Annual. Hobart. February 22.
Ten grand jurisdictions were represented, Illinois not among them.
The Hon. C. E. Davies grand master, presided.
The board of general purposes reported on deceased brethren:
During the last six months we have lost by death several distin-
guished brethren. Our most worshipful past grand master (Rev. R. D.
Poulett-Harris, M.A.) died on 23rd December, 1899, at the age of 82:
our R.W. past deputy grand master. Brother F. H. Wise, on 25th No-
vember, 1899: P.M. the Rev. J. W. Simmons, (P.G. chaplain), on 6th
January, 1900; Wor. Bro. Captain A. Kirkland (P.G. deacon), on 28th
November, 1899; R.W. Bro. Geo. Baker (deputy grand master of Vic-
toria) died on September 27th, 1899; our grand lodge representative
in the Grand Lodge of New South Wales (V.W. Bro. T. F. DeCourcy
Browne) died on October 9th, 1899.
These items from the report of the grand secretary, John Ham-
ilton, are interesting for information:
A request was received for permission to admit as a candidate tht
son of a respected member of a lodcre at the age of 18 years, but the
board considered it inadvisable to interfere with the limit of twenty
years laid down in the book of constitutions.
It does not seem to be fully understood that in the case of a
brother, who, for motives of convenience, receives a second or third
degree in another lodge than his mother lodge, the expense of the
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brother's certificate must be defrayed by the lodge in which he en-
tered the order.
Among the items of correspondence read by the grand secretary,
are the following:
Grand Lodge of Western Australia (recognized by the Grand
Lodge of England), inviting the grand master and his officers to the
installation of His Excellency Sir Gerard Smith as the first grand
master.
Grand Lodge of Scottish Freemasonry in Western Australia, no-
tifying the appointment of the district grand master, S.C., to the
rank of pro grand master of the Grand Lodge of Scotland.
Grand Lodge of Western Australia (not recognized by England),
again appealing for recognition by the Grand Lodge of Tasmania;
and also from Grand Lodge of New South Wales on the same subject,
recommending that the Grand Lodges of Australia be guided by the
action of the Grand Lodge of England.
Among the proceedings whose receipt is acknowledged are those
of Illinois.
The Hon, C. E. Davies was unanimously re-elected grand master
John Hamilton remains grand secretary. The address of both is
Hobart.
TENNESSEE, J90J.
89th Annual. Nashville. " January 30.
A half-tone portrait of the incoming grand master, Isaac J.
Thurman, graces the fly leaf.
Twenty-one past grand masters were present, and the diplomatic
corps was out in full force, thirty-seven in number. Past Grand
Master A. V. Warr (to whom greetings) representing Illinois.
The grand master, James Henry MoClister, made the sad an-
nouncement that Past Grand Master George Hampton Morgan was
no more. His death was not unexpected, but the loss was none the
less great.
Past Grand Masters Bun F. Price and M. D. Smallman paid elo-
quent tributes to his memory, and their praises will be echoed by all
who have sat with him at the round table.
Only five official rulings were reported, as follows:
A lodge submits this question: A lodge drops a member from the
roll for N.P.D. without preferring charges. To reconsider must the
MASONIC CORRESPONDENCE. 203
member making the motion to reconsider have voted with the ma-
jority on the former occasion?
Answer. Not necessary to reconsider, as the action of the lodge
was illegal and void, and the brother is still a member of the lodge in
good standing.
A lodge asks permission to remove the remains of a brother from
one cemetery to another, and re-inter with Masonic ceremonies.
Answer. Remove the remains if desirable, but have no Masonic
procession or hold Masonic ceremonies.
A brother asks : "Is an amendment to a motion in order after the
motion has been stated, but before the vote has been taken ? "
Answer. An amendment is in order at any time before the vote
has been taken.
A brother asks : "Will an oral objection, made by Brother C. to
Brother D. against the initiation of a profane hold good?" Brother
D. delivering the same to the W.M. at Brother C.'s request.
Answer. Brother C. can object, either orally or in writing, to the
W.M., but must do so in person. He can not object by proxy.
Had the W.M. any right to defer action in the above case until
the next stated meeting ?
Answer. The W.M. ought to be sure that time is given for inves-
tigation, as to reasonable objection, before he proceeds with the de-
gree.
Good throughout, but we should say with reference to the second
that circumstances alter cases. We have heard of a case where a
brother was thrice buried, the last time with- Masonic rites; and at
our home city in Illinois, during the civil war, we assisted in burying
a dead brother — a confederate wounded and captured at Shiloh — for
the second time and then with the Masonic rites which through the
preoccupation of those in authority were at first denied him. When
the brethren learned this they first murmured and then clamored until
he was raised and properly re-interred.
The Grand Lodge of Western Australia was recognized, and while
the jurisprudence committee confessed to a strong inclination to
recognize the Grand Lodge of Costa Rica, they wisely recommended
waiting until more complete and accurate knowledge of its status
could be had.
The same committee say of their venerated dead:
The loss to this grand lodge of the counsel and service of M.W.
Brother George H. Morgan is indeed cause for poignant regret, rather
than for mourning, since he, himself, looked forward to the change
rather as a translation to a higher sphere, for to him this mortal life
was but a suburb of the life immortal, which he entered without fear
204 APPENDIX. — PART I.
and with serene confidence in the merits of the "Lion of the Tribe of
Judah." He was no stranger to the mortal foe, called Death. In the
full tide of youthful life he had faced him a hundred times on the
field of battle, and never faltered when he heard the voice of his
brave commander or the call of a soldier-duty in the doleful days of
our great civil war. And when the fulness of time had come and our
weary brother laid him down to rest, it was as —
"One who wraps the drapery of his couch about him
And lies down to pleasant dreams."
This committee forbears further remarks on this subject since,
by request of the grand master, memorial sketches of -our departed
brother will be presented by those chosen for that purpose by Brother
Morgan himself, for the hearing of which we recommend the hour
immediately following the consideration of this report.
Of an alleged Masonic applicant for grand lodge recognition, the
committee say:
In ignorance of the true inwardness of Italian Freemasonry, your
committee is not prepared to make any suggestion or recommenda-
tion in regard to the communication received from the Grand Orient
of Italy.
Of a case before it the committee well say:
I. — A dimit from another country has full legal force as evidence
only when (a) duly attested by the lodge seal and official signatures,
(h) identified by the marginal signature of the petitioner, and (c) the
legal standing of the lodge duly certified by the secretary of the
grand lodge under which it is held, under the grand lodge seal.
II.— No grand lodge certificate will be sufficient to establish the
status of the subordinate unless it be one recognized by this grand
lodge.
The dimit offered in this case lacks two essentials (1) the certifi-
cate of the Grand Lodge of Mexico under which George Washington
Lodge exists. (2) The recognition by this grand lodge of the grand
body in Mexico under which the subordinate claims Masonic powers.
Unfortunately for this petitioner, and for Tennessee, this grand
lodge has not yet been able to satisfy itself as to the status of the
numerous bodies in Mexico claiming to be grand lodges, so as to de-
cide which, if any of them, deserve our recognition.
Across the Rio Grand the light seems darkness; and even those
living on the border and having the closest vision cannot themselves
agree in the things seen just over the river. Texas recognizes one
grand lodge which is refused recognition by New Mexico, while the
territory fraternizes with other grand bodies which the state declines
to recognize. The various states of our Union in all its borders are
at "sixes and sevens" on Mexican Freemasonry. In all this confusion
and chaos we deem it best, at least safest, for Tennessee to "wait 'till
the clouds roll by," in the earnest hope that we may soon be in full
fraternal accord with some grand lodge or lodges independent, self-
sufficient, having exclusive jurisdiction over the lodges in a well de-
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fined territory, claiming' authority over symbolic degrees only, and
preserving the ancient landmarks of Freemasonry.
Isaac J. Thurman, of McMinnville, was elected grand master;
John B. Garrett, Nashville, re-elected grand secretary.
The report on correspondence (154 pp.) is by Past Grand Master
Henry H. Ingersoll. Its authorship is a guarantee that there is
not a dull page in it. Brother Ingersoll is welcomed to the round
table with both hands by all hands. Illinois for 1900 finds a place in
his review.
He quotes at some length from Grand Master HITCHCOCK'S ad-
dress, among other things his statement that there had been some
little friction over the edict forbidding the use of robes and says:
It is hard to repress or regulate this feminine fondness for dress
among some of our good brethren. What a pity it cannot be con-
verted into an equal fondness for working tools!
He is the first reviewer, so far as we recall, to criticize the form
of the report of our committee on appeals, a fact which we give for
information only, for we believe a man should be willing to stand
^alone if he thinks he is right. He says:
■ Extraordinary consideration for unfortunate brethren who have
gotten themselves mixed up with the penal law of the fraternity, is
shown in this jurisdiction by omitting their names in the report of
cases before the committee on appeals and grievances, so that the
reader of the proceedings, whether in or out of the state, has no
knowledge of the person thus disciplined.
He levies contribution at some length upon Brother Faville's
oration, and quotes from our introduction our remarks on non-affilia-
tion and the suspension of brethren from the rights of Masonry for
what is only an infraction of lodge regulations and not of general
Masonic law, and commends them to the "thoughtful consideration
of the brethren."
We should like to summarize his report, but lack of time forbids.
TEXAS, 1900.
65th Annual. Houston. December 4.
Twelve past grand masters were present, as were also nineteen
grand representatives, among them George Lopas, Jr., for Illinois.
The grand master, R. M. LusK, announced the death of Past
Grand Master Franklin Barlow Sexton, aged nearly seventy-two.
206 APPENDIX. — PART I.
The grand master says that by his ability, dignity, affability and
conservatism he wielded a powerful influence in shaping the poli-
cies of his grand lodge, and the appreciative tribute paid him in the
memorial of Past Grand Master Thos. M. Matthews, evidently writ-
ten from the heart as well as the head, he is pictured as a man in
every way admirable.
Referring to the Grand Lodge of Washington, the grand master
said he had not been informed whether that jurisdiction had receded
from its former position on the question of Negro Masonry or not.
Referring to the Galveston hurricane he places— from informa-
tion furnished by the Masonic Relief committee there — the losses of
the brethren in a pecuniary way as follows:
Houses, that is, homes of Masons S179,925 00
Contents 113,200 00
Other property, including business losses 662,438 00
Total $955,563 00
Nineteen decisions are reported — not a large number for so large
a jurisdiction — betokening throughout a clear head and a good knowl"
edge of Masonic law. Some of them we reproduce: A
Fourth. It is not proper for the members of a lodge to attend di-
vine services at a church in a body as a lodge on Sunday, June 24, for
the purpose of commemorating the anniversary of St. John, the Bap-
tist.
Sixth. Question — "Is a protest against affiliation effective?
Answer — Article 440, Masonic laws, as amended in 1898, reads as
follows: "A protest against the conferring of degrees upon a candi-
date may be made at any time after his petition for the Entered Ap-
prentice degree has been received by the lodge, and before he receives
the degree. * * * a protest against the advancement of a candi-
date may be made at any time after he receives the Entered Appren-
tice degree." Held: The law regulating protests applies only to the
conferring of degrees, and not to applications for affiliation. There-
fore a protest against affiliation is not effective.
Seventh. "A was charged with unmasonic conduct, and the vote
upon his guilt was a tie. Was it not a mistrial, and was it not the
duty of the master to order that another trial be had at once, or as
soon thereafter as practicable?"
Answer— The vote upon the question of guilt being a tie was equiv-
alent to an acquittal. There is no such thing as a mistrial in a Ma-
sonic lodge.
Ninth. Question — "Is betting on a primary election a Masonic of-
fence?"
Answer — It is, and is gambling within the meaning and spirit of
the constitution, article 5, chapter 5, section 25. This grand lodge in
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(P. P., p. 21) held that betting on a horse race was gambling', and
there is no difference between the two in principle or morals.
Fourteenth. Question — "Would it be improper for a lodge to place
a window in a new church building with the square and compasses
and other Masonic emblems on it, not as a memorial window, and
with no special object in view other than to furnish the window to
the church, and which is to occupy the most conspicuous place in the
building, to-wit: on Main street?"
Answer — It would certainly be very improper, for the reason that
Article 632, Masonic laws, inter alia, says: "The ostentatious display
of Masonic emblems is contrary to the spirit of Freemasonry." What
good purpose would it subserve ? Would it advertise Freemasonry in
the town ? Freemasonry needs no such advertisement. The best ad-
vertisement Freemasonry can have is for its members to conform to
the teachings and principles of the order, and, without ostentation
or display, exemplify in their daily walk and intercourse with their
fellow men the great Masonic doctrine of charity and benevolence.
Fifteenth. Question — "A brother asks for a dimit for the reason
that he has joined a religious organization known as the "Holiness
Church of Christ," which teaches that one cannot belong to any
secret order, and the brother wants a dimit so as to retain member-
ship in said church. Is he entitled to a dimit for that reason, and is
it a Masonic offence to dimit on that account ? "
Answer — (1) He is entitled to a dimit provided he is clear on the
books and no charges are preferred against him ; (2) it is not a Ma-
sonic offence to ask for a dimit for the reason stated. The right to
dimit is an inherent one, which cannot be restrained by any power.
The brother is the sole judge, and must decide on the propriety of the
act according to his own conscience and the principles of Masonry.
Sixteenth. F. L. Topia applied for the degrees in Longview Lodge
No. 404, at Longview, Texas, was initiated, applied for the Fellow
Craft degree and was rejected. He then moved within the jurisdic-
tion of Meridian Lodge No. 308, at Meridian, Mississippi, again
applied for the degrees, was elected and took the Entered Appren-
tice and Fellow Craft degrees in No. 308, without the knowledge or
consent of No. 404, and without the knowledge on the part of No. 308
that he had been rejected by No. 404. Upon being informed of the
facts by the Texas lodge the Mississippi lodge expelled him. Ques-
tion— "What action shall we take to get rid of him ?"
Answer- Prefer charges, try, and expel him if the facts justify.
His expulsion by the Mississippi lodge did not affect his status in the
Texas lodge, as the action of that lodge in no way deprived the
Texas lodge of jurisdiction over him, and it was a nullity so far as
the Texas lodge was concerned
The jurisprudence committee took issue with him on only one de-
cision of importance, and then rightfully, as we think, the sixteenth
of which they say:
We cannot agree with the grand master in decision No. 16, in hold-
ing that the expulsion of F. L. Topia by Meridian Lodge No. 308, in
208 APPENDIX. — PART I.
Mississippi did not affect his Masonic status in Texas. In discussing
this subject and taking the states of Florida and New York for exam-
ples. Dr. Mackey. in his valuable work, says: "And if expulsion is the
result of such trial, that expulsion, by the lodge in Florida, carries
with it expulsion from his own lodge in New York, for if the premises
are not denied that the lodge in Florida can rightful]}' exercise penal
jurisdiction, then the conclusion follows that that expulsion must be
legal. But expulsion annuls all Masonic status, and obliterates Ma-
sonic existence, and the Mason, whoever he maj' be, that has been
legally expelled by one lodge, can never receive admission into an-
other."
There can be no question but that the Mississippi lodge had juris"
diction to try the accused in this case, because he resided within the
territorial jurisdiction of said lodge and the offence was committed
against that lodge, wherefore the expulsion was legal and carried
with it Masonic death everywhere in whatsoever degree he may have
taken.
And we recommend that Longview Lodge enter upon its minutes
the facts showing the expulsion of F. L. Topia by Meridian Lodge,
Mississippi.
The rapid growth of Texas is indicated by the demand for new
lodges. Charters were granted to eight under dispensation, and to
four others on petition. Steps were taken to incorporate the grand
lodge under the state law.
N. M. Washer (we wish Brother Watson would give first names
in full), of San Antonio, was elected grand master; John Watson,
Houston, re-elected grand secretary.
The report on correspondence (90 pp.) is, as usual, the work of our
valued friend, Past Grand Master Thomas M. Matthews, who got
our proceedings for 1900 by the customary scratch, in time to include
Illinois in his review. g
The first item of business after the opening, the appropriation of
$1000 for the Galveston sufferers, moves him to say:
In advance of what the Grand Lodge of Texas will say in behalf
of the Masons of this jurisdiction, and especially of the storm-stricken
region, expressive of the gratitude which the Masons of Texas feel
toward our brethren throughout this great country for their un-
bounded sympathy and unstinted liberality in this our great necessity,
we can not let this generous act pass without adding ourhumble meed
of thanks and gratitude to these our brethren of Illinois for this sig-
nal mark of their fraternal love and S3'mpathy. Such acts as this, at
such a time, when we are under the cloud of the greatest disaster of
the age, makes us realize that we are brethren in reality and in truth.
And when we think that the same feeling that prompted this generous
act has shown itself in the same form throughout our broad land and
that every community in this great republic has risen from a like im-
pulse and exemplified a like feeling, we can but be impressed with the
loftiest sentiments of patriotism and a stronger realization of the fact
that we are a nation of brethren — one kindred, one blood, one destiny.
MASONIC CORRESPONDENCE. 209
Brother Matthews falls into the same error that several other
reviewers have made who did not have his excuse of necessarily hur-
ried reading; he records the appropriations reported by the finance
committee in favor of three organized charities as having been made,
not noticing that an amendment prevailed which distributed the sur-
plus in the treasury among the lodges.
Brother Matthews thinks that our remark that the "perfect
youth" standard to which Texas clings with such tenacity finds no
warrant in the landmarks, is a justifiable criticism.
UTAH, J90I.
30th Annual. Salt Lake City. January 15.
The Utah volume is richly illustrated, having besides the half-tone
portrait of the incoming grand master, Charles Wesley Morse,
which makes the frontispiece, similar portraits of Past Grand Master
Chas. W. Bennett, John Shaw Scott, Wm. P. James, Samuel Paul,
Abbot R. Heywood, Arvis Scott Chapman and William Thomas
Dalby, accompanying biographical sketches which will be a part of
Bro. Chris. Diehl'S history of Masonry in Utah, yet to assume shape.
Eleven past grand masters were present and the diplomatic corps
was out in great strength, forty-five jurisdictions being represented,
Illinois of the number.
The grand master, George Viall Schramm, announced the death
of Past Grand Orator Harry Vail Cassidy and Past Grand Tiler
Daniel Hutchison.
During his absence from the jurisdiction the deputy grand master
had instructed the grand secretary to forward one hundred dollars to
the Galveston sufferers, for which act he successfully bespoke the in-
dorsement of the grand lodge. Among his recommendations is the
following, always timely:
The most important committee appointed by the master is the
committee of investigation, whose report is a guide for the members.
None except true and tried brethren should be appointed on that com-
mittee.
I have heard of instances where members of such committees have
interviewed the applicant himself and made inquiries of him as to his
standing, his business, his family relations, and other matters that
the committee desired to know. Such a course is obviously wrong.
There are other methods of ascertaining an applicant's character;
210 APPENDIX. — PART I.
methods that are more effective and that will violate no Masonic prin-
ciples. The applicant has no right to know who constitute the com-
mittee and should know absolutely nothing about the investigation
that is being made.
He echoes a wail from the reviewer:
At the last annual communication of this grand lodge, the chairman
of the committee on correspondence was instructed to write hereafter
a report in topical form. Our brother Diehl has obeyed, as he alwaj's
does, the instructions, and presents at this time such a report.
He complains bitterly about it; says it is the hardest kind of work
and after all is of no satisfaction to the reader. In his present report
he has reproduced the opinions of prominent writers, none of whom
approve of the topical form. I am informed that within the last few
years five writers of correspondence reports have adopted the topical
form, but this year each one has returned to the old style. I have
read the comments and opinions of prominent writers of correspond-
ence reports of sister grand lodges and I find not one approves of it;
on the contrary, all agree that a report on correspondence written on
the topical plan is not satisfactory.
I therefore recommend that the report on correspondence be
written and published in the future as it has been in the past and the
topical form be abandonded.
Of this the committee on jurisprudence say:
Your committee on jurisprudence begs leave to report on that
portion of the M. W. grand master's address relating to the form of
the report on correspondence; that at the last annual communication
at which the matter was legislated on it was not made mandator}^ to
adopt the topical form, but simply suggested that that form was
worthy of consideration. Our accomplished Chris is therefore under
no restraint, and we recommend that no further action be taken.
The following is rare talk for a frontier jurisdiction. We believe
in the long run such a tone will be morB effectual than the thumb-
screw:
Many non-affiliated Masons reside in Utah:
While they are always most welcome visitors at our lodges, they
ought to be urged to make their Masonic home where their other in-
terests are. Because of peculiar local conditions, Utah Masonry
needs the active cooperation of every Mason in the jurisdiction.
He reports but two decisions, of which the following is the first:
First — In the absence of the master and senior warden the junior
warden himself must open the lodge. He cannot legally delegate
that authority.
To this a majority of the jurisprudence committee very properly
dissented, saying:
We believe and hold that in the absence of the master and senior
warden, the junior warden, being present, becomes invested for the
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time being with all the powers and duties of the master of the lodge,
and may call to his assistance in the several duties of opening and
closing the lodge and conferring degrees the services of any past
master present, but the junior warden under such circumstances must
remain with the lodge from its opening to its close.
The minority report, b}' Past Grand Master Heywood, was, after
an earnest discussion, substituted for that of the majority, and the
grand master was sustained. We have no doubt whatever of the right
of a warden acting as master to do what the master might do were he
present, tmless the Utah regulations have an express provision to the contrary-
The grand master submitted, without recommendation, missives
asking recognition, from:
The Grand Lodge of Costa Rica,the'Grand Lodge of Porto Rico, the
Grand Lodge of Western Australia, and a second one from the Grand
Dieta of Mexico.
On the recommendation of the committee on correspondence the
Grand Lodges of Western Australia and Costa Rica were recognized,
the latter being "welcomed into the sisterhood of grand lodges of
Free and Accepted Masons," which leads us to ask whether adopted
would not be a better term than "welcomed," seeing that there is
no pretense that the Costa Rican lodges are of Free and Accepted par-
entage. The request of Porto Rico was postponed for further inquiry
(no reply to Brother Diehl'S letter to the Porto Rican grand secretary
having been received) and the request of the gran dieta was denied.
In the report of the Masonic board of relief of Salt Lake City we
find this item among the disbursements: "Two applicants from Illi-
nois, $45.50."
Salt Lake City was chosen as the place of next meeting.
Charles Wesley Morse was elected grand master; Christopher
DiEHL re-elected grand secretary, both of Salt Lake City.
The report on correspondence (75 pp.,) notwithstanding it is in
the topical form, bears unmistakable signs of being the work of the
grand secretary, Chris Diehl. He has our sympathies, for we have
been there. It is of great value for ready reference, but to review it
would be to write a series of essaj^s on the topics treated, which we
have not time to essay.
212 APPENDIX. — PART I.
VERMONT, J90J.
108th Annual. Burlington. June 12.
Nine past grand masters and twenty-nine grand representatives
were present, among' them Past Grand Master Delos M. Bacon for
Illinois.
The grand master, W. ScoTT Nay, whose engraved portrait
makes the frontispiece of the volume, announced the death of James
P. Cleveland, the oldest Freemason in Vermont, age not given, and
said to be the oldest Knight Templar in the world.
He also reported the blindness, from accident, of Grand Chaplain
Edwin Wheelock, who sent the grand lodge a beautiful and touch-
ing letter, breathing the deepest trust and resignation.
The grand master reported only four decisions, but secured the
modification of one made the year previous which was not well under-
stood; as amended it is this:
"Dues do not accrue after the time an application for a dimit,
which is granted, has been received by a lodge."
We take two of this year's crop.
1. While under charges or pending an. appeal in his case, one is
not eligible to office.
4. The "resident members" of a lodge are all members who reside
within the jurisdiction of the lodge.
Both were approved, the first we think wrongfully. Eligibility to
office is one of a Mason's rights and he should no more be deprived of
it without trial than he should of the right to enter his own lodge.
Moreover the decision is against Masonic policy, putting a premium
on wrong doing by the temptation it offers to an over ambitious brother
to cripple a rival on the eve of an election by the making or procur-
ing the making of groundless charges.
Under the head of "Supplementary fees" the grand master rec-
ommends a tax of not to exceed five dollars on each initiation, to be
called the "Temple fee," and intimates that in other jurisdictions
where it has been tried the brethren rather enjoy the odor of their
ictodes fcetida if it is called a rose. Of the Grand Orient of Belgium, the
grand master says:
Agreeable to the resolution adopted by you at the last annual
communication of this grand lodge, I caused the withdrawal of the
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commission of W. Brother Krug'er as representative of this grand
body near the Grand Orient of Belgium.
We regret that such action was necessary, because of reasons
noted, yet it is fully in accord with our sentiments respecting the
doctrine which governs legitimate Freemasonry, and on which it rests.
It is fervently hoped that the Grand Orient of Belgium, as such, will
consider the respect of recognized grand lodges superior to the wishes
of few individuals in France, who may be sincere, but as an organized
institution claiming to be Masonic, decidedly in the wrong. When
conditions agreeable to the principles of true Freemasonry are
brought about by the Grand Orient of Belgium, we shall rejoice in
restored relations and fraternal companionship. A lengthy communi-
cation, discussing the matter, from the grand master of Belgium, is
in the hands of the proper committee.
He submitted the application of the Grand Lodges of Western
Australia and Costa Rica without recommendation, and on favorable
report of the committee on correspondence they were recognized. He
had received no official request for recognition from the Grand Lodge
of Porto Rico, but recommended that if it were asked it should be ex-
tended, in view of the ''magnaminity and fraternal courtesy of its
grand master," in having condoned and joyfully approved the action of
Grand Master Nay in authorizing a Vermont lodge to confer the third
degree upon a United States soldier, who had received the first two
degrees in a Porto Rican lodge, without consulting the grand master
of Porto Rico (so far as the correspondence goes there is nothing to
show that it ever occurred to either one that the Porto Rican lodge
had any rights in the matter).
This is his'preface of the correspondence which he says "explains
the result, and is an approval of my unwarranted assumption."
I have received no official request from the Grand Lodge of Porto
Rico relating to fraternal correspondence, or exchange of represen-
tatives, but have conducted an official correspondence with its grand
master, respecting which you may have misgivings, or at least find
cause to criticise my assumed authority.
I consider myself fortunate in the outcome, but would not deem
it wise to recommend the practice to my successors, or consider it a
safe precedent to follow.
We don't see why Porto Rico should ask for recognition, official
correspondence having been already established. However it is not a
pressing question, that as well as the projected International Ma-
sonic office (sign of the three golden balls?) and the quest of the
Grand Lodge Valle de Mexico being blanketed under a common post-
ponement for further inquiry. One new lodge was chartered.
Charles R. Montague, of Woodstock, was elected grand master;
Warren G. Reynolds, Burlington, re-elected grand secretary.
214 APPENDIX. — PART I.
The report on correspondence (176 pp.) is from the facile hand of
Past Grand Master Marsh O. Perkins, who gives Illinois for 1900
full and fraternal notice. Of the method selected for getting rid of
the treasury surplus he says:
With all due deference to the wisdom of the promoters of this
philanthropic scheme, we cannot refrain from expressing the belief,
that a serious mistake was made. We are told there are upwards of
50,000 members in the more than 700 lodges in the state. To scatter
the surplus funds in this manner among them can be of small avail to
the larger and wealthier lodges, and afford but little relief to the
smaller and presumably poorer lodges. If distributed, as provided
for in the original propositions, two grand representatives of the best
perfected system of organized charity would have been strengthened
to meet their increasing responsibilities. As it is, it looks at this dis-
tance as if a niggardly policy had been adopted, based upon a mis-
taken idea as to how charity should begin at home, even if it does not
prove to be a striking illustration of the old fable of the bundle of
sticks. However that may be, we can but commend cheerfully and
heartily the disposition by grand lodge of $1000 of its surplus, at the
very opening of the session, for the benefit of the Galveston sufferers.
Brother Faville'S oration is characterized as a profound and
scholarly discourse, a judgment which we find quite prevalent among
reviewers. He expresses pleasure that we have abandoned the top-
ical form of report, a pleasure that we share.
We having asked:
If a member may sign for a new lodge in Vermont without asking
the consent of his lodge, why not for a lodge elsewhere? We infer
from the wording of the decision that he may do the first as he may
in most other jurisdictions. It is quite common in new communities
to have half a dozen jurisdictions represented on a petition for a new
lodge.
Our law is the same as that of Vermont, and the only change in
it found necessary by experience, is an added provision requiring the
newly-chartered lodge to give the elder lodge notice.
He copies to commend some of our remarks concerning non-affili-
ation.
In his concluding remarks he says:
A number of new grand lodges are knocking at our doors, and
seeking recognition, including Western Australia, Costa Rica and
Porto Rico. The first named seems to have been regularly organized
by a majority of all the lodges in the jurisdiction, and has been
accorded recognition by the Mother Grand Lodge of England. The
others appear to have no sponsor but themselves, but their request
for recognition should receive equal fraternal consideration. It is to
be regretted that Mexican Masonry is still in a chaotic condition,
but there is evidence of the approaching day-dawn in our sister
republic, and hopes are not unfounded that it will soon be possible to
clearly distinguish her altars erected to pure Freemasonry.
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If experience is not wholly lost on our Mexican neighbors, that
of the last decade ought to have taught them at least one Masonic
lesson — that truth is not only a divine attribute but the foundation
of every virtue, as well as the worldly lesson that honesty is the best
policy.
VICTORIA.
10th Annual. Melbourne. March 21.
The pro grand master, Alexander J. Peacock, on the throne.
Two past grand masters and twenty-nine grand representatives pres-
ent, among them Edward Edwards, representing Illinois.
The board of general purposes reported the death of JOHN James,
past deputy grand master, aged 82. The pro grand master, Alexan-
der J. Peacock, was elected grand master, who was installed at the
grand anniversary festival, May 16, and appointed Bro. A. B. Tem-
PLEMAN deputy grand master. Forty-one grand representatives were
present, the representative of Illinois not among them.
At the June quarterly (20th) Grand Master PEACOCK presided,
and the representatives of the thirty-nine diplomats present.
The Grand Lodge of Western Australia, established October 11,
1898, was recognized, and the application of the irregular body call-
ing itself by the same name was refused.
The quarterly of September 19 was held at Bendigo, presided over
by Deputy Grand Master Templeman. The diplomatic corps shrunk
to thirteen, the representative of Illinois being among the absentees.
The December quarterly (19tli) was again held at the capital
with the grand master presiding, supported by a full corps of officers
and twenty-nine grand representatives — he of Illinois among them.
The Hon. Alexander J. Peacock was nominated as grand mas-
ter, which was equivalent to an election as no other name was pre-
sented.
We find this minute in the record:
The V. W. the president of the board of general purposes said that
the pleasing duty had been deputed to him of conveying to the M.W.
the grand master the congratulations and hearty good wishes of the
members of the board on his approaching marriage.
The M.W. the grand master thanked the members of the board
and the other brethren very sincerely for the good wishes that had
been expressed.
216 APPENDIX. — PART I.
Notice of motion was given for a committee to draft and recom-
mend an authorized ritual for the territory.
Better drop it for a while, and drop it softly; there's dynamite
in it.
The address of the grand master and of the grand secretary, John
Braim, is Melbourne.
VIRGINIA, J900.
123rd Annual. Richmond. December 4.
Six past grand masters and twenty-eight grand representatives
were present, among them Past Grand Master Beverly R. Well-
ford, Jr., representing Illinois.
The address of the grand master, George W. Wright, is a brief,
business-like document. He reported three decisions, two of which
we copy:
1. That under no circumstances can a lodge hold a session without
the presence of the charter or dispensation in the lodge room or
ante-room during the session of the lodge.
3. That under no circumstances should the counsel for an accused,
tried for a Masonic offence, be permitted to vote or be present when
the ballot is taken to determine the guilt or innocence of the accused
so represented.
The first grew out of a case which gave the grand master an op-
portunity to demonstrate the possession of conservative, level-headed
judgment under trying circumstances. A district deputy grand mas-
ter in his own lodge protested against the reading of the minutes of
two meetings which had been held when the charter was not in the
lodge room or ante-room during the session, and when the master ig-
nored his protest and directed the secretary to continue the reading,
asked and received permission to retire, and laid the case before the
grand master, who decided as above stated. This, however, did not
satisfy the district deputy, who wanted the master and lodge sum-
marily dealt with for insubordination. After hearing both sides the
grand master concluded that there had not been any intentional dis-
courtesy towards the deputy, and that altogether the circumstances
did not require further action.
The committee on jurisprudence reporting on the case, say:
That we entirely concur with the decision of the most worshipful
grand master, and are of the opinion that no intentional wrong or
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discourtesy was done by any party, but that the differences between
brethren arose from the feeling engendered by heated discussions of
purely business matters, and that the brethren will of themselves
agree, when the}' have had sufficient time to calmly reflect, that errors
and irregularities were committed by both sides.
We also beg leave to report that it is our opinion that district
deputy grand masters should always be obeyed and respected, as the
representatives of the most worshipful grand master, but that when
they are parties at interest in disputed matters, they should not
undertake to act also in their official capacity, as they thus become
both parties in controversy and judges.
The Grand Lodges of Cuba, Costa Rica and Western Australia
(formed by the lodges under the English constitution) were recog-
nized, and the following was adopted:
Wherkas, The Grand Orient of Belgium seems to be in fraternal
relation with the Grand Orient of France, and at least one grand
lodge in the United States has withdrawn its recognition for this
reason; therefore,
Resolved, That the chairman of the committee on foreign corre-
spondence is hereby directed to correspond with the Grand Orient of
Belgium on this subject, and make report at our next grand annual
communication.
The appropriate committee presented memorials of E. L. Turner,
district deputy grand master, aged fifty-three, and John B. Donovan,
past district deputy, aged seventy-one.
Four new lodges received charters, one was continued under dis-
pensation, and another was discontinued.
Oscar H. Kerns, of Sutherlin,was elected grand master, George
W. Carrington, Richmond, re-elected grand secretary.
A portrait of Brother Kerns forms the frontispiece of the volume.
The report on correspondence (137 pp.) is again by Bro. Joseph
W. Eggleston, who says in his "Conclusion":
Our work is ready for the printer, and, in reading it over for final
correction, we notice that wherever constructions of law are given
we have almost without exception stated what was Virginia law on
the subject. This was done in no intolerant or patronizing spirit, nor
even with the intention of influencing others to conform their law to
ours, but simply that no Virginia Mason might be misled as to our
law and usage. Of course, in some instances, our purpose was also to
maintain and defend Virginia's position, where we believed it to be
in accord with ancient Masonic usage, as opposed to modern improve-
ments borrowed from the outside; but we wish to disclaim emphati-
cally all desires to put forward our vieics as wiser than those of others.
Universality in all essentials is our ideal, and, if innovations can be
eliminated and kept out, we may some day hope for its realization.
Let us all work to this end in the most fraternal spirit. May the
218 APPENDIX. — PART I.
Fatherhood of God bring unity, peace, and happiness to our matchless
brotherhood.
He gives to Illinois for 1900 extended and appreciative notice.
Among other things we find the following:
We give the following resolution as another evidence that Ma-
sonry is gradually yielding to modern ideas, and, unless a halt is called
early and often, will soon be Mexicanized:
^"Besolved, That the sum of five thousand dollars be appropriated
from the funds of this grand lodge and donated to the Masonic and
Eastern Star Home of Illinois, to be added to the building fund of that
institution."
What would have been thought of any man who, even as lately
as ten years ago, should have introduced a resolution relating to a
joint Masonic and any other kind of a home?
And this criticism on the Illinois volume as a book:
If this review of Illinois is not what it should be, a part of the
blame rests upon the printer employed by Brother Dill. The book is
large, and the inner margin, if that is the proper term, is so scant
that handling is laborious, and reading the inner ends of the lines
difficult. There is abundant space on the outside of the page, but
none inside. If Brother Dill does not attend to it, we will be obliged
to move on his $30,000 official bond.
*********
He compliments Brother Faville's oration, and hurrahs for us
because we are no longer topical. Passing that we will let him tell
some of his impressions in his own language:
In his comments on decisions Brocher Bobbins says: "We do not
know where the idea that a warden is not eligible for the master's
station until he has served a full term originally came from, but hav-
ing come, it is there to stay, unless some great emergency strikes the
craft there." He says we are very "set in our ways," which he calls a
virtue, rather than a fault. We are, as we always express it, sot in
our icays, if believing that the less changes we allow the closer we will
come to handing down to future generations that which we received
from the fathers, instead of a new-fangled, modern, improved substi-
tute. Besides, at least one year as warden is necessary, and scarcely
sufficient, to qualify a man for master, especially if he is a "High
Riter," or belongs to some modern order.
And still we don't know where the idea originally came from.
The last reason is a good reason why a warden should have a year of
service to fit him for master, particularly in view of his "especially,"
but it don't explain why the rule exists in Virginia, for from the fact
that it exists now we should say that it probably existed prior to the
time when the High Riters or the modern order was making much
noise. He further says:
He twits us for calling off, instead of closing, on our first day. as
has been our time-honored custom. It was an innovation, and hy no
MASONIC CORRESPONDENCE. 219
means universally relished, but was done on account of the exig-encies
of the occasion, in order to let our annual election, postponed to Fri-
day on account of the Mount Vernon ceremonies held on Thursday,
come, as our law requires, '"on the evening of the second day."
The apology is accepted, although it need not have been made on
our account. We think the calling off very wise under the circum-
stances, or under any circumstances for a large business body whose
time is money.
Further:
He says we "rub his vanity the right way of the fur" by our words
of praise. Well, is it not equally as much our duty to each other in
this life to render praise when deserved, as censure? If everybody
said all the nice things they think, our relations in the brotherhood of
man would be more nearly what they ought to be.
And now we apologize: he is right — as he customarily is, for that
matter.
WASHINGTON, I90I.
44th Annual. Tacoma. June 11.
A portrait of Stephen J. Chadwick, the retiring grand master,
graces the flj^-leaf of this volume. Fifteen past grand masters were
present and the representatives of twenty-eight grand jurisdictions,
this grand lodge having returned to the plan of a diplomatic court.
The representative of Illinois was not present.
The Washington proceedings are full of interesting matter, upon
which we could profitably dwell, but the waning hours of the last
night that we can give to our report this year will permit only a
touch and go with some of the more important of them.
Grand Master Chadwick announced but one death in the Wash-
ington circle, that of Past Grand Master Louis SOHNS, aged seventy-
four. He referred to the death of George W. Speth, secretary of
the lodge, Quatuor Coronati No. 2076, London, of whom an apprecia-
tive memorial was, by request of the grand lodge, presented by Past
Grand Master William H. Upton.
The grand master reported sixteen decisions, all of which, save
one, were approved, No. 12, and that the disapproval in that case was
technical is shown by the fact that the constitution was immediately
changed by unanimous consent to conform to his interpretation.
We take some of the decisions here:
220 APPENDIX. — PART I.
•i. — "A," the material of "T" lodge, petitions a lodge in California
for the degrees, and secures a waiver of jurisdiction from "T" lodge.
The petition and waiver are presented to the grand master, and a
waiver of jurisdiction by the grand master is asked. The request was
refused. The matter of making Masons and jurisdiction over material
is peculiarly within the province of the local lodges, and a waiver
from the grand master could add nothing to petitioner's standing.
The foreign lodge must also be the judge of its own petitioners.
These are all clear statements reflecting Illinois law or precedents.
Following the Galveston horror he sent this telegram to the grand
master of Masons in Texas:
"For the Masonic brethren of Washington I extend through you
our heartfelt sympathy to afflicted brethren within your jurisdiction.
If financial assistance is needed, command me. Our grand lodge will
aid and assist so far as its ability permits.
"Stephen James Chadwick,
^* Grand Master.
Of this he says:
This telegram was confirmed by letter.
I regret to say that no response was ever made to this sincere offer
to aid those who were stricken when the Supreme Grand Master com-
manded the floodgates of Heaven to be opened and the winds to rush
in storms. In the accomplishment of His good purpose, some poor
mortals may be left bleeding and helpless. It is then we would bind
up their wounds, soothe the anguish of their souls, and by the substan-
tial act of charity point out to them that sublime trust of creation,
that the Lord doeth all things well; that His purposes are never in
vain, and that His mercy endureth forever.
I know that I express the sentiment of every Mason within this
jurisdiction when I say to the Masons of Galveston, that we deeply
sympathize with them in their sorrows, and as sincerely regret that
they have not seen fit to allow us to more substantially administer to
their comfort and relief.
The grand master dwelt on the subject of their foreign relations,
saying:
A year ago you adopted the recommendation of my predecessor,
and referred this subject to me to continue his correspondence with
the grand mastersof other jurisdictions, "unhampered by any further
expressions by the grand lodge, * * * upon any of the subjects
out of which their edicts of non-intercourse arose."
That our most worshipful grand master believed, and that you
as well as myself supposed that such was a proper course, I have no
doubt. The procedure suggested, while pregnant with hope, has
brought forth but little in the accomplishment of the desired end.
Attention to your direction, prompted by an earnest desire to ful-
fill your expectations, has demonstrated to me the utter impractic-
ability of the plan proposed, and I am ready to assert my emphatic
MASONIC CORRESPONDENCE. 221
belief that nothing- can be done by correspondence. Our act was the
act of the grand lodge, and our sister jurisdictions have assumed
their present positions by similar methods, and grand masters have
no power to annul or ignore the decree of a grand lodge. It is a
matter which, if further settlement be in your judgment necessary,
must be settled by the same authority that called it into existence.
After permitting several grand lodges that have declined to ac-
cept the action of the Grand Lodge of Washihgton in rescinding the
legislation of 1898 as sufficient, to state their positions through selec-
tions from their grand masters and committees, he urged explicit ac-
tion on the part of the Grand Lodge of Washington as the only thing
that would satisfy their demands, and the following reported by the
committee on jurisprudence was adopted:
Whereas, This grand lodge at its annual communication for the
year 1899, adopted a series of resolutions for the purpose of explain-
ing and making more definite the position of the grand lodge upon
the question of exclusive territorial jurisdiction, and for the purpose
of re-establishing fraternal relations with a number of grand lodges
of the United States; and.
Whereas, It is most desirable that this matter be terminated,
and that complete and perfect harmony prevail between the grand
Masonic bodies of the United States, and that there may be no further
misunderstanding or misconception in regard to the position of this
grand lodge; therefore, be it
Resolved, That this grand lodge reiterates and reaffirms its adher-
ance to the doctrine of unequivocal, undivided grand lodge sovereignty
and its inflexible purpose and determination to support and ever main-
tain that principle of Masonic law inherent in every grand lodge, of
supreme and exclusive jurisdiction over all matters of Ancient Craft
Masonry within territorial limits established by its lawful authority.
Resolved, That this grand lodge asserts the right to determine the
question of legitimac}' of lodges domiciled within its territorial juris-
diction, and we concede the same sovereign right and power to the
several sovereign grand lodges of the United States.
And the following from the same committee, opponents, if any,
not voting:
Whereas, This grand lodge concedes that the Grand Lodge of
New York has exclusive territorial jurisdiction within its territorial
limits; and, whereas the Grand Lodge of Hamburg has refused to rec-
ognize such exclusive jurisdiction, but has recognized and chartered
a lodge therein in violation thereof; therefore, be it
Resolved, That this grand lodge does hereby withdraw its recogni-
tion from the Grand Lodge of Hamburg.
The grand master eulogized the Order of the Eastern Star; the
committee on address recommended the approval of his sentiments,
and it was accordingly so done.
222 APPENDIX. — PART I.
A tax of twenty-five cents per capita and each lodge is required
to pay $1.00 for each degree conferred within the fiscal year, for the
Masonic home fund.
Henry Laurens Kennan, of Spokane, was elected grand mas-
ter; Thomas Milburne Reed, Olympia, re-elected grand secretary.
The report on correspondence (173 pp.) is by Edwin H. Van Pat-
ten, whose prentice hand is full of promise. The report is thought-
ful enough to merit more attention than we can give it.
In opening his review of Illinois, he says:
It was with very pleasant anticipations that we took up this volume
of proceedings. First, because it is from our native state, and the place
where we studied, labort^d and grew to manhood; second, because we
first saw Masonic light in old Chatham Lodge No. 523, in the year of
our Lord 1878, while laboring as a pedagogue in Sangamon county.
This makes us feel more near to the Masons of Illinois than to those
of any other place. And this feeling was not lessened in any way by
the knowledge that the Grand Lodge of Washington has the moral
support of this the second largest jurisdiction in the United States.
He epitomizes the principal points of Grand Master Hitchcock's
"able address," and examines the business of the session. Quoting the
resolution for the distribution of the surplus among the lodges, he
says:
In the above we can see the fine hand of Brother Bobbins directing
the attention of the grand lodge back to the original idea of Masonic
charity. It is a mighty effort to stem the current of what he calls mod-
ern commercialism in the order. Many older Masons look with regret
upon the widespread efforts now being made to rush Masonry, from its
ancient stand upon the idea of personal responsibility for the necessary
relief of a brother's wants, onto the more modern and fascinating one
of general relief by charitable institutions. While w,e believe that
each idea is of noble origin, and well worthy of emulation, j^et it is a
serious question with us whether the latter does not ease up our con-
scious responsibility for those little acts of kindness and charity
which are enjoined upon us by our obligations, and have a tendency
to cause too much reliance upon organized institutions, rather than
upon personal effort. It is but human for the prosperous to avoid
charitable calls as much as possible, and to give, if at all, by whole-
sale. Charity is never claimed as a right, but comes as a gift. It does
not humble, but endears the recipient to the giver. Institutional dis-
bursement of charity is offensive to many, and often lowers the recip-
ient in his own estimation. It has always been the glory of Masonry
that its charity has not been claimed as a right, but came as a free-
will offering, which was tendered in secret and did not degrade its
recipient. It was an act of kindness from brother to brother, and
bound the ties yet more closely which begun in the lodge room.
Brother Robbins has, as we think, the correct idea of Masonic charit}-.
It is first an individual Masonic duty, next it belongs to his lodge. It
is doubtful whether it can be said to be a province of the grand lodge
to assume the responsibilities of the individual or of the lodge.
MASONIC CORRESPONDENCE. 223
He levies on Brother Faville's oration for a goodly extract and
quotes what he deems of interest to the brethren of Washington from
the report on correspondence.
WEST V[RGINIA, 1900.
36th Annual. Parkersburg. November 14.
A portrait of the incoming grand master, Arthur D. W. Strick-
LER, begins the volume.
Ten past grand masters were present and the representatives of
seventeen grand jurisdictions, Illinois not of the number.
But one past or present grand officer had died during the year,
Israel Forman, past junior grand warden.
The grand master, Neil Robinson, rendered but one decision:
A petition was presented by A.B. to a lodge. It was accepted and
the candidate was elected and received the E.A. degree. Before pro-
ceeding further, it was found that the candidate did not live within
the jurisdiction of the lodge which initiated him. No request was
made of the lodge having jurisdiction for a waiver.
Soon after this the candidate removed to another part of the
state. He now asks (four years have elapsed) for a return of his in-
itiation fee; the conferring of the remaining degrees, or leave to pre-
sent his petition to the lodge where he now resides.
Held: Inasmuch as the lodge conferring the degree did not have
the right to accept the candidate, he stands as an irregularly or clan-
destinely made E.A., and his fee should be returned.
Second — The previous application being null and void, the candi-
date stands as though it had never been presented and he may now
petition the lodge where he resides in regular form.
Third — It will not be necessary for the lodge where he resides to
refer the papers back to the lodge which entered him, or to the lodge
which really had jurisdiction before.
This was approved. If the lodge did not succeed in conferring
upon him the Masonic status, he of course ought to have his money
back and a bonus for his trouble, but inasmuch as he received the
degree in a regular lodge regularly at labor, there ought to be no
doubt that he is a lawful Entered Apprentice.
A committee on Masonic home reported the following:
1. Resolved, That each master of a subordinate lodge within this
jurisdiction be requested to appoint from the members of his lodge a
224 APPENDIX. — PART T.
committee to consist of three Masons in regular standing, charged
with the duty of soliciting subscriptions of brethren of the craft for
the purpose of aiding in building a Masonic home in West Virginia,
which subscriptions shall be reported to the grand secretary, and
paid over to him, and shall be invested, as this grand lodge shall here-
after direct, until wanted for the purposes subscribed for. And the
grand secretary shall keep a full record of all such subscriptions, and
pay the same over to the grand treasurer to be paid out or invested
by him as this body may direct.
2. Resolved, That this committee be requested to apply, in proper
form, for a charter for such Masonic home. Shares of stock to be
fixed at $10 each.
The first resolution carried; the proposition to applj' for a char-
ter was rejected as being too previous.
The following, from the committee on correspondence, was
agreed to:
Your committee has had under consideration for some time past,
the question of recognition of the Gran Dieta Symbolica, of the Re-
public of Mexico. While, of late, the perplexities of Mexican
Masonry to Masons of the United States have greatly improved, and
many of the objections to the establishment of fraternal relations
with that grand body of Freemasons have disappeared, yet we do not,
at this time, feel entirely justifiable in recommending recognition,
and therefore ask that the matter may go over for another year.
We also ask further time for a more complete investigation of
the applications of the Grand Lodges of Costa Rica and Western
Australia for recognition by this M.W. grand lodge, which applica-
tions have been referred to this committee for consideration.
Patient waiting in the matter of the Mexican grand diet has at
last been rewarded. It is dead, and will perplex Brother ATKINSON
no more.
Two lodges under dispensation were continued, and Huntington
was selected as the place of next meeting.
Arthur D. W. Strickler, of Philippi, was elected grand master,
George W. Atkinson, Charleston, was re-elected grand secretary.
The report on correspondence (198 pp.) is of course the work of
Past Grand Master GEORGE W. ATKINSON, the grand secretary, to
whose merits and position as a reviewer the grand lodge has just woke
up, agreeing to pay him $300 for that work in the future. Illinois for
1900 finds a place in his review. He makes the same mistake that
others have made, stating that $65,000 was appropriated for two char-
itable institutions. The fact that the proposed appropriations failed
to carry and that the surplus was given back to the lodges, escaped
his eye.
Extended notice is given to the Illinois report on correspondence.
He pleads "not guilty" to our suggestion that his white hair and dark
moustache indicated that he used his brain more than his jaw.
MASONIC CORRESPONDENCE. 225
WISCONSIN, J90I.
57th Annual. Milwaukee. June 1.
Thirteen past grand masters and the representatives of forty ju-
risdictions were present. Illinois was represented by the grand mas-
ter, C. C. Rogers.
The grand master announced the death of Joseph Moran, past
grand chaplain, and John W. Laflin, grand secretary, with refer-
ence to which sad event we last j'ear noted the coincidence that on
the day we were reviewing the Wisconsin proceedings and noting his
re-election, the press dispatches described his funeral with the esti-
mate that 2000 people were present.
The grand master reported six decisions exclusive of some points
covered in letters which could not be condensed into what he consid-
ered the proper dimensions. We reproduce two of the six as being
new to us:
1. Question. Can a brother vote by proxj' in a subordinate lodge?
Ansioer. No. There is no regulation in this grand jurisdiction
that permits or recognizes the use of a proxy in subordinate lodges.
3. Question. Would it be a violation of Masonic law if a number
of Masons, who meet for social purposes, should form themselves into
a club and adopt the name "Masonic Club?"
Answer. Yes. The organization of any club, though made up of
individual members of a lodge, of which all its members are members
of the lodge, and called a "Masonic Club," is not recognized or sanc-
tioned by this grand lodge.
Of course there will be no question of the correctness of No. 1,
but it will at least be in order to inquire if such a club as is described
in No. 3 — which we concede may stand on a different footing than
one composed of members of different lodges — if neither recognized
nor sanctioned by the grand lodge, is forbidden by it. The decision
was approved by the jurisprudence committee, but if the reason for
it is found only in the nature of things, rather than in a regulation,
it has not yet suggested itself to us.
The grand master asked and received grand lodge approval for
his acts in sending §200 each to the stricken cities of Galveston, Texas,
and Jacksonville, Florida.
Closing two pages of well-considered remarks along that line, the
grand master says:
226 APPENDIX. — PART I.
There was never a more pernicious doctrine introduced and pro-
mulgated in Masonry, and especially one for the guidance of the in-
ternal affairs of the subordinate lodge, and one that must ultimately
work its ruin, than that of establishing what they may be termed
"The Step-ladder Rotation in Office."
On the recommendation of the committee on correspondence,
Past Grand Master Aldro Jenks, the Grand Lodge of Western
Australia was recognized; fraternal relations with the Grand Lodge
of Cuba were resumed, and the following adopted with reference to
Costa Rica and the Grand Lodge of the Valley of Mexico:
Resolved, That such applications be referred to the committee on
foreign correspondence to investigate the genealogy, regularity and
practice of such grand lodges, with instructions to report at our next
annual communication.
F. H. L. Gotten, of Eau Claire, was elected grand master ; Wil-
liam W. Perry, Milwaukee, elected grand secretary.
The report on correspondence (191 pp.) is again by Past Grand
Master Aldro Jenks, who with his first report stepped at once into
the front rank of reviewers.
In his conclusion, he says:
Since completing the body of our report we have learned that
the Gran Dieta Symbolica of Mexico has dissolved. It is well that it
is so, and would have been better had it never existed. The only use-
ful purpose it has served is to show the danger and mischief that
results from innovations and a departure from the landmarks of Ma-
sonry.
It may also serve as a warning to legitimate grand lodges against
over hasty action in the way of recognition of foreign grand lodges.
If so it will not have lived in vain.
The reasonable expectation that the warning might be heeded
by other grand lodges than those who burned their fingers with the
Mexican hybrid, has not been realized thus far.
In opening his review of Illinois for 1900 Brother Jenks says:
What better commencement of Masonic work could be found than
the appropriation of one thousand dollars for charity? This was the
first business transacted, the recipients being the sufferers from the
Galveston flood.
Referring to the somewhat blind resolution about the appropri-
ateness of certain costumes delineated on the "chart," in the exem-
plification of the work, he says:
We suspect that there is a good sized colored gentleman in the
particular wood pile represented by this resolution, and that robes
will, under it, be as much in evidence as formerly was the case.
MASONIC CORRESPONDENCE. 227
Later in the session it was found that there was no record of the
grand lodge ever having adopted any chart; it was therefore referred
to the board of grand examiners to determine just where the grand
lodge "was at." It makes no difference, the robes will be used just
the same.
He continues on another subject:
Three different Masonic Homes in Illinois noticing that the grand
lodge was in possession of quite substantial sums of money in excess
of its needs asked for some very large appropriations. Thereupon to
end the matter and remove temptation from their midst the grand
lodge tax was reduced, all sums in the hands of the grand treasurer
in excess of thirty thousand dollars was ordered to be converted into
cash and pro-rated among the lodges to form in each lodge the nu-
cleus of a charity fund therein.
Of the return to the old form in our report, he says:
After experimenting for two years with the topical form of re-
ports (at the request of his grand lodge) Dr. Robbins returns to the
regulation form of review in his report on foreign correspondence.
He has always something interesting and instructive to offer. Still
in the topical form of report one misses the freedom of expression and
the wideness in choice of subjects that have placed his reports by
common consent among the best in America. This is saying among
the best in the world, for for foreign correspondence reports are dis-
tinctly the product of American Masonry. In foreign countries they
are unknown, except as they may have patterned after the American
style of doing things.
He does us the honor to quote at length from our introduction on
several topics, and corrects us in attributing to Brother Creiger the
present form of the address of the installing officer to the master, as
found in the Illinois and Wisconsin books of ceremonials, by saying
that his reason for not thinking the credit properly placed, is that he
finds it almost verbatim in Mackay and Sickels "Freemasons Moni-
tor," published in 1865.
WYOMING, 1900.
26th Annual. Green River. September 5.
This volume is embellished with the portraits of the retiring grand
master, E. P. Bowman, and Ed. F. Stahle, grand master in 1893-4.
Two past grand masters were present. This jurisdiction does not
indulge in the frills and tinsel of a diplomatic corps.
Grand Master Bowman was fortunately able to say that no deaths
had occurred in the official circle of the grand lodge.
228 APPENDIX. — PART I.
What were practically three decisions, but subdivided, were re-
ported by the grand master. We reproduce the tap root of one of
them:
Statement. — A man living in the jurisdiction of this lodge enlists
in the volunteer army, after which he removes with his regiment to
California. He is reported to have been made a Master Mason in a
San Francisco lodge under special dispensation from the Grand Lodge
of California. He has now returned to the jurisdsction of this lodge.
Question. — If he cannot pass examination, would a letter from
the M.W., attested by the secretary of the lodge wherein he is re-
ported to have been made a Master Mason, with the lodge seal at-
tached, certifying to such making therein, be lawful information to
this lodge and its members?
Answer. — Such letter would be lawful information if identity was
satisfactory; otherwise, not.
Two questions sprouting from this are also answered.
The unwritten law does not contemplate any satisfactory iden-
tity except the living presence. The idea of avouchment by means
of letters, diplomas, patents and the like does not come from Free
and Accepted Masonry, but from the high rites.
A special committee to whom the grand master had referred the
subject of a Masonic Home, reported:
Your special committee to whom was referred the recommenda-
tion of the grand master, ''urging the wisdom of establishing a fund
looking to the building, at some future time, of a Wyoming Masonic
Home," respectfully report that we have considered the subject in
all its bearings and believe that under present conditions any action
by the grand lodge is and would be premature. We therefore recom-
mend that the question of any action concerning such Home be de-
ferred until such time as an attempt in that direction would be
feasible without creatihg additional burdens upon the membership
which they could not bear with safety to themselves or the grand
lodge. Adopted.
Another special committee reported:
We, your special committee to whom was referred that portion of
the grandmaster's address concerning the evils of intemperance, beg
leave to make the following report: We recommend that rule 89 be
amended by adding the following words thereto: "No lodge shall
hereafter receive the petition for membership of any saloon keeper,
bartender or professional gambler." (Lost.)
An official work was adopted, and made compulsory throughout
the jurisdiction.
The grand lodge concurred in the recommendation of the juris-
prudence that the matter of the Grand Lodge of Washington be
MASONIC CORRESPONDENCE. 229
referred to a committee, with the grand secretary as chairman, to
report next year. Rawlins was agreed upon as the place of next
meeting.
C. H.TOWNSEND, of Casper, was elected grand master; W. L.
KUYKENDALiL, Saratoga, re-elected grand secretary.
The report on correspondence (91 pp.) is from the customary hand
of Grand Secretary KUYKENDALLand is written with his usual direct-
ness and vigor.
His notice of Illinois is of the proceedings of 1899. He moralizes
in a practical way over the Mechanicsburg case, and dips into the
grand orator thus:
Another grand orator has found something new about Solomon's
temple that knocks the Entered Apprentices, Fellow Crafts, Master
Masons and the three grand masters, our ritual and the Bible out of
all calculation in the erection of that historic building, and adds more
nonsense to the already top-heavy burden of rubbish connected with
the subject, as witness the following:
"You remember that the great light says that the temple was
built without the sound of ax or hammer, or of an iron tool. The
building went up, as it were, noiselessly. About this fact there grew
up this talmudic legend. It is said that Solomon had the temple built
largely by the Jinns, or the spirits of the air."
The Illinois report on correspondence is favorably noticed, but he
don't like the topical form a little bit.
STATISTICS.
From the report of Past Grand Master Jesse p. Anthony, Chairman of the
Committee on Foreign Correspondence of the Grand Lodge of New York, submitted
May 1, 1901.
Grand Lodge.
Alabama
Arizona*
Arkansas*
California
Colorad)
Connecticut
Delaware
D. of Col
Florida
Georgia
Idaho
Illinois
Indiana
Indian Terri'y
Iowa
Kansas*
Kentucky
Louisiana
Maine
Maryland
Mas'chusetts. ..
Michigan
Minnesota*
Mississippi
Missouri
Montana
Nebraska.
Nevada
N. Hampshire..
New Jersey
New Mexico*. ..
New York
N. Carol na
North Dakota..
Ohio
Oklahoma
Oregon
Pennsylvania..
Rhode Island...
South Carolina.
South Dakota..
Tennessee*
Texas
Utah
Vermont
Virginia
Washington
West Virginia. .
Wisconsin
Wyoming
as
B. Columbia
Canada
Manitoba
N. Brunswick..
Nova Scotia
P. Edward Is...
Quebec
386
14
418
269
98
109
ai
25
147
443
29
725
496
98
500
362
469
137
195
103
231
386
210
280
.^57l
47
236
20
78
169
20
748
311
6-3
503
48
lUO
433
37
185
95
4:^9
649
10
102
27.T
104
119
241
16
ll,76o
31
364
68
34
ei
13
57
626
12.110
735
13,305
21.579
8,39
17,446
2,3i(i
5,579
4,321
19,332
1,3(0
57,325
32,122
3,780
29,328
20.740
19.870
.>96.'
S2,2;
8,283
39 871
41,917
16,4111
9,725
33,366
3.144
12,361
858
9.369
17,386
92.'
101,548
11,360
3 492
46,348
2.14U
5.344
53.446
5,220
6.056
4.6r7
17,2.1
29,021
8>i7
10,193
13,276
5.399
6.99U
17.709
1.098
832,831
1,699
25,922
3.091
1.817
3.512
535
3.668
40.244
802
48
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1,573
490
718
126
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243
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87
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2,052
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1,297
1,670
416
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467
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257
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325
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543
860
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308
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334
135
412
1,330
38
65
276
289
119
269
21
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98
398
141
14
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13
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126
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278
342
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4
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389
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203
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196
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STATISTICAL COMPARISON.
Grand Lodges , . .
Subordinate Lodges
Raised
Affiliated
Restored
Died
Dimitted
Suspended for non-payment of dues.
Suspended and expelled
Membership
57
12,186
42,394
14,050
6.165
12.193
16,391
19,177
819
815,018
57
12,201
43.542
13,841
6,632
12,542
16,889
19,122
669
833,849
57
12,260
45,913
14,040
6,725
13,862
16,824
17,039
541
846,395
57
I2,.39l
51,496
16,316
7,218
13,557
17.789
15,591
689
873,075
Based upon the tables we find, in the Grand Lodges of the United States, the
following percentages:
Accession by new work
Additions by affiliation and restoration.
Losses bj' death
Losses for non-payment of dues
Losses by dimission
Net gain of the year
5.26
2.54
1.54
2.01
2.38
1.88
1899
1900
5.f9
5.44
2.63
2.48
1.61
1.60
2.46
2.03
2.17
1.99
1.71
1.75
1901
6.06
2.83
1.62
1.83
2.08
3.17
In numerical standing the most promt- The average of membership to each
nent rank in the following order: Lodge is greatest in the following:
New York
Illinois
Pennsylvania .
Ohio
Michigan
Massachusetts.
Missouri
Indiana
Iowa
Texas
Maine
California
Kansas
Kentucky
District of Columbia.
Massachussetts
Connecticut
Rhode Island
New York
Pennsylvania
New Hampshire
Maine
Delaware
Michiean
New Jersey
Vermont
Ohio
Utah
223
173
160
141
136
123
120
114
110
108
103
100
92
87
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LODGE DIRECTORY.
TABULATED STATEMENTS.
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Alphabetical List of Fostoffices.
GIVING NAME AND NUMBER OF LODGE LOCATED AT EACH.
POSTOFFICE.
Abingdon
Alban}'
Albion
Aledo
Alexis
Allendale
Allen's Springs
Alta
Altamont
Alton
Alton
Altona
Alto Pass
Ambo}'
Andalusia
Anna
Antiocb
Apple River
Areola
Arlington
Arrowsmith
Arthur
Ashley'
Asbmbre
Asbton
Assumption
Astoria
Atkinson
Atlanta
Atwood
Auburn
Augusta
Aurora
Aurora
Austin
Ava
Avon
Bardolph
Harrington
Barrj^
Basco
Batavia
Beardstown
Beecber Cit}^
Belknap
Belle Rive
Belleville
Belvidere
Bement
Benton
Birds
Berwyn
Betbalto
Blandinsville
Bloomington. ...
Bloomington
Bloomington.
Blue Island
Abingdon
Albany
Hermitage
Aledo
Alexandria
Allendale
Gurney
Alta
Altamont
Piasa
Erwin
Altona
Alto Pass
Illinois Central .
Andalusia
Anna
Sequoit
Apple River
Areola
Levi Lusk
Arrowsmith
Arthur
Clay
Ashmore
Ashton
Bromwell
Astoria
Annawan
Atlanta
Atwood
Ark & Anehor
J. L. Anderson . . .
Jerusalem Temp,
Aurora
Austin
Dean , . . .
Avon Harmony . .
Bardolph
Lounsbury
Barrj^
Basco
Batavia
Cass
Greenland
Belknap
Belle Rive
St. Clair
Belvidere
Bement
Benton
S. D. Monroe
Berwvn
Bethalto
Blandinsville
Bloomington
Wade-Barne}-
Mozart
Calumet
185
566
356
252
702
752
778
748
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315
330
840
178
516
520
827
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366
270
737
825
153
390
531
451
100
433
165
651
354
318
90
254
850
833
253
572
751
34
618
404
23
665
24
60
365
64
447
839
406
233
43
512
656
716
POSTOFFICE.
Blue Mound
Bluffs
Bowen
Bradford
Braidwood
Bra3'field
Bridgeport
Brighton
Broadlands
Brookport
Bueklev
Buda..".
Buffalo Prairie.
Bunker Hill
Burnside
Burnt Prairie...
Bushnell
Byron
Cabery
Cairo
Camargo
Cambridge
Camden
Cameron
Camp Point
Campbell Hill...
Canton
Capron
Cantrall
Carbondale
Carlinville
Carlyle
Carman
Carmi
Carroll ton
Carterville
Carthage
Casev
Catlin
Cave-in-Roek . . .
Centralia
Cerro Gordo
Chambersburg .
Champaign
Chandlerville
Channahon
Charleston
Chatham
Chatswfirth
Chebanse
Chenoa
Cherry Valley...,
Chester
Chesterfield
Chicago
Chicago
Chicago
Chicago
Blue Mound...,
Bluffs
Bowen
Bradford
Braidwood
Goode
Bridgeport
Hibbard
Broadlands
Farmers
Buckley
Buda
Illinois City
Bunker Hill....
Burnside
Burnt Prairie. .
T. J. Pickett ...
B5'ron
Norton
Cairo
Camargo
Cambridge
Camden
Berwick
Benjamin
Shiloh Hill
Morning Star . .
Capron
Van Meter
Shekinah
Mt. Nebo
Scott
Carman
Carmi
Carrollton
Williamson
Hancock
Casey
Catlin
Cave-in-Roek . . .
Centralia
Cerro Gordo
Chambersburg. .
Western Star . . .
Chandlerville ...
Channahon
Charleston
Chatham
Chatsworth
Chebanse
Chenoa
Cherrv Valley ...
Chester
Chesterfield
Accordia
Apollo
Arcana
Ashlar
846
486
514
704
744
386
249
791
232
634
399
679
151
683
668
307
274
631
237
440
49
648
619
297
695
734
575
762
241
76
79
732
272
50
802
20
442
285
444
201
600
373
240
724
262
35
523
539
429
292
173
445
277
W2
717
308
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ALPHABETICAL LIST OF POSTOFFICES.— Continued.
POSTOFFICE.
Chicago
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Chicago
Chicago
Chicago
Chicago
(Brighfn P'rk)
Chicago
Chicago
Chicago
(Lawndale)
Chicago
Chicago
Chicago
Chicago
Chicago
(Englewood) —
Chicago
("West Pullman)
Chicago
Chicago
Chicago
Chicago
Chicago
(G'nd Crossing)
Chicago
(So. Chicago) . . .
Chicago
Chicago
Chicago
Chicago
Chicago
(Kensington) . .
Chicago
Chicago \..^
Chicago 7
Chicago
Chicago
Chicago
Chicago
Chicago
(Chicago Lawn)
Chicago
Chicago
Chicago
Chicago
Chicago
Chicago
(Irving Park)...
Chicago
Chicago
(Englewood)
Chicago
(Norwood Park)
Chicago
Chicago
(Pullman)
Chicago
(Rodgers Park)
Chicago
Chicago
(Jefferson)
Chicago
(Ravenswood) ..
Chicago
Chicago
Chicago
Chicago
Auburn Park. ...
BenHur
Blair
Blaney
Brighton Park..
Chicago
Cleveland
Columbian
(jonstantia
Covenant
D. C. Cregier
Dearborn
Englewood
Fides
Garden City
Garfield
Germania
Golden Rule
Grand Cros.sing.
Harbor
Herder
Hesperia
Home
Humboldt Park
Kensington
Kenwood
Keystone
Kilwinning
King Oscar
Lakeside
Lake View
Landmark ,
Lawn
Lessing
Lincoln Park
Metropolitan
Mithra
Mizpah
Myrtle
Mystic Star
Normal Park
Beacon Light ...
Oriental
Palace
Park
Pleiades
Providence
Ravenswood
Richard Cole
Siloam
South Park
Thos. J. Turner.
789
818
393
271
854
437
211
819
783
526
643
310
842
141
686
182
726
776
731
669
411
508
813
804
800
639
311
855
739
774
422
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843
478
697
780
662
409
POSTOFFICE.
Chicago (Tracy) .
Chicago
(So. Chicago)...
Chicago
Chicago
Chicago
Chicago
(WindsorPark)
Chicago
Chicago
(Woodlawn Pk)
Chicago
(Wright's Gro.)
Chicago Heights
Chillicothe
Chrisman
Clay City
Clayton
Clifton
Clinton
Coal Valley
Cobden
Cohn
Colchester
Colfax
CoUinsville
Colono
Columbia
Columbus ■.
Compton
Concord
Cordova
Corinth
Cornland
Cowden
Crab Orchard
Creal Springs
Creston
Crete
Cuba
Dallas City
Danvers
Danville
Davis
Dawson
Decatur
Decatur
De Kalb
De Land
Delavan
Denver
De Soto
De Witt
Diona
Dix
Dixon..
Dongola
Donnelson
Downers Grove. .
Dundee
Du Quoin
Durand
Dwight
Earlville
East Dubuque —
East St. Louis
East St. Louis
Eaton
Tracy
Triluminar
Union Park
Waldeck
Waubansia
Windsor Park . . .
Wm. B. Warren..
Woodlawn Park.
Wright's Grove...
Chicago Heights
Geo. Washington
Bloomfleld
Clay City
Clayton
Clifton
DeWitt
Valley
Cobden
New Hope
Colchester
Colfax
CoUinsville
Clement
Columbia
Columbus
Brooklyn
N. D. Morse
Cordova
Andrew Jackson.
Cornland
Joppa
Blazing Star
Creal Springs —
Creston
Crete
Cuba
Dallas City
Danvers
Olive Branch
Evening Star
Dawson
Macon
Ionic
De Kalb
De Land
Delavan
Denver
De Soto
Amon
Hutton
Rome
Friendship
Dongola
Donnelson
Grove
Dundee
Du Quoin
Durand
Livingston
Meridian
Martin
East St. Louis....
Gothic
Crawford
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ALPHABETICAL LIST OF POSTOFFICKS.— Continued.
POSTOFFICE.
Eddyville
Edgewood
Edintaurg
Edwardsville. . .
Effingham
Elburn
El Dara
Eldorado
Elgin
Elgin
Elizabeth
Elizabeth town..
EUiottstown....
Elmwood
El Paso
Elvaston
Enfield
Equality
Erie
Etna
Eureka
Evanston
Evansville
Ewing
Exeter
Fairbury
Fairfield
Fairmount
Fairview
Fair-weather . . .
Farina
Farmer City —
Farmington —
Fieldon
Fillmore
Findlay
Fisher
Flat Rock
Flora
Forrest
Frankfort
Franklin
Franklin Grove
Freeburg
Freedom
Freeport
Freeport
Fulton
Galena
Galesburg
Galesburg
Gallatia
Galva
Ganntown
Gays
Gardner
Geneseo
Geneva
Genoa
Georgetown
Gibson Cit3-
Gillespie., r
Gilman
Girard
Glasford
Golconda
Golden
Good Hope
Eddyville
Edgewood
Hlueville
Edwardsville
Effingham
Blackberry
El Dara. . ."
Eldorado
Elgin
Monitor
Kavanaugh
Elizabeth
Delia
Horeb
El Pa.so
Elvaston
Enfield
Equality
Erie
Wabash
W. C. Hobbs
Evan.s
Kaskaskia
Ewing
Exeter
Tarbolton
Fairfield
Fairmount
Fairview
Kingston
Farina
Farmer City
Farmington
Fieldon
Fillmore
Findlay
Sangamon
Russellville
Flora
Forrest
Frankfort
Wadley
Franklin Grove.
Freeburg
Freedom
Excelsior
Evergreen
Fulton City
Miners
Alpha
Vesper
Gallatia
Galva
New Columbia...
Miles Hart
Gardner
Stewart
Geneva
Genoa
Russell
Gibson
Gillespie
Gilman
Girard
iLancaster
iGolconda
ILaPrairie
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484
647
99
149
3iS9
388
730
117
532
36
276
525
363
246
715
677
667
179
306
524
86
705
424
351
206
590
350
266
601
710
192
592
670
831
801
348
204
614
567
616
264
418
194
97
170
189
273
1.55
584
684
243
336
595
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92
139
288
154
733
214
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171
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131
267
617
POSTOFFICK.
Goreville
Grafton
Grand Tower
Gra3''s Lake
Gray ville
Greenfield
Greenup
Greenview
Greenville
Griggsville
Grove City
Groveland
Hamburg
Hamilton
Hamletsburg
Hampshire
Hardinsville
Hardin
Harrisburg
Harristown
Harvard
Harvey
Havana
Hazel Dell
Hebron
Henderson
Henry
Herrin
Hey worth
Highland
Highland Park . . .
Hiilsboro
Hinckley
Hindsbdro
Holcomb
Homer
Hoopeston
Hopedale
Hope
Hume
Huntsville
Hutsonville
Illiopolis
Indianola
Industry
lola
Ipava
Iroquois
Irving
luka
Jacksonville
Jacksonville
Jeffersonville
Jersey ville
Johnsonville
Johnston City —
Joliet
Joliet
Jonesboro
Kane
Kankakee
Kansas
Karber's Ridge .
Kenney
Kewariee
Keithsburg
Kinderhook
Kingston
Saline
Full Moon
Lafayette
Rising Sun
Sheba
Greenfield
Greenup
Greenview
Greenville
Griggsville
Fisher
Groveland
West Gate
Black Hawk
Bay City
Hampshire
Hardinsville
Calhoun
Harrisburg
Summit
Harvard
Magic City
Havana
Hazel Dell
Hebron
Hiram
Henry
Herrin's Prairie.
Hey worth
Highland
A. O. Fay
Mt. Moriah
Hinckley
Hindsboro
Meridian Sun
Homer
Star
Hopedale
Hopewell
Edgar
Huntsville
Hutsonville
Illiopolis
Vermilion
Industry
lola
Ipava
O. H. Miner
Irving
J. D. Moody
Harmony
Jacksonville
Jeffersonville —
Jersey ville
Johnsonville
Lake Creek
Mt. Joliet
Matteson
Jonesboro
King Solomon
Kankakee
Kansas
Tadmor
Henderson
Kewanee
Robert Burns —
Kinderhook
Kishwaukee
22
APPENDIX. — PART II.
ALPHABETICAL LIST OF POSTOFFICES.— Continued.
POSTOFFICE.
Kinmund}^
Kirkland
Kirkwood
Knoxville
Lacon
LaFayette
LaGrange
LaHarpe
Lake Creek
La Moille
Lanark
LaSalle
Latham
Lawn Ridge —
Lawrenceville
Lebanon
Lee Center
Leland
Lena
Lerna
Le Roy
Lewistown
Lexington
Liberty
Libertyville .. .
Lick Creek
Lima
Lincoln
Lisbon
Litchfield
Litchfield
Littleton
Loami
Lockport
Loda
London Mills. .
Long Point
Louisville
Lovington
Ludlow
Lyndon
Lynnville
McHenry..
McLean
McLeansboro. .
Macedonia
Mackinaw
Macomb
Macon
Magnolia
Mahomet
Makanda
Manchester
Manito
Mansfield
Mapleton
Maquon
Marcelline
Marengo
Marine
Marion
Maroa
Marseilles
Marshall
Martinsville. . .
Martinton
Mascoutah
Mason
Kinmundy
Boyd D
Abraham Lincoln
Pacific
Lacon
.Stark
LaGrange
La Harpe
Lake Creek
La Moille
Lanark
Acacia
Latham
Lawn Ridge
Edward Dobbins.
Lebanon
Lee Center
Leland
Lena
Lerna
Le Roy
Lewistown
Lexington
Liberty
Libertyville
Union
Lima
Logan
Orient
Charter Oak
Litchfield
Littleton
Loami
Lockport
Abraham Jonas. .
London
Long Point
Louisville
Lovington
Pera
Lvndon
Gill
McHenry
McLean
Polk
Royal
Mackinaw
Macomb
South Macon
Magnolia
Mahomet
Makanda
Manchester
Manito
Mansfield
Phoenix
Maquon
Marcelline
Marengo
Marine
Fellowship
Maroa
Marseilles
Marshall
Clark
Martinton
Douglas
Mason
398
857
518
66
61
501
770
195
7:^9
383
423
67
853
415
164
HO
146
558
174
788
2:il
104
482
380
492
627
135
210
323
236
517
7&i
4.50
538
316
848
552
196
228
574
750
382
158
469
137
807
132
17
467
103
220
434
229
476
773
663
530
114
138
355
89
454
417
133
603
845
361
217
POSTOFFICE.
Mason City
Mattoon
Mazon
Medora
Melvin
Mendon
Mendota
Meredosia
Metropolis City . .
Milan
Milford
Millburn
Milledgeville
Milton
Minier
Minonk
Minooka
Moline
Momence
Monmouth
Monticello
Montrose
Morris
Morrison
Morrisonville
Mound City
Mound Station. . .
Mount Auburn. ..
Mt. Carmel
Mt. Carroll
Mt. Erie
Mt. Morris
Mt. Pulaski
Mount Sterling . .
Mt. Vernon
Moweaqua
Murph3-sboro
Murrayville
Naperville
Nashville
Nebo
Neoga
Neponset
New Hoston
New Hurnside . . . .
New Canton
New Douglas
New ( irand Chain
New Hartfi_)rd
New Haven
New Holland
Newman —
New Salem
Newton
New Windsor
Noble
Nokomis
Normal
NorrisCitj'
Norwood Park
Nunda
Oakland
Oak Park
Oblong
Oconee
Odell
Odin
O'Fallon
Mason City
Mattoon
Mazon
Fidelity
Melvin
Mendon
Mendota
Benevolent
Metropolis
Eureka
Milford
Antioch
Milledgeville. . . .
Milton
Comet
RobMorri.s
Minooka
Doric
Momence
Monmouth
Fraternal
Prairie City
Cedar .'
Dunlap
Morrisonville . . .
Trinity
Kendrick
Kedron
Mt. Carmel
Cyrus
M't. Erie
Samuel H. Davis
Mt. Pulaski
Hardin
Mt. Vernon.
Moweaqua
Murphj'sboro
Murravville
Euclid^
Washington
Nebo
Neoga
Neponset
New Boston
New Burnside
New Canton
Madison
Grand Chain ....
New Hartford
New Haven
New Holland
Newman
New Salem
Newton
Oxford
Noble
Nokomis
Normal
May
Beacon Light —
Nunda
Oakland
Harlem
Oblong City
Oconee
Odell
Odin
O'Fallon
403
260
826
152
811
449
176
52
91
69
168
127
345
275
641
247
528
319
481
37
58
578
124
321
681
562
430
340
239
188
331
96
87
44
31
180
498
432
65
55
806
279
803
59
772
821
560
660
453
230
741
369
218
216
367
362
456
673
718
784
169
219
540
644
392
401
503
576
APPENDIX. — PART II.
23
ALPHABETICAL LIST OP POSTOFFICES.— Co>i/muecZ.
POSTOFFXCE.
Ogden
Ohio
Olmsted
Olney
Omaha ..
Onarga
Oneida
Opdj'ke
Oquawka
Orangeville
Oregon
Orion
Oswego
Ottawa
Ottawa
Owaneco
Palatine
Palestine
Palm}-ra
Pana
Paris
Paris
Parkersburg
Patoka
Pawnee
Paw Paw
Paxton
Parson
Pearl City
Pecatonica
Pekin
Pekin
Peoria
Peoria
Peoria ^
Peoria
Peotone
Perry
Peru
Petersburg
Philo
Pilot
Pincknevville ...
Pittsfield
Piper City
Plaintield
Plainview
Plainville
Piano
Pleasant Hill....
Pleasant Plains.
Pl}-moutli
Pocahontas
Polo
Pontiac
Pontoosuc
Port B}'ron
Potomac
Prairie City
Pre-emption
Princeton
Princeton
Princeville
Prophetstown . . .
Quincy
Quincy
Quincy
Quincy
Ogden
Ohio
Caledonia
Olney
Omaha
Onarga
Oneida
Jefferson
Oquawka
Orangeville
Oregon
Sherman
Raven
Occidental
Humboldt
Locust
Palatine
Palestine
Palm}-ra
Pana
Prairie
Paris
Parkersburg . . .
Patoka
Pawnee
Corinthian
Paxton
Pavson
Pearl
A. W. Rawson . .
Pekin
Empire
Peoria
Temple
Illinois
Schiller
Peotone
Perrj-
St. Johns
Clinton
Centennial
Newtown
Mitchell
Pittsfield
Piper
Plainfield
Plainview
Adams
Sunbeam
Pleasant Hill ..
Pleasant Plains
Plymouth
Gordon
Mystic Tie
Pontiac
Herrick
Philo
Potomac
Golden Gate
Pre-emption . ..
Bureau
Princeton
Princeville
Prophetstown . .
Bodley
Herman
Quincy
Lambert
7h4
814
47
140
7:23
305
337
368
123
687
420
535
303
40
555
623
314
849
463
226
268
509
613
675
205
416
379
823
145
29
126
15
46
263
335
636
95
13
19
747
714
85
790
608
536
461
529
428
565
700
286
473
187
294
193
436
112
587
360
293
1
39
296
659
POSTOFFICK.
NAME.
Raleigh
Ramsev
Raleigh
Ramsey
Rankin
Rankin
Raritan
Raritan
Raymond
Ra3'mond
Red Bud
Red Bud
Richmond
Ridge Farm
Ridgway
Richmond
Ridge Farm
Ridgway
Rio
Rio
Riverside
Riverton
Riverside
Riverton Union . .
Rochelle
Rochester
Rochester
Rockf ord
Star in the East.
E. F. W. Ellis....
Trio
Rock Island
Rock Island
Rockton
Rockton
Roodhouse
E. M. Husted
Rose Bud
Tempel Hill
Rossville
Rushville
Rushville
Rutland
Sadorus
J. R. Gorin
Unity
Saint Elmo
Salem
Saint Elmo
Marion
Saunemin
Saunemin
Mississippi
Cheney's Grove..
Scott Land
Scottville
Sa3'brook
Scott Land
Seaton
Charity
Shabbona
Shabbona
Shannon
Shannon
Shawneetown —
Sheftield
Warren
Ames
Jackson
Shelbvville
Sheldon
Sheridan
Sheridan
Shipman
Shirley
Sibley"
Shipman
Shirley
Sibley
Sidell
Sidnej'
Somonauk
Sidell
Sidney
Somonauk
Sparland
Sparta
Sparland
Hope
Springfield
Central
Tyrian
St. Paul
BoUen
S. M. Dalzell
Stanford
Springfield
Springfield
Springfield
Springfield
Spring Hill
Spring Valley —
Staunton
Steeleville
Staunton
Alma
128
405
725
470
727
692
427
143
632
816
685
UD
786
250
244
635
102
166
633
57
658
830
74
796
75
701
519
527
9
477
537
48
769
130
283
645
738
385
468
743
426
838
532
374
490
14
142
53
609
735
212
582
761
798
347
646
UD
441
162
4
71
333
500
412
805
785
177
497
24
APPENDIX. — PART II.
ALPHABETICAL LIST OF POSTOFPICES.— Continued.
POSTOFFICE.
Sterling
Stewardson . . .
Stockton
Stone Fort
Streator
Stronghurst.. .
Sublette
Sullivan
Summerfleld...
Sumner
Sj^camore
Tamaroa
Tampico
Taylorville
Tennessee
Thompsonville
Thomson
Time
Tiskilwa
Toledo
Tolona
Tonica
Toulon
Towanda
Tower Hill
Tremont
Trenton
Trilla
Troy
Troy Grove
Tunnell Hill..
Tuscola
Union
Upper Alton . . .
Urbana
Utica
Vandalia
Venice
Vermilion
Vermont
Verona
Versailles
Victoria
Vienna
Viola
Virden
Rock River
Stewardson
Plum River
Stone Fort
Streator
Stronghurst —
Sublette
Sullivan
Summerfleld —
Sumner
Sycamore
Tamaroa
Yorktown
Mound
Tennessee
Akin
Thomson
Time
Sharon
Toledo
Tolono
Tonica
Toulon
Towanda
Tower Hill
Tremont
Trenton
Muddy Point . ...
Troy
Shiloh
Re3'noldsburg . . .
Tuscola
Orion
Franklin
Urbana
Utica
Temperance
Triple
Stratton
Vermont
Verona
Versailles
A. T. Darrah ...
Vienna
Viola
Virden
612
541
554
495
607
847
349
764
342
334
134
207
655
122
496
749
559
569
550
834
391
364
93
542
493
462
109
396
588
397
419
332
358
25
157
858
16
835
408
116
757
108
793
1.50
577
161
POSTOFFICE.
Virginia
Waldron
Walnut
Walpole
Walshville
Waltham
Warren
Warsaw
Washburn
Washington .. .
Wataga
Waterman . . . .
Waterloo
Watseka
Watson
Wauconda
Waukegan
Waverly
Wayne City —
Waynesville .. .
Weldon
Wenona
West Chicago.
West Point...
Wheaton
Wheeling
White Hall
Williamsville .
Willow Hill....
Wilmington .. .
Winchester
Windsor
Winnebago —
Winslow
Winterrowd. ..
Woburn
Wolf Creek...,
WoodhuU
Woodstock . . . .
Wyanet
Wj'oming
Xenia
Yates City
York
Yorkville
Virginia
Aroma
Walnut
Tuscan
Walshville...
Waltham .. .
Jo Daviess
Warsaw
Washburn...
Taylor
Wataga
Waterman . .
Morris
Watseka
Watson
Wauconda. ..
Waukegan.. .
Waverly
Orel
Wayne
Weldon
Wenona
Amity
Dills
Wheaton
Vitruvius —
White Hall . .
Lavely
Cooper
Wilmington .
Winchester. .
Windsor
Winnebago..
Winslow
Mayo
Gilham
Chapel Hill..
WoodhuU. ...
Saint Marks.
Wyanet
Wyoming ...
Xenia
Yates City . . .
York
Kendall
544
378
722
630
475
384
278
257
421
98
291
728
787
446
602
298
78
118
759
172
746
344
472
295
269
81
80
203
489
208
105
322
745
564
664
809
719
502
63
231
479
485
448
313
471
APPENDIX. — PART II.
25
List of Lodges by Districts.
FIRST DISTRICT.
33
160
211
308
314
410
437
524
557
639
662
686
711
726
751
767
779
784
797
810
818
836
842
851
UD
Oriental
Waubansia
Cleveland
Ashlar
Palatine
Mithra
Chicago
Evans
Lessing
Ke3'stone
South Park
Garfield
Providence
Golden Rule
Lounsburj'
Triluminar
Lake View
Wright's Grove.
Beacon Light ...
Normal Park . . .
Trac}'
Ben Hur
Windsor Park. . .
Fides
Chicago Heights
Metropolitan . . .
LOCATION.
Chicago
Chicago
Chicago
Chicago
Palatine
Chicago
Chicago
Evanston
Chicago
Chicago
Chicago
Chicago
Jefferson
Chicago
Barrington
Chicago
Chicago
Chicago
Chicago
Chicago
Chicago
Chicago
Chicago
Chicago
Chicago Heights.
Chicago
PLACE OF MEETING.
78 Monroe St
Masonic Temple
Randolph and Halsted Sts.
Masonic Temple
257 N. Clark St . . .
Masonic Temple.
615-617 N. Clark St ....
615-617 N.Clark St
11553dSt
1250 West Madison St.
Masonic Temple ,
22792d St
Lincoln, Racine & Diversy Aves
615 N.Clark St
Norwood Park
69th St. and Stewart Ave
Milwaukee and North Aves.
Windsor Park
42d Ave. and W. VanBuren St..
SECOND DISTRICT.
81 Vitruvius.
182 Germania
271
310
393
411
478
526
610
642
669
690
716
731
758
768
776
780
789
800
813
819
839
843
854
UD
Blaney
Dearborn
Blair
Hesperia
Pleiades
Covenant
Union Park
Apollo
Herder
Englewood
Calumet
Harbor
Mystic Star
Mizpah
Grand Crossing.
Siloam
Auburn Park. . . .
Kenwood
Humboldt Park.
Columbian
Berw}'n
Park
Brighton Park. .
Riversi e
LOCATION.
Wheeling ...
Chicago
Chicago
Chicago
Chicago.. ..
Chicago
Chicago
Chicago
Chicago
Chicago
Chicago
Chicago
Blue Island.
Chicago
Chicago
Chicago
Chicago
Chicago
Chicago
Chicago
Chicago
Chicago
Berwyn
Chicago .. ..
Chicago
Riverside...
PLACE OF MEETING.
615 N.Clark St
78 Monroe St
3118 Forest Ave
Masonic Temple
78 Monroe St
785 West Madison St
Masonic Temple
473 and 475 W. Madison St.
3118ForestAve
358 Blue Island Ave
63d and Yale Sts
91st St. and Commercial Ave..
63d and Yale Sts
4341 South Halsted St
76th St. near Dobson Ave
1249 Madison St
79th and Sherman Sts
4308 Cottage Grove Ave
Armitage and Keeney Aves..
1812 W 22d St
Clark St. and Greenleaf Ave.
Hart and Archer Aves
26
APPENDIX. — PART II.
LIST OF LODGES BY DISTRICTS.— Continued.
THIRD DISTRICT.
141
209
277
311
409
422
508
540
611
643
674
765
770
777
783
795
804
815
832
841
850
855
Garden City
W. B. Warren.. .
Accordia
Kilwinning
T. J. Turner
Landmark
Home
Harlem
Lincoln Park —
D. C. Cregier —
Waldeck
Richard Cole . . .
Arcana
Lakeside
Palace
LaGrange
Ravenswood
Constantia
Mj'rtle
Kensington
Lawn
Magic City . . ,
Woodlawn Park
Austin
King Oscar
LOCATION.
Chicago —
Chicago —
Chicago
Chicago —
Chicago
Chicago
Chicaeo. . .
Oak Park .
Chicago. ..
Chicago. . .
Chicago. . .
Chicago. ..
Chicago —
Chicago —
Pullman...
LaGrange
Chicago . .
Chicago —
Chicago. . .
Chicago. . .
Chicago...
Harvey
Chicago...
Austin
Chicago ..
PLACE OF MEETING.
Masonic Temple
Masonic Temple
Halsted St. and North Ave.
Masonic Temjile
Masonic Temple
3636 Cottage Grove Ave
3118 Forest Ave
615-617 N.Clark St
40-t and 406 Milwaukee Ave .
44th and State St
2941 Archer Ave
Halsted and Randolph Sts.
3120 Forest Ave
Wilson St.& E.Ravenswo'd Park
70 Adams St
Irving Park
Henderson's Hall
325 64th St
Masonic Temple.
FOURTH DISTRICT.
48
90
117
139
190
254
359
404
4431
522 1
63
13H
143
158
169
309
358
604
78
115
127
298
492
676
827
Unity St. Charles .
Jerusalem Temple Aurora
Elgin Elgin
Geneva Geneva
Dundee Dundee
Aurora Aurora
Blackberry Elburn
Batavia Batavia
Hampshire Hampshire
Monitor Elgin
St. Marks Woodstock.
Marengo Marengo.. .
Kichmcmd Richmond .
McHenry McHenry . .
Nunda Nunda
Harvard Harvard . . .
Orion
Hebron
Waukegan
Rising .Sun
Antio'ch
Wauconda
Libert j'ville
A. O. Fay
Sequoit
LOCATION.
Union
Hebron
Waukegan
Grav's Lake —
Millburn
Wauconda
Libertyville
Highla'nd Park.
Antioch
Kane
Kane
Kane
Kane. ...
Kane
Kane
Kane
Kane
Kane
Kane
McHenry ,
McHenry ,
McHenry .
McHenry
McHenr}' ,
McHenry .
McHenry
McHenry ,
Lake
Lake
Lake ,
Lake
Lake
Lake
Lake
APPENDIX. — PART II.
27
LIST OF LODGES BY DISTRICTS.— Con^inrtcd.
FIFTH DISTRICT.
60 Belvidere
575 Capron
74 Rockton
75 Roscoe
10:;iiRockford
145 A. W. Rawson ....
166iStar-in-the-East.
173iCherrv Valle3'....
302'Durarid
6331 E. F.W.Ellis
745
97
170
174
414
564
687
823
Winnebago. . .
Excelsior
Evergreen
Lena
Evening Star.
Winslow
Orangeville . .
Pearl
LOCATION.
Belvidere
Capron
Rockton
Roscoe
Rockf ord
Pecatonica . . .
Rockford
Cherry Valley
Durand
Rockford
Winnebago ...
Freeport
Freeport
Lena
Davi.s
Winslow
Orangeville . .
Pearl Citv ....
Boone
Boone
Winnebago.
Winnebago.
Winnebago.
Winnebago.
Winnebago.
Winnebago.
Winnebago.
Winnebago.
Winnebago.
Stephenson.
Stephenson.
Stephenson .
Stephenson.
Stephenson.
Stephenson.
Stephenson.
SIXTH DISTRICT.
36 Kavanaugh
273 Miners
278 Jo Daviess. .
491
554
UD
Martin
Plum River ...
Apple River.. .
188'Cyrus
345 Milledgeville. .
385 Mississippi . . .
423 Lanark
490! Shannon
559|Thiimson
189 Fulton Citv
293 Prophetstown.
321 Dunlap
412'Bollen
566 Albany
612 Rock River . .
655 Yorktown
667 Erie
750 Lyndon
Elizabeth
Galena
Warren
East Dubuque
Stockton
Apple River...
Mt. Carroll . . . .
Milledgeville . ,
Savanna
Lanark
Shannon
Thomson
Fulton
Proi)hetstown
Morrison
Spring Hill ...
Albany
Sterling
Tampico
Erie
Lyndon
Jo Daviess .
Jo Daviess.
Jo Daviess.
Jo Daviess
Jo Daviess.
Jo Daviess.
Carroll
Carroll
Carroll
Carroll
Carroll
Carroll . . .
Whiteside .
Whiteside .
Whiteside .
Whiteside .
Whiteside .
Whiteside .
Whiteside .
Whiteside .
Whiteside
SEVENTH DISTRICT.
LOCATION.
96 Samuel H. Davis.
187 Mystic Tie
244 Horicon
274 Bvron
320Creston
420|Ore^on
505 Meridian Sun
7lFriendship
146|Lee Centre
178'lllinois Central...
Mt. Morris.
Polo
Rochelle . .
Byron
Creston . ...
Oregon
Holcomb...
Dixon
Lee Centre
Ambov
Ogle.
Ogle.
Ogle.
Ogle.
Ogle.
Ogle.
Ogle.
Lee .
Lee .
Lee .
28
APPENDIX. — PART II.
LIST OF LODGES BY DISTRICTS.— Conh'mt^d.
SEVENTH DISTRICT.— Continued.
205
264
Corinthian
Franklin Grove
282 Brooklyn
349 Sublette
53l|Asliton
134 Sycamore
144jDeKalb
283|Meteor
288 Genoa
SOllHinckley
374;Sliabbona
402:Ki!sh%yaukee
646 Somonauk
728|Waterman
857lBo}'d D
LOCATION.
Paw Paw
Franklin Grove
Compton
Sublette
Asbton
Syc imore
DeKalb
Sandwich
Genoa
Hinckley
Shabboria
Kingston
Somonauk
Waterman.
Kirkland
Lee
Lee
Lee
Lee
Lee
De Kalb .
De Kalb .
De Kalb ,
De Kalb
De Kalb .
De Kalb ,
De Kalb ,
De Kalb
De Kalb
De Kalb
EIGHTH DISTRICT.
303'Raven
323 Orient
428| Sunbeam
471 (Kendall
65 Euclid
Wheaton
Amit}'
Grove
Mt. Joliet ....
Matteson
Wilmington.
Channahon. .
Plainfield
Lockport
269
4
824
42
1
208
26:
536
538
636iPeotone
704
763
124
528
573
757
826
Braidwood
Crete
Cedar
Minooka
Gardner —
V^erona
Mazon
LOCATION.
Oswego
Lisbon
Piano
Yorkville
Niperville
Wheaton
West Chicago..
Downers Grove
Joliet
Joliet
Wilmington
Channahon
Plainfield
Lockport
Peotone
Braidwood
Crete
Morris
Minooka
Gardner
Verona
Mazon
Kendall ...
Kendall ...
Kendall ...
Kendall ...
Du Page.
Du Page.,
Du Page..
Du Page..
Will
Will
Will
Will
Will
Will
Will
Will
Will
Grundy ..
Grundy . .
Grundy ..
Grundy ..
Grundy ..
NINTH DISTRICT.
NO.
NAME.
LOCATION.
COUNTY.
n
Peru
Ottawa
La Salle
49
La Salle
67
LaSalle
La Salle
176
Mendota
La Salle
183
Earlville
La Salle
194
La Salle
Tonica
Waltham
Troy Grove
La Salle
384
Waltham
La Salle
397
Shiloh .
La Salle
417
477
53''
Marseilles
Rutland
La Salle
Rutlmd
La Salle
La Salle
555
Humboldt
Ottawa
La Salle
APPENDIX. — PART II.
29
LIST OF LODGES BY DISTRICTS.— Confijiwed.
NINTH DISTRICT.— Continued.
558
607
785
858
394
351
371
401
539 i
553
614,
7381
Leland
Streator . .
Sheridan . .
Utica
Pontiac
Tarbolton .
Livingston
Odell
Chatsworth
Long Point,
Forrest
Saunemin ..
LOCATION.
Leland
Streator ...
Sheridan . .
Utica
Pontiac
Pairburj- . .
Dwight ....
Odell
Chatsworth
Long Point,
Forrest
Saunemin .
La Salle . . .
La Salle .. .
La Salle .. .
La Salle ..
Livingston
Livingston
Livingston
Livingston
Livingston
Livingston
Livingston
Livingston
TENTH DISTRICT.
113 Bureau
143(Ames
331|Wvanet. . .
370 Levi Lusk ...
383 LaMoille
399 Buda
550 Sharon
587:Princeton
733 Walnut
803 Neponset ....
805 S. M. Dalzell
814 Ohio
103 Magnolia ...
61'Lacon
119 Henry
344 Wenona ...
415 Lawn Ridge.
44llSparland . ..
93 Toulon
479!\V}-oming ...,
50llStark
514 Bradford
Princeton
Sheffield
Wj'anet
Arlington . . .
La Moille
Buda
Tiskilwa ....
Princeton
Walnut
Neponset
Spring Valley
Ohio
Magnolia
Lacon
Henry
Wenona
Lawn Ridge..
Sparland
Toulon
Wyoming
La Fav-ette.. .
Bradford
Bureau . .
Bureau . .
Bureau . .
Bureau . .
Bureau . .
Bureau . .
Bureau . .
Bureau . .
Bureau . .
Bureau . .
Bureau . .
Bureau . .
Putnam .
Marshall
Marshall
Marshall
Marshall
Marshall
Stark
Stark ....
Stark
Stark
ELEVENTH DISTRICT.
NO.
NAME.
LOCATION.
COUNTY.
49
Cambridge
Cambridge
Henry
Henry
Henry
qo
159
Kewanee
Galva
•74S
Galva '.
433
Atkinson
Woodhull
Henry
Henr}'
Henrj'
Henry
503
535
Woodhull
Sherman
Clement
fi80
Colono
57
Trio
69
Eureka
319
436
Doric
Philo
Andalusia
Moline
Port B vron
Rock Island
Rock Island
516
Andalusia
Cordova
Coal Vallev
543
Cordova
M7
Vallev
658
Rock Island
Rock Island
Rock Island
30
APPENDIX. — PART II.
LIST OF LODGES BY DISTRICTS.— Continued.
ELEVENTH DISTRICT.— Continued.
NO.
NAME.
LOCATION.
COtJNTY.
fi79
Illinois City
New Boston
Robert Burns
Buffalo Prairie
f>9
113
New Boston
Keithsburg
Mercer
?r>>.
Aledo
Oxford
Aledo
Mercer
3R7
New Windsor
Violi
Mercer
755
Viola
577
838
Pre-emption.
Charity
Pre-emption
Seaton
Mercer
Mercer
TWELFTH DISTRICT.
1
233
248
3j7
327
496
572
617
781
100
104
116
192
213
253
3,=)0
534
734
848
9
465
648
766
Macomb
Bladinsville ...
Golden Gate....
T.J. Pickett....
Industry
Tennessee
Bardolph
Good Hope
Colchester
Astoria
Lewistown
Vermont
Farmington
Ipava
Avon Harmony
Fairview
Cuba
Morning Star..
London
Rushville
Huntsville
Camden
Littleton
LOCATION.
Macomb
Bladinsville.
Prairie City.
Bushnell
Industry
Tennessee
Bardolph
Good Hope . .
Colchester. . .
Astoria
Lewistown . .
Vermont
Farmington .
Ipava
Avon
Fairview
Cuba
Canton
London Mills
Rushville ...
Huntsville ..
Camden
Littleton
McDonough.,
McDonough.
McDonough.
McDonough.,
McDonough.,
McDonough.
McDonough.
Mcuonough.
McDonough.
Fulton
Fulton
Fulton
Fulton
Fulton
Fulton
Fulton
Fulton
Fulton
Fulton
Schuyler
Schuyler
Schuyler
Schuyler
THIRTEENTH DISTRICT.
155
185
291
330
337
448
530
584
685
793
37
.518
519
619
702
183
727
732
847
Hiram
Pacific
Alpha
Abingdon
Wataga
Altona
Oneida
Yates City
Maquon
Vesper
Rio
A. T. Darrah
Monmouth
Abraham Lincoln
Roseville
Berwick
Alexandria
Oquawka
Raritan
Carman
Stronghurst
LOCATION.
Henderson..
Knoxville . .
Gale.sburg..
Abingdon ...
Wataga
Altona
Oneida
Yates City..
Maquon
Galesburg ..
Kio
V ictoria .. ..
MonmMuth .
Kirkwood .. ,
Roseville
Cameron ...
Alexis
Oquawka
Raritan
Carman
Stronghurst
Knox
Knox
Knox
Knox
Knox
Knox
Knox
Knox
Knox
Knox
Knox
Knox
Warren
Warren
Warren
Warren
Warren
Henderson ,
Henderson
Henderson ,
Henderson ,
APPENDIX.— PART II.
31
LIST OF LODGES BY DISTRICTS.— GoniimtecZ.
FOURTEENTH DISTRICT.
15
46
109
2-^2
263
335
360
363
663
748
2-16
247
306
421
29
98
126
132
156
352
462
622
641
Peoria
Temple
Lancaster
George Washington,
Illinois
Schiller
Princeville ,
Horeb
Phoenix
Alta
El Paso
Rob Morris
Wm. C. Hobbs
Washburn
Pekin
Ta3aor
Empire
Mackinaw
Delavan
Groveland
Tremont
Hopedale
Comet
LOCATION.
Peoria
Peoria
Glasford
Chillicolhe.
Peoria
Peoria
Princeville .
Elmwood
Mapleton
Alta
El Paso
Minonk
Eureka
Washburn..
Pekin
Washington
Pekin
Mackinaw ..
Delavan
Groveland..
Tremont. ...
Hopedale...
Minier
Peoria
Peoria
Peoria
Peoria. . ..
Peoria
Peoria
Peoria
Peoria
Peoria
Peoria
Woodford .
Woodford .
Woodford.
Woodford .
Tazewell ..
Tazewell ..
Tazewell . .
Tazewell . .
Tazewell . .
Tazewell ..
Tazewell ..
Tazewell ..
Tazewell ..
FIFTEENTH DISTRICT.
43
221
251
292
468'
469;
482'
512
543
.=^82
656
673
737
742
785
799
84
173
261
710
746
820
416
608
631
733
761
811
Bloomington ..
Le Roy
Heyworth
Chenoa
Cheneys Grove
McLean
Lexington
Wade Barney. .
Towanda
Shirley ...
Mozart
Normal
Arrowsmith ..
Danvers
Stanford
Colfax
De Witt
Wayne
Ambn
Farmer City ...
Weldon
Henderson
Paxton
Piper
Norton
Gibson
Sibley
Melvin
LOCATION.
Bloomington.
Le Roy
Heyworth
Chenoa
Saybrook .. . .
McLean
Lexington
Bloomington.
Towanda
Shirley
Bloomington
Normal
Arrowsmith..
Danvers
Stanford
c olfax
Clinton
Wavnesville .
De Witt
Farmer City.
Weldon
Kenney
Paxton
Piper City
Cabery
Gibson City..
Sibley
Melvin
McLean.
McLean.
McLean.
McLean.
McLean.
McLean.
McLean.
McLean.
McLean.
McLean.
McLean.
McLean.
McLean.
McLean.
McLean.
McLean.
De Witt.
De Witt.
De Witt.
De Witt.
De Witt.
DeWitt.
Ford ...
Ford ....
Ford ....
Ford ....
Ford ....
Ford . . .
32
APPENDIX. — PART II.
LIST OP LODGES BY DISTRICTS.— Continued.
SIXTEENTH DISTRICT.
378
481
168
305
316
429
Aroma
Kankakee
Momence
Milford
' Onarga
1 Abraham Jonas .
Chebanse
446|Watseka
506 O. H. Miner
591
609
634
688
845
38
154
265
285
527
590
632
709
714
725
844
Gilman
Sheldon
Buckley
Glifton
Martinton —
Olive Branch .
Russell
Vermilion
Catlin
Rossville
Fairmount....
Ridge Farm...
Star
Newtown
Rankin
Potomac
Sidell
Hopewell
LOCATION.
Waldron
Kankakee ...
Momence
Milford
Onarga
Loda
Chebanse
Watseka
Iroquois
Gilman
Sheldon
Buckley
Clifton
Martinton —
Danville
Georgetown .
Indianola. ...
Catlin
Rossville
Fairmount...
Ridge Farm.
Hoopeston. ..
Pilot
Rankin
Potomac
Sidell
Hope
Kankakee
Kankakee .
Kankakee
Iroquois ...
Iroquois . .
Iroquois . .
Iroquois . . ,
Iroquois . .
Iroquois . .
Iroquois . .
Iroquois .
Iroquois . . .
Iroquois . .
Iroquois . .
Vermilion ,
Vermilion
Vermilion
Vermilion ,
Vermilion
Vermilion
Vermilion
Vermilion ,
Vermilion .
Vermilion ,
Vermilion ,
Vermilion
Vermilion ,
SEVENTEENTH DISTRICT.
1.57
199
220
240
347
391
470
537
574
747
754
791
801
332
366
369
440
837
77
148
268
280
408
743
829
35
179
219
Urbana
Homer ,
Mahomet
Western Star
Sidney
Tolono
Rantoul
J. R. Gorin
Pera
Centennial
Ogden
Broadlands . .
Sangamon . . .
Tuscola
Areola
Newman
Camargo
Hindsboro
Prairie
Bloomfleld....
Paris
Kansas
Stratton
Scott Land
Edgar
Charleston
Wabash
Oakland
260Mattoon
390,Ashmore
396' Muddy Point..,
788 Lerna
698 Button
LOCATION.
Urbana
Homer
Mahomet
Champaign
Sidney
Tolono
Rantoul
Sadorous
Ludlow
Philo
Ogden
Broadlands
Fisher
Tuscola
Areola
Newman
Camargo
Hindsboro
Paris
Chrisman
Paris
Kansas
Vermilion
Scott Land
Hume
Charleston ,
Etna IColes
Oakland Coles
Mattoon Coles
Ashmore Coles
Trilla IColes
Lerna Coles
Diona Coles
Champaign.
Champaign.
Champaign.
Champaign.
Champaign .
Champaign.
Champaign.
Champaign.
Champaign.
Champaign.
Champaign.
Champaign.
Champaign.
Douglas .. ..
Doualas .. . .
Douglas
Douglas .. .
Douglas .. . .
Edgar
Edgar
Edgar
Edgar
Edgar
Edgar
Edgar
Coles
APPENDIX. — PART 11.
33
LIST OF LODGES BY DISTRICTS.— Continued.
EIGHTEENTH DISTRICT.
NO.
NAME.
LOCATION.
COUNTY.
58
365
600
651
773
812
228
595
7t>l
825
8
312
431
454
467
682
87
165
210
741
808
853
Monticello
Piatt
Bement
Bement
Piatt ..
Cerro Gordo
Atwood .
Cerro Gordo
Piatt
Atwood
Mansfield ..
Piatt
Piatt
De Land "
De Land
Piatt .
Lovin gton
Miles Hart
Lovington
Gays
Sullivan
Arthur
Decatur
Arthur
Macon
Ionic
Decatur
Summit
Harristown
Maroa
South Macon
Maroa
Macon
Blue Mound
Mt. Pulaski
Mt. Pulaski.
Logan
Logan
Atlanta
Logan
Atlanta : . . .
Lincoln
New Holland
Cornland
New Holland.
Logan
Logan
Logan.
Cornland
Latham
Latham
NINETEENTH DISTRICT.
LOCATION.
88 Havana
403lMason City
476 Manito
645;San Jose
19, Clinton
653|Greenview
4 Springfield
71 Central
203 Lavelv
333,Tvriah
354JArk& Archor..
450iLoami
500iSt. Paul
521]Illiopolis
523 Chatham
556:Dawson
635jRochester
675!Pawnee
700 Pleasant Plains
762. Van Meter
786'Riverton Union
23, Cass
544 Virginia
724 Chandlerville ..
Havana
Mason Cit j'
Manito
.San Jose
Petersljurg
Greenview
Springfield
Springfield
Williamsville . .
Springfield
Auburn
Loami
Springfield
Illiopolis
Chatham
Dawson
Rochester
Pawnee
Pleasant Plains
Cantrall
Riverton
Beardstown
Virginia
Chandlerville ..
Mason
Mason
Mason
Mason. . .
Menard . . . .
Menard
Sangamon
Sangamon.
Sangamon.
Sangamon.
Sangamon.
Sangamon.
Sangamon.
Sangamon
Sangamon.
Sangamon.
Sangamon.
Sangamon.
Sangamon
Sangamon.
Sangamon.
Cass
Cass
Cass
84
APPENDIX. — PART II.
LIST OF LODGES BY DISTRICTS— Co?j<imted.
TWENTIETH DISTRICT.
44
108
430
3
52
118
346
383
432
570
616
105
239
424
846
34
45
95
218
275
353
373
388
453
565
569
790
806
821
830
Hardin
Versailles
Kendrick
Harmony
Benevolent . . . .
Waverly
N. D. Morse . . .
Gill
Murraj'ville . . .
Jacksonville . .
Wadley
Winchester . . .
Manchester . . .
Exeter
Bluffs
Barry
Griggsville ....
Perry
New Salem —
Milton
Kinderhook . . .
Chambersburg
El Dara
New Hartford .
Pleasant Hill..
Time
Pittsfield
Nebo
New Canton...
Rockport
LOCATION.
Mt. Sterling ...
V^ersailles
Mound Station
Jacksonville .. .
Meredosia
Waverly
Concord
Lj'nnville
Murra3'ville ...
Jacksonville ...
Franklin
Winchester
Manchester
Exeter
Bluffs
Barry
Griggsville
Perry
New "Salem
Milton
Kinderhook
Chambersburg
El Dara
New Hartford.
Pleasant Hill..
Time
Pittsfield
Nebo
New Canton
Rockport
Brown . .
Brown . .
Brown . .
Morgan..
Morgan.,
Morgan.,
Morgan.
Morgan.,
Morgan.,
Morgan.,
Morgan.,
Scott....
Scott ....
Scott....
Scott.. ..
Pike
Pike
Pike
Pike
Pike
Pike
Pike
Pike
Pike
Pike
Pike
Pike
Pike
Pike
Pike
TWENTY-FIRST DISTRICT.
1
39
114
135
147
227
266
267
296
297
379
380
449
529
659
20
193
195
235
238
257
286
295
318
464
486
618
683
715
Bodley
Herman
Marcelline
Lima
Clayton
Columbus
Kingston
La Prairie
Quincy
Ben j amin
Payson
Liberty
Mendon
Adams
Lambert
Hancock
Herrick
La Harpe
Dallas City ....
Black Hawk...
Warsaw
Plymouth
Dills
J. L. Anderson
Denver
Bowen
Basco
Burnside
Elvaston
LOCATION.
Quincy
Quincy
Marcelline..-,
Lima
Clayton
Columbus . ..
Fairweather
Golden
Quincy
CampPoint. .
Payson
Liberty
Mendon
Plainville
Quincy
Carthage
Pontoosuc . . .
La Harpe
Dallas City ..
Hamilton
Warsaw
Plymouth ...,
West Point..,
Augusta
Denver
Bowen
Basco
Bujnside
lElvaston
Adams..
Adams . . .
Adams.. .
Adams.. .
Adams.. .
Adams.. .
Adams . .
Adams.. .
Adams.. .
Adams. . .
Adams.. .
Adams . .
Adams. . .
Adams.. .
Adams.. .
Hancock.
Hancock.
Hancock.
Hancock.
Hancock.
Hancock.
Hancock.
Hancock.
Hancock.
Hancock.
Hancock.
Hancock.
Hancock
Hancock.
APPENDIX. — PART II.
35
LIST OF LODGES BY DISTRICTS.— Con^wmed.
TWENTY-SECOND DISTRICT.
793 Calhoun...,
8.56 West Gate.
50|Carrollton.
Whitehall
129 Greenfield
197 Kina; Solomon .
796 E. M. Hustecl..
341 Pull Moon
394 Jersey ville
592
76
l.il
152
161
171
B"'ieldon.
Mt. Neljo . . . .
Bunker Hill
Fidelity
Virden
Girard
177]Staunton
212iShipman
214 Gillespie
249|Hibljard
426 ScottviDe ...
445 Chesterfield .
461 'Plain view ...
463Palm3^ra
LOCATION.
Hardin .
Hamburj:
CarroUton.
Whitehall
Greenfield
Kane.
Roodhouse...
Grafton
Jerseyville...
Fieldon
Carlinville . ,
Bunker Hill.
Medora
Virden
Girard
Staunton
Shipman
Gillespie
Brighton
Scottville.. .
Chesterfield .
Plainview . . .
Palmyra
Calhoun...
Calhoun . .
Greene
Greene
Greene
Greene
Greene
Jersey
Jersej'
Jersey
Macoupin.
Macoupin.
Macoupin.
Macoupin.
Macoupin.
Macoupin.
Macoupin.
Macoupin.
Macoupin.
Macoupin.
Macoupin.
Macoupin.
Macoupin.
TWENTY-THIRD DISTRICT.
51
236
255
455
456
475
517
670
692
122
226
340
451
585
623
647
681
53
180
322
392
493
541
706
831
Mount Moriah
Charter Oak..
Donnelson
Irving
Nokomis
Walshville....
Litchfield
Fillmore
Raymond
Mound
Pana ,
Kedron
Bromwell
Fisher
Locust ,
Blueville
Morrisonville.
Jackson
Moweaqua
Windsor
Oconee
Tower Hill....
.Stewardson . . .
Joppa
Findlay
LOCATION.
Hillsboro
Litchfield
Donnellson
Irving
Nokomis
Walshville
Litchfield
Fillmore
Raymond
Taylorville
Pana
Mount Auburn.
Assumption
Grove City
Owaneco
Edinburg
Morrisonville . .
Shelby ville
Moweaqua
Windsor ,
Oconee
Tower Hill
Stewardson....
Cowden
Findlay
Montgomery.,
Montgomery.,
Montgomery-
Montgomery..
Montgomery.
Montgomery..
Montgomery..
Montgomery..
Montgomery..
Christian
Christian
Christian
Christian
Christian
Christian
Christian
Christian
Shelby
Shelby
Shelby
Shelby
Shelby
Shelby
Shelby
Shelby
36
APPENDIX. — PART II.
LIST OF LODGES BY DISTRICTS.— Con^inwd.
TWENTY-FOURTH DISTRICT.
125
279
580
834
133
313
442
603
620
136
250
348
644
666
756
849
216
489
140
362
509
164
334
386
447
Greenup
Neoea
Hazel Dell
Toledo
Marshall
York
Casey
Clark
Newhope
Hutsonville
Robinson
Russellville
Oblong City
Crawford
Hardinsville ....
Palestine
Newton
Cooper
Olney
Noble
Parkersburg —
Edward Dobbins
Sumner
Bridgeport
S. D. Monroe
LOCATION.
Greenup
Neoga
Hazel Dell....
Toledo
Marshall
York
Casej^
Martinsville.
Cohn
Hutsonville
Robinson
Flat Rock
Oblong
Eaton
Hardinsville..
Palestine
Newton
Willow Hill...
Olney
Noble
Parkersburg .
Lawrenceville
Sumner
Bridgeport . . .
Birds
Cumberland.
Cumberland.
Cumberland.
Cumberland.
Clark
Clark
Clark
Clark
Clark
Crawford
Crawford
Crawford
Crawford
Crawford
Crawford
Crawford
Jasper
Jasper
Richland
Richland
Richland
Lawrence
Lawrence
Lawrence
Lawrence
TWENTY-FIFTH DISTRICT.
196 Louisville . . .
204 Flora
485Xenia
488 Clav City
691 tola
149 Effingham..
217 Mason
484 Edgewood . .
525 Delia
533 Altamount. ,
578 Prairie City
602 Watson
664 Mayo
665 Greenland. . ,
16 Temperance
405 Ramsey
601 Farina
769 St. Elmo
130 Marion
201 Centralia....
398 Ivinmundy . .
503 Odin
510 J. D. Moodj'..
613lPatoka
LOCATION.
Louisville
Flora
Xenia
Clay City
Tola
Efllngham
Mason
Edgewood
Elliottstown.
Altamount.. .
Montrose
Watson
Winterrowd ,
Beecher City.
Vandalia ..'. .
Ramse J'
Farina
St. Elmo
Salem
Centralia
Kinmundv
Odin '.....
luka
Patoka
Clay
Clay
Clay
Clay
Clay
Effingham.
Ettingham.
Efllngham.
Eftingham.
Eftingham.
Efflngham.
Efllngham.
Efllngham.
Efllngham.
Fayette
Fayette . . . .
Fayette
Faj^ette
Marion
Marion
Marion
Marion
Marion
Marion
APPENDIX. — PART II.
37
LIST OF LODGES BY DISTRICTS.— Co»^MmecZ.
TWENTY-SIXTH DISTRICT.
NO.
NAME.
LOCAIION.
COUNTY.
"It
Greenville
Bond .
47S
Pocahontas...
Woburn
Bond
80^
Gillham
Bond ....
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79
Scott
Carlyle
Clinton
Upper Alton
Alton
Piasa
Edwardsville
m
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Troy
Trov
Coirin.sville
Venice
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Triple
Madison
835
Madison
TWENTY-SEVENTH DISTRICT.
24
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361
418
504
576
853
474
787
162
427
St. Clair
Lebanon
Summerfield .
Douglas
Freeburg
East St. Louis
O'Fallon
Gothic
Columbia
Morris
Chester
Ivaskaskia
Hope
Red Bud
lAlma
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Belleville
Lebanon ■
Summerfield .
Muscoutah . ..
Freeburg
East .St. Louis
O'Fallon
East St. Louis
Columbia
Waterloo
Chester
Evansville. . . .
Sparta
Red Bud
Steeleville
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St. Clair . .
St. Clair ..
St. Clair . .
St. Clair . .
St. Clair..
St. Clair..
St. Clair..
Monroe
Monroe
Randolph .
Randolph .
Randolph .
Randolph .
Randolph.
TWENTY-EIGHTH DISTRICT.
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368
696
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567
705
744
749
85
207
234
Washington
Claj-
Mt. Vernon
Jefferson
Belle Rive..
Rome
Benton
Frankfort..
Ewing
Goode
Akin
Mitchell ....
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Ashley
Mt. Vernon
Opdvke
Belle Rive
Dix
Benton
Frankfort
Ewing
Braj'field
Tho'mpsonville
Pincknevville .
Tamaroa
Du Quoin
Washington
Washington.
Jefferson
Jefferson
Jefferson
Jefferson
Franklin
Franklin
Franklin
Franklin
Franklin
Perry
Perry
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38
APPENDIX. — PART II.
LIST OF LODGES BY DISTRICTS.— Coiiimwed.
TWENTY-EIGHTH DISTRICT— Continued.
NO.
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COUNTY.
241
Shekinah
De Soto
Carbondale
Jackson .
287
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Jackson
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Jackson
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657
695
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Campbell Hill
Jackson
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Jackson
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Blazing Star
Andrew Jackson
Herrins Prairie
Chapel Hill
Williamson
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Williamson
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693
719
Corinth
Herrin
Wolf Creek
Williamson
Williamson
Williamson
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Williamson
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Williamson
Creal Springs
Williamson :
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Williamson
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206
331
460
713
759
356
239
753
200
272
668
677
718
137
630
807
128
325
495
684
730
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Hermitage . . . .
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Carmi
Burnt Prairie.
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May
Polk
Tuscan
Royal
Raleigh
Harrisburg
Stone Fort
Gallatia
Eldorado
Equality
Warren
New Haven
Omaha
Ridgway
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Mt. Erie
Jeffersonville .
Johnsonville...
Wayne City . .
Albion
Mount Carmel.
Allendale
Grayville
Carmi
Burnt Prairie .
Enfield
Norris City. . . .
McLeansboro .
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Wayne
W^aj'ne
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Wayne. ..
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White
White
White
White
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Walpole jHamilton .
Macedonia Hamilton .
Raleigh Saline
Harrisburg Saline
Stone Fort Saline
Gallatia Saline
Eldorado Saline
Equality Gallatin ..
Shawneetown Gallatin . .
New Haven Gallatin . .
Omaha Gallatin . .
Ridgway 'Gallatin ..
APPENDIX.— PART II.
89
LIST OF LODGES BY DISTRICTS.— Conhmtecl.
THIRTIETH DISTRICT.
276
444
794
131
672
701
771
91
232
336
150
339
419
778
822
111
466
520
581
627
840
4
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562
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Vienna
Saline
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Gurney
Belknap
Jonesboro
Cobden
Anna
Dongola
Union
Alto Pass
Caledonia
Grand Chain . .
Trinity
Cairo."
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Karber's Ridge ..
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Eddvville
Rose Bud
Hamletsburg,
Metropolis
Brookport
New Columbia
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Goreville
Tunnel Hill
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New County Line
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APPENDIX. — PART II.
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phans' Home.
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bers
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phans' Home.
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ber.s
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their widows
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ing in Illinois
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bership, 1901.
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APPENDIX. — PART II.
Con. to Illinois
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phans' Home.
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these not Mem
bers
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their widow.s
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APPENDIX. — PART II.
Con. to Illinois
Mason-.c Or-
phans' Home.
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those not Mem
bers
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their widows
and orphans..
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54
APPENDIX. — PART II.
O
Con. to Illinois
Masonic Or-
phans' Home.
Contributed to
those not Mem
bers
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their widows
and orphans..
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ing in Illinois
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APPENDIX. — PART II.
6
Con. to Illinois
Masonic Or-
phans' Home.
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those not Mem-
bers
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their widows
and orphans..
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APPENDIX.— PART II.
6
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phans' Home.
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bers
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their widows
and orphans..
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ing in Illinois
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Con. to Illinois
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phans' Home.
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bers
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their widows
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REPORTS
OF
District Deputy Grand Masters
FIRST DISTRICT.
Chicago, III., August 29, 1901.
Charles F. Hitchcock, Grand Master:
My Dear Sir and M. W. Brother: I take pleasure in advisino" you
that I visited most of the lodges in my district during the year, and
so far as 1 could see or learn, all were proceeding in harmony and con-
cord and in accordance with the rules and regulations of the M.W.
Grand Lodge. The utmost courtesy and respect was shown me in
every lodge visited, and I certainly feel more than proud of the
lodges constituting the First Masonic District. I thank you, sir, for
the honor conferred on me, and I trust I may continue to hold your
confidence and esteem. Courteously yours,
HENRY McCALL,
, D.D.G.M., First District.
SECOND DISTRICT.
Chicago, III., September 7, 1901.
Charles F. Hitchcock, Grand Master:
Dear Sir and Brother: In presenting my report for this year I
take pleasure in stating that the Masonic year now drawing to a
close has been one of very great prosperity to nearly all of the
twenty-five lodges composing the Second District. Quite a number
have done a greater amount of work during the present year than in
I
^ APPENDIX. — PART II. 63
any previous one of their existence. The lodges in this district, with
a membership embracing as they do more than one-ninth of the en-
tire membership of the state, have all enjoyed a pleasant and harmo-
nious year. Not a single complaint has been made to me of any
member or lodge, and I have heard of no trouble or discord in any
quarter. Harmony appears to have been their strength and founda-
tion stone. It is doubtful if the lodges of this district have ever
enjoj-ed a more pleasant, prosperous and harmonious year. I have
had no call for a strictly official visit. Was invited to install the offi-
cers of a number of lodges and in every instance accepted the invita-
tion.
There has been, I am told, some criticism by a few members of
other lodges of the large amount of work being done by a number of
lodges in this district. I have heard no complaint as to the character
of the material.
It would seem to us, that if those seeking admission to our Order
possess the necessary and requisite qualifications for degrees, they
should be welcomed to our lodges no matter how great the number.
We can not help but feel that if Freemasonry is good for us it will
be a benefit to all others possessing the required qualifications. There
can not be too many of the right kind of Masons. We are constrained
to believe that the more widely spread our Order becomes and the
nearer it approaches "universality" the better it will be for mankind.
A number of the lodges in this district have shown by their acts
that their members are believers in "organized charity." I can not
refrain from making special mention of a few instances:
Covenant Lodge donated $1000 to the Orphans' Home, $750 to the
Home for the Aged, and $100 to the Eastern Star Home.
Union Park Lodge gave $621 to the Home for the Aged.
Apollo Lodge added enough to the fund returned to it by Grand
Lodge to make the amount $500, and gave it to the Home for the
Aged Masons.
Herder Lodge donated $400 to the Orphans' Home.
Mystic Star Lodge gave $200 to the Home for the Aged, and $100
to each of the other Homes.
Other lodges donated various amounts.
The members in these lodges undoubtedly believe that if "organi-
zation" is useful and beneficial in educational, mercantile and other
lines of thought and industry, it will be just as beneficial and success-
ful when applied to our charities. The single individual can do but
64 APPENDIX. — PART H.
little without the thought, encouragement, and helping hand of his
brother, and what little he might do is often overlooked or neglected
in this busy, driving age. To these great lodges mentioned above, as
well as many others, words, forms and ceremonies are not the most
important things in Masonry. Harmony, brotherly love, charity —
these are among their most cherished jewels. "The greatest of these
is charity."
With a very deep appreciation of the friendship you have shown
me, and wishing j'ou many j^ears of peace, happiness, and comfort, I
remain, Fraternally yours,
C. B. SAMSON,
D.D.G.M., Second District.
THIRD DISTRICT.
Chicago, III., September 2, 1901.
Charles F. Hitchcock, Grand Master:
Dear Sir and Brother: I have the honor to submit herewith my
second annual report, as your Deputy for the Third Masonic District.
I am pleased to say that the work done has been good work, and
good work only. The officers of the various lodges in this district
have shown great'skill and proficiency in the work, and are entitled
to commendation for the very excellent manner in which they have
performed their duties.
The twenty-five lodges in this district are well housed in splendid
and commodious halls. Meetings have been held regularly. I have
received no official calls, but have made unofficial visitations to
nearlyall the lodges.
I|have=not been called upon to decide any questions of law or pro-
ceedure.
Again thanking you for the confidence reposed, and courtesies
extended to me, I am Very respectfully and fraternall}^.
Your obedient servant,
C. R. MATSON,
D.D.G.M., Third District.
•APPENDIX. — PART II. 65
FOURTH DISTRICT.
Waukegan, III., August 31, 1901.
Charles F. Hitchcock, Grand Master:
Dear Sir and Brother: Another Masonic year will soon be num-
bered among the records of the past and I am reminded that the
time is at hand for me, as Deputy of the Fourth District, to render to
you an account of my Stewardship.
The duties of the past year have been full of pleasure and I trust,
profit to all concerned.
From personal observation and information received, I feel I can
truthfully say that peace, harmony and prosperity exists throughout
this district. I have received invitations to visit the following lodges:
Orion, 358; A. O. Fay, 676; Antioch, 127; Dundee, 190, and Sequoit,
827, all of which were accepted and the visits made except the latter,
a severe rainstorm prevented taking the drive of twenty miles across
the country.
I was royally entertained by all and made to feel at home and
among brothers in heart, act and deed.
Trusting and hoping it will be ever thus not only here, but where
ever Masonry is.
I thank you for the honors on me conferred and congratulate you
on your able and successful administration and the prosperous condi-
tion of the Craft. Sincerely and fraternally yours,
JAY L. BREWSTER,
D.D.G.M., Fourth District.
FIFTH DISTRICT.
ROCKFORD, III., August 21, 1901.
Charles F. Hitchcock, Grand Master:
Dear Sir and Brother: My appointment as D.D.G.M. for the Fifth
Masonic District came too late to enable me to visit the various
lodges previous to our Grand Lodge session this year. I have, how-
ever, had some correspondence with various lodges, and am making
arrangements to pay some official visits during the fall, when the
weather is cooler and attendance can be assured.
66 APPENDIX. — PART II.
I am pleased to advise you, however, that so far as I have been
able to learn, the lodges in the Fifth District are in fair condition —
harmonious — and the spirit of brotherly love and high regard for our
noble order prevails. Fraternally yours,
A. G. EVERETT,
D.D.G.M., Fifth District.
I
SIXTH DISTRICT.
Mt. Carroll, III., August 30, 1901.
Charles F. Hitchcock, Grand Master.-
Dear Sii- and Brother: Again I take pleasure in submitting my
report.
I am pleased to be able to inform you that the Craft in this (the
Sixth) Masonic District is in a flourishing condition, in fact a ma-
jority of the lodges have done considerable work in the way of con-
ferring degrees and rebuilding and beautifying their lodge rooms.
I have had the pleasure of visiting a majority of the lodges and every-
where received a very cordial welcome. I hope to be able to visit
every one, but on account of close confinement to business was unable
to do so.
Outside of instituting Apple River Lodge, U. D., (as your proxy),
nothing of special interest has come to my knowledge. Congratulaf
ing you on your successful administration. With personal regards,
I am. Fraternally yours,
C. E. GROVE,
D.D.G.M., Sixth District.
SEVENTH DISTRICT.
DeKalb, III,, September 2, 1901.
Charles F. Hitchcock, Grand Master:
Dear tSir and Brother: As I have stated in my previous reports, I
am pleased to say nothing of special note has transpired in my dis-
trict, I not having been called upon to make an official visit during
the present Masonic year, although it has been my privilege to visit
a number of lodges, in every case the attendance being good and the
APPENDIX. — PAKT II. 67
work well done. During the hot summer months very little work has
been done in this the Seventh District, although there seems to be
plenty of material to work on. Now that cooler weather has come, I
look for a revival of work in this, also in many other districts through-
out the state. Feeling assured that your administration has been
one of the best, and thanking you for honors conferred, I am, with
high regards, Fraternally yours,
D. D. HUNT,
D.D.G.M., Seventh District.
EIGHTH DISTRICT.
JOLIET, III., September 20, 1901.
Charles F. Hitchcock, Grand Master:
i)eor Sir and Brother: I take pleasure in submitting my report for
the Eighth Masonic District. The condition of Masonry throughout
this district has been satisfactory during this last year. My other
Masonic duties have taken so much time that I have been able to
make but few formal visit§. I have installed officers in several lodges
and I believe that harmony prevails throughout the district.
Fraternally yours,
JNO. B. FITHIAN,
D.D.G.M., Eighth District.
NINTH DISTRICT.
Peru, III., August 31, 1901.
Charles F. Hitchcock, Grand Master:
Dear Sir and Brother: Herewith I submit my fourth annual report
as District Deputy Grand Master of the Ninth District.
As your proxy I constituted Utica Lodge No. 858 under charter
and installed its officers on October 10, 1900. I am pleased to report
that this new lodge has efficient officers, is meeting regularly and
doing good work. Have visited a number of the lodges in the district
during the past year, some officially, others non-officially, and have
68 APPENDIX. — PART II.
installed the officers of several lodges. All the lodges in this district
have made due returns to me of the election and installation of offi-
cers, except four, viz.: Nos. 294, 384, 397, and 552.
Thanking you for past favors, I remain,
Yours fraternally,
FRED E. HOBERG,
D.D.G.M., Ninth District.
TENTH DISTRICT.
Sparland, III., August 31, 1901.
Charles F. Hitchcock, Grand Master:
Dear Sir and Brother: I most respectfully submit my annual re-
port as your Deputy for the Tenth District. I am proud to say that
peace and harmony prevail in the Tenth District.
I notified the lodges of my appointment and expressed my willing-
ness to visit them. All of the lodges sent acknowledgment of my
notices except one.
All of the lodges reported to me of their election and installation
of officers. I have been called upon to make two official visits. As
far as I know all lodges are complying strictly with the standard
work of Illinois.
Congratulating you upon your successful administration, and the
prosperous condition of Masonry in Illinois, also thanking you for the
honor you have conferred upon me, I remain
Fraternally yours,
T.VAN ANTWERP,
D.D.G.M., Tenth District.
ELEVENTH DISTRICT.
Orion, III.. August 20, 1901.
Charles F. Hitchcock. Grand Master:
Dear ISir and Brother: I take pleasure in submitting to 3'ou my
second report for the Eleventh Masonic District.
APPENDIX. — PART II. 69
I have again had the pleasure of visiting a majority of the lodges
in the district, and find the usual friendly and fraternal feeling ex-
tended towards me.
I will make special mention of the fiftieth anniversary of the
instituting of Stewart Lodge No. 92, Geneseo, 111., October 8; the an-
niversary of Doric Lodge No. 319, Moline, January 17, and of participa-
tion in the laying of the corner stone of a new Masonic temple at
Aledo, August 8, presided over by yourself.
My acquaintance has been still further increased, and I have
been frequently invited to impart instruction in the work, assist in
conferring degrees, and to give the funeral rites of the Order.
I congratulate you on the harmony manifest through your admin-
istration, and the very prosperous condition of the Craft.
Thanking you again for the many personal favors shown, with
kindest personal regards, I am,
Most fraternally yours,
J. S. BURNS,
D.D.G.M., Eleventh District.
TWELFTH DISTRICT.
Farmington, III., September 2, 1901.
Charles F. Hitchcock, Grand Master:
Dear Sir and Brother: Immediately after receiving my commis-
sion as District Deputy Grand Master of the Twelfth Masonic Dis"
trict, I notified the several lodges in the usual manner, and at the
same time notice was given them that official calls would be made
when desired. As I have received no invitations to officially visit any
lodges it seems fair to presume they had no grievances to be ad-
justed, and that peace and harmony prevailed in this district. I have
visited several lodges in a social way, installed officers and assisted in
conferring the Third Degree on three candidates — and have given
some instruction in the standard work which is always a pleasing
duty for me to perform, and I regret m}' business relations are such
that I am unable to do more in that line of Masonic work. So far as
I am able to learn by correspondence and personal inquiry the lodges
in this district generally have had a very prosperous year; my home
lodge (Farmington No. 192), has had her share of misfortunes the
past year.
70 APPENDIX. — PART IT.
On the 26th of February our lodge room and contents were de-
stroyed by fire, everything we possessed was consumed except ten
years of our records, charter, lodge ledgers, and treasurer's books,
which were not in the building destroyed at time of the fire. At a
meeting in March our lodge voted to build a new home, committees
were appointed and authorized to procure a location and proceed to
build, and as a result of their labors and the untiring zeal and very
liberal donations of our members— we now have completed and ready
to finish, an elegant new home located in a second story of a* brick
building on a corner lot. The lodge room is situated as "all lodges
are or ought to be" due east and west, it is thirty by sixty feet, ban-
quet room twenty-seven by fifty-five feet and in addition to these
there are parlor, reception room, tilers room, kitchen, preparation
room and numerous wardrobes and closets, the whole covering a floor
space sixty by eighty-four feet. The ladies of the Eastern Star Chap-
ter have contributed nearly eight hundred dollars to assist in furnish-
ing these rooms, and when furnished we will have quarters up to date
in every detail. The furniture for lodge room is the same as that in
the new lodge room at Peoria. Our present membership is Si and we
have considerable work in sight. We have had sickness and death
the past year which has drawn heavily on our resources, and not hav-
ing a suitable place to work during the summer we have conferred
but few degrees, we live in hopes to see more prosperous times in the
near future.
On Sunday p.m., August 25, it became my sad duty to pronounce
the Masonic burial service at the grave of W. Bro. Alfred A. Hub-
bard, a Past Master of our lodge and an active zealous Mason.
Thanking you for the honor conferred in my appointment as your
representative in this district, and with hearty congratulations upon
your very successful administrations, with kindest personal regards,
I am sincerely and fraternally yours,
EMERSON CLARK,
D.D.G.M., Twelfth District.
THIRTEENTH DISTRICT.
Galesburg, III., August 26, 1901.
Charles F. Hitchcock, Grand Master:
Dear Sir and Brother: It affords me great pleasure to make this,
my first annual report as District Deputy Grand Master for the Thir-
teenth District.
APPENDIX.,— PART II. 71
My official duties during the past year have been limited in num-
ber and principally confined to such service as could be performed
through the medium of correspondence. I have attended to all that
I have been requested to do, instructing lodges and conferring of de-
grees, but have been hindered, by sickness in my family, from making
as many official visits as I desired.
I find that harmony prevails among the lodges and brethren of
this district. I desire to thank you most sincerely for the numerous
evidences of your confidence, and assure you that they have been
highly appreciated. Fraternally yours,
C. T. HOLMES,
D.D.G.M., Thirteenth District.
FOURTEENTH DISTRICT.
Chillicothe, III., August 23, 1901.
Charles F. Hitchcock, Grand Master:
Dear Sir and Brother: I take pleasure in submitting my report
for this the Fourteenth District.
I have visited several of the lodges, but not as many as I wished
to. I have installed the officers of Mackinaw Lodge No. 132.
On February 12, I went to Mapleton and arrested the charter of
Phoenix Lodge No. 363.
I assisted frequently in conferring degrees, and officiated at a
number of Masonic funerals.
Peace and harmony prevail throughout the district wherever I
have been, and the brethren treated me in a most courteous manner.
Thanking you for the honor conferred, and congratulating you
on your successful administration and the prosperity of the Craft, I
remain. Fraternally yours,
G. O. PRIEDRICH,
D.D.G.M., Fourteenth District.
FIFTEENTH DISTRICT.
Farmer City, III., August 27, 1901.
Charles F. Hitchcock, Grand Master:
Dear Strand Brotlier: As your deputy I take pleasure in report-
ing the condition of the Craft in the Fifteenth Masonic District.
APPENDIX. — PART II.
It is indeed gratifying to be able to inform you tbat the lodges
seem to be in a very prosperous condition, and the increase in mem-
bership is large.
The fact that I have not been called upon for any official action
by any of the lodges in my district the past year, leads me to believe
that peace and harmony prevail.
I find that nearly all the lodges in the district are doing their
work well and in conformity to all requirements.
Thanking you for the honor you have conferred upon me, I re-
main, Fraternally yours,
GEO. H. MITTAN,
D.D.G.M., Fifteenth District.
SIXTEENTH DISTRICT.
Onarga, III., August 23, 1901.
Charles F. Hitchcock, Grand Master:
Dear Sir and Brother : I take pleasure in reporting the peace and
prosperity which prevails in this the Sixteenth District.
The school of instruction held at Watseka last winter, (while not
largely attended), has been of great benefit to the lodges in the dis-
trict in creating an anxiety to perfect themselves in the standard
work, and I am pleased to say that there has been a wonderful im-
provement wherever I have been, both in the work and in membership.
My services as District Deputy for the past year have been very
limited: — have installed the officers of a few of the lodges, and as-
sisted in the burial services, once or twice. Was called upon by your-
self to take up the charter of the Sheldon Lodge No, 609, of which I
made you a full report at the time, and with this one exception I can
assure you that peace and harmony prevails throughout the District.
Kindly thanking you for the honor you have conferred on me, and
with best wishes for your personal welfare, I am.
Fraternally yours, W. H. McCLAIN,
D.D.G.M., Sixteenth District.
APPENDIX.— PART II. 73
SEVENTEENTH DISTRICT.
Champaign, III., August 27, 1901.
Charles F. Hitchcock, Grand Master:
Dear Sir and Brother: I would fraternally report that Masonry in
the Seventeenth District is prospering, and so far as has come to my
knowledge, peace and good feeling prevail in the several lodges, with
a unanimily of purpose exerted for the welfare of the Institution,
and this condition is attributable largely to the wise and conserva-
tive management tempered with justice which springs from the
fountain head.
Although my services have not been required in any particular
direction, yet I have endeavored to keep in touch with the Craft, and
have reason to believe that every lodge is well equipped with compe-
tent and skilled workmen, whose direction of local affairs and knowl-
edge of the standard work is eminently satisfactory to the members.
Appreciating the honors conferred, I am,
Very fraternally, EDWIN A. KRATZ,
D.D.G.M., Seventeenth District.
EIGHTEENTH DISTRICT.
Bement, III., August 31, 1901.
Charles F. Hitchcock, Grand Master:
Dear Sir and Brother: I have received no invitations to visit
lodges in this District during the past year. From what I can learn,
the lodges are generally prosperous, and with rare exceptions the
brethren are dwelling together in unity. Each succeeding year, how-
ever, confirms me in the opinion that much good might be accom-
plished if the District Deputies were required by law to visit each
lodge in their respective Districts during the year.
Thanking you for the honor of the appointment as District
Deputy, I am Fraternally yours,
C. F. TENNEY,
D.D.G.M.. Eighteenth District.
74 APPENDIX —PART II.
NINETEENTH DISTRICT.
Springfield, III., September 11, 1901.
Charles F. Hitchcock, Grand Master:
31()st Worshipful Sir and Brother: Since my appointment as Dis-
trict Deputy to succeed Brother Lawrence there has been nothing
special to act upon in this District.
The Craft is in a progressive condition generally, and at Spring-
field especially they have been pushing the work. The material they
have taken in has been very good and selections carefully made. Ow-
ing to the fact that nearly ever since my appointment the weather
has been warm, and it has been the time of the year when the coun-
try lodges do not do much, I have not made general outside visitations.
Yours fraternally,
JOSEPH M. GROUT,
D.D.G.M., Nineteenth District.
TWENTIETH DISTRICT.
Perry, III., August 26, 1901.
Charles F. Hitchcock, Grand Master:
Dear Sir and Brother : I am pleased again to report that the lodges
in the Twentieth District are in a prosperous condition, and that
much good has been done.
I have visited a number of the 'lodges in 'this jDistrict, and as-
sisted in conferring degrees.
On the 16th inst. I received an invitation from R.W. Brother P. C.
Funk to visit Bluff Lodge No. 846, to assist in conferring the Third
Degree on two candidates, and was ably assisted by R.W. Brothers
Frank A. and C. P. Ross of Jacksonville, and brethren from other
lodges.
Sincerely thanking you for the honors conferred, I am
Fraternally yours, JNO. E. MORTON,
D.D.G.M., Twentieth District.
APPENDIX. — PART II. 75
TWENTY-FIRST DISTRICT.
BowEN, III., August 16, 1901,
Charles F. Hitchcock, Grand Master:
Dear Sir and M. W. Brother : Another Masonic year is drawing to
a close, and I am pleased to report that so far as I have been able to
find out, peace and harmony have prevailed among the Craft in the
Twenty-first District.
I have not been called upon to make any official visits. Early in
the year I spent a few days at Warsaw, instructing the lodge and as-
sisting in conferring the Third Degree. I was invited to install the
officers in a few lodges, and have visited several others and assisted
in conferring degrees.
Have been called 'upon to conduct three Masonic .funerals. All
my visits and associations with the brethren have been very pleasant,
and I have been treated with utmost courtesy by the Craft at all
times.
Thanking you for the honor conferred, and congratulating you on
your very successful administration, and with kindest personal re-
gards, I remain, Fraternally yours,
CHAS. C. MARSH,
D.D.G.M., Twenty-first District.
TWENTY-SECOND DISTRICT.
SCOTTVILLE, III., August 30, 1901.
Charles F. Hitchcock, Grand Master:
Dear ISir and Brother : About August 20 I received an official com-
munication from our faithful Grand Secretary K. W. Brother J.
H. C. Dili, reminding me of the fact that the flight of time has
brought another Masonic year almost to a close, and that it becomes
my duty to present to you a report of my relations with the Craft in
this the Twenty-second District. I therefore take pleasure in send-
ing you this report:
First — I wish to say that every lodge in my District promptly re-
ported to me their elections and installations as ordered by you on
blanks for that purpose.
76 APPENDIX. — PART II.
Of the twenty-three lodges in my District I have visited four-
teen, as follows:
January 2, 1891, I was called upon to install the officers of West
Gate Lodge, U. D., the installation being public and was well at-
tended. After installing the officers we conferred the M. M. Degree
upon a F. C. of West Gate Lodge, whose name I cannot now recall,
but we claim the distinction on this occasion of raising the largest
candidate during this year — said Brother weighing 356 lbs.
January 3, I publicly installed the officers of Calhoun Lodge No.
792, in conjunction with the installation of officers of O. E. S. at Har-
den, there being present at this gathering some two hundred and fifty
people. Splendid music and banquet was furnished by Calhoun Lodge.
While I experienced some hardships in arriving in the kingdom of
Calhoun, such as breaking the ice across the river with the oars of a
skiff, and a great many other things equally as pleasant, I shall al-
ways retain a very warm spot in my heart for the Craft in old Cal-
houn, and I shall never forget their hospitality.
I have paid visits in a social way to Carrollton Lodge No. 50; Mt.
Nebo No. 76; White Hall No. 80; Greenfield No. 129: Fidelity No. 151;
Virden No. 161; Girard No. 71; Staunton No. 177; Scottville No. 426;
Plainview No. 461; Palmyra No. 463, and E. M. Husted No. 796. In
the above lodges I have assisted in, and have seen degrees conferred,
therefore I must say I am well pleased with the progress the stand-
ard work is making in the Twenty-second District.
In the fourteen lodges I have visited I find peace and harmony
prevailing; also they are, with but very few exceptions, in financial
circumstances we should feel proud of. Their lodge rooms are in first
class order.
According to reports sent me from the nine lodges which I did not
visit personally but would have done so had I been given dates con-
venient to all, I find in good condition in every respect.
After carefully surveying the« field I am pleased to inform you
there is no room for complaint from a Masonic standpoint in my
District.
Permit me to say that on May 4 I was called upon to deliver the
funeral address over the remains of our deceased Brother William
Prank Bateman of Fidelity Lodge No. 151, there being present a
goodly number of Masons and a large concourse of friends of Brother
Bateman's.
On August 6, at the request of Wadley Lodge No. 616, located
in R.W. Brother John E. Morten's District, I delivered the funeral
APPENDIX. — PART II. 77
address over the remains of Brother Clarence Reinbach, who, at the
time of his death was a member of Landmark Lodge No. 422, Chicago.
At this funeral there were present a very large gathering of Masons
and many friends of the deceased Brother.
In conclusion I wish to express my deep appreciation for your
kindness and favors to me in the past, and for the appointment as
your Deputy in this District. Hoping I may have been of some ad-
vantage to the Craft which I have the honor of representing, I am.
Yours fraternally, P. F. CLARK,
D.D.G.M., Twenty-second District.
TWENTY-THIRD DISTRICT.
Litchfield, III., August 31, 1901.
Charles F. Hitchcock, Grand Master:
Dear Sir and 31. W. Brother : In accordance with your order of 15th
inst, I beg to say I have nothing to report.
My official work during the past year consisted of instituting So-
rento Lodge U. D., in Bond County, a full report of which was duly
transmitted to you at the time. Reports inform me they are prosper-
ing, and I trust they will acquire a charter at the coming session of
the Grand Lodge.
In conclusion allow me to sincerely thank you for the honors you
have bestowed upon me during your administration as Grand Master,
and in all things henceforth, I wish you success, I am,
Fraternally yours, HUGH A. SNELL,
D.D.G.M., Twenty-third District.
TWENTY-FOURTH DISTRICT.
Lawrenceville, III., August 31, 1901.
Charles F. Hitchcock, Grand Master:
Dear Sir and Brother : As your Deputy for the Twenty-fourth Dis-
trict I have the pleasure and the honor to present this my annual
report:
APPENDIX. — PART 11.
To the best of my knowledge and information peace and harmony
prevail at this time in Masonic circles throughout the District, and
nothing has occurred during the year to seriously interrupt our
wonted tranquility.
The slight disaffection among the members of Russellville Lodge
No. 348, of which you were informed several months since, remains in
statu quo, or at least is no worse than usual, and the fact that there
has been no manifestation or ugly feeling recently, justifies us in the
hope that a more considerate and fraternal feeling exists. During
the year my labors and associations with the Craft have been to me
unusually congenial and pleasant, consisting as they have chiefly of
visits to the lodges for the purpose, in most cases, of installing officers,
assisting in the work of conferring degrees, and the like. Early in
1901 I did three days' work teaching the ritual to the brethren in Mar-
shall Lodge No. 133, conferring a degree on an actual candidate each
evening. I must mention also that during my stay in Marshall there
occurred a most felicitous Masonic event, namely, an elegant ban-
quet, followed by a "feast of reason." Several of the addresses were
excellent, but that of Rev. Brother White, of the M. E. Church was
reckoned one of the ablest and most felicitous ever heard in Mar-
shall. The programme vras not completed till after low twelve; about
one hundred Master Masons attended on this occasion, an occasion
which made many of us feel twenty years younger, and imparted
moral impressions which will remain with some of us forever.
During the month of March I was called to Olney Lodge No. 140,
where I did three days' work instructing the brethren. My labors
there concluded with the conferring of the M. M. Degree, after which
there was a banquet. The spirit of Freemasonry literally pervades
Olney Lodge, unless my impression is very faulty.
During May I visited Hardinsville Lodge No. 756, where, by invi-
tation of the W. M. I conferred the F. C. Degree, and delivered an
address. I was used with so much courtesy and fraternal considera-
tion as to almost make me wish I lived in Hardinsville. I have visited
several other lodges during the year, and have universally been
treated courteously.
A number of letters have been received requesting a construction
of by-laws or regulations, all of which I either answered or referred
to you at the time. Expressing my deep sense of obligation for your
favors, the honor done me and the confidence reposed in me, I am
Yours fraternally, CHAS. H. MARTIN,
D.D.G.M., Twenty-fourth District.
APPENDIX. — PART II. 79
TWENTY-FIFTH DISTRICT.
KiNMUNDY, III., September 2, 1901.
Charles F. Hitchcock, Grand Master:
Dear Sir and Brother: My annual report this year will be neces-
sarily brief, as I have but little of interest to chronicle. On receiving
my re-appointment as D.D. G. M. I notified the lodges of my willing-
ness to comply with any demands required of me as your representa-
tive of the District. So far, as in my power, I have cheerfully res-
ponded to all calls and invitations to install officers, confer degrees
and bury the dead. Unity and peace generally prevail throughout
the District. In a few instances brethren have not been as careful
as they should have been, in "refraining to recommend unworthy per-
sons to a participation of our privileges," and thus the reputation of
our fraternity has not been preserved unsullied.
As your proxy I had the pleasure, December last, to dedicate the
new hall of lola Lodge No. 691, at lola, of which I made you a de-
tailed report. I am pleased to notice a commendable disposition
among the brethren for better lodge rooms. Kinmundy Lodge No.
398 is building a -beautiful three story structure, buff pressed brick
front, which will be an ornament to the city, and an honor to the
lodge. With kindest regards, I am, Yours fraternally,
C. ROHRBOUGH.
D.D.G.M., Twenty-fifth District.
TWENTY-SIXTH DISTRICT.
MORO, III., August 31, 1901.
Charles F. Hitchcock, Grand Master:
Dear Sir and Brother: As most of my work during the year just
ended has been of a social nature, more than official, I feel that I have
but little to offer in this my second report as your Deputy for the
Twenty-sixth District. I have had no call to visit officially, and have
received no information of the least discord in any of my lodges,
and from unofficial information received, that a number of the lodges
have had a very prosperous year. I therefore am pleased to report
that peace, harmony, and the usual prosperity certainly prevail
throughout the District.
Thanking you again for the honor conferred, I remain
Yours fraternally, WILLIAM MONTGOMERY,
D.D.G.M., Twenty-Sixth District,
80 APPENDIX. — PART II.
TWENTY-SEVENTH DISTRICT.
Chester, III., August 29, 1901.
Charlks F. Hitchcock, Grand Master:
Dear Sir and M. W. Brother: As D.D.G.M. of the Twenty-seventh
Masonic District, I notified all the lodges in the District of my ap-
pointment, also my readiness to visit them when desired. Not being
called upon, I am pleased to be able to report that the usual degree
of quietude and prosperity prevails in this District.
I am sorry to say that circumstances over which I have no con-
trol prevented me from visiting but very few lodges.
Thanking you for past favors, I am,
Fraternally yours, JAMES DOUGLAS,
D.D.G.M., Twenty-seventh District.
TWENTY-EIGHTH DISTRICT.
Marion, III.,
Charles F. Hitchcock, Grand Master:
Dear Sir and Brother: As your District Deputy Grand Master for
the Twenty-eighth Masonic District, I have little to report. I have
not been called on to settle or investigate any dispute or trouble
among our brethren, and I take it that peace and harmony prevails
in my jurisdiction.
I have visited various lodges and witnessed their work, and I find
that they take great interest in trying to perfect themselves in the
standard work as taught in the several schools in our State. I also
find a few lodges that have fallen behind in regard to the work, and
have lost interest in Masonry.
Thanking you for the honor you have conferred on me, and con-
gratulating you on your successful administration in your two terms
as Grand Master, I shall ever remain. Fraternally,
J. M.BURKHART,
D.D.G.M., Twenty-eighth District.
APPENDiX. — PART II. * 81
TWENTY-NINTH DISTRICT.
Mt. Carmel, III,., August 28, 1901.
Charles F. Hitchcock, Grand Master:
Dear Sir and Brother : I have the honor to submit herewith my
annual report as District Deputy for the Twenty-ninth District. It
is a pleasure to report that I have not been called upon to visit any
of the lodges officially on account of dissentions among the brethren,
and so far as I am informed, with one exception, peace and harmony
prevail throughout the District.
The reports of election and installation of officers were received
by me with more promptness than last year, from which I infer that
reports to Brother Grand Secretary were more satisfactory in that
respect than formerly.
Thanking you for the honor conferred, I am,
Fraternally yours, H. T. GODDARD,
D.D.G.M., Twenty-ninth District.
THIRTIETH DISTRICT.
Mound City, III., September 11, 1901.
Charles F. Hitchcock, Grand Master:
Dear Sir and Brother : The past Masonic year has been quite a sat-
isfactory one in the Thirtieth District; a number of the lodges have
employed instructors, and a strong effort has been made to get the
work up to the standard. The growth in membership has been fair.
I have had the pleasure of visiting several lodges, and been com-
pelled to decline some invitations on account of distance and poor
facilities for traveling.
So far as I know there have been no dissentions, and I have not
been called upon to act officially in any cases.
Thanking you for the honor conferred, I am,
Fraternally yours, SIMON WILLARD,
D.D.G.M., Thirtieth District.
82 APPENDIX. — PART IT.
Report of Grand Examiners
FOR THE YEAR 1901.
MoNTiCELLO, III., August 30, 1901.
Charles F. Hitchcock, Grand-Master:
M. W. Brother: I herewith transmit a report of the Masonic
Schools of Instruction held pursuant to your order by the Board of
Grand Examiners during" the current year :
MT. VERNON.
The first school was held at Mt. Vernon on the 8th, 9th and 10th
days of January, 1901.
There were present M. W. C. F. Hitchcock, G. M.; L. A. Goddard,
P. G. M.; J. H. C. Dill, G. S.; Simon Willard, D.D.G.M.; A. B. Ashley,
J. E. Evans, H. T. Burnap, H. S. Hurd and Isaac Cutter, G. Ex.'s; S. S.
Borden, C. H. Hambleton, J. R. Ennis, A. Doherty, T. N. Cummins, S.
M. Schoeman, T. H. Humphrey, J. H.Todd, and O. P. Edwards, D.G.L.'s.
One hundred twenty-two names were registered; fifty-three lodges
and four grand jurisdictions were represented.
DECATUR.
The second was held at Decatur, January 22. 23 and 24, 1901.
There were present M. W. C. P. Hitchcock, G. M.; Owen Scott, P.
G.M.; J. H. C. Dill, G. S.; G. A. Stadler, D.G.S.; J. S. McClelland, J. S.;
E. A. Katz, C.F.Tenny, A. A. Snell, P. A. Clark, and J. S. Burnes, D.D,
G.M.'s.; J. B. Roach, J. S. Burnes, C. P. Ross. H. A. Snell, G. A. Stadler,
W. E. Ginther, D. B. Hutchinson, P. F. Clark, D. D. Darrah, C. F.
Tenney and F. C. Funk, D.G.L.'s.
Three hundred eighty^names were registered; ninety-nine lodges
and eleven grand jurisdictions were represented.
WATSEKA.
The third was held at Watseka, February 5, 6 and 7, 1901.
There were present, M. W. C. F. Hitchcock, G. M.; G. M. Moulton,
D. G. M.; J. H. C. Dill, G. S.; G- S. Hummer, J. S.; W. S. McClain, D. D.
APPENDIX. — PART II. 83
G. M.; A. B. Ashley, J. E. Evans, H. T. Burnap, J. S. Hurd and Isaac
Cutter, G. Ex.'s; S. S. Bivden, G. D. Bell, Lewis Pickett, W. M. Bur-
bank, O. A. Novander and D. D. Darrah, D. G. L.'s.
One hundred fifty four names were registered, and forty lodges
represented.
ROCKFORD.
The fourth was held at Rockford, February 19, 20 and 21, 1901.
There were present, M. W. C. F. Hitchcock, G. M.; A. B. Ashley,
J. E. Evans, B. T. Burnap, H. S. Hurd and Isaac Cutter, G, Ex.'s.; S. s!
Borden, C. E. Grove, J. S. Burnes, J. H. Thomas, R. M. King and James
McCredie, D.G.L.'s.
Three hundred seventy-four names were registered: seventy-one
lodges and seven grand jurisdictions were represented.
PEORIA.
The fifth and last was held at Peoria, March 5, 6 and 7, 1901.
There were present, M. W. C. P. Hitchcock, G. M.; C. E. Allen, S.
G. W.; J. H. C. Dill, G. S.; Lewis Zinger, S. G. D.; S. Coffenberry, J. S.
B.; I. M. Hornbecker, J. S.; A. B. Ashley, J. E. Evans, H. T. Burnap,
H. S. Hurd and Isaac Cutter, G. Ex.'s. S. S. Borden, R. H. Wheeler,
L. C. Johnson, W. R. Bowling, R. T. Morrow, E. Clark, Carl Swigert,
J. J. Crowder, C. W. Carroll, G. A. Lackins, G. S. Doughty, G. O. Fried-
rick, J. B. Roach, J. B. Randieson, C. T. Holmes, H. C. Yetter, Enos
Johnson and D. D. Darrah, D. G. L.'s.
There were six hundred forty-six names registered and one hun-
dred thirty-six lodges and fifteen grand jurisdictions represented.
At the five schools three hundred ninety-nine lodges were repre-
sented, and sixteen hundred seventy-six names registered.
At each of the schools the opening and closing ceremonies and
the work of each degree were fully exemplified, the lectures rehear-
sed, and each degree conferred on actual candidates for resident
lodges.
The official reception of the M. W. Grand Master was also a fea-
ture of each school, at which time an able address was given, ques-
tions as to law answered, and general instructions given as to the
management of lodges by the M. W.
Since the last session of the Grand Lodge the Board have unani-
mously recommended the following named brethren for D.G.L.'s:
O. F. Edwards, Oblong; R. H. Wheeler, .Chicago; L. J. Amsden,
Chicago; R. W. King, Chicago; E, E. Beach, Chicago; C. S. Young,
84 APPENDIX. — PART II.
Taylorville; W. H. Robson, Chicago; D. M. Baird, Piano; Lewis
Becker, Knoxville; R. L. Everts, Knoxville; J. E. Wheat, Sterling;
C. E. Ocheltree, Philo; E. E. Wise, Greenfield; J. A. Burkalter, Gales-
burg, and D. E. Woodford, Galesburg. t
Again M. W. Grand Master permit me in behalf of the members
of Board of the G. Ex.'s to return our sincere thanks for the honors
conferred, and for your presence, assistance and encouragement at
each one of the schools.
We also desire to thank the several D. G. L's for their able as-
sistance at each of the schools, and lastly, but not least, the repre-
sentatives for their attendance without which the schools would have
been a failure.
All of which is respectfully and fraternally submitted,
BOARD OF GRAND EXAMINERS,
By J. E. Evans, Secretary.
APPENDIX.— PART II. 85
AMENDMENTS TO BY-LA WS.-Proposed.
Amend Sec. 14, Art. 13, Part II, by adding- a second
paragraph to read as follows:
"As soon as a lodge is constituted it shall cause to be prepared a
code of by-laws which shall be submitted to the Grand Master and
upon his approval the said code as approved shall be submitted to the
lodge for adoption."
Amend Sec. 1, Art. 25, Part II, as follows:
Strike out the word sixty (60) and substitute therefor the words
seventy-five (75) cents, of which amount the sum of twenty (20) cents
for each Master Mason shall be annually placed in a fund to be known
as a "Charity Fund," to be used in bestowing charity by the Grand
Lodge.
When amended said section shall read as follows:
"Sec. 1. Every lodge under this jurisdiction shall, on or before the
first day of August annually, pay into the treasury of the Grand
Lodge, through the Grand Secretary, the sum of seventy-five cents
for each Master Mason belonging to such lodge at the time of making
the annual returns. Of this seventy-five cents the sum of twenty (20)
cents shall be set aside as a special fund, known as a 'Charity Fund, '
subject to the use of the Grand Lodge for bestowing charity."
Amend Art. 10, Sec. 7, Part III, by adding- the fol-
lowing:
Provided, The petition for restoration shall be presented at a
stated communication of the lodge and acted upon at the next or a
subsequent communication.
APPENDIX. — PART II. 87
I N DEX
Address — PAGE.
Of Grand Master 6
Appointments —
Of Committees 5, 55
Of Grand Officers 112
Of Deputy Grand Lecturers 14
Of Deputy Grand Masters 118
Amendments to By-laws —
Lost 62
Proposed 54, 107, 111
Proposed (Appendix, Part II.) 85
Amendment to Constitution —
Proposed 108, 109
Alphabetical List of Lodges (in Appendix, Part II.) 2
Alphabetical List of Postoffices, with name and No. of Lodges
(Appendix, Part II.) 19
Appeals and Grievances-
Committee on 5, 114
Report of 60
Committees —
Appointment of 5, 114
Appeals and Grievances, report of .... 60
Chartered Lodges, report of 75
Correspondence, report of (Appendix, part I.) 5
Credentials, report of 41
Finance, report of 57, 59
Grand Master's Address, report of .36
Jurisprudence, report of 61
List of 5, 114
Lodges U.D., report of 58
Mileage and per Diem, report of 91
Obituaries, report of 76
Petitions, report of 105
Chartered Lodges —
Committee on 5, 114
Tabular Statement of (in Appendix, Part II.)
Report of Committee 75
Correspondence —
Committee on 5, 114
Report of (in Appendix, Part I. ) 5
88 APPENDIX. — PART II.
Credentials —
Committee on 5
Report of 41
District Deputy Grand Masters —
List of 118
Reports of (in Appendix, Part II. ) 62
Election —
Of Grand Officers 55
Finance —
Committee on 5, 114
Report of 57
Grand Master —
Address of 6
Grand Examiners —
Committee on 5, 114
Report of (in Appendix, Part II,) 82
Grand Officers —
Election of 55
Appointment of Appointive Officers 112
Installation of * 112
List of 2
List of Elected Grand Officers from formation of Grand
Lodge to date 116
Grand Secretary^
Report of . . . . ■ . 28
Accounts... 30
Grand Secretaries —
List of • • 116
Grand Treasurer —
Report of 24
Introductions 109
Invitations 37, 54, 111
Installation —
Of Grand Officers 112
Jurisprudence —
Committee on 5, 114
Report of 61
Lodges Constituted 10
Lodge Directory — (in Appendix, Part II.) 2
List of Defunct Lodges (in Appendix, Part II.) 40
List of Lodges by Districts (in Appendix, Part II.) 25
Lodges Under Dispensation —
Committee on. . 5, 114
Report of Lodges U.D 38
APPENDIX.— PART II. 89
List of Masonic Papers 129
Memorial Pages 123
Motion —
Tp Fix Amount of Bond 55
Tr> Proceed with Elect-ion 56
Minutes —
Reading of Dispensed with 4
Mileage and Per Diem —
Committee on .... 5, 114
Report of 91
Obituaries —
Committee on 5, 93
Report of 76
OflBcers of Grand Lodge 2
Oration 63
Petitions —
Committee on 5, 93
Report of 105
Permanent Members —
List of 122
Prayer —
By Grand Chaplain 4
Railroads-
Committee on.
Representatives —
Of Lodges. 47
Of other Grand Lodges near this Grand Lodge 120
Of this Grand Lodge near other Grand Lodges 119
Reports —
Of Grand Examiners (Appendix, Part II. ) 82
Of Grand Secretary 28
Of Grand Treasurer 24
Of Committee on Appeals and Grievances 60
Of Committee on Chartered Lodges 75
Of Committee on Credentials 41
Of Committee on Correspondence (Anpendix, Part I.) . . . 5
Of Committee to Examine Visiting Brethren Ill
Of Committee on Finance 57, 59
Of Committee on Jurisprudence. 61
Of Committee on Lodges U. D 58
Of Committee on Grand Master's Address 36
Of Committee on Mileage and Per Diem 91
90 APPENDIX. — PART II.
Reports —
Of Committee on Obituaries 76
Of Committee on Petitions 105
Of Special Committee 106
Remarks —
By George M. Moulton 113
Resolutions 37, 41, 108, 111
Special Report —
Committee on Correspondence 55
Tabulated Statement —
Showing amount of dues, number of members, etc. (in Ap-
pendix, Part II.) 44
Thanks—
From Grand Chapter O.E.S 74
Vote of Thanks—
To Grand Orator 76
To Grand Master 113
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