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SIXTIETH  GRAND  ANNUAL  COMMUNICATION,  HELD 
AT  CHICAGO.  OCTOBER  3,  4,  AND  5,  1899 


PROCEEDINGS 


OF 


The  Grand  lodge 


OF  THE  STATE  OF  ILLINOIS 


Ancient  Free  i^  Accepted  Masons 


M.W.  EDWARD  COOK.  Grand  Master 
R  W.  J.  H.  C.  DILL.  Grand  Secretary 


BLOOMIISIGTON,   ILLINOIS 
Pantagraph  Printing  and  Stationery  Company 

1899 


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OF   THE 


Grand  Lodge  of  the  State  of  Illinois 


1899-1900. 


M.W.  Chas.  F.  Hitchcock Orancl  Master Peoria. 

R.W.  Geo.  M.  Moui.ton Deptdy  Grand  Master Chicago. 

R.W.  Wm.  B.  Wright Senior  Grand  >FarcZe?i. .  .Effingham. 

R.W.  Chester  E.  Allen Junior  Grand  Warden. .  .Gddeshurg. 

R.W.  Wiley  M.  Egan Grand  Treasurer Chicago. 

R.W.  J.  H.  C.  Dill Grand  Secretary Bioomington. 

R.W.  Nelson  G.  Lyons Grand  Chaplain Peoria. 

R.W.  Walter  Reeves Grand  Orator Streator. 

W.  George  A.  Stadler Deputy  Grand  Secretary.  .Decatur 

W.  Thos.  a.  Stevens. Grand  Pursuivant Chicago. 

W.  Walter  Watson Grand  Marshall Mt.  Vernon. 

W.  Joseph  D.  Everett Grand  Standard  Bearer . .Chicago. 

W.  Samuel  CoFFiNBERRY. ..  (x?-a»d  Sword  Bearer Peoria. 

W.  Haswell  C.  Clarke  ..  .(rmjirZ  Seyiior  Deaco?i. ..  .Kankakee. 

W.  Louis  Zinger Grand  Junior  Deacon . . .  .Pekin. 

W.  J.  S.  McClelland Grand  Steward Decatur. 

W.  W.  W.  Watson Grand  Steward Barry. 

W.  Geo.  W.  Hamilton Grand  Steward Prairie  City. 

W.  Geo.  S.  Hummer Grand  Steward Sheldon. 

Bro.  R.  R.  Stevens Grand  Tyler  Chicago. 


PROCEEIDINGS 


M.  W*  Grand  Lodge  of  Illinois 

Ancient  Free  and  Accepted  Masons, 

AT  ITS  SIXTIETH  GRAND  ANNUAL  COMMUNICATION. 


In  compliance  with  the  provisions  of  the  Constitution 
and  By-laws  of  the  Most  Worshipful  Grand  Lodge  ot  An- 
cient Free  and  Accepted  Masons  of  the  State  of  Illinois 
the  Sixtieth  Annual  Grand  Communication  was  held  at 
Central  Music  Hall,  in  the  City  of  Chicago,  commencing  on 
Tuesday,  the  M  day  of  October,  A.D.  1899,  A.L.  5899,  at 
10  o'clock  a.m. 

GRAND  OrnCEES  PRESENT. 

M.W.  Edward  Cook Grand  Master Chicago. 

R.W.  Chas.  F.  Hitchcock Deputy  Grand  Master . .Peoria.. 

R.  W.  Geo.  M.  Moulton Senior  Grand  Warden.. Chic a.go. 

R.W.  Wm.  B.  Wright Junior  Grand  Warden .'Effingha.m. 

R.W.  Wiley  M.  Egan Grand  Treasurer Chicago. 

R.W.  J.  H.  C.  Dill Grand  Secretary Bloomington 

R.W.  Edgar  M.  Thompson Grand  Chaplain Chicago. 

R.W.  Frank  Crane Grand  Orator Chicago. 

W.  George  A.  Stadler Deputy  Grand  SecreVry.H&cz.twr. 

W.  Walter  Watson Grand  Pursuivant Mt.  Vernon. 

W.  Joseph  D.  Everett Grand  Marshal Chicago. 

W.  Adam  Ortseifen Grand  Standard  Bearer. Chicago. 

W.  Philip  Maas Grand  Sword  Bearer.  .Chicago. 

W.  Chester  E.  Allen Grand  Senior  Deacon.  .Galesburg. 

W.  Haswell  C.  Clarke Grand  Junior  Deacon.  .Kankakee. 

W.  Geo.  W.  Hamilton Grand  Steward Prairie  City. 

W.  W.  W,  Watson Grand  Steward Barry. 

W.  J.  S.  McClelland Grand  Steward Decatur. 

W.  Samuel  Coffinberry Grand  Steward Peoria. 

Bro.  R.  R.  Stevens Grand  Tyler Chicago. 


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Proceedings  of  the  [Oct.  3, 


The  M.W.  Grand  Master  proceeded  to  open  the  Grand 
Lodge  of  Illinois  in  ample  form. 

PRAYEE— By  the  Grand  Chaplain. 

Almig'hty  and  everlastings  God,  who  dost  live  and  gfovern  all  thing's^ 
we  humbly  beseech  Thee  for  all  true  and  lawful  brother  Masons  of 
these  United  States  in  general,  so  especially  for  these  chosen  repre- 
sentatives of  the  Grand  Lodge  now  assembled  in  Thy  name  and  pres- 
ence, that  Thou  wouldst  be  pleased  to  direct  and  prosper  all  their 
consultations,  to  the  advancement  of  Thy  glory,  to  the  good  of  Ma- 
sonry, the  safety,  honor,  and  welfare  of  all  Thy  people;  that  all  things 
may  be  so  ordered  and  settled  by  their  endeavors  upon  the  best  and 
surest  foundations,  that  peace  and  happiness,  truth  and  justice, 
religion  and  piety  may  be  established  among  us  for  all  generations. 

Grant  this,  we  beseech  Thee,  oh  Almighty  God,  to  whom  be  all 
honor  and  glory,  now  and  forever.     Amen. 

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  M.W.  Bro.  John  M.  Pearson  that  printed 
copies  of  the  proceedings  of  the  last  annual  communication 
being  in  the  hands  of  the  brethren,  reading  of  the  same  be 
dispensed  with,  was  carried. 

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, 
R.  R.  Jampolis. 

APPEALS   AND  GRIEVANCES. 

M.  C.  Crawford,  Joseph  E.  Dyas,  W.  S.  Cantrell,  E.  L.  Stoker,  Alex- 
ander. H.  Bell. 

CHARTERED   LODGES. 

James  L.  Scott,  Thomas  W.  Wilson,  L.  K,  Byers,  George  F.  Howard^ 
James  McCredie. 


1899.]  Grand  Lodge  of  Illinois.  5 

LODGES   UNDER  DISPENSATION. 

D.  J.  Avery,  Henry  C.  Mitchell,  Charles  H.  Patton,  R,   T.  Spencer, 

John  Johnston. 

MILEAGE   AND   PER   DIEM. 

E.  C.  Pace,  E.  L.  Wahl,  G.  W.  Cyrus. 

CREDENTIALS. 
J.  I.  McClintock,  P.  W.  Barclay,  Edgar  Bogardus. 

PETITIONS. 

C.  M.  Forman,  Ben  Hagle,  Carl  Mueller. 

OBITUARIES. 

L.  C.  Waters.  H.  S.  Albin,  W.  J.  Frisbee. 

GRAND   MASTER'S   ADDRESS. 

W.  E.  Ginther,  L.  L.  Munn,  S.  S.  Chance. 

FINANCE. 

L.  A.  Goddard,  G.  W.  Barnard,  D.  D.  Darrah. 

CORRESPONDENCE. 

Joseph  Bobbins. 

TO   EXAMINE  VISITORS. 
W.  B.  Grimes,  A.  B.  Ashley,  John  W.  Rose,  Joseph  E.  Evans,  James 

R.  Ennis. 

RAILROADS  AND  TRANSPORTATION. 

J.  O.  Clifford,  John  Whitley. 


Proceedings  of  the  [Oct.  3, 


GEAND  MASTER'S  ADDEESS. 

Brethren  of  the  Grand  Lodge: 

Amid  the  blessings  of  plenty,  health,  and  peace,  surrounded  by 
our  brethren  who  have  returned  to  us  from  the  din  of  battle  and  the 
clash  of  arms,  in  a  city  which  is  rejoicing'  in  the  return  of  better 
times  and  holding  a  festival  to  celebrate  its  recovery  from  the  dread 
calamity  which  overtook  it  twenty-eight  years  ago,  with  thankful 
rememberance  of  the  fraternal  kindness  then  displayed  by  our 
brethren  throughout  the  world,  and  with  heartfelt  gratitude  to 
Almighty  God  for  his  many  mercies,  we  have  assembled  in  this,  our 
Sixtieth  Annual  Communication,  to  review  the  year  that  has  gone, 
to  take  counsel  for  the  future,  and  to  gain  new  strength  for  the  duties 
which  lie  before  us. 

The  past  year  has  brought  to  the  nation  cause  for  rejoicing  in  the 
establishment  of  peace  with  a  foreign  foe  and  a  clearer  recognition 
of  our  proud  position  among  the  great  powers  of  the  world;  but  with 
the  passing  months  have  also  come  added  responsibilities,  of  duty  to 
be  performed  towards  a  larger  number  of  our  brethren  the  children 
of  the  one  Almighty  Parent. 

To  our  fraternity  it  has  brought  the  success  of  largely  increased 
membership  and  the  responsiblity  of  added  duties  to  mold  and  de- 
velop these  new  members  into  an  active  and  efficient  part  of  the 
great  body  of  workers  in  the  vineyard. 

But  while  we  take  pleasure  in  the  success  and  prosperity  of  the 
year  we  are  still  conscious  that  an  undertone  of  sadness  pervades 
our  meeting  and  runs  through  our  notes  of  rejoicing.  Some  of  the 
dear  ones  who  were  with  us  a  year  ago  are  absent  to-day:  There  are 
vacant  chairs  upon  the  platform  and  on  the  floor.  Strong  men  and 
leaders  have  fallen,  the  rank  and  file  have  not  escaped  unscathed, 
faces  once  familiar  are  missing,  and  will  be  seen  no  more  till  the  veil 
is  lifted  and  we  "see  even  as  we  are  seen."  The  cloud  that  cast  a 
shadow  over  our  last  meeting  did  not  rise,  but  settled  over  the  forms 
of  our  two  well  loved  Past  Grand  Masters  whose  illness  was  then  the 
subject  of  our  deep  solicitude,  hiding  their  lives  with  God  and  leaving 
us  in  tears  and  sadness,  because  its  dark  side  alone  was  turned  to  us 
while  its  silver  sheen  lighted  their  path  to  realms  of  endless  day. 


1899.]  Grand  Lodge  of  Illinois.  7 

M.W.  Brother  Creiger  entered  into  rest  November  9,  1898,  and 
M.W.  Brother  Hawley  December  30.  1898. 

Special  committees  have  been  appointed  to  record  fitting-  tributes 
to  their  memory.  I  shall  therefore  make  no  attempt  to  enumerate  the 
many  and  enduring-  ties  that  bound  them  to  this  bodv,  nor  to  detail  their 
services  to  the  fraternitv.  My  personal  relations  to  these  brethren 
were  such,  however,  as  to  justify,  a  word  outside  the  more  formal  record. 

When  I  was  in  Amboy  as  a  young  teacher  in  1859,  Brother  Hawley 
was  County  Superintendent  of  Schools  for  Lee  county,  and  as  such 
was  in  a  position  to  be  of  great  service  to  me.  The  kindness  he  then 
exhibited,  both  official!}'  and  personally,  and  the  helping  hand  he  ex- 
tended, were  characteristic  of  his  generous  nature,  and  among  the 
pleasantest  experiences  of  my  life.  The  friendship  which  was  then 
formed,  and  which  was  subsequently  cemented  by  fraternal  ties  when 
I  became  a  Mason,  continued  without  interruption  for  almost  forty 
years,  and  will  remain  as  one  of  the  fragrant  and  grateful  memories 
of  a  life-time. 

My  acquaintance  with  BROTHER  Cregier  dates  from  my  first  ad- 
mission into  a  Masonic  lodge.  It  was  his  hand-grasp  and  assurance  of 
security  that  encouraged  my  progress  from  darkness  toward  light. 
He  was  my  Masonic  guide,  instructor,  friend,  and  brother  for  more 
than  a  third  of  a  century,  and  if  I  have  been  able  to  achieve  anything 
in  Masonry  I  gratefully  acknowledge  that  I  owe  it  in  great  measure 
to  his  encouragement,  counsel  and  example. 

Two  other  permanent  members  of  our  Grand  Lodge  have  been 
called  to  their  Eternal  Home  during  the  past  year. 

R.  W.  Bro.  Asa  W.  Blakesley  died  at  his  home  in  Quincy,  March 
30,  1899,  in  his  eighty-first  year.  He  received  the  first  and  second  de- 
grees of  Masonry  in  Hancock  Lodge  No.  20,  at  Carthage  in  1844-5,  and 
the  third  degree  in  Herman  Lodge  No.  39,  at  Quincy  in  1848.  He  sub- 
sequently united  with  Bodley  Lodge  No.  1.  and  served  as  its  Worship- 
ful Master  for  several  j^ears.  He  was  elected  Senior  Grand  Warden 
of  the  Grand  Lodge  in  1861.  He  was  a  regular  and  zealous  attendant 
of  this  bod}'  for  many  years  and  served  on  many  of  its  important  com- 
mittees. His  entry  into  Masonry  occurred  so  soon  after  the  formation 
of  our  Grand  Lodge  and  his  interest  was  so  active,  that  his  knowledge 
of  its  history  and  proceedings  was  phenomenal,  and  made  his  counsel 
tiraely,  conservative,  and  wise.  We  shall  greatly  miss  his  familiar  fig- 
ure and  his  welcome  presence. 

R.  W.  Bro.  Henry  C.  Cleaveland.  who  was  elected  Junior  Grand 
Warden  of  this  Grand  Lodge  in  1880  and  1881  and  Senior  Grand  War- 
den in  1882.  died  at  his  home  in  Rock  Island,  August  15,  1899.  He  had 
for  many  years  been  actively  identified  with  Masonry  in  this  jurisdic- 


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tion  and  was  ever  ready  to  serve  its  interests.  At  the  time  of  his 
death  he  was  serving-  as  D.D.G.M.  of  the  eleventh  district,  and  by  his 
ready  sympathy,  prudent  counsel,  and  faithful  performance  of  duty 
had  g"reatly  endeared  himself  to  the  fraternity.  His  prominence  in 
business,  as  well  as  Masonic  circles,  gave  him  a  very  wide  acquaint- 
ance, and  this  in  his  case  is  equivalent  to  saying-  he  had  a  host  of 
friends,  for  his  kind  heart  and  genial  temper  made  a  fast  friend  of 
every  one  with  whom  he  came  into  business  or  fraternal  relations. 

Rev.  Bro.  Henry  G.  Perry,  a  member  of  Ashlar  Lodge  No.  308 
and  Chaplain  of  several  Masonic  bodies,  died  in  this  city  January  16, 
1899.  Brother  Perry  was  for  many  years  a  regular  attendant  of  his  own 
and  other  lodges,  as  well  as  of  our  Grand  Lodge.  His  cordial  greeting, 
kind  face,  and  imposing  presence  were  welcome  at  our  gatherings  and 
will  be  sadly  missed  by  his  brethren. 

R.  W.  Bro.  Philo  Leon  Holland,  M.D.,  a  past  master  of  Dear- 
born Lodge  No.  310,  and  a  Deputy  Grand  Lecturer,  died  in  Chicago 
March  2,  1899,  in  the  thirty-iirst  year  of  his  age.  Brother  Holland 
was  made  a  Mason  in  Dearborn  Lodge  in  1891,  and  at  once  became 
active  and  influential  in  its  affairs.  He  served  as  Senior  Deacon,  Jun- 
ior Warden  and  Senior  Warden,  and  in  December  1897  was  elected 
Worshipful  Master,  serving  during  the  year  1898  with  eminent  ability 
and  to  the  entire  satisfaction  of  all.  It  has  seldom  fallen  to  the  lot 
of  one  so  young  to  win  and  deserve  so  large  a  guerdon  of  respect  and 
love  from  his  fellows.  As  a  man,  he  was  upright,  brave  and  genial; 
as  a  physician,  faithful,  well-read  and  skillful;  as  a  brother,  kind, 
generous  and  loving;  as  a  friend,  trusty,  honorable  and  true:  and  as 
a  Mason,  an  exemplar  in  his  daily  life  and  conversation  of  the  best 
teachings  of  the  institution.  Accompanied  by  a  committee  from 
his  lodge  his  body  was  conveyed  to  Macomb,  where  Macomb  Lodge 
No.  17  conducted  the  last  sad  rites  and  tenderly  placed  all  that  was 
mortal  of  our  brother  in  the  grave  near  the  home  of  his  childhood. 

Information  of  the  death  of  a  number  of  other  brethren  promi- 
nent in  the  fraternity  has  reached  me,  but  without  such  details  as  to 
enable  me  to  make  fitting  mention  of  their  services  to  the  craft. 


NECROLOQY  IN  OTHER  GRAND  JURISDICTIONS. 

During  the  year  notices  have  been  received  of  the  death  of  promi- 
nent and  distinguished  brethren  in  our  sister  jurisdictions  as  follows: 

Florida— Wm.  A.  McLean,  P.G.M.,  Aug.  22,  1898;  A.  L.  Williams, 
P.J.G.W.,  Sept.  13,  1898;  Henry  J.  Stewart,  P.G.M.,  Oct.  20,  1898. 

Alabama— Henry  Clay  Tompkins,  P.G.M.,  Sept.  12,  1898. 


1899.]  Grand  Lodge  of  Illinois.  9 

Colorado— Francis  L.  Childs,  P.D.G.M.,  Sept.  27,  1898;  Oren  Har- 
rison Henry,  P.G.M.,  Oct.  4,  1898:  George  Edward  Wyman,  P.G.M., 
:SIarch  6,  1899:  Byron  L.  Carr,  P.G.M.,  April  22,  1899. 

Tennessee— John  Ridley  Frizzell,  P.G.S.,  Oct.  6,  1898:  Archaelaus 
M.  Hug-hes,  P.G.M.,  Oct.  27,  1898. 

Kansas— John  Moses  Price,  P.G.M.,  Oct.  19,  189S. 

North  Dakota— Thos.  J.  Wilder,  P.S.G.W.,  Oct.  25,  1898. 

Virginia— John  R.  Purdie,  P.G.M..  Nov.  10,  1898. 

Nebraska— Robert  C.  Jordan,  P.G.M.,  Jan.  9, 1899;  Wm.  R.  Bowen, 
<3.S.,  May  6,  1899. 

Pennsylvania— Henry  W.  Williams,  G.M.,  Jan.  25,  1899. 

Nova  Scotia— Lewis  Johnston,  M.D.,  P.G.M.,  Feb.,  1899;  Edmund 
T.  Mahon,  P.D.G.M.,  March  8,  1899. 

Ohio— Charles  C.  Kiefer,  P.G.M.,  March  12,  1899. 

Oreg-on- Geo.  M.  Stroud.  P.G.M.,  April  14.  1899. 

Arkansas— John  H.  VanHoose,  P.G.M.,  May  6,  1899;  .John  J.  Sump- 
ter,  P.G.M.,  June  22,  1899. 

LODGES  CONSTITUTED. 

Only  two  new  lodges  were  charted  by  the  Grand  Lodge  at  its  last 
session.  As  both  are  in  the  city  of  Chicago,  it  was  convenient  as  well 
as  pleasant  for  the  Grand  Master  to  officiate  in  person  when  they  were 
<:onstituted. 

October  11,  1898,  with  the  able  assistance  of  R.  W.  Brother  Pres- 
ton as  D.G.M.;  W.  Brother  Ockerby  as  S.G.W.;  Brother  Richard  Topp 
as  J.G.W.;  R.W.  Brother  Burbank  as  Grand  Chaplain,  and  a  full  corps 
of  other  competent  officers,  not  omitting  the  indispensable  services  of 
our  Grand  Tyler,  I  constituted  BRIGHTON  Park  Lodge  No.  854. 

A  very  pleasant  entertainment  was  provided  by  the  brethren  of 
this  young  lodge,  and  everyone  present  enjoyed  the  occasion  greatly. 
This  vigorous  infant  has  shown  a  healthy  growth  and  demonstrated  its 
right  to  a  prominent  place  among  its  sister  lodges. 

November  2,  1898,  assisted  by  R.W.  Brother  lott  as  D.G.M.;  R.W. 
Brother  Seavey  as  S.G.W.;  W.  Brother  Branston  as  J.G.W.;  W. 
Brother  Helm  as  G.  Treasurer.;  W.  Brother  .Jampolis,  Grand  Secre- 
tary; R.W.  Brother  Burbank  as  Grand  Chaplain,  and  other  equally 
well  known  brethren  in  other  positions,  and  our  ever  ready  and  faith- 
ful Grand  Tyler  in  his  usual  place  of  trust,  I  constituted  King  Oscar 
Lodge  No.  855. 


10  Proceedings  of  the  [Oct.  3, 

A  bounteous  banquet  followed,  seasoned  with  the  best  of  good  fel- 
lowship. The  sang-uine  expectations  which  were  indulged  when  this 
lodge  was  instituted,  seem  to  have  been  justified,  and  there  is  every 
reason  to  believe  that  the  steady  and  healthy  growth  so  far  shown 
will  continue. 

LODGES  U.D. 

October  14,  1898.  I  continued  a  dispensation,  originally  issued  Sep- 
tember 7,  1898,  to  sixteen  brethren,  to  organize  a  lodge  to  be  known 
as  West  Gate  Lodge,  at  Hamburg.  Calhoun  county.  This  lodge  was 
instituted  by  R.  W.  Bro.  H.  T.  Burnap,  October  17. 1898.  Their  records 
are  in  the  hands  of  the  proper  committee,  who  will  report  at  this  ses- 
sion of  the  Grand  Lodge. 

No  other  dispensation  authorizing  the  formation  of  a  new  lodge 
has  been  issued  during  the  year,  although  there  have  been  several 
applications,  some  of  them  giving  pretty  strong  reasons  why  they 
should  be  granted.  A  consistent  adherence  to  the  principles  spoken 
of  in  my  report  of  last  year,  and  a  careful  examination  of  the  sur- 
roundings, have  in  every  case,  indicated  that  there  was  good  reason 
to  expect  that  lodges  already  established  would  lose  as  much,  or  more, 
through  the  formation  of  a  new  lodge,  than  Masonry  would  gain  by 
adding  to  the  already  long  list  of  struggling  lodges,  and  therefore, 
though  I  had  a  very  full  appreciation  of  the  desire  and  Masonic  zeal 
of  the  brethren  applying  for  dispensation,  I  felt  compelled  to  decline 
their  requests. 

In  one  instance,  however,  the  conditions  are  so  exceptional  that 
I  have  deemed  it  well  to  submit  the  case  for  special  consideration  A 
number  of  brethren  residing  at  or  near  Buffalo,  in  Sangamon  county, 
among  them  several  members  of  the  late  Mechanicsburg  Lodge, 
are  very  desirous  of  organizing  a  new  lodge  at  Buffalo  and  have  pre- 
sented unusually  strong  arguments  why  their  request  should  be 
granted.  The  law,  which  requires  the  consent  of  the  three  nearest 
lodges,  has  proved  an  insurmountable  obstacle,  because  the  lodge  at 
Dawson  has  declined  to  give  its  consent.  There  are  peculiar  circum- 
stances in  the  case  which  seem  to  call  for  an  exceptional  ruling  in 
their  favor,  and  their  application  is  strongly  indorsed  by  the  D.D.G.M. 
of  that  district.  I  have,  therefore,  concluded  to  present  their  case 
and  their  papers,  for  reference  to  the  committee  on  petitions,  with  the 
hope  that  they  may  be  able  to  find  some  way  to  reach  a  satisfactory 
and  just  solution  of  the  problem. 

DUPLICATE  CHARTERS. 

During  the  year  duplicate  charters  have  been  issued,  without 
charge,  to  Alto  Pass  Lodge  No.  840,  November  16,  1898:  Rock  River 
Lodge  No.  612,  January  3,  1899,  and  Chambersburg  Lodge  No.  373,  June 


1899.]  Grand  Lodge  of  Illinois.  11 

3,  1899.  These  lodges  lost  their  halls,  furniture,  and  charter  hy  fire. 
Such  occurrences,  and  the  occasional  loss  of  a  charter  by  theft,  sug- 
gest and  emphasize  the  propriety  of  the  recommendation  which  has 
often  been  urged  upon  lodges,  that  a  fire-proof  safe  is  an  excellent 
investment  and  an  admirable  place  for  charters  as  well  as  records. 

LODGE  HALL  DEDICATED. 

On  the  16th  of  May.  accompanied  by  Brother  Stevens,  Grand  Ty- 
ler, I  visited  Henry  and  had  the  pleasure  of  dedicating  a  new  Masonic 
hall  for  Henry  Lodge  No.  119.  On  this  pleasant  occasion,  I  had  the 
assistance  of  the  deputy  grand  master.  R.  W.  Brother  Hitchcock; 
R.  W.  Brother  Fredricks,  of  Chillicothe;  R.  W.  Brother  Van  Antwerp, 
D.D.G.M.  of  the  Tenth  district,  and  other  well-versed  brethren. 
The  entire  section  was  well  represented,  and  W.  Brother  Carroll 
and  the  brethren  of  Henry  Lodge  are  entitled  to  great  credit  for  the 
complete  preparations  which  were  made  and  which  culminated  in  so 
much  enjoyment  on  the  part  of  visiting  brethren. 

CORNER  STONES. 

EAST  ST.  LOUIS. 

M.  W.  Bro.  D.  M.  Browning,  as  my  special  deputy,  placed  the 
corner  stone  of  the  Protestant  hospital  at  East  St.  Louis  on  the  31st 
of  October,  1898,  with  the  usual  ceremonies  of  our  Ancient  Craft.  He 
gratefulh^  acknowledged  the  assistance  of  prominent  members  of  the 
fraternity  in  East  St.  Louis  and  vicinity  who  contributed  to  the  en- 
joyment and  success  of  the  pleasant  occasion. 

LINCOLN. 

On  the  5th  of  May,  1899,  R.W.  Bro.  Charles  F.  Hitchcock,  D.G.M., 
as  my  proxy,  placed  the  corner  stone  of  the  new  high  school  building 
at  Lincoln,  in  accordance  with  our  time-honored  ceremonies.  The 
lack  of  sufficient  preparation  for  the  event  on  the  part  of  the  local 
brethren  interfered  with  the  complete  enjoyment  of  the  occasion  and 
made  the  R.W.  brother's  work  difficult.  He  reports,  however,  that 
the  duty  was  successfully  performed,  and  he  heartily  thanks  the 
brethren  whose  aid  as  officers  of  the  Occasional  Grand  Lodge  enabled 
him  to  accomplish  the  work. 

FREEPORT. 

On  the  30th  of  Maj^  by  invitation  of  the  proper  authorities,  the 
Grand  Tyler  and  I  had  the  pleasure  of  visiting  the  city  of  Freeport 
and  placing  the  corner  stone  of  the  new  city  hall,  according  to  an- 
cient Masonic  usage.  W.  Brother  Stoskopf  assisted  as  D.G.M.,  and 
W.  Brother  Best  as  J.G.W.  Brethren  Currier,  Hurd,  Effert,  Potter, 
Lott,  Fair,  Cronkhite,  Milner,  Saucerman,  Templeton.  Breed,  Dickes, 
Allington,  Wills,  and  Miller  rendered  able  assistance  in  other  official 


12  Proceedings  of  the  [Oct.  3, 

places.  W.  Bro.  W.  N.  Cronkrite  delivered  an  instructive  and  elo- 
quent historical  oration,  and  when  it  is  added  that  R.W.  Brother 
Munn  acted  as  S.G.W.,  no  more  need  be  said  to  prove  that  the  occa- 
sion was  on  a  high  level. 

No  completer  preparation  and  efficient  assistance  were  ever  fur- 
Bished  at  a  like  ceremony  than  were  contributed  by  the  officers  and 
members  of  Excelsior  and  Everg'reen  Lodges,  on  this  occasion.  I  shall 
long  remember  Decoration  Day  1899  as  one  of  the  pleasantest  experi- 
ences of  my  Masonic  life. 

NOKOMIS. 
R.W.  Bro.  A.  H.  Bell,  as  my  duly  constituted  proxy,  placed  the 
corner  stone  of  the  public  school  building  at  Nokomis  on  the  18th  day 
of  July,  1899.  He  was  ably  assisted  on  the  happy  occasion  by  R.W. 
Brethren  Rose  and  Snell,  of  Litchtield,  and  other  prominent  brethren 
of  Montgomery  county  and  vicinity.  His  report  did  not  boast  of  the 
fact,  but  I  am  assured  by  competent  authority  that  the  ceremony  was 
most  successfully  performed;  that  there  was  a  most  able  and  eloquent 
oration  delivered;  and  that  the  tones  of  the  Bell  had  the  true  Masonic 
ring. 

MT.    ZION. 

Ably  assisted  bv  the  brethren  of  Macon  Lodge  No.  8  and  Ionic 
Lodge  No.  312  of  Decatur.  I  placed  the  corner  stone  of  the  Cumber- 
land Presbyterian  Church  of  Mt.  Zion,  August  15,  1899. 

W.  Brethren  Kepler  and  Graves  acted  as  D.G.M.  and  S.G.W.:  W. 
Brother  Buckingham  as  J.G.W.;  and  our  well  known  W.  Brother  Mc- 
Clelland as  Master  of  the  oldest  lodge.  All  other  places  were  equally 
well  tilled  and  the  whole  line  kept  in  admirable  order  by  that  prince  of 
Marshals,  Bro.  George  S.  Durfee. 

Able  and  instructive  addresses  were  made  by  Reverends  M.  C. 
Cockrum  and  A.  W.  Hawkins  of  the  Cumberland  Presbyterian  Church, 
and  M.  W.  Bro.  Owen  Scott,  as  Grand  Orator,  spoke  in  a  most  inter- 
esting and  eloquent  way  of  the  harmony  of  the  work  of  Masonry  and 
the  church. 

The  substantial  repast  which  the  ladies  of  the  church  prepared 
in  the  huge  tent  on  the  church  grounds,  suggested  that  man's  wants 
are  remembered  in  a  temporal  as  well  as  a  spiritual  way  at  Mt.  Zion. 

ILLIOPOLIS. 

On  the  .30th  of  August  I  had  the  pleasure  of  placing  the  corner 
stone  of  a  Masonic  home  for  Illiopolis  Lodge  No.  521.  R.W.  Bro.  R.  D. 
Lawrence,  of  Springfield,  D.D.G.M.  of  that  district,  acted  as  D.G.M. : 
R.W.  Bro.  R.  T.  Spencer,  of  Illiopolis.  as  S.G.W.;  W.  Brother  Durfee, 
of  Decatur,  as  J.G.W.;  W.  Bro.  J.  S.  McClelland,  of  Decatur,  as  Grand 


1899.]  Grand  Lodge  of  Illinois.  13 

Treasurer,  and  Bro.  C.  B.  Sutherland,  of  Illiopolis.  as  Grand  Secre- 
tary. All  other  places  were  tilled  by  competent  brethren,  and  it  is 
with  especial  pleasure  that  I  record  the  presence  of  our  venerable 
and  R.W.  Brother.  Chas.  Fisher,  of  Spring-field,  P.D.G.M.,  who  acted 
as  Master  of  the  oldest  lodge.  The  Grand  Lodge  was  escorted  by  Mt. 
Pulaski  Commandery,  Knights  Templar.  M.W.  Bro.  Owen  Scott,  as 
Grand  Orator,  delivered  a  very  instructive  address  on  the  basic  prin- 
ciples of  Masonry.  He  was  listened  to  with  the  keenest  attention  by 
the  brethren  of  Sangamon  and  Macon  counties,  and  by  a  vast  assem- 
blage of  the  people  of  Illiopolis  and  the  surrounding  countrj'. 

In  the  evening  Illiopolis  Lodge  No.  521,  exemplified  their  skill  in 
the  secret  work  of  Masonry  by  conferring  the  Sublime  Degree.  Most 
complete  arrangements  were  made  for  the  ceremonies  and  for  the 
comfort  and  pleasure  of  visiting  brethren,  and  the  occasion  was  a 
thoroughly  successful  and  enjoyable  one. 

INSTALLATION  OF  GRAND  LODGE  OFFICERS. 

March  3  at  a  stated  communication  of  Home  Lodge  No.  508  with 
the  assistance  of  W.  Brother  Westervelt  as  Grand  Marshal  I  installed 
R.  W.  Bro.  Frank  Crane,  D.D  as  Grand  Chaplain.  I  wish  to  express 
my  full  appreciation  of  the  interest  manifested  and  assistance  given 
by  Home  Lodge  on  this  occasion. 

At  a  stated  communication  of  Jacksonville  Lodge  No.  570,  W. 
Bro.  F  H  Rowe  as  my  proxy,  installed  Rev.  Bro.  W.  H.  Milburn  as 
Grand  Orator. 

At  a  stated  communication  of  Lessing  Lodge  No.  557,  August  1, 
1899,  I  installed  W.  Bro.  Philip  Mass  as  Grand  Sword  Bearer. 

REPRESENTATIVES  NEAR  OUR  GRAND  LODGE. 

During  the  year,  through  the  death  of  M.  W.  Brethren  Cregier 
and  Hawley  and  other  causes,  an  unusual  number  of  vacancies  oc- 
curred in  the  representation  of  other  Grand  Lodges  near  our  Grand 
Lodge.  Upon  my  recommendation  the  several  grand  masters  appointed 
the  brethren  named  below  to  represent  their  respective  states  near 
our  Grand  Lodge,  to-wit: 

Alabama,  R.  W.  Bro.  Haswell  C.  Clarke,  Kankakee. 

Colorado.  R.  W.  Bro.  L.  C.  Waters,  Chicago. 

Connecticut,  R.  W.  Bro.  Chas.  F.  HitchcOck,  Peoria. 

Cuba,  R.  W.  Bro.  Geo.  M.  :\Ioulton,  Chicago. 

District  of  Columbia,  M.  W.  Bro.  D.  M.  Browning,  East  St.  Louis. 

Indiana.  R.  W.  Bro.  Wm.  B.  Wright,  Effingham. 


14  Proceedings  of  the  [Oct.  3, 

Mississippi,  M.  W.  Bro.  John  C.  Smith,  Chicag-o. 

Quebec,  R.  W.  Bro.  John  Johnston,  Chicago. 

Rhode  Island,  R.  W.  BRO.  A.  B.  Wicker,  Franklin  Grove. 

Tennessee,  R.  W.  Bro.  Alex.  H.  Bell,  Carlinville. 

United  Grand  Lodg-e,  New  South  Wales,  R.  W.  Bro.  R.  T.  Spen- 
cer, Illiopolis. 

United  Grand  Lodge,  Victoria,  R.  W.  Bro.  R.  T.  Spencer,  Illio- 
polis. 

Vermont,  R.  W.  Bro.  Hugh  D.  Hunter,  Chicago. 

They  have  received  their  commissions  which  will  no  doubt  be 
presented  at  this  session  of  the  Grand  Lodge,  when  the  brethren  will 
be  officially  received  and  their  credentials  properly  recorded. 

REPRESENTATIVES  OP  OUR  GRAND  LODGE  NEAR  OTHER  GRAND  LODGES. 

February  25,  1899,  upon  the  sug'g'estion  of  the  Grand  Secretary  of 
that  state,  I  appointed  M.W.  Bro.  A.  T.  Stebbins,  Rochester,  Minn., 
Grand  Master  of  that  Grand  Jurisdiction,  as  our  representative  near 
that  Grand  Lodge. 

The  Grand  Lbdge  of  Tennessee  having  expressed  a  fraternal  de- 
sire to  re-establish  the  representative  system  between  our  respective 
Grand  Lodges,  and  the  Grand  Master  of  that  Grand  Jurisdiction  hav- 
ing recommended  him  for  the  place,  I  was  glad  to  appoint  M.W.  Bro. 
A.  V.  Warr,  P.G.M.,  Rossville,  Tenn.,  to  represent  us  near  that  Grand 
Lodge. 

April  14,  1899,  upon  proper  recommendation,  I  commissioned  R.W. 
Bro.  Wm.  a.  Daugherty,  of  St.  Johns,  as  our  representative  near  the 
Grand  Lodge  of  New  Brunswick,  vice  R.W.  Bro.  Isaac  O.  Beatteay, 
resigned. 

Our  Grand  Lodge  having  by  vote  in  1896  entered  into  fraternal 
relations  with  the  Grand  Lodge  of  Cuba,  and  the  civil  conditions  hav- 
ing happily  reached  a  stage  permitting  Masonic  intercourse,  it  af- 
forded me  much  pleasure  to  act  upon  the  suggestion  of  the  Grand 
Secretary  of  that  jurisdiction  and  to  appoint  M.W.  Bro.  Juan  B, 
Hernandez  Barriero,  Grand  Master,  as  our  representative  near 
that  Grand  Lodge.  His  commission  was  forwarded  May  2,  and  a  like 
fraternal  act  has  brought  to  us  a  representative  from  that  jurisdic- 
tion. 

.July  11,  upon  the  recommendation  of  the  Grand  Master  of  the 
Grand  Lodge  of  Canada,  I  appointed  R.W.  Bro.  E.  D.  Parlow,  of  Ot- 
tawa, as  our  representative  near  that  Grand  Lodge,  vice  J.  E.  D'AviG- 
NON,  resigned. 


1899. 


Grand  Lodge  of  Illinois. 


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DEPUTY  GRA>D  LECTURERS. 

In  accordance  with  the  unanimous  recommendation  of  the  Board 
of  Grand  Examiners,  commissions  were  issued  to  the  following'  breth- 
ren as  Deputy  Grand  Lecturers: 


James  Douglas,  Chester. 
Charles  F.  Tenney,  Bement 
G.  A.  Stadler,  Decatur. 
John  E.  Morton,  Perry. 
W.  O.  Butler,  LaHarpe. 
William  E.  Ginther,  Charleston. 
Charles  Reifsnider,  Chicago. 
T.  H.  Humphrey,  DuQuoin. 

C.  Rohrbough,  Kinmundy. 

D.  E.  Bruffett,  Urbana. 

G.  O.  Friedrich,  Chillicothe. 

C.  W.  Carroll,  Blandinsville. 

H.  S.  Hurd,  Chicago. 

I.  H.  Todd,  East  St.  Louis. 

O.  F.  Kirkpatrick,  Blandinsville. 

J.  J.  Crowder,  Peoria. 

C.  E.  Grove,  Mt.  Carroll. 

H.  T.  Burnap,  Upper  Alton. 

D.  B.  Hutchinson,  Jacksonville. 

C.  E.  Allen,  Galesburg. 

D.  D.  Darrah,  Bloomington. 
Hugh  A.  Snell,  Litchfield. 


W.  M.  Burbank,  Chicago. 

J.  B.  Kelly,  East  St.  Louis. 

J.  F.  Clayton,  Glenarm. 

W.  H.  Stevens,  Steelville. 

R.  R.  Strickler,  Galesburg. 

Henry  Werno,  Chicago. 

Samuel  G.  Jarvis,  Victoria. 

Isaac  Cutter,  Camp  Point. 

J.  H.  Thomas,  Belvidere. 

James  McCredie,  Earlville. 

S.  S.  Borden,  Chicago. 

W.  H.  Peak,  Jonesboro. 

P.  F.  Clark,  Scottville. 

C.  H.  Martin,  Lawrenceville. 

J.  B.  Randleson,  Galesburg. 

M.  B.  lott,  Chicago. 

Herbert  Preston,  Chicago. 

J.  V.  Harris,  Canton. 

Enos  Johnson,  Upper  Alton. 

W.  H.  Marsh,  Upper  Alton. 

F.  R.  Smedley,  Waverly. 

C.  N.  Hambleton,  Jeffersonville. 

Aaron  Shubart,  Chicago. 


H.  S.  Albin,  Chicago. 

Arthur  G.  Goodridge,  Irving  Park.  E.  F.  Seavey,  Chicago. 

S.  M.  Schoemann,  McLeansboro.      H.  C.  Yetter,  Galesburg. 


L.  C.  Waters,  Chicago. 
J.  D.  Templeton,  Decatur 
W.  K.  Bowling,  Virden. 
R.  F.  Morrow,  Virden. 
J.  G.  Seitz,  Upper  Alton. 
C.  M.  Erwin,  Bowen. 
W.  J.  Frisbee,  Bushnell. 
Emerson  Clark,  Farmington. 


Frank  C.  Funk,  Bluffs. 

Carl  Swigart,  Weldon. 

G.  A.  Lackens,  Good  Hope. 

A.  O.  Novander,  Chicago. 

C.  C.  Marsh,  Bowen. 

J.  B.  Roach,  Beardstown. 

J.  S.  Burns,  Sherman. 


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Proceedings  of  the 


[Oct.  3, 


Upon  proper  appl 
lodg"es  as  follows,  rece 

LODGE.  NO.        AMOUNT. 

Accordia  277  $2  00 

Cerro  Gordo 600  2  00 

Prairie 77  10  00 

Wauconda 298  2  00 

T.  J.  Pickett  ....307  2  00 

Strong-hurst SH  2  00 

Germania 182  2  00 

London 848  2  00 

Apollo 642  2  00 

LaPrairie 267  2  00 

De  Soto 287  2  00 

Lounsbury 751  2  00 

Exeter  424  2  00 

Herman  39  2  00 

Hopewell 844  2  00 

Morrisonville 681  2  00 

Everg-reen 170  2  00 

Columbus 227  2  00 

Mag-icCity 832  2  00 

Elizabeth 276  2  00 

Cheney's  Grove.  .486  2  00 

Moweaqua 180  2  00 

Milton 275  2  00 

Payson .379  2  00 

Burnside 683  2  00 

Grove 824  2  00 

Excelsior 97  2  00 

Donnellson 255  2  00 

Virden 161  2  00 


SPECIAL  DISPENSATIONS. 

ication  I  have  issued  special  dispensations  to 
iving-  therefor  the  amounts  indicated,  viz: 


LODGE.  NO. 

Fellowship 89 

Fidelity  152 

New  Canton 821 

N.  D.  Morse .346 

Golden  Rule 726 

Horeb 363 

LaHarpe 195 

Gothic 852 

Tennessee 496 

Waukegan 78 

Delavan  156 

D.  C.  Creg-ier 643 

Accordia  277 

Germania 182 

Odell 401 

Home   .  .    508 

Ben  Hur 818 

Lakeside 7.39 

Apollo  642 

Adams 529 

Gallatia 684 

Og"den 754 


Bodley 

Oriental 

J.  L.  Anderson 
Van  Meter  .... 
Sangamon 


Total 


.  1 
.  33 
.318 
.762 

.801 


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The  money  has  been  paid  over  to  the  Grand  Secretary,  as  will  ap- 
pear by  his  report. 

RESIGNATION. 

On  the  4th  of  April,  I  received  and  very  reluctantly  accepted  the 
resignation  of  R.W.  Bro.  L.  T.  Hoy  as  D.D.G.M.  of  the  fourth  district. 
Brother  Hoy's  appointment  to  a  position  requiring  him  to  be  absent 
from  the  district  most  of  the  time  compelled  him  to  relinquish  an  of- 
fice which  he  had  tilled  most  satisfactorily  to  the  Grand  Master  and 
to  the  brethren  of  the  district. 

R.W.  Bro.  .Jay  L.  Brewster,  of  Waukeg^an.  was  duly  appointed 
and  commissioned  as  D.D.G.M.  of  said  district. 


1899.]  Grand  Lodge  of  Illinois.  17 

MISSOURI  LANDS. 

In  accordance  with  a  resolution  adopted  bj'  th.is  Grand  Lodg-e  Oc- 
tober 5,  1881,  I  have,  upon  the  recommendation  of  M.W.  Bro.  Jno.  M. 
Pearson,  executed  the  following  deeds  to  portions  of  the  Grand  Lodge's 
Missouri  lands,  viz. :  February  4,  1899,  the  northeast  quarter  of  the 
southwest  quarter  of  section  13,  town  29  north,  range  10  east,  to 
August  Frankle;  consideration,  $275.  September  11,  1899,  the  south- 
west quarter  of  the  northwest  quarter  of  section  34,  town  28  north, 
range  9  east,  to  A.  S.  Seism;  consideration,  $120.  I  fraternally  ask 
your  approval. 

RELIEF. 

As  authorized  by  the  Grand  Lodge,  a  remittance  of  $20  per 
month  has  been  made  to  our  much  loved  and  oldest  Past  Grand  Mas- 
ter, M.  W.  Bro.  Harrison  Dills,  whose  declining-  years  have  been 
cheered  and  comforted  b}-  this  remembrance  and  fraternal  assistance. 
The  following  letter  attests  his  loving  appreciation  of  your  kindness. 
I  heartily  recommend  a  continuance  of  these  remittances. 

Warrensburg,  Mo.,  August  26,  1899. 
Most  Worfthipful  Grand  Master,  Edward  Cool-: 

I  congratulate  a'ou  on  your  supervision  of  the  work  of  the  Grand 
Lodg-e.  I  approve  of  your  edict  issued  to  the  subordinate  lodges  of 
your  jurisdiction.  I  have  been  in  sympathy  with  the  Grand  Lodge 
every  since  we  org-anized  it  in  1840.  While  my  health  would  permit 
I  always  attended  our  annual  convocations.  Since  that  time  I  have 
been  kindly  remembered  by  them.  In  1860,  I  was  elected  Grand  Treas- 
urer, which  office  I  held  for  fourteen  years.  In  1880  my  worthj^ 
brother,  Wiley  M.  Eg-an,  was  elected  and  still  holds  the  office. 

In  1874  I  lost  the  savings  of  my  life  time  by  fire  which  so  pros- 
trated me  that  since  that  time  I  have  not  been  able  to  do  scarcely 
anything.  Therefore  I  greatly  appreciate  the  help  of  my  brethren 
which  has  kept  me  and  mine  from  want. 

Something-  over  one  year  ago  I  became  so  nearly  helpless  that  it 
became  necessary  for  me  to  be  taken  care  of,  and  therefore,  I  have 
run  behind  about  seventy-five  dollars  more  than  my  usual  expenses  or 
income.  I  am  as  well  as  it  could  be  expected  of  one  of  my  age  as  I 
am  now  in  my  88th  year.     T  remain 

Yours  fraternally, 

Harrison  Dills. 

Upon  the  unanimous  recommendation  of  the  Grand  Lodge  Charity' 
Committee,  the  sum  of  $50  was  drawn  from  the  Grand  Lodge  Char- 
ity Fund  for  the  relief  of  a  Past  Master  from  New  South  Wales,  who 
by  reason  of  an  accident  and  illness,  was  in  need  of  assistance. 


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A  like  amount  was,  upon  the  recommendation  of  the  same  com- 
mittee, g'iven  to  the  widow  of  a  former  member  of  National  Lodg"e. 
The  thanks  of  the  fraternity  are  due  to  W.  Bro.  E.  S.  Moss  of  Dear- 
born Lodge,  for  his  services  in  looking-  after  this  case 

In  the  case  of  appeal  sent  out  by  Cordova  Lodg-e  No.  543,  which 
was  referred  to  in  last  year's  report,  but  upon  which  returns  had  not 
then  been  made,  the  Secretary  reported  the  receipt  of  $22>.90  from 
187  lodg-es. 

Only  two  appeals  from  lodg^es  in  behalf  of  needy  brethren  have 
been  endorsed  during-  the  current  year.  One  was  from  Bay  City  Lodgre 
No.  771,  and  resulted  in  the  donation  of  $483.60  by  336  lodg-es.  The 
other  was  from  Loving^ton  Lodg-e  No.  228,  and  was  sent  out  within  the 
past  month  and  therefore  no  report  of  results  can  yet  be  made. 

The  absence  of  other  appeals  does  not,  I  am  g-lad  to  believe,  indi- 
cate any  lack  of  the  charitable  spirit,  but  is  rather  an  indication  that 
the  lodges  and  brethren  have  a  keener  and  more  correct  appreciation 
of  their  individual  obligation,  and  a  more  lively  desire  to  participate  in 
the  blessing  that  comes  to  the  cheerful  contributor  to  the  need  which 
lies  at  his  door. 

SCHOOLS. 

Schools  were  held  at  Carlinville,  Carbondale,  Charleston,  La 
Harpe,  and  ElPaso.  All-  the  members  of  the  Board  of  Grand  Exam- 
iners were  in  attendance  at  each  place  and  forty-four  Deputy  Grand 
Lecturers  were  present  at  one  or  more  of  the  schools.  Two  hundred 
and  sixty-five  lodges  were  represented  and  nine  hundred  and  fifty-two 
names  were  registered.  This  shows  that  the  schools  are  appreciated 
by  the  Craft  and  any  one  who  was  present  can  testify  to  the  interest 
shown.  The  system  of  instruction  devised  and  put  into  practice  sub- 
stantially in  its  present  form  a  quarter  of  a  century  ago  has  stood 
the  test  of  time  and  has  proved,  a  most  valuable  influence  in  cement- 
ing the  fraternity  and  disseminating  information,  not  merely  in  the 
ritual  and  formal  ceremonies  of  the  institution,  but  also  in  stimulat- 
ing and  answering  inquiry  as  to  the  history,  traditions,  landmarks, 
customs,  principles,  and  laws  of  Masonry.  Our  Board  of  Grand  Exam- 
iners by  careful  study,  long  practice  and  persistent  effort,  have 
thoroughly  mastered  every  detail  of  the  ritual  and  the  manner  of 
conferring  degrees,  and  they  are  marvels  of  patience  and  efficiency 
in  the  best  methods  of  teaching  the  work.  They  have  well  merited 
and  have  freely  received  the  warmest  commendation  and  support 
of  the  fraternity  throughout  the  state.  It  is  universally  conceded 
that  those  who  have  known  most  about  the  work  and  are  most 
familiar  with  the  schools  have  been  the  strongest  supporters  of  the 
Board  and  their  work. 


1899.]  Grand  Lodge  of  Illinois.  19 

When  the  changes  come  which  time  and  circumstance  sooner  or 
later  compel,  it  will  be  difficult,  if  not  impossible,  to  supply  the  places 
of  these  justly  popular  and  most  deserving"  servants  of  the  Craft. 

To  provide  for  that  division  of  official  position  which  seems  equit- 
able and  guard  against  the  possibility  of  falling  into  routine  or  mo- 
notony through  familiarity  with  dut}',  it  may  be  well  to  establish  a 
method  of  rotation  in  the  office  of  Grand  Examiners,  by  which  a  mem- 
ber of  the  Board  shall  be  placed  upon  the  retired  list  or  become  an 
emeritus  member  after  a  specified  number  of  years  of  service.  In 
the  meantime  the  schools  are  most  heartily  commended  to  your  lib- 
eral support  as  the  most  helpful  agency  that  can  be  named  for  the 
promotion  of  the  best  interests  of  the  entire  fraternity. 

WORK 

One  of  the  pleasautest  experiences  of  the  year  has  been  to  ob- 
serve the  improvement  that  has  taken  place  in  the  work  and  cere- 
monial observances  in  many  of  our  lodges.  The  care  that  has  been 
bestowed  upon  the  ritual,  not  only  as  to  verbal  accuracy,  but  also  in  the 
manner  of  expression  so  as  to  bring  out  the  force,  meaning,  and  beauty 
of  its  lessons,  has  been  marked  and  most  satisfactory.  The  success 
attending  these  praiseworthy  efforts  by  lodges  and  brethren  has  been 
remarkable,  and  in  some  cases  such  as  to  approach  the  perfect  mark. 
A  gratifying  feature,  worthy  of  note  in  this  connection,  is  the  fact 
that  the  attendance  at  these  lodges  has  been  so  large  as  to  indicate 
clearly  that  the  brethren  generally  are  attracted  by  good  work,  and 
that  they  appreciate  the  beauties  of  the  ritual  in  its  simple  purity 
and  prize  the  moral  teachings  of  Masonry  more  than  its  external 
adornments. 

In  my  report  to  the  Grand  Lodge  one  year  ago  I  took  occasion  to 
record  my  disapproval  of  the  use  of  robes  and  other  paraphernalia 
calculated  to  distract  the  mind  of  the  candidate  from  the  teachings 
of  Masonry  rather  than  to  impress  its  lessons.  These  views  were  ap- 
proved by  the  Grand  Lodge. 

The  criticisms  referred  to  applied  to  comparatively  few  lodges, 
probably  less  than  ten  per  cent  of  the  whole  number,  and  these  with 
but  few  exceptions  very  promptly  and  for  the  most  part  very  cheer- 
fully acquiesced  in  this  action  by  the  Grand  Lodge,  and  in  several 
instances  gave  voluntary  testimony  that  increased  interest  and  pros- 
perity resulted  from  dropping  these  superfluities.  A  number  of  lodges 
however  felt  that  a  custom  which  had  been  so  long  tolerated,  which 
was  so  interesting  to  spectators  and  which  they  believed  contributed 
to  the  impressiveness  of  their  work,  as  well  as  to  their  growth  in  num- 
bers, should  not  be  cut  off  without  specific  action  by  the  Grand  Lodge 
or  Grand  Master,  and  they  somewhat  pointedly  asked  for  a  definite 


20  Proceedings  of  the  [Oct.  3, 

ruling  upon  the  matter.  There  were  also  a  few  lodges,  who,  stimu- 
lated by  the  example  of  those  just  mentioned  and  desiring  to  emulate 
or  rival  them  in  display,  made  new  purchases  of  regalia  and  expen- 
sive trappings  in  which  they  could  ill  afford  to  indulge. 

Realizing  these  conditions  and  believing  that  the  attitude  of  the 
Grand  Lodge  upon  the  subject  of  work  was  well  established  years  ago 
by  the  adoption  of  a  ritual,  and  that  it  had  for  many  years  adhered 
to  this  standard  through  a  liberal  provision  for  its  teaching,  and  had 
repeatedly  pronounced  in  favor  of  uniformity,  not  only  in  matter  but 
also  in  manner,  I  felt  it  my  duty  to  issue  the  following  edict,  your  ap- 
proval of  which  is  fraternally  asked: 

EDICT 

From  the  East  of  the  Most  Worshipful,  Grand  Lodge,      \ 
State  of  Illinois,  Ancient,  Free,  and  Accepted   Masons.  J 

To  tJie  Worshijjful  Masters,  Wardens,  and  Brethren  of  all  Constituent  Lodges 
A.F.  &  A.M.  in  the  State  of  Illinois: 

Brethren: — In  compliance  with  article  15  of  the  Grand  Lodge 
constitution,  which  requires  the  Grand  Master  to  provide  for  thorough 
instruction  in  the  work  and  ritual  established  by  the  Grand  Lodge, 
schools  of  instruction,  under  the  direction  of  the  Grand  Examiners, 
have  for  many  years  been  held  in  various  parts  of  the  state  at  the 
expense  of  the  Grand  Lodge.  By  reason  of  these  meetings  and  through 
the  services  of  Deputy  Grand  Lecturers  commissioned  by  the  Grand 
Master  after  they  had  fully  demonstrated  to  the  examiners  their  pos- 
session of  the  authorized  work,  ample  means  have  been  provided  for 
disseminating  the  standard  work  of  the  jurisdiction.  To  a  very  grati- 
fying extent  lodges  and  brethren  have  availed  themselves  of  these 
facilities  and  have  acquired,  and  are  now  practicing,  the  authorized 
work  in  a  most  commendable  manner.  Some  lodges,  however,  have 
failed  to  exhibit  the  proper  spirit,  interest,  and  zeal  in  this  import- 
ant matter,  and  by  lack  of  proper  attention,  or  by  omitting  portions 
of  the  work,  or  by  unlawful  additions  alterations,  or  amendments, 
and  by  the  introduction  of  embellishments,  literary  excerpts,  or  other 
matter  foreign  to  the  ritual  and  unknown  to  ancient  Craft  Masonry, 
have  failed  to  acquire  and  maintain  the  uniform  standard  or  to  con- 
form to  the  requirements  of  the  Grand  Lodge. 

Therefore,  in  order  to  bring  about,  establish,  and  maintain  in 
all  lodges  throughout  our  jurisdiction  the  standard  of  excellence  and 
uniformity  of  work  contemplated  by  the  Grand  Lodge  Constitution, 
I,  Edward  Cook,  Grand  Master  of  the  Grand  Lodge  of  Ancient  Free 
and  Accepted  Masons  or  the  State  of  Illinois,  by  virtue  of  the  plenary 
power  vested  in  me  by  the  Grand  Lodge,  do  issue  and  promulgate  this 
my  Edict  enjoining  upon  the  officers  and  members  of  all  constituent 


1899.]  Grand  Lodge  of  Illinois.  21 

lodg"es  of  our  jurisdiction,  the  dut\-  of  conforming  as  nearly  as  possi- 
ble to  the  authorized  work  of  the  jurisdiction,  according'  to  the  stan- 
dard taught  and  practiced  by  the  Board  of  Grand  Examiners  at 
schools  of  instruction,  neither  adding  to  nor  substracting-  therefrom. 
All  intentional  or  known  abridgements,  short  forms,  alterations, 
amendments,  or  additions  to  the  authorized  work  are  hereby  declared 
to  be  irregular  and  illegal  innovations  and  in  defiance  of  the  express 
authority  of  the  Grand  Lodg'e.  The  practice  of  such  innovations  will 
subject  the  offenders  to  the  penalties  prescribed  by  law. 

In  furtherance  of  the  purpose  of  this  Edict  and  to  promote  uni- 
formity of  work  and  maintain  the  purity  and  impressiveness  of  our 
ritual,  the  introduction  of  military  drills,  stag"e  setting-s,  theatrical 
scenes,  inappropriate  music,  stereopticon  views  (other  than  of  the  em- 
blems or  symbols  given  in  the  monitor  and  the  charts)  and  the  use  of 
robes,  uniforms,  and  costumes  other  than  those  sanctioned  by  the 
standard  work  of  this  grand  jurisdiction  and  taught  and  practiced  in 
the  schools  of  instruction  held  by  the  Grand  Examiners,  are  hereby 
expressly  prohibited. 

The  sale,  distribution,  use,  or  possession  of  any  pretended  exposes, 
or  of  an}'  written  or  printed  form  of  the  esoteric  work  is  not  only  a 
violation  of  obligation  but  is  also  in  direct  disregard  of  the  Edict  of 
Grand  Master  Scott  on  this  subject,  issued  April  10,  1896,  to  which 
your  attention  is  called,  and  which  is  in  full  force  and  authority. 

It  is  particularly  enjoined  upon  all  District  Deputy  Grand  Mas- 
ters, Deputy  Grand  Lecturers,  and  lodge  officers  to  use  all  practicable 
means  to  insure  obedience  to  this  Edict  and  to  report  to  the  Grand 
Master  any  and  all  intentional,  willful,  or  avoidable  departures  there- 
from. 

It  is  hereby  ordered  that  this  Edict  be  read  in  full  in  open  lodge 
at  the  first  stated  meeting"  after  it  shall  be  received. 

It  is  further  ordered  that  this  Edict  be  entered  in  full  upon  the 
records  of  each  lodg-e  as  a  part  of  the  proceedings  of  said  lodge  at  the 
meeting  at  which  it  is  read. 

Given  under  my  hand  and  the  seal  of  the  M.W.  Grand  Lodg'e,  this 
25th  day  of  April,  A.D.  1899,  A  L.  5899. 

Attest:  Edward  Cook, 

J.  H.  C.  Dill,  Grand  Master. 

Grand  Secretary. 
[SEAL.] 


22  Proceedinf7s  of  the  [Oct.  8. 

DISCIPLINE. 

THE  MECHANICSBURQ  CASE. 
It  will  be  remembered  by  those  who  read  the  proceedings  of  the  last 
meeting"  of  this  Grand  Lodge  that  a  case  which  arose  in  Mechanics- 
burg  Lodge  No.  299  in  1896,  and  which  caused  the  suspension  and  sub- 
sequently the  revocation  of  the  charter  of  that  lodge,  was  by  order 
of  the  Grand  Master  tried  in  Springfield  Lodge  No.  4,  resulting  in  a 
sentence  of  expulsion.  In  1897  on  the  report  of  the  Committee  on 
Appeals  and  Grievances  the  case  was  reversed  and  remanded  for  new 
trial.  Upon  the  petition  of  the  defendant  the  case  was  taken  from 
Springfield  Lodge  No.  4  and  ordered  to  Tyrian  Lodge  No.  333  for  trial? 
and  the  defendant  was  again  expelled. 

The  available  funds  of  Mechanicsburg  Lodge  No.  299  having  been 
exhausted  by  the  expenses  of  the  first  trial,  the  bills  incurred  by  Ty- 
rian Lodge  No.  333  for  the  expenses  of  the  second  trial  (undertaken 
by  order  of  the  Grand  Master)  were  presented  to  the  Grand  Lodge  for 
payment.  A  few  of  the  minor  items  were  allowed  by  the  Grand  Lodge 
Committee  on  Finance,  other  items  were  disallowed  as  not  being  nec- 
essary to  the  conduct  of  the  trial,  but  the  larger  items  for  attorney's 
fees,  rent  of  hall,  stenographic  report  of  evidence,  etc.,  were  upon  the 
recommendation  of  the  Finance  Committee  referred  to  the  Grand 
Master  for  investigation  and  such  adjudication  as  he  might  deem  just 
and  equitable.  M.W.  Brother  Goddard,  Chairman  of  the  Finance  Com- 
mittee, accompanied  me  to  Springfield  November  22  and  we  endeav- 
ored to  convince  the  brethren  that  the  Grand  Lodge  should  not  be 
charged  for  the  rent  of  Masonic  rooms  and  for  certain  other  items 
included  in  their  bills. 

They  felt,  however,  that  the  burden  of  conducting  a  tedious  trial 
in  oppressively  hot  weather,  one  in  which  they  had  no  direct  interest 
and  had  reluctantly  undertaken  solely  upon  the  order  of  the  Grand 
Master,  was  a  sufficient  tax  without  their  being  called  upon  to  dis~ 
burse  money  for  the  rent  of  quarters  in  which  to  hold  it.  There  was 
also  a  complication  arising  from  the  fact  that  the  defendant  who  had 
authorized  his  attorney  to  assume  one-half  of  the  expense  of  having 
a  stenographic  report  of  the  trial  (the  bill  for  which  was  $395.50), 
failed  to  keep  his  agreement. 

As  a  result  we  had  to  choose  between  the  alternative  of  advising 
Tyrian  Lodge  to  pay  the  entire  bill  or  allowing  said  lodge  to  be  prose- 
cuted for  the  defendant's  portion.  After  careful  consideration  we 
concluded  to  adopt  the  former  course,  and  to  reimburse  Tyrian  Lodge 
for  expenses  incurred  to  the  amount  of  $618.85,  for  all  of  which  your 
approval  is  requested. 

In  this  connection  I  have  to  report  the  sale  of  the  real  property 
of  Mechanicsburg  Lodge  No.  299,  for  $450,  which  D.D.G.M.  Lawrence 


1899.  J  Grand  Lodge  of  Illinois.  23 

informed  me  was  a  fair  price  for  the  property.    Your  approval  of  this 
is  also  fraternally  requested. 

The  net  results  of  this  case  are,  that  a  lodge  with  a  membership 
of  twenty-eig"ht,  a  comfortable  lodge  hall,  which  they  owned  free  of 
debt  and  with  a  snug  sum  in  bank,  has  been  blotted  out;  two  lodges, 
without  any  fault  of  their  own,  have  been  compelled  to  hold  long, 
tedious  and  exasperating  trials;  a  condition  of  wide-spread  irritation 
and  ill  feeling  has  been  engendered  and  the  Grand  Lodge  has  been 
obliged  to  disburse  a  large  sum  in  excess  of  all  the  assets  of  the  de- 
funct lodge. 

This  case  affords  an  excellent  example  of  the  evils  of  contested 
and  attorney-paid  litigation  in  lodges,  referred  to  in  my  report  of 
last  year,  and  emphasizes  the  advisability  in  cases  where  Masonic 
trials  are  necessary,  of  finding  some  fair,  equitable,  speedy,  and  inex- 
pensive way  of  arriving  at  the  facts  and  administering  justice.  It  is 
hoped  that  the  amendment  to  Grand  Lodge  by-laws  which  was  offered 
by  the  Committee  on  Jurisprudence  last  year  and  which  comes  up  for 
action  at  this  session  of  the  Grand  Lodge,  will  meet  your  approval 
and  serve  as  a  step  in  the  direction  of  reducing  expenses  and  as  a 
deterrent  to  long  drawn  out  trials. 

APPLE  RIVER  LODGE. 

Of  the  nineteen  members  of  Apple  River  Lodge  No.  548,  who  were 
suspended  by  the  Grand  Lodge  at  its  last  session  for  defiance  of  its 
authority,  seventeen  have  made  such  confession  of  error  and  ex- 
pressed such  proper  regret  for  the  same  as  was  satisfactory  to  the 
Grand  Master,  and  have  therefore  received  the  certificate  from  the 
Grand  Secretary  usually  granted  to  members  of  defunct  lodges. 
Through  the  demise  of  this  lodge  the  Grand  Lodge  comes  into  posses- 
sion of  a  perpetual  leasehold  interest  in  the  second  story  of  a  frame 
building  at  Apple  River,  conditioned  upon  the  payment  of  five- 
elevenths  of  the  taxes. 

BELVIDERE  LODGE. 

Through  the  Grand  Master  of  Nebraska  I  learned  that  Rob  Morris 
Lodge  No.  46,  of  Kearney,  Neb.,  complained  that  Belvidere  Lodge  No. 
60,  of  our  jurisdiction,  had  received  the  petition  of  and  initiated  a 
candidate  who  had  been  twice  rejected  by  Rob  Morris  Lodge.  The 
correctness  of  this  claim  being  ascertained,  Belvidere  Lodge  by  my 
direction  made  suitable  apology  and  reparation  to  Rob  Morris  Lodge 
and  secured  a  waiver  of  jurisdiction  over  the  candidate,  thus  happily 
avoiding  all  friction  between  the  two  Grand  Jurisdictions. 

The  investigation  incident  to  the  case  disclosed  the  following 
facts,  viz.:     The  candidate  in  question  signed  a  petition  to  Belvidere 


24  Proceedings  of  the  [Oct.  3, 

Lodg'e  No.  60,  allea"ing-  that  he  had  never  before  petitioned  a  Masonic 
lodge,  but  he  told  the  brother  who  took  charge  of  his  petition  that  he 
had  been  rejected  in  Nebraska.  The  petition,  however,  was  presented 
to  the  lodge  without  embodying  any  reference  to  this  fact.  At  the 
proper  time  the  candidate  informed  the  Secretary  of  the  lodge  of  his 
rejection,  but  the  latter  concealed  this  knowledge  from  the  lodge, 
and  the  candidate  was  initiated. 

Upon  being  informed  of  the  above  condition,  I  ordered  a  stay  of 
proceedings  and  instructed  the  lodge  to  bring  charges  against  the 
candidate,  the  brother  who  took  in  his  petition,  and  the  Secretary. 

At  the  trial  which  occurred  June  10,  the  above  facts  were  clearly 
shown  by  conclusive  evidence.  Nevertheless,  the  lodge  acquitted  the 
candidate  and  the  brother  who  presented  his  petition,  and  upon  a 
plea  of  guilty  by  the  Secretary,  he  was  declared  guilty  by  the  lodge 
(though  with  several  votes  to  the  contrary)  and  a  reprimand  was 
voted. 

W.  Brother  Everett,  who  was  present  as  my  proxy,  deeming  the 
acquittals  erroneous  and  the  punishment  of  the  Secretary  inadequate, 
interposed  at  this  point  and  prevented  the  administration  of  the  rep- 
rimand, and  ordered  a  full  record  of  the  charges,  evidence,  etc.,  sent 
to  me  for  consideration.  I  subsequently  visited  the  lodge,  and  after 
giving  a  full  history  of  the  case  and  telling  them  of  their  failure  to 
do  justice,  I  afforded  them  an  opportunity  to  ask  for  the  privilege  of 
another  trial.  They  seemed  satisfied  with  their  verdict  and  I  there- 
fore submit  the  papers,  charges,  evidence,  etc.,  together  with  W. 
Brother  Everett's  report,  for  reference  to  the  appropriate  committee, 
with  the  opinion  and  recommendation  that  the  lodge,  as  well  as  the 
brethren  on  trial,  should  receive  some  adequate  punishment  for  these 
manifest  infractions  of  law. 

ATWOOD  LODGE. 

In  May  last,  fifteen  members  of  Atwood  Lodge  No.  651  made  gen- 
eral complaint  of  unmasonic  conduct  against  the  Worshipful  Master 
of  said  lodge,  and  one  member  put  his  complaint  in  the  form  of  spe- 
cific charges. 

Under  section  2,  article  11,  part  3  of  our  By-laws,  I  appointed  a 
commission  of  three  Past  Masters  with  R.W.  Bro.  Charles  F.  Tenney 
as  chairman,  to  investigate  the  complaint  and  charges. 

Their  report  and  the  evidence  submitted  seemed  to  compel  vigor- 
ous treatment,  and  I  deposed  the  Worshipful  Master  of  said  lodge 
from  office,  and  suspended  him  from  all  the  rights  and  privileges  of 
Masonry  until  the  present  session  of  the  Grand  Lodge  or  during  the 
further  will  and  pleasure  of  the  Grand  Master  or  Grand  Lodge.    The 


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papers  and  evidence  in  this  case  are  fraternally  submitted  for  refer- 
ence to  the  proper  committee. 

DILLS  LODGE. 

A  failure  on  the  part  of  Dills  Lodge  No.  295,  located  at  Hickory- 
Ridge,  Hancock  county,  to  report  the  election  and  installation  of 
officers  caused  an  inquiry  into  the  condition  of  the  lodge  and  elicited 
the  following  facts:  Ten  years  ago  the  lodge  had  a  membership  of 
twenty-four.  Through  dimissions  and  deaths,  this  number  has  been 
reduced  to  twelve.  The  lodge  has  done  no  work  since  1895.  The  three 
last  meetings  of  the  lodge  were  held  December  27,  1897;  February  5, 
1898  and  April  22,  1899.  An  attempt  to  move  to  the  railroad  at  West 
Point  was  thwarted  by  the  refusal  of  Denver  Lodge  to  give  its  con- 
sent. Several  members  of  the  lodge  expressed  the  opinion  that  it 
would  be  well  to  surrender  the  charter,  and  a  meeting  was  called  for 
August  18  to  consider  the  advisabilty  of  this  course.  But  no  quorum 
was  secured.  The  Secretary  wrote  me  that  there  seemed  but  one 
course  left,  and  I  accordingly  suspended  the  charter,  and  advised  the 
lodge  that  the  Grand  Lodge  would  probably  make  its  arrest  perma- 
nent unless  good  reason  could  be  shown  to  the  contrary.  Nine 
members  of  the  lodge  have  since  petitioned  for  a  restoration  of  the 
charter,  promising  an  effort  to  do  better  in  the  future. 

The  petition  and  correspondence  are  submitted  for  reference  to 
the  appropriate  committee. 

THE  CALPl  AFTER  THE  STORM. 

Although  several  cases  of  friction  or  trial  have  been  referred  to 
in  this  report  and  a  few  others  will  come  before  you  in  the  report  of 
the  Committee  on  Appeals  and  Grievances,  we  have  cause  to  rejoice 
that  there  have  been  so  few  instances  of  this  sort,  among  over  55,000 
brethren  and  722  lodges. 

Men  come  into  Masonry  with  the  elements  of  human  weakness 
upon  them,  and  it  can  not  be  expected  that  pride,  selfishness,  and 
kindred  frailties  will  entirely  disappear  at  once.  The  unwritten 
records  of  charity  exercised,  of  strife  allayed,  of  self-seeking  curbed, 
and  of  wrong  doing  averted  through  the  teachings  and  influence  of 
our  brotherhood  would  form  a  long  and  striking  contrast  to  these  few 
rough  places  and  prove  that  peace,  good  will,  forbearance  and  broth- 
erly love  have  dominion  over  those  who  have  rightly  apprehended  the 
purposes  of  masonry  and  imbibed  its  teachings. 

The  numerous  cases  to  which  reference  has  been  made  and  the 
details  of  routine  observances  and  statistical  matter  already  read, 
may  have  wearied  your  patience  and  given  you  the  impression  that 
you  were  burdened  with  the  particulars  of   every  matter  that  has 


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claimed  my  attention  during  the  year.  This  however  is  far  from  be- 
ing-  the  case,  as  will  readily  be  concluded  when  I  state  that  my  letter 
books  contain  over  2,200  pages  of  manuscript  written  by  my  own  hand 
during  the  past  twelve  months.  The  great  majority  of  these  letters 
have  been  answers  to  questions  pertaining  to  the  law  or  advice  re- 
garding matters  of  a  purely  temporary  or  local  character.  While 
some  of  these  questions  maj^  have  justified  a  formal  record,  my  reluc- 
tance to  cumber  our  statute  books  with  interpretations  of  the  law 
has  resulted  in  my  presenting  but  four  formal  decisions  for  action 
by  this  body.  One  of  these  has  seemed  necessary  to  aid  in  solving  the 
difficulties  arising  from  the  life  membership  laws  which  so  long  handi- 
capped many  of  our  lodges  and  which  were  happily  wiped  out  by  the 
Grand  Lodge  one  year  ago,  but  which  have  left  behind  a  crop  of  per- 
plexing questions  between  lodges  and  their  members  and  lodges  and 
the  Grand  Lodge. 

DECISIONS. 

1.  Lodge  by-laws  calling  for  the  payment  of  dues  in  advance  can- 
not be  enforced  by  disciplinary  proceedings.  A  brother  cannot  be 
suspended  for  non-payment  of  dues,  unless  the  delinquency  is  for  time 
already  passed. 

2.  All  lodge  by-laws  relating  to  life  membership  or  to  exemption 
from  dues  on  account  of  age,  were  repealed  by  action  of  the  Grand 
Lodge  October  5,  1898;  consequently  no  life  membership  certificate 
can  be  issued  by  any  lodge  subsequent  to  that  date,  unless  every  de- 
tail required  by  the  lodge  by-laws  previously  existing  had  been  fully 
completed  prior  thereto.  Unless  a  brother  holds  a  certificate  of  life 
membership  his  dues  cannot  be  remitted  directly  or  indirectly,  par- 
tially or  wholly  in  consequence  of  any  resolution,  rule  or  by-law  rela- 
ting to  life  membership  or  age  limit  which  existed  previous  to  above 
action  by  Grand  Lodge,  poverty  being  the  only  ground  for  remission 
of  dues.  Lodges  are  not  exempt  from  paying  Grand  Lodge  dues  for 
brethren  holding  certificates  of  life  membership. 

3.  A  fellow  craft  of  lodge  No.  1,  having  removed  into  the  juris- 
diction of  lodge  No.  2,  petitioned  the  latter  for  the  Master  Mason's 
Degree  and  membership.  Lodge  No.  2  applied  for  and  received  from 
lodge  No.  1  a  waiver  of  jurisdiction,  received  the  petition  and  in  due 
time  rejected  the  petitioner.  Held,  that  by  his  voluntary  act  he  had 
relinquished  all  rights  in  lodge  No.  1,  and  that  not  having  received  a 
unanimous  ballot  in  lodge  No.  2,  he  had  not  acquired  the  right  to  de- 
mand trial  under  section  3,  article  16  part  2,  Grand  Lodge  By-laws 
but  that  he  may  re-petition  lodge  No.  2  at  pleasure  and  that  said 
lodge  may  receive  and  refer  his  petition  as  of  ten  as  he  is  rejected. 
It  is  the  duty  in  such  case  of  any  member  of  lodge  No.  2  who  deems 


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the  candidate  unworth}'  to  proceed  to  bring  charges  against  him  and 
to  be  governed  in  subsequent  balloting  by  the  result  of  the  trial. 

4.  A  waiver  of  jurisdiction  over  a  regularly  made  Entered  Ap- 
prentice or  Fellow  Craft,  against  whom  there  are  no  charges,  may  be 
granted  by  a  majority  vote  by  show  of  hands,  provided  that  the  re- 
quest for  waiver  be  made  in  open  lodge  at  a  stated  meeting,  and  the 
vote  taken  at  the  next  or  some  subsequent  stated  meeting. 

WASHINGTON  CENTENNIAL. 

In  June  I  received  a  letter  from  the  Chairman  of  the  Executive 
Committee  of  the  Washington  Centennial,  requesting  to  know  what 
amount  our  Grand  Lodge  would  contribute  to  the  expenses  of  the  pro" 
posed  ceremonies,  and  saying  that  only  seven  out  of  seventy  Grand 
Lodges  had  at  that  time  made  remittances.  I  could  only  reply  that 
this  Grand  Lodge  had  failed  at  its  last  session  to  take  any  action  and 
that  I  was,  therefore,  unable  to  make  any  definite  answer.  The  mat- 
ter is  mentioned  here  to  bring  the  subject  to  your  attention  for  any 
action  you  ma}-  deem  wise. 

FORM  OF  PETITION. 

The  use  of  incorrect  and  imperfect  forms  of  petitions  for  degrees 
or  membership  is  a  source  of  much  friction  and  sometimes  of  serious 
trouble  in  lodges. 

The  blanks  in  use  are  of  many  forms,  varying  from  those  which 
are  lacking  in  essential  particulars  to  those  which  contain  numerous 
details  not  proper  for  publication.  In  one  instance  a  lodge  was  found 
to  be  using  a  form  printed  outside  our  jurisdiction  and  containing  no 
reference  whatever  to  a  previous  application.  In  other  cases  no  op- 
portunity is  afforded  in  the  blank  for  the  petitioner  to  make  an  in- 
dependent affirmation  regarding  this  important  item.  I  recommend 
that  this  subject  be  referred  to  the  Committee  on  Jurisprudence,  with 
instructions  to  formulate  blank  forms  for  petitions  for  degrees  and 
for  affiliation,  which,  if  adopted  by  the  Grand  Lodge,  shall  be  com- 
pulsory upon  all  lodges,  and  insure  uniformity  in  this  important  matter 

VISITATION. 

Within  the  year  I  have  been  permitted  to  make  over  sixty  visits 
to  lodges  in  this  jurisdiction.  Some  of  these  have  been  of  a  formal  or 
semi-official  character  and  others  more  in  the  nature  of  fraternal 
calls,  but  whether  my  coming  was  expected  or  not  I  have  always  been 
received  with  the  utmost  courtesy  and  consideration,  the  honors  due 
to  the  office  of  Grand  Master  have  been  freely  tendered  and  I  have 
been  welcomed  in  a  way  to  assure  me  of  the  brotherly  regard  and- 
steadfast  loyalty  of  the  Craft.  Words  fail  to  express  the  apprecia- 
tion and  gratitude  I  have  felt  for  these  exhibitions  of  fraternal  love, 


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and  life  will  not  be  long  enou£;-h  to  erase  the  memory  of  the  many 
kindnesses  I  have  received  at  the  hands  of  my  brethren. 

Where  all  have  been  so  kind  it  is,  perhaps,  ungracious  to  speak 
especially  of  any,  but  in  a  few  instances  the  numbers  present  and  the 
good  cheer  enjoyed  were  so  exceptional  as  to  justify  particular  men- 
tion. 

November  ]7,  I  had  the  pleasure  of  visiting  Rock  Island  and  of 
participating  with  the  brethren  of  Trio  Lodge  No.  57,  in  the  celebra- 
tion of  their  semi-centennial.  Complete  preparations  were  made,  an 
excellent  program  prepared,  and  a  most  enjoyable  entertainment 
given.  The  brethren  of  Rock  Island  know  how  to  enjoy  themselves 
and  how  to  share  their  pleasures  with  their  brethren. 

On  the  occasion  of  my  visit  to  St.  Mark's  Lodge  No.  63  at  Wood- 
stock, January  4,  1899,  several  brethren  accompanied  me  from  this 
city,  and  assisted  in  the  work.  Every  lodge  in  the  county  was  repre- 
sented and  the  brethren  of  that  part  of  the  state  turned  out  in  such 
numbers  as  to  crowd  the  commodious  and  elegant  hall  of  St.  Mark's 
Lodge.  The  Grand  Master  and  visitors  were  given  a  genuine  Masonic 
welcome,  long  to  be  remembered  by  all  who  had  the  good  fortune  to 
receive  it.  The  wants  of  the  inner  man  were  abundantly  cared  for 
and  everything  possible  was  done  to  afford  each  a  royally  good  time. 
The  fact  that  a  "Woodstock  Club''  has  been  formed  by  the  Chicago 
brethren  who  were  present,  gives  evidence  of  their  appreciation  of 
the  occasion. 

April  5.  I  was  present  when  the  Worshipful  Miister,  officers,  and 
about  sixty  members  of  Garden  City  Lodge  No.  141  of  this  city  vis- 
ited Aurora  Lodge  No.  254  and-gave  an  exemplification  of  their  skill 
in  the  work  of  the  Craft.  The  unusually  commodious  quarters  of  the 
lodge  were  crowded  to  overflowing  by  the  brethren  of  Aurora  and  vi- 
cinity, and  every  one  felt  amply  rewarded  by  the  good  work,  good 
cheer,  and  good  fellowship  which  prevailed.  I  heartily  commend  the 
custom,  which  I  trust  may  be  a  growing  one,  of  visitations  between 
lodges,  and  the  exchange  of  fraternal  courtesies. 

June  13,  I  visited  Galva  Lodge  No.  243  and  had  the  pleasure  of 
meeting  not  only  a  full  attendance  of  brethren  from  that  lodge  but 
also  representations  of  many  lodges  in  the  vicinity.  W.  Brother 
Johnson  proved  himself  a  most  excellent  host  and  his  efficient  efforts 
were  so  ably  seconded  by  his  officers  and  other  members  of  No.  243  as 
to  make  every  brother  feel  thoroughly  at  home  and  among  friends. 
The  banquet  provided  by  the  ladies  of  the  Eastern  Star  was  "too  good 
to  last." 

On  the  27th  of  June,  I  visited  Urbana  Lodge  No.  157  and  had  the 
pleasure  of  meeting  not  only  the  officers  and  members  of  that  lodge 


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but  also  representatives  from  every  lodge  in  Champaign  county. 
Over  three  hundred  brethren  were  present  and  each  contributed  his 
share  to  make  the  meeting  a  success.  The  Grand  Master  was  per- 
mitted to  try  his  hand  at  the  work,  and  with  the  able  assistance  of 
R.W.  Brother  Bruffett,  W.  Brother  Webber,  and  other  skilled  Crafts- 
men, managed  to  outlive  the  effort.  The  banquet,  which  followed, 
and  the  eloquent  talk  of  M.W.  Brother  Scott,  which  seasoned  it,  were 
the  features  of  the  long-to-be-remembered  occasion. 

ROTATION  IN  OFFICE. 

The  custom  which  formerly  prevailed  in  many  lodges  of  retaining 
the  same  brother  as  Worshipful  Master  for  a  dozen  years  or  more,  has 
been  followed  in  many  cases,  and  especially  in  our  larger  cities,  by 
the  opposite  extreme  of  electing  a  new  master  every  year.  When 
one  extreme  is  thus  followed  by  another,  it  is  usually  true  that  both 
are  bad,  and  the  case  under  consideration  forms  no  exception  to  this 
maxim. 

The  custom  first  referred  to,  produced  a  condition  of  monotony 
and  lethargy,  if  not  of  deterioration  and  dry  rot,  which  was  destruc- 
tive to  growth  and  discouraging  to  zeal,  ambition,  and  effort.  It  was 
natural  and  proper  that  the  doctrine  of  rotation  in  office  and  the 
laudable  desire  to  give  the  young  men  a  chance  should  bring  about  a 
reaction,  but  unhappily  this  reaction  has  been  carried  so  far  as  in 
turn  to  call  for  correction. 

When  the  rule  of  "advancing  the  line"  regularly  every  year  be- 
comes practically  inflexible,  the  lodge  in  large  measure  loses  its  right 
of  free  choice  and  becomes  a  slave  to  custom.  I  would  not  if  I  had 
the  power,  interfere  with  the  right  of  every  lodge  to  select  its  own 
officers  unrestricted  save  by  the  laws  of  the  Grand  Lodge,  but  I  do  de- 
sire to  emphasize  the  fact  that  when  a  habit  or  custom  such  as  the 
one  mentioned  becomes  the  dominant  factor,  the  members  cease  to 
exercise  their  constitutional  rights  and  merely  register  the  choice  of 
the  Worshipful  Master,  who  years  before  placed  a  brother  in  line 
by  appointing  him  to  a  minor  office. 

One  of  the  detrimental  effects  of  this  custom  is  that  it  tends  to 
impress  upon  those  in  line  the  idea  that  the  ability  to  repeat  the 
ritual  and  to  go  through  the  regular  routine  is  all  that  is  necessary  to 
qualify  them  for  the  highest  honor  in  the  gift  of  the  lodge,  and  the 
practical  result  is  that  every  Master  becomes  a  Past  Master  just 
when  he  begins  to  get  a  true  conception  of  the  duties  of  his  station. 
The  office  of  Worshipful  Master  of  a  'Masonic  lodge  is  a  position 
of  trust  and  honor.  To  discharge  its  duties  properly  should  be  the 
laudable  ambition  of  every  brother  who  has  been  chosen  to  the  place. 
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come  only  through  study  and  effort  and  after  the  lapse  of  more  time 
than  the  custom  here  criticised  permits.  To  prove  this  proposition 
nothing-  further  is  needed  than  the  evidence  of  the  Past  Masters  who 
have  become  such  through  the  operation  of  this  rule. 

It  is  to  be  hoped  that  the  golden  mean  which  will  prevent  monoto- 
nous service  on  the  one  hand  and  break  the  rule  of  annual  rotation  on 
the  other,  can  be  reached  by  our  lodges  through  a  more  general  exer- 
cise of  that  freedom  of  ballot  which  impels  every  member  to  vote  for 
the  one  he  honestly  thinks  best  fitted  for  the  place. 

PARTING  THANKS. 

My  term  as  Grand  Master  is  drawing  to  its  close.  Two  years  ago 
when  installed  into  this  office  I  expressed  my  apprehension  that  I 
might  not  be  able  to  properly  perform  its  duties,  but  relying  upon  the 
sustaining  power  of  our  ever  faithful  Father,  and  conscious  of  an 
earnest  desire  to  do  the  right  I  promised  you  my  best  efforts.  One 
year  ago  with  heartfelt  gratitude  that  you  had  so  far  approved  my 
efforts  as  to  give  me  another  trial,  I  renewed  this  promise.  Today 
with  sincere  appreciation  of  the  honors,  confidence  and  continual 
support  you  have  given  me,  I  can  only  thank  you  from  a  heart  over- 
flowing with  brotherly  love  for  all  your  kindness  to  me.  My  mistakes 
have  been  many  and  my  failures  not  a  few,  but  with  charity  and  for. 
bearance  you  have  borne  patiently  with  me  and  given  me  a  support 
loyal  and  true.  I  would  fain  believe  that  this  has  been  because  you 
have  felt  that  wherein  I  have  failed  or  erred  it  was  from  no  lack  of  a 
conscientious  desire  to  perform  my  duty.  That  my  errors  have  not 
been  even  more  numerous  is  owing  largely  to  the  good  advice  I  have 
received  from  my  predecessors  in  office,  and  the  kind  friends  who 
have  been  ever  ready  and  willing  to  give  me  their  time,  thought  and 
counsel.  To  each  and  all  I  return  my  warmest  thanks.  This  emblem 
of  authority  which  you  placed  in  my  hands  two  years  ago  I  shall  re- 
turn to  you  before  this  communication  of  the  Grand  Lodge  closes.  I 
can  honestly  say  that  I  am  not  conscious  of  having  used  it  to  deprive 
any  brother  of  his  just  rights.  If  it  has  sometimes  sounded  in  au- 
thoritative tones  or  been  used  in  severe  discipline,  it  has  been  only 
after  a  patient  hearing  of  the  facts,  a  faithful  effort  to  find  a  frater- 
nal solution  of  the  trouble  and  a  conviction  that,  forbearance  having 
ceased  to  be  a  virtue,  the  stern  requirements  of  the  law  and  the  con- 
stitutional rights  of  the  Grand  Master  should  be  enforced.  At  the 
close  of  this  session  I  shall  resume  my  place  upon  the  floor  of  the 
Grand  Lodge,  and  vie  with  you  in  paying  prompt  and  faithful  obedi- 
ence to  the  constituted  authorities,  and  I  shall  look  back  upon  the 
two  years  of  my  administration  of  the  office  of  Grand  Master  as  the 
happiest  of  my  Masonic  experience. 


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CONCLUSION. 

During  the  year  that  has  passed  since  our  last  meeting,  through 
the  valor  of  our  soldiers  and  sailors,  who  have  triumphantly  borne  our 
arms  over  the  land  of  the  "palm  and  the  pine,"  a  vast  territory  has 
in  some  measure  been  placed  under  our  control,  and  millions  of  our  fel- 
low creatures  have  been  brought  within  the  influence  of  our  country's 
laws  and  civilization.  The  problem  of  absorbing,  assimilating,  or 
developing  .these  peoples  is  no  small  or  mean  one,  and  its  solution 
may  well  bring  a  sense  of  serious  duty  and  grave  responsibility  to  our 
jurists  and  statesmen. 

The  soldiers'  work  determines  the  boundaries  and  opens  the  way 
for  law  and  order,  but  it  is  the  task  of  the  statesman  to  establish 
civilization  and  create  the  sweet  influences  of  peace. 

May  we  not,  as  Masons,  draw  a  parallel  between  this  page  of 
history  and  our  own  experience  and  duty?  We  are  constantly  add- 
ing to  our  numbers  hundreds  of  young  men  who  come  to  us  with  vague, 
imperfect,  and  often  erroneous  ideas  of  our  aims  and  purposes.  It  is 
the  work  of  a  few  minutes  or  hours  to  confer  the  degrees  upon  them, 
to  open  up  to  them  the  way  to  the  light,  and  to  give  them  the  key  to 
a  broader  and  nobler  life;  but  it  is  the  labor  of  j'ears  to  cultivate 
the  germ  that  is  thus  planted,  to  assimilate  them  into  the  grand  life 
of  the  fraternity  and  to  inspire  them  with  that  higher  and  nobler 
purpose  of  good  will  and  helpfulness  whose  development  will  go  on 
and  on  through  all  eternity. 

It  is  true  that  history  is  but  biography  writ  large,  and  it  is 
equally  true  that  we  may  best  understand  the  doings  of  nations  and 
societies  through  knowledge  of  our  individual  motives  and  weak- 
nesses, and  we  may  in  turn  find  in  history  many  helpful  lessons  for 
our  own  improvement.  The  experience  which  we,  as  a  nation,  are 
passing  through,  is  none  other  than  what  we,  as  men,  have  passed 
through  again  and  again  in  our  own  lives. 

The  work  of  the  soldier  is  paralleled  for  each  of  us  in  our  elTort  to 
push  on  our  lives  to  some  coign  of  vantage  which  we  deem  desirable, 
the  conquest  of  circumstance  and  the  winning  of  a  successful  place 
among  men. 

The  parallel  of  the  statesman's  task  is  found  in  each  individual  life 
in  the  holding  of  the  place  we  have  won,  the  development  of  its  possi- 
bilities, the  unfolding  of  our  powers,  with  knowledge  of  our  tempera- 
ment, our  attainments  and  our  limitations,  the  bringing  of  ourselves 
into  right  relations  with  our  fellow  men — in  a  word  the  development 


82  Proceedings  oj  the  [Oct.  3, 

ot  character.  To  this  thought  ot  the  upbuilding-  of  character  in  our- 
selves and  our  novitiates  it  seems  to  me  of  the  first  importance  that 
we  should  give  more  than  passing  emphasis  not  only  because  of  the 
time  of  trial  through  which  our  country  is  passing,  but  also  because 
in  each  of  our  hearts  we  know  that  the  question  is  all-important  and 
ever-pertinent. 

If  we  would  hold  this  citadel  of  our  own  character,  the  manly  per- 
fection which  may  be  ours  by  the  right  of  God's  goodness  to  us  and 
the  faithful  endeavor  of  our  own  lives,  and  if  we  would  aid  in  inspir- 
ing others  to  seek  a  like  high  destiny,  we  must  first  of  all  be  honest 
with  ourselves.  We  must  recognize  our  own  imperfections,  both  for 
the  sake  of  i^erfect  truthfulness  and  for  the  hope  of  correcting  our 
faults.  Each  man  is  a  new  revelation  of  truth,  a  revelation  which 
we  must  each  read  aright  ourselves  if  we  would  make  the  most  of  it. 
Such  honesty  must  needs  make  us  humble.  There  is  no  self-conceit, 
where  there  is  no  self-deception.  The  foundation-stone  of  all  great 
character  is  honest  unaffected  humility. 

"The  tumult  and  the  shouting  dies 

The  captains  and  the  kings  depart 
Still  stands  Thine  ancient  sacrifice 

An  humble  and  a  contrite  heart." 

But  with  true  humility  there  is  need  of  the  highest  ambition.  To 
"covet  earnestly  the  best  gifts"  is  the  only  worthy  ambition.  To  that 
end  we  shall  recognize  the  gifts  we  ourselves  have,  and  each  say  to 
himself  in  fruitful  endeavor,  "Stir  up  the  gift  that  is  in  thee." 

Patient  working  toward  the  high  end  which  is  set  before  us,  sin- 
gleness of  heart  to  accomplish  that  end,  honest  humility,  unshaken 
faith,  these  are  the  pillars  of  the  manly  character  which  we  may  es- 
tablish in  ourselves.  To  grow  in  such  character  is  to  prove  in  our  own 
lives  that  "the  work  of  righteousness  is  peace;"  that  "he  that  ruleth 
his  spirit  is  better  than  he  that  taketh  a  city."  Such  growth  will  be 
marked  by  no  outward  trappings  of  victory,  no  robes,  no  stage  para- 
phernalia, no  kingly  crowns.  It  will  be  within  our  own  hearts,  which 
shall  feel  the  peace  of  true  conquest  and  complete  victory. 

"After  the  sowing  cometh  the  reaping, 

After  the  harvest  cometh  a  song. 
After  our  praying  cometh  God's  answer. 

Though  to  our  hearts  it  seemeth  so  long." 

May  we  think  what  shall  be  the  brotherhood  existing  among  men 
of  such  character? 


1899.]  ,       Grand  Lodge  of  Illinois.  33 

They  will  work  together  with  perfect  confidence  in  each  other, 
for  between  them  shall  be  no  separation  of  purpose,  no  deception  or 
wrong-  motive.  Before  their  efforts  difficulties  will  g-row  light,  for 
theirs  will  be  a  union  of  perfect  strength  and  mutual  helpfulness. 

"The  crest  and  crowning  good  of  all 

Life's  final  star,  is  Brotherhood; 
For  it  will  bring  again  to  earth 

Her  long  lost  Poesy  and  Mirth, 
Will  send  new  light  on  every  face, 

A  kingly  power  upon  the  race." 

Fraternally, 

EDWARD  COOK, 

Grand  Master. 

A  motion  was  made  that  this  address  be  referred  to  the 
Committee  on  Grand  Master's  address,  which  was  carried. 


—3 


34  Proceedings  of  the  .  [Oct.  3, 


KEPOET  OP  THE  6EAND  TEEASUEER. 
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  of  Illinois,  F.  &  A.  Masons. 

1898.  Dr. 

Oct.        1,  To  credit  balances  as  per  last  report — 

Account  of  General  Fund $49,155  29 

Account  of  Charity  Fund 799  56 

W9,954  85 

30,  To  amount  received  from  Grand  Secre- 

tary, account  o±  General  Fund 116  75 

Account  of  Charity  Fund 58  71 

Nov.     30,  To  amount  received  from  Grand  Secre- 
tary, account  of  General  Fund. ...  4  50 

Account  of  Charity  Fund 11  85 

Dec.     31,  To  amount  received  from  Grand  Secre- 
tary, account  of  General  Fund. . .  23  25 
Account  of  Charity  Fund 13  95 

1899. 
Jan.       6,  To  dividend  on  A.  A.  Glenn's  life  insur- 
ance policy,   account   of  General 

Fund 45  00 

10,  To  interest  on  city  of  Chicago  bonds, 

account  of  General  Fund,  6  mos.  .      1,000  00 
10,  To  interest  on  United  States  4%  bonds, 

account  of  General  Fund,  3  mos. .         180  00 

31,  To  amount  received  from  Grand   Sec- 

retary, account  of  General  Fund.  57  25 

Account  of  Charity  Fund 470  75 

Feb.       1,  To  interest  on  United  States  4%  bonds, 

account  of  General  Fund,  3  mos. .  300  00 
28,  To   amount  received   from  Grand  Sec- 
retary, account  of  General  Fund.  136  5o 

Account  of  Charity  Fund 21  20 

Mar.     31,  To  amount  received  from  Grand  Secre- 
tary, account  of  General  Fund 259  61 

Account  of  Charity  Fund 5  40 

April   29,  To  amount  received  from  Grand  Secre- 
tary, account  of  General  Fund.  ...  6  50 
Account  of  Charity  Fund. . .    16  40 


1899.]  Grand  Lodge  of  Illinois.  35 

May       1.  To  interest  on  United  States  4%  bonds, 

account  of  General  Fund,  3  mos  .  .$      300  00 

30,  To  amount  received  from  Grand  Secre- 

tary, account  of  General  Fund.  . .  19  50 

Account  of  Charity  Fund 32  60 

June     30.  To  amount  received  from  Grand  Secre- 
tary, account  of  General  Fund —  12  50 
Account  of  Charit}'  Fund 47  30 

July     10,  To  interest  on  cit}'  of  Chicago  4f^  bonds, 

account  of  General  Fund,  0  mos. .         100  00 

31,  To  amount  received  from  Grand  Secre- 

tary, account  of  General  Fund.   ..  23,73(5  00 

Account  of  Charity  Fund 22  00 

Aug-.       1,  To  interest  on  United  States  4%  bonds, 

account  of  General  Fund,  3  mos 300  00 

31,  To  amount  received  from  Grand  Secre- 
tary, account  of  General  Fund 15,829  00 

Account  of  Charity  Fund 14  60 

Sept.    29,  To  amount  received  from  Grand  Secre- 
tary, account  of  General  Fund  ....  1,658  75 
Account  of  Charity  Fund 6  GO 

$45,705  67 


Total  amount  received  from  Grand 
Secretary  during-  the  ^-ear  on  ac- 
count of  General  Fund •'541,860  11 

Total  amount  received  from  in- 
terest coupons  on  bonds  for  the 
year  on  account  of  General  Fund.      3,080  00 

Total  amount  received  from  other 
sources  during  the  year  on  ac- 
count of  General  Fund 45  00 


Total  amount  received  during  the 
year  on  account  of  General  Fund.  .$44,985  11 

Total  amount  received  from  Grand 
Secretary  during  the  year  on  ac- 
count of  Charity^Fund 720  56 


Total  receipts  for  the  year,  S45,705  67 

$95,660  52 

1899.  Credit. 

Jan.       23,  By  amount  paid  for  twelve  (12)  Si. 000  4% 

bondsof  the  United  States  (a)  $1.30i$15,645  00  S15,64500 

Oct.  2,  By  mileage  and  per  diem  paid  officers 

and  committees  since  last  report, 
as  per  vouchers  returned  herewith     2,711  10 


86  Proceedings  of  the  [Oct.  3, 

Oct.  2,  By  mileage  and  per  diem  paid  repre- 
sentatives since  last  report,  as  per 
vouchers  returned  herewith $15,930  50 

Total  mileage  and  per  diem  paid $18,641  60 

Oct.  2,  By  amount  paid  out  for  charity  since 
last  report,  as  per  vouchers  num- 
bered 715,  716,  731,  745.  751,  778,  797, 
805,  810,  821,  830,  831,  840,  846,  and 
848 $661  85 

Oct.  2,  By  miscellaneous  items  paid  since  last 
report  as  per  vouchers  numbered 
706  to  857,  both  inclusive, excepting 
the  numbers  heretofore  enumer- 
ated as  paid,  account  of  Charity 
Fund 10,669  82 


Total  amount  paid  out  during  the 

year $45,618  27 

Oct.          2,  By  balance  in  cash  to  credit  of  Gen- 
eral Fund $49,183  98 

Oct.  2,  By  balance  in  cash  to  credit  of  Charity 

Fund 858  27 

By  total  credit  balance  in  cash  . . .  50,042  25 

$95,660  52 

Your  Grand  Treasurer,  on  January  23,  1899,  invested  $15,645  for 
account  of  the  General  Fund,  in  twelve  (12)  United  States  bonds  of 
the  denomination  of  $1,000,  paying  therefor  the  sum  of  $1,303.75  for 
each  bond. 

These  bonds  are  payable  in  the  year  1925,  and  draw  interest  at 
the  rate  of  four  (4)  per  cent  per  annum,  payable  quarterly  on  the 
first  days  of  February,  May,  August,  and  November  of  each  year. 

In  addition  to  the  cash  balance  reported  above  to  the  credit  of 
the  General  Fund,  the  Grand  Lodge  owns  the  following  securities,  all 
of  which  are  now  in  my  possession: 

City  of  Chicago  4%  bonds  (par  value) $50,000  00 

United  States  4%  bonds  (par  value) 30,000  00 

$80,000  00 

Policy  No.  99588,  Connecticut  Mutual  Life  Insurance  Company  for 
$5,000  on  the  life  of  A.  A.  Glenn.  This  is  a  paid  up  policy,  and  from 
which  the  Grand  Lodge  receives  an  annual  dividend. 

Eight  (8)  shares  of  stock  in  the  Masonic  Fraternity  Temple  Asso- 
ciation, of  the  par  value  of  $800. 

Fraternally  submitted, 

WILEY  M.  EG  AN, 
Chicago,  Oct.  2,  1899.  Grand  Treasurer. 


1899.]  Grand  Lodge  of  Illinois.  37 


KEPOET  OF  THE  GRAND  SECRETARY. 
The  Grand  Secretary  submitted  the  following-  report, 
also  cash  book  and  ledger,  and  asked  that  they  be  referred 
to  the  Committe  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  ray  annual  report  as  Grand  Secretary. 

ORDERS   DRAWN. 

Orders  have  been  drawn  on  the  Grand  Treasurer  at  and  since  the 
last  Annual  Communication  for  the  following  amounts,  to-wit: 
For  mileage  and  per  diem  of  Officers,  Representatives,  and 

Committees  in  attendance  at  last  communication $18,642  00 

To  Joseph  Robbins,  Committee  on  Correspondence 300  00 

To  R.  R.  Stevens,  as  Grand  Tyler 100  00 

To  Z.  T.  Griffen,  stenographer 50  00 

To  George  R.  Stadler,  as  Deputy  Grand  Secretary 25  00 

To  R.  R.  Stevens,  for  expenses  Grand  Lodge  83  80 

To  rent.  Central  Music  Hall 400  00 

To  John  Whitle}%  services  on  Railroad  Committee 28  50 

To  Pantagraph  Printing  and  Stationery  Company,  printing 

report,  etc 317  00 

To  John  C.  Smith,  expense  visiting  Apple  River  Lodge 46  50 

To  Harrison  Dills 240  00 

To  Mrs.  Sarah  B.  Haggard,  treasurer  Masonic  W.  &  O.  Home 

fund,    collected  for  Mrs.  Frances  McLane,  contributed 

by  3.33  lodges 321  85 

To   S.  H.  Claspill,  expenses  of  trial  of   Bro. of 

Mechanicsburg  Lodge 3  25 

To  flowers  for  funeral  of  D.  C.  Cregier 50  60 

To  Pantagraph  Printing  and  Stationery  Company,  printing 

proceedings,  etc 955  75 

To  expenses  Grand  Master's  office 220  45 

To  expenses  Grand  Secretary's  office,  postage 225  00 

To  expenses  Grand  Secretary's  office,  incidentals 17  9S 

To  .J.   M.   Jones,   D.D.G.M.,  expenses   visiting  Moscow   and 

Temple  Hill  Lodges 12  00 

To  Charles  E.  Grove,  expenses   closing  property   of   Apple 

River  Lodge 7  69 

To  return  of  fee  of  P.  H.  McLellan  to  Waubansia  Lodge 55  00 

To  John  Blee,  to  expense  in  Ohio  Lodge  case 30  37 

To  binding  and  stamping  proceedings 322  96 

To  A.  C.  McFarland,  engrossing  charters  and  commissions. .  10  15 


38 


Proceedings  of  the 


[Oct    3, 


$       L5  00 

223  35 
5  00 
4  69 

395  50 

15  00 


To  expense  Grand  Master  and  chairman  Finance  Committee 
visiting  Springfield  to  audit  bills  in  Mechanicsburg  Lodge 
case 

To  Tyrian  Lodge  No.  333,  on  account  of  Mechanicsburg 
Lodge  case 

To  Wiley  M.  Egan,  rent  of  box  in  safety  deposit  vault 

To  M.  B.  lott,  typewriting  circulars  and  postage 

To  Tyrian  Lodge  No.  333,  stenographer's  bill  in  Mechanics- 
burg Lodge  case 

To  R.  L.  McGuire,  legal  services  and  sale  Mechanicsburg 
Lodge  Hall 

To  M.  A.  Jones,  brokerage  on  sale  of  property  of  Mechanics- 
burg Lodge 

To  taxes  on  Missouri  land 

To  S.  W.  Kessinger,  programs  for  Board  of  Grand  Examiners 

To  Hugh  Snell,  expense  visit  to  Pana  Lodge 

To  Grand  Examiners  school  at  Carlinville 

To  Grand  Examiners  school  at  Carbondale 

To  Grand  Examiners  school  at  Charleston 

To  Grand  Examiners  school  at  La  Harpe 

To  Grand  Examiners  school  at  ElPaso 

To  expenses  Finance  Committee 

To  Wiley  M.  Egan,  meeting  Printing  Committee 

To  J.  H.  C.  Dill,  meeting  Printing  Committee 

To  Joseph  D.  Everett,  visiting  Belvidere  Lodge 

To  L.  B.  Thomas,  insurance  on  books,  records,  etc 

To  Wm.  E.  Ginther,  expenses  meeting  German  brethren  in 
Chicago 

To  charity,  Robert  Kuntsman 

To  C.  F.  Tenney,  expense  visiting  Atwood  Lodge 

To  Joseph  E.  Evans,  expense  visiting  Atwood  Lodge 

To  P.H.C.  Remine,  stenographer's  bill,  trial  in  Atwood  Lodge 

To  I.  A.  Buckingham,  expenses  trial  in  Atwood  Lodge 

To  George  Frost,  taxes  on  Masonic  Hall,  Apple  River  Lodge 

To  Charity,  Mrs.  Orme 

To  D.  E.  Bruffett,  expenses  visiting  Newman  Lodge 

To  John  M.  Speer,  insurance  on  Apple  River  Lodge  Hall. . . . 

To  miscellaneous  printing 

To  United  States  Express  Co 

To  American  Express  Co 

To  Edward  Cook,  salary  as  Grand  Master 1,500  00 

To  Wiley  M.  Egan,  salary  as  Grand  Treasurer 400  00 

To  J.  H.  C.  Dill,  salary  as  Grand  Secretary 2.500  00 


2o 

00 

19 

77 

10 

00 

4  25 

174  00 

215 

70 

186 

00 

212 

20 

196 

10 

60 

20 

5 

00 

8 

75 

4 

20 

162 

00 

25 

60 

50  00 

20 

55 

5 

22 

30  50 

27 

38 

13 

20 

50  00 

3 

78 

7 

50 

510  80 

157 

71 

254 

37 

Total 529,964  17 

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. 


1899.J 


Grand  Lodge  of  Illinois. 


39 


GRAND  SEORETAEY'S  ACOOUNT. 
J.  H.  C.  Dill,  Grand  Secretary,  in  account  wiik 

The  M.W.,  Grand  Lodge  of  Illinois,  A.F.  and  A.M.,  Dr. 

TO  LODGE  DDES  FOR  THE  YEAR  1899. 


Bodley 

Equality 

Harmony 

Sprintrtield  .. . 
Frientlship   . . 

Macon 

Rushville 

St.  Johns 

Warren 

Peoria 

Temperance  . 

Macomb 

Clinton 

Hancock 

Cass 

St.  Clair 

Franklin  

Hiram 

Piasa  

Pekin  

Mt.  Vernon. . . 

Oriental 

Barry 

Charleston  . .. 
Kavanaugh  . . 
Monmouth  . .. 
Olive  Branch. 

Herman 

Occidental 

Mt.  .Toilet 

Bloomington  . 

Hardin 

Griergsville  . . . 

Temple 

Caledonia 

Unitv 

Cambridge  . . . 

CarroUton 

Mt.  Moriah... 
Benevolent. .. 

Jackson 

Washington. . 

Trio 

Fraternal 

New  Boston  . . 

Belvidere 

Lacon 

St.  Alarks 

Benton 

Euclid 

Pacific 

Acacia  

Eureka 

Central  

Chester 

Rockton  

Roscoe 

Mt.  Nebo 

Prairie 

Waukegan  . . . 


1 

$127  50 

■> 

15  75 

8 

99  75 

4 

108  75 

7 

in  75 

8 

2.55  00 

9 

57  75 

I.S 

57  00 

14 

30  00 

15 

216  00 

16 

40  50 

17 

109  50 

19 

77  25 

20 

76  50 

23 

81  00 

24 

88  50 

25 

53  25 

26 

18  00 

27 

76  50 

29 

42  75 

31 

63  00 

33 

241  50 

34 

66  75 

35 

58  50 

36 

24  75 

37 

71  25 

.38 

180  75 

39 

31  50 

40 

122  25 

42 

173  25 

43 

121  50 

44 

57  00 

45 

46  50 

46 

280  50 

47 

15  75 

48 

51  00 

49 

41  25 

50 

72  00 

51 

63  75 

52 

27  00 

53 

75  00 

55 

48  75 

57 

132  00 

58 

63  75 

59 

47  25 

60 

121  5) 

61 

37  50 

63 

53  25 

64 

63  75 

65 

57  75 

66 

45  00 

67 

72  00 

69 

39  00 

71 

42  00 

72 

28  50 

74 

42  00 

75 

42  00 

76 

66  75 

77 

201  75 

78 

143  25 

Scott 

Whitehall 

Vitruvius 

DeWitt 

Mitchell 

Kaskaskia 

Mt.  Pulaski 

Havana 

Fellowship 

Jerusalem  Temple. 

Metropolis 

Stewart  

Toulon 

Perry  

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 

Waverlv 

Henrj'  .' 

Mound 

Oquawka   

Cedar  , 

Greenup  

Empire 

Antioch 

Raleigh  

Greenfield 

Marion 

Golconda   

Mackinavs^ 

Marshall 

Sycamore 

Lima 

Hutsonville 

Polk  , 

Marengo 

Geneva 

Olney    

Garden  Citv 

Ames .' 

Richmond    

DeKalb   

A.  W.  Rawson     


79 

$   27  on 

80 

57  00 

81 

50  25 

84 

99  75 

85 

53  25 

86 

28  50 

87 

47  25 

88 

63  75 

89 

47  25 

90 

135  75 

91 

44  25 

92 

95  25 

93 

23  25 

95 

45  00 

96 

24  75 

97 

175  50 

98 

51  00 

99 

68  25 

100 

48  OJ 

102 

179  25 

103 

27  75 

104 

47  25 

105 

51  00 

106 

37  50 

108 

39  75 

109 

35  25 

110 

31  .50 

111 

40  50 

112 

63  00 

113 

37  .^0 

114 

35  25 

115 

40  50 

116 

36  00 

117 

118  50 

118 

57  00 

119 

32  25 

122 

84  75 

123 

38  25 

124 

73  50 

125 

24  00 

126 

40  50 

127 

31  50 

128 

23  25 

129 

33  75 

130 

47  25 

131 

33  75 

132 

30  00 

133 

36  75 

134 

111  75 

135 

30  00 

136 

18  00 

137 

39  75 

138 

46  50 

139 

43  50 

140 

50  25 

141 

465  00 

142 

45  75 

143 

37  50 

144 

80  25 

145 

35  25 

40 


Proceedings  of  the 


[Oct.  3, 


LODGE  DUES  FOR  THE   YEAR  1^^%— Continued. 


Lee  Centre 

Clayton 

Bloomfleld 

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. . 

Lincoln 

Cleveland 

Shipman 

Ipava 

Gillespie 

Newton 

Mason 

New  Salem 

Oakland 


146 
147 
148 
149 
150 
151 
152 
153 
154 
155 
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Mahomet 

Leroy 

Geo.  "Washington 

Pana 

Columbus 

Lovington 

Manchester 

New  Haven 

Wyanet 

Farmers 

Blandinsville 

DuQuoin 

Dallas  Citv 

Charter  Oak 

Cairo 

Black  Hawk 

Mt.  Carmel 

Western  Star 

Shekinah 

Galva 

Horicon 

Greenville 

El  Paso 

Rob  Morris 

Golden  Gate 

Hibbard  

Robinson 

Hey  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 


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1899.] 


Grand  Lodge  of  Illinois. 


41 


LODGE  DUES  FOR   THE   YEAR   \d,^^— Continued. 


Quinc}- 

Benjamin 

Wauconda 

Hinckley 

Durand 

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 

Summerfield. 

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 

Chamoersburg. . 


296 

$  92  25 

297 

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898 

29  25 

301 

33  00 

302 

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303 

24  75 

305 

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306 

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307 

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308 

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310 

385  50 

311 

313  50 

312 

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313 

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314 

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315 

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316 

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318 

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319 

122  25 

330 

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323 

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325 

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327 

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330 

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336 

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339 

16  50 

340 

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342 

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345 

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346 

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373 

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Shabbona 

Aroma 

Payson 

Liberty 

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 

BoUen 

Evening  Star.. 
Lawn  Ridge. . .. 

Paxton 

Marseilles 

Freeburg 

Re3'noldsburg. . 

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 

$  27  75 

378 

9  75 

379 

53  25 

380 

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382 

15  75 

383 

12  75 

384 

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385 

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386 

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389 

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391 

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394 

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399 

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401 

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451 

45  75 

42 


Proceedings  of  the 


[Oct.  3, 


LODGE  DUES  FOR  THE  YEAR  \^W— Continued. 


New  Hartford 

Maroa   

Irving 

Nokomis 

Blazing  Star 

Jeffersonville 

Plainview 

Tremont 

Palm3-ra 

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 

Libertyville 

Tower  "Hill 

Stone  Fort 

Tennessee 

Alma 

Murphvsboro 

St.  Paiil 

Stark 

Woodhull 

Odin 

East  St.  Louis 

Meridian  Sun  .  . .. 

O.  H.  Miner 

Home 

Parkersburg 

J.  D.  Moody 

Wade-Barne3'. . 

Bradford 

Andalusia..  .. 

Litchlield 

Abraham  Lincoln. 

Roseville 

Anna 

Illiopolis 

Monitor 

Chatham 

Evans 

Delia ;; 

Covenant 

Rossville 


453 
454 
455 
456 
458 
460 
461 
462 
4(33 
464 
465 
466 
467 
468 
469 
470 
471 
47-2 
473 
474 
475 
476 
477 
478 
479 
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4S6 
487 
488 
489 
490 
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496 


498 
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501 
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508 
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510 
512 
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516 
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519 
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521 
522 
523 
524 
525 
526 
537 


B  30  75 
74  25 
12  00 
32  25 
19  50 
30  75 
21  75 
27  00 
42  00 
21  75 
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35  25 
66  75 

35  25 
54  00 

42  00 

43  50 

57  75 

11  25 
21  75 

12  75 

24  00 

25  50 
300  00 

49  50 

58  50 
27  75 
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18  75 
40  50 

19  50 

36  00 
30  00 
24  75 
15  75 
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33  75 

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26  25 
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86  25 
69  75 
15  75 
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45  00 

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296  25 

20  25 

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26  25 

39  00 
30  00 
26  25 

44  25 

37  50 
171  75 

35  25 
217  50 

13  50 
519  00 

67  50 


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Adams 

Maquon , 

Ashton  

Seneca 

Altamont 

Cuba 

Sherman 

Plainfield 

J.  R.  Gorin.... 

Lockport 

Chatsworth  . . 

Harlem 

Stewardson. . 

Towanda 

Cordova  

Virginia 

Vallev 

Sharon 

Long  Point. . . 
Plum  River. . . 

Humboldt 

Dawson 

Lessing 

Leland 

Thomson 

Madison 

Trinity 

Winslow 

Pleasant  Hill. 

Albany 

Frankfort    .. 

Time 

Jacksonville.. 

Bardolph 

Gardner 

Pera 

Capron 

OFallon 

Viola 

Prairie  City.. 
Hazel  Dell.... 

Dongola 

Shirley 

Highland 

Vesper 

Fisher 

Princeton 

Troy 

Fair  mount . . . 

Gilman 

Fieldon  

Miles  Hart 

Cerro  Gordo. . 

Farina  

Watson 

Clark 

Hebron  

Streator 

Piper 

Sheldon 

Union  Park  . . 
Lincoln  Park. 
Rock  River.  . 
Patoka 


528 

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531 

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611 

612 

613 


B  34  50 

32  25 
30  00 
30  75 

33  00 

20  25 
65  25 
36  75 

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42  00 
63  00 
19  50 

183  75 
15  75 
9  00 
15  75 
42  00 
36  00 

52  50 

18  00 
72  75 
48  00 
46  50 

80  25 
27  00 

23  25 

21  75 
39  00 

19  50 
21  75 
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26  25 

21  00 
85  50 

27  00 
39  00 

34  75 
39  75 

24  00 

29  25 
14  25 

22  50 
17  25 
33  75 

24  00 
122  25 

22  50 
99  00 

25  50 

28  50 

30  00 
17  25 
24  00 

53  25 

31  50 
24  75 

38  25 

36  75 
105  00 

39  00 

37  50 
273  75 
345  75 
111  75 

31  50 


1899.  J 


Grand  Lodge  oj  Illinois. 


4B 


LODGE  DUES  FOK  THE  YEAR  OF  1899— Coj(??i«<ef?. 


Forrest  

Wadley 

Milian 

Basco 

Berwick 

New  Hope 

Hopedale 

Locust 

Union 

Tuscan 

tNorton 

Ridge  Farm 

E.  F.  W.  Ellis  . . . 

Buckley 

Rocties'ter 

Peotone 

Keystone 

Comet 

Apollo 

D.  C.  Cregier 

Oblong  Citv 

San  Jose..' 

Somonauk 

Blueville 

Camden 

Atwood 

Greenview 

Yorktown 

Mozart 

Lafavette 

Rock"  Island 

Lambert 

Grand  Chain 

South  Park 

Phoenix 

Mayo 

Greenland 

Crawford 

Erie 

Burnt  Prairie.. . 

Herder 

Fillmore 

Eddvville 

Norinal 

Waldeck 

Pawnee 

A.  O.  Fay 

EnHeld 

Illinois  Cit}- 

Clement 

Morrisonville 

Blue  Mound 

Burnside 

Gallatia 

Rio 

Garfield 

Orangeville 

Clifton 

Englewood 

Tola 

Raymond 

Herrin's  Prairie. 

ShilohHill 

Belle  Rive 

Richard  Cole.   . 


614 

61*5 

617 

618 

619 

6iO 

622 

623 

627 

630 

631 

632 

633 

634 

635 

636 

639 

641 

642 

643 

644 

645 

646 

647 

648 

651 

653 

655 

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664 

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679 

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681 

682 

683 

684 

685 

686 

687 

688 

690 

691 

692 

693 

695 

696 


43  50 
26  25 

44  25 
19  50 


17  25 

39  00 

18  00 

20  25 

30  75 

39  75 

51  75 

74  25 

13  50 

21  75 

37  50 

180  00 

30  00 

236  25 

206  25 

31  50 

22  50 

56  25 

24  00 

43  50 

45  00 

31  50 

44  25 

46  50 

13  50 

84  00 

114  75 

22  50 

91  50 

23  25 

22  50 

16  50 

16  50 

27  75 

27  00 

133  50 

53  25 

21  75 

48  75 

122  25 

56  25 

47  85 

33  75 

13  50 

27  75 

24  75 

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54  00 

14  25 

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34  50 

28  50 

340  50 

8  25 

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23  26 

20  25 

15  75 

204  00 

Button 

Pleasant  Plains. 

Temple  Hill 

Alexandria 

Praidwood 

Ewing 

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 

Arrow.smith 

Saunemm 

Lakeside 

New  Holland 

Danvers 

Scott  Land 

Goode 

Winnebago 

Weldon 

Centennial 

Alta 

Akin 

Lyndon 

Lbunsbury 

Allendale 

Ogden  

Pre-emption 

Hardinsville 

Verona 

Mvstic  Star 

Hickory  Hill 

Sibley" 

Van  Meter 

Crete 

Sullivan 

Palace 

Littleton 

Triluminar 

Mizpah 

St.  Elmo 

La<  irange 

Hay  Citv  


698 

700 

701 

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704 

705 

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709 

710 

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712 

713 

714 

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716 

717 

718 

719 

721 

723 

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726 

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750 

751 

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15  75 

39  75 

114  00 

12  75 

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56  25 
28  50 
36  00 
48  75 

18  00 
97  50 

195  00 
81  75 

22  50 

13  50 

34  50 

26  25 

30  75 
42  75 

276  00 

31  75 
28  50 
21  00 

27  75 
152  25 

28  50 
59  25 

131  25 
42  75 
24  75 
40  50 

161  25 

13  75 

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14  25 
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24  75 

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145  50 

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44 


Proceedings  of  the 


[Oct.  3 


LODGE  DUES  FOR  THE  YEAR  19,'^^— Continued. 


NewBurnside. . 

Mansfield 

Lake  View , 

Grand  Crossing, 
Ravenswood  . . . . 

Gurney  

Wright's  Grove 

Siloam 

Colchester 

Potomac 

Constantia 

Beacon  Light. .. 

Stanford  

Riverton  Union 

Morris 

Lerna 

Auburn  Park.. 

Pittsfleld 

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 


773 

774 

776 

778 
779 
780 
781 
782 
783 
784 
785 
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787 
788 
789 
790 
791 
792 
793 
794 
795 
796 
797 
798 
799 
SOO 
801 
803 
803 
804 
805 
806 
807 
808 
809 
810 
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812 
813 


18  75 

24  75 
149  25 

57  00 

145  50 

27  00 

116  25 

160  .50 

46  50 

30  00 

68  25 

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25  50 
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63  25 
29  25 
15  00 
12  75 

22  50 

45  75 

14  25 

15  00 
77  25 


Ohio  

Lawn 

Ridgway 

Creal  Springs 

Ben  Hur 

Columbian 

Henderson  

New  Canton 

Belknap 

Pearl 

Grove 

Arthur 

Mazon 

Sequoit 

Edgar 

Rockport 

Findlay 

Magic  City 

Dean 

Toledo 

Triple 

Windsor  Park — 

Hindsboro 

Charity 

Berwvn 

Alto  Pass 

Woodlawn  Park. 

Fides 

Park 

Hopewell 

Martinton    

Bluffs 

Stronghurst 

London 

Palestine 

Austin 

Chicago  Heights. 

Gothic 

Latham 

Brighton  Park... 
King  Oscar 


814 

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815 

45  00 

816 

30  75 

817 

38  25 

818 

81  00 

819 

66  00 

820 

34  50 

821 

27  75 

822 

21  00 

823 

89  75 

824 

42  00 

825 

27  75 

826 

39  75 

827 

28  50 

829 

20  25 

830 

25  50 

831 

26  25 

832 

41  25 

833 

24  75 

834 

36  75 

835 

38  50 

836 

69  75 

837 

29  25 

838 

25  50 

839 

45  75 

840 

20  25 

841 

104  25 

842 

47  25 

843 

123  00 

844 

20  25 

845 

15  00 

846 

14  25 

847 

25  50 

848 

15  75 

849 

13  50 

850 

105  75 

851 

30  00 

852 

21  00 

853 

15  00 

854 

30  00 

855 

42  75 

DUES   PRECEDING   YEARS. 


LODGES. 

NO. 

DUES. 

LODGES. 

NO. 

DUES. 

Equality 

15 
25 
55 
100 
116 
117 
144 
168 
174 
178 
187 
241 
253 
308 
313 
320 
386 
409 
428 
444 

$           75 
75 
75 

2  25 

3  00 
75 
75 

79  50 

1  50 

75 

75 

3  00 

75 

3  75 

3  75 

1  50 

2  25 
36  00 

124  50 

1  50 

75 

Watseka 

South  Macon.           

446 
467 
493 
516 
523 
566 
570 
600 
607 
608 
622 
668 
679 
723 
7C6 
729 
750 
761 
798 

$          1  50 

Peoria 

75 

Franklin 

Libertvville 

75 

1  50 

Astoria ..            

Chatham 

Albany 

1  50 

Vermont 

75 

Elgin 

75 

DeKalb 

Cerro  Gordo 

75 

Milford 

Streator 

75 

Lena 

75 

Illinois  Central     

75 

Burnt  Prairie 

75 

Shekinah 

Illinois  City 

Omaha 

Golden  Rule  

75 

Avon  Harmony 

75 

Ashlar 

8  25 

York 

5  25 

Creston 

Lyndon 

Sibley 

Sidell  

75 

21  75 

Thos.  J.  Turner 

18  00 

Cave-in-Rock 

J      336  00 

1899.]  Grand  Lodge  of  Illinois.  45 

DUES  FROM  LODGES  U.  D. 
September  1,  1899,  West  Gate %       7  50 

RECAPITULATION. 

Dues  collected  previous  to  1897 $         6  00 

Dues  collected  for  1897 7  50 

Dues  collected  for  1898 322  50 

Dues  collected  for  1899 41,107  50 

Dues  collected  from  Lodges  U.  D  7  50 

Special  Dispensations  by  Grand  Master 128  00 

Grand  Lodge  Bj'-laws  sold  12  75 

Books  of  Ceremonials  sold 16  50 

Grand  Lodge  Proceedings  sold 5  25 

Proceeds  sale  of  Missouri  land,  less  expenses.  246  61 

Total $41 ,860  1 1 

CHARITY  FUND. 

Dues  from  Defunct  Lodges $  136  85 

Certifying  Diplomas 74  00 

From  "Defunct  Lodge  No.  548 35  71 

Proceeds  sale  of  property  Defunct  Lodge 

No.  299 450  00 

Dividend  on  Temple  Stock  24  UO 

Total $      720  56 

Grand  Total $  42,580  67 


EEPORT— Oommittee  on  Credentials. 
R.W.  Bro.  James  I.  McClintock  presented  the  following 
report  from  the  Committee  on  Credentials,  which,  on  mo- 
tion, was  adopted: 

To  the  M.  W.  Grand  Lodge  of  Illinois,  A.  F.  and  A.  31.: 

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, 
EDGAR  BOGARDUS, 

Committee. 
Chicago,  October  5,  A.D.  1899,  A.L.  5899. 


46  Proceedings  of  the  [Oct.  B, 

GRAND    OFFICERS. 

M. W.  Edward  Cook Grand  Master. 

R.W.  Charles  P.  Hitchcock Deputy  Grand  Master. 

R. W.  Gkorge  M.  Moulton Senior  Grand  Warden. 

R.W.  William  B.  Wright Junior  Grand  Warden. 

R.W.  Wiley  M.  Egan Grand  Treasurer. 

R.  W.  Joseph  H.  C.  Dill Grand  Secretary. 

R.W.  Rev.  Edgar  M.  Thompson Grand  Chaplain. 

R.W.  Rev.  Frank  Crane Grand  Orator. 

W.  George  A.  Stadler  Deimfy  Grand  Secretary. 

W.  Walter  Watson Grand  Pursuivant. 

W.  J.  D.  Everett Grand  Marshal. 

W.  Philip  Maas •  •  Grand  Sword  Bearer. 

W.  Chester  E.  Allen Senior  Grand  Deacon. 

W.  Has  well  C.  Clarke Junior  Grand  Deacon. 

W.  W.  W.  Watson Grand  Steward. 

W.  G.  W.  Hamilton Grand  Steward. 

W.  J.  S.  McClelland Grand  Steward. 

W.  Samuel  Coffinberry Grand  Stetcard. 

Bro.  R.  R.  Stevens Grand  Tyler. 

PAST  GRAND  OFFICERS. 

M. W.  Joseph  Robbins Past  Grand  Master. 

M.  W.  John  C.  Smith Past  Grand  Master. 

M.  W.  John  M.  Pearson  Past  Grand  Master. 

M.  W.  Daniel  M.  Browning Past  Grand  Master. 

M.W.  Monroe  C.  Crawford  Past  Grand  Master. 

M.  W.  Leroy  a.  Goddard Past  Grand  Master. 

M.W.  Owen  Scott Past  Grand  Master. 

R.W.  W.  H.  Turner Past  Junior  G.  Warden . 


DISTRICT  DEPUTY  GRAND  MASTERS. 

R.W.  Wellman  M.  Burbank '..First  District. 

R.W.  Herbert  Preston Second  District. 

R.W.  M.  Bates  Iott Third  District. 

R.W.  Jay  Lynn  Brewster Fourth  District. 

R.W.  C.  E.  Grove Sixth  District. 

R.W.  D.  D.  Hunt Seventh  District. 

R.W.  Jno.  B.  Pithian Eighth  District. 

R.W.  Fred  E.  Hoberg Ninih  District. 

R.W.  T.  Van  Antwerp Tenth  District. 

R.W.  O.  P.  Kirkpatrick Twelfth  District. 

R.W.  S.  G.  Jarvis Thirteenth  District. 


1899.  J  Grand  Lodf/e  of  Illinois.  47 

R.W.  Louis  Zinger Fourteenth  District. 

II.  W.  8.  A.  Graham Fifteenth  District. 

R.W.  W.  H.  McClain Sixteenth  District. 

R.W.  D.  E.  Bruffett Sevenleenth  District. 

R.W.  Charles  F.  Tenny Eighteenth  District. 

R.W.  R.  D.  Lawrence Nineteenth  District. 

R.W.  A.  B.  Grout Twentieth  District. 

R.W.  W.  O.  Butler  Twenty-first  District. 

R.W.  A.  ]\L  Boring Twenty-second  District. 

R.W.  Hugh  G.  Snell Twenty-third  District. 

R.W.  Chas.  H.  Martin Twenty-fourth  District. 

R.W.  C.  ROHRBAUGH Tweuty-fifth  District. 

R.  W.  H.  T.  BURNAP Twenty-sixth  District. 

R.W.  James  Douglas Twenty- seventh  District. 

R.W.  J.  ]\L  BuRKHART Twenty-eighth  District. 

R.W.  H.  T.  GODDARD Twenty-ninth  District. 

R.W.  P.  T.  Chapman Thirtieth  District. 

REPRESENTATIVES  OF  OTHER  GRAND  LODGES. 

Haswell  C.  Clarke Alabarna. 

Monroe  C.  Crawford Arizona. 

RoswELL  T.  Spencer Arkansas. 

Loyal  L.  Munn British  Columbia. 

Wiley  M.  Egan Canada. 

L.  C.  Waters Colorado. 

Charles  F.  Hitchcock Connecticut. 

George  M.  Moulton Cuba. 

John  C.  Smith England. 

John  C.  Smith Florida. 

Wm.  M.  Burbank Idaho. 

Wm.  B.  Wright Indiana. 

Chas.  H.  Patton Indian  Territory. 

Wiley  M.  Egan Ireland. 

George  M.  Moulton Kansas. 

Leroy  a.  Goddard Louisiana. 

M.  Bates  Iott Maryland. 

Joseph  E.  Dyas  Michigan. 

Eugene  L.  Stoker     Minnesota. 

John  C.  Smith Mississippi. 

Geo.  a.  Stabler Missouri. 

A.  B.  Ashley Montana. 

John  C.  Smith Nebraska. 

John  C.  Smith  — Nevada. 

Wm.  B.  Grimes New  Jersey. 

John  M.  Pearson New  Zealand. 


48  Proceedings  of  the  [Oct.  3. 

Walter  A.  Stevens New  York. 

Edward  C.  Pace North  Carolina. 

RoswELL  T.  Spencer New  South  Wales 

Samuel  S.  Chance Ohio. 

John  Johnston  Quebec. 

Joseph  Robbins Scotland. 

Chas.  H.  Patton South  Carolina. 

Alexander  H.  Bell Tennessee. 

Edward  Cook Texas. 

Owen  Scott Utah. 

Daniel  M.  Browning Virginia. 

Gil.  W.  Barnard Wisconsin. 

RoswELL  T.  Spencer Victoria. 


COMMITTEES. 
Masonic  Jurisprudence. 

John  M.  Pearson Godfrey. 

Owen  Scott  Bloomington. 

Daniel  M.  Browning East  St.  Louis. 

John  C.  Smith Chicago. 

Robert  R.  Jampolis ' Austin. 

Appeals  and  Grievances. 

Monroe  C.  Crawford Jonesboro. 

Joseph  E.  Dyas •  •  ■  Paris. 

Wm.  S.  C antrell Benton. 

Eugene  L.  Stoker Evanston. 

Alexander  H.  Bell Carlinville. 

Chartered  Lodges. 

James  L.  Scott Mattoon. 

George  F.Howard    Paris. 

L.  K.  Byers Altona. 

James  McCredie  Earlville. 

Thomas  W.  Wilson  Springfield. 

Lodges  Under  Dispensation. 

Daniel  J.  Avery Chicago. 

Charles  H.  Patton Mt.  Vernon. 

R.  T.  Spencer Illiopolis. 

H.  C.  Mitchell Carbondale 

John  Johnston Chicago. 


1899.]  Grand  Lodge  of  Illinois.  49 

Correspondtnce. 
Joseph  Robbins Quincy. 

Mileage  and  Per  Diem. 

Edward  C.  Pace A  shley. 

Ed.  L.  Wahl VandaJia 

George  W.  Cyras Camp  Point. 

Finance. 

Leroy  a.  Goddard Chicago. 

Gil.  W.  Barnard Chicag-o. 

Delmer  D.  Darrah Bloomington. 

To  Examine  Visitors. 

Wm.  G.  Grimes , Pittsfield. 

A.  B.  Ashley La  Grange. 

J.  E.  Evans  Monticello. 

J.  R.  Ei^Nis Burnt  Prairie. 

John  W.  Rose Litchfield. 

Credentials. 

James  I.  McClintock  Carmi. 

P.  W.  Barclay Cairo. 

Edgar  Bog  ARDUS Chicago. 

Petitions. 

C.  M.  FORMAN  Chester. 

Ben  Hagle Louisville.  . 

Carl  Mueller Chicago. 

Obituaries. 

L.  C.  Waters Chicago. 

H.  S.  Albin ■ Chicago. 

William  J.  Frisbee Bushnell. 

Grand  Jfaster^s  Address. 

Wm.  E.  Ginther Charleston. 

Samuel  S.  Chance Salem. 

Loyal  L.  Munn Freeport. 

Railroads  and  Transportation. 

J.  O.  Clifford Wheaton. 

John  Whitley Englewood. 

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R.  H.  Steed W.M, 

Joseph  Estaque '• 

Geo.  C.  Wilkinson " 

Geo.  C.  Heritage '■ 

JohnF.  Mattes S.  W. 

W  I.  Lavash W.M. 

Gilbert  Zacher.  ..   .   " 

F.L.  Tompkins* W.M. 

A.  L.  Kirk " 

James  W.  Bailey " 

Henry  K.  Rule " 

W.  E.  Bo.swell " 

J.  B.  Roach " 

W.  R.  Merker  " 

Enos  Johnson " 

C.  J.  Shepherd " 

0.  Hemphill . .  S.  W. 

Fred  W.  Seady W.M. 

J.H.Mitchell J.  W, 

Frank  T.  Wyatt W.M. 

H.  L.  Lauserhuas S.  W, 

T.  T.  Shoemaker W.M. 

Wm.  B.  Ginther* J.  W, 

Frank  Fraser W.M. 

D.  D.  Dunkle* " 

Chas.  E.  Olmstead* " 

Henry  Ohlschlager " 

Jos.  N.  Dunsway " 

W.  D.  Fullerton* S.  W. 

F.  Munch W.M, 

G.R.Smith '• 

J.C.Johnson " 

F.  H.  Farrand " 

Fred  W.  MuUer " 

C.  A.  Dunham J.  W. 

Hall  Whiteaker W.M, 

F.  E.  Glenn " 

Clarence  H.  Hunt " 

Stuart  E.  Pierson " 

Josiah  Bixler " 

Louis  Wegehof t* " 

1.  C.  Wortman S.  W. 

A.  L.  Ward W.M, 

Julius  Huegely " 

P.  Greenawalt " 

Samuel  Cole S.  W, 

I.  N.  Shields W.M, 

David  Hughes,  Jr " 

Chas.  B.  Loop* S.  W. 

F.  N.  Sandiland J.  W, 

R.  H.  Maxwell W.M. 

G.  B.  Richards " 

H.  J.  Daggert J.  W, 

W.  W.  Adams W.M. 

Alvin  Scott,  Jr " 

L.A.Jackson* " 

Edward  Grube " 

Geo.  Tenges " 

George  J.  Barrett " 

E.  A.  Dudenbostel J.  W. 

J.  A.  Darcus W.M. 

John  M.  Rhodes* " 

E.  R.  TurnbuU " 

Geo.  M.  Clinton S.  W. 


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Samuel  sharp W.M. 

Charles  Richert " 

J.  P.  Hausam  " 

John  Killough " 

J.  L.  Murphy " 

Wm.  M.  Schuwerk " 

J.H.Evans " 

L.  R.  Haack " 

A.M.Edwards " 

H.  Felsenheld " 

D.  W.  Helm " 

Edward  J.  Cowling* J.  W. 

Constant  Brown W.M. 

James  H.  Renick " 

M.Buchanan " 

G.Thompson '■ 

E.  D.  Allington '• 

Elijah  Mason S.  W. 

C.  F.  Brady J.  W. 

E.  G.  Hill W.M. 

J.  A.  Cohenour S.  W. 

Herman  Ritter J.  W. 

Will  Savill W.M. 

Robert  H.Ross S.  W. 

E.  R.  Spencer W.M. 

J.  R.  Maguire    .  " 

L.  McDonough " 

G.  M.  Saylor  " 

S.  J.  Wilson " 

A.  M.  Leonhard " 

John  H.  Cook " 

Ed.  Samson " 

A.  C.  Vedder " 

E.  J.  Glancy " 

W.  W.  Cannon S.  W. 

Ben  Lloyd* J.  W. 

Elijah  Shepherd W.M. 

I.  A.  Fenlon " 

C.  McCurdy " 

Wm.  Mosedale " 

J.  C.  Deathage  " 

O.P.Carroll " 

Chas.  G.Young " 

W.  S.  WiLson,  Jr " 

M.  J.  Shephens* " 

W.  F.  Shade " 

F.L.Velde " 

S.M.'  Horne.'  "  . . .  ..".'.'.'. '.'.'.'.. .  W.M. 

Ralph  Metcalf " 

J.W.Johnson " 

Frank  D  Thomas " 

L.  T.  Hittle " 

J.  C.  Perdue     J.  W. 

Thomas  M.  Cliffe W.M. 

John  J.  Clyne " 

W.  L.  Bishop " 

W.  D.  Sharp....     '• 

H.  W.  Richardson " 

F.  M.  Marstiller " 

Fred  Smith S.  W. 

C.  H.  Kleinbeck J.  W. 

J.  E.  Gathart W.M. 

L.Alexander " 

Thos.  B.  Burt S.  W. 


•'Proxy. 


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Edward  L.  Johnson J.  W. 

H.  W.  Booth* W.M 

J.  T.  Bower " 

R.  W.  Kool '• 

J.  W.  Segar J.  W. 

J.  E.  Grav W.M, 

R.  O.  Meats '■ 

C.  A.  McCuddv " 

R.  C.  Harrah •' 

W.  Y.  Smith " 

Win.  Neil " 

John  Carnev " 

H.  G.  Campbell " 

Buford  Tavlor " 

C.T.Holmes " 

Lucien  Warren* S.W. 

C.  B.  Johnson J.  W. 

J.  T.  Nattress W.M 

Chas.  M.  Webber " 

Geo.  H.  Hanley " 

E.  F.  L.  iiartmann W.  M. 

W.  K.  Bowling* •' 

A.  N.  East ■' 

J.  B.  Stout " 

C.  H.  Turner " 

A.G.Everett '■ 

W.  L.  Aurand* " 

Jas.  R.  Jackman* " 

Louis  Dickes " 

E.  E.  Littlepage* 

C.  H.  Metcalf J.  W. 

E.  L.  Hoffman* W.M. 

C.  W.  Buck '• 

Fred  P.  Waite  " 

Geo.  A.  Bisse:l " 

Jacob  Scheidenhelm " 

R.  E.  Dorsey " 

J.P.Johnson " 

B.  H.  Lawson " 

B.  F.  Ribelin '• 

August  TorDe " 

F.  W.  Thom'sen S.  W. 

Oscar  E.  Fehn J.  W. 

John  P.  Peabody W.M. 

C.B.Edmonson •• 

P.  S.  McMillan " 

J.  S.  Grove " 

Wm.  H.  Mitchell " 

A.  C.  Williamson S.  W. 

J.  M.Eaton J.  W. 

Ed.  McKinney W.M. 

Jas.  W.  Connellv " 

Eugene  Christopher S.W. 

David  Moves W.M. 

Carnillus'McClure •' 

C.  B.  Ward " 

W.  R.  Whitman " 

J.M.Irwin " 

W.  B.Whitlock '' 

John  B.  Starke}' " 

W.  A.  Joyce* S.W. 

Henrv  M.  Condit W.M. 

C.  C.  Van  Meter " 

J.  F.  Shadwell " 

L.  W.  Wheelen J.  W. 


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Cicero  Barber •' 

C.  W.  Barnhart* " 

Oscar  E  Flint " 

Olnev  B.  Stuart* S.  W. 

Ralph  H   Wheeler J.  W. 

L.  W.  Walker W.M. 

Carl  Brell* S.  W. 

A.  W.  Curran W.M. 

J.  F.  Sweet '• 

C.  W.  Connell " 

F.  E.  Schmidt " 

Joe  Quersbach S.  W. 

F.  C.  Fuller W.M. 

J.  C   Leith '■ 

B.  O.  Manker " 

John  Rutherford " 

F.  E.  Byran ■' 

John  A.Tuthill " 

Joseph  M.  Tawne}' " 

F.  A.  Cutler " 

G.  E.  Mevers " 

A.  W.  Lux ■• 

W.  S.  Northrop S.W. 

Isaac  A.  Foster. W.M. 

W.  E.  Sapp '■ 

F.M.Jones " 

B.F.Duncan* " 

T.  H.  Humphry " 

C.  E.  Puvall '■ 

Paul  McWilliams " 

H.T.Stephens " 

C.  W.  Williams " 

C.  W.  Heiner '• 

Jos    P.  Gulick '■ 

J.  B.  A.  Collan* J.  W. 

J.  W.  Winters S.W. 

Lawrence  C.  Johnson W.M. 

Wm.  T.  Easley ...  W.M. 

David  Dunn " 

Herman  A.  Christians " 

Louis  M.  Hamilton* " 

P.  W.  Froelich " 

Adelbert  Palmer " 

Charles  A.  Hilts  " 

W.J.Graham " 

Julian  Churchill " 

Henry  G.  Gabel " 

W.H.Young " 

John  C.  Crawford " 

F.  M.  Beals " 

Frank  E.  Harrold* " 

Albert  T.  Randall " 

Isaac  M.  Hornbacken •■ 

Harris  H.  Dysant " 

John  M.  Baldwin S.  W. 

L.  M.  Morrison W.M. 

Charles  R.  Chinn '■ 

Chas.  H.  Cone " 

Simon  G.  Patrick J.  W. 

J.  C.  Field    W.M. 

Geo.  A.  Schofield " 

G.  S.  Fleet S.  W. 

Thos.  M.  Hall W.M. 

Wm.  F.  Biesmann " 


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John  H.  Helm W.M, 

J.  A.  Miller " 

John  Q.  A.  Ledbetter " 

Wm.  F.  Conyne ....W.M. 

Morgan  Hand " 

W.S.Brown " 

J.  W.  Beemer 

E.Randall " 

A.  Jones " 

Fred  W.  Phelps " 

C.  C.  Grizzell •■ 

C.A.Brown 

C.W.Merrill •' 

A.  H.  Copeland* " 

H.  A.  Sturtevant " 

C.  R.  Tombaugh " 

C.  W.  Strong* J.  W. 

Henry  L.  Whipple W.M. 


Fred  A.  Morley W.M. 

Isaac  Cutter* S.  W. 

C.  R.  Wells W.M. 

John  H.  Bander  

E.  A.  Hill " 

Lewis  P.  Voss " 

E.  D.  Durham ...     '• 

E.  W.  Morris J.  W. 

W.  A.  Davidson W.M. 

M.  L.  Walker '■ 

Leon  L.  Loehr " 

W.C.Wellington " 

Edmund  S.  Moss " 

Edgar  G.  Tennent S.  W. 

Wm.  K.  Forsyth   J.  W. 

Bradford  L.  DeGolver W.M. 

Arch  Birse ' S.  W. 

Henry  Werno* J.  W 

EnosKepler W.M. 

John  A.  Keller " 

Robert  Mosser " 

Henr3' O.  Tonsor " 

Chas.  J.  Addems " 

E.C.Hughes " 

C.  H.  Mead* S.  W. 

G.  H.  Slingerland* J.  W. 

R.  W.  Entrikin* W.M. 

H.  A.  Sandgren . .     " 

Alex  McKay " 

G.A.Edwards " 

Edward  K.  Gaard* J.  W. 

Wm.  M.  Gregg* W.M. 

A.  A.  Adkison " 

H.  L.  Weaver ' 

Alex.  S.  Jessup " 

P.  H.  C.  Renine* " 

M.  Ashton  Jones " 

W.  S.  Hoopes " 

August  Pfeiffer '■ 

Thos.  N.  Cummins " 

J.H.Anderson " 

Arthur  Horslej' " 

George  A.  Parish " 

Marion  Todd " 

Edwin  B.  Kimball J.  W. 

H.  L.  Padfield  W.M. 


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394 
396 
397 
398 
399 
401 
402 
403 
404 
405 
406 
408 
409 
410 
411 


414 
415 
416 
417 
418 


M.  M.  Fike S.  W. 

P.R.Leonard •• 

Wm.  Hays W.M. 

James  M.  Jarrett ■■ 

C.  H.  Kellev " 

Edgar  Field S.  W. 

C.  S.  Brydia W.M. 

G.  W.  Moschel S.  W. 

Geo.  W.  Law  I  ence W.M. 

Chas.  H.  Stout* " 

J.  H.  Pahlmann " 

Halbert  J.  .Strawn '• 

Edward  McMillan •' 

Geo.  S.  Bander " 

H.  J.  Cheeseman " 

Peter  W.  Lill* " 

Jno.  S.  C.  Nichols •■ 

M.  H.  Spence* " 

G.  W.  Greiner " 

G.  W.  Pool '■ 

T.  L.  Vradenburg " 

H.  H.  Roberts " 

John  W.  Adams " 

Jos.  R.  Wagner •■ 

Geo.  G.  Hurlbcrt* J.  W. 

W.  A.  Lidgard W.M. 

Wm.  Husk '• 

J.  C.  Danforth " 

Chas.  E.  Gabriel " 

Jacob  B.Wolfe •' 

Richard  Boston '• 

W.E.Eddy " 

William  Wilson " 

Geo.  W.  Johnson " 

Albert  Corrie* " 

N.J.Brown '• 

Fayette  S.  Hatch " 

Lincoln  Moore " 

G.W.Manley " 

W.  H.  Aughinbaugh " 

Chas.  E.  Miner W.M. 

Lewis  W.  Brown J .  W. 

W.  E.  Hess W.M 

Myron  Ueiwert " 

F.  D.  Webb 

J.  M.  Beck •• 

F.  C.  Poust " 

C.  E.  Walsh •• 

Edwin  Meredith " 

Hiram  Hennon " 

Wm.  Monteomerj- " 

C.  F.  Shirlev " 

Chas.  B.  Morrow " 

John  M.  Schmitt " 

J.  D  Everett* 

H.R.Stewart  S.  W- 

Geo.  F.  Francis J.  W. 

John  C.  Meyer W.M. 

J.S.  Hillen". J.  W. 

T.  G.  Eilert W.M. 

N.  E.  Nurss " 

H.W.Mason S.  W. 

J.  M.Ferrell  W.M. 

Mathews  Guidra " 


*Prosy. 


1899.] 


Grand  Lodge  of  Illinois. 


53 


REPRESENTATIVES  OF  LODGES. 


NO. 

NAMES. 

NO. 

NAMES. 

419 
420 

Thos.  H.  Taylor 

W.  J.  Emerson 

....W.M. 

489 
490 
491 
492 
493 
495 
496 
497 
498 
500 
501 
50a 

503 
501 
505 
506 

508 

509 
510 
512 
514 
516 
517 
518 
519 
520 
521 
522 
523 
524 

525 
526 

527 
528 
529 
530 
531 
532 
533 
531 
535 
536 
537 
538 
539 

540 

.541 
542 

513 
544 
.547 
550 
552 
554 

L.  C.  Stewart 

Jethro  Mastin 

M.  J.  Piatt 

R.  M.  Buckley 

Henry  C.  Webber 

W.  M.  Joyner 

W.M. 

421 
422 
423 

VV.  O.  Ireland '■ 

Jos.  W.  Dostal •' 

C.  E.  Olmsteacl '• 

.■.■.".■■.     '"' 

424 

Ruf u.s  Funk " 

P.  F.  Clark " 

11 

426 

James  Knotts 

A.  T.  Ste^yart 

11 

427 

John  J.  Fox " 

428 

D.  M.  Baird " 

Henry  Stein 

Joseph  M.  Grout 

John  H.  White 

s  w 

429 

John  Burrill*...            '• 

W  M 

430 

C.  C.  Whiteside " 

R.  O.  Vangilder " 

431 

B.  F.  Woollums 

432 

Walter  Hanback  " 

John  Shattuck . 

Ira  W.  Love 

W.  P.  Vaughn 

Samuel  Wright 

Henry  S.  Fry 

F.  T.  Strickler 

F.  F.  Douglass 

S  W 

433 

434 
436 

W.  W   Thomas " 

Wm.  F.  Dillon " 

....W.M. 

437 

Wm.  Wilhartv " 

11 

440 

W.  H.  Burtnitt " 

J   W 

441 

T.  E.  Gapen*  " 

L.  F.  Strockbine •' 

Charles  P.  Reid •' 

Henry  C.  Fravser " 

W.M. 

442 
443 
441 

Frank  Collins 

B.  F.  Hill 

W  H.  Griffln 

. . . .  S.  W. 
....J.  w. 

W  M 

445 

J.  A.  Hindman 

Chas.  S.  Hall 

Cyrus  Bocock* 

Chas.  L.  Wenks* 

446 

J.  M.  Phelps. 

W.  H.  Austin 

....S.  W. 
....W.M. 

....J.  w. 
W  M 

447 

L.  C.  Conover 

Chas.  D.  North 

Jacob  R.  Wrech 

John  Lowrv* 

....S.  W. 
....W.M. 

448 
449 

W.  H.  Tinklepaugh " 

J.  W.  Tinkham " 

450 

R.  L.  McReynolds  

W.  Henderson 

P.  P.  Lucas 

11 

451 
453 

I.  L.  Long " 

Geo.H. Ellis " 

James  M.  Rammel " 

" 

454 

George  T.  Ringhoff 

R.  M.  Foster*  

>i 

455 

A.  A.  Rhinehart " 

., 

456 

Geo.  H.  Webster " 

I.e.  Fuller " 

T.  J.  Billiard " 

W.  J.  Donahue " 

F.J.Davis " 

T.  J.  Young " 

.1 

458 
460 
461 
462 
463 

W.  C.  Gilbert 

L.  W.  Springer 

E.  R.  Cambridge 

Walter  J.  Lee 

H.  G.  Schmetz 

J.  D.  Chubb 

.  ..s.  w. 

....J.  w. 

....W.M. 

s  w 

464 

R.  R.  Richie 

John  J.  Reaburn 

J.  R.  Phelps 

W.  F.  i;.  Lamer 

....S.  W. 
....W.M. 
....S.  W. 

W.M 

...  J.  w. 

465 

W.A.Thayer 

\Ar  M 

466 

467 

Amos  A.  Anderson "      1 

C.  F.  Hurburgh  

William  Vaughn 

Herman  Van^Husen 

I.  A.  Sprinkle 

Geo.  Nelson 

J.  S.  Burns 

1, 

468 
469 
470 
471 

J.  I.  Lebo  

J.  M.  Rugless,  Sr 

W.  N.  Ewing 

W.  A.  Pfeiffer 

G.  F.  Hoadley 

A.  L.  Hamilton 

.  ..S.  W. 
. . . .  W.M. 

.'.'.'.'s.  w. 

....W.M. 

472 

A.  E.  Mottinger 

G.  W  Hastings 

H.  A.  Kettering 

Rudolph  Fox 

R.  F.  Brown 

Marvin  L.  Jackson 

Christian  F.  Hafner 

Daniel  D.  Brown 

T.  P.  Mautz 

11 

473 

Henrv  J.  Jenner "     1 

11 

474 

475 
476 

M.  G.  Nixon 

Ernst  A.  Weinel 

A.  T  Strange 

James  A.  McComas 

.';.'.  J.  w. 

....W.M. 

....s.  w. 

....W.M. 

....s.  w. 

W  M 

477 

478 
479 

A.  F.  Witte 

John  C.  Leppert* 

J.  H.  Wrigley 

J.  H.  Lloyd 

James  V.  McCullough . . . 

W.  J.  Faulk 

Asher  R.  Cox 

C.  M.  Erwin 

....S.  W. 
....W.M. 

.'.'.'.'s  W. 

....W.M. 

....s.  w. 

....J.  w. 
.    ..W.M. 

481 
182 
484 
485 
486 

B.  F.  McAfferty 

Harvey  Harper 

Wm.  Cool* 

R.  H.  Mann 

!!;!s.  w. 

....W.M. 

487 

C.C.  Marsh* 

D.  A.  Sherertz 

....S.  W. 

..W.M. 

A.  B.  Blake 

Chas.  N.  Howell 

W.  S.  Eaton 

... 

488 

W.  S.  Bothwell "      1 

>' 

*Proxv. 


54 


Proceedings  of  the 


[Oct.  3, 


REPRESENTATIVES   OF  LODGES. 


555 
556 


558 
559 
560 
562 
564 
565 
566 
567 
569 
570 
572 
573 
57-1 
575 
576 
577 
578 
580 
581 
582 
583 
584 
585 
587 
588 
590 
591 
592 
595 
600 

601 
602 
603 
604 
607 
608 
609 
610 


611 

612 
613 
614 
616 
617 
618 
619 
620 
622 
633 
637 
630 
631 
632 
633 
634 
635 


Geo.  H.  Haight W.M. 

John  McGinnis " 

A.  E.  Stoker S.  W. 

OUiver  McDaniel J.  W. 

Emil  Demme S.  W. 

Hugo  Voigt J.  W. 

A.H.Dale W.M. 

John  H.  Taylor " 

Robert  Alsop " 

John  A.  Waush  " 

W.  J.  Van  Matre " 

John  F.  Berrj- " 

Cha.s.  E.  Peek " 

B.F.  Wright " 

C.  E.  Bagby.. " 

Fred  H.  Rowe " 

G.  V.  Booth " 

W.D.Edmunds " 

William  S.  Watson " 

W.R.  Harriett " 

Louis  Landwehr S.  W. 

J.  B.  Longlev* " 

Geo.  B.  Willan W.M. 

Robt.  Patrick " 

Jasper  A.  Dillow " 

J.L.Douglass " 

Louis  J.  Appel 

Geo.  W.  Tapp S.  W. 

Wm.  Armstrong W.M. 

L.  L.  Ackerson.' " 

S.  W.  Rawson " 

Geo.  W.  Shultz S.  W. 

D.  W.  Miller W.M. 

Frank  Ruwden  " 

A.  W.  Treat " 

J.  S.  Ater '• 

J.  M.  Pollard J.  W. 

J.  W.  Lackey     W.M. 

A.  Smith.. ..." " 

C.  M.  Howard* " 

D.  A.  Clarv " 

H.  L.  Mauley " 

M.L.Sherman " 

Geo.  S.  Hummer* " 

Kenneth  McPherson 

Frank  E.  Locke S.  W. 

Chas.  Odell J.  W. 

Geo.  W.  Kyle S.  W. 

JohnC.  Crawford J.  W. 

F.  H.  Geyso S.  W. 

J.  L.  Simcox J.  W. 

Stephen  Pinknej' W.M. 

William  J.  Jackson " 

G.  A.  Lackens " 

Wm.  Priessman " 

S.  W.  Shelton " 

James  Snyder " 

Hezekial  Jennings " 

J.  S.  C.  Cussins  " 

James  T.  Stafford " 

Ben  F.  Douglass " 

D.  B.  Keighln J.  W. 

J.  H.  Davis W.M. 

Edward  J.  Hartwell " 

William  McClare  " 

James  M.  Bell " 


636 
639 
641 
642 


643 
644 
645 

646 
647 
648 
651 
653 
655 
656 
657 
658 
659 
660 


663 
664 
665 
666 


669 
670 
672 
673 
674 
675 


677 
679 


682 
683 
684 
685 
686 


687 
t^88 
690 
691 
692 
693 
695 
696 
697 
698 
700 
701 
702 
704 
705 
706 


E.  H.  Fedde W.M. 

Robt.  Sohns - 

L.  M.  Nusbaun " 

Frederick  J.  Kaeder " 

Frank  Crozier* S.  W. 

John  Stirlen J.  W. 

Geo.  D.  Strecker W.M. 

J.  G.  Comly S.  W. 

John  Fryer W.M. 

S.  C.  Linbarger S.  W. 

Ernest  M.  Wright* W.M. 

L.  C.  Carlin •• 

A.  A.  Cavins  " 

John  Harshbargen S.  W. 

J.  H.  Stone W.M. 

O.  D.  Olsson " 

Zach.  T.  Miller* " 

R.  E.  Seeley S.  W. 

John  T.  Campbell W.M. 

John  W.  Reed " 

W.A.  Steers " 

Frank  R.  Richards  " 

A.  L  Harkness J.  W. 

James  Jones W.M. 

Joseph  Gaseman •' 

Geo.  W.  Tipsword " 

W.  A.  Wood " 

Seward  A.  Eddy " 

Joseph  N.  Hopkins " 

Jens.  L.  Christensen* •' 

H.  L.  Prater " 

Jasper  N.  Mayner " 

B.  H.  McCann S.  W. 

Julias  Ewert W.M. 

C.  W.  Kessler " 

Wm.  J.  Obee S.  W. 

Norton  W.  Culver J.  W. 

G.  G.  Gowdy W.M. 

Lucius  A.  McCormick 

Chas.  I  .  Ste ven.s* " 

Clarence  B.  Smith* " 

Robert  McCaulby  J.  W. 

N.  S.  Mesnard W.M. 

J.T.Jenkins " 

J.F.Ferguson S.  W. 

M.  Dickei-son W.M. 

Frederick  Menzie "     . 

Richard  Fairclough S.  W 

Frank  J  Burton J.  W 

G.  I.  Cadwell W.M' 

Peter  Wright " 

R.  E.  Lidster " 

Samuel  Marshall " 

Jas.  A.  Bradley " 

C.  C.  Stotlar " 

T.  J.  Cross 

C.  N.  Judd " 

Menno  S.  Fry " 

John  A.  Hutton " 

W.  H.  Dorand " 

Wm.  C.  Holmes " 

Fred  H.  Blavney S.  W. 

Wm.  Jack.  Jr W.M. 

John  W.  Hill " 

O.A.Moore " 

Noah  Hudson " 


♦Proxy. 


1899.  J 


Grand  Lodge  of  Illinois. 


55 


REPRESENTATIVES   OF   LODGES. 


709 
710 
711 
712 
713 
714 
715 


717 
718 
719 
7:il 
733 
7i>3 
724 
725 
726 


729 
730 
731 
732 
733 
734 
735 
737 
738 
739 

741 
742 

743 
744 
745 
746 
747 
748 

749 
750 


754 
755 
7.i6 


759 
761 

762 
763 
764 

765 

766 
767 


A.  E.  Smith W.M. 

Henrv  Funk " 

L.  D.  "Lowell '• 

Samuel  Harrison " 

W.M.  Alvis " 

A.J.Davis " 

Hiram  IngersoU '• 

L.  E.  Caldwell* J.  W. 

F.  D.  Dav W.M. 

C.  W.  Bishop S.  W. 

Robt.  N.  Macalister W.M. 

H.  L.  Rice " 

L  N.  Lentz*  " 

J.  R.  Walker •' 

B.  F.  Oakf ord S.  W. 

J.  W.  Bowling " 

Herman  Rethorn W.M. 

C.  E.  Groves " 

William  E.  Hvland " 

Wm.  J.  Sctine'ider S.  W. 

H.  F.  Pennington,  Jr J.  W. 

Walter  Cooke S.  W. 

W.  M.  McFarlane W.M. 

M.  A.  Felts " 

O.  S  Young " 

Edward  Snvder " 

John  F.  Clover " 

Amos  Ball " 

W.B.Cain " 

E.  D.  Robinson* J.  W. 

Chas.  H.  Bone W.M 

Charles  F.  Ross 

Chas.  Stark '• 

Adam  Schmidt S.  W. 

J.  W.  Mowry W.M. 

Andrew  Cook " 

Seldon  Simpson " 

J.  D.  Bellamy " 

J.O.Paul...: " 

H.H.Summers " 

Frank  Brewer ..      " 

W.  D.  Holmes •' 

C  D.  Dickison J.  W. 

Simeon  McFarland •' 

C.  A.  Hamilton W.M. 

J.  H.  Crowell S.  W. 

Frank  B.  Sodt W.M. 

H."'v.  CardijEf! .".'.".'.'.' .'.'.'.'.''.'.'!  W.M. 

J.  H.  Seyler •' 

John  Mulvane " 

Richard  P.  Hoeg " 

J.  Wm.  Sanger " 

W.  H.  Walter S.  W. 

Geo.  Clements J.  W. 

Uriah  McCov W.M. 

A.C.Albright " 

P.P.  Anderson J.  W. 

W.  H.Graham W.M. 

Henry  Cole* '• 

James  A.  Steele " 

W.  H.  Whitaker* S.  W, 

W.  A.  Actor . . W.M. 

L.  G.  Bruder S.  W, 

John  F.  Snyder W.M, 


769 
770 
771 
772 
773 
774 


776 
777 


780 
781 
782 
783 
784 
785 
7S6 


789 


793 

794 
795 

796 
797 


803 
803 
804 
805 
806 
807 
808 
809 
810 


811 
812 
813 
814 
815 


J.  E.  Burton W.M. 

E.  D.  Aten S.  W. 

Lamont  Sayler W.M. 

M.B.Hartley " 

E.V.Nelson •' 

Orlin  A.  Wise •' 

H.  F.  W.  Spivler •' 

James  W.  Germer " 

Fred  McGredv S.  W. 

George  Plat J.  W. 

Charles  H.  Graham W.M. 

Elmer  D.  Howell " 

Edward  F.  Brown ...S.  W. 

G.  W.  Eskew W.M. 

George  W.  Boalch '• 

W.  W.  Boone* S.  W. 

George  Voight J.  W. 

William  S.  Robinson W.M. 

Frank  H.  Williams " 

A.M.  .Johnson " 

Rudolph  Wendt* " 

Albert  C.  Firleke " 

Marcus  Gerbric S.  W. 

J.  L.  Parsons W.M. 

Currv  M.  Fike " 

J.  W.' McDonald " 

S.  J.  Cunningham " 

W.  H.  Robson J.  W. 

O.  L.  Kibler W.M. 

E.  T.  Telling " 

D.  P.  Mclntvre J.  W. 

J.  T.  Linkogle W.M. 

John  L.  Dale S.  W. 

J.  A.  Oxford W.M. 

Samuel  M.  St.  Clair* ' 

Mark  A.  Foote* S.  W. 

O.  O.  Hodges W.M. 

H.  J.  Roovaart " 

John  C.  Hallenbeck J.  W. 

C.  E.Cross W.M. 

W.E.Dixon S.  W. 

G.  D.  Kent J.  W. 

F.J.  Mittan W  M. 

Thomas  Weeks J.  W. 

Thomas  A.  Stevens W.M. 

H.  F.  A.  Sperling •• 

John  Odell* S.  W. 

A.  A.  McMurrav W.M. 

G.  W.  McMillan " 

Thomas  A.  White S.  W. 

H.  C.  Gruly W.M. 

John  R.  Gant " 

Robert  B.  McKee " 

C.  F.  Lanham •' 

G.  W.  Kimbro " 

A.  O.  Novander .     " 

John  Hueman S.  W. 

Harrison  F.  Shaner J.  W. 

R.  B.  Mood}' '. '. '. '. '..'...'..'.!!!!  W.  M. 
Orlando  S.  Gauch " 

Thomas  Ginnever W.M. 

W.  P.  Bishop S.  W. 

David  Richard J.  W. 

J.  J.  Gahm W.M. 


*Proxy. 


56 


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[Oct.  3, 


REPRESENTATIVES   OF   LODGES. 


817 
818 
819 

820 
821 
823 
823 
824 

825 
826 
827 
829 
830 
831 
832 
833 
834 
835 


837 
838 


Proxy* 


W.  A.  Perrine S.  W. 

H.  Michaelsen W.M. 

F.  W.  Parks 

Charles  H.  Coles S.  W. 

Perry  Wene W.M. 

George  A.  Dutcher " 

Austin  I  Brown " 

George  W.  Dow " 

Bert  C.  White " 

Arthur  P.  Hosmer S.  W. 

C.  F.  Jenne W.M. 

George  P.  Thomas* " 

C.  E.  VanPatten " 

George  W.  Hughes " 

W.  J.  Garner 

W.B.Wallace " 

Georges  Woodward " 

O.  P.  Hope " 

Rufus  H.  Smith '• 

Fred  Kohl : " 

W.  S.  Batcheller " 

George  W.  Chamherlin S.  W. 

F.  C.  Keibler J.  W. 

C.  L.  Watson W.M. 

W.  M.  Shearer " 

Past  Masters,  W. 


W.  F.  Struckmann W.M 

Charles  B.  Holcomb " 

Julius  Brunton " 

Harry  W.  Chuny S.  W. 

Frank  W.  Dudley J.  W. 

George  W.  Foote W.M. 

Walter  P.  Hill J.  W. 

Henrv  C.  Edwards W.M. 

Frank  H.  Dean S.  W. 

Elmer  E.  Beach J.  W. 

W.  Y.  Ludwig : W.M. 

C.  H.  Edison " 

F.  C.  Funk " 

L.  M.  Loomis " 

John  H.  Wagner " 

F.  M.  Shaw " 

Alfred  E.  Bartelme S.  W. 

John  Becker* W.M. 

T.  A.  Metcalf* S.  W. 

MaKenzie  M.  Vaughn W.M. 

Thomas  Rankin " 

Will  S.  Hussander '• 

Martin  A.  Magnuson* S.  W. 

Alfred  E.  Holmes J.  W 


W.  Richard.son,  No. 


RECAPITULATION, 

Grand  Officers 19 

Members  of  Committees 46 

Past  Grand  Officers,  not  otherwise  enumerated 1 

District  Deputy  Grand  Masters 28 

Representatives  of  other  Grand  Lodges,  not  otherwise  enumerated.     2 

Past  Masters  .    1 

Representatives  of  Lodges 827 

Total.. 924 

Number  of  Lodges  represented,  709. 


1899.  J  Grand  Lodge  of  Illinois.  57 

EEPOKT— Committee  on  Grand  Master's  Address. 
The   Committee   on  Grand  Master's  address  presented 
the  following"  report: 

To  the  M.  W.  Grand  Lodge,  A.F.  d-  A.M.  of  Illinois. ■ 

Your  committee  on  Grand  Master's  Address  beg  leave  to  report 
that  they  recommend  reference  of  the  various  subjects  contained 
therein,  to  the  following" committees: 

On  Obituaries,  all  relating  to  necrolog}-. 

On  Petitions,  the  request  for  a  dispensation  by  a  number  of 
brethren  at  or  near  Buffalo,  in  Sangamon  county.  Also  the  petition 
of  nine  members  of  Dills  Lodge  No.  295,  for  a  restoration  of  their 
charter,  which  has  been  suspended  by  the  Grand  Master. 

On  Charity,  the  propriety  of  pajang  M.W.  Bro.  Harrison  Dills' 
debt  of  seventy-five  dollars. 

On  Lodges  U.  D.,  the  records  of  West  Gate  Lodge  at  Hamburg, 
Calhoun  county. 

On  Appeals  and  Grievances,  the  case  of  Belvidere  Lodge  No.  60, 
of  Atwood  Lodge  No.  651,  and  suspension  of  its  Worshipful  Master. 

On  Jurisprudence,  the  decisions  of  the  M.W.  Grand  Master, 
"Forms  of  Petitions." 

Your  committee  further  recommend  that  the  constitutional  acts 
of  the  M.W.  Grand  Master  as  detailed  under  the  following  captions, 
be  approved,  namely:  "Lodges  Constituted,"  "Duplicate  Charters," 
"Lodge  Hall  Dedicated,"  "Corner  Stones,"  "Installation  of  Grand 
Lodge  Officers,"  "Representatives  Near  Our  Grand  Lodge,  and  Near 
Other  Grand  Lodges,"  "'Deputy  Grand  Lecturers,"  "Special  Dispen- 
sations," "Resignation,"  "Missouri  Lands,"  '-Relief,"  "The  Mechan- 
icsburg  Case,"  "Apple  River  Lodge,"  and  "Visitation." 

Your  committee  further  recommend  that  the  Committee  on 
Charity  be  authorized  to  continue  the  regular  remittance  for  the 
relief  of  Past  Grand  Master  Dills. 

Your  committee  deem  it  a  matter  of  congratulation  that  so-  few 
cases  of  discord  are  reported  among  over  55,000  Masons  and  722  lodges, 
and  are  pleased  to  note  that  the  prevalent  prosperity  of  the  craft, 
and  good  feeling  and  harmony  is,  doubtless,  owing  in  a  great  mea- 
sure, to  the  watchful  care  and  industry  of  the  M.W.  Grand  Master, 
as  disclosed  by  more  than  2,200  pages  of  manuscript,  written  by  his 
own  hand. 

Your  committee  coincide  with  the  Grand  Master  in  all  that  he 
has  said  of  the  schools  and  their  instructors,  and  of  a  "method  of  ro- 


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tation  in  the  office  of  Grand  Examiner."  In  the  matter  of  "rotation" 
we  would  go  even  farther  than  he  suggests,  hence,  we  recommend  that 
one  member  of  the  Board  of  Grand  Examiners  be  dropped  every  year, 
to  the  end  that  a  new  one  may  be  appointed  in  his  stead,  believing- 
with  certain  critical  brethren,  that  the  best  interests  of  these  schools 
demand  a  "new  Moses"  "every  once  in  a  while." 

In  the  matter  of  the  edict  "to  promote  uniformity  of  work  and 
the  maintenance  of  the  purity  and  impressiveness  of  our  ritual," 
your  committee  desire  to  call  your  attention  to  the  fact  that  it  is  but 
the  means  of  giving  proper  effect  to  your  own  action  of  last  year, 
and  is  in  line  with  the  work  and  methods  of  conferring  the  degrees, 
as  adopted  by  this  Grand  Lodge  many  years  ago,  and  followed  ever 
since.  Hence,  we  recommend  that  the  action  of  the  Grand  Master 
herein,  be  approved. 

In  conclusion  your  committee  cannot  commend  too  highly  the 
M.W.  Grand  M  aster's  broad  views  upon,  and  earnest  endeavors  to  lead 
you  to  moral  and  spiritual  "imperialism"'  and  expansion  of  mind  and 
character.  For,  as  builders,  Freemasons  erect  symbolically  a  new 
house,  namely,  a  new  humanity:  and  the  beautiful  and  poetic  conclu- 
sion of  the  address  shows  how  it  is  to  be  done. 

But  your  committee  are  unable  to  decide  which  one  of  the  Grand 
and  Past  Grand  Masters  is  to  be  crowned  poet-laureate  of  this  Grand 
Lodge,  and,  hence,  must  submit  this  profitable  and  momentous  ques- 
tion to  3'our  superior  skill. 

All  of  which  is  fraternally  submitted. 

WM.  E.  GINTHER, 
L.  L.  MUNN, 
S.  S.  CHANCE. 

Motion  was  made  to  adopt  the  report.  An  amendmeEt 
was  offered  to  adopt  the  report  except  so  much  as  refers  to 
the  approval  of  the  edict  of  the  Grand  Master,  and  that 
that  portion  of  the  report  be  non-concurred  in.  The  amend- 
ment was  lost.  The  vote  recurring  on  the  motion  to  adopt 
the  report  of  the  committee  and  approve  the  edict  of  the 
Grand  Master,  was  carried. 


EEPOKTS— Special  Committees. 
M.W.  Bro.  John  C.  Smith  presented  the  following  re- 
port from  the  special  committee  appointed  on  the  death  of 
Past  Grand  Master  James  Andrew  Hawley: 


1899.  J  Grand  Lodge  oj  Illinois.  59 

To  the  Most  Worshipful  Grand  Muster  and  Grand  Lodge  of  Illinois: 

This  distinguished  Freemason  was  born  in  Pentield, Monroe  county, 
New  York,  Aus^ust  20,  1830,  where  he  lived  until  removing  to  Dixon, 
Illinois,  in  1854.  He  received  an  education  in  the  common  schools  of 
the  country,  to  which  was  added  an  academic  course  in  the  Genesee 
Wesleyan  Seminary. 

Bright,  energetic,  and  capable,  qualities  which  were  early  recog- 
nized by  the  pioneer  settlers  of  Lee  county,  brought  our  friend  to  the 
front  in  that  thrifty  community,  and  James  A.  Hawley  was  elected 
County  Superintendent  of  Schools  in  1857. 

In  18(U  he  was  unanimously  nominated  and  afterwards  elected 
Clerk  of  Lee  county,  and  with  large  majorities  re-elected  every  four 
years  for  five  successive  terms.  Having  found  an  official  who  was 
fearless  in  the  performance  of  his  every  duty,  the  citizens  of  Dixon 
elected  him  as  Mayor  of  that  progressive  city  in  1876,  and  re-elected 
him  in  1878.  For  ten  years  our  brother  was  a  member  of  the  Board 
of  Education,  and  the  president  of  the  board.  He  was  also  engaged 
in  the  business  of  banking  and  many  other  enterprises, in  all  of  which 
his  sterling  integrity  and  never  failing  courtesy  brought  him  success, 
and  a  competency  when  he  ceased  activity  in  public  and  mercantile 
affairs. 

Brought  to  light  in  Freemasonry  October  17,  1856,  in  Lee  Center 
Lodge  No.  146,  from  which  he  soon  after  dimitted  and  affiliating  with 
Friendship  Lodge  No.  7,  each  in  Dixon,  was  elected  Worshipful  Mas- 
ter in  1857,  and  re-elected  for  nine  successive  years. 

With  a  fervent  love  for  Freemasonry  our  brother  advanced  by 
steady  gradation  into  all  its  branches,  having  been  exalted  to  the 
Holy  Royal  Arch  in  Nachusa  Chapter  No.  56,  Dixon,  September  5, 1859, 
and  made  a  Royal  and  Select  Master  in  Peru  Council  No.  12,  at  Peru, 
Illinois,  December  12,  1864.  from  which  he  afterwards  dimitted  to  be- 
come a  founder  of  Dixon  Council  No.  7  Royal  and  Select  Master's, 
High  Priest  of  Nachusa  Chapter  No.  56  for  three  years,  and  thrice 
Illustrious  Master  of  Dixon  Council  No.  7,  were  but  a  small  part  of  his 
labors  in  Cryptic  Freemasonr}'. 

A  firm  believer  in  the  Christian  religion,  the  orders  of  Knighthood 
presented  attractions  which  drew  our  brother  and  companion  and  he 
was  knighted  in  Sycamore  Commandery  No.  15,  Sycamore.  June,  1866. 
from  which  he  aftewards  dimitted  to  become  one  of  the  founders  of 
Dixon  Commandery  No.  21,  of  which  he  served  as  its  Eminent  Com- 
mander for  seven  years. 

For  the  purpose  of  enlarging  his  Masonic  knowledge  our  brother 
sought  admission  in  Oriental  Consistor}^  thirty-second  degree 
S.'.P.'.R.'.S.,  Valley  of  Chicago,  in  1869,  was  made  an  honorary  mem- 


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ber  of  the  thirty-third  degree  in  the  Supreme  Council,  thirty-third 
degree  for  the  Northern  Masonic  jurisdiction,  United  States  of  Amer- 
ica, Portland,  Maine,  1875,  in  the  same  class  with  the  lamented  Past 
Grand  Master  DeWitt  C.  Cregier,  who  but  seven  weeks  earlier  pre- 
ceded him  on  that  journey  from  which  their  is  no  return.  Past  Grand 
Master  John  C.  Smith  was  also  in  the  same  class. 

After  faithful  service  in  the  lower  offices  our  loved  brother  was 
called  to  supreme  command  as  follows: 

M.  W.  Grand  Master  Grand  Lodge  of  Illinois  for  two  years,  1872-3. 

M.E.  Grand  High  Priest,  1871,  Grand  Royal  Arch  Chapter  of  Illi- 
nois. 

M.I.  Grand  Master,  1886,  Grand  Council  Royal  and  Select  Masters 
of  Illinois. 

R.E.  Grand  Commander,  1873,  Grand  Commandery  Knights  Tem- 
plar of  Illinois. 

Crowned  an  active  member  of  the  Supreme  Council,  thirty-third 
degree,  A.-.A.\S.'.R.,  for  the  Northern  Masonic  Jurisdiction  of  the 
United  States  of  America,  September  21,  1893.  He  was  also  one  of  the 
founders  of  the  Masonic  Veteran  Association  of  Illinois. 

Brother  Hawley  was  married  to  Miss  Mary  Augusta  Gardner, 
daughter  of  Dr.  Charles  and  Mrs.  Gardner,  June  20, 1855.  Their  union 
was  blessed  with  five  children,  who,  with  the  widow,  survive  our  la- 
mented brother.  Mary  A.,  wife  of  Judge  Powell,  of  Omaha;  Charles 
G.,  of  New  York  City;  Lloyd  R.,  of  Chicago;  and  George  W.  and 
Laura  S.,  who,  with  the  mother,  reside  at  Dixon,  and  all  are  members 
of  the  Episcopal  Church. 

M.W.  Bro.  James  Andrew  Hawley  crossed  the  river  dividing 
mortality  from  immortality,  December  30, 1898. 

"Alas!  he's  not  the  only  one 

Whose  plummet's  broke  the  string, 
Whose  compasses  have  lost  their  point 

An  canna  mak  a  ring; 
Whose  level's  burst  the  crystal  tube 

In  which  the  spirit  flows, — 
Alas!  some  score  have  pass'd  away 

To  their  last  lang  repose." 

Fraternally  submitted, 

JOHN  C.  SMITH, 
LEROY  A.  GODDARD, 
OWEN  SCOTT. 

M.W.  Bro.  Owen  Scott  moved  the  adoption  of  the  re- 
port, which  was  carried  by  a  rising'  vote. 


QRflND  MASTER    1870-71 


1899.]  Grand  Lodge  of  Illinois.  61 

M.W.  Bro.  Joseph  Robbins  from  the  special  committee 
apjiointed  on  the  death  of  M.W.  Bro.  DeWitt  C.  Creg'ier, 
submitted  the  following"  report,  and  the  same  was  adopted 
by  a  rising  vote: 

To  the  M.  W.  Grand  Lodge  of  Illinois,  A.F.  d-  A.M.: 

A  rare  man  has  fallen.  DeWitt  Clinton  Cregier,  who  for  more 
than  the  lifetime  of  a  generation  of  men  had  been  a  pillar  of  strength 
in  this  grand  lodge,  upon  whom  we  had  learned  to  lean  we  knew 
not  how  much  until  we  missed  him  for  the  first  time  in  thirty-seven 
years  at  the  annual  communication  one  year  ago,  and  who  by  his 
qualities  of  mind  and  heart  had  found  a  place  in  all  our  hearts  such 
as  it  rarely  falls  to  the  lot  of  man  to  find,  has  gone  over  to  the  ma- 
jority. After  weary  months  of  waiting,  borne  up  by  the  affectionate 
tenderness  of  those  nearest  and  dearest  to  him,  and  by  the  echoes  of 
the  loving  solicitude  of  the  great  Craft  which  held  the  next  place  in 
his  affections,  the  tide  whose  slow  but  sure  rising  he  had  watched 
patiently,  serenely,  cheerfully,  at  last  drifted  his  barque  from  its 
moorings  to  float  out  upon  that  great,  peaceful,  silent  sea,  whose 
white  sails  all  go  thitherward,  returning  nevermore. 

Brother  Cregier  was  born  in  the  city  of  New  York  June  1,  1829. 
At  sixteen  he  was  engineer's  assistant  on  the  Long  Island  Sound 
steamers,  serving  there  from  1845  to  1847.  From  1847  to  18.51  he  was 
emploj^ed  in  the  Morgan  iron  works.  New  York  Cit}',  and  from  1851  to 
1853  was  engineer  on  the  New  York,  Havana  and  New  Orleans 
steamers. 

He  came  to  Chicago  in  1853,  arriving  on  the  sixth  of  August,  four 
days  after  his  marriage  to  Miss  Mary  S.  Foggin,  of  New  York,  now  so 
widely  known  and  beloved  among  the  Craftsmen,  and  who  assisted 
him  to  make  an  ideal  home  whose  generous,  elegant,  but  unaffected 
hospitality  so  many  of  you  have  enjoyed. 

Brother  CREGIER  received  the  degrees  of  Masonry  in  Blaney 
Lodge  No.  271,  Chicago,  in  18(30,  and  in  1861,  as  one  of  its  wardens,  he 
entered  the  Grand  Lodge  of  Illinois.  He  was  master  of  his  lodge  from 
1864  to  1867.  inclusive:  again  in  1874  and  again  1884,  1885,  and  1886. 

Upon  his  first  appearance  in  the  grand  lodge  his  strength  of  char- 
acter made  its  impress,  and  he  was  at  once  recognized  as  among  the 
coming  men.  His  service  on  important  committees  justified  the  gen- 
eral estimate  of  his  administrative  ability,  and  in  1867  he  was  elected 
senior  grand  warden;  in  1868  and  1869  deputy  grand  master,  and  in  1870 
and  1871  grand  master. 

Upon  his  accession  to  the  grand  mastership  the  grand  lodge  at 
once  became  conscious  that  a  hand  of  unwonted  vigor  and  steadfast- 


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ness  was  at  the  helm,  and  found  itself  unconsciously  reflecting  in  all 
its  deliberations  the  dignity  and  poise  of  the  oriental  chair.  He  had 
in  a  remarkable  degree  that  sense  of  proportion  which  enables  one  to 
recognize  at  once  the  relative  magnitude  of  responsibilities  as  they 
present  themselves,  and  no  emergenc}' could  come  upon  him  unawares 
to  find  him  unprepared. 

If  ever  the  Craft  of  Illinois  had  occasion  to  be  devoutly  thankful  it 
was  in  the  hour  of  its  greatest  calamity  when  the  great  fire  of  1871 
nearly  obliterated  the  city  of  Chicago;  thankful  that  when  the  appal- 
ling disaster  came  whose  magnitude  evoked  the  world's  sympathy  and 
unlocked  the  world's  coffers,  they  had  a  grand  master  who  instantly 
foresaw  the  greatness  of  the  responsibility  entailed  by  its  generosity. 

Weighted  with  the  gravest  of  municipal  responsibilities,  their 
gravity  could  not  make  him  forget  the  good  name  of  the  ancient 
Craft.  Begrimed  with  the  ashes  of  his  own  home  and  of  the  great 
works  upon  which  the  remnant  of  the  city  depended  for  its  water 
supply,  he  strode  into  the  committee  hastily  improvised  by  a  number 
of  his  equally  homeless  brethren  for  the  relief  of  the  thousands  of 
destitute  Craftsmen  about  them,  picked  up  the  substitute  for  a  gavel 
and  said:     "'I  am  chairman  of  this  committee." 

Out  of  this  committee  grew  the  Board  of  Masonic  Relief,  of  which 
he  became  president,  to  whose  direction  he  gave  his 'great  executive 
ability,  filching  from  the  rightful  domain  of  sleep  the  long  hours  nec- 
essary to  the  perfection  and  supervision  of  a  system  of  work  and  rec- 
ords which  enabled  the  organization  to  present  to  the  Grand  Masters 
of  Pennsylvania,  District  of  Columbia  and  Iowa,  who  were  called  into 
audit  its  accounts,  such  a  tableau  of  its  work  as  to  win  their  unstinted 
praise,  not  only  for  the  fidelity,  but  for  the  discriminating  judgment 
with  which  the  great  trust  had  been  discharged. 

The  fair  fame  of  Illinois  Masonry  was  enhanced  not  only  by  the 
foresight  of  Grand  Master  Cregier,  which  grasped  at-the  very  outset 
the  great  responsibility  of  the  trust,  but  by  his  delicate  perception  of 
a  principle  which  no  precedent  suggested,  that  whoever  became  the 
almoner  of  the  world's  bounty  owed  the  world  an  accounting. 

Since  his  retirement  from  the  grand  east.  Brother  Cregier  has 
served  continuously  as  a  member,  and  for  most  of  the  time  as  chair- 
man of  the  committee  on  jurisprudence.  The  enduring  quality  of  his 
work  is  seen  not  alone  in  his  reports  from  that  committee  and  in  his 
addresses  from  the  grand  east,  but  in  the  present  form  of  the  by-laws 
of  this  grand  lodge,  adopted  twenty-five  years  ago,  mainly  his  work 
as  chairman  of  the  committee  on  revision,  and  in  the  book  of  cere- 
monials, which  owes  its  wide  popularity  largely  to  his  arrangement, 
rounding  out  and  annotations,  published  nearly  as  long  ago. 


1899.  J  Grand  Lodge  of  Illinois.  63 

During  all  this  time  his  personality  has  been  a  pervadin<r  influ- 
ence in  this  body,  impressing  itself  with  undiminishing'  strength  upon 
every  successive  generation  of  masters  and  wardens  composing  it. 

A  square,  open-dealing,  great-hearted,  stout-hearted  man,  with 
a  woman's  tenderness  and  delicacy  of  perception,  full  of  genial  humor 
and  frank  cordiality,  ready  to  fall  into  the  varying  moods  of  whoever 
was  at  his  side,  his  companionship  realized  the  ideal  of  Masonic  fel- 
lowship in  its  best  estate. 

He  had  a  genius  for  fellowship,  and  he  so  loved  the  fellowships  he 
formed  in  Masonry  that  he  multiplied  his  opportunities  for  enjoying 
them  b}'  joining  with  his  brethren  who  cultivate  other  associations, 
such  as  the  consistory  and  the  supreme  council,  the  chapter  and  the 
commandery.  But  in  these  new  associations  he  never  forgot  the  Ma- 
sonry of  the  lodge.  To  this  he  gave  his  best  thought  and  an  un- 
divided allegiance.  To  his  clear  perception  it  was  impossible  that 
anybody  could,  or  that  anybody  could  dare  to  assume,  under  the  guise 
of  Masonry,  to  lay  him  under  any  obligation  inconsistent  with  the 
sanctions  of  its  ancient  charges  and  its  unwritten  law. 

If  he  loved  the  Institution  for  its  fellowship,  he  revered  it  as  a 
concrete  realization  of  the  doctrine  of  the  fatherhood  of  God  and  the 
brotherhood  of  man.  He  had  a  profound  sense  of  the  dignity  of  the 
Institution  and  an  intuitive  perception  of  whatever  threatened  even 
remotely  to  detract  from  it.  To  him,  a  hater  of  shams  everywhere, 
its  fair  domain  was  too  sacred  to  be  marred  by  the  methods  of  the 
demagogue. 

To  our  unreckoning  thought  he  seemed  to  have  found  in  Masonry 
the  fountain  of  perpetual  youth.  Accustomed  to  the  ^outhf ulness  of 
spirit  which  helped  to  make  his  companionship  so  delightful,  we  who 
had  kept  no  tally  of  the  fleeting  years,  realized  with  surprise  when 
the  sad  stor}'  was  told  on  the  ninth  of  last  November,  that  he  had  al- 
most reached  his  three-score  j^ears  and  ten. 

He  is  gone  all  too  soon,  but  not  too  early  to  have  left  behind  him 
an  example  of  unbending  integrity,  of  singleness  of  purpose  in  the 
Masonic  relation  and  all  other  relations  of  life,  and  in  the  generous 
spirit  which  drew  us  to  him ,  which  should  be  a  priceless  legacy  in  its 
power  of  inspiration. 

He  has  gone  from  us  in  the  flesh,  but  we  have  not  lost  him.  Death 
that  veils  him  from  our  mortal  sight  but  embalms  him  to  memory. 
We  who  still  linger  shall  grow  daily  older.  Time  will  bear  us  all  along 
and  leave  its  trace.  But  he  will  never  grow  old.  What  he  was,  so  he 
will  remain — the  staunch  and  upright  citizen:  the  ideal  public  official; 
the  devoted  husband  and  father;  the  far-sighted  and  steadfast  Mason; 
the  dearl}'  beloved  companion  and  fellow. 


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To  the  earthly  tabernacle  wherein  our  ideal  dwelt,  endeared  to 
us  by  long  and  close  association,  this  body  repeats  the  farewell  which 
has  already  been  spoken  in  its  behalf  by  the  grand  master  over  the 
newly-made  grave  at  Rosehill: 

Farewelll  since  never  more  for  thee 

The  sun  comes  up  our  eastern  skies, 
Less  bright,  henceforth,  shall  sunshine  be 

To  some  fond  hearts  and  saddened  eyes. 

There  are,  who  for  thy  last,  long  sleep, 

Shall  sleep  as  sweetly  nevermore; 
Shall  weep  because  thou  canst  not  weep. 

And  grieve  that  all  thy  griefs  are  o'er. 

Sad  thrift  of  love!  the  loving  breast 

On  which  the  aching  head  was  thrown, 

Gave  up  the  weary  head  to  rest. 

But  kept  the  aching  for  its  own. 

JOSEPH  BOBBINS, 
DANIEL  M.  BROWNING, 
JOHN  M.  PEARSON. 


THE  OKEGIEE  JEWEL. 
The  M.  W.  Grand  Master:— I  have  received  from  the  widow  and 
executrix  of  the  will  of  our  late  M.  W.  Brother  Cregier,  this  package 
and  a  letter  which  I  hold  in  my  hand.  This  letter  was  penned  by  our 
late  brother  something  over  a  year  before  his  death,  and  I  see  pencil 
marks  on  the  back  in  his  own  handwriting,  which  indicate  that  it  was 
unsatisfactory  to  him  and  that  it  was  to  be  re-written,  but  fate  or- 
dered otherwise,  and  I  read  it  to  you  as  originally  written.  August 
2,  1897: 

Chicago,  August  2,  1897. 

2'o  the  M.  W.  the  Grand  Master,  Deputy  Grand  Master,  Wardens,  Officers 
and  Representatives  of  the  Ancient  and  Honorable  Society  of  Free  and  Ac- 
cepted Masons  of  the  State  of  Illinois,  Greeting: 

Dear  Brethren:  When  you  receive  this  communication  my 
labors  on  earth  will  have  ceased,  forever.  During  a  period  of  thirty- 
six  years  I  was  one  of  your  number,  never  missing  a  session  of  your 
great  and  good  organization  from  that  held  .in  the  year  1861  up  to 
1896,  inclusive,  and  I  may  be  permitted  to  add  to  these  years,  as  the 
general  assembly  is  within  the  next  ensuing  sixty  days;  but  in 
view  of  my  recent  serious  illness  I  deem  it  prudent  to  make  this  writ- 
ing while  comparative  good  health  and  strength  serves,  and  thus 
anticipate  the  summons,  that  must  sooner  or  later  come  to  me,  as  it 
will  to  all.     But,  as  stated  above,  when  you  receive  this  writing  I  will 


PRESENTED  TO    M.W.  BROTHER   CREGIER    BY   THE   GRAND   LODGE.  IN    1871. 
AND   BY   Hin    BEQUEATHED  TO  THE  GRHND   LODGE. 


1899.]  Grand  Lodge  of  Illinois.  65 

have  obe^^ed  that  summons,  and  as  I  cannot  longer  enjoy  the  fraternal 
ties  that  bound  me  to  the  Ancient  Brotherhood  in  general,  and  especi- 
ally to  the  Grand  Lodge  of  Illinois,  to  which  I  am  greatly  indebted 
for  much  kindly  consideration,  and  from  which  I  had  been  the  recipi- 
ent of  so  many  honors,  all  of  which,  be  assured,  have  at  all  times,  been 
fully  and  sincerel}^  appreciated. 

In  1870,  twenty-seven  years,  ago  you  called  me  to  the"Grand  East," 
and  again  in  1871  you  again  conferred  upon  me  a  like  distinguished 
honor.  Upon  my  retirement  from  the  office  of  grand  master  in  1872, 
your  kindness  and  fraternal  consideration  towards  me  did  not  cease, 
but  was  manifested  by  bestowing  upon  me  a  beautiful  and  costly 
jewel  appropriate  to  a  past  grand  master,  profusely  adorned  with 
precious  gems,  and  nov\^  as  before  intimated,  while  enjoying  a  normal 
measure  of  mental  and  physical  health  but  recognizing  the  inevi- 
table, I  have  prepared  this  communication  to  you  and  request  that 
the  grand  lodge  will  receive  back  the  jewel  it  presented  me  a  quarter 
century  ago,  by  the  hand  of  her  who,  although  now  the  executrix  of 
my  last  will  and  testament,  has  for  nearly  half  century  borne  the 
more  endearing  title  of  wife,  and  although  confident  that  under  this 
last  title,  my  desire  would  be  complied  with,  with  exactness,  if  she 
shall  survive  me,  nevertheless,  for  obvious  reasons,  I  have  deemed  it 
proper  to  formally  bequeath  the  jewel  to  the  grand  lodge  by  will. 
Its  acceptance  to  be  subject  to  the  condition  that  the  jewel  shall  be 
held  as,  and  become  and  ever  remain  the  property  of  the  grand  lodge 
to  which  it  is  willed.  In  addition  to  this  condition  I  am  moved  to 
make  the  following  suggestions  subject  to  the  approval  of  the  grand 
lodge,  viz: 

(a)  That  the  jewel  be  worn,  by  the  grand  master  presiding,  when 
practicable,  at  all  stated  or  special  grand  communications,  as  part 
of  his  official  paraphernalia  for  the  time  being. 

(b)  During  vacation  or  period  between  meetings  of  the  grand 
lodge,  the  R.W.  the  grand  treasurer  thereof,  to  be  the  custodian  of 
the  jewel. 

(c)  The  grand  lodge  in  its  discretion,  to  supplement  the  existing 
inscription  on  the  jewel  as  may  be  deemed  appropriate. 

I  repeat  that  a,  b.  and  c,  are  merely  the  suggestions,  of  one  who 
in  life  revered  the  ennobling  principles  of  Freemasonry,  and  ere  his 
faculties  are  stilled  by  nature's  fiat,  records  the  hope,  that  the 
grand  old  institution  may  long  continue  to  inculcate  and  practice 
her  imperishable  truth, the  Fatherhood  of  God  and  the  Brotherhood  of 
man.     So  mote  it  bel  Sincerely  and  fraternally, 

DEWITT  C.  CREGIER. 

—5 


66  Proceedings  of  the  [Oct.  3, 

M.W.  Bro.  Joseph  Robbins  offered  the  following' resolu- 
tion, which,  on  motion,  was  adopte(|: 

Besolved,  That  the  Grand  Master.  Deputy  Grand  Master  and  Sen- 
ior Grand  Warden  be  a  committee  to  carry  out  the  suggestions  of  the 
testator  in  their  own  discretion,  and  that  the  same  committee  make 
due  acknowledg"ment  for  the  valued  bequest  to  the  executrix  of  his 
will. 

INVITATIONS. 
The  following"  invitations  were  presented  to  the  Grand 
Lodge,  and  on  motion  w^ere  accepted  with  thanks: 
To  visit  Garden  City  Lodge. 
To  visit  Ashlar  Lodge. 
To  visit  Garfield  Lodge. 
To  visit  Board  of  Trade. 
To  visit  Illinois  Masonic  Orphans'  Home. 

EESOLUTIONS. 
M.W.  Bro.  Owen  Scott  introduced  the  following  resolu- 
tion and  asked  that  it  be  referred  to  the  Finance  Committee. 
Carried. 

Besolved,  That  a  committee  of  three  be  appointed  to  revise  the 
book  of  ceremonies,  and  superintend  the  printing  of  the  same,  and 
that  2000  copies  be  printed. 

CALLED  OFF. 
At  1:45  o'clock  p.m.  the  Grand  Lodge  was  called  from 
labor  to  refreshment  until  9  o'clock  Wednesday  morning. 


1899.]  Grand  Lodge  of  Illinois.  67 


SECOND  DAY. 

Wednesday.  October  4,  A.L.  5S99.  ) 
9  o'clock  a.  in.  \ 

The  Grand  Lodgfe  was  called  from  refreshment  to  labor 
by  the  M.W.  Grand  Master.  Grand  Officers  and  Represent- 
atives same  as  preceding-  day. 

INTEODUOTIONS. 

REPRESENTATIVE   FOR   ALABAMA. 

W.  Brother  Clarke:— 3/.  W.  Grand  Master:  I  have  the  honor  of 
presenting  my  credentials  as  the  Representative  of  the  Grand  Lodge 
of  Alabama  near  this  Grand  Lodge. 

The  M.W.  Grand  Master:— Z^ro^/ier  Grand  Secretary:  You  will 
make  the  proper  record  of  this  commission  of  our  brother. 

Brethren  of  the  Grand  Lodge,  permit  me  to  introduce}  ou  to  R.W_ 
Bro.  Haswell  Clarke,  who  has  been  appointed  b}'  the  Grand  Lodge 
ot  Alabama  as  their  Representative  near  our  Grand  Lodge.  I  know 
that  you  will  all  be  glad  to  welcome  him  as  Representative  of  that 
body,  and  be  glad  also  that  they  have  selected  a  brother  so  well 
known  to  you,  to  represent  them.  You  will  unite  with  me  in  accord- 
ing to  that  Grand  Jurisdiction,  through  their  Representative,  the 
Grand  Honors  of  Masonry. 

W.  Brother  Clarke:— 3/.  W.  Grand  Master  and  Brethren  of  the  Grand 
Lodge  of  Illinois:  In  behalf  of  the  Jurisdiction  of  Alabama.  I  wish  to 
return  you  the  sincere  thanks  of  that  Grand  Lodge  for  the  honors  you 
have  just  shown  them,  through  me  as  their  Representative. 

For  many  years  the  fraternal  relations  between  the  Grand  Lodges 
of  Alabama  and  Illinois  have  been  very  pleasant,  and  the  duties  of 
the  representatives  have  been  purely  perfunctory;  no  occasion  for 
any  difference  has  arisen,  and  it  will  be  necessary  for  me  to  say  noth- 
ing further  in  this  regard  than  to  express  the  wish,  which  I  know  will 
be  felt  by  all  the  brethren  of  that  Grand  Lodge,  that  the  cordial  and 
harmonious  relations  so  long  existing  between  the  two  Grand  Lodges 
may  continue  in  the  future  as  they  have  in  the  past.  I  thank  you, 
brethren. 


68  Proceedings  of  the  [Oct.  4, 

REPRESENTATIVE  FOR  COLORADO. 

R.W.  Brother  Waters: — I  have  the  pleasure  of  presenting  to  you, 
M.W.  Grand  Master,  my  credentials  as  Representative  of  the  Grand 
Lodge  of  Colorado  near  this  Grand  Lodge. 

The  M.W.  Grand  Master: — R.  W.  Brother  Waters:  We  are  glad 
to  receive  evidence  of  the  fact  that  Colorado  wants  to  continue  its 
pleasant  fraternal  relations  with  us,  and  we  will  have  3'our  creden- 
tials properly  recorded. 

Brethren,  I  am  glad  to  introduce  you  to  R.W.  Bro.  L.  C.  Waters, 
who  comes  before  us  as  the  Representative  of  the  M.W.  Grand  Lodge 
of  Colorado,  that  comparatively  young,  but  very  vigorous  jurisdiction. 
I  know  that  you  will  be,  as  I  am,  very  glad  to  welcome  him  as  their 
Representative.  You  will  unite  with  me  in  according  to  that  Grand 
Jurisdiction  the  Grand  Honors  of  Masonr}^ 

R.W.  Bro.  L.  C.  Waters: — M.W.  Grand  Master  and  Brethren  of  the 
Grand  Lodge:  I  am  sure  that  you  will  thoroughly  appreciate  my  feel- 
ings when  I  tell  you  that  it  gives  me  a  great  deal  of  pleasure  to  ac- 
knowledge, and  that  I  deeply  feel,  the  honor  conferred  upon  me  in 
receiving  the  appointment  from  the  Grand  Lodge  of  Colorado.  The 
Grand  Master  has  already  spoken  of  the  fraternal  relations  which 
are  existing  between  these  two  Grand  Lodges,  and  I  assure  you  that 
it  will  be  my  great  endeavor  to  try  and  maintain  those  pleasant,  cor- 
dial and  fraternal  relations.  I  do  not  desire,  and  I  do  not  think  it  is 
necessary,  to  make  a  speech.  I  simply  want  you  to  understand  that 
the  Grand  Lodge  of  Colorado  is  represented  here  today.  I  thank  you 
for  the  reception  you  have  given  that  Grand  Lodge  through  me  as  its 
Representative. 

representative  for  CONNECTICUT. 

R.W.  Brother  Hitchcock: — M.W.  Grand  Mitster:  I  have  the 
honor  to  present  to  you  my  credentials  as  Representative  of  the  Grand 
Lodge  of  Connecticut. 

The  M.W.  Grand  Master: — Brethren:  Our  good  fortune  is  con- 
tinued in  the  privilege  of  receiving  our  Deputy  Grand  Master,  R.W. 
Brother  Hitchcock,  as  grand  representative  of  the  Grand  Lodge  of 
Connecticut.  His  credentials  seem  to  be  in  proper  form,  and,  Brother 
Grand  Secretary,  you  will  make  a  record  of  them. 

R.W.  Brother  Hitchcock,  we  are  exceedingly  glad  to  see  you 
among  us  in  this  new  capacity.  Realizing  that  you  represent  a  state 
which  in  olden  times  used  to  be  called  the  Nutmeg  state,  we  would 
like  to  know  whether  you  brought  in  with  you  any  of  the  nutmegs; 
if  you  did,  we  each  want  a  share  of  them. 


1899.1  G^^and  Lodge  of  Illinois.  69 

Now.  brethren,  permit  me  to  introduce  you  to  R.W.  Bro.  Charles 
F.  Hitchcock,  who  appears  before  as  Representative  of  that  not  very 
larg'e.  but  ver\'  magnificent  state  of  Connecticut.  Please  give  him  a 
cordial  reception,  and  to  that  Grand  Lodge  the  Grand  Honors  of  Ma- 
sonr}-. 

R.W.  Brother  Hitchcock:— J/.  W.  Grand  Master,  and  Brethren: 
It  is  with  a  great  deal  of  pleasure  that  I  accept  the  honor  that  is  con- 
ferred upon  me.  and  the  Grand  Lodge  of  the  State  of  Connecticut, 
through  me.  the  honors  that  have  been  conferred  here  this  morning. 

You  have  referred  to  the  state  of  Connecticut  as  formerly  called 
"Nutmeg  state."  Perhaps  the  nutmegs  that  are  made  there  now  are 
perfect.  While  I  have  none  of  them  with  me,  and  none  submitted  to 
me  to  be  presented  to  the  Grand  Lodge,  3^et  they  are  finished  in  so  fine 
a  manner  that  the  ladies  can  not  tell  the  difference  when  they  use 
them.  I  want  to  say  to  you  and  this  Grand  Lodge,  that  the  state  of 
Connecticut  is  noted  for  its  manufactures.  They  make  the  best 
Waterbury  watches  there  that  are  made  in  the  country.  You  can't 
wind  them  up  in  a  week  if  you  try  to.  Now,  I  do  not  mean  to  insinu- 
ate that  I  am  wound  up;  I  am  not  going  to  stand  here  and  talk  for  a 
week.  But  I  want  to  say  that  I  thank  you  particularly  for  this  cor- 
dial and  fraternal  reception  granted  the  Grand  Lodge  of  the  State  of 
Connecticut. 

representative   for   CUBA. 

R.W.  George  M.  Moulton:— 3/.  W.  Grand  3Iaster:  I  have  the 
pleasure  of  presenting  to  you  my  credentials  as  Representative  of  the 
Grand  Lodge  of  the  Island  of  Cuba.  I  would  take  occasion  to  say  to 
you  at  this  time.  M.W.  Grand  Master,  that  the  credentials  are  writ- 
ten in  a  foreign  tongue  which  I  presume  you  are  not  familiar  with. 

The  M.W.  Master:    How  can  you  tell? 

Brother  Moulton:  But  I  will  assure  you,  sir,  that  I  have  had  the 
same  translated  to  my  satisfaction,  and  I  know  that  I  am  duly  cred- 
ited by  the  Grand  Master  of  the  Grand  Lodge  of  Cuba  as  its  Repre- 
sentative near  the  Grand  Lodge  of  the  State  of  Illinois. 

The  M.W.  Grand  Master:  (after  a  ludicrous  attempt  at  the 
Spanish)  I  have  no  doubt,  Brother  Moulton,  that  you  are  convinced 
that  I  can  read  this  right  off  readily.  For  want  of  time  with  other  en- 
gagements I  spare  you  the  whole  reading.  These  credentials,  how- 
ever, are  in  due  form.  They  are  signed  by  a  gentleman  with  whom 
I  have  had  considerable  correspondence,  and.  Brother  Grand  Secre- 
tary, you  will  make  a  record  of  them. 

R.W.  Brother  Moulton.  we  are  exceedingly  glad  to  welcome 
you  as  the  Representative  of  that  Gem  of  the  Antilles;  we  are  glad 


70  Proceedings  oj  the  [Oct.  4, 

you  got  back  from  there,  and  we  are  glad  Weyler  did  not  get  you,  and 
I  don't  know  but  we  ought  to  be  equally  glad  that  you  did  not  get 
Weyler.  I  don't  think  we  want  him.  Brethren,  I  take  a  great  deal  of 
pleasure  in  introducing  you  to  R.W.George  M.  Moulton,  our  Senior 
Grand  Warden,  who  comes  to  us  as  the  Representative  of  that  island 
about  which  you  have  heard  so  much  in  the  last  few  years.  I  suppose 
he  can  tell  you  a  great  deal  better  about  it  then  I  can.  But  unite 
with  me.  Brethren,  in  giving  the  Grand  Honors  of  Masonry  to  that 
Grand  Jurisdiction,  through  its  Representative. 

Brother  Moulton: — M.W.  Grand  Master,  and  Brethren  of  the  Grand 
Lodge:  This  occasion,  in  view  of  the  recent  events  which  have  de- 
veloped into  history,  might  well  be  worthy  of  a  liberal  display  of  pyro- 
technical  eloquence.  But  in  view,  brethren,  of  the  great  amount  of 
business  to  be  transacted,  and  in  view  of  the  large  corps  of  Repre- 
sentatives that  are  to  be  received  here  this  morning,  and  further,  that 
the  Grand  Orator  is  present,  ready  to  satisfy  your  appetite  in  that 
direction,  I  will  refrain  from  very  extended  remarks. 

I  deem  it,  however,  an  especial  privilege  and  great  honor  at  this 
time  to  represent  the  .Jurisdiction  of  the  Grand  Lodge  of  the  Island 
of  Cuba.  For  nearly  one  hundred  years  Masonry  has  had  a  foothold 
in  that  island.  But  its  progress  has  been  throttled  and  disturbed  by 
ignorance,  falsehood  and  superstition,  those  enemies  of  enlightenment 
and  civilization.  It  was  only  three  years  ago,  brethren,  in  this  hall, 
that  on  the  recommendation  of  M.W.  Grand  Master  Brother  God- 
dard  that  fraternal  recognition  was  extended  to  the  Grand  Lodge  of 
the  Island  of  Cuba,  after  the  Committee  on  Jurisprudence  had  made 
an  exhaustive  search  and  found  them  to  be  of  pure  origin  and  good, 
sincere  Masons.  It  was  at  that  time  that  the  link  was  forged  in  the 
fraternal  chain  which  binds  us  together,  but  at  this  time  again  welded 
I  hope  indissolubly.  I  know  that  the  brethren  of  Cuba  whom  I  have 
had  the  pleasure  of  meeting  in  the  City  of  Havana,  will  be  pleased  at 
this  enthusiastic  reception  of  their  Representative  near  this  Grand 
Lodge.  I  shall  consider  it  my  first  duty  when  this  Grand  Lodge  closes 
its  session  to  announce  to  the  M.W.  Grand  Master  of  that  Jurisdic- 
tion the  honor  in  which  their  Representative  was  received,  and  con- 
vey to  them  the  greeting  and  well  wishes  of  this  Grand  Lodge. 

The  Grand  Lodge  of  Cuba  is  an  elder  sister,  old  enough  to  be  the 
mother  of  this  Grand  Lodge  of  Illinois.  She  sends  you  her  blessing 
and  her  best  wishes. 

REPRESENTATIVE   FOR   DISTRICT   OF   COLUMBIA. 

M.W.  Brother  Browning: — M.W.  Grand  Master:  I  have  a  com- 
mission here  that  I  desire  to  present  for  the  consideration  of  this 
Grand  Lodge. 


1899.  J  Grand  Lodge  of  Illinois.  71 

The  M.W.  Grand  Master:— M.W.  Bro.  Daniel  M.  Browning-  pre- 
sents a  commission  as  Representative  of  the  Grand  Lodge  of  the  Dis- 
trict of  Columbia.  There  is  no  doubt  about  the  regularity  of  this 
commission,  and  if  there  was  any  question  raised,  the  fact  that  it 
is  presented  by  this  most  worshipful  brother  would  settle  the  doubt 
beyond  any  question. 

M.W.  Brother  Browning,  we  are  very  glad  to  welcome  you  as  the 
Representative  of  that  perhaps  small  Jurisdiction — small  in  territo- 
rial extent,  but  great  in  its  records  and  great  in  its  achievements  in 
Masonry. 

Brethren,  I  know  that  you  will  be  very  glad  to  welcome  our  most 
worshipful  brother,  who  is  so  well  known  to  you,  whose  face  has  been 
so  familiar,  and  whose  deeds  as  a  Mason  have  been  so  acceptable  for 
so  many  years,  as  a  Representative  to  us.  from  another  Grand  Juris- 
diction. Unite  with  me  in  giving  that  Jurisdiction  and  him  the  Grand 
Honors  of  Masonry. 

Brother  Browning: — M.  W.  Grand  Master  and  Brethren  of  the  Grand 
Lodge:  In  the  commission  transmitted  to  me  from  the  Grand  Lodge 
of  the  District  of  Columbia,  gratification  is  expressed  at  the  good 
will,  good  fellowship,  and  fraternal  feeling  that  has  existed  and  pre- 
vailed between  these  two  Grand  Jurisdictions  in  the  past,  and  it  is 
expressed  that,  by  the  continuance  of  Representatives  near  other 
Grand  Lodges,  this  fraternal  and  brotherly  feeling  may  continue;  that 
the  ties  of  Masonry  may  be  still  more  close,  and  that  the  good  of  Ma- 
sonry may  be  thereby  subserved. 

The  privilege  that  I  have  had  in  attending  the  lodges  of  the  Dis- 
trict of  Columbia  makes  this  especially  pleasant  for  me  to  represent 
them  near  this  Grand  Lodge,  and  I  shall  take  pleasure  in  reporting 
to  them  the  reception  that  3'ou  have  given  me  as  their  Representative. 

There  is  a  tinge  of  sadness  connected  with  the  duty,  that  comes 
from  the  fact  that  our  deceased  and  beloved  brother,  M.W.  Brother 
Cregier.  had  long  been  their  Representative  near  this  Grand  Lodge. 
But  I  accept,  brethren,  the  position  as  Representative  of  that  Grand 
Lodge  with  the  sacred  purpose  in  view  that  I  have  referred  to,  con- 
tained in  the  commission  appointing  me.  I  thank  you,  M.W.  Grand 
Master  and  brethren,  for  this  reception. 


72  P7'oceedings  of  the  [Oct.  4, 

OEATION. 
By  R.W.  Bro.  Frank  Crane,  D.D.,  Grand  Orator. 

My  brethren,  I  believe  that  the  office  of  the  grand  orator  is  to 
inject  some  word  into  the  tlow  of  business  that  shall  be  a  sort  of 
prophecy  or  inspiration,  something  that  shall  stand  for  the  beauty 
and  the  glory,  for  the  heig'ht  and  the  width  of  the  principles  of  Ma- 
sonry; in  order  that  when  we  come  together  we  may  not  forget, 
in  the  flood  of  material  affairs,  that,  after  all,  what  our  order  stands 
for  is  the  spiritualities,  the  higher  aims  and  principles  of  life.  For 
that  purpose  I  have  brought  to  you  this  morning  a  little  story,  with 
which,  if  T  mistake  not,  the  most  of  you  are  unfamiliar.  I  find  it  in 
S.  Baring-Gould's  "Legends  of  the  Patriarchs  and  Prophets."  It 
is  a  legend  which  is  peculiarly  applicable  to  Masonry,  because  it  per- 
tains to  the  building  of  Solomon's  Temple  and  touches  upon  one  very 
striking  and  peculiar  thing  in  regard  to  that  building.  You  remem- 
ber 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. 

When  Solomon  returned  from  the  seashore  to  Jerusalem,  he  heard 
the  noise  of  the  hammers  and  saws  and  axes  of  the  Jinns  who  were  en- 
gaged in  the  building  of  the  temple;  and  the  noise  was  so  great  that 
the  inhabitants  of  Jerusalem  could  not  hear  one  another  speak. 
Therefore  he  commanded  the  Jinns  to  cease  from  their  work,  and  he 
asked  them  if  there  were  no  means  whereby  the  metals  and  stones 
could  be  shaped  and  cut  without  making  so  much  noise. 

One  of  the  spirits  stepped  forth  and  said:  "The  means  is  known 
only  to  the  mighty  Sachr,  who  has  hitherto  escaped  your  authority." 

"Is  it  impossible  to  capture  this  Sachr?"  asked  Solomon. 

"Sachr,"  replied  the  Jinn,  "is  stronger  than  all  the  rest  of  us  to- 
gether, and  he  exceeds  us  in  speed  as  he  does  in  strength.  However, 
I  know  that  once  every  month  he  goes  to  drink  of  a  fountain  in  the  land 
of  Hidjr;  by  this.  O  King,  thou  mayst  be  able  to  bring  him  under  thy 
scepter." 

Solomon,  thereupon,  commanded  a  Jinn  to  fly  to  Hidjr  and  to  empty 
the  well  of  water,  and  to  fill  it  up  with  strong  wine.  He  bade  other 
Jinns  remain  in  ambush  beside  the  well  and  watch  the  result.  After 
some  weeks,  when  Solomon  was  pacing  the  terrace  before  his  palace, 
he  saw  a  Jinn  flying,  swifter  than  the  wind,  from  the  direction  of 
Hidjr,  and  he  asked,  "What  news  of  Sachr?" 

"Sachr  lies  drunk  on  the  edge  of  the  fountain,"  said  the  Jinn, 
"and  we  have  bound  him  with  chains  as  thick  as  the  pillars  of  the 


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temple.  Nevertheless,  he  will  snap  them  as  the  hair  of  a  maiden, 
when  he  wakes  from  his  drunken  sleep." 

Solomon  instantly  mounted  the  winged  Jinn  and  bade  him  trans- 
port him  to  the  well  of  Hidjr.  In  less  than  an  hour  he  stood  beside 
the  intoxicated  demon.  He  was  not  a  moment  too  soon,  for  the  fumes 
of  the  wine  were  passing  off,  and  if  Sachr  had  opened  his  eyes,  Solo- 
mon would  have  been  unable  to  constrain  him.  But  now  he  pressed 
his  signet  upon  the  nape  of  his  neck.  Sachr  uttered  a  cry  so  that 
the  earth  rocked  on  its  foundation. 

"Fear  not,"  said  Solomon.  --Might}'  Jinn,  I  will  restore  thee  to 
liberty  if  thou  wilt  tell  me  how  I  may  without  noise  cut  and  shape  the 
hardest  metals." 

"I  myself  know  no  means."  answered  the  demon,  "but  the  raven 
can  tell  thee  how  to  do  this.  Take  the  eggs  out  of  the  raven's  nest 
and  jalace  a  crystal  cover  over  them,  and  thou  shalt  see  how  the  raven 
will  break  it." 

Solomon  followed  the  advice  of  Sachr.  A  raven  came,  and  flut- 
tered some  time  around  the  cover,  and  seeing  that  she  could  not  reach 
her  eggs,  she  vanished,  and  returned  shortly  with  a  stone  in  her  beak, 
named  Samur  or  Schamir:  and  no  sooner  had  she  touched  the  crystal 
therewith,  than  it  clave  asunder. 

"Whence  hast  thou  this  stone?"  asked  Solomon  of  the  raven. 

"It  comes  from  a  mountain  in  the  far  west,"  replied  the  bird. 

Solomon  commanded  a  Jinn  to  follow  the  raven  to  the  mountain 
and  bring  him  more  of  these  stones.  Then  he  released  Sachr  as  he 
had  promised.  When  the  chains  were  taken  off  him,  he  uttered  a  loud 
cry  of  joy.  which,  in  Solomon's  ears,  bore  an  ominous  sound  of  mock- 
ing laughter. 

When  the  Jinn  returned  with  the  stone  Schamir,  Solomon  mounted 
a  Jinn  and  was  borne  back  to  Jerusalem,  where  he  distributed  the 
stones  amongst  the  Jinns,  and  they  were  able  to  cut  the  rocks  for  the 
temple  without  noise. 

Speculative  Masonry  dift'ers  from  operative  Masonry  in  that 
speculative  Masonr}'  pertains  to  the  erection  of  the  character  of  life 
and  of  society,  and  the  great  work  of  building  up  the  spirit  of  man, 
while  operative  Masonry  pertains  to  the  work  of  erecting  structures 
of  wood  and  stone,  and  it  is  of  the  utmost  importance  that  in  build- 
ing these  great  eternal  structures  that  are  to  last  even  beyond  death, 
and  into  the  unknown,  we  should  build  without  noise  or  confusion. 
Yet  how  often  there  is  need  of  our  fighting.  How  often  are  men  un- 
able to  develop  quietly  and  naturally.  Why,  we  come  into  the  world 
"muling  and  puking  in  the  nurse's  arms.'"  The  child  is  always  wish- 
ing to  do  things  it  should  not  do.  When  he  goes  to  school  he  does  not 
wish  to  study:  he  prefers  to  go  out  and  fish  or  play  hookey  on  the 
green.     He  must  compel  himself  to  study.     He  becomes  a  young  man 


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and  a  lover,  and  the  course  of  true  love  never  did  run  smooth;  instead 
of  everything'  going-  on  quietly  and  peacefully,  he  must  sigh  like  a 
furnace  and  make  poems  to  his  mistress'  eyebrow.  And  when  we  get 
into  mature  life  our  business  cannot  be  carried  on  smoothly  and 
quietly.  How  much  confusion,  war  and  turmoil  there  is!  Would  it 
not  be  a  fortunate  thing  if  we  were  able,  from  childhood  to  manhood, 
to  develop  and  bring  up  the  great  building  of  life  without  the  noise 
of  the  hammer? 

Now,  I  wish  to  give  you  some  hint  as  to  the  nature  of  the  Schamir, 
which  will  enable  you  to  do  this.  This  Schamir  is  not  dullness.  We 
look  at  the  horse  or  the  ox  or  the  swine — they  have  no  trouble;  they 
do  not  flutter  constantly  against  the  bars  of  their  environment.  It 
is  not  because  we  are  so  fine,  so  highly  organized,  so  finely  strung, 
that  we  have  so  much  turmoil.  For  the  Man  of  Galilee,  the  most 
highstrung  man,  the  most  sensitive,  the  one  whose  sensibilities  were 
the  most  keenl}^  alive,  carried  on  his  life  without  confusion.  As  it  is 
written  of  Him  that  He  did  not  raise  His  voice  in  the  streets,  nor  did 
He  cry  out. 

Let'me  suggest  to  you  that  the  great  Schamir  by  which  we  are 
to  erect  the  structure  before  us  is  the  right  way  of  looking  at  things. 
Now,  that  seems  to  be  a  very  commonplace  thing,  and  yet  it  is  a  very 
great  thing.  What  makes  all  the  trouble  in  the  world?  Not  things, 
but  the  way  people  look  at  things.  There  is  no  sin  in  things  them- 
selves. Sin  is  in  the  heart  that  looks  at  them.  There  is  no  worry, 
there  is  no  turmoil  outside  of  the  great  human  heart.  What  a  differ* 
ence  in  points  of  viewl  A  man  goes  in  mourning  in  this  country 
when  he  dresses  in  black.  Among  the  Chinese  he  must  dress  in  white. 
When  we  carried  on  our  late  war,  there  were  a  number  of  people  who 
did  not  agree  with  it,  and  even  now  there  are  those  who  do  not  agree 
with  our  policy  in  the  Philippines.  They  are  just  as  earnest  as  the 
people  who  do  agree  with  the  policy  of  the  administration.  Two  dif- 
ferent ways  of  looking  at  iti  Now,  all  the  turmoil  and  confusion  in 
politics  comes  from  that  very  point.  To  give  you  a  humble  illustra- 
tion: If  a  man  slaps  you  on  the  back  and  calls  you  a  sly  dog.  at  the 
same  time  suggestively  closing  one  eye.  you  feel  rather  complimented. 
But  suppose  he  looks  you  straight  in  the  eye  and  calls  you  a  sneaking 
cur — just  exactly  the  same,  only  an  entirely  different  point  of  view. 
You  might  say  of  a  woman  that  "she  is  no  better  than  she  ought  to 
be."  Now,  there  is  no  woman  that  is  any  better  than  she  ought  to 
be,  and  yet  to  make  that  remark  about  her  will  cast  an  aspersion  on 
her  character. 

All  the  great  professions  are  occupied  in  endeavoring  to  get  men 
to  take  the  right  point  of  view.  So  it  is  with  the  law,  for  the  lawyer 
is  not  busy  seeking  facts,  he  is  seeking  to  convince  the  judge  and  jury 
how  to  look  at  the  facts.     A  newspaper  will  tell  the  facts  in  very 


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small  type  on  the  first  page,  but  it  takes  double  leaded  brevier  to  tell 
how  to  look  at  the  facts  on  the  editorial  page.  The  gist  of  the  novel 
is  not  the  story  that  it  relates  but  the  atmosphere  into  which  it  puts 
you.  the  standpoint  that  it  gives  you.  And  so  the  great  business  of 
the  preacher  is  to  induce  men  to  take  the  right  view  of  God  and  of 
his  fellows.  Mr.  Carlyle  thought  democracy  was  an  abomination: 
Mr  Jefferson  thought  it  was  the  ante-room  to  the  Kingdom  of  Heaven. 
Charles  Dickens  came  over  to  this  country  and  was  continually  dis- 
gusted with  Americans;  Mr.  Carnegie  seems  to  think  that  Americans 
are  the  favorite  sons  of  Heaven. 

Right  and  wrong — what  are  they?  They  abide  here,  not  there, 
in  the  heart,  not  out  of  it;  and  the  man  whose  heart  is  properly  ori- 
entated with  man  has  the  Schamir  within.  Now  apply  this  to  some 
of  the  great  works  which  we  as  speculative  Masons  have  to  under- 
take: appl}-  this  to  the  burdens  of  life,  the  work  we  have  to  do.  the 
burdens  that  we  have  to  carry. 

You  remember  in  "The  Vision  of  Mirza''  that  a  man  complained 
of  his  burden  and  the  angel  led  him  to  a  vast  plain,  and  there  he  saw 
all  the  people  of  earth  come  and  take  their  burdens  off  of  their  shoul- 
ders and  deposit  them  in  one  pile,  and  then  when  they  were  all  cast 
together,  the  angel  marshaled  the  people  of  earth  together  and 
said:  "You  may  select  any  burden  that  you  choose,"  and  immedi- 
ately every  one  took  his  own.  So  with  the  servant  girl  that  comes  to 
you  from  Germany.  She  goes  into  your  house,  is  better  paid,  and  bet- 
ter clothed,  everything  better  than  she  ever  had  in  her  life,  or  her 
ancestors  for  generations  before  her,  and  at  first  she  thinks  she  is  in 
heaven,  until  she  gets  acquainted  with  the  other  girls  and  discovers 
then  that  she  is  intolerably  oppressed,  and  then  she  leaves  you  be- 
cause she  can't  stand  your  tyranny  any  longer — she  has  changed  her 
point  of  view.  The  working  men  today  that  make  so  much  trouble 
have  more  luxuries  than  kings  had  five  hundred  years  ago;  the  trouble 
with  the  working  man  is  not  that  he  has  not  any  bread,  for  he  has 
plenty  of  bread:  the  trouble  is  that  he  does  not  propose  to  eat  bread 
while  you  are  eating  pie — point  of  view. 

Apply  this  Schamir  to  the  work  you  have  to  do.  We  delight  to  do 
anything  when  we  can  get  the  proper  enthusiasm  to  do  with.  An 
Irishman  came  over  to  America,  you  remember  the  joke  in  the  alma- 
nac, and  wrote  back  to  his  friends  in  Ireland,  that  this  was  a  great 
country  for  the  Irish;  they  have  no  work  to  do  at  all;  they  simply 
carry  the  brick  up  to  the  man  on  top  of  the  building  and  he  does  all 
the  work.  There  is  no  question  but  that  point  of  view  took  many 
pounds  off  the  weight  of  every  hod — and  it  is  easier  carried. 

And  you  remember  Tom  Sawyer's  experience  when  his  aunt  made 
him  whitewash  the  fence, and  he  wanted  to  go  out  fishing  with  the  boys? 
An  inspiration  seized  him.     The  first  boy  came  along  and  jeered  him. 


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"Hello,  TomI  you  have  to  stay  and  whitewash  that  fence,  have  youV 
Don't  you  want  to  go  fishing?"  Tom  laid  on  the  color  artistically. 
'"Well,"  he  said,  "you  don't  call  this  work,  do  you?  There  is  not  a  boy 
in  town  can  do  this  but  me."  And  by  and  by  the  boy  said:  "Let  me 
whitewash  a  little,  Tom;"  and  Tom  finally  allowed  him  to  whitewash, 
at  the  price  of  several  marbles,  and  it  was  not  long  before  Tom  was 
general  manager  of  that  job,  and  every  boy  was  fighting  to  get  a 
chance  to  do  his  work!  He  understood  how  to  give  people  the  point 
of  view.  When  a  man  has  this  enthusiasm  he  can  "work  terribly," — 
and  that  is  genius.  Edison  goes  into  his  studio,  his  laboratory,  for 
days  at  a  time  and  his  lunch  is  sent  in  to  him.  The  great  Ericsson 
often  buried  himself  in  his  workshop  for  weeks.  The  scholar,  the 
student,  often  remains  in  his  laboratory  for  hours  upon  hours.  What 
enables  them  to  do  this  is  the  point  of  view  from  which  they  look  at  it. 

So  it  is  in  the  family;  love  is  the  Schamir.  You  remember  Shake- 
speare's delineation  of  the  fairy  Titania,  who  became  infatuated  with 
Bottom,  that  had  an  ass's  head.  She  clasped  her  arms  around  his 
hairy  neck  and  kissed  his  broad  cheek' and  talked  to  him  caressingly 
because  Puck  had  annointed  her  eyelids  with  some  potent  juice. 
There  is  a  great  deal  of  the  beast  about  every  man,  and  if  our  wives 
didn't  have  this  Schamir  of  love  they  could  not  live  with  us  at  all. 
It  is  well  for  us  if  we  have  love  in  our  hearts.  It  is  the  Schamir  with 
which  we  are  enabled  to  erect  the  structure  of  the  family  without 
the  noise  of  the  hammer. 

And  so  it  is  in  society.  In  the  great  work  of  building  human  so- 
ciety, how  much  noise  and  confusion  there  is — strikes,  lockouts,  talks 
of  trusts,  of  corporations,  of  swindling.  Why  is  it?  The  Schamir  by 
which  men  are  to  erect  a  beautiful  society  is  the  Golden  Rule,  that 
you  are  to  do  to  others  as  you  would  that  others  should  do  unto  you. 
As  long  as  men  will  not  so  do,  as  long  as  men  take  selfish  advantage 
of  their  fellows,  human  society  shall  be  more  or  less  a  dire  turmoil. 
And  so  it  is  in  all  the  avenues  of  life;  we  have  these  structures  to 
build. 

I  must  hasten.  All  I  can  do  is  to  bring  to  you  this  idea  to  think 
about.  As  speculative  Masons  you  have  to  perfect  this  country,  to 
build  the  structure  of  human  society,  of  childhood,  of  character,  this 
house  not  made  with  hands  that  is  to  last  forever  and  ever.  And  the 
Grand  Master  of  all  has  put  into  our  hands,  or  has  shown  us  where  we 
can  get,  the  Schamir  by  which  these  structures  can  rise  beautiful,  sym- 
metrical and  lovely  in  the  sunlight  of  humanity  without  noise  or  con- 
fusion. As  Masons  we  are  to  do  more  than  to  partake  of  these  solemn 
and  impressive  ceremonies;  we  are  to  go  out  into  the  world  and  show 
the  world  that  we  can  erect  the  edifices  of  life  without  confusion, 
with  beauty  and  with  glory. 

I  thank  you  for  your  attention. 


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VOTE  OF  THANKS-To  Grand  Orator. 
M.W.  Bro.  Owen  Scott  moved  the  thanks  of  this  Grand 
Lodge  be  g^iven  to  R.W.  Bro.  Frank  Crane  for  his  beauti- 
ful, eloquent,  and  touching"  oration,  and  that  it  be  pub- 
lished in  the  proceedings,  which  was  carried  by  a  rising" 
vote. 

ELECTION. 
The  Grand  Master  announced  that  the  District  Deputy 
Grand  Masters  would  act  as  distributing"  tellers,  and  the 
following"  brethren  as  counting"  tellers: 

Walter  Watson,  S.  S.  Borden,  Isaac  Cutter,  E.  S.  Moss,  O.  E.  Flint, 
F.  T.  Wyatt,  L.  C.  Johnson. 

EEPOET— Committee  on  Petitions. 
R. W.  Bro.  C.  M.  Forinan  submitted  the   following"   re- 
port from  the  Committee  on  Petitions: 

To  the  M.  W.  Grand  Lodge,  A.F.  and  A.M.  of  the  State  of  Illinois: 

Your  Committee  on  Petitions  would  respectfully  and  fraternally 
report  as  follows  as  to  the  several  matters  to  it  referred: 

No.  1.  Petition  for  restoration  of  B.  F.  January,  suspended  for 
non-payment  of  dues  by  Elkhart  Lodge  No.  545,  about  November  29, 
1873.  Said  lodge  being  now  defunct,  the  petition  is  made  direct  to 
the  Grand  Lodge  of  Illinois,  and  recommended  by  Cuba  Lodge  No.  .312, 
of  Cuba,  Mo.,  of  which  place  petitioner  is  now  a  resident.  The  papers 
being  regular  in  this  case,  your  committee  recommend  that  the  prayer 
of  the  petitioner  be  granted. 

No.  2.  Petition  for  restoration  of  Sylvester  Conner,  expelled  b}^ 
Pleasant  Plains  Lodge  No.  700,  about  July  13,  1887.  The  papers  in 
this  case  show  that  all  matters  are  in  regular  form  and  said  lodge 
has  by  more  than  a  two-thirds  vote  recommended  his  restoration  to 
good  standing  by  the  Grand  Lodge,  and  your  committee  join  in  said 
recommendation. 

No.  3.  Petition  of  John  W.  Scott  for  restoration,  suspended  for 
non-payment  of  dues  by  Metamora  Lodge  No.  82  (now  defunct) .  Peti- 
tion recites  that  he  was  made  a  Mason  in  said  Metamora  Lodge  dur- 
ing the  year  1853;  that  in  1861  he  enlisted  in  the  United  States  Nav}-, 
and  that  during  his  absence  from  home  he  was  by  said  lodge  suspended 
for  non-payment  of  dues;  that  since  his  suspension  said  Metamora 


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Lodge  No.  82  has  become  defunct;  he  makes  his  petition  direct  to  the 
Grand  Lodge  of  Illinois,  which  said  petition  is  recommended  by  the 
several  lodges  of  Fargo,  N.  Dak.,  and  Grand  Secretary  of  the  Grand 
Lodge  of  North  Dakota,  accompanied  by  a  certificate  of  Grand  Secre- 
tar}^  Dill,  of  our  own  Grand  Lodge,  showing  all  dues  paid  due  the  de- 
funct Lodge  No.  82.  Your  committee  recommend  that  the  prayer  of 
petitioner  be  granted  and  that  he  be  restored  to  all  the  rights  and 
benefits  of  Masonry. 

No.  4.  Petition  of  W.  F.  Smith  for  restoration;  expelled  by  Creal 
Springs  Lodge  No.  817.  This  was  before  your  committee  at  the  ses- 
sions of  the  Grand  Lodge  in  1897  and  1898,  and  was  at  each  time  re- 
ferred back  to  said  Creal  Springs  Lodge  to  put  the  papers  in  proper 
shape,  and  to  take  proper  action.  On  the  two  former  occasions  there 
was  simply  a  request  by  the  Worshipful  Master  and  Secretary  to  re- 
store said  petitioner  but  no  petition  to  the  lodge  signed  by  W.  F. 
Smith.  At  this  time  we  find  among  the  papers  handed  us  by  the  Grand 
Secretary— first  a  certificate  by  the  Secretary  of  Creal  Springs  Lodge 
certifying  that  the  petition  of  W.  F.  Smith  was  balloted  on  at  a 
stated  communication  of  said  lodge  July  18,  1899.  Members  present, 
7 — there  were  4  nay  and  3  yea.  There  was  still  no  petition  by  said 
Smith  accompanying  this  certificate;  on  the  bottom  of  this  certifi- 
cate memoranda  by  Grand  Secretary  Dill,  saying,  "Aug.  5,  1899,  wrote 
W.M.  that  the  papers  were  not  in  proper  shape."  We  further  find 
a  petition  by  Smith  dated  August  4,  1899,  showing  that  about  Octo- 
ber 8,  1896,  he  was  expelled  by  Creal  Springs  Lodge  No.  817,  for  unma- 
sonic  conduct;  and  on  the  back  of  said  petition  a  certificate  by  the 
Secretary  of  said  lodge,  in  proper  shape,  showing  that  said  petition 
had  been  properly  presented  and  read  and  laid  over  to  next  regular 
communication,  to-wit.,  August  29,  1899,  and  that  there  were  present 
12  members;  that  7  voted  in  the  affirmative  and  5  in  the  negative, 
and  from  this  we  find  that  said  petition  failed,  by  one  vote,  of  receiv- 
ing the  required  two-thirds,  as  provided  in  article  X,  section  4,  Grand 
Lodge  By-laws;  and,  therefore,  while  we  regret  very  much  to  do  so, 
yet  we  must  recommend  that  said  papers  be  again  returned  to  said 
Creal  Springs  Lodge  for  any  further  action  it  may  deem  wise. 

No.  5.  Your  Committee  has  had  referred  to  it  by  the  Grand  Lodge, 
acting  on  the  suggestion  of  Most  Worshipful  Grand  Master  Cook  in 
his  annual  address  of  this  session,  all  of  the  papers  pertaining  to  Dills 
Lodge  No.  295.  It  appears  that  the  Grand  Master,  a  short  time  since, 
suspended  the  charter  of  this  lodge  for  a  failure  to  hold  regular  com- 
munications, it  having  had  but  three  meetings  during  the  past  two 
years,  and  has  done  no  work  in  the  lodge  in  the  past  four  years.  It 
has  but  twelve  members.  An  attempt  was  made  by  this  lodge  to 
change  its  location  from  Hickory  Ridge,  in  Hancock  county,  to  West 


1899.]  Grand  Lodge  of  Illinois.  79 

Point,  in  said  county.  A  petition  for  this  purpose  was  presented  to 
the  three  nearest  lodges  for  their  consent,  to-wit:  Basco  No.  618, 
Bowen  No.  48G,  and  Denver  No.  464.  The  two  former  lodges  gave  their 
consent,  but  the  latter  (Denver  464)  refused  to  do  so.  The  petition 
sets  forth  the  fact  that  it  is  almost  an  impossibility  to  longer  sustain 
the  Lodge  if  it  remains  in  its  present  location;  that  if  it  is  removed 
to  West  Point,  there  are  sixteen  Master  Masons  residing  at  said  West 
Point  who  have  signified  their  intention  of  becoming  members  of  said 
lodge  in  its  new  location,  fourteen  of  whom  join  in  said  petition. 
Hickory  Ridge  is  a  small  inland  village,  while  West  Point  is  situated 
on  a  railroad.  Your  committee  has  carefully  examined  all  the  pa- 
pers relating  to  this  proposed  removal,  and  is  frank  to  say  that  it 
sees  no  sufficient  reason  why  said  Denver  Lodge  No.  464  should  have 
refused  to  give  its  consent  to  said  removal.  In  the  action  of  Denver 
Lodge  in  this  matter  we  fear  there  has  not  been  that  fraternal  feeling 
exhibted  that  should  exist  between  sister  lodges. 

Your  committee  is  very  much  inclined  to  perpetuate  the  name  of 
said  Dills  Lodge,  and  would  therefore  recommend  that  the  charter  be 
restored  and  that  the  authority  prayed  for  to  remove  to  West  Point 
be  given,  the  opposition  of  Denver  Lodge  to  the  contrary  notwith- 
standing. 

No.  6.  Through  the  recommendation  of  the  Most  Worshipful 
Grand  Master  and  the  committee  on  Grand  Master's  address  there 
have  been  referred  to  this  committee  all  the  papers  relating  to 
the  formation  of  a  new  lodge,  to  be  located  in  the  village  of  Buffalo, 
Sangamon  county.  This  petition  is  signed  by  twenty-three  members 
of  Dawson  Lodge  No.  556,  located  in  said  Sangamon  county,  and  one 
member  of  lUiopolis  Lodge  No.  521,  and  one  member  of  the  late  Me- 
chanicsburg  Lodge,  making  a  total  number  of  twenty-five,  joining  in 
the  said  petition.  The  consent  to  the  formation  of  said  lodge  has  been 
obtained  of  two  of  the  three  nearest  lodges  to  the  proposed  location, 
to-wit:  Cornland  Lodge  No.  808,  and  Riverton  Union  Lodge  No.  786, 
which  said  consent  has  been  regularly  had  by  the  petitioners.  The 
third  lodge,  that  of  Dawson  No.  556,  refused  by  a  vote  of  24  to  20  to 
consent  to  the  formation  of  said  new  lodge.  Accompanying  is  also 
a  certificate  of  a  Grand  Lecturer  certifying  that  the  proposed 
Worshipful  Master  is  qualified  to  confer  the  degrees  of  Entered  Ap- 
prentice, Fellow  Craft,  and  Master  Mason  correctly  and  in  full.  It 
seems  that  Dawson  Lodge  is  indebted  in  the  sum  of  $846,  by  reason  of 
the  destruction  by  fire  of  its  lodge  room  building,  it  having  re- 
centh'  replaced  said  building  with  a  new  structure.  Twenty-four 
of  the  petitioners  for  this  new  lodge  have  entered  into  a  written 
agreement. to  pay  theirpro  caia  share  of  said  indebtedness,  or  a  sum 
equal  to  $13,661  each,  or  a  total  of  §327. 84.     Accompanying  is  also  a 


80  Proceedings  of  the  [Oct.  4, 

diagram  of  a  lodge  room,  which  appears  to  be  a  suitable  room  for 
holding  lodge  meetings,  the  owner  of  which  agrees  in  writing  to  lease 
said  lodge  room  building  in  case  of  the  forming  of  a  new  lodge,  upon 
such  terms  as  will  be  satisfactory  to  the  petitioners.  Accompanying 
the  petition  is  a  very  strong  endorsement  by  District  Deputy  Grand 
Master,  R.W.   Bro.  R.  D.  Lawrence. 

Your  committee  have  given  to  this  matter  the  thorough  and  care- 
ful consideration  that  its  importance  deserves.  It  has  caused  to  appear 
before  the  committee  the  Worshipful  Master  of  Dawson  Lodge  No.556, 
as  well  as  the  wardens  of  said  lodge,  the  latter  acting  as  a  committee 
representing  the  petitioners,  and  has  attentively  listened  to  argu- 
ments favorable  and  unfavorable  to  the  formation  of  said  new  lodge, 
and  after  duly  considering  the  matter  in  all  of  its  bearings,  this  com- 
mittee has  come  to  the  conclusion  that  the  prayer  of  petitioners 
should  be  granted,  and  recommends  the  granting  of  said  charter  to 
the  petitioners. 

All  of  which  is  fraternally  submitted. 

C.  M.  FORMAN, 
BEN  HAGLE, 
CARL  MUELLER, 

Committee. 

That  part  of  report  relating  to  Buffalo  Lodg^e  was  not 
concurred  in.     Balance  of  report,  on  motion,  was  adopted. 


EEPOET— Committee  on  Jurisprudence. 
M.W.   Bro.   Daniel  M.  Browning"  presented   the  follow- 
ing" report  from  the  Committee  on  Jurisprudence,  which, 
on  motion,  was  adopted: 

To  the  M.  W.  Grand  Lodge  of  Illinois,  A.F.  and  A.  Masons: 

Your  Committee  on  Jurisprudence,  to  which  was  referred  portions 
of  the  address  of  the  M.W.  Grand  Master,  respectfully  reports: 

In  regard  to  the  decisions  Nos.  1,  2.  3,  and  4,  found  on  pages  23  and 
24  of  the  Grand  Master's  address,  we  recommend  approval. 

Upon  the  question  of  petitions  for  degrees,  we  recommend  the 
adoption  of  the  following: 


1899.]  Grand  Lodqe  of  Illinois.  81 

PETITION  FOR  DEGREES. 

To Lodge  No Ancient  Free  and 

Accepted  Masons Illinois. 

The  subscriber  respectfully  represents  that,  entertaining-  a  fav- 
orable opinion  of  the  Ancient  and  Honorable  Society  of  Free  and 
Accepted  Masons,  and  being  unbiased  by  friends  and  uninfluenced  by 
mercenary  motives,  he  hereby  freely  and  voluntarily  petitions  to  re- 
ceive the  degrees  in  the  above  named  lodge  and  to  become  a  member 
thereof. 

He  is years  of  age;  his  occupation  is  that  of  a his 

residence  is He  has  resided  in  the  State  of 

Illinois. . .  years,  and  for  the  six  months  last  past  at 

He  has  never  petitioned  any  other  lodge  for  the  degrees  in  Ma- 
sonry, (or  he  petitioned Lodge  No at 

State  of and  was  rejected  or  elected).* 

If  the  prayer  of  the  petition  is  granted,  he  promises  a  cheerful 
obedience  to  the  laws  and  regulations  of  the  lodge,  and  a  full  com- 
pliance with  the  usages  and  customs  of  the  Fraternity. 

Dated  at this day  of 18 

(Sign  full  name) _ 

Recommended  by 


Members  of Lodge  No 


*Note:— Erase  either  of  the  above  statements  to  make  it  conform  to  the  facts. 
Three  members  must  recommend. 

For  form  of  petition  for  membership,  we  recommend  No.  2,  on 
page  123,  in  book  of  Constitution  and  By-laws  of  the  Grand  Lodge, 
published  by  order  of  the  Grand  Lodge  in  1897. 

Your  committee  congratulates  the  Grand  Lodge  upon  the  fact 
that  its  business  has  been  so  efficiently  managed  during  the  past  year 
as  to  require  but  little  labor  on  questions  of  jurisprudence. 
Respectfully  submitted, 

D.  M.  BROWNING, 
J.  M.  PEARSON, 
JNO.  C.  SMITH, 
OWEN  SCOTT, 
R.  R.  JAMPOLIS, 

Committee. 
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82  Proceedings  of  the  [Oct.  4, 

KEPOKT— Committee  on  Pinance. 
M.W.  Bro.  Leroy  A.  Goddard  presented  the  following" 
report  from  the  Committee  on  Finance,  which,  on  motion, 
was  adopted. 

To  the  M.  W.  Grand  Lodge  A.  F.  d-  A.  31.: 

Your  Committee  on  Finance  fraternally  reports  that  it  has  ex- 
amined the  reports  of  the  Grand  Treasurer  and  Grand  Secretary  and 
finds  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  Grar.d  Lodge  is  found  to  be 
as  follows: 

GENERAL   FUND. 

Balance  in  hands  of  Grand  Treasurer,  October  1,1898 $49,155  29 

Received  from  all  sources 44,985  11 

Total ^94,140  40 

OR. 

Paid  for  United  States  bonds S  15,645  00 

Paid  Grand  Officers  and  committees 2,711  10 

Paid  mileage  and  per  diem  to  Representatives 15,930  50 

Paid  miscellaneous  orders 10  669  82 

Balance  in  hands  of  the  Treasurer,  October  2,  1899 49,183  98 

Total $  94,140  40 

CHARITY   FUND. 

Balance  on  hand  October  1,  1898 $        799  56 

Received  during  the  year 720  56 

Total $    1,520  12 

CR. 

Paid  on  orders $        661  85 

Balance  on  hand 858  27 

Total %    1,520  12 

CASH  AND  SECURITIES  IN  HANDS  OF  GRAND  TREASURER,  OCTOBER  2,   1899 

Balance  on  hand,  General  Fund $49,183  98 

Balance  on  hand,  Charity  Fund 858  27 

City  of  Chicago  4%  bonds,  par  value 50.000  00 

United  States  4%  bonds,  par  value 30.000  00 

Policy  No.  99,588  Connecticut  Mutual  Life  Ins.  Co 5.000  00 

Eight  Shares  Stock  Masonic  Fraternity  Temple  Ass'n 800  00 

Total $135,842  25 


1899.]  Grand  Lodge  of  Illinois.  83 

From  the  amount  of  cash  in  General  Fund,  as  stated  above,  will 
be  paid  amount  of  appropriations  and  special  orders  recommended 
if  approved,  which  will  reduce  the  said  fund  to  an  estimated  balance 
of  $15,58.3.98. 

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  Oq 

Masonic  schools 1,200  00 

Salaries  of  Grand  Officers 4,400  00 

Miscellaneous 5.000  00 

Total S  .33.800  00 

Your  committee  recommends  the  following  appropriations,  and 
that  orders  for  the  amounts  be  drawn  by  the  Grand  Secretary: 
M.W.  Bro.  Joseph  Bobbins.  Committee  on  Correspondence  $        300  00 

Bro.  R.  R.  Stevens,  Grand  Tyler 100  00 

Bro.  R.  R.  Stevens.  Gi'and  Tyler,  expenses,  etc 114  60 

W.  Bro.  G.  A.  Stadler,  Ass't  Grand  Secretary 25  00 

Bro.  Z,  T.  Griffen,  stenographer 50  00 

Rent  of  Central  Music  Hall 400  00 

Bro.  J.  O.  Clifford  for  R.  R.  Agent 7  00 

Pantagraph  Printing  &  Stationery  Co.,  printing  reports.  394  50 

Total $1,391  10 

And  to  the  members  of  the  committees  the  usual  allowance  of 
three  dollars  a  day  in  addition  to  the  amounts  allowed  by  the  bj^-laws. 

In  May  last  j'our  committee  made  the  usual  annual  visit  to  the 
GrandSecretary's  office  in  Bloomington,  and  after  a  thorough  examin- 
ation of  the  books  and  accounts  of  the  Grand  Secretary,  they  were 
found  to  be  correct. 

Your  committee  further  reports  that  on  September  12.  1899,  the 
securities  owned  by  this  Grand  Lodge  in  the  hands  of  the  Grand 
Treasurer  were  inspected.  We  find  the  same  are  kept  in  the  Royal 
Safety  Deposit  Company's  vaults,  located  at  169  Jackson  street.  Chi- 
cago. Illinois,  and  are  set  apart,  separate  and  distinct,  as  the  identi- 
cal property  of  the  Grand  Lodge. 

The  following  is  a  complete  list  of  the  assets  which  were  ex- 
amined: 

City  of  Chicago  4%  bonds,  due  1908,  interest  payable  January 
and  July,  five  bonds,  $1,000  each,  Nos.  303  R,  305  R,  306  R, 
307  R,  and  370  R;  January,  1900  coupons  on $  5,000 


84  Proceedings  of  the  [Oct.  4, 

City  of  Chicago  4%  school  bonds,  due  1911,  interest  pa\'able 
January  and  July,  ten  bonds,  $500  each,  Nos.  S  821,  S  822. 
S  823,  S  824,  S  825,  S  826,  S  827,  S  828,  S  829,  S  830:  January, 
1900,  coupons  on $  5,000 

And  one  bond,  same  description  as  above,  S  731 1,000 

City  of  Chicago  4%  River  Improvement  bonds,  due  1912,  inter- 
est payable  January  and  July,  twenty  bonds,  SI, 000  each, 
Nos.  23,  24,  25,  26.  27,  28,  29,  30,  31,  32,  61,  62,  63,  64,  65,  66,  67, 
68,  69,  and  70;  January,  1900,  coupons  on 1'0,000 

City  of  Chicago  4%  bonds,  due  1914,  interest  payable  Januarj^ 
and  July,  eleven  bonds.  $500  each,  Nos.  16,  17,  18.  67.  68.  69. 
70,  71.  72.  73.  and  74;  January.  1900.  coupons  on 5.500 

City  of  Chicago  4%  bonds,  due  1921.  interest  payable  January 
and  July,  four  bonds.  $1,000  each.  Nos.  758,  759,  775.  and  3023; 
January,  1900,  coupons  on 4,000 

City  of  Chicago  4%  sewerage  bonds,  due  1911.  interest  payable 
January  and  July,  two  bonds,  $1,000  each,  Nos.  64  and  69; 
January,  1900,  coupons  on 2,000 

City  of  Chicago  4%  school  bonds,  due  1911,  interest  payable 
January  and  July,  five  bonds,  $1,000  each,  Nos.  S  440,  S  590. 
S  727.  S  729.  and  S  730;  January,  1900.  coupons  on 5.000 

City  of  Chicago  4%  water  loan  bonds,  due  1911,  interest  payable 
January  and  Jul}',  four  bonds.  $500  each,  Nos.  1042,1142. 
1143,  and  1250;  January,  1900,  coupons  on 2.000 

City  of  Chicago  4%  World's  Columbian  Exposition  bond,  due 
1921,  interest  payable  January  and  July,  one  bond.  No.  5647; 
January,  1900.  coupon  on 500 

United  States  4%  coupon  bonds,  due  1925,  interest  quarterl}', 
thirty  bonds,  $1,000  each.  Nos.  63.033,  63.034,  63,035,  62.036, 
63,037,  65,467,  65,468,  75,416,  60,098,  89,988.  89,987,  90,767. 
90,768.  90.769,  90.770.  60.099.  60,100.  60,101.  2.582.  2.583,  26.718, 
26,719,  26,721,  26,722.  26.723,  26,724,  45.245.  48.931.  48.933. 
76,495;  November,  1890,  coupons  on 30.000 

Note  of  A.  A.  Glenn,  and  papers  connected  therewith,  together 
with  paid  up  life  policy.  No.  99,588,  Connecticut  Mutual 
Life;  amount  of  policy 5.000 

Certificate  No.  844,  Masonic  Fraternity  Temple  Association  in 
name  of  National  Lodge  No.  596,  A.F.  &  A.M..  eight  shares, 
$100  each 800 

All  of  which  is  fraternally  submitted, 

LEROY  A.  GODDARD, 
GIL.  W.  BARNARD, 
DELMAR  D.  DARRAH, 

Committee. 


J 


1 899.  ]  Grand  Lodge  of  Illinois.  85 

EEPOET-Oommittee  on  Lodges  U.D. 
R.W.  Bro.  Daniel  J.  Avery  presented  the  following'  re- 
port trom  the  Committee  on  Lodg"es  U.  D.,  which  was,  on 
motion,  adopted. 
2'o  the  JI.  W.  Grand  Lodge  of  Illinois,  A.F.  and  A.M.: 

Your  Committee  on  Lodges  U.D.,  would  respectfully  report  that 
we  have  carefuUj^  examined  the  by-laws,  record  of  work  and  returns 
of  the  only  lodge  working  under  dispensation  since  our  last  session, 
and  herewith  submit  the  result  of  our  investigation  as  follows: 

WEST  GATE  LODGE. 

Located  at  Hamburg,  Calhoun  county.  111.  The  dispensation  is 
dated  the  7th  day  of  Septem  ber,  1898,  and  was  continued  by  the  Grand 
Master  by  his  order  written  thereon  dated  October  14,  1898,  until  the 
then  next  annual  communication  of  the  Grand  Lodge  unless  sooner 
revoked.  The  lodge  was  instituted  by  R.W.  H.  T.  Burnap,  Deputy 
Grand  Lecturer,  on  the  17th  day  of  October,  1898,  and  at  the  next 
meeting  of  the  lodge,  October  24,  1898.  adopted  a  code  of  by-laws 
which  meet  the  approval  of  your  committee. 

The  record  of  work  is  as  follows: 

Petitions  received 10 

Elected  10 

Initiated   10 

Passed '. 10 

Raised 10 

No.  named  in  dispensation 16 

26 
No.  named  in  dispensation  not  signing  petition  for  char- 
ter   1 

Total  signing  petition  for  charter 25 

who  are  the  following,  viz.: 

Charles  Lee  Wood,  John  H.  Rosa,  William  Ephraim  Barber,  J.  Q. 
Nimerick,  G.  H.  Wintjen,  William  H.  Tillotson,  James  R.  Vaughan, 
Louis  Foi'es,  William  W.  Wilkinson,  Charles  M.  Foiles,  George  Wes- 
ley Rosa,  William  Dennis  Cockshalt,  Francis  M.  Webster,  Sterling 
Lee  Varner,  Isaac  Sewell  Moultrie,  Lee  Roy  Morris,  Gevert  Meyer, 
Harry  E.  Hughes.  Add.  Jennings  Kinder,  William  Wesley  Campbell, 
William  Amos  Skeel,  Asa  Douglas  Foiles,  Jacob  Crader,  James  Grant 
Kinder  and  James  Henry  Workman 

Your  committee  regret  that  the  records  of  work  in  this  lodge  are 
in  some  cases  very  unsatisfactory.  The  record  of  the  meeting  of  the 
lodge  held  April  17,  1899,  shows  that  a  candidate  for  degrees  whose 


86  Proceedings  of  the  [Oct.  4, 

petition  was  received  and  referred  to  a  committee  of  investigation  on 
March  20,  1899,  "was  admitted  and  made  a  Mason  in  due  form,"  but 
does  not  show  that  the  committee  reported,  or  that  the  candidate 
was  ever  elected  to  receive  the  degrees. 

Again,  the  records  show  that  at  the  meeting  of  this  lodge  held 
June  9.  1899,  a  Fellow  Craft  was  admitted  and  examined  in  a  Master 
Mason's  lodge;  that  on  the  29th  day  of  .June,  1899,  two  Entered  Ap- 
prentices of  this  lodge  were  received  and  passed  to  the  degree  of 
Fellow  Craft  in  a  Master  Mason's  lodge. 

Your  committee  would  gladly  draw  the  broad  mantle  of  Masonic 
charity  over  these  several  imperfections,  but  find  it  inconsistent  with 
duties  so  to  do.  Still,  hoping  that  the  officers  of  the  lodge  may  be 
able  to  show  that  the  work  was  in  all  respects  legally  and  regularly 
done,  and  that  the  apparent  imperfections,  as  shown  by  the  records, 
were  caused  by  the  carelessness  of  the  Secretary  in  not  properly 
transcribing  or  recording  the  proceedings  of  this  lodge. 

Your  committee  recommend  that  a  charter  be  granted  to  this 
lodge  as  West  Gate  Lodge  No.  856.  That  said  charter  be  placed  in 
the  hands  of  the  Grand  Master  to  be  by  him  delivered  when  he  shall 
be  satisfied  that  the  work  of  the  lodge  in  the  above  cited  instances 
was  regular  and  lawful.  Fraternally  submitted, 

DANIEL  J.  AVERY, 
C.  H.  PATTON, 
R.  T.  SPENCER, 
JOHN  JOHNSTON, 
H.  C.  MITCHELL, 

Committee. 

MOTION— Amount  of  Bond. 
M.W.  Bro. Daniel  M.  Browning"  moved  to  fix  the  bonds  of 
the  Grand  Treasurer  and  Grand  Secretary  at  !?30,000  each. 
Carried. 

EEPORT— Committee  on  Chartered  Lodges. 
R.W.  Bro.  James  L.  Scott  presented  tlie  following  report 
from  the  Committee  on  Chartered  Lodges,  which,  on  motion 
was  adopted: 

To  the  Grand  Lodge  of  Illinois,  A.F.  &  A.M.: 

Your  Committee  on  Chartered  Lodges,  after  having  carefully  ex- 
amined thereturnsof  the  Constituent  Lodges  for  the  year  ending  June 
30,  1899,  are  pleased  to  submit  the  following  summary  of  the  tabu- 
lated statement: 


1899.]  Grand  Lodge  of  Illinois.  87 

INCREASE,  1898-9. 

Number  raised 2,928 

Number  reinstated 352 

Number  admitted 816 

Number  added  for  error 62 

Total  increase 4,158 

DECREASE,  1898-9. 

Number  suspended 1,161 

Number  expelled 20 

Number  dimitted 1,122 

Number  died 879 

Number  deducted  for  error 14 

Total  decrease 3,196 

Net  gain  in  membership 962 

Total  membership  .June  30,  1899 55,120 

Resident  members 50,945 

Non-resident  members 4,175 

Number  initiated 3.218 

Number  passed 2,965 

Total  amount  received  for  dues  in  1899 $41,107.50 

Contributed  by  lodg-es  for  their  own  needy  members,  their 

widows,  and  orphans 22,723.31 

Contributed  to  those  not  members 3,866.96 

Contributed  to  Illinois  Masonic  Orphans'  Home 2,971.63 

Total  contribution  for  charity $29,562.90 

We  are  pleased  to  note  that  every  lodge  of  this  Grand  Jurisdic- 
tion has  made  returns  to  the  Grand  Secretary  and  paid  Grand  Lodge 
dues.     All  of  which  is  fraternally  submitted, 

.TAMES  L.  SCOTT, 
THOS.  W.  WILSON, 
L.  K.  BYERS, 
GEORGE  F.  HOWARD, 
JAMES  M'CREDIE, 

Committee. 

AMENDMENT— To  Grand  Lodge  By-laws— Adopted. 
M.W.  Bro.  Owen  Scott  called  up  the  following-  amend- 
ment providing  for  an  addition  to  article  7,  part  3,  Grand 
Lodg"e  By-laws  proposed  last  year,   and  moved  its  adop- 
tion, which  was  carried. 

Sec  •'^.  In  all  trials  for  Masonic  offenses  the  brother  preferring 
the  charges,  and  the  accused,  shall  each  pa}^  all  the  expenses  of  pro- 
curing his  own  witnesses  and  the  cost  of  his  stenographer,  if  one  be  re- 
quiied.     Each  party  shall,  on  appeal  being  taken,  be  required  to  pay 


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the  cost  of  copying  the  evidence  introduced  bj'  him,  and  all  documents 
filed  by  him  in  the  case.  Where  a  lodge,  by  the  Junior  Warden  or 
other  oflBcer,  brings  charges  against  a  brother,  its  share' of  the  ex- 
penses shall  be  paid  out  of  the  lodge  treasury.  Provided,  that  where 
a  brother  is  too  poor  to  pay  the  expenses  necessary  to  a  proper  hear- 
ing of  charges  preferred  against  him,  the  same  shall  be  paid  by  the 
lodge,  the  lodge  being  the  judge  of  his  ability  to  pay  expenses. 

Also  the  following'  amendment  proposed  last  year,  and 
moved  its  adoption,  which  was  carried: 

Amend  section  6,  article  13,  part  1,  of  Grand  Lodge  By-laws,  by 
inserting  after  the  word  '"constitution"  in  the  second  line  of  said 
section,  the  following:  "Such  Past  Grand  Masters.  Past  Deputy 
Grand  Masters,  and  Past  Grand  Wardens  as  stiall  be  present  and  shall 
be  members  of  constituent  lodges  in  Illinois."  Provided,  That  if  any 
such  permanent  member  in  attendance  on  the  sessions  of  the  Grand 
Lodge,  be  at  the  time  a  sojourner  outside  of  Illinois,  his  mileage  shal^ 
be  computed  from  the  location  of  his  lodge. 

When  amended,  the  section  will  read  as  follows: 

Sec.  6.  The  Grand  Officers  designated  in  Article  5  of  the  constitu- 
tion, such  Past  Grand  Masters,  Past  Deputy  Grand  Masters,  and  Past 
Grand  Wardens  as  shall  be  present  and  shall  be  members  of  constitu- 
ent lodges  in  Illinois.  Provided,  That  if  any  such  permanent  mem- 
ber in  attendance  on  the  sessions  of  the  Grand  Lodge,  be  at  the  time 
a  sojourner  outside  of  Illinois,  his  mileage  shall  be  computed  from 
the  location  of  his  lodge.  Each  member  of  a  standing  committee- 
and  one  representative  (the  highest  in  rank)  from  each  lodge  under 
this  jurisdiction  shall  be  allowed  five  cents  per  mile,  going  and  re- 
turning, for  every  mile  traveled  from  the  location  of  his  lodge,  to  be 
computed  by  the  necessarily  traveled  route,  and  (except  the  Grand 
Master,  Grand  Treasurer,  and  Grand  Secretary)  two  dollars  per  day 
for  each  day's  actual  attendance  on  the  Grand  Lodge  or  its  commit- 
tees: Provided,  that  no  one  shall  receive  mileage  and  per  diem  both 
as  a  Grand  Officer  and  representative,  nor  shall  any  one  receive  mile- 
age and  per  diem  in  any  two  capacities. 


ANNOUNOEMENT-Of  Election. 
The  tellers  having-  collected  and  counted  the  several 
ballots,  reported  that  the  following  named  brethren  had 
received  a  majority  of  all  the  votes  cast: 


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Charles  F.  Hitchcock,  Grand  Master. 
George  M.  Moulton,  Deputy  Grand  Master.    . 
W.  B.  Wright,  Senior  Grand  Warden. 
Chester  E.  Allen,  Junior  Grand  Warden. 
Wiley  M.  Egan,  Grand  Treasurer. 
J.  H.  C.  Dill,  Grand  Secretary. 

AMENDMENT— To  Grand  Lodge  By-laws-Lost. 
R.W.  Bro.  C.  M.  Porman  called  up  the  following'  amend- 
ment to  Grand  Lodge  By-laws,  providing  for  the  striking 
out  of  section  2.  of  article  8,  part  1,  and  substituting  the 
following,  and  moved  its  adoption,  which  was  lost: 

Sec.  2.  Each  District  Deputy  Grand  Master  sliall  visit  each  lodge 
in  his  district  at  least  once  during  each  year  and  thoroughly  examine 
its  books  and  accounts,  and  fully  inform  himself  as  to  the  condition 
of  the  lodge.  He  shall  inquire  into  the  administration  of  lodge  affairs 
and  make  such  suggestions  to  the  officers  as  seem  necessary  to  insure 
a  full  compliance  with  our  laws.  He  shall  perform  such  other  duties 
as  may  from  time  to  time  be  delegated  to  him  by  the  Grand  Master. 
The  necessary  expenses,  accruing  from  the  performance  of  such  duty, 
shall  be  paid  by  this  Grand  Lodge  upon  an  itemized  bill  of  the  same. 


AMENDMENT— To  Grand  Lodge  By-laws-Proposed. 
R.W.  Bro.  C.  M.  Forman  presented  the  following  amend- 
ment to  Grand  Lodge  By-laws,  and  it  being  seconded  by 
re]iresentatives  of  more  than  twenty  lodges,  lies  over  until 
next  year: 

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  sixty  cents  for  each  Master 
Mason  belonging  to  such  lodge  at  the  time  of  making  the  annual  re- 
turn. 

R.W.  Bro.  R.  T.  Spencer  asked  permission  to  refer  the 
following  amendment  to  article  20,  Grand  Lodge  By-laws 
to  the  Committee  on  Jurisprudence  for  investigation,  which 
was  s:ranted: 


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Sec.  5.  A  brother  wishing  to  transfer  his  membership  from  one 
lodge  to  another  in  this  jurisdiction  may  apply  for  a  transfer  card 
from  his  lodge.  The  application  shall  be  made  in  writing,  signed  by 
the  applicant,  be  presented  to  the  lodge  at  a  stated  communicationi 
be  read  in  open  lodge,  and  lie  over  to  the  next  subsequent  stated 
meeting. 

Sec.  6.  This  application  shall  state  the  name,  number,  and  location 
of  the  lodge  to  which  the  brother  desires  to  transfer  his  membership, 
and  shall  be  accompanied  by  a  fee  of  one  dollar  and  the  amount  of  his 
dues  to  date  and  dues  in  advance  for  ninety  days  from  the  date  of 
presentation  of  such  application  to  the  lodge. 

Sec.  7.  At  the  next  stated  communication  the  application  shall 
be  read  the  second  time,  when,  if  there  are  no  charges  against  the 
applicant,  the  W.M.  shall  order  a  transfer  card  to  be  issued  without 
any  vote  of  the  lodge.  The  transfer  card  shall  be  addressed  to  the 
lodge  which  the  applicant  has  designated  in  his  application,  shall 
certify  to  his  good  standing  in  the  lodge  of  issue,  and  shall  state  the 
brother's  desire  to  become  affiliated  with  the  lodge  to  which  it  is 
addressed. 

Sec.  8.  A  brother  holding  a  transfer  card  may,  within  sixty  days 
of  its  date,  deposit  it  with  the  secretary  of  the  lodge  to  which  it  is  ad- 
dressed, together  with  the  fee  for  affiliation  as  prescribed  by  its 
by-laws.  The  application  shall  then  be  referred  by  the  W.M.  to  an 
investigating  committee  of  three  members  of  the  lodge,  whose  duty  it 
shall  be  to  inquire  as  to  the  character  and  fitness  of  the  applicant 
and  make  private  verbal  report  to  the  W.M. 

Sec.  9.  At  the  next  stated  communication  after  the  transfer  card 
is  presented,  the  W.M.  shall  announce  to  the  lodge  the  degree  of 
unanimity  of  the  committee  and  the  nature  of  the  report.  The  bal- 
lot shall  then  be  had  and  the  vote  to  elect  to  membership  must  be 
unanimous. 

Sec.  10.  If  the  applicant  is  elected  the  secretary  shall  promptly 
notify  the  secretary  of  the  lodge  of  issue  of  the  acceptance  of  the 
member,  and  the  transfer  card  shall  be  cancelled  and  filed  among  the 
records  of  the  lodge.  The  secretary  of  the  lodge  from  which  the  mem- 
ber has  withdrawn  shall  then  note  on  his  roster  opposite  the  name 
of  said  member,  "Transferred  to Lodge  No.  ." 

Sec.  11.  If  the  application  for  membership  is  rejected  the  trans- 
fer card  shall  at  once  be  returned  to  the  applicant,  accompanied  by 
the  affiliation  fee,  and  promptly  filed  by  him  with  the  lodge  issuing 
the  same.  It  shall  not  be  necessary  to  ballot  thereon,  his  member 
ship  in  the  lodge  not  having  been  terminated  by  the  issuing  of  the 
card. 


1899.]  Grand  Lodge  of  Illinois.  91 

EEPORT  -Committee  on  Obituaries. 

R.W.  Bro.  L.  C.  Waters  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.  &  A.M.  of  the  State  of  Illinois. 

Brethren: — Your  committee  to  whom  have  been  referred  all 
matters  pertaining  to  necrology,  would  respectfully  submit  the  fol- 
lowing report: 

Every  year,  in  annual  communication,  we  are  called  upon  to  mourn 
the  death  of  many  faithful  Masons.  The  year  iust  past  has  been  even 
more  sad  than  usual.  The  list  of  names  of  those  of  our  brethren  who 
have  left  us  for  the  better  life,  during  that  time,  is  a  long  one.  Our 
own  Grand  Jurisdiction  has  been  greatly  afflicted  in  the  death  of  many 
of  its  members  who  have  risen  to  great  eminence  in  the  Fraternity, and 
in  public  life.  We  shall  miss  from  our  assemblies  the  well  known  faces 
of  two  of  our  best  known  and  greatly  loved  Past  Grand  Masters. 

M.W.  Bro.  DeWitt  Clinton  CREGiER,Past  Grand  Master  of  Ma- 
sons in  this  state,  died  at  his  home  in  the  city  of  Chicago,  Novem- 
ber 10,  1898;  aged  69  years. 

M.W.  Brother  Cregier  received  the  degrees  of  Ancient  Craft  Ma- 
sonry in  Blaney  Lodge  No.  271,  Chicago,  in  1860.  He  was  elected  Senior 
Warden  of  that  lodge  in  1863  and  Worshipful  Master  in  1861, 1865. 1866, 
1867,  again  in  1874,  and  yet  again  in  188-1,  1885,  and  1886. 

He  was  elected  Senior  Grand  Warden  of  this  grand  lodge  in  1867, 
Deputy  Grand  Master  in  1868  and  1869,  and  Grand  Master  in  1870  and 
1871. 

His  funeral  ceremonies  were  in  charge  of  Blaney  Lodge  No.  271, 
of  which  he  was  a  member,  the  Grand  Master,  who  is  a  member  of 
that  lodge,  officiating. 

M.W.  Bro.  James  Andrew  Hawley,  Past  Grand  Master  of  Ma- 
sons in  this  state,  died  at  his  home  in  the  city  of  Dixon,  111.,  Decem- 
ber 30,  1898.  aged  68  years. 

M.W.  Brother  Hawley  received  the  degrees  of  Ancient  Craft 
Masonry  in  Lee  Center  Lodge  No.  146,  in  1856.  He  was  Worshipful 
Master  of  Friendship  Lodge  No.  7,  at  Dixon.  111.,  in  1859-1868.  He  was 
elected  Junior  Grand  Warden  of  this  Grand  Lodge  in  1867,  Senior 
Grand  Warden  in  1868  and  1869,  Depu-ty  Grand  Master  in  1870  and  1871, 
and  Grand  Master  in  1872  and  1873. 

His  funeral  ceremonies  were  conducted  by  Friendship  Lodge 
No.  7,  the  Grand  Master  officiating. 

Your  committee  would  have  esteemed  it  a  very  great  privilege, 
although  a  sad  one.  to  have  been  able  to  speak  at  length  of  the  many 


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virtues  and  talents  of  these  brethren,  so  much  loved  by  all  of  us,  and 
also  of  the  beauties  of  their  lives  and  characters;  but,  as  the  Grand 
Master  has,  very  appropriately,  seen  fit  to  appoint  special  commit- 
tees for  that  purpose,  this  committee  has  deemed  it  best  to  confine 
this  report  to  the  general  Masonic  facts  as  given  above,  leaving  the 
tributes  of  love  and  respect  which  are  due  to  the  memories  of  these 
distinguished  brethren,  entirely  to  the  committees  appointed  for  that 
purpose.  And  yet.  may  we  not  add  this  one  truth:  We  all  knew  them 
and  we  all  loved  them. 

Several  other  prominent  members  of  the  Fraternit}^  in  Illinois, 
after  many  years  of  faithful,  active,  Masonic  labor,  years  full  of  use- 
fulness to  the  Craft,  have  left  us  and  have  passed  into  eternal  life. 

R.W.  Bro.  Asa  W.  Blakesley,  Past  Senior  Grand  Warden  of 
this  Grand  Lodge,  died  at  his  residence  in  Quincy,  111.,  in  his  81st  year, 
having  been  born  in  Perrysville,  N.Y.,  April  21,  1818.  R.W.  Brother 
Blakesley  was  made  a  Mason  in  Hancock  Lodge  No.  20,  at  Carthage, 
in  1844,  united  with  Bodley  Lodge  No.  1  in  1848,  of  which  he  was  a 
member  at  the  time  of  his  decease,  that  membership  continuing  for 
a  period  of  fifty-one  years.  Brother  Blakesley  was  Master  of  his 
lodge  for  several  years.  He  was  appointed  Junior  Grand  Deacon  and 
later  Senior  Grand  Deacon,  and  was  elected  Senior  Grand  Warden  in 
1861.  R.W.  Brother  Blakesley  took  a  very  prominent  jDart  in  all 
political,  business  and  educational  matters  in  Quincy.  He  served  the 
Craft  faithfully  for  about  fifty-five  years,  and  was  greatly  loved  by 
all  who  knew  him.  He  was  laid  to  rest  with  Masonic  ceremonies, 
Bodley  Lodge  No.  1  in  charge. 

R.W.  Bro.  Henry  C.  Cleaveland,  Past  Senior  Grand  Warden  of 
this  Grand  Lodge,  died  at  his  home  in  the  City  of  Rock  Island,  Au- 
gust 15,  1899,  after  a  protracted  illness,  aged  55  years.  Brother 
Cleaveland  was  born  at  Woodstock,  in  the  State  of  Vermont,  Octo- 
ber 25,  1844.  He  served  with  distinction  in  the  Federal  Army  during 
the  Civil  War,  rising  from  the  ranks  to  the  position  of  captain;  such 
service  extended  from  May,  1861,  to  the  close  of  the  war,  in  1865. 

He  was  made  a  Mason  in  Trio  Lodge  No.  57,  at  Rock  Island,  March 
9,  1865;  was  District  Deputy  Grand  Master  for  several  years;  was  ap- 
pointed Grand  Marshall,  and  elected  Junior  Grand  Warden  in  1880 
and  1881,  and  Senior  Grand  Warden  in  1882.  In  all  positions  in  life  he 
performed  his  duties  faithfully  and  well. 

R.W.  Bro.  Philo  Leon  Holland,  M.D.,  Deputy  Grand  Lecturer, 
died  at  his  home  in  Chicago,  March  22,  1899,  in  his  31st  year. 

Although  young  in  years  Brother  Holland  had  already  earned  a 
reputation  in  his  chosen  profession.  He  was  known  as  a  man  of  great 
promise,  an  earnest  man,  and  an  ardent  student  of  medicine. 


1899.]  Grand  Lodge  of  Illinois.  9a 

Brother  Holland  was  born  in  Macomb,  111.,  May  29,  1868.  He  was 
made  a  Master  Mason  in  Dearborn  Lodge  No.  310,  March  26,  1891. 

After  serving  his  lodge  as  Senior  Deacon,  Junior  Warden,  and 
Senior  Warden,  he  became  its  Worshipful  Master,  filling  that  office 
with  distinction  during  the  year  1898.  In  April,  1889,  on  account  of 
his  peculiar  fitness  and  proficiency  he  was  appointed  a  Deputy  Grand 
Lecturer. 

All  that  was  mortal  of  our  dear  brother  was  laid  away  with  Ma- 
sonic honors  at  Macomb,  111.,  March  6,  1899,  Macomb  Lodge  No.  IT, 
officiating. 

Bro.  James  Clark  died  at  the  home  of  his  daughter  at  Quincy, 
111.,  April  7,  1899. 

Brother  Clark  was  born  in  Pennsylvania,  July  29,  1799,  and  at  the 
time  of  his  decease  was  within  three  months  and  twenty-two  days  of 
100  years  of  age. 

He  was  made  a  Mason  in  1821  and  was  a  conscientious  member  of 
the  Craft  for  nearly  78  years,  thus  making  him  probably  the  oldest 
Mason,  in  point  of  service,  and  possibly  also  in  point  of  years,  in  this 
state. 

He  was  a  charter  member  of  S.  H.  Davis  Lodge  No.  96,  Mt.  Morris, 
111.,  and  also  of  Meteor  Lodge  No.  283,  Sandwich,  111.  At  the  time  of 
his  death  he  was  a  member  of  Quincy  Lodge  No.  296,  Quincy,  111. 

Rev.  Bro.  Henry  G.  Perry  died  in  the  city  of  Chicago  January  16, 
1899.  He  was  made  a  Mason  in  Andrew  Jackson  Lodge,  Natchez,  Miss. 
At  the  time  of  his  death  Brother  Perry  was  Chaplain  of  Ashlar  Lodge 
No.  308.  He  was  also  a  prominent  priest  in  the  Protestant  Episcopal 
Church.  Who  of  us  who  are  familiar  with  Masonry  in  Chicago  will 
not  remember,  and,  with  sorrow,  miss  the  cheerful  face  and  genial, 
warm  hearted  manner  of  this  dear  brother. 

Bro.  Charles  Parmenter  died  at  his  home  in  Bunker  Hill,  111., 
October  2,  1898;  aged  91  years. 

The  fact  that  Brother  Parmenter  was  a  charter  member  of  Bun- 
ker Hill  Lodge  No.  151,  his  advanced  age  and  great  length  of  service 
to  the  Craft  entitle  his  name  to  a  page  on  the  records  of  our  proceed- 
ings, although  these  facts  are  all  the  data  we  have  been  able  to  ob- 
tain. 

From  many  other  Grand  Jurisdictions  we  have  the  melancholy 
news  of  the  death  of  a  large  number  of  well  beloved  brethren,  many 
of  whom  have  reached  such  an  eminence  in  the  Fraternity  that  they 
are  known  wherever  Masonry  exists,  and  all  of  whom  have,  bj^  their 
faithfulness,  and  love  of  Masonry,  and  desire  of  being  serviceable  to 
their  fellow  creatures,  gained  a  place  in  the  affections  of  their  breth- 
ren which  neither  time  nor  eternity  can  change. 


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The  following-  Grand  Lodges  have  reported  the  deaths  of  the  breth- 
ren named  below: 

Arkansas  raourns  the  death  of  two  of  its  most  distinguished 
brethren. 

M.W.  Bro.  John  S.  Sumpter,  Past  Grand  Master  of  that  Juris- 
diction, died  June  22,  1899,  at  Hot  Springs,  aged  57  years.  He  was 
made  a  Mason  in  Hot  Springs  Lodge  No.  62,  July  1-4,  1867,  and  wag 
Master  of  that  lodge  for  seven  years.  He  was  elected  Grand  Master 
in  1884,  and  served  in  that  office  one  year.  W.  Brother  Sumpter  was 
for  many  years  prominent  in  political  life,  serving  one  term  as  State 
Senator,  and  three  terms  as  Representative.  His  remains  were  laid 
to  rest  with  Masonic  ceremonies  by  Hot  Springs  Lodge,  No.  62,  June 
23,  1899. 

M.W.  Bro.  James  H.  VanHoose,  Past  Grand  Master  of  Masons  of 
Arkansas,  died  May  6, 1899,  near  Fayetteville,  Ark.,  in  the  sixty-eighth 
year  of  his  age.  Brother  VanHoose  was  made  a  Mason  in  Washington 
Lodge  No.  1,  at  Fa3-etteville,  Ark.,  Februar}'  3,  1853.  During  his  Ma- 
sonic life  he  filled  the  highest  positions  within  the  gift  of  the  Masons 
of  Arkansas.  He  was  Grand  Master  in  1881.  He  was  laid  to  rest  with 
Masonic  ceremonies,  conducted  by  Washington  Lodge  No.  1,  Fayette- 
ville. 

Alabama  sends  us  word  of  the  death  of  M.W.  Bro.  Henry  Clay 
Tompkins,  Past  Grand  Master  of  that  Jurisdiction,  which  occurred 
at  Montgomery,  September  12,  1898. 

Brother  Tompkins  was  born  in  Essex  county,  Virginia,  September 
14,  1842.  He  was  a  prominent  lawyer,  having  served  his  state  as  At- 
torney-General for  six  years.  In  1875  and  1876,  he  was  elected  Senior 
Grand  Warden;  in  1877  and  1878,  Deputy  Grand  Master,  and  in  1879 
and  1880  was  elected  Grand  Master.  He  was  buried  with  Masonic 
ceremonies  in  charge  of  the  Grand  Lodge. 

From  Colorado  we  have  the  news  of  the  death  of  several  distin- 
guished brethren. 

M.W.  Bro.  Byron  L.  Carr,  Past  Grand  Master  of  Masons  in  Colo- 
rado, died  at  Mineral  Wells,  Texas,  April  22, 1899,  aged  58  years. 

Brother  Carr  was  born  in  the  State  of  New  Hampshire  in  184L 
In  April,  1861,  he  enlisted  in  the  U.  S.  volunteer  armj-,  and  served 
during  the  entire  war;  was  present  at  Appomattox,  where  he  received 
a  wound  which  necessitated  the  amputation  of  his  right  arm.  After 
the  war  he  removed  to  Waukegan.  111.,  where  he  was  for  four  3'ears 
Count}^  Superintendent  of  Schools.  During  his  residence  in  Wauke- 
gan he  studied  law,  in  which  profession  he  was  very  successful,  and 
was  Attorney-General  of  Colorado  in  1894.  We  are  without  data  as 
to  where  and  when  he  was  made  a  Mason,  but  infer  that  it  was  in  New 


1899.  j  Grand  Lodge  oj  Illinois.  95 

Hampshire  while  home  on  a  furlough.  Brother  Carr  was  Worshipful 
Master  of  his  lodge  in  1875,  appointed  Grand  Orator  in  1876,  elected 
Senior  Grand  Warden  in  1877,  Deputy  Grand  Master  in  1878,  and  Grand 
Master  in  187S.  The  Grand  Lodge  conducted  the  services  at  the  time 
of  his  funeral,  which  occurred  at  Longmont,  Colo.,  April  26,  1899. 

M.W.  Bro.  Oren  Harrison  Henry,  Past  Grand  Master  of  Ma- 
sons of  Colorado,  died  at  his  home  in  Denver,  Colo.,  October  14,  1898, 
aged  56  years.  Brother  Henry  was  one  of  the  pioneers  of  Colorado, 
going  to  that  state  in  1860.  He  served  his  country  for  three  years 
during  the  Civil  War,  after  which  he  returned  to  Colorado,  where  he 
became  prominent  in  railroad  and  mining  circles. 

Brother  Henry  was  born  in  Vermont  October  14.  1842.  He  was 
made  a  Master  Mason  in  Nevada  Lodge  No.  4,  February  25.  1869;  be- 
came a  charter  member  of  Columbia  Lodge  No.  14,  of  which  lodge  he 
was  Worshipful  Master  in  1869  and  1870.  He  was  appointed  Grand 
Lecturer  in  1872.  was  elected  Junior  Grand  Warden  in  1873,  Senior 
Grand  Warden  in  1874,  and  Grand  Master  in  1875. 

M.W.  Bro.  George  Edward  Wyman,  Past  Grand  Master  of  Ma- 
sons of  Colorado,  died  at  his  home  in  Denver,  Colo.,  March  16,  1899. 

Brother  Wyman  was  born  in  Alcester,  England,  January  4,  1848, 
and  was.  consequently,  51  years  of  age  at  the  time  of  his  death.  He 
was  initiated  December  15,  1877,  in  St.  Vrain  Lodge  No.  23,  at  Long- 
mont Colo.,  and  was  elected  Senior  Warden  of  that  lodge  in  1878  and 
Worshipful  Master  in  1879.  In  the  Grand  Lodge  he  was  appointed 
Grand  Orator  in  1879;  Grand  Lecturer,  seven  years.  He  was  elected 
Deputy  Grand  Master  in  1884,  and  Grand  Master  in  1885. 

R.W.Bro.  Francis  L.  Childs,  Past  Deputy  Grand  Master  of  Colo- 
rado, died  at  his  home  in  Greeley,  September  27,  1898,  aged  74  years. 

Brother  Childs  was  born  in  Vermont  in  1824.  He  was  one  of  the 
charter  members  of  Union  Colony  at  Greeley,  Colo.,  and  became 
prominent  in  public  life  at  that  place.  His  Masonic  record  is  as  fol. 
lows:  He  was  made  a  Master  Mason  in  Tucker  Lodge  No.  48,  North  Ben- 
nington, Vt.;  he  was  a  charter  member  of  Occidental  Lodge  No.  20  at 
Greely,  Colo.,  was  its  first  Master  and  served  as  such  for  six  years. 
In  1873  he  was  appointed  Senior  Grand  Deacon,  was  elected  Junior 
Grand  Warden  in  1874,  Senior  Grand  Warden  in  1875,  and  Deputy 
Grand  Master  in  1876. 

The  Grand  Jurisdiction  of  Florida  has  been  sorely  afflicted  in 
the  death,  during  the  past  year,  of  three  of  its  best  known  members. 

M.W.  Bro.  William  A.  McLean,  Past  Grand  Master  of  that 
Grand  Lodge,  died  at  Jacksonville,  August  22. 1898,  66  years  of  age. 

Brother  McLean  was  raised  in  1858.  He  served  as  Deputy  Grand 
Master  in  1868.  was  elected  Grand  Master  in  1878,  and  was  reelected 


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to  that  office  in  1879  and  1880.  In  1892,  he  was  elected  Grand  Secretary. 
Brother  McLean,  in  early  life,  was  a  minister  of  the  gospel,  later, 
owing  to  throat  trouble  he  abandoned  that  profession,  studied  law, 
was  elected  county  judge  of  Duval  county,  and  served  twenty-one 
years  in  that  office. 

M.W.  Bro.  Henry  J.  Stewart,  Past  Grand  Master  of  the  Grand 
Lodge  of  Florida,  received  the  final  summons,  October  20.  1898.  and 
was  buried  by  his  brethren  the  day  following. 

Brother  Stewart  was  a  lawyer  by  profession,  and  during  his  life 
was  called  upon  to  fill  many  places  of  trust,  always  discharging  the 
duties  of  such  positions  with  great  credit.  He  was  the  Senior  Past 
Grand  Master  of  Florida,  having  been  elected  Senior  Grand  War- 
den in  1859,  Deputy  Grand  Master  in  1861,  '65,  and  '66,  and  Grand 
Master  in  1867. 

R.W.  Bro.  A.  L.  Williams.  Past  Junior  Grand  Warden  of  the 
Grand  Lodge  of  Florida,  died  September  13,  1898. 

Brother  Williams  was  made  a  Mason  in  1866;  he  was  elected  and 
served  as  Junior  Grand  Warden  in  1875;  was  appointed  District  Deputy 
Grand  Master,  which  position  he  held  until  his  death. 

Kansas  sends  us  word  of  the  death  of  M.W.  Bro.  John  Moses 
Price,  Past  Grand  Master  of  Masons  of  that  state;  died  October  19 
1898,  69  years  of  age. 

Brother  Price  served  his  state  as  State  Senator  for  several  years, 
and  the  city  where  he  lived  one  term  as  Mayor.  He  was  also  at  one 
time  Representative  in  the  State  Legislature  and  Speaker  of  the 
House,  pro  tan.  He  was  made  a  Mason  June  3.  1865.  In  October.  1870, 
he  was  elected  Deputy  Grand  Master;  in  1871  he  was  elected  Grand 
Master,  and  was  reelected  the  following  year. 

Nebraska  has  lost  by  death  one  Past  Grand  Master  and  its  Grand 
Secretary. 

M.W.  Bro.  Robert  C.  Jordan,  Past  Grand  Master  of  Masons  of 
that  state,  died  at  Omaha,  January  9,  1899,  aged  74  years.  His  body 
was  laid  away  by  the  brethren  of  his  lodge  and  the  Grand  Lodge. 
Brother  Jordan  was  born  January  18,  1825;  he  was  made  a  Mason 
in  1846;  he  was  the  first  Grand  Master  of  the  Grand  Jurisdiction  of 
Nebraska,  occupying  that  position  for  three  years.  Throughout  the 
years  of  his  manhood  he  was  devoted  to  Masonry,  and  was  an  exemplar 
of  its  best  attributes.  He  was  fittingly  called  the  "Father"  of  Free- 
masonry in  Nebraska. 

R.W.  Bro.  William  R.  Bowen,  Grand  Secretary  of  the  Grand 
Lodge  of  Nebraska,  died  May  6,  1899,  in  his  63rd  year. 


1899.]  Grand  Lodqe  of  Illinois.  97 

He  was  made  a  Mason  in  1864,  serving  his  lodge  as  Secretar}-  and 
Master.  He  was  elected  Grand  Secretary-  in  1872,  and  occupied  that 
position  continuous!}'  until  his  death. 

North  Dakota  grieves  over  the  death  of  R.W.  Bro,  Thomas  J. 
Wilder,  Past  Grand  Treasurer  and  Past  Grand  Secretary  of  that 
Grand  Lodge,  who  died  at  Spokane,  Wash.,  October  25,  1898,  aged  62 
years. 

Brother  Wilder  was  born  in  Massachusetts  in  1836,  then  moved  to 
Michigan.  He  was  made  a  Master  Mason  in  Phoenix  Lodge  No.  l.'>.  at 
Ypsilanti.  Brother  Wilder  was  Worshipful  Master  of  Casselton  Lodge 
for  three  years.  In  1881  he  was  elected  Senior  Grand  Warden  of  the 
Territorial  Grand  Lodge;  in  1882  he  was  elected  Grand  Treasurer; 
in  1890  was  elected  Grand  Secretary  and  served  two  years. 

The  Grand  Jurisdiction  of  Nova  Scotia  suffered  the  loss  by  death 
of  M.W.  Bro.  Lewis  Johnstone,  M.D.,  Past  Grand  Master  of  Masons 
in  Nova  Scotia,  whose  death  occurred  in  Stellarton,  N.S.,  February  1, 
1899. 

Brother  Johnstone  was,  at  the  time  of  his  death,  75  years  of  age, 
having  been  born  at  Halifax,  March  7,  1824.  He  received  the  degree 
of  Doctor  of  Medicine  from  the  University  of  Pennsylvania  in  1845, 
and  continue*d  in  the  practice  of  that  profession  until  his  death.  He 
was  made  a  Master  Mason  in  1860  in  Keith  Lodge  No.  20,  at  Stellar- 
ton,  and  was  Worshipful  Master  of  that  lodge  in  1866;  afterward  for 
an  uninterrupted  period  of  twentj'  years  he  installed  the  officers  of 
his  lodge. 

R.W.  Bro.  Edmund  T.  Mahon,  Past  Deputy  Grand  Master  of  Nova 
Scotia,  died  in  Halifax,  N.  S.,  March  8,  1899;  aged  61  years. 

Brother  Mahon  was  born  in  Halifax,  June  13,  1837.  He  was  initi- 
ated in  Consttiution  Lodge  No.  241,  New  York,  in  1868,  affiliated  with 
St.  Andrews  Lodge  No.  1,  Halifax.  July  3,  1888.  He  was  Worshipful 
Master  of  that  lodge  for  three  years,— 1887,  1888,  and  1889.  He  was 
chairman  of  the  Grand  Lodge  Committee  on  Finance  and  Audit  from 
1890  to  his  death.  He  was  Grand  Lecturer  in  1892,  Senior  Grand  War- 
den in  1893,  and  Deputy  Grand  Master  in  1897.  At  the  time  of  his 
death  he  was  a  Trustee  of  the  Grand  Lodge  Fund  of  Benevolence. 

Ohio  announces  the  death  of  M.W.  Bro.  Charles  C.  Kiefer,  Past 
Grand  Master  of  that  Grand  Jurisdiction,  which  occurred  March  12, 
1899.     He  was  elected  Grand  Master  October  29, 1881. 

His  remains  were  laid  away  with  Masonic  ceremonies  conducted 
by  the  lodge  of  which  he  was  an  honored  member. 

Oregon  sends  word  of  the  death  of  M.W.  Bro.  George  M.  Stroud, 
Past  Grand  Master  of  Masons  of  Oregon,  who  died  at  Portland,  April 
14,  1899,  aged  72  years. 


98  Proceedings  of  the  [Oct.  4, 

He  was  made  a  Master  Mason  December  9,  1864,  in  Salem  Lodge 
No.  4,  afterwards  becoming-  a  charter  member  of  Portland  Lodge  No. 
55,  and  of  St.  John's  Lodge  No.  62.  He  was  Worshipful  Master  of  Scio 
Lodge  No.  39  in  1869  and  1870,  and  of  Washington  Lodge  No.  46  in  1893. 
In  the  Grand  Lodge  he  was  elected  Senior  Grand  Warden  in  1869, 
Deputy  Grand  Master  in  1874,  and  Grand  Master  in  1881,  and  at  the 
time  of  his  death  was  Grand  Lecturer. 

Pennsylvania  mourns  the  death  of  R. W.  Bro.  Henry  W.Wil- 
liams, which  occurred  at  Philadelphia,  January  25,  1899. 

R.  W.  Brother  Williams,  at  the  time  of  his  death,  was  Grand  Mas- 
ter of  Masons  in  Pennsylvania.  No  other  data  are  given  in  the  an- 
nouncement containing  the  news  of  his  death. 

R.W.  Bro.  Joseph  Eichbaum,  Past  Grand  Master  of  Masons  in 
Pennsylvania,  died  in  the  city  of  Pittsburg,  April  15,  1899. 

Brother  Eichbaum  was  born  March  14,  1827.  and  consequently  was 
72  years  of  age  when  death  called  him.  He  was  made  a  Master 
Mason  in  1854,  was  elected  Senior  Warden  of  his  lodge  in  1859,  and  the 
following  year  was  elected  its  Worshipful  Master;  afterwards  was 
Secretary  of  his  lodge  for  three  years.  At  the  time  of  his  death  he 
was  its  Treasurer.  He  was  appointed  District  Deputy  Grand  Master 
for  the  Seventeenth  District.  In  1880  he  was  elected  Junior  Grand 
Warden,  serving  also  as  Senior  Grand  Warden,  Deputy  Grand  Master, 
and  lastly  as  Grand  Master.  The  services  at  the  grave  were  con- 
ducted by  the  Acting  Grand  Master,  assisted  by  other  officers  of  the 
Grand  Lodge. 

Tennessee  is  in  mourning  on  account  of  the  death  of  M.W.  Bro. 
Archaelaus  M.  Hughes,  Past  Grand  Master  of  Masons  in  that  state, 
which  took  place  at  his  home  in  the  city  of  Columbia,  October  27, 
1898. 

At  the  time  of  his  death  he  was  87  years  old.  In  civil  life  he 
served  his  district  for  thirteen  years  as  Attorney  General,  and  four 
years  as  Circut  Judge,  also  one  term  as  U.S.  District  Attorney.  He 
was  the  oldest  Grand  Master  in  the  state,  and  one  of  the  oldest 
known.  He  was  for  60  years  a  member  of  the  Grand  Lodge,  and  was 
three  times  elected  Grand  Master.  He  was  made  a  Master  Mason  in 
1832,  thus  devoting  65  years  of  his  life  to  the  Fraternity  he  so  much 
loved. 

R.W.  Bro,  John  Ridley  Frizzell,  died  at  his  home  near  Nash- 
ville, October  6,  1899. 

Brother  Frizzell  was,  at  the  time  of  his  decease,  Grand  Secretary 
of  the  Grand  Lodge  of  Tennessee,  having  been  appointed  to  till  the 
unexpired  term  of  his  father,  the  late  lamented  John  Frizzell,  who 
was,  for  more  than  a  quarter  of  a  century.  Grand  Secretary'.  He 
was  also  a  member  of  the  Committee  on  Appeals  and  Grievances. 


1899.]  Grand  Lodge  of  Illinois.  99 

Virginia  sorrowfulh-  announces  the  death  of  M.W.  Bro.  John  R. 
PURDIE.  M.D.,  Past  Grand  Master  of  Masons  in  Virginia,  which  oc- 
curred November  10.  1S9S. 

He  was  the  son  of  M.W.  Bro.  John  H.  Purdie,  who  was  Grand 
Master  of  Masons  in  Virtfinia  in  1819  and  1821.  He  was  born  July  31, 
1809,  and  was,  therefore,  89  years  of  age  at  his  death.  Brother  Pur- 
die w^as  a  phj-sician  and  for  many  j-ears  occupied  a  prominent  place 
in  that  profession.  The  devotion  of  this  dear  brother  to  Masonry  was 
well  known,  as  for  over  sixty  years  he  rarely  missed  a  communication 
of  the  Grand  Lodge.  He  was  Grand  Master  during  the  years  1844  and 
1846. 

The  consciousness  that,  "Men's  deeds  live  after  them,"  is  always 
a  great  solace  to  us,  for  when  we  reflect  on  the  life  and  character  of 
each  of  these  brethren,  and  remember  the  many  acts  of  kindness 
charity,  and  friendship  which  have  formed  so  large  a  part  of  the  lives 
of  all  of  them,  we  thoroughly  appreciate  the  fact  that  they  have  left 
us  examples  worthy  of  imitation,  and  while  our  hearts  are  necessarily 
filled  with  sorrow  and  sadness,  when  we  realize  what  our  loss  means 
to  us,  and  though  we  mourn  our  separation  from  them,  we  are  greatly 
comforted  by  the  knowlege  that,  unseen  by  mortal  eyes,  they  live  a 
pure,  eternal  life. 

"Masonic  tradition  informs  us  that  at  the  building  of  King  Solo- 
mon's Temple  there  were  three  principal  classes  of  workmen;"  so 
to-day,  each  of  the  classes  being  equally  dependent  on  each  other,  it 
is  right  and  jjroper  that  in  paying  this  tribute  of  love  and  respect, 
we  should  remember  that  there  are  many  others  whose  positions 
were  not  such  as  to  bring  them  into  sufficient  prominence  as  to  cause 
their  names  to  appear  on  the  records  of  this  or  any  other  Grand 
Lodge,  and  to  whom,  therefore,  we  cannot  refer  individually;  but 
whose  careful,  conscientious  work,  whose  labor  of  love  for  the  good 
of  Masonr}-,  has  helped  much  to  place  that  institution  in  the  position 
it  now  occupies.  They  have  zealously  upheld  its  reputation,  and  to 
their  memory  we  pay  the  tribute  which  is  due. 

"And  they  no  longer  weep, 

Here  where  complaint  is  still; 

And  they  no  longer  feel. 

Here,  where  all  gladness  flies, 

And  by  the  cypresses, 

Softly  o'ershadowed. 

Until  the  Angel 

Calls  them,  they  slumber." 

L.  C.  WATERS, 
H.  S.  ALBIN, 
W.  J.  FRISBEE. 

Committee. 


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KESOLUTION. 

The  following-  resolution  was  presented: 

Resolved,  That  the  sum  of  one  thousand  dollars  be  appropriated 
from  the  Grand  Lodge  funds  and  donated  to  the  Illinois  Masonic 
Orphans'  Home  to  aid  in  its  maintenance. 

An  amendment  to  this  resolution  making"  this  sum  85,000 
instead  of  81,000,  was,  on  motion,  carried,  and  the  matter 
referred  to  the  Finance  Committee. 

CALLED  orr. 

At  1:S0  o'clock  p.m.  the  Grand  Lod,^e  was  called  from 
labor  to  refreshment  until  9  o'clock  Thursday  morning'. 


1899.]  Grand  Lodge  of  Illinois.  101 


THIRD  DAY. 

Thursday,  Oct.  5,  A.L.  5899.    } 
9  o'clock  a.m.  f 

The  Grand  Lodg"e  was  called  from  refreshment  to  labor 
by  the  M.  W.  Grand  Master.  Grand  Officers  and  Represent- 
atives as  ^'esterda3^ 

EEPORT— Committee  on  Jurisprudence. 
M.W.  Bro.  John  M.  Pearson  for  the  Committee  on  Juris- 
IDrudence,  asked  for  further  time  to  consider  the  following 
amendment  to  by-laws  introduced  by  M.W.  Bro.  R  T.  Spen- 
cer at  this  session,  and  on  motion  was  granted  until  the 
next  session  of  the  Grand  Lodge. 

Sec.  5.  A  brother  wishing  to  transfer  his  membership  from  one 
lodge  to  another  in  this  jurisdiction  may  apply  for  a  transfer  card 
from  his  lodge.  The  application  shall  be  made  in  writing,  signed  by 
the  applicant,  be  presented  to  the  lodge  at  a  stated  communication, 
be  read  in  open  lodge,  and  lie  over  to  the  next  subsequent  stated 
meeting. 

Sec.  6.  This  application  shall  state  the  name,  number,  and  location 
of  the  lodge  to  which  the  brother  desires  to  transfer  his  membership, 
and  shall  be  accompanied  bj'  a  fee  of  one  dollar  and  the  amount  of  his 
dues  to  date  and  dues  in  advance  for  ninetj-  days  from  the  date  of 
presentation  of  such  application  to  the  lodge. 

Sec  7.  At  the  next  stated  communication  the  application  shall 
be  read  the  second  time,  when,  if  there  are  no  charges  against  the 
applicant,  the  W.M.  shall  order  a  transfer  card  to  be  issued  without 
any  vote  of  the  lodge.  The  transfer  card  shall  be  addressed  to  the 
lodge  which  the  applicant  has  designated  in  his  application,  shall 
certify  to  his  good  standing  in  the  lodge  of  issue,  and  shall  state  the 
brother's  desire  to  become  affiliated  with  the  lodge  to  which  it  is 
addressed. 

Sec.  8.  A  brother  holding  a  transfer  card  may,  within  sixty  days 
of  its  date,  deposit  it  with  the  secretary  of  the  lodge  to  which  it  is  ad- 
dressed, together  with  the  fee  for  affiliation  as  prescribed  by  its 
bj'-laws.     The  application  shall  then  be  referred  by  the  W.M.  to  an 


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investigating' committee  of  three  members  of  the  lodge,  whose  duty  it 
shall  be  to  inquire  as  to  the  character  and  fitness  of  the  applicant 
and  make  private  verbal  report  to  the  W.M. 

Sec.  9.  At  the  next  stated  communication  after  the  transfer  card 
is  presented,  the  W.M.  shall  announce  to  the  lodge  the  degree  of 
unanimity  of  the  committee  and  the  nature  of  the  report.  The  bal- 
lot shall  then  be  had  and  the  vote  to  elect  to  membership  must  be 
unanimous. 

Sec.  10.  If  the  applicant  is  elected  the  secretary  shall  promptly 
notify  the  secretary  of  the  lodge  of  issue  of  the  acceptance  of  the 
member,  and  the  transfer  card  shall  be  cancelled  and  filed  among  the 
records  of  the  lodge.  The  secretary  of  the  lodge  from  which  the  mem- 
ber has  withdrawn  shall  then  note  on  his  roster  opposite  the  name 
of  said  member,  "Transferred  to Lodge  No. ." 

Sec.  11.  If  the  application  for  membership  is  rejected  the  trans- 
fer card  shall  at  once  be  returned  to  the  applicant,  accompanied  by 
the  affiliation  fee,  and  promptly  filed  by  him  with  the  lodge  issuing 
the  same.  It  shall  not  be  necessary  to  ballot  thereon,  his  member 
ship  in  the  lodge  not  having  been  terminated  by  the  issuing  of  the 
card. 

REPOET— Committee  on  Mileage  and  Per  Diem. 
R.  W.  Bro.  E.  C.  Pace,  from  Committee  on  Mileage  and 
Per  Diem,  presented  the  following"  report,  which  was,  on 
motion,  adopted: 

To  the  M.  W.  Orand  Lodge  of  Illinois,  A.  F.  and  A.  Masons: 

Your  Committee  on  Mileage  and  Per  DLem  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,        E.  C.  PACE, 

ED.  L.  WAHL, 
GEO.  W.  CYRUS, 
Chicago,  October  6,  1899.  Committee. 


1899.] 


Grand  Lodge  of  Illinois. 


103 


GRAND  OFFICERS. 


Edward  Cook 

Chas.  P.  Hitchcock... 

George  M.  Moulton 

Wm.  B.  Wright 

Wilej-  M.  Egan 

J.  H.  C.  Dill 

Rev.  E.  M.  Thompson. 

Rev.  Frank  Crane 

George  A.  Stadler 

"Walter  Watson 

Jos.  D.  Everett 

Philip  Maas 

Chester  E.  Allen 

Haswell  C.  Clarke 

Geo.  W.  Hamilton.  ... 

W.  W.Watson 

J.  S.  McClelland 

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163 

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Junior  Gr.  Deacon. . . 

56 

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Grand  Steward 

209 

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Grand  Steward 

263 

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100 

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210 

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157 

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185 

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235 

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216 

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William  M.  Burbank 

Herbert  Preston 

M.  Bates  lott 

Ja3'  Linn  Brewster  . 

C.  E.  Grove 

D.  D.Hunt 

John  B.  Fithian 

Fred  E.  Hoberg 

T.  Van  Antwerp 

O.  F.  Kirkpatrick 

S.  G.  Jarvis 

Louis  Zinger 

S.  A.  Graham 

W.  H.  McClain 

D.  E.  Bruffett 

Chas.  F.  Tennej- 

R.  D.  Lawrence 

A.  P.  Grout 

William  O.  Butler. .. 

A.  M.  Boring 

Hugh  A.  Snell 

Chas.  H.  Marten 

C.  Rohrliaugh 

H.  T.  Burnap 

James  Douglas 

J.  M.  Burkhart 

Henry  T.  Goddard. . 
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APPEALS  AND  GRIEVANCES. 

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Paris. 

Wm.  S.  Cantrell 

Alex.  H.  Bell.          

Benton. 
Carlinville 

Evanston. 

CHARTERED  LODGES. 

James  L.  Scott     ....                            

Mattoon. 

Thomas  W.  Wilson 

L.  K.  Bvers 

Springlield. 
Altona. 

Paris. 

Jas.  McCredie  ...        

Earlville. 

CORRESPONDENCE. 

Quincy. 
Carmi. 

CREDENTIALS. 

J.  I.  McClintock 

p.  W.  Barclay ..             ..  . 

Cairo. 

Edgar  Bogardus 

Chicago.     ■ 

riNANCE. 

Chicago. 
Chicago. 

Gil.  W.  Barnard 

D.  D.  Darrah 

Bloomington 

GRAND  MASTER'S  ADDRESS. 

W.  E.  Ginther         

Charleston. 

L.  L.  Munn 

S.  S.  Chance  .  .               

Freeport. 
Salem. 

LODGES  UNDER  DISPENSATION. 

Daniel  J.  Avery 

Chicago. 

H.  C.  Mitchell 

Carbondale. 

Cha.s.  H.  Patton 

Mt.  Vernon. 

R.  T.  Spencer 

lUiopolis. 
Chicago. 

E.  St.  Louis. 

John  J ohnston 

MASONIC  JURISPRUDENCE. 

Daniel  M.  Browning.        

John  M.  Pearson 

Godfre3-. 
Chicago. 

John  C.  Smith 

Austin. 

Owen  Scott 

Decatur. 

MILEAGE  AND  PER  DIEM. 

Edw.  C .  Pace 

Ashley. 

Edw.  L.  Wahl 

Vandalia. 

Geo.  W.  Cyrus 

Camp  Point. 
Chicago. 

OBITUARIES. 

L.  C.  Waters 

W.  J.  Frisbee 

Bushnell. 

H.  S.  Albin 

Chicago. 

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Carl  Mueller .              

Chicago. 

RAILROADS  AND  TRANSPORTATION. 

J.O.Clifford 

John  Whitle.v 

TO   EXAMINE  VISITORS. 

W.  B.  Grimes 

Chicago. 
Pittsfleld. 

A.  B.  Ashlej- 

La  Grange. 

J.  E.  Evans 

J.W.Rose 

Litchtield. 

J.  R.  Ennis 

Burnt  Prairie 

REPRESENTATIVES. 


Bodley 

Equality 

Harmon}' 

Springfield  .. 
Friendship   . 

Macon 

Rushville 

St.  Johns 

Warren 

Peoria 

Temperance 

Macomlj 

Clinton 

Hancock 

Cass 

St.  Clair 

Franklin 

Hiram 

Piasa  

Pekin 

Mt.  Vernon. . 

Oriental 

Barrj' 

Charleston  . . 
Kavanaugn  . 
Monmouth  . . 
Olive  Branch 

Herman 

Occidental... 
Mt.  Joliet.... 
Bloomington 

Hardin 

Griggsville  . . 


F.  M.  Pendleton 

R.  H.  Steed 

Joseph  Estaque 

Geo.  C.  Wilkinson.. 
Geo.  C.  Heritage... 

John  F.  Mattes 

W  I.  Lavash 

Gilhert  Zacher.  .. 


F.  L.Tompkins 

A.  L.  Kirk 

James  W.  Baile}- 

Henrv  K.  Rule 

W.  E.' Bos  well 

J.  B.  Roach 

W.  R.  Merker  

Enos  Johnson 

C.  J.  Shepherd 

O.  Hemphill 

Fred  W. Seady 

J.  H.Mitchell 

Frank  T.  Wyatt 

H.  L.  Laagerhuas. .. 
T.  T.  Shoemaker.... 
Frank  Eraser 

D.  D.  Dunkle 

Chas.  E.  Olmstead. . 
Henry  Ohlschlager. 
Jos.  N.  Dun.swa}'.   .. 

F.  Munch 

G.  R.  Smith 

J.  C.  Johnson 

F.  H.  Farrand 


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REPRESENTATIVES— CO)Ui)JUecZ. 


Temple 

Caledonia 

Unity 

Cambridge » 

Carrollton 

Mt.  Moriah 

Benevolent 

Jackson 

Washington 

Trio 

Fraternal 

New  Boston 

Belvidere 

Lacon 

St.  Marks 

Benton 

Euclid 

Pacific 

Acacia 

Eureka 

Central  

Chester 

Rockton  

Roscoe  .VI 

Mt.  Nebo 

Prairie 

Waukegan 

Scott 

Whitehall 

Vitruvius 

DeWitt 

Mitchell 

Kaskaskia 

Mt.  Pulaski 

Havana 

Fellowship 

Jerusalem  Temple 

Metropolis 

Stewart 

Toulon 

Perrv  

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   


Fred  W.  Muller 

Hall  Whiteaker 

F.  E.  Glenn 

Clarence  H.  Hunt . . . 
Stuart  E.  Pierson. . 

Josiah  Bixler 

Louis  Wegehoft 

A.  L.  Ward 

Julius  Huegel3' 

P.  Greenawalt 

Samuel  Cole 

I.  N.  Shields 

David  Hughes,  Jr. . , 
R.  H.  Maxwell 

G.  B.  Richards 

W.  W.  Adams 

Alvin  Scott,  Jr 

L.  A.  Jackson 

Edward  Grube 

Geo.  Tenges 

George  J.  Barrett.. 
E.  A.  Dudenbostel.. 

J.  A.  Darcus 

John  M.  Rhodes 

E.  R.  Turnbull 

Geo.  M.  Clinton 

C.  J.  Langham 

Samuel  bharp 

Charles  Richert.   .. 

J.  P.  Hausam. 

John  Killough 

J.  L.  Murphy 

Wm.  M.  Schuwerk. 

J.  H.  Evans 

L.  R.  Haack 

A.  M.  Edwards 

H.  Felsenheld 

D.  W.  Helm 

Constant  Brown — 
James  H.  Renick. .. 

M.  Buchanan 

G.  Thompson 

E.  D.  Alllngton 

Elijah  Mason 

E.  G.  Hill 

WillSavill 

Robert  H.  Ross 

E.  R.  Spencer 

J.  R.  Maguire 

M.  L.  McDonough.. 

G.  M.  Say  lor 

S.  J.  Wilson 

A.  M.  Leonhard 

John  H.  Cook 

Ed.  Samson  

A.  C.  Vedder 

E.  J.  Glancy 

Elijah  Shepherd. . . 

I.  A.  Fenlon 

C.  McCurdy 

Wm.  Mosedale 

J.  C.  Deathage  

O.  P.  Carroll 

Chas.  G.  Young 

Iw  S.  Wilson,  Jr.... 


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Grand  Lodge  of  Illinois. 


107 


REPRESENTATIVES— Coniinwed. 


Cedar  

Greenup  

Empire 

Antioch 

Raleigh  

Greenlield 

Marion 

Golconda   

Mackinaw 

Marshall 

Sycamore 

Lima 

Hutsonville 

Polk 

Marengo 

Geneva  

Olney   

Garden  Cit}- 

Ames 

Richmond    

DeKalb   

A.  W.  Rawson     . 

Lee  Centre 

Clayton 

Bloomfleld 

Effingham 

Vienna 

Bunker  Hill 

Fidelity  

Clay 

Russell 

Alpha 

Delavan , 

Urbana 

McHenr^' 

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  Citv 

Dundee  ...'. 

Farmington 

Herrick 

Freedom 


M.  J.  Shephens. 

W.  F.  Shade 

F.  L.  Velde 


S.  M.  Home 

Ralph  Metcalf 

J.  W.  Johnson 

Frank  D  Thomas., 

L.  T.  Kittle 

J.  C.  Perdue 

Thomas  M.  Cliffe... 

John  J.  Clyne 

W.  L.  Bishop 

W.  D.  Sharp 

H.  W.  Richardson. 
F.  M.  Marstiller. .   . 

J.  E.  Gathart 

L.  Alexander 

H.  W.  Booth 

J.  T.  Bower 

R.  W.  Kool 

J.  W.  Seear 

J.  E.  Gray 

R.  O.  Meats 

C.  A.  McCuddy 

R.  C.  Harrah 

W.  Y.  Smith 

Wm.  Neil 

John  Carnev 

H.  G.  Campbell 

Buford  Tavlor 

C.  T.  Holmes 

J.  T.  Nattress 

Chas.  M.  Webber... 
Geo.  H.  Hanle}' 


E.  F.  L.  Hartmann 

W.  K.  Bowling 

A.  N.  East 

J.  B.  Stout  

C.  H.  Turner 

A.  G.  Everett 

W.  L.  Aurand 

Jas.  R.  Jackman 

Louis  Dickes 

E.  E.  Littlepage 

E.  L.  Hoffman 

C.  W.  Buck 

Fred  P.  Waite 

Geo.  A.  Bisseil 

Jacob  Scheidenhelm. 

R.  E.  Dorsey 

J.  P.  Johnson 

B.  H.  Lawson 

B.  F.  Ribelin 

August  Torpe 

John  P.  Peabody 

C.  B.  Edmonson 

P.  S.  McMillan 

J.  S.  Grove 

Wm.  H.  Mitchell 

Ed.  McKinney 

Jas.  W.  Connelly 

David  Moyes 

Carnillus'McClure.  . . 


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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 

]Mahomet 

Lero3' 

Geo.  "Washington. 

Pana 

Columbus 

Lovington 

Manchester 

New  Haven 

Wj'anet 

Farmers 

Blandinsville 

DuQuoin 

Dallas  Cit}- 

Charter  Oak 

Cairo 

Black  Hawk 

Mt.  Carmel 

Western  Star 

Shekinah 

Galva 

Horicon 

Greenville 

El  Paso 

Rob  Morris 

Golden  Gate 

Hibbard  

Robinson 

Hevworth 

Aledo 

Avon  Harmon}^ . . 

Aurora 

Donnelson 

Warsaw 

Mattoon  , 

Amon 

Channahon 

Illinois 

Franklin  Grove. . , 

Vermilion 

Kingston 

La  Prairie 

Paris 

Wheaton 


C.  B.  Ward 

W.  R.  Whitman 

J.  M.  Irwin 

W.  B.  Whitlock 

John  B.  Starkej' 

Henrv  M.  Condit 

C.  C.  Van  Meter 

J.  F.  Shadwell 

L.  W.  Wheelen 

L.  D.  Bennett     

Cicero  Barber 

C.  W.  Barnhart 

Oscar  E  Flint 

L.  W.  Walker 

A.  W.  Curran 

J.  F.Sweet 

C.  W.  Connell 

F.  E.  Schmidt 

F.  C.  Fuller 

J.  C.  Leith 

B.  O.  Manker 

John  Rutherford 

F.  E.  Byran 

John  A.Tuthill 

Joseph  M.  Tavvney 

F.  A.  Cutler 

G.E.  Meyers 

A.  W.  Lux 

W.  S.  Northrop 

Isaac  A.  Foster 

W.  E.  Sapp 

F.  M.  Jones 

B.  F.  Duncan 

T.  H.  Humphry 

C.  E.  Duvall 

Paul  McWilliams 

H.  T.  Stephens 

C.  W.  Williams 

C.  W.  Heiner 

Jos    P.  Gulick 

J.  W.  Winters 

Lawrence  C.  Johnson. 

Wm.  T.  Easley 

David  Dunn 

Herman  A.  Christians 

Louis  M.  Hamilton 

F.  W.  Froelich 

Adelbert  Palmer 

Charles  A.  Hilts  

W.  J.Graham 

Julian  Churchill 

Henry  G.  Gabel 

W.  H.  Young 

John  C.  Crawford 

F.  M.  Beals 

Frank  E.  Harrold 

Albert  T.  Randall 

Isaac  M.  Hornbacken. , 

Harris  H.  Dysant 

John  M.  Baldwin 

L.  M.  Morrison 

Charles  R.  Chinn 

Chas.  H.  Cone 

Simon  G.  Patrick 


1899.] 


Grand  Lodge  of  Illinois. 


109 


REPRESENTATIVES — Continued. 


Levi  Lusk 

Blanej' 

Carmf 

Miners 

Byron 

Milton 

Elizabeth 

Accordia 

Jo  Daviess 

Neoga 

Kansas 

Brooklyn 

Meteor 

Catlin 

Plymouth 

De  Soto 

Genoa 

Wataga 

Chenoa 

Prophetstown. . 

Pontiac 

Dills 

Quincj' 

Benjamin 

Wauconda 

Hinckley 

Durand 

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 

Summerfield. .. 

Wenona 

Milledgeville. .. 

N.  D.  Morse 

Sidney 

Russellville 


J.  C.  Field    

Geo.  A.  Schotteld 

Thos.  M.  Hall 

Wm.  F.  Biesmann 

John  H.  Helm 

J.  A.  Miller 

John  Q.  A.  Ledbetter. 


Wm.  F.  Conyne. . 

Morgan  Hand 

W.  S.  Brown 

J.  W.  Beemer 

E.Randall 

A. Jones 

Fred  W.  Phelps.. 

C.  C.  Grizzell 

C.  A.  Brown 

C.  W.  Merrill 

A.  H.  Copeland. . . 
H.  A.  Sturtevant. 
C.  R.  Tombaugh.. 


Henry  L.  Whipple 

Fred  A.  Morley , 

C.  R.  Wells 

John  H.  Bauder  

E.  A.  Hill 

Lewis  P.  Voss 

E.  D.  Durham 

W.  A.  Davidson 

M.  L.  Walker 

Leon  L.  Loehr 

W.  C.  Wellington 

Edmund  S.  Moss 

Bradford  L.  DeGolyer 

Enos  Kepler 

John  A.  Keller 

Robert  Mosser , 

Henr}' O.  Tonsor 

Chas.' J.  Addems 

E.  C.Hughes 

R.  W.  Eiitrikin 

H.  A.  Sandgren 

Alex  McKay 

G.  A.  Edwards 

Edward  K.  Gaard 

Wm.  M.  Gregg 

A.  A.  Adkison 

H.  L.  Weaver 

Alex.  S.  Jessup 

P.  H.  C.  Renine 

M.  Ash  ton  Jones 

W.  S.  Hoopes 

August  Pfeiffer 

Thos.  N.  Cummins 

J.  H.  Anderson 

Arthur  Horsley 

George  A.  Parish 

Marion  Todd 

H.  L.  Padfield  


M.  M.  Fike 

P  R.  Leonard 

Wm.  Hays 

James  m'.  Jarrett. 


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110 


Proceedings  of  the 


[Oct.  5, 


REPRESENTATIVES — Continued. 


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 

LaMoille 

Walthara 

Mississip-pi 

Bridgeport 

El  Dara 

Kankakee 

Ashmore 

Tolono 

Oconee 

Blair 

Jersej'ville 

Muddy  Point 

Shiloh 

Kinmundy 

Buda 

Odell 

Kishwaukee  

Mason  City 

SBatavia 

Ramsey 

Bethalto 

Stratton 

Thos.  J.  Turner... 

Mithra 

Hesperia 

Bollen 

Evening  Star 

Lawn  Ridge 

Paxton 

Marseilles 

Freeburg 

Rej^noldsburg 

Oregon 

Washburn 

Landmark 

Lanark .. . 

Exeter 

Scottville 


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C.  H.  Kelley 

Edgar  Field 

C.  S.  Brydia 

G.  W.  Moschel 

Geo.  W.  Lawrence... 

Chas.  H.  Stout 

J.  H.  Pahlmann 

Halbert  J.  Strawn. . . , 

Edward  McMillan 

Geo.  S.  Bander 

H.  J.  Cheeseman , 

Peter  W.  Lill 

Jno.  S.  C.  Nichols 

M.  H.  Spence 

G.  W.  Greiner , 

G.  W.  Pool 

T.  L.  Vradenburg 

H.  H.  Roberts 

John  W.  Adams 

Jos.  R.  Wagner 

Geo.  G.  Hurlbert 

W.  A.  Lidgard 

Wm.  Husk 

J.  C.  Danforth 

Chas.  E.  Gabriel 

Jacob  B.  Wolfe 

Richard  Boston 

W.  E.  Eddy 

William  Wilson 

Geo.  W.  Johnson 

Albert  Corrie 

N.  J.  Brown 

Fayette  S.  Hatch 

Lincoln  Moore 

G.  W.  Manley 

W.  H.  Aughinbaugh. . . 


Chas.  E.  Miner 

Lewis  W.  Brown... 

W.  E.  Hess 

Myron  Ueiwert 

F.  D.Webb 

J.  M.  Beck 

F.  C.  Poust 

C.  E.  Walsh 

Edwin  Meredith. . . 

Hiram  Hennon. 

Wm.  Montgomery. 

C.  F.Shirley 

Chas.  B.  Morrow... 

John  M.  Schmitt. .. 

a.  R.Stewart  

John  C.  Mej'er 

T.  G.  Eilert 

N.  E.  Nurss 

H.  W.  Mason 

J.  M.  Ferrell 

Mathews  Guidra . . . 

Thos.  H.  Taylor.... 

W.  J.  Emerson 

W.  O.  Ireland 

Jos.  W.  Dostal 

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424,Rufus  Funk 

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1899.] 


Grand  Lodge  oj  Illinois. 


Ill 


REPRESEN  T  ATI  VES— Co  )i  ^i  H  ue(? . 


Red  Bud 

Sunbeam 

Chebanse  

Kendrick 

Summit 

Murrayville 

Annawan 

Makanda 

Philo 

Chicago 

Camargo 

Sparland 

Case}' 

Hampshire 

Cave-in-Rock 

Chesterfield 

Watseka 

S.  D.  Monroe 

Yates  City 

Mendon 

Lioami 

Bromwell 

New  Hartford. .. 

Maroa   

Irving 

Nokomis , 

Blazing  Star 

Jeffersonville 

Plain  view 

Tremont 

Palmyra 

Denver  

Huntsville 

Cohden 

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 

Libert  vville 

Tower 'Hill 

Stone  Fort 

Tennessee 

Alma 

Murphvsboro 

St.  Paiil 

Stark 


John  J.  Fox , 

D.  M.  Baird 

John  Burrill 

C.  C.  Whiteside 

R.  O.  Vangilder 

Walter  Hanback  

Daniel  Porter 

W.  W  Thomas 

Wm.  F.  Dillon 

Wm.  Wilhartv 

W.  H.  Burtnitt 

T.  E.  Gapen 

L.  F.  Strockbine 

Charles  P.  Reid 

Henry  C.  Frayser 

J.  J.  Leach 

W.  H.  Austin 

L.  C.  Conover 

Chas.  D.  North 

Jacob  R.  Wrech 

John  Lowry , 

I.  L.  Long 

Geo.  H.Ellis 

James  M.  Ramrael 

A.  A.  Rhinehart 

Geo.  H.  Webster 

I.  C.  Fuller 

T.  J.  Hilliard 

W.  J.  Donahue 

F.  J.  Davis 

T.  J.Young 

John  J.  Reaburn 

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W.  F.  E.  Lamer 

Amos  A.  Anderson 

J.  M.  Rugless,  Sr 

W.N.  Ewing 

W.  A.  Pfeiffer 

G.  F.  Hoadley 

A.  L.  Hamilton 

Henry  J.  Jenner 

M.  G.  Nixon 

A.  T. Strange 

James  A.  McComas 

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John  C.  Leppert 

J.  H.  Wrigley 

J.  H.  Lloyd 

James  V.  McCullough. 

W.  J.Faulk 

Asher  R.  Cox 

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Jethro  Mastin 

M.  J.  Piatt 

R.  M.  Buckley 

Henry  C.  We'bber 

W.  M.  Joyner 

James  Knotts 

A.  T.  Stewart 

Henry  Stein 

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112 


Proceedings  of  tlie 


[Oct.  5, 


REPRESENTATIVES— C'OJl^iuuecZ. 


Woodhull 

Odin 

East  St.  Louis 

Meridian  Sun 

O.  H.  Miner 

Home 

Parkersburg 

J.  D.  Moody 

Wade-Barnej' 

Bradford 

Andalusia 

Litchfield 

Abraham  Lincoln. 

Roseville 

Anna 

lUiopolis 

Monitor 

Chatham 

Evans 

Delia 

Covenant 

Rossville 

Minooka 

Adams 

Maquon 

Ashton  

Seneca 

Altamont 

Cuba 

Sherman 

Plaintteld 

J.  R.  Gorin 

Lockport 

Chatsworth 

Harlem 

Stewardson 

Towanda 

Cordova  

Virginia 

Valley 

Sharon 

Long  Point 

Plum  River 

Humboldt 

Dawson 

Lessing 

Leland 

Thomson 

Madison 

Trinity 

Winslow 

Pleasant  Hill 

Albany 

Frankfort 

Time 

Jacksonville 

Bardolph 

Gardner 

Pera 

Capron 

O'Fallon 

Viola 

Prairie  City 

Hazel  Dell 


B.  F.  Woollums 

Ira  W.  Love 

W.  P.  Vaughn 

Samuel  Wright 

Henry  S.  Fry 

F.  F.  Douglass 

W.  H.  Griffin 

J.  A.  Hindman 

Chas.  S.  Hall 

Cj'rus  Bocock 

Chas.  L.  Wenks 

W.  H.  Tinklepaugh. 
J.  W.  Tinkham..r. . . 
R.  L.Mc  Reynolds  .. 

W.  Henderson 

P.  P.  Lucas 

George  T.  Ringhoff . 

R.  M.  Foster.   

H.  D.  V.  Simmons. . . 
E.  R.  Cambridge — 
Walter  J.  Lee 


W.  A.Thayer 

Isaac  M.  Larimore — 

C.  F.  Hurburgh 

William  Vaughn 

Herman  Van  Husen. 

I.  A.  Sprinkle 

Geo.  Nelson 

J.  S.  Burns 

A.  E.  Mottinger 

G.  W.  Hastings 

H.  A.  Kettering < . 

Rudolph  Fox 

Marvin  L.  Jackson... 
T.  P.  Mautz 

B.  F.  McAfferty 

Wm.  Cool 

R.  H.  Mann 

James  Clegg 

A.  B.  Blake 

Chas.  N.  Howell 

W.  S.  Eaton 

Geo.  H.  Haight 

John  McGinnis. 

Emil  Demme 

A.H.Dale 

John  H.  Taylor 

Robert  Alsop 

John  A.  Waugh 

W.  J.  Van  Matre 

John  F.  Berry 

Chas.  E.  Peek 

B.  F.  Wright 

C.  E.  Bagby 

Fred  H.  Rowe 

G.  V.  Booth 

W.  D.  Edmunds 

William  S.  Watson... 

W.  R.  Marriett 

Louis  Landwehr 

J.  B.  Ijongley 

Geo.  B.  Willan 

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1899.] 


Grand  Lodge  of  Illinois. 


113 


REPRESENTATIVES — Continued. 


Dongola 

Shirle}- 

Highland 

Vesper 

Fisher 

Princeton 

Tro}- 

Faifmount . .. 

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  

New  Hope 

Hopedale 

Locust 

Union 

Tuscan 

Norton 

Rideje  Farm. . 
E.  F.  W.  Ellis 

Buckle}- 

Rochester 

Peotone  

Keystone 

Comet 

Apollo 

D.  C.  Cregier. 
Oblong  Cit}-. . . 
San  Jose..'.. .. 
Somonauk.. .. 

Blueville 

Camden 

Atwood 

Greenview. . . . 

Yorktown 

Mozart 

Lafayette 

Rock"  Island. . 

Lambert 

Grand  Chain. 
South  Park... 

Phcenix 

Mayo 

Greenland  

Crawford 

Erie 

Burnt  Prairie 

Herder 

Fillmore 


Jasper  A.  Dillow 

J.  L.  Douglass 

Louis  J.  Appel 

Geo.  W.  Tapp 

Wm.  Armstrong 

L.  L.  Ackerson." 

S.  W.  Rawson 

Geo.  W.  Shultz 

D.  W.  Miller 

Frank  Rowden  ... 

A.  W.  Treat 

J.  S.  Ater 

J.  W.  Lacke}'    

A.  Smith .' 

C.  M.  Howard 

D.  A.  Clary 

H.  L.  Mauley 

M.  L.  Sherman 

Geo.  S.  Hummer 

Kenneth  McPherson 
Geo.  W.  Kyle 

F.  H.  Geyer 

J.  L.  Simcox 

Stephen  Pinknev 

William  J.  Jackson . . 

G.  A.  Lackens.  

Wm.  Priessman 

S.  W.  Shelton 

James  Snj'der 

Hezekial  Jennings. . . 

J.  S.  C.  Cussins 

James  T.  Staftord... 
Ben  F.  Douglass 

D.  B.  Keighin 

J.  H.  Davis 

Edward  J.  Hartwell. 

William  McClare  

James  M.  Bell 

E.  H.  Fedde 

Robt.  Sohns 

L.  M.  Nusbaun 

Frederick  J.  Kaeder 

Geo.  D.  Strecker 

J.  G.  Coml3- 

John  Frver 

Ernest  M.  Wright 

L.  C.  Carlin 

A.  A.  Cavins  

John  Harshbargen. . 

J.  H.  Stone 

O.  D.  Olsson 

Zach.  T.  Miller 

R.  E.  Seeley 

John  T.  Campbell 

John  W.  Reed 

W.  A.  Steers 

Frank  R.  Richards . . . 

James  Jones 

Joseph  Gaseraan 

Geo.  W.  Tipsword 

W.  A.  Wood 

Seward  A.  Eddy 

Joseph  N.  Hopkins... 
Jens.  L.  Christensen. 
H.  L.  Prater 


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114 


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REPRESENTATIVES— Cofth'nwecZ. 


EddYville 

Normal 

Waldeck 

Pawnee 

A.  O.  Fav 

Enfield 

Illinois  City 

Clement 

Morrisonville  — 

Blue  Mound 

Burnside 

Gallatia 

Rio 

Garfield 

Orangeville 

Clifton 

Englewood 

lola 

Raymond 

Herrin's  Prairie. 

SliiloliHill 

Belle  Rive 

Richard  Cole...   . 

Hutton 

Pleasant  Plains.. 

Temple  Hill 

Alexandria 

Braidwood 

Ewing 

Joppa 

Star 

Farmer  City 

Providence  

CoUinsville 

Jolinsonville  .... 

Newtown 

Elvaston 

Calumet 

Arcana 

May 

Chapel  Hill 

Rome 

"Walnut 

Omaha 

Chandlerville  — 

Rankin 

Golden  Rule 

RaritaU' 

Waterman 

Lake  Creek 

Eldorado 

Harbor 

Carman 

Gibson  

Morning  Star.. . 

Sheridan 

Arrowsmith 

Saunemin 

Eakeside 

New  Holland  — 

Danvers 

Scott  Land 

Goode 

Winnebago 

Weldon 


672  J.  N.  Mayner 

673  B.  H.  McCann 

674|Julias  Ewert 

675;C.  W.  Kessler 

676  Wm.  J.  Obee 

677  G.  G.  Gowdv 

679  Lucius  A.  M'cCormick. 

680  Chas.  r  .  Stevens 

681  Clarence  B.  Smith  — 

682  N.  S.  Mesnard 

683  J.  T.  Jenkins 

684  J.  F.  Ferguson 

685  M.  Dickerson 

686  Frederick  Menzie 

687  G.  I.  Cadwell 

688  Peter  Wright 

690  R.  E.  Lidster 

691  Samuel  Marshall 

693  Jas.  A.  Bradley 

693  C.  C.  Stotlar 

695  T.  J.  Cross 

696  C.  N.  Judd 

667  Menno  S.  Frj' 

698  John  A.  Button 

700  W.  H.  Dorand 

701  Wm.  C.  Holmes 

702  Fred  H.  Blayney 

704  Wm.  Jack,  Jr 

705  John  W.  Hill 

706  O.  A.  Moore 

709  A.  E.  Smith 

710  Henry  Funk 

711  L.  D.  Lowell 

712  Samuel  Harrison 

713  W.M.  Alvis 

714  A.  J.  Davis 

715  Hiram  IngersoU 

716  F.  D.  Day 

717  Robt.  N.  Macalister... 

718  H.  L.  Rice 

719  I.  N.  Lentz 

721  J.  R.  Walker 

722  B.  F.  Oakford 

723  J.  W.  Bowling 

724  Herman  Re  thorn 

725  C.  E.  Groves 

726  William  E.  Hyland . . . . 

727  Walter  Cooke 

728  W.  M.  McFarlane 

729  M.  A.  Felts 

730  O.  S  Young . . . 

731  Edward  Snyder 

732  John  F.  Clover 

733  Amos  Ball 

734  W.  B.Cain 

735  E.  D.  Robinson 

737  Chas.  H.  Bone 

738  Charles  F.  Ross 

739  Chas.  Stark 

741  J.  W.  Mowry 

742  Andrew  Cook 

743  Seldon  Simpson 

744  J.  D.  Bellamy 

745  J.  O.  Paul 

746  H.  H.  Summers 


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1899.] 


Gi^and  Lodge  of  Illinois. 


115 


REPRESENTATIVES — Continued. 


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 

LaGransje 

Bay  Cit}- 

New  Burnside 

Mansfield 

Lake  View , 

Grand  Crossing. , 

Ravenswood 

Gurney  

Wright's  Grove.. 

Siloam 

Colchester 

Potomac 

Constantia 

Beacon  Light 

Stanford    

Riverton  Union. , 

Morris 

Lerna    

Auburn  Park 

Pittstield  .   

Broadlands 

Calhoun 

A.  T.  Darrah 

Tadmor 

Mvrtle 

E.'M.  Husted 

Normal  Park 

Sidell 

Colfax 

Kenwood 

Sangamon 

"Williamson 

Neponset 

Kensington    

S.  M.  Dalzell 

Nebo 

Roj'al 

Cornland 

Gillham 

Tracv 

Melvln 

DeLand  

Humboldt  Park. 
Ohio  


Frank  Brewer 

W.  D.  Holmes 

Simeon  McFarland. 

C.  A.  Hamilton 

Prank  B.  Sodt 


H.  V.  Cardiff 

J.  H.  Seyler 

756  John  Mulvane... 
Richard  P.  Hoeg. 

758  J.  Wm.  Senger. . . 

759  Uriah  McCoy. .  . . 
761  A.  C.  Albright.... 
7&Z  W.  H.Graham... 

763  Henry  Cole 

764  James  A.  Steele . . 


W.  A.  Actor 

John  F.  Snyder., 


J.  E.  Burton 

Lamont  Sayler 

770  M.  B.  Hartley 

771|E.  V.  Nelson 

772!Orlin  A.  Wise 

773:H.  F.  W.  Spivler 

774!james  W.  Germer. ... 
776, Charles  H.  Graham. . . 

777  Elmer  D.  Howell 

778  G.  W.  Eskew 

779lGeorge  W.  Boalch 

780i William  S.  Robinson. 

781  iFrank  H .  Williams . . . 

782  A .  M.  Johnson 

783  Rudolph  Wendt 

784|Albert  C.  Firleke 

785iMarcus  Gerbric 

786! J.  L.  Parsons 

787|Curry  M.  Fike 

788  J.  W.  McDonald 

789|s.  J.  Cunningham 

7900.  L.  Kibler 

791|E.  T.  Telling 

7921  J.  T.  Linkogle 

793  John  L.  Dale 

794  J.  A.  Oxford 

795!Samuel  M.  St.  Clair. . . 
796JO.  O.  Hodges 

797  H.  J.  Roovaart 

798  C.  E.Cross 

799  F.J.  Mittan 

800  Thomas  A.  Stevens . . . 

801  H.  F.  A.  Sperling 

803  A.  A.  McMurrav 

803  G.  W.  McMillan" 

804  Thomas  A.  White 

805iH.  C.  Gruly 

806  John  R.  Gant  

807  Robert  B.  McKee. .   . . , 

808jC.  F.  Lanham 

809;G.  W.  Kimbro 

810  A.  O.  Novander 

811   

R.  B.  Moody 

Orlando  S.  Gauch 


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L,awn 

Ridgway 

Creal  Springs... 

Ben  Hur 

Columbian 

Henderson  

New  Canton 

Belknap 

Pearl 

Grove 

Arthur 

Mazon 

Sequoit 

Edgar 

Rockport 

Findlay 

Magic  City 

Dean 

Toledo 

Triple 

Windsor  Park.. . 

Hindsboro 

Charity 

Berwyn 

Alto  Pass 

Woodlawn  Park 

Fides 

Park 

Hopewell 

Martinton   

Bluffs 

Stronghurst 

London 

Palestine 

Austin 

Chicago  Heights 

Gothic 

Latham 

Brighton  Park. . 
King  Oscar 


Thomas  Ginnever  ..  . 

J.  J.  Gahm 

W.  A.  Perrine 

H.  Michaelsen 

F.  W.  Parks 

Perry  Wene 

George  A.  Butcher  . . . 

Austin  I.  Brown 

George  W.  Dow 

Bert  C.  White 

C.  F.  Jenne 

George  P.  Thomas — 

C.  E.  VanPatten 

George  W.  Hughes... 

W.  J.  Garner 

W.B.  Wallace 

George  S.  Woodward. 

O.  P.  Hope 

RufusH.  Smith 

Fred  Kohl 

W.  S.  Batcheller 

C.  L.  Watson 

W.  M.  Shearer 

W.  F.  Struckmann  ..., 
Charles  B.  Holcomb. . 

Julius  Brunton 

George  W.  Foote 

Henry  C.  Edwards 

W.  Y.  Ludwig 

C.  H.  Edison 

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L.  M.  Loomis , 

John  H.  Wagner , 

F.  M.  Shaw 

Alfred  E.  Bartelme 

John  Becker 

T.  A.  Metcalf 

McKenzie  M.  Vaughn. 

Thomas  Rankin 

Will  S.  Hussander 


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1899.]  Grand  Lodge  of  Illinois.  117 

INTKODUOTIONS. 

REPRESENTATIVE   OF   INDIANA. 

R.W.  Bro.  William  B.  Wright:— If.  Tf.  Grand  Master.  I  esteem 
it  a  duty  and  a  pleasure  to  present  to  you  my  credentials  as  the  Rep- 
resentative of  the  Grand  Lodge  of  Indiana  near  this  Grand  Lodge. 

The  M. W.  Grand  Master:— i?re^/u-en;  R.W.  Brother  Wright  pre- 
sents his  credentials  as  Representative  from  the  state  of  Indiana 
near  our  Grand  Lodge.  They  seem  to  be  in  regular  and  proper  form, 
and  will  be  recorded. 

R.W.  Brother  Wright,  we  are  very  glad,  indeed,  to  welcome 
you  here  from  our  neighboring  state.  They  seem  to  understand  the 
situation  down  there  pretty  well.  They  just  wanted  a  "Hoosier"  to 
represent  them,  and  they  wanted  the  "right"  kind  of  a  Hoosier!  Here 
he  is!  And  now,  brethren,  I  have  the  pleasure  of  introducing  you  to 
R.-W.  Brother  Wright,  the  present  Junior  Grand  Warden  of  our  Grand 
Lodge.  He  is  the  Representative  of  the  state  of  Indiana  near  our 
Grand  Lodge.  Unite  with  me  in  according  to  that  Grand  Jurisdic- 
diction,  through  its  Representative,  the  Grand  Honors  of  Masonry. 

R.W.  Brother  Wright:— J/.  W.  Grand  Master  and  Brethren:  This 
Grand  Jurisdiction  and  the  Grand  Jurisdiction  of  Indiana  are  so  near 
together,  their  ingress  is  so  easy,  that  it  is  hardly  necessary  to  have 
a  Representative  to  represent  the  Grand  Bodies  between  themselves. 
We  can  shake  hands  across  the  line. 

The  Grand  Jurisdiction  of  Indiana,  through  me,  will,  this  morning, 
simply  extend  to  you  a  fraternal  greeting.  I  will  not  delay  the  busi- 
ness of  the  Grand  Lodge  any  further,  but  will  only  say  that  I  esteem 
it  a  privilege  to  represent  that  Grand  Jurisdiction  near  my  own 
Grand  Jurisdiction,  and  will  also  say  that  if  any  "fracas"  occurs,  you 
will  now  know  who  is  the  Representative  of  that  Jurisdiction. 

representative   of   MISSISSIPPI. 

TheM.W.  Grand  Master:— -Bre^/iren.-  M.W.  Bro.  John  C.  Smith 
has  been  appointed  as  the  Representative  of  the  Grand  Lodge  of  Mis- 
sissippi near  our  Grand  Lodge.  He  has  presented  his  credentials,  which 
will  be  properly  entered,  and  stated  to  me  that  because  of  precarious 
health  on  his  own  part,  and  especially  because  of  his  attendance  upon 
M.W.  Brother  Speed,  Past  Grand  Master  of  Mississippi,  who  is  now 
stopping  at  M.W.  Brother  Smith's  home,  it  would  be  impossible  for 
him  to  be  here  this  morning.  We  simply  want  to  understand  that 
this  most  worthy  brother  is  the  Representative  of  that  Grand  Lodge, 
and  we  sympathize  with  him  in  his  illness,  and  in  the  care  and 
anxiety  that   he  is  having  on  account   of   M.W.  Brother  Speed,   to 


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whom  our  hearts  go  out  in  tenderness  and  solicitude,  that  he  may 
recover,  althoug'h  his  illness  seems  to  be  of  a  very  dangerous 
character. 

REPRESENTATIVE   OF   QUEBEC. 

R.W.  Bro.  John  Johnston:— Jf.  TF.  Grand  Master:  I  take  pleasure 
in  presenting  you  my  credentials  as  Representative  of  the  Grand 
Lodge  of  Quebec. 

The  M.W.  Grand  Ma&i^-er:— Brethren:  These  credentials  from 
the  Grand  Lodge  of  Quebec  are  in  due  form  and  properly  attested, 
and  will  be  made  a  matter  of  record. 

We  are  very  glad,  R.W.  Bro.  Johnston,  to  welcome  you  here  as  the 
Representative  of  that  Grand  Jurisdiction:  and  I  know  that  it  will 
afford  the  brethren  of  this  Grand  Lodge  a  great  deal  of  pleasure  to 
be  introduced  to  you  as  the  Representative. 

Brethren,  this  is  R.W.  Bro.  John  Johnston,  of  Garfield  Lodge, 
Chicago.  He  appears  before  you  as  the  Representative  of  the  Grand 
Lodge  of  Quebec.  Let  us  give  that  Grand  Jurisdiction,  through  its 
Representative,  a  cordial  welcome  by  means  of  the  Grand  Honors. 

R.W.  Brother  Johnston: — M.  W.  Grand  Master  and  Brethren  of  the 
Grand  Lodge  of  Illinois:  I  thank  you  very  kindly  for  the  honors  con- 
ferred, and  the  reception  you  have  given  me  as  Representative  of  the 
Grand  Lodge  at  Quebec.     I  thank  you. 

representative  of   RHODE   ISLAND. 

The  M.W.  Grand  Master: — Brethren:  I  have  here  the  creden- 
tials of  R.W.  Bro.  A.  B.  Wicker,  of  Franklin  Grove,  by  which  he  is 
appointed  as  Representative  of  the  Grand  Lodge  of  Rhode  Island, 
near  this  Grand  Lodge.  He  has  sent  this  commission  to  me  with  a 
letter,  saying  that  he  regrets  exceedingly  that  he  is  unable  to  be 
present  at  the  meeting  of  this  Grand  Lodge.  He  has  been  sick  and 
is  not  yet  able  to  be  out,  and  therefore  begs  that  we  will  excuse  his 
presence,  but  consider  him  as  the  Representative  of  that  body. 

Brother  Grand  Secretary,  will  you.  return  to  him  his  commission 
after  you  have  made  a  proper  record. 

representative  OF  TENNESSEE. 

The  M.W.  Grand  Master: — Brethren:  I  am  very  glad  to  welcome 
among  us  this  morning  Brother  Bell,  who  has  been  duly  accredited 
as  the  Representative  of  the  Grand  Lodge  of  Tennessee.  He  has  not 
his  commission  with  him  this  moment,  but  I  believe  it  is  in  the  city 
and  will  be  presented  in  due  time. 

Allow  me  to  introduce  you,  brethren,  to  this  R.W.  brother  and  let 
us  give  Tennessee  the  Grand  Honors  of  Masonr3%     Let  me  say,  how- 


1899.]  Grand  Lodge  of  Illinois.  119 

ever,  in  passiii"-.  that  this  is  the  re-establishing  of  relations  of 
this  kind  between  these  two  Grand  Lodg-es,  which  were  severed  some 
years  ago,  because  Tennessee  concluded  to  withdraw  from  partici- 
pating in  the  Representative  system.  At  the  last  meeting  of  the 
Grand  Lodge,  the  Grand  Master  very  heartily  recommended  a  re- 
establishment  of  these  relations.  The  committee  to  whom  his  ad- 
dress was' referred,  which  in  that  state.  I  believe,  is  the  committee 
on  jurisprudence,  rather  frowned  on  the  proposition.  I  don't  know 
just  why,  but  they  did  not  think  very  well  of  it.  But  when  the 
matter  came  before  the  Grand  Lodge,  they  wanted  to  be  known  and 
represented,  and  we  are  glad  that  they  have  selected  a  Bell,  whose 
tones  can  be  heard  throughout  the  state,  as  their  Representative,  so 
that  we  will  know  that  there  are  some  Masons  down  in  Tennessee. 

Unite  with  me.  brethren,  in  giving  that  Grand  Jurisdiction  the 
Grand  Honors  of  Masonry,  as  represented  here  by  Brother  Bell. 

R.W.  Brother  Bell:— 3/.  W.  Grand  Master:  This  is  the  first  time 
that  I  have  ever  appeared  before  this  Grand  Lodge  as  the  Repre- 
sentative of  any  foreign  Jurisdiction.  I  don't  know  just  what  the 
requiments  of  this  position  are,  but  I  will  do  the  best  I  can  to  dis- 
charge the  duties  of  the  situation. 

Down  in  my  little  city  of  Carlinville,  the  Methodists  had  a  revival 
a  few  years  ago,  and  there  was  a  man  in  our  town  who  had  been  irre- 
ligious, but  he  was  converted  at  that  meeting,  and  one  evening,  very 
much  to  his  surprise,  he  was  called  upon  to  lead  in  prayer,  and  he  got 
up  and  began  his  prayer  by  saying,  '"Oh,  Lord,  don't  expect  too  much 
of  me;  you  know  this  is  new  business  to  me."  And  so  it  is  with  me 
here.  I  will  do  the  best  I  can.  I  understand  there  is  nothing  to  do, 
and  I  am  an  expert  at  that. 

As  the  Grand  Master  has  stated  to  you,  the  Grand  Lodge  of  Ten- 
nessee, a  number  of  years  ago.  discontinued  the  Representative  sys- 
tem, but  on  now  returning  to  that  system,  it  has  pleased  the  Grand 
Master  of  that  Jurisdiction  to  name  me  as  the  Representative  of  that 
Grand  Lodge  near  the  Grand  Lodge  of  Illinois,  and  I  presume,  breth- 
ren, I  need  not  make  a  long  argument  about  the  matter,  except  to 
say  that  the  sound  judgment  and  the  delicate  discernment  of  the 
Grand  Master  of  Tennessee,  which  guided  him  in  making  such  choice, 
meets  my  unqvialified  approval.  I  certainly  appreciate  the  considera- 
tion which  this  Grand  Lodge  has  extended  to  the  Grand  Lodge  of 
Tennessee,  but  1  shall  not  inflict  a  speech  upon  you.  I  only  want  to 
say  that  while  I  am  very  proud  to  represent  the  Grand  Lodge  of  Ten- 
nessee, the  chiefest  honor  comes,  not  from  representing  that  Lodge 
mereh'.  but  from  being  its  Representative  near  this  most  august 
Grand  Lodge;  for  I  soberly  believe,  my  brethren,  that  there  is  not  an 
assemblage  upon  this  continent  of  America,  any  body  of  men.  which 


120  Proceedings  of  the  [Oct.  5, 

in  point  of  intelligcence  and  character,  and  in  point  of  stately  m  an 
hood,  is  equal  to  this  Most  Worshipful  Grand  Lodg'e  of  Illinois. 

REPRESENTATIVE   OF   NEW   SOUTH   WALES   AND   VICTORIA. 

R.W.  Bro.  R.  T.  Spencer:— 3f.  W.  Grand  JIastcr:  I  have  the  pleas- 
ure of  presenting  my  commissions  as  Representative  of  the  Grand 
Lodge  of  New  South  Wales,  and  of  the  Grand  Lodge  of  Victoria. 

The  M.W.  Grand  Master: — R.W.  Brother  Spencer  presents  his 
credentials  as  the  Representative  of  the  Grand  Lodges  of  New  South 
Wales  and  of  Victoria. 

Now,  R.W.  Brother  Spencer,  I  feel  a  little  delicacy  in  receiving 
you  in  this  matter.  In  fact,  there  is  a  degree  of  trepidation  about  it. 
Brethren,  I  do  not  know  just  exactly  what  designs  these  Grand  Juris- 
dictions may  have  upon  us,  and  I  think  that  it  behooves  us  to  be  a 
little  careful.  It  may  be  that  they  have  some  sort  of  expectation  of 
taking  away  from  us  that  old  institution  we  have  stood  b}-  so  long  and 
that  all  of  us  love  so  well,  that  is  the  "Masonic  Goat,"  and  substituting 
for  him  a  kangaroo!  So  I  think  we  had  better  be  a  little  careful,  and 
I  warn  you  in  advance,  Brother  Spencer,  that  if  you  attempt  any- 
thing of  that  kind  this  Grand  Lodge  will  resist  it,  even  to  the  death 
(of  the  kangaroo). 

Brethren,  let  me  introduce  you  to  R.W.  Brother  Spencer,  repre- 
sentative of  the  Grand  Lodges  of  New  South  Wales  and  Victoria,  near 
our  Grand  Lodge.  Give  them  a  cordial  welcome  through  their  Rep- 
resentative and  unite  in  giving  the  Grand  Honors. 

R.W.  Brother  Spencer: — 3£.W.  Grand  blaster  and  Brethren  of  the 
Grand  Lodge  of  lUinois:  I  thank  you  sincerely  for  the  kind  reception 
you  have  accorded  me  as  the  Representative  of  the  United  Grand 
Lodge  of  New  South  Wales,  and  of  the  United  Grand  Lodge  of  Vic- 
toria. I  shall  take  an  especial  pleasure  in  announcing  the  same  to 
Sir  Joseph  Palmer  Abbott,  and  Lord  Thomas  Brassey,  their  respective 
Grand  Masters. 

Beyond  many  thousand  miles  of  stormy  water  there  lies  the  '"land 
of  the  South."  Australia,  an  island  in  name,  but  a  continent  in  re- 
ality. It  is  almost  as  large  as  the  United  States,  excluding  Alaska 
and  our  new  island  possessions,  and  has  a  population  of  over  three 
millions  of  people,  the  Freemasons  of  which  are  under  the  control  of 
five  Grand  Lodges,  two  of  which  I  have  the  distinguished  honor  of 
representing  near  this  Grand  Lodge. 

For  many  years  this  country  was  used  as  a  place  to  transport  con- 
victs from  Great  Britain,  and  the  name  of  New  South  Wales  is  still 
connected  in  the  minds  of  many  persons  with  the  idea  of  a  convict 
colony,  in  which  a  great  part  of  the  population  are  "bush-rangers" 


1899.]  Grand  Lodge  of  Illinois.  121 

and  ••ticket-of-leave  men."  But  let  me  say  that  such  is  not  the  case, 
for  in  1840  or  nearly  two  generations  ag'o  this  thing  finally  ceased. 
And  to-day  this'  countrj^  includes  as  many  law  abiding,  intelligent, 
industrious,  and  enterprising  citizens  as  can  be  found  in  any  depend- 
ency of  the  mother  country.  Australia  has  recently  formed  a  federa- 
tion, the  governmental  scheme  of  which  is  patterned  closely  upon 
that  of  our  own  country,  and  it  is  a  matter  of  a  short  time  when  it 
will  take  its  place  among  the  nations  of  the  world  as  a  free  and  in- 
dependent nation. 

Hoping  that  the  fraternal  bonds  which  now  unite  us  may  never 
be  severed,  I  will  close  b}'  thanking  you  once  more. 

REPRESENTATIVE   OF   VERMONT. 

The  Grand  Master  announced  that  R.W.  Bro.  Hugh  D. 
Hunter  who  had  been  duly  appointed  as  the  representative 
of  the  Grand  Lodge  of  Vermont,  and  whose  credentials 
were  in  hand,  was  unavoidably  detained  from  attendance 
at  this  session  of  the  Grand  Lodge,  but  that  he  would  be 
duly  recorded  as  the  representative  of  that  jurisdiction. 

EESOLUTION— Aboiit  Eecording  Commissions. 
M.W.Bro.  JohnM.  Pearson  presented  the  following  reso- 
lution, which,  on  motion,  was  adopted: 

M.W.  Bro.  John  ]\I.  Pearson: — M.  W.  Grand  Master:  I  move  you, 
sir,  that  in  these  cases,  and  in  all  other  cases  of  the  reception  of  Rep- 
resentatives from  Grand  Lodges  which  have  been  duly  accredited  by 
this  Grand  Lodge,  that  the  Grand  Secretar}'^  be  instructed  to  note  in 
the  margin  or  back  of  the  commission  the  fact,  giving  the  date,  with 
his  own  signature,  and  the  seal  of  this  Grand  Lodge.  I  make  this  mo- 
tion because  I  am  informed  that  the  custom  used  to  exist  thirty  years 
ago,  and  has  fallen  somewhat  into  disuse. 

The  Grand  Secretary  read  the  following  communication: 

Floresville,  Texas,  Sept.  28,  1899. 
To  the  3L  W.  Grand  Lodge  of  Illinois,  Greeting: 

Dear  Brethren — As  Grand  Representative  of  the  Grand  Lodge 
of  Illinois  near  the  Grand  Lodge  of  Texas,  I  extend  to  you  fraternal 
greeting  in  your  sixtieth  grand  annual  communication. 

It  has  been  my  good  fortune  to  be  present  at  every  grand  annual 
communication  of  our  Grand  Lodge  since  your  distinguished  brother 
and  my  esteemed  friend,  M.W.  Leroy  A.  Goddard,  honored  me  with 
the  appointment  as  your  Grand  Representative. 


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I  shall  regard  it  as  a  solemn  duty  to  foster  and  strengthen  the 
fraternal  relations  that  have  so  long  existed  between  our  respective 
Grand  Bodies. 

With  best  wishes  for  your  prosperity  and  happiness,  and  with 
kindest  fraternal  regards,  Yours  to  command, 

GEO.  LOPAS,  Jr. 


AMENDMENTS  TO  BY-LAWS-Proposed. 
M.W.  Bro.  John  M.  Pearson  offered  the  following"  amend- 
ment to  Grand  Lodge  By-laws,  and  it  being  seconded  by- 
representatives  of  more  than  twenty  lodges    lies  over  until 
next  year: 

Amend  clause  6  of  Section  1.  Article  11.  Part  1,  Grand  Lodge  By- 
laws, by  striking  from  the  second  line  thereof  the  words  "seventy- 
five,"  and  insert  in  lieu  thereof  the  word  "sixty." 

M.W.  Bro.  Joseph  Robbins  offered  the  following  amend- 
ment to  Grand  Lodge  By-laws,  and  it  being  seconded  by 
representatives  of  more  than  twenty  lodges,  lies  over  until 
next  year: 

Amend  clause  6  of  Section  1,  Article  11,  Part  1,  Grand  Lodge  By- 
laws, by  striking  from  the  second  line  thereof  the  words  "seventy- 
five,"  and  insert  in  lieu  thereof  the  word  "fifty." 


EEPOET— Charity  Committee. 
The  Grand  Master  presented  the  following  report  from 
Charity  Committee,  which,  on  motion,  was  adopted: 

Brethren  of  the  Grand  Lodge: 

Your  committee  to  whom  was  referred  the  matter  of  a  contribu- 
tion of  $75.00  to  P.G.M.  Harrison  Dills,  would  report  in  favor  of  mak- 
ing the  donation.  Fraternally, 

EDWAKD  COOK,  G.M., 
C.  F.  HITCHCOCK,  D.G.M., 
GEO.  M.  MOULTON,  S.G.W., 
WM.  B.  WRIGHT,  J.G.W., 
WILEY  M.  EGAN,  Gr.  Treas. 
J.  H.  C.  DILL,  Gr.  Sec'y. 

Committee  on  Charity. 


1899.]  Grand  Lodc/e.  of  Illinois.  123 

EESOLUTION. 
The   Grand   Secretary   read   the    following"    resolution 
signed  by  the  representatives  of  Peoria  Lodge  No.  15,  and 
Pekin  Lodge  No.   29,  and  it  was  referred  to  the  Finance 
Committee: 

Resolved,  that  the  sum  of  one  thousand  dollars  ($1,000)  be  appro- 
priated out  of  the  funds  of  this  Grand  Lodg-e  as  a  donation  to  the 
Masonic  and  Eastern  Star  Home,  at  Macon,  111. 

ADDITIONAL  REPOET— Committee  on  Pinance. 
M.W.  Bro.  Leroy  A.  Goddard,  from  the  Committee  on 
Finance,  made  the  following  additional  report: 

Your  Committee  on  Finance  to  whom  was  referred  the  resolution 
relative  to  revising"  the  book  of  ceremonials,  respectfully  recommends 
that  a  committee  of  three  be  appointed,  and  that  they  report  such 
revision  at  the  next  annual  communication  of  the  Grand  Lodg'e  for 
its  approval.  LEROY  A.  GODDARD, 

GIL  W.  BARNARD, 
DELMAR  D.  DARRAH, 

Committee. 

Your  Committee  on  Finance  reports  that  a  careful  consideration 
has  been  g^iven  the  resolution  requesting-  an  appropriation  to  the  Illi- 
nois Masonic  Orphans'  Home,  and  recommends  that  a  donation  of  five 
thousand  dollars  ($5,000)  be  made  and  that  the  Grand  Secretary  be 
and  he  is  hereby  directed  to  draw  an  order  on  the  Grand  Treasurer  for 
the  same.  LEROY  A.  GODDARD, 

GIL  W.  BARNARD, 
DELMAR  DARRAH, 

Committee. 

The  recommendation  of  the  above  report,  relative  to 
book  of  ceremonials,  was  adopted.  That  part  relating  to 
the  Illinois  Masonic  Orphans'  Home,  was  lost. 

ADDITIONAL  EEPOET-Committee  on  Pinance. 
M.W.  Bro.  Leroy  A.  Goddard  presented  the  following 
report  from  the  Committee  on  Finance,  which,  on  motion, 
was  adopted: 


124  Proceedings  of  the  [Oct.  5, 

Your  Committee  on  Finance  to  whom  was  referred  the  resolution 
requesting-  a  donation  of  one  thousand  dollars  to  the  Masonic  and 
Eastern  Star  Home  at  Macon,  Illinois,  recommends  the  same,  and  that 
the  Grand  Secretary  be  directed  to  draw  an  order  on  the  Grand  Treas- 
urer for  the  amount  and  present  same  to  the  proper  authorities  of 
said  home.  LEROY  A.  GODDARD, 

GIL  W.  BARNARD, 
DELMAR  D.  DARRAH, 

Committee. 


EEPOKT— Committee  on  Appeals  and  Grievances. 
M.  W.  Bro.  Monroe  C.  Crawford,  from  the  Committee  on 
Apjoeals  and  Grievances,  presented  the  following'  report, 
which  on  motion  was  adopted: 

To  the  Most  Worshipful  Grand  Lodge  of  Illinois,  A.F.  &  A.3f.: 

Your  Committee  on  Appeals  and  Grievances  fraternally  and  re- 
spectfully report  as  follows: 

Havana  Lodgk  No.  88, 


L  Lodgk  No.  88.  1 

vs.  > 


In  this  case  appellant,  being  the  prosecuting  witness,  asks  leave 
to  dismiss  his  appeal.  Your  committee  recommend  that  his  request 
be  granted  and  that  the  appeal  be  dismissed. 

Fraternal  Lodge  No.  58.  ^ 

vs.  > 


In  this  case  but  two  witnesses  were  introduced.  They  squarely 
contradicted  each  other.  This  was  all  the  evidence;  and  upon  this 
evidence  the  lodge  by  a  vote  of  11  toSfound  the  accused  ''not guilty." 

Your  committee  considered  the  action  of  the  lodge  correct  and 
recommend  that  it  be  sustained. 

Tyrian  Lodge  No.  333. 


Lodge  No.  333.  | 


The  appeal  in  this  case  is  not  perfected  in  time  for  consideration 
at  this  session  of  the  Grand  Lodge,  and  is  therefore  continued  by  op- 
eration of  law. 


1899.]  Grand  Lodge  of  Illinois.  125 


Braidwood  Lodge  No.  704. 
vs. 


In  this  case,  as  in  Fraternal  Lodge  No.  58  above,  there  were  but 
two  witnesses,  and  they  were  in  direct  conflict;  therefore,  your  com- 
mittee recommend  that  the  action  of  the  lodge,  in  acquitting  the 
accused,  be  sustained. 


Dearborn  Lodge  No.  310. 

vs. 


In  this  case  there  were  two  sets  of  specifications,  alleging  unma- 
sonic  conduct  of  the  same  character  in  two  different  instances.  Upon 
the  first  the  lodge  found  the  defendant  not  guilty,  and  upon  the  sec- 
ond he  was  found  guilty  and  suspended  from  all  the  rights  and  privi- 
leges of  Masonry. 

From  the  action  of  the  lodge  in  thus  convicting  the  defendant, 
and  suspending  him,  he  took  an  appeal  to  this  Grand  Lodge.  Your 
committee  is  of  the  opinion  that  all  of  the  specifications  constituted 
one  entire  charge,  and  that  the  appeal  by  the  defendant  brings  to 
this  Grand  Lodge  the  entire  record. 

In  the  trial  of  this  case  the  lodge  was,  by  its  master,  called  from 
labor  to  refreshment,  and  as  a  committee  of  the  whole  heard  in  the 
lodge  room  the  testimony  of  a  witness  who  was  not  a  Mason.  This 
was  done  against  the  objection  of  the  defendant.  It  has  been  con- 
tended before  us  that  it  is  permissible  for  the  lodge  to  resolve  itself 
into  a  committee  of  the  whole,  and  as  such  committee  of  the  whole. 
to  admit  and  examine  witnesses  who  are  not  Masons. 

Your  committee  is  wholly  unable  to  concur  in  this  view  of  Ma- 
sonic law.  Section  5,  article  5,  part  3,  Grand  Lodge  By-laws,  pro. 
vides  that  ''the  testimony  of  witnesses  who  are  Masons  may  be  taken 
in  open  lodge  or  by  special  committee  appointed  by  the  master.  Wit- 
nesses who  are  not  Masons  shall  be  examined  by  said  committee."' 
It  cannot  be  said  that  a  lodge  acting  as  a  committee  of  the  whole  is 
in  any  proper  sense  "a  special  committee"  appointed  by  the  master. 
The  proceedings  of  the  lodge  in  this  particular  are  unwarranted  by 
Masonic  law.  In  this  case,  however,  the  irregularity  brought  no  in- 
jury, and  your  committee  is  unwilling  on  this  ground  to  reverse  the 
case.  Your  committee  has  carefully  read  and  considered  the  entire 
record  in  this  case,  and  we  are  satisfied  from  the  evidence  that  the 
defendant  is  guilty  under  all  the  specifications  preferred  against  him . 


126  Proceedings  of  the  [Oct.  5, 

We,  therefore,  recommend  that  the  action  of  Dearborn  Lodge,  in 
finding-  the  defendant  not  guilty  as  to  the  first  set  of  charges,  be  set 
aside,  and  that  the  defendant  be  declared  guilty  thereunder. 

We  recommend  that  the  action  of  the  lodge  in  finding  the  defend- 
ant guilty  under  the  second  set  of  specifications  be  sustained. 

We  recommend  that  the  action  of  the  lodge  in  fixing  the  punish- 
ment in  this  case  at  indefinite  suspension  be  set  aside  and  that  the 
defendant  be  expelled  from  all  the  rights  and  privileges  of  Masonry. 

Adams  Lodge  No.  529. 


Lodge  No.  529.  1 

vs.  > 


In  this  case  the  lodge  found  the  accused  guilty  and  fixed  his  pun- 
ishment at  indefinite  suspension.  The  defendant  appealed  to  this 
Grand  Lodge.  Your  committee  has  carefully  examined  the  evidence 
and  are  of  the  opinion  that  it  fully  sustains  the  charge  and  specifica- 
tion. We,  therefore,  recommend  that  the  action  of  the  lodge  be  sus- 
tained. 

Tennessee  Lodge  No.  496,  i 


The  defendant  vras  found  not  guilty  and  a  number  of  the  members 
of  said  lodge  appealed  to  the  Grand  Lodge.  After  considering  the  evi- 
dence in  this  case,  your  committee  are  of  the  opinion  that  the  guilt 
of  the  defendant  was  proven  beyond  all  reasonable  doubt,  if  not  be- 
yond all  possibility  of  a  doubt,  and  we  are  unable  to  understand  how 
the  lodge  arrived  at  the  conclusion  that  the  defendant  was  not  guilty. 
Therefore,  your  committee  recommend  that  the  action  of  the  lodge 
be  set  aside,  and  that  the  defendant  be  declared  guilty  and  expelled 
from  all  the  rights  and  privileges  of  Masonry. 

TowANDA  Lodge  No.  542. 
vs. 

In  this  case  certain  charges  and  specifications  were  presented 
against  defendant  by  the  junior  warden  of  the  lodge.  Upon  a  care- 
ful examination  of  the  record  in  this  case,  your  committee  find  that 
at  the  last  annual  communication  of  this  Grand  Lodge,  a  case  of  the 
same  title  as  the  one  now  before  us,  and  upon  the  identical  charges 
now  made  was  before  this  Grand  Lodge,  and  the  action  of  the  lodge 
in  finding  the  defendant  guilty  was  set  aside  and  the  defendant  was 
restored  to  all  of  the  rights  and  privileges  of  Masonry.     Since  the 


1899.]  Grand  Lodge  of  Illinois.  127 

last  session  of  this  Grand  Lodge,  the  junior  warden  of  the  lodge  again 
preferred  charges  against  the  defendant,  identical  in  substance  with 
those  to  which  this  Grand  Lodge  had  already  declared  the  defendant 
"not  guilty."  On  the  trial  of  the  charges  and  specifications  now  be- 
fore us,  the  defendant  pleaded  his  former  acquittal  by  this  Grand 
Lodge  as  a  bar  to  the  further  prosecution  of  this  case.  Notwith- 
standing this  objection,  however,  the  lodge  proceeded  to  a  trial  of 
the  defendant  and  found  him  "guilty,"  and  fixed  his  punishment  at 
indefinite  suspension. 

From  this  action  of  the  lodge  the  defendant  has  appealed.  Inas- 
much as  the  defendant  had  before  then  been  found  not  guilty  by  this 
Grand  Lodge  of  the  several  charges  and  specifications  here  involved, 
your  committee  is  of  the  opinion  that  such  former  acquittal  is  a  bar 
to  the  prosecution  of  this  case. 

Your  committee,  therefore,  recommend  that  the  action  of  To- 

wanda  Lodge  No.  542,  in  finding  Brother "guilty,"'  be  set  aside 

and  that  he  be  restored  to  all  of  the  rights  and  privileges  of  Masonry. 

J.  L.  Anderson  Lodge  No.  318.       ^ 
vs.  } 


The  appeal  in  this  case  was  not  perfected  in  time  for  considera- 
tion at  this  session  of  the  Grand  Lodge,  and  it  is  therefore  continued 
by  operation  of  law. 

TowANDA  Lodge  No.  542.  ^ 

vs.  \ 


Your  committee  are  of  the  opinion  that  the  evidence  in  this  case 
is  not  sufficient  to  support  a  conviction,  and  therefore  recommend 
that  the  action  of  the  lodge  be  set  aside  and  the  accused  be  restored 
to  all  the  rights  and  privileges  of  Masonry. 


Tyrian  Lodge  No.  333. 
vs. 


The  amount  of  business  which  has  been  before  your  committee  at 
this  session  of  the  Grand  Lodge  has  rendered  it  impossible  for  your 
committee  to  read  the  voluminous  record  in  this  case,  and  in  con- 
sideration of  this  fact,  together  with  the  request  of  the  Worshipful 
Master  of  Tyrian  Lodge  for  further  time  in  which  to  prepare  a  more 
formal  and  extended  presentation  of  the  case  on  behalf  of  the  lodge, 
your  committee  recommend  that  this  case  be  continued. 


128  Proceedings  of  the  [Oct,  5, 

Belvidere  Lodge  No.  60. 


The  details  of  this  case  are  fully  set  forth  in  the  address  of  the 
Grand  Master.  Your  committee  recommend  that  the  findings  of  the 
lodge  as  to  the  first  defendant  be  affirmed;  that  the  action  of  the 
lodge  as  to  the  second  defendant  be  set  aside,  and  that  he  be  declared 
guilty  and  suspended  from  all  the  rights  and  privileges  of  Masonry 
until  the  first  da}?^  of  Januar3\  1900.  That  the  action  of  the  lodge  in 
fixing  the  punishment  of  the  third  defendant  at  reprimand  be  set 
aside,  and  that  he  be  suspended  from  all  the  rights  and  privileges  of 
Masonry  for  six  months,  from  the  5th  day  of  October,  1899. 


Atwood  Lodge  No.  651. 
vs. 


\ 


This  case  came  to  your  committee  through  reference  by  the  com- 
mittee on  Grand  Master's  address,  of  that  part  of  said  address  per- 
taining thereto. 

Your  committee  have  heard  the  argument  of  able  counsel  for  the 
accused  and  also  the  statement  of  the  chairman  of  the  trial  commis- 
sion, and  after  carefully  reading  the  evidence,  are  of  the  opinion 
that  the  evidence  sustains  the  report  of  said  commission,  and  that 
the  action  taken  by  the  M.W.  Grand  Master  should  be  approved. 

Your  committee,  therefore,  recommend  that  all  acts  of  the  Most 
Worshipful  Grand  Master,  relative  to  this  case  be  approved;  that  the 
accused  be  deposed  from  office  and  indefinitely  suspended  from  all  the 
rights  and  privileges  of  Masonry  during  the  will  and  pleasure  of  At- 
wood Lodge. 

Your  committee  further  recommend  that  the  Committee  on  Jur- 
isprudence be  requested  to  formulate  and  present  to  this  Grand  Lodge 
legislation  necessary  to  authorize  a  change  of  venue,  or  the  establish- 
ment of  a  trial  board,  or  both,  as  in  its  wisdom  may  be  deemed  proper, 
and  report  the  same  to  this  Grand  Lodge  at  this  session. 
Respectfully  submitted, 

MONROE  C.  CRAWFORD, 
JOSEPH  E.  DYAS, 
W.  S.  CANTRELL. 
EUGENE  L.  STOKER, 
ALEX.  H.  BELL, 

Committee. 


I 


1899.]  Grand  Lodge  of  Illinois.  129 

ADDITIONAL  EEPOET— Committee  on  Jurisprudence. 
M.  W.  Bro.  Owen  Scott  submitted  the  following  amend- 
ment to  article  6,  part  3,  Grand  Lodge  By-laws,    and   it 
being"   seconded   by   representatives  of  more  than  twenty 
lodges,  lies  over  until  next  year. 

Your  Committee  on  Jurisprudence  having"  considered  the  request 
of  the  Committee  on  Appeals  and  Grievances  for  some  legislation  in 
reference  to  change  of  venue  or  Trial  Boards,  hereby  submit  the  fol- 
lowing amendments: 

Add  to  Article  6,  Part  3,  Grand  Lodge  By-laws,  the  following  sec- 
tions: 

Sec,  5.  In  all  cases  where  charges  are  pending  in  a  lodge  against 
a  brother  the  same  may  be  heard  and  determined  by  a  Trial  Board 
consisting  of  three  competent  Past  Masters,  members  of  lodges  in 
this  jurisdiction,  other  than  the  one  in  which  the  proceedings  are 
pending. 

Sec.  6.  Such  Trial  Board  may  be  named  by  the  Grand  Master  upon 
application  made  by  either  the  lodge  in  which  the  proceedings  are 
liending  or  by  the  accused:  Provided,  that  the  appointment  of  said 
Trial  Board  shall  be  at  the  discretion  of  the  Grand  Master. 

Sec.  7.  In  case  of  the  appointment  of  a  Trial  Board  the  Grand 
Master  shall  designate  the  Chairman  of  said  Board,  who  shall  i^ossess 
all  the  powers  and  prerogatives  of  the  W.M.  conferred  by  section  9 
of  article  5,  and  through  the  W.M.  and  Secretary  to  summon  wit- 
nesses. 

Sec.  8.  The  said  Trial  Board  shall  proceed  to  the  hearing  and  de- 
termine the  guilt  or  innocence  of  the  accused  under  the  provisions  of 
articles  5  and  6,  part  3,  precisely  the  same  as  the  lodge  would  do  under 
the  provisions  of  the  same.  The  guilt  or  innocence  on  each  charge 
and  specification  shall  be  determined  by  a  majoritj'  vote  of  said  Board. 

Sec.  9.  The  said  Board  shall  at  once  certify  its  findings  to  the 
lodge  in  which  the  proceedings  are  pending.  If  found  guilty  the  lodge 
shall,  on  receipt  of  the  report  and  findings  of  said  Board,  proceed  to 
fix  the  punishment  of  the  accused  under  the  provisions  of  this  article 
precisely  the  same  as  though  the  guilt  had  been  determined  by  the 
lodge.  If  the  accused  is  found  not  guilty  by  the  Trial  Board  the  re. 
port  shall  be  filed  and  the  fact  of  acquittal  shall  be  entered  on  the 
records  of  the  lodge  and  no  further  proceedings  shall  be  had:  Provided, 
that  all  provisions  for  appeal  now  in  force  shall  apply  to  cases  heard 
by  Trial  Boards. 


130  Proceedings  of  the  [Oct.  5, 

Sec.  10.  Said  Trial  Board  shall  carefully  preserve  all  evidence 
taken  at  the  trial  and  file  the  same  with  the  lodge  in  order  that  copies 
thereof  may  be  made  in  case  of  appeal. 

Fraternally  submitted, 

D.  M.  BROWNING, 
J.  M.  PEARSON, 
JOHN  C.  SMITH, 
OWEN  SCOTT, 
R.  R.  JAMPOLIS, 

Committee. 


PEOPOSED  AMENDMENTS-To  Grand  Lodge  By-laws. 
The  Grand  Secretary  read  the  following'  proposed  amend- 
ments, [proposed  by  W.  Bro.  M.   B.  lott.  and  they,  being- 
seconded  by  representatives  from  more  than  twenty  lodges, 
lie  over  until  next  year. 

Amend  section  1,  article  17,  part  2.  Grand  Lodge  By-laws,  by  strik- 
ing" out  the  vi^ords  "city  of  Chicago"  and  inserting  "county  of  Cook," 
so  that  it  will  then  read  as  follows: 

No  lodge  under  the  jurisdiction  of  this  Grand  Lodge  shall  be  per- 
mitted to  confer  the  three  degrees  upon  any  person  for  a  less  sum 
than  twenty-five  dollars:  Provided,  that  in  the  county  of  Cook  the 
minimum  fee  for  the  three  degrees  shall  be  fifty  dollars:  and  the  ap- 
portionment of  such  sum  to  the  degrees,  respectively,  shall  be  regu- 
lated by  the  by-laws  of  each  lodge. 

Amend  section  1,  article  31,  part  2,  Grand  Lodge  By-laws,  by  strik- 
ing out  the  words  "city  or  town"  and  inserting  "jurisdiction,"  so  that 
it  will  then  read  as  follows: 

In  a  jurisdiction  where  there  is  more  than  one  lodge,  it  shall  be 
the  duty  of  the  secretary  of  each  lodge  to  give  notice  in  writing  to  all 
other  lodges  situate  in  such  jurisdiction  of  all  petitions  received  or 
rejected,  stating  the  name  in  full,  age,  occupation,  and  place  of  resi- 
dence of  the  petitioner:  Provided,  that  when  more  than  one  lodge 
shall  hold  its  meetings  in  the  same  hall  or  room,  a  register  may  be 
kept  upon  the  secretary's  desk,  or  other  appropriate  place,  in  lieu  of 
such  written  notice,  setting  forth  the  aforesaid  particulars  for  the 
information  of  the  lodges  meeting  in  such  hall. 

Amend  section  3,  article  11,  part  2.  Grand  Lodge  By-laws,  by 
adding  thereto  the  following  words:  "That  the  jurisdiction  of  all 
lodges  in  Cook  county  shall  be  concurrent,"  so  that  it  will  then  read 
as  follows: 


1899.]  Grand  Lodge  of  Illinois.  131 

The  territorial  jurisdiction  of  a  lodge  shall  extend  in  all  directions 
half  wa}-  on  straight  lines  between  neig'hboring'  lodges,  without  regard 
to  county  or  other  geographical  divisions  and  includes  the  exclusive 
right,  on  the  part  of  the  lodge,  to  accept  or  reject  all  original  peti- 
tions for  the  degrees  from  persons  residing  within  its  territory:  and 
the  exercise  of  penal  powers  over  all  Masons,  unaffiliated,  as  well  as 
affiliated,  residing  permanently  or  temporarily  within  its  territorial 
jurisdiction,  for  any  violation  of  moral  or  Masonic  law;  Provided,  that 
in  an}'  town  or  city  where  two  or  more  lodges  are  located,  territorial 
jurisdiction  shall  be  concurrent:  and  provided  further,  that  the  juris- 
diction of  all  lodges  in  Cook  county  shall  be  concurrent. 

PEOPOSED  AMENDMENT-To  Grand  Lodge  By-laws. 
M.  W.  Bro.  Joseph  Robbins  read  the  following"  proposed 
amendment  to  Grand  Lodge  By-laws,  and  it  being-  seconded 
by  representatives  of  more  than  twenty  lodges,  lies  over 
until  next  3'ear. 

Proposed  amendment  to  Grand  Lodge  By-laws,  part  3,  article  5, 
section  5: 

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, 
in  person  or  by  attorney,  shall  be  entitled  to  be  present  and  propound 
such  relevant  questions  as  they  may  desire. 

M.W.  Bro.  Joseph  Robbins  moved  that  the  matter  be 
referred  to  the  Committee  on  Jurisprudence;  carried. 

PROPOSED  AMENDMENT-To  Grand  Lodge  Constitution. 
M.W.   Bro.  John  M.  Pearson  presented   the   following- 
proposed  amendment  to  Grand  Lodge  Constitution: 

Amend  paragraph  9  of  section  1  of  article  11  of  the  Constitution 
of  this  Grand  Lodge  by  striking  out  the  word  "two"  and  inserting  in 
lieu  thereof  the  word  "four." 

So  that  when  amended  the  paragraph  will  read  as 
follows: 


132  Proceedings  of  the  [Oct.  5, 

Sec.  9.  Establish  a  mileage  and  per  diem  rate  for  its  officers,  the 
representatives  highest  in  rank  from  each  lodge,  and  its  standing 
committees,  not  exceeding  five  cents  per  mile  each  wa}-  and  four  dol- 
lars per  day. 

This  was  seconded  by  the  Grand  Lodge  and  ayIII  conse- 
quently be  submitted  to  the  several  lodges  for  their  ap- 
proval or  rejection. 

PEOPOSED  AMENDMENT-To  Grand  Lodge  By-laws. 
M  W.  Bro.  John   M.   Pearson  presented  the   following 
amendment   to  Grand  Lodge  Bylaws,   and  it,    being  sec- 
onded by  representatives  of  more  than  twenty  lodges,  lies 
over  until  next  year. 

Amend  section  6  of  article  13  of  Part  First  of  Grand  Lodge  B}-- 
laws  as  follows:  Strike  out  the  word  "five"  and  insert  the  word 
"three." 

APPOINTMENT-Of  Committee. 

Under  the  resolution  adopted  by  the  Grand  Lodge  to  ap- 
point a  committee  to  revise  the  Book  of  Ceremonials  the 
Grand  Master  appointed  the  following  committee,  viz: 

M.W.  Bro.  Owen  Scott,  M.W.  Bro.  L.A.  Goddard,  R.W. 
Bro.  W.  M.  Burbank. 

On  motion  of  R. W.  Bro.  Preston  M.W.  Bro.  Edward  Cook 
was  added  to  the  committee. 


EESOLUTION. 
W.  Bro.  W.  W.  Watson  presented  the  following  resolu- 
tion, which  was  referred  to  the  Committee  on  Finance. 

Resolved,  That  SI. 000  be   appropriated  to  the  Illinois  Masonic  Or- 
phans' Home. 

ADDITIONAL  EEPOET— Committee  on  Pinance. 
M.W.  Bro   Gil.  W.  Barnard  presented  the  following  ad- 
ditional report  from  the  Committee  on  Pinance,  which  w^as, 
on  motion,  adopted: 


1899.]  Grand  Lodge  of  Illinois.  133 

The  Committee  on  Finance  to  whom  was  referred  the  resolution 
to  make  an  appropriation  of  $1,000  for  the  benefit  of  the  Illinois  Ma- 
sonic Orphans"  Home,  respectfully  report,  recommending-  the  appro- 
priation, and  that  the  Grand  Secretary  draw  an  order  for  the  amount. 

GIL  W.  BARNARD, 
D.  D.  DARRAH, 

Committee. 


EEPORT— Committee  to  Examine  Visiting  Brethren. 
The  following-  report  of  the  Committee  to  Examine  Vis- 
itors was  read  b}'  the  Grand  Secretary,  and,  on  motion,  was 
adopted: 

To  the  Most  Worshipful  Grand  Lodge  A.F.  &  A.M.  of  the  State  of  Illinois. • 

Your  Committee  appointed  to  examine  visitors  at  this  session  of 
Grand  Lodge,  would  beg  leave  to  report  that  we  have  examined  a 
number  of  representatives  and  visitors,  and  have  recommended  their 
admission  to  Grand  Lodg-e.  The  following  is  a  list  of  those  examined: 

W.  R.  Marriett,  Capron  Lodge  No.  575,  111.  W.M. 

G.  W.  Moschel,  Groveland  Lodge  No.  352,  111.  G.W. 

Benjamin  Earl,  Benjamin  Lodg^e  No.  297,  111. 

George  L.  Thurston,  North  Star  Lodge  No.  354,  Mich. 

S.  D.  Chancellor,  New  Burlington  Lodge  No.  574,  Ohio. 
Fraternally  submitted, 

W.  B.  GRIMES, 
A.  B.  ASHLEY, 
J.  E.  EVANS, 
JNO.  W.  ROSE, 
JAS.  R.  ENNIS, 

Committee. 


EESOLUTION. 
The  Grand  Secretary  read  the  following-  resolution  pro- 
posed by  R.  W.  Bro.  R.  T.Spencer,  which  was  referred  to 
the  Finance  Committee: 

Resolved,  That  the  Grand  Secretary  be  authorized  to  have  the 
half-tone  portraits  of  five  of  the  Past  Grand  Masters  prepared  and 
inserted  in  the  proceeding-s  of  the  Grand  Lodge  next  year,  selecting 
the  portraits  of  the  oldest  Grand  Masters  in  date  of  service  that  can 
be  secured. 


134  Proceedings  o/  the  [Oct.  5, 

PRESENTATION-Of  Oregier  Jewel  to  Grand  Master. 

M.W.  Brother  Robbins:— By  permission  of  the  Grand  Master 
there  falls  to  me  an  unexpected  honor,  an  uncoveted  honor  because 
it  brings  with  it  the  sudden  realization  of  the  fact  that  I  am  now  the 
senior  Past  Grand  Master  residing  in  this  grand  jurisdiction,  and 
hence,  the  proper  person  to  perform  a  duty  which  comes  through  the 
injunction  of  our  dear  brother  whom  we  laid  to  rest  in  Rose  Hill  last 
November,  that  this  jewel,  which  he  bequeathed  to  the  Grand  Lodge 
— giving  it  back  to  the  power  which  gave  it  to  him — should  be  worn 
by  the  Grand  Master  in  all  his  official  functions.  The  moment  has 
now  come  when  his  wishes  should  be  complied  with  by  placing  it  upon 
the  breast  of  the  Grand  Master  before  he  begins  his  service  of  in- 
stalling the  officers  of  the  Grand  Lodge;  and  I  now  have  the  sad 
pleasure  of  placing  it  there,  to  be  first  worn  in  its  new  relation  by  a 
brother  whom  you  know  to  have  been  especially  dear  to  him  through 
many  long  years. 

The  M.W.  Grand  Mast^k:— Brethren  of  the  Grand  Lodge:— 1  be- 
lieve that  you  will,  in  part  at  least,  appreciate  the  feelings  that  com- 
pletely overpower  me  at  this  time.  It  is  true  that  perhaps  in  some 
measure  I  have  anticipated  the  possibility  of  some  such  action  as 
this,  but  however  much  I  may  have  anticipated  it,  however  much  I 
may  have  tried  to  prepare  for  the  occasion,  I  think  you  will  under- 
stand how.  when  the  moment  comes,  it  finds  me  unready  to  speak  in  a 
manner  befitting  the  time  and  circumstance. 

All  of  you  were  more  or  less  familiar  with  the  dear  brother  who 
alone  was  expected  at  the  time  it  was  presented,  to  ever  wear  this 
jewel.  You  have  seen  him  going  out  and  in  before  you  for  more  than 
a  third  of  a  century.  To  know  him  was  to  appreciate  his  great  talents, 
his  many  gifts,  his  noble  heart,  and  to  love  him  as  a  friend  and  as  a 
brother. 

It  was  not  the  privilege  of  all  of  you  to  know  him  as  I  did.  He 
was  the  man  who  initiated  me  into  the  mysteries  of  Masonry.  He 
took  me  by  the  hand  as  a  novitiate  and  led  me  through  the  various 
degrees  and  into  something  of  an  appreciation  of  the  principles  of 
this  grand  fraternity.  Can  you  realize,  brethren,  what  that  meant 
to  me,  what  that  intimacy  and  that  friendship  meant  to  me  and  to  my 
experiences  as  a  man  and  a  Mason?  From  his  qualities  as  they  ap- 
peared to  you.  you  can  judge  something  of  the  endearment  which 
bound  him  to  his  intimate  friends. 

And  now  this  jewel  which  the  loving  heart  of  this  fraternity  gave 
him  some  twenty-eight  or  nine  years  ago,  has  through  his  act,  come 
into  your  possession  and  by  his  request  it  is  to  be  worn  by  your  Grand 
Masters  as  they  succeed  each  other,  and  it   has  come  to  my  lot, 


1899.  J  Grand  Lodge  of ■  Illinois.  135 

happ}-  in  one  sense,  but  a  most  solemn  occasion  in  another,  to  be  the 
first  of  his  successors  to  wear  it  officially  and  by  his  request. 

I  cannot  express  toj-ou,  brethren, — I  need  not  try  to — my  feeling's 
on  this  occasion.  It  is  impossible.  I  do  feel,  however,  my  unworthi- 
ness  to  wear  it  in  an}'  sense  as  his  successor,  but  as  the  representa- 
tive of  this  body  for  the  moment,  and  at  his  request  I  have  accepted 
it  for  the  time  beinii-. 


ADDITIONAL  KEPOET— Committee  on  Pinance. 
R.W.  Bro.   Gil.  W.    Barnard,  from   the   Committee   on 
Finance,  presented  the  following"   report,  which  was,   on 
motion,  adopted. 

Your  Committee  on  Finance,  to  whom  was  referred  the  resolution 
of  Bro.  R.  T.  Spencer,  relating-  to  the  printing-  of  the  portraits  of  Past 
Grand  Masters  in  the  proceedings,  would  respectfully  report  recom- 
mending the  adoption  of  the  resolution. 

GIL.  W.  BARNARD, 
D.  D.  DARRAH, 

Committee. 


6EAND  OPPIOEES -Appointed. 
The  Grand  Secretary  read  the  following  list  of  grand 
officers  appointed  b}'  the  Grand  Master: 

R.W,  Nelson  G.,Lyons  Grand  Chaplain Peoria. 

R.W.  Walter  Reeves Grand  Orator Streator. 

W.  George  a.  Stabler BeprUy  Grand  Secretai-y.  ...Decatur. 

W.  Thos.  a.  Stevexs Grand  Pursuivant Chicag-o. 

W.  Walter  Watson Graiul  Marshal Mt.  Vernon. 

W.  Joseph  D.  Everett Grand  Standard  Bearer. .  .Chicago. 

W.  Samuel  Coffinberry.  . .  Grand  Sword  Bearer Peoria. 

W.  Haswell  C.  Clarke Senior  Grand  Deacon Kankakee. 

W.  Louis  Zinger Junior  Grand  Beacon Pekin. 

W.  J.  S.  McClelland Grand  Steward Decatur. 

W.  W.  W.  Watson Grand  Steward Barry. 

W.  Geo.  W.  Hamilton Grand  Steward  Prairie  City. 

W.  Geo.  S.  Hummer Grand  Steimrd Sheldon. 

Bro.  R.  R.  Stevens Grand  Tyler Chicago. 


136  Proceedings  of  the  [Oct.  5, 

INSTALLATION-Of  Grand  Officers. 
M.W.  Bro.  Edward  Cook,  assisted  by  M.W.  Bro.  Owen 
Scott  as  Grand  Marshal,  installed  the  following  officers: 

M.W.  Chas.  F.  Hitchcock Grand  Master Peoria. 

R.W.  Geo.  M.  Moulton Deputy  Grand  Master Chicago. 

R.W.  Wm.  B.  Wright Senior  Grand  Warden. .  .'Effingh.a.m. 

K.W.  Chester  E.  Allen Junior  Grand  TRtrcZen. .  .Galesburg. 

R.W.  Wiley  M.  Egan Grand  Treasurer Chicago. 

R.W.  J.  H.  C.  Dill Grand  Secretary. . . , Bloomington. 

R.W.  Walter  Reeves Grand  Orator Streator. 

W.  George  A.  Stabler Deputy  Grand  Secretary.  .Deca.tuT 

W.  Thos.  a.  Stevens Grand  Pursuivant Chicago. 

W.  Walter  Watson Grand  Marshall Mt.  Vernon. 

W.  Joseph  D.  Everett Grand  Standard  Bearer.. Ch'icsigo. 

W.  Samuel  Coffinberry.  ..  (x7'a«.cZ  Sword  Bearer Peoria. 

W.  Haswell  C.  Clarke  ...  Se?iior  Grand  Beacon Kankakee. 

W.  Louis  Zinger Junior  Grand  Beacon Pekin. 

W.  J.  S.  McClelland Grand  Ste^oard Decatur. 

W.  W.  W.  Watson Grand  Steward Barry. 

W.  Geo.  W.  Hamilton Grand  Steward Prairie  City. 

W.  Geo.  S.  Hummer Grand  Steward Sheldon. 

Bro.  R.  R.  Stevens Grand  Tyler  Chicago. 

Prior  to  the  installation  of  the  Grand  Treasurer  and 
Grand  Secretary,  the  Grand  Master  announced  that  their 
bonds  had  been  received  and  approved. 

As  a  part  of  the  installation  of  the  Grand  Master  M.W. 
Brother  Cook  said  to  M.W.  Brother  Hitchcock: 

It  is  also  my  especial  privilege  to  transfer  to  your  breast,  and 
affix  near  your  heart,  this  magnificent  jewel,  which  was  worn  with  so 
much  honor  and  credit  by  your  illustrious  predecessor,  M.W.  Brother 
Cregier.  That  you  may  wear  it  with  the  same  credit  to  yourself,  and 
the  same  honor  to  the  Craft  over  which  you  preside,  that  he  wore  it, 
is  the  best  wish  that  I  can  give. 


1899.  J  Grand  Lodge  of  Illinois.  137 

EEMAEKS— Of  Grand  Master  Hitchcock. 

Brethren  of  the  Grand  Lodge:  "Words  cannot  express  the  gratitude 
that  I  have  for  the  distinguished  and  honorable  favor  that  you  have 
conferred  upon  me.  Six  years  ago  in  j'our  pleasure,  you  placed  me  at 
the  Junior  Grand  Warden's  station,  and  step  by  step  have  advanced 
me  to  this  honorable  position. 

It  will  be  mj-  strong  desire  and  aim  to  administer  the  laws  and 
reg-ulations  of  this  Grand  Lodge,  and  I  hope  that  I  may  be  able  to  do 
so  as  well  and  as  fearlessly  as  the  Grand  Master  whose  jewel  I  now 
wear  upon  my  breast,  and  also  as  Past  Grand  Master  Cook,  who  has 
just  retired  from  the  chair.  That  I  will  not  be  able  to  come  up  to  the 
full  measure  of  Grand  Master  Cregier,  I  am  conscious,  and  know  that 
I  cannot.  But  I  pledge  you  my  word,  brethren,  that  you  shall  have 
the  best  of  my  ability;  you  shall  have  my  time,  and  I  shall  do  the  very 
best  that  I  can  to  govern  this  lodge  and  the  fraternity  of  Illinois. 
Brethren,  again  I  heartily  thank  you  for  this  honor  conferred. 

While  installing-  the  Grand  Secretary  Past  Grand  Mas- 
ter Cook  said: 

Now  let  me,  R.W.  Brother  Dill,  say  a  word  which  I  mig-ht  have 
said  in  my  report  to  the  Grand  Lodge,  but  I  preferred  to  defer  say- 
ing it  until  this  time. 

I  want  to  assure  you  of  my  hearty  appreciation  of  the  untiring 
devotion  to  duty  which  you  manifested  during-  my  term  of  office,  and 
by  means  of  which  you  g-reatly  lightened  the  labors  and  the  perplexi- 
ties of  the  Grand  Master.  I  want  to  give  you  my  personal  thanks 
therefor. 

APPOINTMENT  OF  COMMITTEES. 
The  Grand  Master  announced  the  folio-wing-   appoint- 
ments: 

JURISPRUDENCE. 

D.  M.  Browning,  John  M.  Pearson,  John  C.  Smith,  Owen  Scott, 
Edward  Cook. 

APPEALS  AND  GRIEVANCES. 

Monroe  C.  Crawford,  Joseph  E.  Dyas,  W.  S.  Cantrell,  A.  H.  Bell, 
Eugene  L.  Stoker. 

CHARTERED  LODGES. 

J.  L.  Scott.  Thos.  W.  Wilson,  L.  K.  Byers,  W.  T.  Irwin,  James  McCredie. 

LODGES  UNDER  DISPENSATION. 

D.  J.  Avery,  H.  C.  Mitchell,  Chas.  H.  Patton,  R.  T.  Spencer, 

John  Johnston. 


138 


Proceedings  of  the 


[Oct.  5, 


MILEAGE  AND  PER  DIEM. 

Edward  C.  Pace,  Edward  L.  Wahl,  George  W.  Cyrus. 

FINANCE. 

L.  A.  Goddard,  Gil  W.  Barnard,  D.  D.  Darrali. 

CORRESPONDENCE. 

Joseph  Robbins. 

GRAND  EXAMINERS. 

A.  B.  Ashley,  J.  E.  Evans,  J.  R.  Ennis,  H.  T.  Burnap,  H.  S.  Hurd.      " 
W.  B,  Grimes,  honorary  member  Grand  Examiners. 

THANKS— To  Grand  Master. 

M.W.  Brother  Bobbins: — I  rise,  M.W.  Grand  Master,  to  move 
that  the  thanks  of  this  Grand  Lodge  be  extended  to  M.W.  Bro.  Ed- 
ward Cook  for  the  ability,  fidelity,  and  zeal  with  which  he  has  per- 
formed the  duties  of  Grand  Master  of  Masons  in  Illinois  during  the 
past  year. 

Adopted  by  a  rising?  vote  unanimously. 

CLOSED. 
At  1:12  p.  m.,  no  further  business  appearing",  the  M.W. 
Grand  Master  proceeded  to  close  the  Grand  Lodge  in  ample 

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141 


DISTEICTS  AND  DISTEICT  DEPUTY  GEAND  MASTIES. 

FOR  THE  YEARS  liSi)'J-90. 


POSTOFFICE  ADDRESS. 


COUNTIES  COMPOSING  DISTRICT. 


W.  M.  Burbank... 


Clark  B.  Samson. . 


Canute  R.  Matson. 


Ja}'  L.  Brewster .  . 
Jacob  Krohn 

Chas.  E.  Grove 

Daniel  D.  Hunt 

John  B.  Fithian 

Fredck  E.  Hoberg 
T.  Van  Antwerp  . . 

J.  S.  Burns 

O.  F.  Kirkpatrick. 

R.  R.  Strickler 

G.  O.  Friedrich  ..  . 

S.  A.  Graham 

W.  H.  McClain 

D.  E.  Bruffett 

Chas.  F.  Tennej- .. 
R.  D.  Lawrence 

John  E.  Morton... 

W.O.Butler 

Alex.  M.  Boring 

Hugh  A.  Snell 

Chas.  H.  Martin 

C.  Rohrbough 

Wm.  Montgomery 

James  Douglas 

J.  M.  Burkhart 

Henr.y  T.  Goddard 

P.  T.  Chapman  .... 


3035  So.  Park  ave.,  Chicago 
163  Randolph  St.,  Chicago. 
163  Randolph  St.,  Chicago. 


Waukegan,  Lake  Co 

Freeport, Stephenson  Co. . 

Mt.  Carroll, Carroll  count}- 
DeKalb.  DeKalb  count}'  . . 

Joliet.  Will  count}- "... 

Peru.  La  Salle  county 

Sparland.  Marshall  Co 

Orion,  Henry  Co 

Blandinsvilfe,McDonough 

county 
Galesburg.  Knox  county. . 
Chillicoth'e,  Peoria  Co. .". . . 
Waynesville,  DeWitt  Co. . 
Onarga.  Iroquois  county. . 
Urbana.  Champaign  Co. . . 

Bement.  Piatt  county 

Springtield,  Sangamon  Co. 

Perry.  Pike  Co 

LaHarpe.  Hancock  county 
Carlinville,  Macoupin  Co.". 

Litchfield.  Montgomery  Co 
Lawrenceville,  Lawrence 

county. 
Ivinmundv, Marion  county 


Moro.  Madison  Co 

Chester,  Randolph  county 
Marion,  Williamson  Co.. .". 


Mt.  Carmel.  W^ abash  Co.. 
Vienna.  Johnson  county. . 


Lodges  Nos.  33.  160,  211,  .308,  314,  410, 
437.  5-^4,557,639.  662,  686.  711,  726,  751, 

767.  774,  779,  784,  797,  810,  818,  836,  84S, 
851,  in  Cook  Co. 

Lodges  Nos.  81,  182,  271,  310.  393,  411, 
478,  .526.610,643,  669,  690,  716,  731,  7.58, 

768.  776.  780,  789.  800,  813.  819,  839,  843, 
Brighton  Park,  854,  in  Cook  Co. 

Lodges  Nos.  141,  209,  277,  311,  409,  423, 
50:(.  540,  611.643,  674,  697,  717.  739,  765, 
770,  777.  783,  795,  804,  815,  832,  841, 
850,  King  Oscar,  855.  in  Cook  Co. 

Kane.  McHenry,  and  Lake. 

Boone,  Winnebago,  and  Stephen- 
son. 

Jo  Dayiess,  Carroll,  and  Whiteside, 

Ogle,  Lee.  and  DeKalb. 

Kendall.  DuPage.  Will. and  Grundy 

La  Salle  and  Liyingston. 

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.  Effingham,  Fayette,  and  Ma- 
rion. 

Bond.  Clinton,  and  Madison. 

St.  Clair.  Monroe,  and  Randolph. 

Washington,  Jefferson,  Franklin, 
Perry,  Jackson,  and  Williamson. 

Wayne.  Edwards.  Wabash,  White, 
Hamilton.  Saline,  and  Gallatin. 

Hardin.  Pope,  Massac.  Johnson, 
Union,  Pulaski,  and  Alexander. 


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[Oct.  5, 


REPRESENTATIVES 

OF  THE  GRAND  LODGE   OF  ILLINOIS  NEAR  OTHER  GRAND  LODGES. 


GRAND  LODGE. 


REPRESENTATIVE. 


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 

Prif.ce  Edward  Island 

Quebec 

Rhode  Island 

Scotland  

South  Australia 

South  Carolina 

South  Dakota 

Tennessee 

Texas 

Utah 

Vermont 

Virginia 

West  Virginia 

Wisconsin 

United  Grand  Lodge  of  Victoria. 

United    Grand     Lodge    of    New 

South  Wales ' 


W.  W.  Daflln 

Artemus  Louden  Grow 

K.  J.  Laughlin 

W.  W.  Northcott 

John  McMurry 

E.  D.  Parlow 

Henrv  M.  Teller 

John  W.  Mix 

Juan  B.  Hernandez  Barreiro. 

Geo.  M.  Jones 

L.  Cabel  Williamson 

Walter  Henrv  Harris 

James  C.  Craver 

James  Whitehead 

Thomas  C.  Maupin 

B.  M.  Wiloughby 

Silas  Armstrong 

Obadiah  Ternan 

Matthew  M.  Miller 

Chas.  F.  Buck 

John  Leslie  

Joseph  A.  Locke 

John  S.  Berrj' 

A.  M.  Sevmour 

A.  T.  Ste'bbins 

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 

Henrv  M.  Aitkin  

E.  C.  Rothwell 

Newton  D.  Arnold 

Colonel  Patrick  Stirling 

JohnTrail  McLean —  T.   

John  F.  Ficken 

Oscar  S.  Gifford 

A.  V.  Warr 

Geo.  Lopas.  jr 

A.  Scott  Chapman 

Delos  M.  Bacon 

Beverly  R.  Wellford,  jr 

D.  Engle 

John  W.  Laflin 

Edward  Edwards 


RESIDENCE. 


Harry  Passmore. 


Grove  Hill. 

Tombstone. 

Bentonville. 

Victoria. 

Weaverville. 

Ottawa,  Ont. 

Central  City. 

Yalesville. ' 

Havana. 

Dover. 

Washington. 

London. 

Sutherland. 

Warrentou. 

Boise. 

Vincennes. 

Wyandotte. 

Enniskillen. 

Topeka. 

New  Orleans. 

Winnipeg. 

Portland. 

Baltimore. 

Detroit. 

Rochest'  r. 

Vicksburg. 

St.  Louis. 

Helena. 

Grand  Island. 

Virginia. 

Saint  John. 

Wolfboro. 

Mount  HoU}'. 

Roswell. 

New  York. 

Hastings. 

Asheville. 

Casselton. 

Halifax. 

Ravenna. 

Union. 

Charlottetown. 

Montreal. 

Providence. 

Kippenross. 

Adelaide. 

Charleston. 

Canton. 

Rossville. 

Houston. 

Salt  Lake  City. 

St.  Johnstaurj'. 

Richmond. 

Middlew.iy. 

Milwaukee. 

Melbourne. 

Sydney^ 


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Grand  Lodge  of  Illinois. 


143 


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  Territorj- 

Ireland ' 

Kansas 

Louisiana 

Maine  

Manitoba 

Maryland 

Michigan 

Minnesota 

Mississippi 

Missouri 

Montana 

Nebraska 

Nevada 

New  Brunswick 

New  Hampshire 

New  Jersey 

New  Mexico 

New  York 

New  Zealand 

North  Carolina 

Nova  Scotia 

Ohio 

Oregon 

Prince  Edward  Island 

Quebec 

Rhode  Island 

Scotland 

South  Carolina 

South  Australia 

South  Dakota 

Tennessee 

Texas 

Utah 

Vermont 

Virginia 

West  Virginia , 

Wisconsin 

United    Grand  Lodge  of    South 

Wales 

United  Grand  Lodge  of  Victoria. 


HEPRESENTATIVE. 


HaswellC.  Clarke.... 
Monroe  C.  Crawford. 

R.  T.  Spencer 

Loyal  L.  Munn 

John  McLaren 

Wilev  M.  Eaan 

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.. . 

Lero}-  A.  Goddard 

Charles  H.  Brenan.. . 

Jacob  Krohn 

M.  B.  lott 

Joseph  E.  Dyas 

Eugene  L.  Stoker 

John  C.  Smith 

George  A.  Stadler 

A.  B.  Ashlev 

JohnC.  Smith 

John  M.  Palmer 

Malachi  Maj'nard 

Henr}- E.  Hamilton.. 

W.  B.  Grimes 

Henry  E.  Hamilton... 
Walter  A.  Stevens... 

John  M.  Pearson 

Edward  C.  Pace 

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.. 
Charles  Reifsnider. . . 
Gil.  W.  Barnard 


R.  T.  Spencer Illiopolis. 

R.  T.  Spencer     Illiopolis. 


RESIDENCE. 


Kankakee. 

Jonesboro. 

Illiopolis. 

Freeport 

Chicago. 

Chicago. 

Chicago. 

Peoria. 

Chicago. 

Benton. 

East  St.  Louis. 

Chicago. 

Chicago. 

Centralia. 

Chicago. 

Effingham. 

Mt.  Vernon. 

Chicago. 

Chicago. 

Chicago. 

Chicago. 

Freeport. 

Evanston. 

Paris. 

Evanston. 

Chicago. 

Decatur. 

LaGrange. 

Chicago  . 

Springfield. 

Apple  River. 

Chicago. 

Pittsfield. 

Chicago. 

Chicago. 

Godfrey. 

Ashley." 

Chicago. 

Salem. 

ML  Carmel. 

Mt.  Carroll. 

Chicago. 

Franklin  Gr've 

Quincv. 

Mt.  Vernon. 

Ottawa. 

Paris. 

Carlinville. 

Chicago. 

Decatur. 

Chicago. 

Benton. 

Chicago. 

Chicago. 


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Proceedings  of  the 


[Oct.  5, 


LIST  OF  GRAND  LODGES 

Recognized  b}-  the  Grand  Lodge  of  Illinois,  together  with  names  and  addresses  of 

Grand  Secretaries. 


GRAND  LODGE. 


GRAND  SECRETARY. 


Alabama 

Arizona 

Arkansas 

British  Columbia 

California 

Canada  

Colorado 

Connecticut 

Cuba 

Delaware 

District  of  Columbia 

England 

Florida 

Georgia 

Idaho 

Illinois 

Indiana 

Indian  Territory' 

Iowa 

Ireland 

Kansas 

Kentuckj' 

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  

Penns}-lvania 

Prince  Edward  Island 

Quebec 

Rhode  Island 

Scotland 

South  Australia 

South  Carolina 

South  Dakota 

Tasmania 

Tennessee 

Texas 

Utah 

United  Gr.  Lodge  of  Victoria 
United  Grand    Lodge  of  New 

South  Wales .. 

Vermont 

Virginia 

Washington 

West  Virginia 

Wisconsin 

Wyoming 


Henry  C.  Armstrong 

George  J.  Roskruge 

Fay  Hempstead 

W.  J.  Quinlan 

George  Johnson 

J.  J.  Mason 

Ed.  C.  Parmalee 

John  H.  Barlow 

Aurelio  Miranda 

Benj.  F.  Bar  tram 

William  R.  Singleton 

Edward  Letchworth 

W.  P.Webster  

W.  A.AVolihin 

Theo.  W.  Randall 

J.  H.  C.  Dill 

William  H.  Smy the 

Joseph  S.  Murrow 

Theodore  S.  Parvin 

Archibald  St.  George,  D.G.  Sec 

Albert  K.  Wilson 

Henry  B.  Grant 

Richard  Lambert 

Stephen  Berry 

William  G.  Scott 

Jacob  H  Medairy 

Sereno  D.  Nickerson 

J  S.  Conover 

Thomas  Montgomer}- 

J.  L.  Power 

John  D.  Vincil 

Cornelius  Hedges 

Francis  E.  White 

Chauncey  N.  Xoteware 

J.  Twining  Hartt 

George  P.  Cleaves 

Thos.  H.  R.  Redwaj- 

Alpheus  A.  Keene 

Edwaid  M.  L.  Ehlers 

Rev.  Wm.  Ronaldson 

John  C.  Drewry 

Frank  J.  Thompson 

William  Ross 

J.  H.  Bromwell 

Jas.  S.  Hunt 

Jas.  F.  Robinson    

Wm.  A.  Sinn 

Neil  McKelvie 

John  H.  Isaacson 

Edwin  Baker 

D.  Murray  Lyon 

J.  H.  Cunningham 

Charles  Inglesb^' 

George  A.  ir'ettigrew 

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 

John  W.  Laflin 

Wm.  M.  Kuvkendall 


Montgomery, 

Tucson. 

Little  Rv,ck. 

Nelson. 

San  Francisco. 

Hamilton,  Ont. 

Denver. 

Hartford. 

Havana. 

Wilmington. 

Washington. 

London. 

Jacksonville. 

Macon. 

Boise. 

Bloomington. 

Indianapolis. 

Atoka. 

Cedar  Rapids. 

Dublin. 

Topeka. 

Louisville, 

New  Orleans. 

Portland. 

Winnipeg. 

Baltimore. 

Boston. 

Cold  water. 

St.  Paul. 

Jackson. 

St.  Louis. 

Helena. 

Omaha. 

Carson  City, 

St.  John. 

Concord. 

Trenton. 

Albuquerque. 

New  York. 

Christchurch, 

Raleigh, 

Fargo. 

Halifax. 

Cincinnati. 

Stillwater. 

Eugene 

Philadelphia. 

Summerside. 

Montreal. 

Providence. 

Edinburg. 

Adelaide. 

Charleston. 

Flandreau. 

Hobart. 

Nashville. 

Houston. 

Salt  Lake  City 

Melbourne. 

Sj-dnej-. 

Burlington, 

Richmond, 

Olympia. 

Charleston. 

Milwaukee. 

Saratoga. 


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PERMANENT  MEMBEES. 


M.W.  Bro.  Harrison  Dills,  P.G.M.,  Bodley  No.  1. 

AI.W.  Bro.  Joseph  Bobbins,  P.G.M..  Quincy  No.  296. 

M.W.  Bro.  W.  H.  Scott,  P.G.M..  Metropolis  No.  91. 

M.W.  Bro.  Daniel  M.  Browning,  P.G.M.,  Benton  No.  64. 

M.W.  Bro.  .John  R.  Thomas.  P.G  M.,  Metropolis  No.  91. 

iM.W.  Bro.  John  C.  Smith,  P.G.M.,  Miners  No.  273. 

M.W.  Bro.  John  M.  Pearson.  P.G.M..  Piasa  No.  27. 

M.W.  Bro.  Monroe  C.  Crawford.  P.G.M..  Jonesboro  No.  111. 

M.W.  Bro.  Leroy  A.  Goddard.  P.G.M.,  Fellowship  No.  89. 

M.W.  Bro.  Owen  Scott.  P.G.M..  Wade-Barney  No.  512. 

M.W.  Bro.  Edward  Cook,  P.G.M.,  Blaney  No.  271. 

M.W.  Bro.  Charles  F.  Hitchcock,  G.M.,  Temple  No.  46. 

R.W.  Bro.  John  C.  Baker,  P.D.G.M.,  Waukegan  No.  78. 

R.W.  Bro.  Charles  Fisher,  P.D.G.M.,  Central  No.  71. 

R.W.  Bro.  W.  J.  A.  DeLancey,  P.D.G.M.,  Centralia  No.  201. 

R.W.  Bro.  Georg-e  M.  Moulton.  D.G.M.,  Covenant  No  526. 

R.W.  Bro.  Henry  E.  Hamilton,  P.S.G.W.,  Lincoln  Park  No.  611. 

R.W.  Bro.  William  B.  Wright,  S.G.W.,  Effingham  No.  149. 

R.W.  Bro.  William  H.  Turner,  P.J.GW.,  Oriental  No.  33. 

R.W.  Bro.  Chester  E.  Allen,  J.G.W.,  Alpha  No.  155. 


®ur  jfraternal  H)eab 

ILLINOIS 

M.W.  Bro.  DeWitt  Clinton  Cregier 

BLANEY    LODGE    NO.    271 

Died  November  19,  1898 

M.W.  Bro.  James  Andrew  Hawley 

FRIENDSHIP    LODGE    NO.    7 
Died  December  30,  1898 

R.W.  Bro.  Asa  W.  Blakesley 

BODLEY    LODGE    NO.    1 
Died  March  30,  1899 

R.W.  Bro.  Henry  C.  Cleaveland 

TRIO    LODGE    NO.   57 

Died  August  15,  1899 

R.W,  Bro.  Philo  Leon  Holland,  M.D. 

DEARBORN     LODGE    NO.    310 
Died  March  22,  1899 

Bro.  James  Clark 

QUINCY    LODGE    NO.    296 
Died  April  7,  1899 

Rev.  Bro.  Henry  Q.  Perry 

ASHLAR    LODGE    NO.    308 

Died  January  16,  1899 

Bro.  Charles  Parmenter 

BUNKER   HILL    LODGE    NO.   151 
Died  October  2.  1898 


®ur  iFtaternal  2)eab 


OTHER    GRAND    JURISDICTIONS 

M.W.  Bro.  John  S.  Sumpter 

Past  Grand  Master  of  Arkansas 
Died  June  22.  1899 

M.W.  Bro.  James  H.  Van  Moose 

Past  Grand  Master  of  Arkansas 
Died  May  6,  1899 

M.W.  Bro.  Henry  Clay  Tompkins 

Past  Grand  Master  of  Alabama 
Died  September  12,  1898 

M.W.  Bro.  Byron  L    Carr 

Past  Grand  Master  of  Colorado 
Died  April  22,  1899 

M.W.  Bro.  Oren  Harrison  Henry 

Past  Grand  Master  of  Colorado 
Died  October  14,  1898 

M.W.  Bro.  Geo.  Edward  Wyman 

Past  Grand  Master  of  Colorado 
Died  March  16,  1899 

M.W.  Bro.  Francis  L.  Cliilds 

Past  Deputy  Grand  Master  of  Colorado 
Died  September  27,  1898 

M.W.  Bro.  Wm.  A.  McLean 

Past  Grand  Master  of  Florida 
Died  August  22,  1898 

M.W.  Bro.  Henry  J.  Stewart 

Past  Grand  Master  of  Florida 
Died  October  20.  1898 

R.W.  Bro.  A.  L.  Williams 

Past  Junior  Grand  Warden  of  Florida 
Died  September  13,  1898 

M.W.  Bro.  John  Moses  Price 

Past  Grand  Master  of  Kansas 
Died  October  19,  1898 


®ur  jftaternal  H)eab 


OTHER    GRAND    JURISDICTIONS 


M.W.  Bro.  Robert  C.  Jordan 

Past  Grand  Masier  of  Nebraska 
Died  January  9,  1899 

R.W.  Bro.  Wm.  R.  Bowen 

Grand  Secretary  of  the  Grand  Lodge  of  Nebraska 
Died  May  6,  1899 

R.W.  Bro.  Thos.  J.  Wilder 

Past  Grand  Treasurer  and  Past  Grand  Secretary  of  Noiih  Dakota 
Died  October  25,  1898 

M.W.  Bro.  Lewis  Johnstone 

Past  Grand  Masier  of  Nova  Scotia 
Died  February  1,  1899 

R.W.  Bro.  Edmund  T.  Mahon 

Past  Deputy  Grand  Master  of  Nova  Scotia 
Died  March  8,  1899 

M.W.  Bro.  Chas.  C.  Kiefer 

Past  Grand  Master  of  Ohio 
Died  March  12.  1899 

M.W.  Bro.  Geo.  M.  Stroud 

Past  Grand  Master  of  Oregon 
Died  April  14,  1899 

R.W.  Bro.  Henry  W.  Williams 

Grand  Master  of  Pennsylvania 
Died  January  25.  1899 

R.W.  Bro.  Joseph  Eichbaum 

Past  Grand  Master  of  Pennsylvania 
Died  April  15,  1899 

M.W.  Bro.  Archaeiaus  M.  Hughes 

Past  Grand  Masier  of  Tennessee 
Died  October  27,  1898 

R.W.  Bro.  John  Ridley  Frizzell 

Grand  Secretary  of  the  Grand  Lodge  of  Tennessee 
Died  October  6,  1899 

M.W  Bro.  John  R.  Purdie 

Past  Grand  Master  of  Virginia 
Died  November  10,  1898 


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  exchange  for  our  proceedings.  We 
shall  be  happy  to  exchange  with  all  Masonic  publications  and  papers 
having  a  Masonic  Department: 

The  Illinois  Freemason— Bloomington,  111. 

Masonic  Advocate— Indianapolis,  Ind. 

Masonic  Home  Journal— Louisville,  Ky. 

The  Freemason— Sydney,  New  South  Wales. 

Masonic  Tidings— Milwaukee,  Wis. 

The  Trestle  Board— 408  California  street,  San  Francisco,  Cal 

The  Royal  Craftsman — Somerville,  N.  J. 

Masonic  Journal— Portland,  Me. 

The  Masonic  Constellation— St.  Louis,  Mo. 

The  New  Zealand  Craftsman— Dunedin. 

Square  and  Compass— Denver,  Colo. 

The  Texes  Freemason — San  Antonio,  Texas. 

The  American  Tyler— Detroit,  Mich. 

The  Freemason  and  Fez— Cedar  Ilapids.  I)wa. 

Masonic  Token — Portland,  Me. 

The  Masonic  Review— Tacoma,  Wash. 

Square  and  Compass— New  Orleans,  La. 

The  Kansas  Freemason— Wichita,  Kan. 

Masonic  Standard— New  York,  N.  Y. 

Masonic  Voice  and  Review— Cincinnati,  O. 


APPENDIX 

PART    I. 


REPORT  OF  THE  COMMITTEE  ON  FOREIGN 
CORRESPONDENCE. 


REPORT 

OF    THE 

Committee  on  Masonic  Correspondence. 


To  the  Most  Worshipful  Grand  Lodge  of  Illinois,  Ancient,  Free  and  Accepted 
Masons: 

Last  year  with  what  we  thought  was  a  full  consciousness  of  the 
excess  of  labor  which  would  be  required  thereby,  we  reluctantly  de- 
termined to  try  the  experiment  of  a  topical  report  with  the  design  of 
condensing  the  results  of  a  survey  of  the  yearly  widening  Masonic 
field  into  possibly  less  than  one-half  of  our  customary  space.  We  did 
not  quite  succeed  in  keeping  within  the  limit  as  to  space,  and  so  far 
as  the  best  results  to  the  Craft  are  concerned  we  feel  that  our  failure 
was  still  more  conspicuous.  In  the  hope  that  we  may  do  better  with 
our  past  experience  to  guide  us,  we  shall  again  present  our  report  in 
the  topical  form,  although  with  the  knowledge  born  of  that  ex- 
perience and  with  no  prospect  that  the  extra  Masonic  activities  of 
life  will  be  less  exacting  than  heretofore,  we  approach  the  increased 
labor  entailed  by  it  with  an  apprehension  akin  to  positive  dread. 

We  shall  retain  some  of  the  headings  of  last  year's  report  and 
among  them  that  of  "Tabulated  Data,"  and  that  these  tables  shall 
accomplish  their  primary  purpose— that  of  preserving  unbroken  cer- 
tain historical  data  respecting  grand  lodges  reviewed,  which  it  is  de- 
sirable that  our  own  proceedings  should  contain— it  will  be  necessary 
that  the  names  of  some  grand  lodges  shall  appear  more  than  once 
To  these  will  be  appended  the  customary  tables  of  general  statistics 
for  which  we  hope  to  avail  ourselves  as  usual  of  the  labors  of  the  Most 
Worshipful  Jesse  B.  Anthony,  of  the  New  York  committee,  whose 
report  is  not  yet  to  hand. 

We  have  held  the  door  open  for  late  comers  longer  than  last  year, 
perhaps  too  long,  with  the  hope  of  so  minimizing  the  late  arrivals 
that  we  might  hope  to  notice  them  all  separately  in  an  addendum. 


APPENDIX — PART  I. 


NECROLOGY. 

At  the  outset  of  our  work  we  instinctively  turn  to  see  who  among' 
the  Craftsmen  have  laid  down  their  working  tools  during  the  year  to 
receive  heavenly  instead  of  earthly  wages.  We  last  year  referred  to 
the  growing  custom  of  treating  these  subjects  at  some  length  in  the 
addresses  of  grand  masters  as  lessening  in  a  measure  the  regrets  of 
correspondence  committees  at  the  limitations  which  forbid  their  say- 
ing all  that  they  feel  impelled  to  say  of  the  work  and  characteristics 
of  their  yoke  fellows  and  others  who  have  passed  away.  One  grand 
lodge,  we  notice,  has— with  what  seemed  to  us  rather  questionable 
delicacy — suggested  through  the  report  of  the  committee  on  address 
that  future  grand  masters  should  confine  their  notices  of  the  dead  of 
other  jurisdictions  to  the  simple  announcement  of  the  name  of  the 
deceased. 

Alabama:  This  jurisdiction  has  lost  two  of  its  past  grand  mas- 
ters, Palmer  Job  Pillans,  at  eighty-two,  and  Henry  Clay  Tomp- 
kins, at  fifty-six,  both  strong  men.  Brother  Pillans,  a  native  of 
South  Carolina,  was  a  lawyer,  a  civil  engineer,  a  soldier.  He  saw  ser- 
vice in  three  wars:  in  the  Seminole  War  as  a  lieutenant  of  South 
Carolina  infantry;  in  Texas  as  a  major  in  the  regular  army  of  that 
republic,  and  in  the  Civil  War  as  lieutenant-colonel  of  infantry,  in 
which  position  his  chief  service  was  in  the  construction  of  field  works 
about  Mobile.  For  more  than  forty  years  he  was  an  earnest  and  ac- 
tive member  of  the  Grand  Lodge  of  Alabama,  occupying  the  grand 
east  in  1875-76  and  1876-77.  Of  his  service  as  a  reviewer,  Past  Grand 
Master  Armstrong  says: 

Brother  Pillans  was  for  twenty  years  chairman  of  the  committee 
on  foreign  correspondence  of  the  grand  lodge,  and  his  reports  have 
been  read  with  interest,  pleasure,  and  profit  throughout  the  Masonic 
world,  and  have  received  commendation  from  the  most  eminent  Ma- 
sonic writers  of  our  day. 

As  a  Mason  Brother  Pillans  was  thoroughly  grounded  in  the  old 
vsrays  and  was  always  the  staunchdefender  of  Ancient  Craft  Masonry. 
His  reports  were  always  interesting,  always  conservative,  always  able, 
and  always  courteous  and  fraternal.  Age  left  no  mark  upon  his  pages. 
Reviewing  his  work  for  many  years  we  remember  our  surprise  when 
but  recently  he  disclosed  by  some  casual  remark  the  fact  that  he 
whom  we  had  placed  in  our  mental  gallery  as  a  man  in  the  prime  of 
later  manhood  could  have  had  touched  four  score  years. 

Brother  TOMPKINS,  a  native  of  Virginia,  and  in  the  Civil  War  a 
private  and  a  lieutenant  in  Virginia  regiments,  he  afterwards  taught 
school,  studied  law,  and  was  admitted  to  the  bar  in  Alabama,  and 
there  won  the  highest  honors  of  his  profession,  serving  three  terms 
(six  years)  as  attorney-general  of  the  state.     He  was  grand  master  in 


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1879  and  1880,  and  for  several  years  has  been  chairman  of  the  commit- 
tee on  jurisprudence.  Of  liis  personal  characteristics  Brother  Arm- 
strong says: 

Brother  Tompkins  was  a  strong  man  from  whatever  point  of  view 
regarded;  he  was  one  whom  nature  had  fitted  f(ir  leadership;  wher- 
ever fate  or  his  own  action  might  have  placed  him,  he  would  have 
been  first;  he  was  a  man  of  powerful  intellect,  broad-minded,  a  lawyer 
of  great  ability,  a  steadfast  friend,  a  wise  counselor,  a  loyal,  devoted 
Mason;  his  place  among  us  will  not  soon  be  filled. 

Arizona:  This  grand  lodge  loses  its  senior  grand  steward,  James 
Guthrie  Savage,  aged  sixty.  He  was  a  native  of  Wisconsin,  served 
in  a  Wisconsin  regiment  during  the  Civil  War  and  was  afterwards  a 
member  of  the  United  States  engineer  corps.  ''He  was,"  says  Grand 
Master  Creamer,  ''a  good  citizen,  a  patriotic  soldier,  and  a  faithful 
Mason." — a  eulogy,  which,  though  brief,  any  man  might  be  proud  to 
win. 

British  Columbia:  The  official  circle  of  this  grand  lodge  hap- 
pily remains  unbroken,  but  it  mourns  the  loss  of  two  past  masters, 
Frederick  Cope  and  R.  G.  Penn,  both  of  Cascade  Lodge  No.  12. 

California:  Here  the  keen  sickle  has  indeed  reaped  the  bearded 
grain.  The  grand  master  announced  the  death  of  Grand  Tyler  James 
Oglesby,  aged  eighty-seven,  who  had  stood  watch  over  the  grand 
lodge  for  thirty-four  years;  of  Past  Senior  Grand  Warden  George 
Hines,  at  sixty-three;  of  Francis  Ellsworth  Baker,  past  grand 
orator,  at  fifty-nine,  and  Past  Master  George  Lord,  aged  ninety- 
seven  years  and  seven  months,  who  had  past  seventy  years  in  the  ser- 
vice of  the  craft,  and  whom  the  grand  master  thought  to  be  possibly 
the  oldest  Mason  in  the  United  States.  There  were,  however,  three 
at  least  then  living  who  were  older  than  he;  Bro.  Adna  Treat, 
of  Denver,  Colo.,  at  one  hundred  and  two;  Bro.  James  Clark,  of 
our  own  lodge— Quincy  No.  296 — whom  we  buried  last  spring  and  who, 
had  he  lived  until  the  present  month  (July),  would  have  rounded  out 
his  century  of  existence,  and  a  brother  in  Connecticut,  whose  name 
we  cannot  now  recall,  whose  neighbors  were  claiming  for  him  priority 
over  Brother  Clark  at  the  time  the  latter  died. 

In  addition  to  those  named  by  the  grand  master,  the  chairman  of 
the  committee  on  correspondence,  at  the  close  of  his  report,  chron- 
icles the  death  of  Past  Senior  Grand  Warden  LouiS  Cohn,  "a  pio- 
neer citizen  and  Mason,  an  enthusiastic  believer  in  the  aims  and 
purposes  of  Freemasonry." 

Grand  Tyler  Oglesby  was  a  native  of  Ireland  and  was  made  a 
Mason  before  coming  to  this  country.  Brother  Baker, who  was  grand 
orator  in  1897,  was  a  native  of  Michigan,  was  for  four  years  district 


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attorney  of  his  adopted  county,  later  a  member  of  the  California 
legislature,  and  held  other  public  trusts  within  the  gift  of  his  fellow 
citizens. 

Canada:  In  this  jurisdiction  death  made  sad  inroads  during  the 
year,  taking  Daniel  Spry,  past  grand  master;  Geokge  C.  Davis  and 
George  Inglis,  past  junior  grand  wardens:  William  McKay  and 
D.  H.  Hunter,  past  disrict  deputy  grand  masters;  F.  J.  Rastrick, 
past  grand  superintendent  of  works;  E.  E.  Loosley,  past  grand  sword 
bearer,  and  George  Risk,  past  grand  steward. 

Past  Grand  Master  Spry,  whose  active  Masonic  life  covered  a 
period  of  thirt3'-nine  years,  was  a  man  of  great  uprightness  and  di- 
rectness of  purpose  and  his  magnetic  individuality  elicited  from 
Grand  Master  Gibson  the  high  compliment  that  only  those  in  oppo- 
sition to  him  could  fully  appreciate  it. 

Colorado:  This  jurisdiction  mourns  the  loss  of  John  W.  Wid- 
DERFIELD,  who  was  deput}^  grand  master  in  1883  and  reached  the  age 
of  seventy-two.  A  native  of  Virginia,  he  held  many  positions  of  trust 
and  responsibilit}'^  in  Colorado.  He  was  a  member  of  the  convention 
which  framed  the  state  constitution  and  at  the  time  of  his  death  was 
the  chairman  of  the  board  of  county  commissioners  of  Los  Animas 
county.  Grand  Master  Tucker  pays  a  high  tribute  to  his  character 
as  a  man  and  Mason. 

Connecticut:  For  so  old  a  grand  lodge  as  this,  its  records  dis- 
close a  singular  immunity  from  fatality  during  the  3'ear,  only  one 
death  in  its  membership  being  chronicled,  that  of  Washington  L. 
Morgan,  who  was  made  a  Mason  in  1S56.  For  many  years  he  was  in 
attendance  on  the  grand  lodge,  and  had  been  a  member  of  the  audit- 
ing committee  since  1892. 

Delaware:  This  jurisdiction  mourns  the  loss  of  Past  Deputy 
Grand  Master  Joseph  E.  Lank.  Past  Junior  Grand  Warden  John  H. 
B.  Mustard,  and  Past  Master  Charles  E.  Baird. 

District  of  Columbia:  The  death  roll  includes  the  names  of 
Peter  N.  Hove,  past  deputy-  grand  master,  whose  funeral  services 
were  conducted  bj^  the  Grand  Lodge  of  the  District  of  Columbia,  at 
his  home  in  Maryland — with  the  assent  of  the  grand  master  of  that 
jurisdiction — and  who  must  have  reached  a  good  old  age,  as  he  was 
master  of  St.  John's  Lodge  No.  11  as  early  as  1857.  John  J.  Beall, 
past  senior  grand  warden;  Joseph  E.  Rawlings,  past  junior  grand 
warden,  and  seven  past  masters. 

England:  The  English  Craft  have  met  with  a  great  loss  in  the 
death  of  the  Earl  of  Latham,  provincial  grand  master  of  West 
Lancashire,  and  j^ro  grand  master  of  the  Grand  Lodge  of  England. 


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Lord  Latham  became  a  Mason  while  a  student  at  Oxford  and  cul- 
tivated Masonry  assiduously  from  that  time  on.  He  was  master  of 
two  lodges  successively  in  West  Lancashire,  grand  warden  of  the 
grand  lodge,  and  at  the  time  the  Prince  of  Wales  came  to  the  grand 
east,  was  provincial  grand  master  of  West  Lancashire,  a  position 
which  he  retained  through  life.  When  the  Prince  of  Wales  was  in- 
stalled he  selected  Lord  Latham  to  be  deputy  grand  master,  and 
of  his  subsequent  service  deputy  grand  master,  the  Earl  OF  Am- 
herst says: 

His  ruling  in  grand  lodge  gave  unlimited  satisfaction  to  the 
brethren  who  are  in  the  habit  of  attending  our  meetings.  He  was 
prompt  and  tirm  in  his  decisions,  as  behooved  one  who  occupied  the 
chair  of  deput}-  grand  master.  He  knew  the  Masonic  law  and  could 
see  the  merits  of  the  case,  and  his  invariable  courtesy  obtained  the 
respect  even  of  those  brethren  from  whose  views  he  differed.  Time 
passed  on  yet,  and  upon  the  decease  of  Lord  Carnarvon,  oar  brother, 
Lord  Lathom,  was  called  to  the  next  highest  post  to  the  office  of 
grand  master,  namely,  to  that  of  most  worshipful  pro  grand  master. 
In  that  high  position  he  performed  his  duties  in  that  admirable  way 
which  made  us  all  feel  that,  under  his  presidency,  we  had  a  brother 
who  was  worth}'  to  be  the  alter  ego  of  the  most  worshipful  grand  mas- 
ter. Five  times,  also,  did  our  brother  take  the  chair  at  the  festivals 
of  those  great  charities,  which  are  the  boast  and  pride  of  our  order, 
and  on  each  of  those  occasions  his  taking  the  chair  was  celebrated 
b}'  an  enormous  increase  in  the  funds  of  the  institutions.  Brethren, 
I  think  you  will  agree  with  me  that  his  lordship  always  discharged 
the  duties  of  this  important  office  in  a  manner  that  rendered  him 
worthy  to  hold  the  office  of  pro  grand  master,  an  office  which  always 
should  be  filled  well.  Brethren,  it  is  not  only  as  a  Mason  that  I  speak 
to  you  of  Lord  Lathom.  If  it  be  true  that  Princi2Jihus  placuit^se  viris 
non  ultima  laus  est^  Lord  Lathom  had  a  share  of  that  merit,  and  that 
praise  applied  equally  to  him  in  that  office  he  held  outside  these  walls 
as  "Whip'"  in  the  House  of  Lords,  and  passing  on  to  the  office  of  Lord 
Chamberlain,  much  work  fell  inevitably  on  Lord  Lathom's  shoulders 
in  the  outer  world,  and  he  discharged  his  duties  in  a  manner  which 
satisfied  the  Queen,  the  Prince  of  Wales,  and  all  the  members  of  the 
roj'al  familj\  Most  of  the  work  of  the  jubilee  festivals  fell  on  his 
shoulders,  and  I  think  it  cannot  be  calculated  how  large  and  vast  that 
work  was,  but  he  brought  to  the  work  a  calm  and  solid  judgment  and 
a  charm  of  courtesy  of  manner  that  endeared  him  to  all  with  whom 
he  came  in  contact.  Those  who  had  the  privilege  of  knowing  the  late 
Lady  Lathom  and  him  in  private  life  will  not  soon  forget  that  de- 
voted couple:  of  them  it  may  be  truly  said:  "They  were  lovely  and 
pleasant  in  their  lives  and" — happily  I  think  of  them — "in  death  they 
were  not  long  divided." 

The  grand  lodge  adopted  resolutions  highly  eulogistic  of  his  per 
sonality  and  labors. 

Florida:  Death  has  been  busy  in  the  Land  of  Flowers,  calling 
to  himself  Past  Grand  Masters  William  A.  McLean  and  Haryey  J. 
Stewart:  Past  Junior  Grand  Warden  Alfred  L.  Williams,  and  Past 


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Grand  Sword  Bearer  E.  A.  Wilson.  Brother  Stewart  was  the  senior 
past  g^rand  master  and  had  done  long  and  good  service  on  the  com- 
mittee on  jurisprudence. 

Georgia:  In  this  jurisdiction  Past  Deputy  Grand  Master  Wil- 
liam Abraham  Love  and  no  fewer  than  twenty-four  past  masters 
had  exchanged  earthly  labors  for  heavenly  rest.  Brother  Love  be- 
came a  Mason  in  the  same  year  that  he  graduated  in  medicine,  and 
for  fifty  years  he  reflected  credit  upon  both  the  profession  and  the 
fraternity.  For  the  last  twenty-seven  years  of  his  life  he  was  a 
teacher  of  medicine,  holding  the  chair  of  physiology  in  his  college  at 
Atlanta,  and  was  president  of  its  faculty  at  the  time  of  his  death. 
For  as  many  years  he  had  served, the  Craft  on  the  jurisprudence  com- 
mittee of  the  Grand  Lodge  of  Georgia.  Those  of  us  who  met  him  in 
the  Masonic  Congress  at  Chicago  in  1893  will  not  forget  his  striking 
personality,  his  commanding  figure,  his  courtly  manners,  his  frater- 
nal spirit,  his  elegant  diction,  his  quaint — and  when  he  was  presiding 
temporarily  overothe  congress  his  archaic — forms  of  speech,  all  be- 
speaking both  the  gentleman  and  the  Mason  of  the  olden  time. 

The  eulogies  pronounced  upon  him  in  grand  lodge  were  all  per- 
vaded by  an  unwonted  tenderness  as  though  the  speakers  had  at  least 
for  the  moment  caught  the  impress  of  a  most  striking  feature  of  his 
character. 

Idaho:  The  grand  master  announced  the  death  of  Past  Grand 
Master  Isidore  S.  Weiler,  who  was  also  prominent  in  state  and 
municipal  alTairs,  having  served  in  the  territorial  legislature  and  as 
the  first  state  senator  from  the  district  of  his  residence;  of  Grand 
Secretary  Charles  Coburn  Stevenson,  whose  demise  was  chroni- 
cled in  our  last  report,  and  James  H.  Bush,  past  junior  grand  war- 
den, and  a  pioneer  citizen  and  Mason. 

The  loss  to  Idaho  and  to  the  fraternity  at  large  suft'ered  in  the 
death  of  Grand  Secretary  Stevenson  is  a  great  one,  and  his  passing 
seems  cruelly  untimely.  He  was  only  thirty-six  years  of  age,  and  be- 
gan to  write  reports  on  Masonic  correspondence  when  only  twenty- 
seven,  soon  winning  the  reputation  of  an  able  and  conscientious  writer 
thoroughly  infused  with  the  fraternal  spirit. 

Iowa:  The  grand  master  reports  the  decease  of  Samuel  C.  Dunn, 
past  grand  treasurer,  in  his  sixty-fourth  year,  widely  known  and 
highly  esteemed  among  the  Craftsmen. 

Kansas:  This  jurisdiction  mourns  the  loss  of  two  past  grand  mas- 
ters, John  M.  Price  and  Henry  C.  Cook,  the  former  just  entering 
upon  his  seventieth  year,  the  latter  fifty-five. 

Brother  Price,  the  senior  past  grand  master  of  Masons  in  Kansas 
at  the  time  of  his  death,  was  a  native  of  Kentucky,  and  although 


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denied  by  his  circumstances  the  benefits  of  an  academic  education  he 
was  admitted  into  the  then  more  exclusive  circle  of  men  who  were 
permitted  to  practice  the  profession  of  law  in  the  courts  of  his  native 
state,  before  he  was  twenty  years  of  age,  and  was  elected  common- 
wealth attorney  only  two  years  later,  and  four  years  afterward,  in 
1855,  was  re-elected.  But  Kansas  had  become  the  battling  ground  of 
two  diverse  civilizations,  and  in  J858,  before  the  completion  of  his 
second  term,  he  left  for  the  struggling  territory  and  settled  in  Atchi- 
son where  he  spent  the  remainder  of  his  long,  useful,  active  life. 

From  the  time  he  entered  the  grand  lodge  in  1866  until  his  health 
failed,  some  four  or  five  years  before  his  death,  he  was  a  most  assidu- 
ous worker  in  Masonry.  He  was  elected  to  the  grand  east  in  1871. 
He  did  a  mountain  of  labor  in  his  profession  in  public  affairs,  in  Ma- 
sonry, in  business,  accumulating  three  large  fortunes  and  losing  them 
all.  "The  world  to  him  was  an  open  door  for  hard  work  and  benefi- 
cence," says  his  eulogist.  Past  Grand  Master  Guthrie,  who  summed 
it  all  up  in  a  brief  sentence  that  any  man  might  be  proud  to  deserve 
for  his  epitaph:  "His  life  was  a  benediction,  and  he  died  an  honest 
man." 

Bro.  Henry  Clay  Cook,  a  native  of  Pennsylvania,  was  made  a 
Mason  in  Delavan  Lodge  No.  156,  in  Hlinois,  in  1864.  Later  he  be- 
came a  charter  member  of  Tazewell  Lodge  No.  586,  at  Delavan,  and 
served  two  years  as  its  senior  warden  before  removing  to  Kansas  in 
1876.  He  entered  the  Grand  Lodge  of  Kansas  in  1881,  and  was  elected 
grand  master  in  1887.  After  his  service  in  the  grand  east  he  served 
on  important  committees  until  he  accepted  the  position  of  cashier  in 
the  Bank  of  Vinita,  Indian  Territory,  several  3^ears  ago.  He  was  a 
soldier  in  an  Illinois  regiment  in  the  Civil  War,  and  after  moving  to 
Kansas  served  the  county  of  Labette  as  clerk  of  its  district  court, 
and  later  served  a  term  in  the  Kansas  legislature, and  was  held  in  such 
esteem  in  Oswego,  the  city  of  his  former  home,  that  although  he  had 
been  for  several  years  a  non-resident  the  business  houses  were  all 
closed  during  the  hour  of  his  funeral  and  the  citizens  gathered  in 
great  numbers  at  the  services. 

Louisiana:  This  grand  lodge  reports  the  decease  of  its  oldest 
past  officer.  Past  Senior  Grand  Warden  S.  M.  Hart,  who  was  elected 
to  that  office  in  1852;  of  the  Rev.  William  Thomas  Dickinson  Dal- 
ZELL,  past  district  deputy  grand  master,  and  a  very  zealous  and  in- 
dustrious worker;  of  Duke  S.  Hayes,  past  district  deputy  grand 
master,  and  sixteen  past  masters. 

Maine:  This  grand  lodge  loses  three  of  its  members — Past  Senior 
Grand  Warden  Arlington  B.  Marston,  an  attendant  upon  the  grand 
lodge  for  twenty-six  consecutive  years,  and  sixty-four  years  of  age, 


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and  two  present  masters,  one  of  whom  was  accidentally  shot  while 
deer  hunting,  at  the  early  age  of  thirty-three. 

Manitoba:  Here  Albert  H.  Van  Etten,  past  district  deputy 
grand  master,  a)id  Joseph  Hurselt,  past  grand  steward,  had  passed 
on  before. 

Massachusetts:  This  venerable  grand  lodge  loses  one  of  the 
best  known  Masons  in  its  jurisdiction  in  the  person  of  Charles  Levi 
Woodbury,  past  deputy  grand  master.  He  was  also  widely  known 
among  Masons  throughout  the  country  through  his  connection  with 
the  Scottish  Rite,  in  whose  councils  he  was  long  prominent.  He  was 
prominent  in  politics,  a  member  of  the  New  Hampshire  legislature 
and  later  a  member  of  that  of  Massachusetts.  He  was  United  States 
district  attorney  under  Buchanan's  administration,  and  was  for  many 
years  United  States  commissioner. 

Brother  Woodbury  was  corresponding  grand  secretary  from  1S62 
to  1868  inclusive,  and  deputy  grand  master  in  1869,  1870,  and  1871. 
In  the  appreciative  memorial  presented  by  R.W.  Bro.  S.  Lothrop 
Thorndike,  from  which  these  facts  are  taken,  we  are  surprised  to 
find — and  in  the  same  paragraph — the  statement  that  Brother  Wood- 
bury never  held  office  in  the  lodge.  Perhaps  nothing  could  give  a 
better  idea  of  his  prominence  and  of  the  general  esteem  in  which 
he  was  held  among  the  brethren  than  that  he  should  hold  both  these 
offices  unquestioned  when  the  Massachusetts  constitutions  declare 
that  no  brother  shall  be  eligible  to  either  of  them  "unless  he  be  a  past 
master  of  a  subordinate  lodge,  under  the  jurisdiction  of  some  grand 
lodge,  or  has  heretofore  held  one  of  the  aforesaid  offices  in  this  grand 
lodge."' 

Of  his  real  field  of  labor.  Brother  Thorndike  says: 

"It  will  be  observed  that  Brother  Woodbury  rarely  held  any 
office  that  called  for  familiarity  with  what  is  sometimes  styled,  not 
quite  adequately,  the  "work"  of  Freemasonr}'.  The  true  work  of 
Freemasonry  was  for  him  something  quite  apart  from  its  ritual.  Of 
this  ritual  it  may  be  doubted  whether  he  ever  had  actual  verbal 
knowledge  in  any  of  the  degrees.  But  he  had  something  better  than 
that,  a  devotion  to  the  spirit  of  Freemasonry  and  a  belief  in  the 
beneficent  results  which  it  is  fitted  and  destined  to  accomplish.  Of 
its  history,  its  legends,  its  traditions,  and  its  literature  he  was  a 
constant  student,  and  his  extensive  acquaintance  with  these  subjects 
was  evidenced  in  numerous  speeches  and  writings.  He  was,  besides, 
from  his  legal  and  business  training,  a  valued  and  useful  adviser  in 
the  practical  affairs  of  the  institution." 

Michigan:  This  jurisdiction  laments  the  loss  of  Past  Grand  Mas- 
ter Daniel  Striker,  at  the  age  of  sixty-three,  and  of  Past  Grand 
Secretary  Foster  Pratt,  at  seventy-five. 


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Brother  Striker's  Masonic  life  covered  a  period  of  more  than 
forty  years,  forty  j^ears  of  zealous  work.  He  was  widely  known  and 
honored  throug^h  his  connection  with  bodies,  national  in  their  scope, 
composed  of  Masons.  He  held  many  positions  of  trust  and  honor 
within  the  g'ift  of  his  fellow-citizens,  the  most  important  of  which 
was  secretary  of  state,  and  won  to  a  striking-  degree  the  affection  of 
all  with  whom  he  came  in  contact. 

Bro.  Foster  Pratt,  like  Brother  Striker,  was  a  native  of  New 
York,  and  came  to  Michigan  in  1856.  He  was  four  years  surgeon  of  a 
Michigan  regiment  in  the  Civil  War;  was  eminent  in  his  profession; 
served  in  the  Michigan  legislature;  was  mayor  of  his  adopted  city, 
Kalamazoo,  and  was  for  twelve  years  trustee  and  president  of  the 
asylum  for  the  insane  at  that  city.  He  was  for  several  years  editor 
of  the  Frccma.son,  a  montly  Masonic  magazine,  and  was  the  author  of 
the  first  historical  sketch  of  '"Early  Masonr}-  in  Michigan,"  His  ma- 
terial monument  is  the  first  Michigan  "Blue  Book,"  the  fruit  of  three 
years  labor  as  chairman  of  the  committee  on  revision  of  the  Masonic 
laws  of  the  jurisdiction.  We  remember  the  report  with  which  the 
revised  code  was  submitted  as  one  of  great  clearness  and  ability.  He 
has  another  and  enduring  monument  in  the  loving  remembrance  of 
Michigan  Masons. 

Minnesota:  The  last  surving  founder  of  the  Grand  Lodge  of 
Minnesota  passed  away  during  the  year.  Charles  T.  Stearns  a 
native  of  Massachusetts,  who  was  senior  grand  warden  in  1855  and 
who  died  at  New  Orleans,  La.,  at  the  ripe  old  age  of  ninety-two.  He 
left  Minnesota  in  1864  and  in  1866  went  into  business  at  Mobile  and  for 
twelve  years  following  was  register  of  the  United  States  land  office. 
He  entered  the  convention  which  formed  the  Grand  Lodge  ot  Minne- 
sota as  junior  warden  of  Cataract  Lodge  No.  168,  of  St.  Anthony, 
chartered  by  the  Grand  Lodge  of  Illinois. 

Mississippi:  This  grand  lodge  mourns  for  one  of  her  noblest  and 
best  beloved,  Past  Grand  Master  William  G.  Paxton,  aged  sixty 
years.  His  death  brings  to  us  who  never  saw  him  a  real  sense  of  be- 
reavement for  ever  since  we  read  the  beautiful  words — which  to  us, 
seemed  to  sound  the  depths  of  possible  Masonic  affection — addressed 
to  him  by  Past  Grand  Master  Frederick  Speed  when  the  latter  in- 
stalled him  as  grand  master  in  1889,  we  have  felt  a  close  personal  in- 
terest in  him  and  his  concerns. 

He  was  a  man  of  broad  sympathies,  active  in  every  good  work, 
and  his  life  was  a  constant  beneficence.  At  the  time  of  his  death  and 
for  many  years  he  was  president  of  the  Mississippi  branch  of  the  Red 
Cross  and  of  the  Vicksburg-Howard  Association,  and  was  a  pillar  of 
strength  in  the  relief  work  during  the  yellow  fever  epidemics  of  1878 
and  1897,  the  former  of  which  nearly  cost  him  his  life. 


12  APPENDIX — PART  I. 


The  Mississippi  proceedings  contained  eloquent  eulogiums  by  Past 
Grand  Masters  Barkley,  Murry,  Burkitt,  DeLap,  Miller, 
Roane,  Riley,  McCool,  Cobb,  Savery,  Stone  and  Speed,  by 
Grand  Secretary  Power  and  Past  Master  J.  G.  Babin.  From  the 
beautiful  words  of  Brother  Speed  his  closest  friend,  we  quote  the 
following,  which  is  no  less  a  eulogy  on  Masonry  than  on  the  beloved 
dead: 

"From  the  time  when  I  heard  him  knock  at  that  door  asking  that 
he  might  share  in  the  lights^  rights,  and  benefits  of  Masonry,  until  I 
cast  the  sprig  of  accacia  into  hi?  open  grave,  our  lives  ran  in  parallel 
lines,  but  no  two  men  were  more  diverse  than  he  and  I  in  our  dispo- 
sitions or  seemed  less  likely  to  be  united  in  bonds  of  indissoluble 
friendship.  Both  of  us  fresh  from  opposing  sides  in  contending 
armies,  from  whose  battlefields  the  smoke  had  scarcely  lifted,  differ- 
ing in  politics,  in  our  church  preferences,  in  associations,  educated 
in  different  schools  of  thought,  regarding  men  and  measures  from  a 
dcfferent  standpoint,  both  contentious  to  a  degree,  for  our  own  opin- 
ions; while  discussing  everything  in  morals,  politics,  and  religion,  not 
one  word  ever  came  between  us  in  all  these  years.  Who  gave  to  me 
this  friend,  this  companion,  this  brother,  who  came  to  be  and  re- 
mained all  these  years  a  part  of  my  own  consciousness,  who  when  he 
asked  for  a  part  in  the  rights  and  benefits  conferred  in  this  Lodge, 
asked  for  and  received  a  part  in  my  own  life,  became  a  part  of  my- 
self—but Freemasonry.  There  is  not  the  slightest  probability  that 
we  would  have  ever  come  together,  but  for  the  tie  which  was  sealed 
upon  the  blessed  book  which  lies  upon  yonder  altar.  Freemasonry 
has  given  much  to  me,  much  that  I  value  as  a  pearl  without  price, 
but  the  gift  that  I  most  esteem,  that  I  have  received  from  it,  was 
William  Gallatin  Paxton." 

The  grand  master  noted  also  in  his  address  the  decease  of  James 
H.  Gunning,  past  junior  grand  warden,  and  of  our  own  lamented 
Cregier,  to  whose  memory  we  find  the  following  appreciative  tablet: 


When  the  angel  came  and  summoned 

DEWITT  CLINTON  CREGIER, 

to  pass  out  through  the 

East  Gate, 

he  terminated  the  earthly  career  of  one 

who  was  greatly  beloved  by  his  friends 

and  honored  bf  his  fellow  citizens, 

a  great  warm-hearted  man 

and  faithful  craftsman 

whose  memory  is  gratefully  commemorated 

by  his  brethren  of  mississippi. 

to  whom  he  rendered  invaluable  service  during  the 

Great  Epidemic  of   Eighteen  Hundred  and  Seventy-Eight. 

A  Past  Grand  Master  of  Illinois 

AND  Grand  Representative  op  this  Grand  Lodge  for 

MANY  YEARS,  AND  AN  EX-MAYOR  OF  CHICAGO,  AS  WELL  AS  A 

distinguished  engineer. 

his  life  was  one  of  noble  service  to  his  fellows 

and  worthy  of  being  held  up  for  imitation  of 

all  who  love  that  which  is  grand,  pure,  and  good. 


Born  in  the  City  of  New  York,  June  1,  1829. 
Laid  down  his  working  tools,  November  9,  1898. 


14  APPENDIX — PART  I. 


Montana:  A  special  communication  of  the  grand  lodge  on  the 
25th  of  April,  1898,  buried  James  R.  Boyce,  Sr.,  who  was  grand  mas- 
ter in  1871-73,  and  the  seventh  in  the  line  of  Montana's  g'rand  masters 
to  go  over  to  the  majority.  He  was  a  native  of  Kentucky,  was  in  his 
eighty-first  year  at  the  time  of  his  death,  and  had  been  fifty-eight 
years  a  Mason,  always  a  leader  among  the  Craftsmen,  a  wise  coun- 
selor, and  an  impressive  ritualist.  He  was  present  at  the  organiza- 
tion of  the  Grand  Lodge  of  Montana  and  installed  its  first  grand 
otficers;  and  although  not  then  a  member  of  the  grand  lodge,  he  de- 
serves, as  Grand  Secretary  Hedges  justly  says,  by  every  considera- 
tion to  be  ranked  as  one  of  the  fathers  of  Masonry  in  Montana. 

Nebraska:  The  grand  master  announced  the  death  of  Past 
Junior  Grand  Warden  Henry  K.  Kerman,  who  presided  in  the  south 
at  the  preceding  annual  communication,  then  suffering  with  what 
proved  to  be  a  fatal  illness.  He  died  at  Macon,  Illinois,  beloved  by 
his  brethren  and  regretted  by  all  who  knew  him. 

We  learn  unofficially  of  another  great  loss  suffered  by  Nebraska 
in  the  death  of  Grand  Secretary  William  Roberts  Bowen,  who  had 
filled  that  office  for  twenty-six  years  and  was  a  model  officer.  He  was 
a  member  of  the  Masonic  Congress  at  Chicago  in  1*893,  and  impressed 
that  body  with  the  earnestness  and  ability  with  which  he  enforced 
his  views.  We  were  his  debtor  for  courtesies  received  when  we  re- 
newed our  acquaintance  at  Omaha  last  year,  a  debt  which  must 
remain  uncancelled,  but  also  unforgotten.  He  was  a  native  of  Penn- 
sylvania, a  lieutenant  of  cavalry  in  the  Civil  War,  and  died  in  his 
sixty-third  year. 

New  Brunswick:  Death  has  been  busy  in  this  jurisdiction,  claim- 
ing Past  Deputy  Grand  Master  J.  Henry  Leonard,  for  many  years 
and  until  recently  the  representative  of  Illinois  near  his  grand  lodge, 
at  the  age  of  sixty-four — a  good  citizen,  genial,  kind-hearted,  active 
in  all  civic  and  religious  duties,  his  loss  deeply  regretted  by  all  who 
knew  him;  Past  Senior  Grand  Warden  George  Todd,  who  won  gen- 
eral regard  by  many  deserving  qualities,  and  died  at  the  ripe  age  of 
eighty-six;  Past  Grand  Director  of  Ceremonies  H.  V.  Cooper,  whose 
best  work  was  given  to  his  own  lodge  and  who  was  particularly  ef- 
fective in  the  rendition  of  the  ritual,  and  four  other  past  masters, 
including  the  Hon.  James  Mitchell,  premier  of  New  Brunswick, who 
won  and  retained  the  confidence  of  the  people  of  the  province  by  his 
integrity,  fairness  of  judgment  and  equal  consideration  towards  sup- 
porters and  opponents. 

,  New  Jersey:  While  death  happily  passed  over  all  the  officers 
and  past  elective  officers  of  the  grand  lodge  the  obituary  roll  includes 
forty  past  masters,  among  them  the  Rev.  Gustavus  M.  Murray,  past 


MASONIC   CORRESPONDENCE.  15 

grand  chaplain.  This  list  would  seem  unduly  large  for  a  jurisdiction 
having  within  it  only  one  hundred  and  sixty-nine  lodges,  were  it  not 
that  the  grand  lodge  of  New  Jersey  is  ripe  in  years.  This  was  its  one 
hundred  and  twelfth  annual  communication.  If  the  ages  of  the  de- 
ceased were  given  we  doubt  not  that  many  of  them  would  be  found  to 
have  lived  beyond  their  three  score  years  and  ten. 

New  South  Wales:  This  young  grand  lodge— young  in  its  inde- 
pendent existence — lost  during  the  year  Past  Grand  Master  James 
Hunt,  aged  seventy-two,  and  Past  Deputy  Grand  Master  Nicholas 
HOPSON,  aged  sixty-five.  No  history  of  Brother  Hunt's  Masonic 
labors  appears  in  the  proceedings.  Among  the  tributes  paid  to 
Brother  Hopson  upon  the  announcement  of  his  death  was  one  by 
R.W.  Bro.  J.  C.  Remington,  one  of  the  oldest  Masonic  friends  of  the 
deceased,  who  thoughtfully  said: 

"Although  Brother  Hopson  had  not  reached  the  full  span  of 
human  life,  he  had  reached  a  good  old  age,  and  he  died  full  of  honor, 
and  has  left  behind  him  an  example  to  masonry  which  younger 
Masons  might  well  follow,  because  he  was  not  like  too  many  in  the 
Craft,  who,  as  soon  as  they  attain  the  higher  positions,  think  that 
their  duties  to  Masonry  are  then  at  an  end,  and  discontinue  their 
attendance  both  at  grand  lodge  and  their  private  lodges.  We 
scarcelj'  met  in  grand  lodge  without  seeing  our  decea>ed  brother  in 
his  place,  and  those  who  visited  other  lodges  must  have  noticed  his 
familiar  face,  especially  at  installation  meetings,  where  he  was 
often  called  upon  to  be  the  presiding  officer."' 

New  York:  Of  the  dead  of  this  jurisdiction  so  officially  connected 
with  the  grand  lodge  as  to  win  special  mention  in  the  proceedings, 
Anthony  Yeoman,  George  C.  Hubbard,  and  Alfred  B.  Guion  were 
past  district  deputy  grand  masters;  Stephen  H.  Tyng,  past  grand 
chaplain;  Augustus  W.  Peters,  past  grand  Steward:  Louis  .J.  Bel- 
LONI,  Jr.,  representative  of  Nova  Scotia  near  the  Grand  Lodge  of 
New  York,  and  Daniel  Lord,  a  member,  and  Roswell  P.  Flower, 
the  chairman  of  the  standing  committee  on  hall  and  asylum  fund. 
Among  this  number  those  holding  positions  within  the  gift  of  the 
government  or  of  their  fellow-citizens  were  Brother  Yeoman,  atypi- 
cal old  New  Yorker,  for  many  years  the  superintendent  of  the  New 
York  postoffice;  Brother  Hubbard,  an  eminent  physician,  who  was  for 
many  years  the  head  of  the  board  of  health  of  Richmond  county; 
Brother  Peters,  a  native  of  Nova  Scotia,  who  at  the  time  of  his 
death  was  president  of  the  Burrough  of  Manhattan,  and  Brother 
Flower  was  but  recently  governor  of  the  Empire  state.  Beginning 
life  as  a  poor  boy  on  a  farm  he  died  a  multi-millionaire  and  an  acknowl- 
edged leader  in  the  financial  world.  Of  the  uses  to  which  he  devoted 
his  great  wealth,  the  appropriate  committee  say: 

"He  loved  money  not  for  what  it  is,  but  for  what  it  does.  Char- 
itable and  munificent,  he  gave  away  thousands  of  dollars.     A  church 


16  APPENDIX — PART  I. 


in  his  native  town,  a  hospital  in  his  adopted  city,  a  chapel  attached 
to  St.  Thomas'  Church,  of  which  he  died  an  honored  warden;  gifts  of 
thousands  to  Cornell  University,  of  the  executive  committee  of  the 
board  of  trustees  of  which,  at  the  time  of  his  death,  he  was  the 
chairman,  are  but  few  of  his  many  benefactions.  He  was  also 
ch  irman  of  the  standing  committee  of  our  Masonic  hall  and 
asylum  fund,  and  ever  ready  to  give  counsel  and  ai^sistance  in  the 
administration  of  this  sacred  trust  " 

New  Zealand:  This  grand  lodge  mourns  the  loss  of  Past  Master 
Hugo  Otto  Lippert,  a  member  of  the  board  of  general  purposes,  in 
which  capacity  and  in  his  own  lodge  he  did  much  useful  and  unselfish 
work  in  the  interest  of  the  Craft  and  of  the  grand  lodge. 

North  Carolina:  The  official  circle  of  this  grand  lodge  happily 
remains  unbroken,  out  of  the  death  of  Bro.  John  H.  Mills  the  founder 
of  the  Oxford  Orphan  Asylum  is  reported  and  the  grand  lodge  honors 
his  memory  by  the  publication  of  his  portrait  and  setting  apart  a 
tablet  page  suitably  inscribed.     Grand  Master  Moore  says  of  him: 

It  is  proper,  and  my  pleasure,  to  speak  particularly  of  him,  for 
the  reason  that  for  the  last  thirty  years  he  has  been  a  leading  spirit 
in  every  move  in  this  grand  jurisdiction  that  tended  to  alleviate  suf- 
fering, bring  to  the  face  of  the  orphan  the  smile  of  joy  and  gladness, 
and  brush  away  with  the  hand  of  tenderness  and  brotherly  love  the 
widow's  tear.  He  it  was  who  first  drafted  the  resolution  that  made 
the  Oxford  (Orphan  Asylum;  he  it  was  who  first  superintended  the 
children  under  its  care,  and  he  it  is  who  first  lives  in  the  grateful 
memories  of  the  orphan  who  has  been  sheltered  and  protected  under 
its  charitable  roof. 

North  Dakota:  Here  death  found  a  shining  mark,  taking  Past 
Grand  Master  William  H.  Best  in  the  very  prime  of  life,  only  in  his 
forty-eighth  year  at  the  time  of  his  decease.  He  was  one  of  the  best 
known  Masons  in  the  state,  having  been  in  attendance  on  the  terri- 
torial Grand  Lodge  of  Dakota  before  the  division  and  on  every  com- 
munication of  the  Grand  Lodge  of  North  Dakota.  He  had  a  strong 
mind,  a  clear  head,  and  left  his  impress  on  the  jurisprudence  of  his 
grand  lodge. 

Nova  Scotia:  Meeting  with  official  ranks  unbroken  this  grand 
lodge  had  lost  during  the  year  Past  Masters  Robert  A.  Walker,  J. 
N.  S.  Marshall,  John  Overy,  James  H.  Palmiter, -William  H.  Gib- 
son, Rev.  Simon  Gibbons,  and  Dr.  Charles  Gray,  most  of  whose 
names  were  familiar  and  some  as  household  words  in  that  body. 

Oregon:  Time  has  dealt  gently  with  this  grand  lodge,  its  official 
circle,  past  and  present,  being  unbroken  save  by  the  loss  of  Samuel 
Hughes,  past  junior  grand  warden  and  past  grand  treasurer.  He  had 
been  a  constant  attendant  on  the  annual  communications  for  many 
years,  and  his  counsels  were  highly  valued. 


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MASONIC   CORRESPONDENCE.  17 

Pennsylvania:  The  dark  ang-el  passed  entirely  over  this  grand 
lodge  during  the  year  whose  proceedings  are  under  review,  but  called 
the  grand  master,  HENRY  W.  Williams,  within  a  month  of  his  in- 
stallation on  St.  John's  Day.  He  died  at  Philadelphia  while  in  at- 
tendance upon  the  supreme  court  of  the  state,  of  which  he  was  one  of 
the  justices. 

His  Masonic  life  extended  over  more  than  forty  years,  and  not- 
withstanding the  demands  of  professional  duties  had  been  a  con- 
spicuously active  one.  He  had  served  the  grand  lodge  in  various 
capacities  by  appointment  and  election  since  1881. 

He  had  been  in  judicial  life  continuously  for  thirty-three  3-ears, 
twenty-two  years  on  the  bench  of  the  court  of  common  pleas  and 
eleven  j'ears  on  the  supreme  bench.  Had  he  lived  three  years  more 
he  would  have  become  the  chief  justice  of  the  supreme  court,  by  vir- 
tue of  seniority  of  commission,  and  the  fourth  chief  justice  who  has 
been  grand  master  of  Masons  in  Pennsylvania.  Added  to  his  judicial 
labors,  he  was  one  of  the  seven  commissioners  appointed  in  1876  to 
revise  the  constitution  of  the  state. 

He  stood  equally  high  and  was  equally  active  -in  the  councils  of 
his  church,  in  which  he  was  an  elder,  and  was  frequently  elected  to 
take  part  in  the  presb3"tery  and  synod,  was  sent  as  a  delegate  to  the 
pan-Presbj'terian  council  at  Edinburgh  in  1877,  and  stood  elected  as 
a  principal  delegate  from  the  general  assembly  of  the  Presbyterian 
churches  in  the  United  States  to  the  seventh  general  council  of  the 
"alliance  of  the  reformed  churches  throughout  the  world,  holding 
the  Presbyterian  system."  to  be  held  in  Washington  this  j'ear. 

These  were  some  of  the  activities  which  filled  to  the  full  measure 
the  life  which  closed  in  its  sixty-ninth  year.  He  was  buried  at  Wells- 
boro  by  the  grand  lodge. 

At  the  quarterly  communication  in  March,  when  his  death  was 
announced,  impressive  eulogies,  from  which  the  above  sketch  is 
mainly  drawn,  were  pronounced  by  Acting  Grand  Master  George  E. 
Wagner,  Past  Grand  Masters  Michael  Arnold  and  William  J. 
Kelly,  the  latter  the  immediate  predecessor  of  Grand  Master  Wil- 
liams and  his  closest  social  companion  for  the  last  six  years, who  paid 
the  deceased  the  supreme  compliment  of  saying  that  he  realized,  in 
his  judgment,  the  highest  type  of  manhood. 

Quebec:    The  grand  master  announced  the  death  of  Past  Mas- 
ters E.  A.  Pfeiffer,  Isaac  B.  Futvoye,  F.  T.  Thomas,  and  Hope 
Sewell,  and  Past  District  Deputy  Grand  Master  E.  N.  Copeland, 
representative  of  Connecticut  near  the  Grand  Lodge  of  Quebec. 
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Rhode  Island:  In  1897  Rhode  Island  lost  Past  Deputy  Grand 
Master  George  Moulton  Carpenter,  at  the  early  age  of  fifty-two. 
His  death  occurred  while  he  was  abroad  at  Katroj'k,  Holland.  He 
was  deputy  grand  master  in  1881,  but  having  been  appointed  United 
States  justice  during  his  term  he  declined  further  service  as  a  grand 
officer,  but  served  on  several  committees,  amongthem  the  special  com- 
mittee to  revise  the  constitution  and  prepare  the  new  monitor  recently 
published.  "In  all  matters  pertaining  to  the  ritual,  symbolism,  history 
and  jurisprudence  of  Freemasonry,"  says  the  grand  master,  "he  was  a 
reliable  authority,  having  few  equals  and  no  superiors  in  this  countr3\" 
The  sacred  roll  also  bears  the  names  of  thirteen  past  masters  the 
average  age  of  whom  was  sixty-four  years.  Six  of  them  were  over 
seventy  and  three  of  them  over  eight3^  the  youngest  thirty-one.  These 
figures  illustrate  again  the  fact  spoken  of  under  New  Jersey  that  in 
those  grand  lodges  whose  history  runs  back  a  century  or  more,  even 
if  the  jurisdiction  be  small,  there  is  always  an  abundance  of  bearded 
grain  before  the  sickle  of  the  tireless  reaper. 

In  1898  Thomas  Vincent,  past  grand  master,  passed  over  to  the 
farther  shore  aged  sixty-one.  His  accession  to  the  grand  east  was  in 
1881,  and  he  was  re-elected  in  1882.  Ill  health  had  of  recent  years 
■debarred  him  from  that  intercourse  with  his  Masonic  brethren  which 
w^ould  have  been  a  delight  on  both  sides. 

Again  the  list  of  past  masters  deceased  is  a  long  one,  numbering 
fourteen,  ranging  in  age  from  thirty  to  eighty-one.  the  average  being 
a  little  under  fifty-eight  years. 

South  Carolina:  Two  veterans  have  passed  away  in  this  juris- 
diction, Past  Grand  Master  William  K.  Blake,  and  District  Deputy 
•Grand  Master  Richard  S.  Porcher,  the  former  at  seventy-six  and 
the  latter  in  his  sevent3'-third  year. 

Brother  Blake  was  grand  master  in  1870  and  declined  a  re-elec- 
tion in  1871.  "As  an  educator,  legislator,  college  trustee,  citizen, 
Mason,  and  Christian  gentleman,  he  met  every  dutj-  that  came  upon 
him,  winning  bj'  his  calm  judgment,  his  sagacity  and  his  strong  prac- 
tical common  sense,  the  confidence  and  esteem  of  all  men  with  whom 
he  came  in  contact," 

Brother  Porcher  is  thus  spoken  of  in  his  memorial: 

Personaly,  Brother  Porcher  was  affable  and  courteous  to  all, 
•dignified,  yet  modest  in  his  demeanor,  a  fine  conversationalist,  and 
eloquent  upon  subjects  that  touched  his  heart.  He  was  a  devoted 
husband  and  father,  a  kind  neighbor,  a  warm  hearted  sj^mpathizing 
friend. 

As  a  man,  he  was  learned,  zealous,  and  active.  Though  lenient 
toward  the  failures  and  mistakes  of  others,  he  was  a  strict  construc- 
tionalist  and  knew  his  ritual  by  heart,  verbatim  et  literatim.      No  labor 


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was  too  arduous,  no  distance  too  great,  no  difficulty  too  perplexing 
for  him  too  undertake  in  service  of  Masonry.  As  a  citizen  he  was 
loyal  to  his  country,  serving  her  well  in  peace  and  war. 

His  engaging  qualities  seem  to  have  won  in  a  peculiar  degree  the 
love  of  his  brethren,  and  to  have  fully  warranted  the  statement: 
"His  is  the  record  of  a  beautiful  life." 

Tasmania:  The  one  great  bereavement  of  this  young  grand  lodge 
since  its  proceedings  last  came  under  our  notice  is  the  death  of  Grand 
Master  Edward  Owen  Giblin,  M.D.,  which  occurred  December  27, 
1895,  at  the  early  age  of  forty-six.  His  death  was  from  sunstroke — 
which  at  that  season  of  the  year  seems  very  strange  to  us  in  these 
northern  latitudes — on  the  range  of  the  Tasmanian  Rifle  Association 
in  the  annual  shooting  matches  of  which  he  was  participating.  His 
remains  were  given  a  Masonic  military  burial,  his  bod}^  being  carried 
on  a  gun  carriage  and  the  usual  volleys  fired  over  his  grave.  All 
branches  of  the  colonial  and  municipal  governments  were  represented 
and  the  people  turned  out  en  masse.  This  great  wave  of  popular  re- 
spect seems  to  be  fully  explained  by  the  remark  of  Archdeacon  BuT- 
LiER,  of  St.  David's  Cathedral,  where  the  deceased  was  wont  to  worship, 
when  he  asked:  "Who  would  wish  for  a  more  noble  entombment  than 
that  the  turf  upon  his  grave  should  be  kept  green  by  the  tears  of 
God's  poor?" 

The  following  gives  some  idea  of  the  variety  of  service  for  which 
the  people  found  the  need  of  our  deceased  brother's  trained  mind  and 
hand: 

"Much  of  his  time — of  recent  years  particularly — has  been  devoted 
to  public  matters.  He  had  been  an  active  member  of  the  hospital 
board  and  an  honorary  surgeon  to  the  general  hospital  for  some  years; 
also  health  officer  of  the  city,  a  member  of  the  council  of  the  univer- 
sity, a  director  of  the  Australian  Mutual  Provident  Society,  and  a 
member  of  the  central  board  of  health  and  the  metropolitan  drainage 
board,  in  the  operations  of  which  he  took  the  deepest  interest.  The 
volunteer  and  defense  movement  had  in  him  a  strong  supporter,  and 
at  the  time  of  his  death  he  held  the  position  of  surgeon-major  in  the 
T.R.R.  Latterlv  he  had  personally  gone  in  greatly  for  rifle  shooting, 
and  had  rapidly  gained  a  position  in  the  first  ranks  of  the  marksmen 
of  the  colony,  as  his  records  at  the  shooting  matches  of  the  last  year 
or  two  show.  He  represented  the  district  of  South  Hobart  in  the 
House  of  Assembly  from  May,  1891,  to  December,  1893,  in  which 
capacity  he  showed  a  thorough  comprehension  of  the  important 
matters  coming  before  the  legislature.  He  had  already  been  asked 
and  had  consented  to  come  forward  for  the  first  vacancy  of  a  Hobart 
seat  in  the  legislative  council." 

Tennessee:  This  grand  lodge  mourns  the  loss  of  Past  Grand 
Master  Archelaus  M.  Hughes,  at  eighty-seven:  John  Ridley 
Frizzill,  past  grand  secretary,  in  his  thirty-seventh  year,  and  Ben- 
jamin FREDERICK  DuGGAN,  past  grand  Chaplain,  at  seventy-seven. 


20  APPENDIX — PART   I. 


Past  Grand  Master  Hughes,  the  noblest  Roman  of  them  all  and 
one  of  the  sturdiest  of  men,  was  a  native  of  North  Carolina;  came  to 
Tennessee  a  boy  of  seventeen;  taught  school  and  afterwards  engaged 
in  mercantile  pursuits  for  several  years  before  he  took  up  the  study 
of  law,  although  he  was  thirty-five  or  thirty-six  years  old  before  he 
was  admitted  to  the  bar  he  won  high  honors  in  his  profession.  He 
was  three  times  elected  attorney-general,  was  on  the  circuit  bench 
for  four  years  and  for  four  more  was  United  States  district  attorney. 
He  was  three  times  grand  master  of  Tennessee,  and  at  the  time  of 
his  death  was  the  oldest  Mason,  the  oldest  past  grand  master  and  the 
oldest  past  grand  high  priest  in  the  jurisdiction.  He  had  been  a  Ma- 
son for  over  sixty-one  years,  and  had  attended  every  meeting  of  the 
grand  lodge  except  one  in  forty-four  years,  the  exception  being  the 
annual  communication  of  1898,  when  he  was  too  feeble  to  be  present. 
His  memorialist,  Past  Grand  Master  Williamson,  says  of  him. 

In  1861,  when  the  war  cloud  was  lowering  and  dark,  and  every- 
thing pointed  to  the  most  dire  and  dreadful  consequences.  Brother 
Hughes  joined  with  other  Masons  in  Tennessee  in  a  circular  letter  to 
the  Masons  of  Tennessee  to  use  their  utmost  endeavor  to  avert  the 
impending  storm,  and  if  that  could  not  be  done  to  let  Masonic  princi- 
ples prevail  in  all  they  did. 

Brother  Hughes  and  some  of  the  others  who  joined  in  said  circular 
took  different  sides  in  said  struggle  when  it  did  come.  Among  those 
who  took  a  prominent  part  in  the  cause  of  the  South  was  Past  Grand 
Master  James  McCallum,  who  also  joined  in  said  circular. 

When  the  war  was  over  Brothers  Hughes  and  McCallum  both  came 
back  to  the  Grand  Lodge  and  worked  together  as  if  there  had  never 
been  a  difference,  and  when  Brother  McCallum  died  Brother  Hughes 
delivered  the  eulogy  over  him  at  the  Grand  Lodge  of  Sorrow,  at  the 
meeting  in  1890. 

Grand  and  noble  old  man,  he  played  a  prominent  part  in  the  walks 
of  life  and  played  it  well.  He  met  the  responsibilities  and  demands 
upon  him  as  a  strong  man  always  does,  with  fortitude  and  upright- 
ness, and  was  always  ready  and  willing  to  do  his  dutj^  and  was  ready 
and  prepared  to  bear  his  part  of  the  burdens  necessary  for  the  ad- 
vancement and  welfare  of  his  country  and  society. 

Utah:  Utah  loses  Past  Grand  Master  Edmund  Pelton  Johnson, 
in  his  sixty-sixth  year,  and  Past  Senior  Grand  Warden  Stephen 
Smith  Schramm  in  his  seventy-first  year.  Brother  Johnson  was 
grand  master  in  1876.  He  was  a  native  of  New  York,  studied  law  at 
odd  hours  while  engaged  in  mercantile  business  in  Elkhorn,  Wis,,  and 
later  continued  the  study  of  his  profession  at  Kewaunee,  111.,  where 
he  was  admitted  to  the  bar  in  186-4.  He  was  mayor  of  Corinne  for  two 
terms;  afterwards  went  to  Idaho  for  a  time  and  was  there  a  member 
of  the  Idaho  territorial  legislature;  returned  to  Utah  and  was  probate 
judge  of  Box  Elder  county  and  afterwards  recorder. 

Brother  Schramm  held  no  public  position,  although  he  was  among 
the  best  of  citizens,  a  steadfast  defender  of  political  and  religious 


MASONIC   CORRESPONDENCE.  21 

liberty,  and  led  a  happy,  clean,  and  upright  life,  beloved  of  all  within 
and  without  the  fraternity  in  which  he  was  ever  an  enthusiast.  He 
too  was  a  native  of  New  York,  but  his  youth  and  early  manhood  were 
passed  on  the  Western  Reserve  of  Ohio.  The  portraits  of  both  the 
deceased  accompany  their  memorials  which  come  from  the  strong' 
loving  hand  of  Grand  Secretary  DuiHL,  and  are  both  strong  faces, 
and  to  be  pointed  to  with  pride  by  any  Mason. 

Vermont:  Vermont  mourns  the  loss  of  three  past  senior  grand 
deacons,  James  Halloway  and  John  Wesley  Stowell,  both  in 
their  sixty-third  year,  and  Norman  B.  Loomis,  age  not  given.  Brother 
Halloway  was  also  a  past  district  deputy  grand  master.  In  civil 
life  he  was  for  several  years  and  until  failing  health  compelled  his 
resignation,  deputy  collector  and  inspector  in  the  customs  service  at 
St.  Albans. 

Victoria:  The  proceedings  disclose  the  death  of  H.  J.  L.  Batten, 
past  junior  grand  warden,  and  C.  R.  Eagle,  past  president  of  the 
board  of  benevolence,  but  no  particulars  are  given.  The  grand  sec- 
retary was  instructed  to  send  a  letter  of  condolence  to  Mrs.  Eagle. 

Virginia:  The  hand  of  death  has  been  laid  heavily  on  this  juris- 
diction, removing  four  past  grand  masters,  William  B.  Taliaferro, 
John  Paterson  Fitzgerald,  William  F.  Drinkard,  and  John  R. 
Purdie. 

Brother  Purdie,  whose  father  (John  H.  Purdie)  became  grand 
master  of  Virginia  in  1819,  was  grand  master  in  1844-46,  and  died  from 
age  and  infirmity  in  his  ninetieth  year  at  the  Masonic  Home  of  Vir- 
ginia, where  he  had  accepted  an  invitation  to  become  its  guest.  He 
had  outlived  all  of  his  cotemporaries,  but  was  a  regular  and  faithful 
attendant  on  grand  lodge  until  old  age  and  feebleness  prevented.  His 
memorial  says  of  his  life: 

Few  lives  extending  to  this  long  period  have  been  as  singularly 
pure  and  lovely,  as  free  from  blame  and  as  full  of  usefulness.  Belong- 
ing to  a  profession  whose  work  confines  itself  to  a  limited  area,  and 
is  little  noted  by  the  general  public,  the  great  worth  and  merit  of 
this  beloved  brother  yet  extended  far  beyond  the  limits  of  the  country 
physician.  Wherever  known  his  worth  was  highly  appreciated  and 
he  stood  in  the  front  rank  of  the  profession. 

Brother  Taliaferro  (pronounced  Tolliver)  died  at  seventy-seven. 
Virginia  born,  he  was  educated  at  William  and  Mary,  and  Harvard; 
was  an  officer  and  rose  to  the  rank  of  major  during  the  Mexican  War; 
was  afterwards  major-general  of  Virginia  state  troops,  and  was  in 
command  at  Harper's  Ferry  during  the  John  Brown  raid.  In  the 
Civil  War  he  rose  from  a  colonelcy  to  the  rank  of  major-general  in  the 
confederate  arm}^  and  left  a  record  for  conspicuous  gallantry.  He 
represented  his  constituency  many  sessions  in  the  general  assembly 


22  APPENDIX — PART   I. 


of  Virginia,  both  before  and  after  the  war  of  1861-65.  He  was  also 
elected  judgfe  of  his  county  and  held  many  honorary  positions,  and  his 
many-sided  life  was  pure  and  clean.     He  was  grand  master  in  1874-76. 

Brother  Drinkard,  who  died  in  his  seventy-third  year,  was  grand 
master  in  1886-88.  He  was  born  in  Virginia  and  trained  in  the  old- 
field  schools  of  his  native  county  until  he  was  twelve,  and  at  fourteen 
went  to  Washington  and  was  for  some  time  employed  as  proof  reader 
on  the  old  Congressional  Globe.  He  afterwards  acquired  control  of  a 
newspaper  at  Fairmont,  W.Va.,  and  thereafter  his  life  was  devoted 
to  journalism,  with  the  exception  of  four  years  during  the  war  as  cap- 
tain in  the  ordnance  department  of  the  confederacy.  At  the  close 
of  the  war  he  became  editorially  connected  with  the  Richmond  Dis- 
patch, and  continued  a  member  of  its  staff  up  to  the  time  of  his  death. 
He  was  a  very  modest  man,  diffident  before  public  assemblies,  al- 
though strong  when  roused,  but  under  the  surface  he  led  a  very  active 
life.  He  was  gentle,  kind,  forbearing,  and  his  beautiful  private  life 
won  all  who  knew  him  and  held  them  with  the  strongest  ties. 

Brother  Drinkard  was  grand  master  in  1886-88.  He  was  chair- 
man of  the  committee  on  foreign  correspondence  from  1876  until  he 
died,  and  he  wrote  all  the  reports  until  his  health  failed.  They  were 
always  able,  devoted  to  the  support  of  the  old  ways,  and  in  them  was 
reflectedthe  same  qualities  which  made  Brother  Drindard's  private 
life  so  attractive,  winning  for  him  a  regard  on  the  part  of  the  guild, 
unique  for  its  tenderness,  and  finding  unanimous  voice  when  the  days 
of  his  weary  illness  came.  It  is  not  too  much  to  say  that  Brother 
Drinkard's  courtesy  and  forbearance  has  stayed  many  a  pen  from 
hot  and  hasty  words,  and  that  their  influence  for  good  has  not  spent 
its  force. 

Brother  Fitzgerald,  who  died  when  he  had  just  entered  on  his 
sixty-first  year,  was  a  native  of  Virginia,  a  lawyer  by  profession,  and 
practiced  with  marked  success  and  distinction  from  early  manhood 
through  life,  with  the  exception  of  four  years  of  service  in  the  con- 
federate army.  In  the  military  service  he  rose  from  a  captaincy  to 
the  rank  of  colonel.  His  regiment  constituted  a  part  of  the  brigade 
and  later  of  the  division  commanded  by  General  Taliaferro,  and 
like  his  superior  he  won  marked  distinction  on  many  of  the  hardest 
fought  fields  of  Virginia.  Of  their  association  on  the  field  his  memo- 
rial says: 

The  near  association  of  comradeship  between  these  two  congenial 
spirits  ripened  into  a  friendship  of  peculiarly  close  and  tender  afi'ec- 
tion,  increasing  in  tenacity  and  strength  during  all  their  subsequent 
lives.  It  is  a  notable  coincidence  that  both  of  these  lamented  breth- 
ren were  reserved  for  the  highest  honors  in  the  gift  of  the  Craft,  and 
the  one  preceded  the  other  to  the  Grand  Lodge  above  by  only  a  few 
short  weeks. 


MASONIC   CORRESPONDENCE.  23 

Brother  Fitzgerald  was  grand  master  in  1894-96,  and  "to  the  dis- 
charge of  the  responsible  duties  of  his  exalted  station — with  a  single 
purpose  and  a  sincere  desire  to  advance  the  interests  dear  to  all  good 
Masons — he  brought  the  faculties  of  a  naturally  vigorous  mind,  well 
stored  with  the  acquisitions  of  years  of  patient  thought  and  indus- 
trious study." 

Washington:  The  harvest  of  the  reaper  had  indeed  been,  as  the 
grand  master  said,  prolific,  gathering  in  three  past  grand  masters  and 
the  venerable  grand  treasurer. 

Elwood  Evans,  who  was  grand  master  in  1865-66,  had  just  entered 
upon  his  seventieth  year  at  the  time  death  came  to  him,  suddenly,  as 
in  the  twinkling  of  an  eye.  He  was  a  native  of  Pennsylvania.  His 
memorial  says  of  him: 

Literature,  general  and  special,  was  his  constant  source  of  pleas- 
urable thought  and  study. 

A  bright  and  learned  Freemason,  genial,  courteous,  and  kind- 
hearted  toward  all;  possessing  a  fund  of  rare  and  useful  knowledge, 
far-reaching  in  scope. 

Ralph  Guichard,  dead,  after  a  lingering  illness,  in  his  sixty- 
eighth  year,  was  a  native  of  Germany.  He  was  a  man  highly  honored 
and  respected,  and  had  been  a  Mason  thirty-five  years.  He  was  grand 
master  in  1881-1882. 

Alfred  A.  Plummer,  cut  off  in  the  prime  of  life  by  the  accidental 
discharge  of  his  own  gun  while  out  for  a  day's  recreation,  was  a  na- 
tive son  of  Washington.  He  had  just  completed  his  forty-first  year. 
He  was  grand  master  in  1892-1893. 

Benjamin  Earned,  a  native  of  New  York,  was  grand  treasurer 
of  Washington  from  1859  to  1860,  and  from  1867  to  1898,  a  total  service 
of  thirty-two  years.  He  died  at  the  age  of  seventy-six,  a  genial, 
kindly,  honest  man,  greatly  beloved  and  regretted. 

West  Virginia:  Two  past  grand  masters,  a  past  grand  chaplain, 
and  a  district  deputy  grand  master  make  up  the  official  death  roll  of 
West  Virginia. 

Odell  S.  Long,  of  whom  the  grand  master  truly  said  that,  "the 
history  of  Freemasonry  in  West  Virginia  could  not  be  written  without 
honorable  mention  of  his  distinguished  character  and  services,"  had 
been  for  fourteen  years  grand  secretary  before  his  accession  to  the 
grand  mastership  in  1885.  He  was  not  only  among  the  best  known 
Masons  in  his  own  jurisdiction,  but  through  his  reports  and  through 
his  connection  with  national  bodies  of  Masonic  membership,  he  was 
widely  known  throughout  the  country.  He  was  the  walking  encyclo- 
pedia of  West  Virginian   Masonic  matters,  a  gentleman  of  culture 


24  APPENDIX — PART   I. 


and  refinement,  of  upright  and  charitable  life,  and  his  attractive  per- 
sonality made  him  always  a  central  figure.     He  died  at  sixty-one. 

GusTAV  Brown,  who  died  in  his  sixty-first  year  and  who  was 
grand  master  in  1888,  was  a  native  of  Germany.  He  is  described  by 
one  of  his  eulogists  as  a  man  beloved,  a  brother  never  to  be  forgotten, 
a  true  friend,  a  wise  adviser,  of  a  frank,  generous  and  noble  nature, 
public  spirited,  aft'able  in  his  manners,  and  of  great  gentleness  of 
spirit.  He  was  six  times  successively  elected  mayor  of  Charles-Town, 
his  adopted  city.  Of  these  two  the  grand  secretary.  Past  Grand 
Master  Atkinson,  says: 

Brother  Long  believed  most  in  the  symbolistic  teachings  of  the 
order,  while  Brother  Brown  believed  in  both,  but  made  most  of  its 
ritualistic  teachings  and  requirements.  The  records  of  both  are  sep- 
arate and  distinct,  and  both  were  right.  Brother  Long  had  but  little 
respect  for  the  crossing  of  a  "t,"  or  the  dotting  of  an  "i"  in  proclaim- 
ing Masonry  to  the  world;  while  Brother  Brown  adhered  forevei  to 
the  strict  letter  of  the  ritual,  and  never  allowed  a  deviation  from 
either  the  land-marks  or  the  ritual.  Both  were  model  Masons,  each 
in  his  way.  Both,  therefore,  will  be  remembered  by  the  brethren — 
the  one  for  his  classic  learning,  the  other  for  his  love  of  the  fratern- 
ity and  his  enthusiasm  in  presenting  it  to  mankind.  Learning  and 
enthusiasm — the  order  needs  both  of  these  grades  of  men. 

Timothy  M.  Smeth,  district  deputy  grand  master,  was  a  zealous 
Mason,  and  by  his  kindly  manner  and  latent  stores  of  mother  wit  had 
come  to  be  one  of  the  best  known  Masons  in  attendance  on  the  grand 
lodge.  C.  J.  Trippett,  past  grand  chaplain,  was  of  the  Methodist 
Episcopal  communion,  a  minister  of  high  standing,  a  lover  of  Masonry 
and  a  favorite  with  his  brethren. 

Wisconsin:  Two  deaths  in  the  past  official  circle  of  this  grand 
lodge  are  noted  by  the  grand  master:  Past  Deputy  Grand  Master 
David  C.  Fulton,  who  held  office  in  1877.  He  had  been  thirty-eight 
years  a  Mason,  and  was  a  soldier  in  the  Civil  War,  serving  with  gal- 
lantry and  distinction. 

William  T.  Palmer,  past  grand  secretary,  is  dead  in  his  eighty- 
fourth  year,  and  of  him  the  grand  master  says: 

For  forty-two  years  he  had  worn  the  lamb  skin  during  which  time 
he  had  taken  all  the  degrees  of  Masonry,  including  the  thirty-third, 
and  was  Grand  Secretary  of  the  Grand  Lodge  from  1861  to  1873. 
Owing  to  advancing  years  and  the  increasing  infirmities  of  old  age, 
he  had  long  since  given  up  active  Masonic  dutie;^,  and  to  the  younger 
generation  of  Masons  he  was  scarcely  known;  but  the  veterans  in  the 
order,  who  knew  him  intimately,  loved  him  for  his  virtues  and  re- 
spected him  for  his  great  worth. 

Wyoming:  No  break  is  reported  in  the  official  circle  of  this  grand 
lodge,  but  the  grand  master  in  speaking  of  the  destruction  of  the  bat- 
tleship Maine  in  Havana  harbor,  echoes  the  statement  made  last 


MASONIC   CORRESPONDENCE.  25 

year  by  the  grand  master  of  New  York,  that  eighty-three  of  those 
who  perished  in  that  disaster  were  Masons.  That  Grand  Master 
Sutherland  supposed  his  source  of  information  to  be  reliable  no  one 
can  doubt,  but  the  apparent  difficulty  of  finding  out  definitely  how 
many  of  the  officers  and  crew  were  Masons— the  alleged  naval  lodge 
on  board  that  ship  having  no  existence  outside  of  the  vivid  imagina- 
tion of  some  of  the  constituents  of  the  Mexican  gran  dieta — that  Ma- 
sons generally  may  be  excused  for  desiring  to  know  what  his  source 
of  information  was,  before  permitting  the  statement  to  take  its  place 
as  veracious  history  without  asking  for  its  confirmation. 

AS  OTHERS  SEE  US. 

It  would  detract  greatly  from  the  value  as  well  as  the  interest  of 
our  report  if  we  failed  to  include  mention  of  what  the  reviewers  of 
other  jurisdictions  say  of  the  Illinois  proceedings.  As  we  enter  upon 
the  work  of  reproducing-the  gist  of  their  criticisms,  we  repeat  the  ex- 
planation of  last  year,  that  of  such  grand  lodges  as  are  not  mentioned 
under  this  head  it  is  to  be  understood — unless  marked  "No  report," 
in  the  last  column  of  Table  I — that  they  contain  a  report  on  corre- 
spondence, but  that  in  it  Illinois  is  not  reviewed. 

As  we  shall  include  under  this  head  what  our  brethren  of  the  guild 
have  to  say  on  the  form  of  our  report,  we  may  sometimes  be  com- 
pelled to  do  what  we  have  always  avoided  as  far  as  possible— quote 
remarks  complimentary  to  the  work  of  this  committee. 

Alabama. — It  detracts  nothing  from  the  cordiality  of  our  welcome 
to  Bro.  William  Y.  Titcomb,  who  takes  up  the  pen  which  dropped 
from  the  grasp  of  the  lamented  Pillans,  that  we  Sigh  for  the  touch 
of  the  hand  now  vanished  which  had  been  extended  to  us  across  the 
distances  for  so  many  years.  Brother  Titcomb  has  the  Illinois  pro- 
ceedings for  two  years — 1897,  1898 — under  consideration.  He  briefly 
notes  the  chief  points  of  interest  with  occasional  comments.  Quot- 
ing the  declaration  of  Grand  Master  ScOTT  that  all  books  purporting 
to  contain  the  work  in  cypher  are  fraudulent  and  will  subject  Masons 
to  discipline  for  even  having  them  in  their  possession,  he  puts  that 
and  that  together  and  says:  "This  betokens  a  bad  state,  else  why 
this  admonition." 

Referring  to  Grand  Master  Scott's  decisions,  he  says: 

His  decision  numbered  four  we  think  may  readily  be  doubted  as 
denying  the  secrecy  of  the  ballot,  but  was  sustained  by  the  Commit- 
tee on  Jurisprudence,  as  not  only  being  wise  but  in  strict  accord  with 
our  written  code,  and  consequently  by  the  grand  lodge. 

The  decision  is  as  follows,  and  refers  not  to  the  ballot,  but  to  the 
right  of  objection  which  Illinois  holds  is  purely  supplementary  to  the 


26  APPENDIX — PART   I. 


ballot  and  does  not  come  into  existence  until  the  protective  power  of 
the  ballot  has  been  exhausted.  Then  it  is  held  to  be  as  potent  as  the 
ballot  so  far  as  a  profane  is  concerned,  but  loses  its  summary  quality 
when  exercised  against  a  brother  who  has  been  elected  to  all  the  de- 
grees and  has  received  one  or  more  of  them.  Having  been  invested 
with  Masonic  rights,  it  is  held  that  one  of  those  rights  is  that  of  a 
hearing  on  any  charge  which  would  debar  him  from  receiving  the  re- 
maining degree  or  degrees,  without  which  that  portion  of  the  rights, 
lights  and  benefits  already  received  would  be  practically  valueless: 

4.  The  name  of  an  objectorto  the  initiation  of  a  candidate  should 
be  kept  secret,  but  an  objector  to  advancement  to  the  degree  of  F.C. 
and  M.M.  must  be  made  known  if  demanded  by  the  candidate. 

The  oration  of  Brother  Mason  is  characterized  as  unique  in  its 
character,  yet  interesting. 

The  Illinois  report  on  correspondence  is  characterized  in  highly 
complimentary  terms,  and  also  by  reproducing-  our  remarks  on  the 
evolution  of  the  Masonic  definition  of  intemperance. 

He  thus  refers  to  our  criticism  upon  a  practice  which  he  shows 
has  long  been  obsolete  in  his  own  jurisdiction: 

The  rule  compelling  a  lodge  having  work  only  on  the  third  degree 
to  open  up  and  subsequently  close  down  all  the  degrees  he  thinks 
rather  "priggish,"  yet  there  be  many  who  think  such  course  neces- 
sary to  a  legal  opening  and  such  was  the  practice  in  our  jurisdiction 
until  altered  now  many  years  since.  It  was  held  by  its  advocates  that 
— in  order  to  enter  the  Temple  the  ground  floor  must  be  opened,  and 
to  reach  the  "sanctum"  the  middle  chamber  also,  and  that  it  would 
be  impossible  to  escape  if  any  of  these  were  closed  in  advance,  and 
this  with  all  honesty  and  conscientiousness. 

The  argument  of  the  advocates  of  the  obsolete  practice  to  which 
he  refers,  is  quite  on  a  par  with  the  notion  that  if  a  fellow  goes  into 
a  hole  and  pulls  the  hole  in  after  him,  or  if  he  goes  into  an  imaginary 
No.  3  without  opening  and  leaving  open  the  doors  of  an  imaginary 
No.  2  and  No.  1,  he  can  never  get  out  again;  on  a  par  also  with  the 
contention  that  it  would  be  unsafe  to  close  one  of  the  doors  and  leave 
the  others  open  lest  some  cowan  should  sneak  into  one  of  these  shad- 
owy limbos  and  find  out  everything  that  was  lying  around  loose,  and 
go  and  tell  it!  "Priggish"  seems  to  us  a  very  mild  term  to  apply  to 
the  notion  that  there  is  any  valid  reason  for  opening  one  or  two  hypo- 
thetical simulacrums  that  you  don't  want  to  use,  in  order  to  reach 
something  that  you  do  want  to  use  and  which  itself  remains  an  entity 
only  so  long  as  you  put  it  to  some  use;  or  to  apply  to  the  practice  of 
wasting  valuable  time  in  opening  a  lodge  of  Entered  Apprentices  and 
a  lodge  of  Fellow  Crafts  for  no  visible  purpose  except  to  waste  more 
valuable  time  in  closing  them  again,  when  there  is  business  and  work 
enough  awaiting  the  opening  of  a  lodge  of  Master  Masons  to  protract 


MASONIC   CORRESPONDENCE.  27 

the  session  beyond  any  reasonable  length,  with  the  result  of  sending 
even  the  brethren  who  live  near  by,  home  at  an  unreasonable  hour 
and  the  wearied  brethren  who  live  afar  off,  on  their  long  ride  or  drive 
to  catch  a  scanty  nap  before  the  sun  calls  them  to  another  long  day's 
labor.  It  strikes  us  that  here  is  a  field  where  fanciful  theorizing 
about  abstractions  ma}-  profitably  give  place  to  common-sense  prac- 
tice in  the  matter  of  realities  that  are  very  real. 

Turning  to  the  proceedings  of  1898,  Brother  TiTCOMB  quotes 
briefly  from  the  address  of  Grand  Master  Cook,  and  notices  a  few 
points  of  the  year's  work  without  other  comment  than  that  the  ora- 
tion of  Past  Grand  Master  Smith  on  "Freemasonry  Universal"  is 
most  interesting  and  instructive. 

Referring  in  generous  terms  to  the  Illinois  report  on  correspond- 
ence, and  regretting  that  our  proceedings  were  received  too  near  the 
assembling  of  his  grand  lodge  to  permit  any  extended  notice,  he  says: 

We  must  be  permitted  to  congratulate  Brother  Robbins  on  his 
success  in  making  up  a  Topical  Report.    It  is  a  splendid  piece  of  work. 

While  disclaiming  any  attempt  at  a  review,  we  can  not  refrain 
from  taking,  at  a  respectful  distance,  a  "snap-shof  (so  to  speak)  at 
one  or  two  topics  discussed. 

The  writer  devotes  about  fifteen  pages  of  printed  matter  to  the 
subject  of  '"Cipher  Rituals."  Why  not  dispose  of  the  whole  matter 
in  one  word — forbidden?  Let  every  grand  lodge  "sit  down"  with 
crushing  weight  upon  the  nefarious  business,  and  make  expulsion 
from  our  fraternity  the  punishment  of  any  attempt  at  this  mode  of 
violating  Masonic  obligations. 

He  has  some  very  temperate  remarks  on  negro  Masonry  which 
we  may  quote  under  another  heading. 

Arkansas. — The  committee  on  correspondence  (Bro.  Samuel  H. 
Davidson)  gives  Illinois  for  1897  extended  notice,  marked  through- 
out with  his  abounding  vivacity,  but  particularly  marked  in  his  re- 
dressing of  Brother  Mason's  oration  where  it  is  carried  to  the  verge  of 
forgetfulness  of  the  vanishing  line  between  belittling  a  senator  and 
impugning  the  intellectual  or  political  honesty  of  a  brother. 

Yet  on  the  whole  Brother  Davidson's  notice  of  Illinois  is  very 
appreciative.  The  address  of  Grand  Master  Scott  is  characterized 
as  a  splendid  business  paper,  showing  its  author  to  be  a  true  Mason  at 
heart  and  an  adept  in  excellent  business  methods,  and  he  is  so  "over 
tempted"  by  the  beauty  of  its  opening  that  he  copies  the  exordium 
entire.  He  notes  the  fragrant  flower  laid  on  the  grave  of  Past  Grand 
Master  Gorin,  and  epitonizes  the  grand  master's  encyclical  to  the 
lodges,  copying  in  full  its  vigorous  condemnation  of  cyphers  as  com- 
porting precisely  with  his  own  views  often  expressed. 


28  APPENDIX — PART   I. 


Noting  the  response  of  Brother  Spencer  when  received  as 
the  representation  of  Arkansas  and  referring  to  his  remark  that  the 
grand  lodge  be  represented  had  elevated  the  lamented  Logan  H. 
Roots,  a  native  of  Illinois,  to  the  Oriental  chair,  he  says: 

Brother  Spencer  might  well  have  added  that  another  one  of  our 
strongest  Grand  Masters,  M.W.  Brother  George  Thornburgh,  who 
filled  the  grand  master's  chair  two  terms — 1879  and  1880 — and  who  for 
manj^  years  has  ably  edited  our  grand  lodge  organ,  the  Masonic  Trowel, 
at  Little  Rock,  is  also  a  native  of  Illinois. 

Of  grand  orators  and  the  oration  he  says: 

The  Grand  Lodge  of  Illinois  has  had  some  distinguished  grand 
orators:  Bro.  John  C  Black,  a  distinguished  general  in  the  war  be- 
tween the  states,  afterwards  congressman  at  large;  Bro.  Adlai  E. 
Stevenson,  vice  president  of  the  United  States,  and  Bro.  William  E. 
Mason,  a  United  States  senator.  Illinois  has  had  some  funny  United 
States  senators,  but  we  have  nothing  to  do  with  that.  Brother  Ma- 
son delivered  the  oration  contained  in  the  journal  under  review,  his 
subject  being  "The  Evolution  of  a  Nation." 

Having  given  the  alleged  gist  of  Brother-MASON'S  main  line  of 
thought,  he  says: 

Brother  Mason  digresses  occasionally,  and  thus  fathers  sentiments 
on  which  he  may  have  to  hedge,  but  it  is  easier  for  a  camel  to  go 
through  the  eye  of  a  needle  than  for  a  United  States  senator  to  stick 
to  the  subject. 

Then,  after  quoting  Brother  Mason  on  the  policy  or  impolicy  of 
holding  territory  which  the  nation  finds  itself  temporarily  possessed 
of  through  the  fortunes  of  war,  he  says:  "These  sentiments  are  sub- 
ject to  change  without  notice." 

We  have  quoted  these  remarks  in  explanation  of  what  we  felt 
compelled  to  say  of  the  general  tone  of  his  remarks  about  the  ora- 
tion. And  here  we  may  say  of  the  questioning  by  some  of  the  guild 
whether  some  things  in  Brother  Mason's  address  might  not  better 
have  been  omitted  on  an  occasion  purely  Masonic,  that  the  main  por- 
tion of  it  was  written  for  an  occasion  purely  non-Masonic  and  used  in 
the  grand  lodge  because  the  Senator  found  his  hands  too  full  to  pre- 
pare another  and  was  unwilling  to  wholly  disappoint  expectations. 

The  Illinois  report  on  correspondence  is  allotted  more  than  a  fair 
share  of  Brother  Davidson's  space  and  invested  with  qualities  very 
flattering  to  the  writer. 

Referring  to  our  notice  of  a  portion  of  Grand  Secretary  Hemp- 
stead's report,  he  says: 

In  noticing  the  receipt  of  an  invitation  from  the  Symbolic  Grand 
Lodge  of  Hungary  to  the  Grand  Lodge  of  Arkansas  to  be  represented 
at  the  consecration  of  the  Freemason's  palace,  and  the  celebration 


MASONIC   CORRESPONDENCE.  29 


of  the  millennial  of  Hungar3''s  national  existence  at  Buda  Pesth,  re- 
ported by  Grand  Secretary  Hempstead,  who  returned  the  congratu- 
lations of  our  grand  lodge,  and  accepted  a  letter  of  thanks  for  the 
encouragement  and  courtesy  expressed,  he  says  that  he  has  not  the 
constitutions  of  Arkansas  before  him,  and  is  at  a  loss  to  conjecture 
whether  our  grand  lodge  leaves  the  question  of  recognizing  alleged 
Masonic  bodies  to  the  grand  secretary.  To  which  we  say  that  the 
Grand  Lodge  of  Arkansas  alone  may  recognize  Masonic  bodies.  Bro. 
Hempstead's  idea  evidently  was  that  a  courteous  invitation  from  a 
body  claiming  to  be  Masonic,  there  being  no  evidence  that  it  was  not, 
was  entitled  to  the  courtesy  of  an  acknowledgment. 

However  we  might  view  the  question  whether  the  grand  secre- 
tary's action  was  strictly  within  the  scope  of  his  duties,  we  are  glad 
of  this  opportunity  to  say  of  Brother  Hempstead— of  whom  we  have 
very  pleasant  personal  recollections  in  connection  with  the  Masonic 
congress  at  Chicago— that  we  have  since  had  abundant  proof  that  his 
heart  is  in  the  right  place  and  that  it  guides  an  efficient  hand.  This 
was  demonstrated  when  a  brother  from  our  city  became  suddenly  in- 
sane at  Little  Rock,  and  in  response  to  our  dispatch  Brother  Hemp- 
stead promptly  took  the  case  in  hand  and  sent  the  unfortunate 
brother  under  safe  escort  to  his  home. 

British  Columbia.— In  the  second  of  Bro.  W.  A.  DeWolp  Smith's 
excellent  reports  the  Illinois  proceedings  for  1897  pass  under  review 
and  are  very  thoroughly  examined.  Brother  Smith  says  that  Grand 
Master  Scott's  address  is  one  of  the  very  best,  which  goes  to  show 
that  the  brethren  on  Pugefs  Sound  and  those  by  the  great  lakes  size 
things  up  about  the  same.  He  ventures  to  think  that  attention  to  the 
grand  master's  encyclical  letter  would  make  the  district  deputy  grand 
masters  more  useful  officers  than  they  are  in  many  American  juris- 
dictions, a  remark  that  is  fully  justified  both  in  what  it  says  and  what 
it  implies,  for  in  few  if  any  of  the  American  jurisdictions  on  this  side 
of  the  British  line  does  the  supervision  of  the  district  deputy  approach 
in  efficiency  that  of  his  brother  deputy  across  the  border. 

He  touches  most  of  the  points  of  the  address  "for  information," 
but  explicitly  commends  our  grand  master's  condemnation  of  the 
tendency  to  too  great  publicity.  The  report  of  Grand  Secretary  Dill, 
consisting — outside  of  "orders  drawn'' — of  just  five  lines,  he  says  is  a 
model  of  brevity,  and  from  a  study  of  the  list  of  those  orders  he  con- 
cludes that  the  salaried  officials  earn  their  money,  and  we  agree  with 
him  decidedly  at  least  so  far  as  the  grand  master  and  grand  secretary 
are  concerned.  He  makes  record  of  Past  Grand  Master  Cregier'S 
peculiar  pleasure  in  presenting  Brother  CoOK  for  installation  as 
grand  master,  a  brother  whom  he  had  inducted  into  Masonry  thirty- 
four  years  before;  notes  that  Brother  MuNN,  the  representative  of 
British  Columbia,  was  at  his  post  "as  usual,"  and  of  the  oration  says: 


30  APPENDIX — PART   I. 


The  annual  oration  was  delivered  by  the  g'rand  orator,  R.W.Wil- 
liam E.  Mason,  who  enjoys  the  unique  distinction  of  having  been  "born 
a  Mason,"  however  he  accomplished  it.  His  oration  is  on  "The  Evo- 
lution of  a  Nation,-'  and  the  first  part  of  it  is  largely  political.  Later 
on,  however,  he  makes  a  plea  for  liberty  in  the  home  as  well  as  in 
the  state. 

The  Illinois  report  on  correspondence  receives  very  compliment- 
ary notice.  He  reviews  its  introduction;  discloses  the  fact  that  the 
law  of  his  grand  lodge  and  our  own  are  in  accord  with  each  other  anu 
with  his  personal  views,  in  holding  that  in  the  absence  of  the  master 
and  wardens  a  lodge  cannot  be  opened  save  by  the  grand  master  or 
his  special  deputy,  and  copies,  in  this  connection,  our  remarks  on  the 
liability  of  uninformed  district  deputy  grand  masters  being  misled  by 
their  title  into  assuming  powers  which  belong  only  to  the  grand  mas- 
ter. Other  matters  which  he  finds  of  interest  in  the  report  are  the 
following: 

Brother  Bobbins  believes  that  resolutions  denying  to  persons  en- 
gaged in  the  liquor  traffic  the  right  to  api^ly  for  the  degrees  are  un- 
masonic,  and  quotes  approvingly  the  report  of  a  committee  of  the 
Grand  Lodge  of  Delaware  on  the  subject.  The  gist  of  the  report  is 
tins,  and  we  believe  it  to  be  eminently  sound:  "The  moral  qualifica- 
tions should  be  decided  by  the  members  of  the  subordinate  lodge  in 
each  and  every  case." 

The  idea  that  a  warden  may  not  confer  the  degrees  unless  he  is 
an  actual  past  master.  Brother  Bobbins  characterizes  as  a  "generally 
discarded  theory." 

Brother  Bobbins  does  not  sympathize  with  the  present  tendency 
to  stringent  legislation  against  non-affiliates;  expresses  our  views  ex- 
actly when  he  says  that  the  very  idea  of  a  per  diem  allowance  is  to  en- 
able weak  and  distant  lodges  to  be  represented  in  grand  lodge  equally 
with  those  stronger  in  membership  or  closer  to  the  place  of  meeting; 
and  lodges  a  protest  against  treating  members  in  arrears  for  dues  in 
the  same  manner  as  those  found  guilty  of  the  grossest  unmasonic 
conduct. 

Other  matters  of  interest  in  Brother  Smith's  report  do  not  come 
within  the  scope  of  this  division  of  our  report. 

California. — Past  Grand  Master  William  D.  Davies  again  sub- 
mits the  report  on  correspondence,  in  which  he  allots  their  full  share 
of  space  to  the  Illinois  proceedings  of  1897.  The  fine  portrait  of  Grand 
Master  Owen  Scott  did  not  escape  his  notice,  and  this  leads  us  to  say 
that  since  the  reproduction  of  good  portraits  has  become  so  inex- 
pensive there  ought  not  be  longer  delay  on  the  part  of  the  Grand 
Lodge  of  Illinois  in  ordering  the  preservation  of  the  portraits  of  its 
past  grand  masters  in  its  printed  archives.  Through  the  labors  and 
generosity  of  Past  Grand  Master  Smith,  the  pictures  of  all  but  one 
or  two  that  are  now  alas  probably  forever  unattainable,  are  in  the 
album  which  he  presented  to  the  grand  lodg'e;  and  a  body  that  has 


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MASONIC   CORRESPONDENCE.  31 

more  than  once  lost  all  its  archives  by  fire  ought  to  be  among  the  first, 
instead  of  among  the  last,  to  see  the  wisdom  of  multiplying  copies  of 
the  portraits  which  it  possesses  before  another  disaster  renders  it  im- 
possible. Brother  Davies  notes  the  presence  of  eight  past  grand  mas- 
ters and  two  past  grand  wardens  (one  of  the  latter  the  venerable  and 
faithful  Asa  W.  Blakesley,  attended  in  1898  for  the  last  time);  helps 
to  spread  abroad  the  fame  of  the  Lexington  quartet  who  illustrated 
one  of  the  seven  liberal  arts  and  sciences,  and  thus  refers  to  the  wages 
the  district  deputies: 

Grand  master  advises  the  brethren  to  read  carefully  the  reports  of 
the  district  deputy  grand  masters,  and  pays  the  deputies  the  compli- 
ment of  doing  "good  work."  He  says  they  deserve  the  thanks  of  the 
Craft  for  efficient  and  unremunerated  service.  Verily  the  faithful 
deputies  shall  be  rewarded;  but  how?  There's  thirty  of  them!  It  will 
take  too  long  to  make  them  all  grand  masters,  although  we  believe 
grand  lodge  has  declared  "that  no  grand  master  should  succeed  him- 
self," and  that  helps  some. 

Our  brother  will  since  have  noted  that  the  Masonic  year  then 
about  to  be  ushered  in  appealed  in  the  wisdom  of  its  maturity,  "from 
Philip  drunk  to  Philip  sober,"  with  the  result  of  achieving  a  very 
general  consensus  that,  take  it  by  and  large,  the  interests  of  the 
Craft  could  be  better  subserved  than  by  the  too  rapid  multiplication 
of  past  grand  masters,  even  if  it  diminished  by  another  minute  deci- 
mal the  fractional  chance  of  a  district  deputy  grand  master  to  mag- 
nif}^  his  title  by  dropping  the  first  two  prefixes. 

The  deprecation  by  Grand  Master  Scott  of  the  growing  evil  of 
publishing  Masonic  doings  is  supplemented  by  the  remark  that  the 
practice  requires  heroic  measures  for  its  suppression;  and  the  fact 
that  no  important  decisions  required  to  be  reported — only  such  ques- 
tions being  asked  as  could  be  answered  by  reference  to  the  written 
law  of  the  jurisdiction— is  cited  as  being  decidedly  complimentary  to 
so  large  a  jurisdiction  as  Illinois.  Brother  Mason's  oration  is  called 
interesting,  and  the  grand  master  and  grand  lodge  are  congratulated 
on  the  fitness  of  the  appointment  of  Past  Grand  Master  Smith  as 
grand  orator. 

The  Illinois  report  on  correspondence  gets  a  flattering  adjective 
from  Brother  Davies'  quiver,  and  he  accords  with  our  opinion  that 
should  cremation  become  general  Masonry  would  adapt  itself  to  the 
change  as  in  that  matter  we  are  not  bound  by  any  unchangeable  law. 
Referring  to  the  Mexican  grand  diet,  concerning  which  he  had  copied 
a  paragraph  from  our  report  and  to  the  erroneous  statement  made  in 
some  quarters  that  California  had  recognized  it,  he  says  his  grand 
lodge  has  always  been  conservative  in  those  matters,  aiming  to  be 
right  before  going  ahead.     Under  another  heading  we  hope  to  have 


32  APPENDIX — PART   I. 


an  opportunity  to  speak  of  the  process  by  which  the  California  lodges 
get  themselves  "right"  in  such  matters. 

In  closing  his  notice  of  Illinois,  Brother  Davies  says: 

We  intended  to  comment  upon  the  good  looking  portrait  appearing 
on  the  opening  page,  and  then  we  find  ourselves  wondering  if  the 
grand  masters  of  Illinois  are  born  that  way,  or  do  they  get  handsome 
in  office?  We  have  seen  several,  including  "him  of  Egypt,"  all  the 
same.  The  senior  grand  warden  seems  to  be  fitting  himself  for  it,  but 
he  won't  get  the  "on  steel  polish"  until  he  is  installed  a  most  worship- 
ful brother. 

Approaching  her  sixtieth  year  Illinois  has  cut  her  wisdom  teeth 
and  while  giving  now  and  then  a  specimen  face  never  chooses  the 
years  when  the  ugly  men  are  in  the  grand  east. 

Canada  (in  the  Province  of  Ontario). ^The  Canada  report  is 
from  the  deft  hand  and  the  fraternal  heart  of  Past  Grand  Master 
Henry  Robertson,  with  whose  excellent  work  our  readers  have  been 
long  familiar.  His  notice  of  Illinois  is  the  proceedings  of  1897.  He 
is  impressed  with  the  success  of  the  "district  meetings"  or  schools  of 
instruction  and  copies  at  some  length  from  the  remarks  of  Grand 
Master  Scott  on  that  subject,  and  says  the  conspicuous  success  of  the 
grand  master's  administration  is  shown  by  the  prevalence  of  entire 
harmony  and  growing  prosperity  throughout  the  jurisdiction.  The 
address  of  Grand  Orator  Mason  he  finds  "a  most  excellent  produc- 
tion," so  excellent  indeed  that  he  gives  it  entire.  He  gives  also  quite 
a  lengthy  extract  from  the  Illinois  report  on  correspondence,  the  sub- 
ject being  our  discussion  with  Brother  Greenleaf,  of  Colorado,  as 
to  whether  Masonry  was  launched  full-orbed,  or  is,  like  all  other  hu- 
man institutions,  an  evolution  from  the  simple  to  the  more  complex. 

Colorado. — The  review  of  the  Illinois  proceedings  of  1897  is  from 
the  accustomed  hand  of  Past  Grand  Master  Lawrence  N.  Green- 
leap,  who  at  the  outset  refers  to  the  opening  of  the  grand  master's 
address: 

The  opening  of  the  address  of  Grand  Master  Owen  Scott  is  couched 
in  beautiful  language,  in  which  he  sets  forth  what  he  deems  the  true 
creed  of  Masons,  and  to  illustrate  which  he  reproduces  a  stanza  from 
our  "Poem  for  St.  John's  Day." 

He  pays  an  eloquent  tribute  to  the  memory  of  Past  Grand  Mas- 
ter Jerome  R.  Gorin  and  is  not  forgetful  of  those  who  occupied  less 
exalted  positions. 

He  rapidly  sketches  the  chief  points  of  the  address,  and  says  of 
the  grand  master's  circular  letters  touching  the  reciprocal  duties  of 
the  lodges  and  the  district  deputies,  that  they  were  of  such  a  practical 
character  that  they  doubtless  contributed  largely  to  the  success  of  the 
meetings  for  the  conduct  of  which  they  particularly  designed.     He 


MASONIC   CORRESPONDENCE.  33 

quotes  from  the  address  under  the  head  of  "Too  Much  Publicity,"  under 
which  topic  the  views  of  Brother  ScOTT  have  elicited  very  general 
appreciative  comment.     He  says  of  the  oration: 

The  annual  oration  was  delivered  by  Bro.  William  E.  Mason, grand 
orator,  who  took  for  his  theme  "The  Evolution  of  a  Nation,"  which 
he  handled  in  a  masterly  manner. 

Generous  space  is  given  to  the  Illinois  report  on  correspond- 
ence. He  quotes  us  at  considerable  length,  and  among  other  things 
reproduces  what  we  said  of  our  differing  points  of  view  touching  the 
antiquity  of  the  Masonic  esotery,  wherein  we  recognized  a  ra.dical 
difference  between  us,  he  holding  that  Masonry  was  "a  perfect  sys- 
tem from  the  start,"  we  believing  that  it  is  an  example  of  evolution 
from  the  simple  to  the  more  complex,  of  which  he  says: 

There  is  no  occasion  for  any  radical  difference  of  opinion  on  this 
question  if  properly  understood,  especially  when  it  is  remembered  that 
Brother  Robbins  is  an  ardent  defender  of  Ancient  Craft  Masonry,  in 
which  respect  we  claim  equal  consideration.  He  should  therefore  wel- 
come all  evidence  that  strengthens  its  antiquity  and  restores  and  in- 
terprets its  lost  S3'mbolism,  and  reveals  the  adamantine  foundations 
upon  which  it  rests. 

He  falls  into  grave  error  when  he  infers  that  Masonry  "is  an  ex- 
ample of  evolution  from  the  simple  to  the  more  complex,"  when  the 
real  fact  is  the  ancients  were  in  possession  of  the  "more  complex," 
which  our  ritualists  have  thus  far  succeeded  in  resolving  only  into  a 
few  "simples,"  to  which  many  more  must  be  added  befote  we  have  the 
grand  aggregation  of  sublime  truths  for  which  we  are  still  in  search. 

Bro.  R.  F.  Gould,  in  his  article  on  "The  Degrees  of  Masonry,"  says: 

"It  admits  of  no  doubt  that  the  meaning  of  a  great  part  of  our 
Masonic  symbolism  has  been  forgotten,  and,  as  I  shall  presently  show, 
there  are  good  grounds  for  believing  that  this  partial  obliteration  of 
its  import  must  have  taken  place  before  the  era  of  grand  lodges. 

"It  is  unlikely — not  to  say  impossible — that  any  men  of  intellec- 
tual attainments,  who  joined  the  craft  under  the  Grand  Lodge  of  Eng- 
land, during  the  first  decade  of  its  existence,  would  have  introduced 
any  sj'mbolism  of  which  they  did  not  understand  the  meaning,  and  it 
can  be  easily  shown  from  the  ceremonial  of  that  period  that  it  must 
have  been  quite  as  obscure  and  unintelligible  in  many  parts  in  those 
days  as  it  is  in  our  own." 

Does  not  this  go  to  show  that  the  "complexity"  evolutes  backward 
instead  of  forward, which  helps  to  support  our  assertion  that  Masonry 
was  a  perfect  system  at  the  start. 

Brother  Robbins  says:  "We  know  of  no  Masonic  writers  who  claim 
that  the  Masonic  esotery  was  first  formulated  in  1717."  Well,  for  his 
enlightenment  we  will  reach  into  the  "madding  crowd"  andbring  forth 
Bro.  W.  R.  Singleton  of  the  District  of  Columbia,  who  says:  "It  is 
well  known  that  the  first  grand  lodge  was  organized  in  1717,  and  that 
there  was  no  ritualism  prior  to  that  date.''    (Italics  ours.)    Scores  of  others 


34  APPENDIX — PART    I. 


might  be  quoted  in  evidence,  but  we  must  refrain.    We  tiave  already- 
exceeded  our  allotted  space. 

The  quotation  from  Brother  Singleton  does  not  seem  to  us  to 
mark  its  author  as  just  such  an  example  as  Brother  Greenleaf  is 
looking  for,  as  we  were  speaking  of  esotery  not  ritual.  We  do  not 
think  Brother  Singleton  is  justified  by  the  facts  provided  he  meant 
to  be  understood  literally,  although  he  might  well  have  said  that 
there  was  probably  very  little.  That  anything  which  can  be  identified 
as  Masonry  must  have  had  its  esotery  goes  without  saying,  no  matter 
how  far  back  it  may  be  traced.  That  the  esotery  of  Masonry  con- 
sisted of  very  little  more  than  the  absolute  essentials  at  the  begin- 
ning of  the  grand  lodge  period  we  do  not  doubt,  nor  do  we  doubt  that 
most  of  the  ritual  with  which  that  esotery  is  now  clad  has  grown  up 
and  grown  increasingly  since  that  time.  The  history  of  the  growth 
of  side  degrees  which  a  century  ago  were  only  skeletons,  into  well  fed 
systems  illustrates  the  tendency,  and  so  to  a  greater  degree  does  the 
difficulty  of  keeping  the  degrees  of  Masonry  itself  from  taking  in 
new  matter  as  well  as  new  ceremonials,  because  in  the  latter  case  the 
restraining  influence  of  the  landmarks  exercises  a  powerful  conserv- 
ative influence,  while  in  the  former  the  systems  are  free  from  the  re- 
straints of  an  immemorial  paramount  law.  Human  nature  was  the 
same  at  the  beginning  of  the  grand  lodge  period  that  it  is  today. 
Every  one,  as  a  rule,  who  is  intrusted  with  authority  to  expound  the 
ritual  thinks  he  can  improve  it  and  he  tries,  and  wherever  he  finds  a 
fallow  field  to  work  in  he  is  pretty  sure  to  leave  his  impress  on  the 
work.  Oftentimes  the  change  is  anything  but  an  improvement,  but 
if  he  has  made  it  only  yesterday  it  comes  to  his  pupil  today  with  all 
the  authority  of  the  great  age  which  he  attributes  to  the  whole  and 
thus  gets  a  foothold  that  is  difficult  if  not  impossible  to  dislodge. 

The  fact  that  the  original  meaning  of  some  of  the  emblems  and 
forms  of  Masonry  have  been  forgotten  does  not  seem  to  us  to  bear 
with  great  weight  upon  the  question  whether  or  no  Masonry  was  a 
perfect  system  at  the  start.  Nor  does  it  seem  to  us  very  material 
whether  the  significance  now  attached  to  them  is  identical  with  that 
given  them  by  the  mind  which  first  impressed  them  upon  the  growing 
body  of  the  system,  as  in  both  instances  there  is  a  probability  that 
they  were  the  fancies  of  an  individual — when  we  get  outside  of  that 
class  of  symbols  which  naturally  belong  to  the  myths  which  are  gen- 
erally interpreted  as  representing  the  movements  of  the  heavenly 
bodies  and  the  forces  of  material  nature.  We  suppose  that  somebody- 
knew  at  the  time  of  their  adoption  what  the  'Hittle  hammers"  meant 
to  him,  at  least,  which  constitute  the  jewels  of  the  deacons  in  the 
grand  lodge  of  Vermont,  but  the  big  wigs  of  that  body  confess  that 
they  don't  know  now.  At  the  one  hundred  and  fifth  annual  communi- 
cation of  that  grand  lodge  the  grand  master  said: 


I 


MASONIC   CORRESPONDENCE.  35 

The  proper  jewels  for  grand  deacons,  according;  to  the  best  au- 
thority we  have,  are  for  the  Grand  S.U.  square  and  compasses  with 
sun  in  the  center;  for  Grand  J.D.  square  and  compasses  with  moon  in 
the  center. 

Those  now  in  use  by  our  grand  deacons  are  something  like  little 
hammers.  I  recommend  that  these  be  dispensed  with  and  proper 
jewels  be  obtained  and  proper  emblems  for  their  aprons. 

The  committee  on  jurisprudence  reporting  on  this  say: 

In  view  of  the  fact  that  we  do  not  know  what  induced  the  fathers 
to  adopt  the  "hammer"  as  the  jewel  of  the  deacons,  and  its  long  use, 
we  do  not  deem  it  advisable  to  make  any  change  at  this  time;  possi- 
bh'  further  investigation  of  the  subject  may  warrant  action  along  the 
line  suggested  by  the  grand  master. 

So  far  as  we  know  the  general  consensus  is  with  the  grand  mas- 
ter, and  if  the  "hammer"  really  is  the  anomaly  in  the  official  jewelry 
of  Masonry  which  it  seems  to  be,  there  has  been  no  general  forgetting 
of  its  symbolism — in  that  connection — by  the  whole  body  of  Masonr}', 
but  only  by  the  adapter  and  the  few  into  whose  heads  he  might  have 
had  to  hammer  a  conviction  of  appropriateness  in  order  to  secure  its 
adoption.  Indeed  he  may  possibly  be  excepted,  as  he  may,  in  order 
to  enhance  the  mystery  of  the  institution,  have  been  conscientiously 
workingf  along  the  poet's  suggestion — 

"Your  true  no  meaning  puzzles  more  than  sense." 

We  have  not  introduced  the  hammer  as  a  finality — a  knock-down, 
so  to  speak — for  in  the  extended  limbo  of  what  is  not  known  about 
Masonry  there  is  abundant  room  for  differences  of  opinion  and  end- 
less argument.  It  is  a  field  very  much  like  Ingersoll's  idea  of  meta- 
physics— "Two  Scotchmen  arguing  with  each  other;  each  admits 
what  the  other  can't  prove,  and  both  say:  'Hence  we  infer.'  " 

Connecticut. — The  extended  notice  given  Illinois  in  the  Connecti- 
cut report,  which  is  as  usual  by  the  grand  secretary,  Past  Grand 
Master  John  H.  Barlow,  is  of  1898— the  first  year  of  Grand  Master 
Cook's  administration.  Brother  Barlow  reproduces  over  a  page  of 
the  closing  portion  of  Grand  Master  Cook's  address,  and  gives  nearly 
as  much  space  to  the  "able  oration"  of  Past  Grand  Master  Smith 
and  our  special  report  on  the  recognition  of  grand  lodges,  and  says 
that  the  late  action  of  Peru  should  place  that  grand  lodge  on  the 
recognized  list. 

We  may  copy  a  portion  of  what  he  says  of  the  Illinois  report  under 
another  head;  we  should  copy  it  here  but  we  think  his  printer  has 
dropped  a  word  which  changes  his  meaning,  and  we  will  wait. 

Delaware. — The  correspondence  report  is  from  the  accustomed 
hand  of  past  deputy  grand  master,  the  Rev.  Lewis  H.  Jackson.     It 


36  APPENDIX^PART  I. 


includes  a  notice  of  Illinois  for  1877.  He  quotes  salient  passages  from 
the  address  of  Grand  Master  ScOTT,  and  of  his  ruling-  that  lodges  can 
not  act  as  escort  to  any  other  body,  whether  that  other  organization 
be  composed  in  part  or  wholly  of  Masons,  says  the  principle  is  correct 
and  that  he  would  apply  it  against  other  bodies  escorting  Masonic 
lodges.  He  thanks  the  writer  of  the  Illinois  report  on  correspondence 
for  his  full  report  of  the  Delaware  proceedings. 

District  of  Columbia. — The  correspondence  report  by  Grand  Sec- 
retary William  R.  Singleton  takes  up  the  Illinois  proceedings  for 
1898.  He  copies  Past  Grand  Master  Cregier"S  letter  of  regrets  be- 
cause the  latter  was  the  representative  of  the  Grand  Lodge  of  the 
District  of  Columbia,  and  laments  his  death  which  occured  so  soon 
afterwards.  From  the  address  he  quotes  relative  to  the  coming" 
Washington  Memorial  observance,  and  transfers  to  his  pages  the  con- 
clusions of  the  special  report  of  this  committee  and  so  much  of  the 
record  as  shows  the  disposition  of  the  appended  resolutions,  and  also 
our  opening  remarks  on  the  choice  of  form  of  our  general  report.  We 
reserve  his  brief  comments  on  the  form  of  reyjort  as  a  notable  con- 
tribution to  that  topic. 

Georgia. — Brother  W.  S.  Ramsay,  in  his  four-page  notice  of  Illi- 
nois for  1897,  says  the  address  of  Grand  Master  ScOTT  is  an  able  paper 
and  quotes  at.length  from  his  exordium  and  his  decisions,  fully  agree- 
ing with  the  latter,  and  after  a  glance  at  the  Illinois  exchequer  says: 

With  such  health  glowing  upon  her  cheek  and  such  lustre  in  her 
eye,  it  is  no  wonder  that  this  grand  jurisdiction  can  furnish  us  such 
rich  treats  as  the  address  of  her  illustrious  grand  master.  The  splen- 
did orations  and  excellent  reports  that  she  supplies  us  with  annually, 
especially  in  these  proceedings,  are  unsurpassed. 

He  compliments  very  highly  the  Illinois  report  on  correspondence 
but  finds  a  fly  in  the  pot  of  ointment — we  presume  he  also  found  grass- 
hoppers which  he  generously  refrains  from  mentioning — in  our  criti- 
cism of  his  grand  lodge  for  legislating  on  the  conditions  of  eligibility 
for  Masonry,  which  we  hold  to  be  fixed  by  the  landmarks,  referring  to- 
the  action  of  Georgia  on  the  whisky  question.  Quoting  our  remarks, 
he  says: 

Certainly,  but  the  most  liberal  Mason  cannot  contend  that  any 
question  of  offense  involving  moral  turpitude,  is  not  a  violation  of  the 
laws  of  Masonry.  If  the  laws  of  the  land  prohibit  the  manufacture 
or  sale  of  liquor,  we,  who  are  required  by  our  ''Rule  of  Practice,"  to 
be  suljject  to  the  rule  of  the  powers  that  be,  are  guilty  before  the 
courts  that  inquire  into  such  violations,  if  we  transgress  the  law. 
How  inconsistent  to  admit  to  fellowship  a  candidate  who  holds  in  con- 
tempt the  authority  that  we  of  all  men  are  bound  to  respect  and  obey. 

We  entirely  agree  with  him  that  it  is  inconsistent  to  admit  to 
fellowship  a  candidate   whose  life  is  in  contempt  of  the  authority 


MASONIC   CORRESPONDENCE.  37 

that  we  of  all  men  are  bound  to  respect  and  obey,  and  when  a  lodg'e 
persists  in  admitting^  such  men  to  fellowship  we  agree  that  the  evi- 
dence that  it  has  outlived  its  usefulness  and  has  become  something 
worse  than  a  cumberer  of  the  ground  is  sufficient  not  only  to  justify 
but  to  require  the  taking  up  of  its  charter,  a  power  which  the  grand, 
lodge  has  without  any  additional  legislation.  The  Grand  Lodge  of 
Illinois  while  steadily  refusing  to  join  in  the  craze  for  prohibitory 
.egislation,  has  repeatedly  emphasized  its  conviction  that  no  man  is 
of  good  report  who  sells  liquor  in  violation  of  such  legislation  when 
enacted  by  the  state,  in  affirming  the  action  of  its  lodges  in  suspend- 
ing or  expelling  those  found  guilty  of  this  offence.  We  have  found 
the  black  ball  ample  protection  against  the  intrusion  of  this  class  of 
men  into  our  lodge,  and  we  have  found  the  disciplinary  power  of  the 
lodge  ample  to  meet  the  offences  of  those  already  in,  when  dealing 
with  them  under  a  charge  of  unmasonic  conduct:  and  this  without 
incurring  the  danger  which  lurks  in  defining  a  numerous  list  of  of- 
fences, of  reaching  the  conditions  of  the  criminal  law  of  the  state 
where  crime  must  be  defined  or  it  is  no  crime. 

Brother  Ramsay  reproduces  with  the  announcement  of  his  entire 
agreement  therewith,  our  remarks  on  the  status  of  the  Masonic  home 
movement  in  his  jurisdiction. 

Idaho. — Past  Grand  Master  Fred  G.  Mock  takes  up  the  pen  laid 
down  by  the  lamented  Stevenson,  and  discloses  by  his  excellent  re- 
port that  he  is  no  stranger  to  the  pen.  His  crisp  paragraph}^  and  in- 
teresting notice  of  Illinois  is  of  the  year  189",  the  second  year  of  the 
reign  of  Owen  surnamed  ScoTT,  from  whose  address  Brother  Mock 
quotes  the  opening  sentences  and  also  his  decision  relative  to  objec- 
tions to  advancement. 

The  following  attests  his  eagle  e3'e  and  retentive  memory: 

Philipp  Maas  appears  in  the  proceedings  as  Idaho's  representa- 
tive, notwithstanding  the  fact  that  on  June  24,  1897,  the  writer  of 
this  commissioned  Bro.  W.  M.  Burbank.  Brother  Robbins  will  please 
explain. 

We  are  obliged  to  pass  the  conundrum  to  Grand  Secretary  Dill. 
We  suspect  that  it  is  his  fault;  if  he  wrote  the  name  the  printer 
could  have  no  excuse  for  not  seeing  it,  for  his  chirography  he 
who  sprints  may  read,  as  it  stands  out  like  the  continent-informing- 
legend,  "Battle  Ax  Plug"  on  the  face  of  the  Rockies.  But  Brother 
Burbank  will  have  his  innings,  for  he  is  too  big  physicially  and  men- 
tally, to  be  long  overlooked.  Through  whatever  inadvertence  Brother 
Dill  failed  last  year,  he  will  get  there;  he  always  does.  Brother 
Mason's  oration  gets  off  without  other  adjective  than  "annual." 

Noting  our  record  of  the  absence  of  the  representative  of  Illinois, 
he  says: 


38  APPENDIX — PART  I. 


Poor  old  Brother  Maupin.  He  received  a  stroke  of  paralysis  a 
few  days  before  the  grand  lodge  met  and  has  been  almost  helpless 
ever  since.  At  least  he  remains  so  at  this  date  (April  1,  1898)  and  may 
never  represent  you  again. 

We  add  our  sincere  regrets,  and  although  it  is  not  the  function  of 
this  committee  to  speak  for  our  grand  lodge,  we  are  not  assuming  too 
much  in  this  instance  when  we  assure  Brother  Maupin  of  the  S3-m- 
pathy  of  the  Craftsmen  of  Illinois,  who]have  been  honored  by  having 
him  for  their  representative. 

The  following  indicate  his  attitude  on  two  important  subjects: 

Brother  Bobbins  is  with  us  on  "Life  Insurance"  associations,  and 
quotes  the  resolutions  of  our  committee  on  that  subject. 

Well,  Brother  Robbins,  we  must  say  good  night;  we  would  like  to 
remain  longer  with  you,  but  remember  that  "short  visits  make  long 
friends,"  we  must  pass  on  with  the  hope  that  all  our  brethren  will 
read  your  report,  at  least  the  portion  regarding  Mexican  Masonry. 

He  reproduces  from  the  Illinois  report  the  story  of  the  two  New 
Hampshire  colonels  who  were  rivals  in  the  baptizing  business,  but 
neither  affirms  nor  denies  its  appositeness  to  the  remarks  of  his  im- 
mediate predecessor  in  the  grand  east,  which  suggested  it. 

Indiana. — The  report  is  by  Past  Grand  Master  Nicholas  R. 
Ruckle,  one  of  the  best  writers  and  one  of  the  ablest  of  the  guild. 
His  five-page  notice  of  Illinois  is  of  the  proceedings  of  1898.  The 
points  noticed  by  him  are  the  enforcement  b}-  Grand  Master  CoOK  in 
his  address  of  the  patriotic  lessons  of  the  year;  his  recommendation 
that  the  district  deputies  visit  each  lodge  at  least  once  a  year  at  the 
expense  of  the  lodge:  his  report  of  the  contributions  for  the  sufferers 
by  the  Shawneetown  flood;  his  report  on  the  schools  of  instruction  in 
connection  with  which  he  copies  his  condemnation  of  attempts  to 
spectacularize  the  ceremonies  by  the  use  of  expensive  robes  and  the 
introduction  of  uniforms,  militarj^  drills,  stage  settings,  theatrical 
scenes,  and  other  appliances  and  paraphernalia  unknown  to  Ancient 
Craft  Masonry  and  foreign  to  the  ceremones  as  authoritativel}- 
taught;  his  recommendation  for  a  trial  board  or  change  of  venue  for 
avoiding  heated  lodge  contests,  and  the  fact  that  the  same  failed  to 
find  favor  with  the  committee  on  jurisprudence:  and  some  disciplinary 
cases.  He  also  notes  the  failure  of  our  proposition  to  add  another  to 
the  declarations  of  the  petition,  designed  to  emphasize  the  fact  that 
Masonry  is  not  a  benefit  society,  and  the  necessity  that  the  petitioner, 
in  view  of  that  fact,  should  seriously  consider  whether  his  circum- 
stances would  enable  him  to  support  the  institution:  glances  at  the 
statement  of  the  treasury-  balance,  and  regrets  that  his  space  does 
not  permit  liberal,  deserved  extracts  from  the  address  of  Past  Grand 
Master  Smith. 


MASONIC   CORRESPONDENCE.  39 

He  finds  space  for  the  conclusions  and  recommendations  of  the 
special  report  of  this  committeeon  recognized,  recognizable,  andother 
governing  bodies,  and  gives  the  headings  of  our  topical  report,  briefly 
indicating  some  of  our  opinions  concerning  the  Peru  matter,  ciphers, 
Mexican  Masonry,  and  negro  Masonr}'. 

Under  another  heading  does  us  the  honor  to  say  that  we  are  alone 
and  singular  up  to  that  time  in  supporting  the  view  of  the  latter  sub- 
ject taken  by  the  Washington  committee,  and  examines  our  opinions 
at  some  length.  We  hope  to  notice  his  remarks  under  their  appro- 
priate head. 

Iowa. — Bro.  J.  C.  W.  COXE  presents  another  of  his  model  reports 
on  correspondence,  devoting  nearly  four  of  its  one  hundred  and  thirty- 
eight  pages  to  our  proceedings  for  1898. 

He  notes  the  accustomed  appearance  of  the  opening  prayer  of 
the  grand  chaplain— the  practice  of  printing  which  we  know  offends 
his  sense  of  the  fitness  of  things — and  cannot  aver  that  it  is  a  notable 
contribution  to  devotional  literature;  notes  the  absence  of  Past 
Grand  Master  Cregier  for  the  first  time  in  more  than  a  third  of  a 
century,  and  laments  that  the  cypress  should  since  have  been  called 
for;  says  Grand  Master  Cook's  address  is  a  noble  document,  and  re- 
produces its  opening  sentences.  He  thinks  the  grand  master  displayed 
much  patience  and  firmness  in  dealing  with  refractory  lodges,  and 
says  of  Grand  Secretary  Dill's  report  that  it  is  "complete  in  detail 
and  modestly  impersonal,"  which  to  a  dweller  on  the  other  side  of  the 
Father  of  Waters  must  be  as  shadow  in  a  sultry  land. 

Of  a  notable  feature  of  our  proceedings,  he  says: 

The  oration  on  "Freemasonry  Universal:  the  Glory  of  our  Fra- 
ternit}^  and  the  Pride  of  our  Brotherhood,"  was  by  General  John 
Corson  Smith.  Able,  apt,  eloquent,  appropriate,  are  the  terms  which 
at  once  come  to  mind  as  we  follow  the  orator's  thought;  a  refreshing 
contrast  to  the  Masonic  address  of  last  year. 

The  conclusions  of  the  special  report  of  this  committee  on  grand 
lodges  and  other  governing  bodies  are  reproduced  in  his  pages. 

The  Illinois  report  on  correspondence  receives  flattering  atten- 
tion, and  in  its  appropriate  place  we  hope  to  give  his  ideas  about  its 
topical  form. 

Quoting  what  we  said  of  the  origin  of  Masonry  in  Peru,  Brother 
CoxE  says: 

He  further  says  that  every  grand  lodge  which  had  recognized  the 
Grand  Lodge  of  Peru  was  placed  under  instant  constraint  to  repudi- 
ate both  the  unlawful  act  of  the  removal  of  the  great  light  and  the 
actors  therein.  Most  grand  lodges  and  grand  masters  were  indis- 
criminateh"  sweeping  in  their  proclamations,  in  that  they  made  no 


40  APPENDIX — PART  I. 


exemptions  in  favor  of  such  Masons  and  lodges  as  repudiated  tlie  ob- 
jectionable decree  of  Grand  Master  Dam.  Moreover,  the  offensive 
decree  which  raised  such  a  storm  was  not  "without  precedent,"  as 
alleged,  but  had  been  anticipated  by  the  gran  dieta,  which  has  not 
yet  reformed  to  the  extent  of  conforming  to  universall}^  recognized 
Masonic  usages  in  having  the  great  light  xoithout  rival  on  the  altar, but 
merely  decrees  that^ 

"Since  [after]  the  publication  of  the  present  baluster,  all  the 
lodges  shall  place  on  the  altar  of  the  obligation  the  book  of  the  Bible, 
which  shall  be  the  foundation  in  ritualistic  Masonry,  and  for  the  ob- 
servance of  all  regular  Masons,  the  same  as  the  constitutions,  and  over  both 
a  square  and  the  compasses." 

Note  our  italics.  The  alleged  reform  is  Punic  faith;  and  yet  we 
have  not  observed  that  any  jurisdiction  which  has  so  indignantly  de- 
nounced the  Peru  wrong-doing  has  so  much  as  raised  an  eyebrow  in 
dissent  from  the  culpable  and  transparent  sham  of  the  gran  dieta. 

There  is  but  one  blemish  in  Brother  Coxe'S  report  as  it  appears 
in  print,  and  we  trust  he  will  excuse  our  reference  to  his  cloth  and 
permit  us  to  say  that  we  know  of  no  one  who  might  more  appropri- 
ately cast  out  the  devil  of  Roman  numerals  in  its  paging.  , 

Kansas. ^The  report  on  correspondence  by  Past  Grand  Master 
John  C.  Postlethwaite,  the  second  from  his  hand,  realizes  the 
promise  of  his  maiden  effort  of  last  year.  Something  over  five  pages 
are  given  to  the  Illinois  proceedings  of  1898.  He  quotes  the  opening 
paragraphs  of  Grand  Master  Cook's  address  with  their  "inspiring  sen- 
timents of  patriotism,"  its  closing  words,  and  that  portion  of  it  de- 
voted to  the  subject  of  appeals  for  aid  outside  the  jurisdiction.  He 
thinks  the  cases  of  discipline  reported]  were  wisely  handled  by  the 
grand  master,  and  says  of  the  oration: 

Our  brethren  vvere  favored  with  a  rare  literary  treat  in  an  ora- 
tion delivered  before  the  M.W.  Grand  Lodge  by  that  esteemed  M.  W. 
Bro.  John  Corson  Smith,  past  grand  master,  on  "The  Glory  of  our  Fra- 
ternit}'  and  the  Pride  of  our  Brotherhood,  Freemasonry  Universal."  No 
one  is  better  qualified  to  speak  upon  the  universality  of  Masonry  than 
our  distinguished  friend  and  M.W.  Bro.  Gen.  John  C.  Smith,  who  has 
made  several  pilgrimages  around  the  world,  and  speaks  from  personal 
observation  and  experience.  The  writer  exceedingly  regrets  that  he 
cannot  accord  the  oration  in  full  a  place  in  this  report.  We  call  spe- 
cial attention  to  his  words  relating  to  a  Mason's  loyalty  to  countrj^. 

And  thereupon  gives  nearly  two  sample  pages  from  its  closing. 

He  notes  that  recognition  was  extended  to  the  Grand  Lodge  of 
Tasmania  and  withdrawn  from  those  composing  the  German  grand 
lodge  league. 

Complimentary  reference  is  made  to  the  Illinois  report  on  corre- 
spondence; our  compliments  to  his  predecessor  on  the  committee 
noted,  and  a  general  outline  of  the  subjects  treated  in  it  given. 


MASONIC   CORRESPONDENCE.  41 

Kentucky.— Past  Grand  Master  W.  W.  Clarke,  the  able  Ken- 
tucky reviewer,  this  year  changes  the  form  of  his  report  to  the  top- 
ical for  reasons  which  we  shall  reproduce  elsewhere.  The  plan,  of 
course,  precludes  any  review  of  our  proceedings,  but  embraces  ex- 
tracts from  the  Illinois  report  on  correspondence  concerning  the 
Mexican  mix-up,  non-affiliation,  the  use  of  the  Masonic  name  for  busi- 
ness purposes,  the  antiquity  of  the  institution,  and  jurisdiction  over 
rejected  material. 

Maine. — The  production  of  correspondence  reports  by  Past  Grand 
Master  Dkummond  in  Maine  has  continued  so  long  that  it  may  fairly 
be  termed  the  "usage"  of  the  jurisdiction,  and  the  report  before  us 
is  strictly  orthodox  in  that  particular.  May  it  be  long  before  inno- 
vation is  attempted.  Brother  Drummond  gives  something  over  four- 
teen pages  to  the  Illinois  proceedings  for  1897.  He  touches  points  of 
general  interest  reported  by  Grand  Master  ScOTT.  Touching  the 
subject  of  inspection,  he  says: 

He  had  issued  a  circular  to  the  deputies,  giving  them  instructions 
as  to  the  matters  to  which  the}-  should  give  attention  and  a  similar  (Cir- 
cular to  the  lodges.  These  instructions  are  similar  to  those  usually 
given  to  deputies  in  Maine,  except  that  in  Illinois  these  officers  do  not 
teach  the  work.  It  has  alwaj^s  seemed  to  us,  that  this  double  system 
is  unnecessar}'  and  needlessly  expensive. 

The  remark  of  the  grand  master  that  too  great  anxiety  for  mem- 
bers and  too  much  consideration  for  swelling  the  balance  in  the 
treasury  are  fruitful  causes  of  unworthy  material  being  received,  he 
commends  "to  the  attention  of  the  brethren  who  are  practically  ad- 
vocating the  abolition  of  the  secret  and  unanimous  ballot,''  referring 
of  course  to  those  who,  in  attempting  todefend  their  grand  lodges  for 
permitting  their  lodges  to  niake  Masons  of  those  rejected  in  other 
jurisdictions  without  the  consent  of  the  latter  are  driven  to  assume 
that  rejection  is  not  generally  the  judgment  of  the  lodge  of  the  then 
unfitness  of  the  candidate,  but  only  an  evidence  of  spite  on  the  part 
of  some  one  of  its  members. 

Referring  to  a  case  in  which  the  grand  master  suspended  the  mas- 
ter of  a  lodge  from  all  the  rights  and  privileges  of  Masonry  until 
the  meeting  of  the  grand  lodge,  for  an  offense  of  which  he  had  been 
duly  convicted,  he  says: 

The  grand  lodge  sustained  the  grand  master  and  apparently  ex- 
pelled the  offender;  we  say  apparently,  because  its  action  is  given  as 
follows: 


"Your  committee  in  this  case  recommends  that  the  Worshipful 

Master  of  Locust  Lodge  No.  623,  referred  to,  be from  all 

the  rights  and  privileges  of  Freemasonry." 


42  APPENDIX— PART  I. 


While  we  fully  concur  in  holding  that  in  cases  coming  before  the 
grand  lodge,  no  more  than  the  result  should  be  published  in  its  jjro- 
ceedings,  we  hold,  as  already  stated,  that  the  result  should  be,  except 
possibly  in  special  cases.  When  a  man,  known  in  the  community  as  a 
Mason,  commits  so  grave  an  offense  as  to  call  for  his  expulsion,  the 
good  name  of  Masonry  demands  that  the  expulsion  should  be  made  as 
public  as  he  has  made  his  conduct. 

We  are  unable  to  explain  why  the  penalty  was  not  designated  in 
the  printed  record  in  this  case,  as  we  know  of  no  order  of  the  grand 
lodge  requiring  it,  although  it  is  upon  such  order  that  the  names  of 
those  subject  to  disciplinary  proceedings  are  so  omitted. 

Grand  Master  ScOTT  having  said  that  no  Masonic  lodge  can  prop- 
erly be  seen  in  public  merely  for  show  or  to  help  others  make  a  show, 
nor  act  as  escort  to  any  other  body,  he  says: 

In  former  times,  the  tendency  spoken  of  in  the  following  existed 
in  this  section  of  the  country,  but  at  present  and  for  some  years  past, 
the  brethren  have  understood  and  appreciated  the  correct  doctrine. 

He  correctly  infers  from  the  grand  master's  remarks  that  when  a 
lodg-e  is  chartered  it  becomes  at  once  a  body  corporate  under  the  act 
incorporating  the  grand  lodge,  and  in  the  following  he  rightly  under- 
stands the  report  of  the  committee  on  jurisprudence: 

As  we  understand  the  report  of  this  committee,  a  secret  objection 
after  ballot  and  before  initiation,  is  a  bar  for  a  year,  and  then  may 
be  renewed,  and  so  on  indefinitely.  The  law  that  makes  such  an  ob- 
jection equivalent  to  a  rejection  by  ballot,  no  more  and  no  less,  is  the 
simplest  and  safest. 

Of  life-membership  he  says: 

Probably  the  proposed  amendment  was  deemed  to  be  a  practical 
abolition  of  life-membership.  A  system  of  life-membership,  graded 
according  to  age,  would  be  beneficial  to  a  lodge,  'provided  (and  "there's 
the  rub")  that  the  lodge  would  spend  no  more  of  the  fund  annually 
than  the  amount  of  the  annual  dues. 

Brother  Drummond  gives  ten  pages  to  the  Illinois  report  on  cor- 
respondence, quoting  at  considerable  length  from  its  introduction, 
portions  referring  to  Masonic  relief  and  to  the  dangers  sought  to  be 
averted  by  the  Maine  overture,  touching  jurisdiction  over  rejected 
candidates,  and  more  briefly,  and  with  explicit  approval,  from  the 
body  of  the  report,  concerning  the  right  of  a  lodge  to  deal  with  a 
member  who  voluntarily  discloses  his  malevolent  misuse  of  the  ballot; 
the  dispensing  power  of  the  grand  master,  and  the  toleration  by  grand 
lodges  of  the  trading  on  the  Masonic  name  by  life  insurance  organi- 
zations. 

Of  another  matter  he  says: 

"It  is  the  common  law  of  Masonry  that  the  lodge  is  competent  to 
decide  whether  it  will  confer  the  degrees  at  the  request  of  another 


MASONIC   CORRESPONDENCE.  43 


recog-nized  lodge."  We  would  be  glad  to  know  how  old  a  usage  can  be 
found  to  sustain  this.  It  has  always  seemed  to  us  one  of  those  things 
that  cannot  be  delegated,  if  we  consider  the  ritual  and  the  surround- 
ings.    Does  it  not  take  away,  practically,  the  right  of  objection^ 

It  is  fair  to  meet  the  objection  interrogatively  suggested  with  the 
query  whether  a  master  of  the  lodge  which  was  about  to  do  work  by 
courtesy  would  be  any  more  likely  or  more  at  liberty  to  disregard  the 
objection  of  a  member  of  the  requesting  lodge  than  the  master  of  the 
latter?  We  should  be  glad  with  him  to  know  how  old  is  the  certainly 
wide  spread  usage  upon  which  our  statement  was  predicated,  and 
whether  it  does  not  antedate  the  recognition  of  the  right  of  objection. 

Quoting  our  remarks  on  the  "Hart  case"  and  on  the  Alabama 
case,  cited  by  Brother  Drummond  in  support  of  the  action  of  the 
Grand  Lodge  of  Maine  in  the  former,  he  says: 

His  exceptions  are  not  valid.  The  Grand  Lodge  of  Maine,  in  com- 
mon with  many  others,  has  always  exercised  the  right  of  "original 
jurisdiction."  The  Grand  Lodge  of  Massachusetts  has  gone  still 
further:  it  has  adopted  the  system  of  trial  commissioners  appointed 
by  the  grand  lodge,  to  whom  charges  are  referred  and  by  whom  they 
are  tried,  and  who  report  directly  to  the  grand  lodge,  which  pro- 
nounces judgment  in  the  case.  There  is  no  "immemorial  constraint" 
in  the  matter. 

In  the  Alabama  cases,  he  says  there  was  an  actual  arrest,  and, 
therefore,  the  party  was  "fully  informed  that  a  crime  had  been  com- 
mitted, and  that  he  was  charged  with  it;"  if  our  brother  had  read  the 
charges  more  carefully,  he  would  have  seen  that  the  Maine  case  is 
still  stronger,  for  the  party  was  arrested  in  Baltimore  upon  papers 
charging  him  with  the  crime  and  alleging  that  he  had  absconded,  but 
on  account  of  a  technical  failure  in  the  ]iapers,  he  could  not  be  held, 
and  before  the  papers  could  be  amended  he  disappeared  and  could  not 
be  found  again!  Wasn't  lie  "fully  informed  that  a  crime  had  been 
committed  and  that  he  was  charged  with  it?" 

Nor  is  the  suggestion  that  the  "report  of  the  able  committee" 
"loses  something  of  its  force,"  "because  it  comes  from  a  body  not 
under  the  control  of  an  immemorial  law"  of  any  force,  when  it  is  also 
remembered  that  it  announces  general  propositions  of  Masonic  law 
and  was  made  by  eminent  jurists  in  their  respective  grand  lodges. 

But  it  is  said  that  it  is  dangerous.  But  how  much  more  so,  than 
the  usual  course  in  such  cases?  The  fact  of  absconding  after  the 
commission,  or  alleged  commission,  of  an  offense,  must  be  clearly 
proved.  Of  course,  giving  no  notice  at  all  is  no  more  dangerous  than 
pretending  to  give  a  notice  that  cannot  possibly  reach  the  accused. 
The  old  method  was  to  leave  a  notice  at  the  last  known  residence,  al- 
though it  is  well  known  that  that  is  no  longer  his  residence,  and  that 
he  will  never  get  the  notice.  In  both  cases,  the  proceedings  must  be 
in  entire  good  faith  and  the  facts  clearly  proved;  in  the  one  case,  it 
is  proved  that  the  whereabouts  of  the  party  are  unknown,  and  there- 
fore, notice  is  left  iclierche  used  to  live;  in  the  other  case  it  is  proved 
that  he  has  absconded  and  his  whereabouts  is  unknown,  and  no  at- 
tempt is  made  to  give  notice;  what  is  the  difference? 


44  APPENDIX — PART  I. 


We  have  looked  into  the  earlier  constitutions  of  a  few  of  the  other 
grand  lodges  in  reference  to  this  question  of  notice. 

In  Pennsylvania,  as  late  as  1878,  the  trial  committee  was  required 
to  give  notice,  but  if  after  reasonable  etfort,  and  the  lapse  of  a  cer- 
tain period  of  time,  they  should  find  that  they  could  not  do  so,  they 
v^ere  to  proceed  ex  parte. 

Georgia,  1878.  '"If  the  residence  of  the  accused  be  unknown  to 
the  lodge,  or  he  shall  refuse  or  neglect  to  appear,  the  trial  may  be 
had  ex XMiie. 

Texas,  1886.  "If  the  tiler  cannot  find  the  accused  so  as  to  serve 
him  with  notice  of  the  charges,  he  shall  make  inquiry  as  to  the  cause 
of  his  absence  and  make  brief  return  of  the  facts  to  the  lodge,  which 
shall  be  recorded;  and  if  it  sJudl  appear  that  the  accused  is  a  fugitive  from 
justice,  or  secretes  himself  to  avoid  being  notified,  then  the  lodge  may 
proceed  with  the  trial,  (1856,  p.  274)." 

Kentucky,  1893.  "Any  Mason,  guilty  of  unmasonic  conduct,  who 
shall  abscond  so  that  due  notice  of  charges  and  specifications  cannot 
be  served  upon  him,  shall  be  proceeded  with  as  though  present,  allow- 
ing him  three  months'  time  to  make  his  appearance."' 

One  of  our  exceptions  was  that  in  the  Hart  case  the  Grand  Lodge 
of  Maine  had  assumed  original  jurisdiction.  It  does  not  invalidate 
that  exception  to  show  that  it  had  always  done  the  thing  complained 
of,  or  that  it  had  alwaj^s  claimed  to  possess  the  right  to  do  it — for  we 
presume  that  is  what  he  means  by  saying  that  it  has  always  exercised 
original  jurisdiction,  as  we  observe  that  the  charges  in  the  Hart 
case  give  an  excuse  why  the  case  should  not  be  tried  in  Somerset 
Lodge,  of  which  he  was  a  member;  and  this  we  take  to  indicate  that 
usually,  in  Maine,  charges  against  a  lay  member  were  brought  in  his 
lodge  or  the  lodge  of  the  vicinage  where  the  offense  alleged  had  been 
committed.  Nor  does  it  invalidate  that  exception  to  show  that  the 
Grand  Lodge  of  Massachusetts  is  a  greater  sinner  than  Maine  in  this 
direction  because  since  1875  it  has  denied  to  the  lodges  in  all  cases  of 
unmasonic  conduct  the  right  to  shape  the  award  and  determination 
to  which  the  charges  of  a  Freemason  say  a  brother  found  guilty  shall 
stand.  Why,  it  is  the  ver}'  point  upon  which  our  chief  exception  was 
taken,  tliat  the  action  had  in  this  case  contravened  the  law  which  de- 
clares the  lodge  to  be  ''th".  proper  and  competent  judge  in  all  such  con- 
troversies,^''  and  points  out  that  the  case  can  only  get  before  the 
grand  lodge  upon  appeal.  We  agree  that  there  is  no  "immemorial 
constraint"  in  the  Hart  case — and  that,  as  we  have  said,  is  just  what 
we  complain  of — and  that  there  is  none  in  the  Massachusetts  practice 
since  1875,  which  defies  not  only  the  immemorial  law,  but  general 
usage  as  well,  which  Brother  Drummond  is  wont  to  invoke  when  it 
becomes  necessary  to  justify  a  departure  from  the  plain  letter  of  the 


MASONIC   CORRESPONDENCE.  45 

law.  But  there  is  ample  evidence  of  immemorial  constraint  in  the 
general  practice  of  the  Grand  Lodge  of  Maine,  as  the  reports  of  its 
committee  on  appeals  and  grievances  from  year  to  year  show  that  as 
a  rule  the  disciplinary  cases  of  lay  brethren  get  before  that  body  oVily 
on  appeal;  so  that  if  the  grand  lodge  claims  for  itself  the  right  to  ex- 
ercise original  jurisdiction  in  that  class  of  cases,  its  own  usage  as  well 
as  the  usage  of  an  overwhelming  majority  of  the  grand  lodges  of  this 
country,  discredits  the  validity  of  the  claim.  We  feel  sure  that  we 
are  speaking  within  bounds  when  we  say  an  overwhelming  majority, 
for  although  we  have  access  to  no  library  that  permits  us  to  make  an 
exhaustive  examination  of  the  subject,  we  recall  no  grand  lodges 
in  this  countr}-  whose  practice  does  not  concede  the  right  of  the 
lodges  to  try  charges  of  unmasonic  conduct— either  by  the  whole 
lodge  sitting  as  a  court  or  by  a  trial  commission  elected  by  it,  ex- 
cept the  Grand  Lodge  of  Massachusetts,  where  it  is  flatly  denied,  and 
the  Grand  Lodge  of  Iowa  where  the  principle  is  conceded  in  all  save 
a  certain  class  of  newly  defined  offenses  arising  under  the  scandalous 
Chapter  XXXVII  of  their  code,  which,  as  has  been  demonstrated  in 
practice,  makes  the  grand  master  the  inquisitor,  the  prosecuting  at- 
torney, the  judge,  jur}-,  and  executioner. 

We  confess  to  the  justice  of  his  intimation  that  we  had  not  read 
the  charges  with  sufficient  care,  or  we  should  have  seen  that  like  the 
accused  in  the  Alabama  case  Hart  had  been  arrested,  a  fact  which 
did  take  it  out  of  the  categor}'  of  possible  cases  to  which  we  referred, 
viz.:  those  where  a  man's  disappearance  might  be  simply  coincident 
with  a  crime  of  which  he  knew  nothing — not  even  that  it  had  been 
committed.  But  it  does  not  remove  the  possibility  of  such  cases  aris- 
ing where  the  circumstances  would  not  demand  that  a  brother  should 
foresee  any  resulting  scandal  to  Masonry  out  of  which  charges'might 
reasonabl}'  be  expected  to  grow,  and  in  such  cases  it  could  not  be  said 
that  he  had  voluntarily  waived  notice. 

Of  course  the  citations  above  made  by  Brother  Drummond  to  the 
constitutions  of  other  grand  lodges  go  only  to  the  matter  of  notice 
and  do  not  support  the  action  of  the  Grand  Lodge  of  Maine  in  assum- 
ing jurisdiction  in  this  case — action  which  we  may  say  in  passing  in- 
creased to  the  last  possible  degree  the  improbabilit}-  of  the  accused 
getting  wind  of  the  charges  had  he  desired  to  meet  them— as  each 
of  them  contemplates  notice  by  the  lodge,  not  by  the  grand  lodge; 
but  none  of  them  point  to  a  class  of  cases  in  which  it  is  assumed  no- 
tice is  wholly  waived,  even  those  referring  to  cases  of  absconding 
requiring  the  one  that  the  fact  of  absconding  shall  appear  from  the 
return  made  on  the  notice  by  the  officer  who  tries  to  serve  it,  and 
the  other  giving  three  months'  time  in  lieu  of  the  notice  which  can 
not  be  served. 


46  APPENDIX — PART  I. 


The  reason  given  why  there  is  no  weight  in  our  suggestion  that 
the  report  of  the  able  committee  lost  something  of  its  force  because 
it  comes  from  a  body  not  under  the  constraint  of  an  immemorial  law, 
is  that  "it  announces  general  propositions  of  Masonic  law  and  was 
made  by  eminent  jurists  in  their  respective  grand  lodges."' 

But  the  very  point  in  dispute  is  whether  the  general  propositions 
announced  are  Masonic  law.  Moreover,  the  eminence  of  the  members 
of  the  committee  in  the  jurisprudence  of  Masonry  does  not  oblige 
them  to  apply  the  principles  of  that  jurisprudence  to  the  jurispru- 
dence of  a  body  whose  judgments  do  not  affect  Masonic  standing. 

Of  our  attempted  elucidation  of  the  power  of  the  grand  master 
under  our  law,  he  sa3's: 

This  is  very  nearly  the  same  law  that  we  have  in  Maine,  except 
that  we  are  not  sure  that  in  Illinois  the  grand  master  can  suspend  the 
party  during  the  recess  (that  is,  till  the  grand  lodge  meets),  and  also 
cite  him  for  final  trial  by  the  grand,  lodge. 

This  is  just  what  the  grand  master  did  do  in  the  case  of  the  master 
of  Locust  Lodge  at  the  session  which  he  has  under  review,  and  in  which 
case,  as  shown  by  the  incomplete  record  quoted  by  him,  the  depriva- 
tions imposed  by  the  grand  master,  which  expired  by  limitation  with 
the  meeting  of  the  grand  lodge,  were  again  imposed  by  that  body 
on  a  final  judgment. 

Relative  to  a  matter  heretofore  discussed  between  us,  he  sa3's: 

He  has  heretofore  severely  attacked  the  A.  and  A.  rite  as  causing 
dissensions  in  Masonry,  and  when  we  pointed  out  that  history  shows 
that  men  have  caused  dissensions  and  not  rites,  while  substantial!}^ 
admitting  this,  he  insists  that  "high  riteism"  is  peculiarly  calcu- 
lates to  lead  men  into  mischief,  saying: 

"In  1894  Brother  Drummond  chided  us  as  not  being  quite  fair  when 
we  said  that  in  his  account  of  the  Scottish  Rite  war  in  18(30 — given  in 
his  review  of  Illinois  in  1891 — he  had  unconsciously  borne  testimonj-  to 
the  mischief-making  capacity  of  high  riteism,  a  capacity  which  we 
credited  to  the  fact  that  each  Sovereign  Grand  Inspector  General  is 
a  sort  of  dynastic  protoplasm,  having  within  himself  the  promise  and 
potency  of  empire,  and  liable  at  any  moment  to  sprout  into  a  Supreme 
Council  possessing  full  imperial  powers  and  attributes." 

Now  we  have  never  studied  medicine  and  are  not  familiar  with 
medical  terms,  and  are  not  sure  what  disease  he  means,  but  we  have 
been  acquainted  with  all  the  brethren  whom  he  denominates  "High 
Riters,"  for  nearly  forty  years,  and  if  the}-,  or  any  one  of  them,  had 
had  such  a  dreadful  disease  we  must  have  known  it,  and  we  can  as- 
sure him,  that  we  never  discovered  the  least  symptom  of  anything  so 
"by  ordinair"! 

He  adds  more  in  a  similar  line,  which  we  have  not  room  to  quote 
further  than  this: 


MASONIC   CORRESPONDENCE.  47 


"Where  a  man  is  admitted  to  have  the  inalienable  right  to  pro- 
claim himself  imperator,  it  is  manifestly  m  uch  easier  to  start  a  revo- 
lution than  it  is  where  he  must  first  convince  a  goodly  number  of  the 
rank  and  file  that  their  interests  as  well  as  his  point  in  that  direc- 
tion." 

This  is  too  ridiculous  to  treat  seriously,  but  he  seems  to  be  in 
earnest,  so  we  will  further  assure  him  that  the  Scottish  Rite  is  gov- 
erned by  laics,  and  his  understanding  in  this  respect  is  utterly  erro- 
neous. 

Because  we  agreed  with  him  that  human  nature  is  the  same  the 
world  over  and  that  ambition  and  selfishness  are  inseparable  from  it, 
he  is  not  warranted  in  saying  that  we  substantially  admit  that  dis- 
sensions have  been  caused  by  men  and  not  by  rites,  because  our  point 
was  that  granted  the  equal  endowment  of  ambition  and  selfishness, 
the  greater  temptations  offered  by  the  conditions  of  high  riteism 
rendered  its  capacity  for  mischief  making  greater  than  do  the  con- 
ditions of  the  Masonry  of  the  Charges  of  a  Freemason.  It  is  no  an- 
swer to  this  to  sa}'  that  it  is  too  ridiculous  to  treat  seriously  because 
the  "Scottish  Rite  is  governed  bylaws,^'  when  the  complaint  is  that  it  is 
these  laws  which  make  it  a  serious  matter,  because  they  permit  a 
single  individual  to  set  up  an  empire  of  his  own  by  creating  a  following 
of  alleged  Masons  out  of  the  ranks  of  the  profanes.  Brother  Drum- 
MOND  says  our  understanding  in  this  respect  is  utterly  erroneous.  We 
wnsh  it  were,  but  the  following  utterance  of  Brother  Drummond — to 
whose  superior  knowledge  we  bow  in  these  matters — is  not  reassuring. 
In  order  to  a  full  understanding  of  his  remarks  we  quote  first  the  lan- 
guage of  the  lamented  Fellows,  of  Louisiana,  which  called  them 
out.    Brother  Fellows  said: 

The  chairman  of  this  committee  well  knows  that,  in  1800,  Bro. 
Charles  Laffon,  of  New  Orleans,  then  a  member  of  the  supreme  coun- 
cil of  the  southern  jurisdiction,  went  to  Mexico  to  establish  Masonry 
and  a  supreme  council  in  that  country.  We  have  yet  to  learn  that 
there  was  a  single  lodge  in  existence  in  Mexico  at  that  time.  I  know 
that  he  made  a  number  of  sovereign  grand  inspectors  general  (Thirty- 
third  Degree  Masons),  established  the  supreme  council,  and  there  being 
no  affiliated  Masons  in  the  country — so  I  understand  from  him  on  his 
return— he  made  Masons,  and  created  them  Thirty-thirds.  If  there 
were  lodges  or  Masons  in  Mexico  at  that  time,  he  did  not  so  report 
(and  there  may  have  been),  I  would  like  to  see  some  proof  of  the  fact. 

Now,  I  do  not  think  Brothers  Drummond,  Miller,  Hedges,  or  Par- 
vin  will  fail  for  a  moment  to  admit  that  every  profane  made  a  Mason 
by  Brother  Lafl'on,  in  1860,  was  a  clandestine  made  Mason,  and  that 
though  at  the  time  he  gave  them  the  degrees  up  to  the  Thirty-third 
inclusive,  they  were  still  clandestine  and  could  never  be  recognized, 
not  even  healed,  but  could  become  Masons  only  by  being  made  in  some 
legitimate  and  regular  lodge,  nor  can  they  but  admit  the  conclusion 
which  must  necessarily  follow,  that  these  clandestine  Masons  could 
do  no  legitimate  work,  not  even  if  they  had  the  Thirty-third  Degree 
and  they  were  a  supreme  council,  received  in  the  manner  above  set 


48  APPENDIX — PART  I. 


forth.  If  that  supreme  council— the  Supreme  Council  of  Mexico — 
thus  created,  has  made  Masons  of  profanes  and  constituted  lodges  of 
those  thus  made,  such  persons  are  clandestine  made  Masons,  and  the 
lodg'es  are  clandestine  and  incapable  of  forming  a  grand  lodge  and 
should  not  be  recognized. 

Brother  Drummond  replies: 

We  do  "fail  to  admit"  his  proposition:  if  a  supreme  council  can 
create  lodges,  it  creates  them  in  accordance  until  its  mion  Zams;  according 
to  Brother  Fellows,  there  was  no  grand  lodge  there  and  no  lodge  even; 
masonically  speaking,  the  country  was  absolutely  open  to  any  Masonic 
power  to  establish  Masonry  there  without  infringing  the  jurisdiction 
of  any  other  power  in  the  least;  if,  under  the  laws  of  a  supreme  coun- 
cil, one  of  its  members  is  authorized,  in  suck  a  country,  to  confer  the 
degrees  to  establish  Masonry  there,  his  acts  are  valid;  the  proposition 
that  a  prof  ane  can  be  made  a  Mason  only  in  a  regular  lodge  has  ex- 
ceptions; if  not,  Richard  Vaux  lived  and  died  a  clandestine  Mason,  as 
well  as  many  others,  who  have  been  everywhere  recognized  as  regular. 

The  fact  is  that  the  admission  that  a  supreme  council  can  create 
lodges,  carries  with  it  necessarily  the  admission  that  a  supreme  coun- 
cil can  make  Masons,  and  that  Masons  made  in  accordance  with  its 
laws  are  regular. 

Returning  to  Brother  Drummond'S  discussion  of  our  own  remarks, 
he  says: 

Nor  is  his  further  statement  correct  in  relation  to  "broils"  which 
have  "rent  the  Scottish  Rite."  Since  1867,  there  has  been  no  broil  in 
the  Scottish  Rite;  imi^osters  have  claimed  to  be  in  it.  when  tliey  were 
not,  and  he  has  no  more  right  to  class  them  as  members  of  the  Scot- 
tish Rite,  than  he  has  to  say  that  there  are  broils  among  the  Ohio  Ma- 
sons because  there  are  clandestine  lodges  there, nor  that  the  Masons  of 
various  other  states  are  in  broils  because  there  are  clandestine  lodges 
there.  In  his  own  state  there  are  numerous  associations  which  call 
themsslves  Masonic  lodges,  but  they  are  held  to  be  clandestine  by  his 
own  grand  lodge,  which  has  provisions  in  its  constitution  and  laws 
which  would  cause  the  punishment  of  any  Mason,  who  should  join  one 
of  them,  or  recognize  their  members  as  Masons;  and  we  are  not  aware 
that  our  brother  has  ever  raised  his  voice  or  used  his  pen  in  denun- 
ciation of  those  laws. 

We  used  the  words  dynastic  factional  broils  in  the  paragraph  which 
he  identifies  by  using  the  latter  word  alone,  presumably  because  our 
language  described  but  too  accurately  the  last  and  most  mischievous 
broil  with  which  high  riteism  has  afflicted  the  world — the  so-called 
Cerneau  war.  This  he  says  was  no  broil  in  the  rite,  but  only  the  dis- 
turbance caused  by  impostors  who  claimed  to  be  in  the  rite  when  they 
were  not,  and  these  he  says  we  have  no  more  right  to  class  as  mem- 
bers of  the  Scottish  Rite  than  we  would  to  say  that  there  are  broils 
among  the  Ohio  Masons  because  there  are  clandestine  lodges  there. 
We  assure  him  that  we  have  too  much  regard  for  the  truth  of  history 
ever  to  have  been  in  danger  of  making  the  latter  statement.  We  pre- 
fer to  put  the  horse  before  the  cart  and  say  that  there  are  clandes- 


MASONIC   CORRESPONDENCE.  49 

tine  lodg-es  in  Ohio  because  there  have  been  broils  among-  the  Masons 
there,  and  that  the  fountain  and  origin  of  all  the  difficulties  that  afflict 
that  jurisdiction  was  adynastic  factional  broil  over  who  had  the  rig^ht 
to  rule  over  and  administer  the  Scottish  Rite;  and  the  fact  that  one 
of  the  parties  was  an  imposter  in  no  wise  weakens  the  proof — which 
amounts  to  absolute  demonstration — of  the  mischief  making- power  of 
the  rite  which  can  make  its  devotees  willing-  to  carry  their  feuds  into 
the  domain  of  Masonry  itself — the  Masonry  of  the  three  degrees— to 
which  their  paramount  allegiance  is  due. 

He  quotes  from  us  the  following  question: 

Now,  can  a  grand  lodge,  thus  constrained  by  the  fundamental 
law,  make  a  definition  of  Masonry,  which  shall  permit  a  portion  oi; 
all  of  the  members  of  the  lodge,  to  practice  as  Ilasonry,  in  bodies 
which  it  does  not  create,  something  other  than  the  Masonry  of  the 
original  definition? 

And  says: 

That  depends  upon  whose  definition  it  is;  if  the  '"definition"  is  er- 
roneous the  answer  is  "Yes,"  and  further  than  that,  the  grand  lodge 
is  the  only  tribunal  which  can  determine  what  the  original  definition 
of  Masonry  is.  Our  brother's  argument  comes  back  to  the  same  re- 
sult, which  we  have  before  discussed,  and  that  is  that  he  claims  the 
right  practically  for  the  individual  Mason  to  overrule  the  decision  of 
"his  grand  lodge  as  to  what  the  "original  definition  of  Masonry"  is. 

There  was  no  chance  for  the  "depends"  in  this  case,  because  no 
doubt  was  left  as  to  whose  definition  it  was — it  was  the  definition  given 
by  the  very  grand  lodge  which  he  says  is  the  only  tribunal  which  can 
determine  the  matter,  and  therefore  there  is  no  possibility  of  its  being 
"erroneous."  This  will  be  clearly  seen  when  we  reproduce  the  re- 
marks with  which  we  prefaced  the  question,  and  it  will  also  be  seen 
that  we  did  not  claim  the  right  explicitly,  "practically"  or  remotely, 
"to  overrule  the  decision  of  the  grand  lodge  as  to  what  the  original 
definition  of  Masonry  is."  We  had  put  the  question  before,  but  in  a 
slightly  different  form,  i.  e.,  substantially,  whether  a  grand  lodge 
could  make  any  definition  of  Masonry  for  the  Masons  of  its  obedience 
different  from  that  which  the  fundamental  law  compelled  it  to  adopt 
for  its  constituent  lodges.  He  found  it  almost  impossible  to  treat  the 
question  seriously  and  asked:  "How  does  a  lodge  practice  Masonry 
save  by  the  acts  of  its  'individual  members?'  " 

As  he  was  not  suited  with  the  form  of  the  question  or  seem  to 
feel  sure  of  our  meaning  we  put  it  in  the  form  which  he  now  quotes, 
prefacing  it  with  the  following: 

He  says  he  is  not  sure  that  he  understood  us,  and  as  it  also  seems 

doubtful  to  us,  we  will  try  and  make  the  matter  plainer.     A  lodge 

practices  Masonry  by  the  acts  of  its  individual  members.     What  tho'se 

acts  shall  be  is  determined  by  the  definition  of  Masonry  which  the 

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50  APPENDIX — PART  I, 


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. 

Having  thus  placed  the  matter  in  such  light  that  in  would  seem 
there  can  be  nothing  left  which  requires  to  be  explained  away  before 
answering,  we  repeat  the  question. 

Brother  Drummond  touches  some  points  more  or  less  closely  cog- 
nate with  the  questions  we  have  been  discussing,  growing  out  of  the 
Mexican  question  which  we  hope  to  notice  when  we  come  to  the  proper 
tieading. 

nichigan.— In  his  report  for  1899  Grand  Secretary  Conover  has 
combined  both  the  synoptical  and  the  topical  form,  sandwiching  be- 
tween these  two,  the  principal  things  said  about  Michigan  in  other 
grand  lodge  proceedings.  In  his  synopsis  of  the  Illinois  proceedings 
the  most  space  given  to  an}'  one  subject  is  the  following: 

That  grand  man  and  Mason,  General  .John  Corson  Smith,  who  is 
known  and  loved  all  over  the  Masonic  world,  delivered  a  masterly  ora- 
tion before  the  grand  lodge,  on  the  subject,  "Freemasonry  Universal, 
the  Glory  of  our  Fraternity  and  the  Pride  of  Our  Brotherhood."  Wish 
every  Mason  could  read  it. 

He  falls  into  two  errors,  but  in  a  way  that  is  perhaps  not  inex- 
plicable: First,  in  saying  that  the  course  of  procedure  in  the  restora- 
tion of  expelled  Masons  is  new  legislation,  and  second,  in  assuming 
that  the  proposed  amendment  allowing  mileage  and  per  diem  to  past 
grand  masters,  past  deputy  grand  masters,  and  past  grand  wardens 
had  been  adopted,  when  in  fact  it  lies  over  for  action  next  year. 

Under  the  topical  head  of  "Masonic  Homes,"  he  has  the  following: 

Illinois. — Home  established  about  twelve  years  ago.  Cost  about 
^75,000.  It  is  free  from  debt.  The  wives  and  daughters  of  members  of 
the  fraternity  raise  annually  a  large  amount  for  its  support.  Brother 
Gurne}',  the  secretary,  writes:  "It  could  not  work  better,  there  has 
never  been  any  complaint  concerning  it  among  the  brethren,  and  its 
success  has  been  everything  that  could  be  expected." 

Under  "Miscellaneous  Subjects"  he  quotes  the  eloquent  and  patri- 
otic exordium  to  Grand  Master  Cook's  address,  and  reproduces  from 
the  report  on  correspondence  remarks  on  "Using  Masonry  for  Busi- 
ness Purposes,"  "Mexican,  and  Negro  Masonry." 

flinnesota. — The  report  on  correspondence  is  as  usual  by  Bro.  IR- 
VING Todd,  whose  faculty  of  condensing  a  report  into  a  compara- 
tively small  space  without  having  it  degenerate  into  simply  a  grand 
lodge  directory,  and  still  retain  its  vigor  and  individuality,  is  the  de- 


MASONIC   CORRESPONDENCE  51 

spair  of  the  guild.  He  is  usually  very  correct  in  giving^  an  idea  of 
what  took  place,  but  in  his  notice  of  Illinois  for  1898  he  falls  into  the 
error  that  some  others  have,  in  thinking  that  the  seconding  of  the 
amendment  providing  for  the  payment  of  mileage  and  per  diem  to 
permanent  members  was  final  favorable  action.  It  lies  over  for  a 
year. 

Brother  TODD  reproduces  the  concluding  portion  of  the  special 
report  of  this  committee  on  the  status  of  grand  lodges  and  other  gov- 
erning bodies,  and  says: 

This  report,  prepared  with  evident  care  and  discrimination,  will 
undoubtedly  provoke  considerable  criticism  in  jurisdictions  which  have 
acknowledged  the  legitimacy  of  Master  Masons  under  the  obedience 
of  supreme  councils  wherever  the  ancient  and  accepted  is  the  domi- 
nant rite.  Brother  Bobbins  places  these  in  his  interdicted  list,  but 
as  he  only  asked  the  adoption  of  two  appended  resolutions  relating  to 
Tasmania  and  the  German  Grand  Lodge  League,  and  not  the  report 
itself,  the  Masons  of  the  obedience  of  the  Grand  Lodge  of  Illinois  seem 
free  to  ?ct  upon  their  individual  responsibility  as  heretofore. 

Our  esteemed  brother  will  most  likely  be  asked  why  he  included 
the  Grand  National  Lodge  of  German}^,  the  National  of  Egypt,  and 
the  independent  lodges  of  Germany  among  the  quasi  regular  grand 
lodges, and  excluded  the  Grand  Lodge  of  Denmark  and  the  Grand  Lodge 
of  Peru.  As  none  of  the  bodies  in  the  two  lists  are  seeking  recogni- 
tion from  the  Grand  Lodge  of  Minnesota,  it  is  not  necessary  to  devote 
further  time  or  space  to  this  interesting  subject. 

As  to  the  reasons  for  inclusion  and  exclusion  of  the  bodies  re- 
ferred to,  thejr  are  given  in  a  general  way  in  the  last  paragraph  of 
page  14:1  of  our  report,  and  in  the  case  of  the  National  Grand  Lodge 
of  Egypt  in  the  paragraphs  immediately  preceding.  The  reason 
for  placing  the  Grand  National  Lodge  of  Germany  and  the  Free  Asso- 
ciation of  Five  Independent  Lodges  of  Germany  on  the  tentative  list 
was  the  absence  of  such  definite  knowledge  as  would  warrant  their 
being  otherwise  classed.  Peru  was  excluded  on  account  of  its  genesis, 
as  it  appears  on  page  38,  and  Denmark  for  the  abundant  reason,  ap- 
pearing on  page  140,  that  the  system  which  it  administers  could  not 
be  identified  as  Masonry. 

He  expresses  the  opinion  that  we  do  not  feel  exactly  at  home  in 
the  topical  form  of  report,  a  conclusion  which  we  are  not  prepared 
vigorously  to  combat,  and  in  the  following  discloses  how  some  of  our 
opinions  strike  him: 

Brother  Bobbins  is  "firmly  convinced  that  it  was  an  evil  day  that 
saw-  the  first  departure  from  the  simple  masonr}'  of  the  three  degrees, 
by  whatever  route,''  and  many  of  us  heartih^  agree  with  him:  the  ac- 
tion of  the  Grand  Lodge  of  Washington  upon  negro  masonry  is  com- 
mended as  a  happy  solution  of  the  difficulty  so  far  as  that  jurisdiction 
is  concerned:  using  masonry  for  business  purposes  is  vigorously  con- 
demned; the  futility  of  preventing  non-affiliation  by   compulsion  is 


52  APPENDIX — PART   I. 


clearly  shown;  the  settlement  of  the  cremation  question  is  not  re- 
garded as  within  the  province  of  Masonic  (governing'  bodies;  the  order 
of  Eastern  Star  is  regarded  as  having-  come  to  stay;  our  proposition 
of  two  years  ago  that,  the  only  practical  method  of  dealing  with 
rejected  material  is  in  accordance  with  the  laws  of  the  jurisdiction 
where  the  rejection  actually  occurred,  is  indorsed;  and  the  action 
of  the  Grand  Lodge  of  Nebraska  in  dealing  with  the  grand  master's 
prerogative  of  making  Masons  at  sight  is  defined  as  creating  some- 
thing out  of  nothing. 

Mississippi. — Grand  Master  Stone  thus  refers  in  his  address  to 
his  visit  to  Illinois: 

It  was  my  good  fortune  to  be  in  the  city  of  Chicago  when  the 
Grand  Lodge  of  Illinois  was  in  session,  and  on  the  5th  of  October,  in 
company  with  Bro.  J.  L.  Power,  of  Jackson,  I  visited  that  grand 
body  and  was  accorded  the  fraternal  courtesy  due  the  distinguished 
position  in  which  you  had  placed  me,  being  received  with  the  grand 
honors  of  Masonry  and  treated  with  every  consideration  of  fraternal 
regard. 

It  was  my  distinguished  privilege  to  listen  to  a  portion  of  the 
masterly  address  of  most  worshipful  Bro.  John  Corson  Smith,  grand 
orator,  a  Mason  of  large  experience,  a  gentleman  of  great  and  varied 
learning,  and  who  is  now  the  grand  representative  of  this  grand 
lodge  near  the  Grand  Lodge  of  Illinois. 

The  report  on  correspondence  is  from  the  accustomed  hand  of 
Past  Grand  Master  Andrew  H.  Barkley  and  is  up  to  his  usual  stand- 
ard. He  quotes  from  the  patriotic  exordium  of  Grand  Master  Cook'S 
address  and  says  the  paper  is  an  able  one,  setting  forth  grand  truths 
and  containing  many  strong  points;  compliments  the  oration  of  Past 
Grand  Master  Smith,  notes  the  reception  of  Grand  Master  Stone  of 
Mississippi,  and  says  the  topical  plan  seems  to  suit  the  methodical 
mind  of  the  chairman  of  the  Illinois  committee  on  correspondence. 

riissouri. — Past  Grand  Master  John  D.  Vincil,  grand  secretary, 
in  his  report  on  correspondence  reviews  the  Illinois  proceedings  for 
1897.  Grand  Master  Scott's  address  impresses  him  as  a  strong,  prac- 
tical business  paper  and  his  admonition  to  lodges  against  conferring 
too  many  degrees  in  one  evening  is  commended  and  "improved"  by 
this  experience  of  his  own: 

This  reminds  the  present  writer  of  a  recent  experience  where  he 
was  invited  to  participate  in  the  ceremonies  of  the  Third  Degree  when 
four  candidates  were  on  the  list,  in  addition  to  the  business  of  the 
stated  communication.  The  lodge  was  by  no  means  bright,  or  well 
equipped  with  good  workers  to  facilitate  the  ceremony-.  I  had  much 
of  the  work  to  do  myself,  and  worried  through  two  degrees  b}^  twelve 
o'clock  at  night,  when  I  retired  to  bed.  Arising  at  an  early  hour,  I 
learned  that  the  lodge  was  still  at  work,  and  continued  until  day 
dawned.  Of  course,  to  me  the  language  of  Grand  Master  Scott 
seems  very  timely  that  work  being  done  at  such  unseemly  hours  was 
"done  in  a  lifeless  manner." 


MASONIC   CORRESPONDENCE.  53 

He  notes  his  remarks  on  the  evil  of  too  much  publicity  and  agrees 
that  a  little  healthy  discipline  administered  to  the  retailers  of  the 
private  concerns  of  the  lodge  would  be  timely  and  salutary.  Of  the 
oration  he  says: 

The  grand  lodge  was  favored  with  an  oration  by  a  man  who  is  a 
Mason.  It  is  said  of  him  that  he  had  been  longer  a  Mason,  for  his  age, 
than  any  person  present,  having,  in  his  infancy,  in  disregard  of  land- 
marks or  dispensations,  Ijecome  a  member  of  a  Mason's  family.  At  a 
very  early  hour  of  his  existence,  the  record  says,  he  was  born  a  Mason. 
He  was  introduced  to  the  grand  lodge,  by  the  grand  master  as  "R.W. 
Bro.  William  E.  Mason,  United  States  senator."  He  delivered  an 
oration  on  '"The  Evolution  of  a  Nation."'  It  is  an  interesting  paper, 
containing  some  of  the  spice  of  humor,  and  may  be  characterized  as  a 
rarely  peculiar  production.  He  received  a  vote  of  thanks  for  his  ad- 
dress which  was  ordered  published  in  the  proceedings. 

And  thus  commends  the  report  of  our  committee  on  appeals: 

The  committee  on  appeals  and  grievances  rendered  a  report,  cov- 
ering some  two  pages,  embracing  the  disposition  made  of  eleven  cases. 
It  is  a  model  report.  I  wish  ever}-  committee  on  appeals  and  griev- 
ances of  all  the  grand  lodges  in  this  country  would  study  this  report 
as  a  model,  and  imitate  the  method  of  that  committee. 

He  accords  generous  space  and  attention  to  the  Illinois  report  on 
correspondence,  and  indicates  his  accord  with  its  views  on  the  Wis- 
consin plan  of  relief,  the  so-called  Past  Master's  Degree  and  the 
qualifications  of  a  brother  to  preside  in  the  east,  and  the  Mexican 
gran  dieta,  saying  anent  our  expressed  opinion  that  its  disintegra- 
tion was  only  a  question  of  time: 

It  is  the  opinion  of  this  writer  that  the  sooner  said  concern  "dis- 
integrates,'' the  better  it  will  be  for  genuine  Masonry  in  the  world. 

He  is  also  kind  enough  to  say  in  this  connection  that  it  would  be 
of  general  interest  and  profit  if  the  review  of  Mexican  Masonry  under 
the  head  of  Iowa  and  Kansas  could  be  printed  in  pamphlet  form  for 
general  distribution  among  the  Craft. 

In  the  following  he  affords  the  rare  example  of  a  man  who  is  just 
as  "sot  in  his  ways"  as  any  of  us,  who  makes  a  square  acknowledg. 
ment  of  his  conversion  to  the  'person  who  has  the  good  fortune  to 
put  the  matter  under  consideration  in  a  new  light.  We  have  found 
ourself  wondering  whether  we  had  the  grace  to  do  as  much. 

Brother  Bobbins  controverts  the  position  formerly  held  b\'  this 
writer,  respecting  "good  Masonic  standing."  I  am  inclined  to  accept 
his  interpretation  of  the  question,  and  change  my  position  in  refer- 
ence thereto.  Heretofore.  I  occupied  the  ground  that,  as  our  grand 
lodge  had  defined  the  subject,  there  was  legal  justice  in  declaring  a 
Mason  not  in  good  standing  who  had  forfeited  all  rights  and  privileges 
by  non-affiliation.  Brother  Bobbins  asserts,  and  I  believe  correctly, 
that  a  Mason  holding  a  dimit  is  in  good  standing  as  long  as  he  is  eli- 


54  APPENDIX — PART   I. 


gible  to  petition  for  affiliation.  This  is  a  correct  view  of  the  case, 
because  if  deprived  of  "good  standing-"  in  toto,  he  could  not  petition 
for  membership. 

One  of  our  grand  masters,  some  years  since,  decided  that  a  non- 
affiliate  could  not  join  in  a  petition  for  dispensation  to  form  a  new 
lodge.  He  then  ruled  that,  in  order  to  become  a  petitioner  for  such 
dispensation,  he  must  first  affiliate  with  an  existing  lodge,  becoming 
a  member  thereof,  before  he  could  be  an  eligible  petitioner 
for  dispensation  to  create  a  new  lodge.  The  idea  was  presented  by 
Brother  Bobbins,  and  its  force  cannot  be  denied,  that  if  a  Mason  can 
petition  for  membership  in  an  existing  lodge,  he  is  surely  eligible  as  a 
petitioner  to  form  a  new  lodge.  To  this  view  I  give  my  approval,  and 
thereb}^  put  upon  record  the  fact  of  my  conversion  to  a  more  liberal 
interpretation  of  the  subject,  being  convinced  of  the  right  involved 
and  the  justice  recognized. 

We  feel  quite  sure  that  if  we  had  read  the  report  in  which  this 
occurs  when  some  months  ago  we  had  the  pleasure  of  renewing  with 
him  our  personal  acquaintance  of  thirty  years  ago,  we  should  have 
made  personal  acknowledgment  of  his  state  of  grace. 

riontana.— Past  Grand  Master  Cornelius  Hedges,  grand  secre- 
tary epitomizes  with  the  charming  running  commentary  of  which  he 
is  master,  the  Illinois  proceedings  of  1897.  He  touches  a  great  many 
things  in  a  brief  space. 

A  picture  of  Grand  Master  Owen  Scott,  whose  two  years'  term  of 
successful  service  ended  in  October  last,  confronts  the  title  page  and 
serves  the  double  purpose  of  an  introduction  to  the  volume  and  him- 
self. Within  three  weeks  from  the  close  of  the  session  the  printed 
volume  made  its  welcome  appearance  at  our  table,  testifying  to  the 
executive  ability  of  Grand  Secretary  Dill.  The  opening  prayer  of 
Rev.  Brother  Bolton  enlists  a  hearty  amen  from  everj^  reverent 
reader.  The  grand  master's  address  is  as  charming  in  stj'le  as  elavated 
and  enlarging  in  the  spirit  and  sentiments  contained.  Among  the 
venerated  Craftsmen  whose  departure  for  a  brighter  world  is  chroni- 
cled is  M.  W.  Bro.  Jerome  R.  Gorin,  ^vho  was  grand  master  the 
year  our  grand  lodge  was  organized.  A  great  variety  of  matters  are 
treated  in  the  address  and  the  treatment  of  each  was  admirably 
suited  to  each  case.  Discipline  was  needed  in  some  instances,  and 
was  faithfully'  administered.  Among  the  decisions  all  of  which  were 
approved,  we  note  that  it  was  held  that  the  vote  on  suspension  for 
non-payment  of  dues  should  be  by  ballot.  The  conclusion  of  the  ad- 
dress is  as  appropriate  as  the  introduction  and  the  language  of  the 
roses  in  explanation  of  their  perfumes  and  beauty  may  well  be  adopted 
by  every  Mason. 

Anent  the  then  pending  amendment  looking  to  a  reduction  of 
dues,  he  has  some  remarks  touching  the  building  of  a  Masonic  home, 
which,  with  others  of  like  character,  we  hope  to  make  the  text  for 
some  thoughts  on  that  subject  under  another  heading.  He  commends 
the  fullness  of  the  report  on  each  application  for  a  charter;  observes 
that  the  representative  of  Montana,  Bro.  A.  B.  Ashley,  was  present, 


MASONIC   CORRESPONDENCE.  55 

which  we  of  Illinois  know  to  be  a  fixed  habit  of  many  j' ears;  and  of  the 
land  of  the  Pharaohs  saj^s: 

The  Grand  Lodge  of  Egypt  was  an  applicant  for  recognition,  and 
in  its  behalf  Brother  Past  Grand  Master  Smith  presented  a  letter  from 
the  grand  master — a  good  basis  for  such  a  claim,  but  for  some  reason 
unexplained  the  correspondence  committee  asked  further  time  and 
failed  to  report.  Since  Egypt  has  virtuall}'  become  an  English  prov- 
ince, Masonry  is  on  solid  bottom,  and  if  our  recognition  were  asked  it 
would  probably  be  granted. 

Should  recognition  be  asked  of  Montana  and  he  has  any  curiosity 
to  get  at  the  genesis  of  the  lodges  composing  the  body  asking  it,  we 
hope  he  will  have  better  luck  than  rewarded  our  two  years'  diligent 
search.  He  is  welcome  to  the  little  we  do  know  and  the  much  that 
we  don't  know  as  reflected  on  pages  l-lO-l-ll  of  our  report  for  1898, 
He  will  at  least  find  there  the  "unexplained  reason"  to  which  he 
refers — a  reason  not  unexplained  to  the  grand  lodge,  but  which  com- 
ing out  in  debate  did  not  get  into  print. 

He  talks  thus  pleasantl}-  of  the  oration: 

The  oration  of  Bro.  William  E.  Mason,  United  States  senator,  upon 
*'The  Evolution  of  a  Nation,"  will  well  repay  reading.  The  tadpole 
and  the  monkey  represent  successive  eras  in  this  evolution.  The  style 
and  illustrations  are  very  entertaining.  Elemental  warfare  of  the 
forces  of  nature  preceded  the  appearance  of  living  animals,  and  these 
continued  the  warfare  with  one  another,  whole  species  becoming  ex- 
tinct, not  even  the  fittest  among  them  surviving.  And  after  man's 
appearance  the  same  struggle  continued,  and  not  only  nations  but 
peoples  and  races  have  become  extinct.  Still  war  goes  on,  and  the 
weapons  of  greed  and  ambition  become  more  destructive.  On  this 
grand  continental  trestle-board  we  cherish  the  hope  that  the  Creator 
and  Father  of  all  mankind  is  tracing  the  designs  for  universal  broth- 
erhood, and  that  Bro.  Robert  Burns  voiced  the  Masonic  aspiration 
when  he  sang: 

"It's  coming  3^et  for  a'  that 
That  man  to  man  the  world  o'er 
Shall  brothers  be  for  a'  that." 

We  acknowledge  our  indebtedness  for  the  space  and  thought 
given  to  the  Illinois  report  on  correspondence.  It  would  be  strange 
if  he  did  not  discover  more  flies  in  the  ointment  than  he  mentions. 
Here  is  the  first  specimen  he  picks  out: 

He  holds  that  all  genuine  Masonry  is  of  English  origin,  and  ap- 
parently rejects  the  claim  that  imputes  its  origin  to  King  Solomon, 
from  whom  we  should  most  naturally  trace  the  so-called  prerogative 
powers  of  a  grand  master.  On  the  modern  historical  basis  of  our 
brother  certainly  the  lodge  is  older  than  grand  lodge,  and  the  grand 
lodge  is  older  than  grand  masters.  If  the  office  of  grand  master  is 
the  creature  of  grand  lodge,  the  question  will  naturally  obtrude:  Can 
the  creature  be  greater  than  its  creator"?  Whence  came  the  preroga- 
tive powers  of  a  grand  master?    On  the  historical  basis  private  and 


56  APPENDIX — PART   I. 


particular  lodges  created  the  grand  lodge,  and  the  latter  created  the 
office  of  grand  master.  The  grand  lodge  couldn't  give  greater  powers 
than  it  possessed.  So,  as  we  have  always  contended,  if  we  cut  loose 
from  King  Solomon  we  cut  loose  from  all  prerogative  powers  in  the 
extreme  sense  of  that  term,  prerogative,  as  an  inherent,  inalienable, 
irresponsible  power,  and  we  had  better  drop  the  claim.  The  powers 
that  the  grand  master  exercises  are  in  no  proper  sense  prerogative. 
All  that  he  does  in  the  intervals  of  sessions  of  grand  lodge,  he  does  in 
its  name,  behalf,  and  subject  to  its  approval.  If  there  is  any  preroga- 
tive power  anywhere  in  Masonry  it  is  in  the  worshipful  master  of  what 
we  call  subordinate  lodges,  an  office  of  much  greater  antiquity.  But 
in  our  humble  opinion  the  whole  theory  and  claim  of  prerogative  of 
Masonry  in  its  extreme  sense  is  but  a  phantom  as  elusive  as  the  will-o'- 
the-wisp.  When  we  spoke  of  the  prerogative  of  grand  lodge  to  lay  cor- 
ner-stones we  used  the  term  in  the  sense  of  its  first  definition  in  the 
dictionary,  "an  exclusive  and  peculiar  privilege." 

With  our  brother  also,  it  seems  the  Solomonic  origin  of  Masonry 
is  given  over  and  he  thinks  the  prerogative  tail  should  go  with  the 
hide.  We  have  never  regarded  it  as  an  appendix  to  that  particular 
pelt,  but  on  the  contrary  we  have  regarded  it  as  probably  derived 
from  the  constitutional  monarchy  which  environed  Masonry  at  the 
time  it  took  on  the  grand  lodge  form. 

The  grand  lodge  named  the  first  grand  master,  not  simply  as  the 
grand  master  of  the  grand  lodge,  but  as  grand  master  of  Masons, 
and  those  who  created  both  seem  to  have  agreed  that  there  resided 
in  his  person  and  office  a  dispensing  power  analogous  to  the  pardoning 
power  residing  in  the  crown.  The  latter  was  not  conferred  by  par- 
liament, nor  was  the  former  conferred  by  the  grand  lodge.  The  gen- 
eral regulations  annexed  to  the  charges  of  a  Freemason  refer  to  it, 
however,  in  a  way  to  identify  it  as  involved  in  the  original  plan,  and 
this  understanding  is  emphasized  by  its  long  continued  unquestioned 
exercise. 

Of  another  matter  he  thus  discourses: 

Anent  the  Wisconsin  proposition  and  the  claim  that  there  is  no 
such  thing  as  the  right  of  relief  from  lodge  or  grand  lodge,  and  that 
it  is  only  a  claim  upon  the  individual  under  his  obligation  as  an  act 
of  grace  or  charity.  We  find  in  the  present  Grand  Lodge  Constitu- 
tion of  England,  section  306,  amongother  duties  enjoined,  that  "every 
lodge  in  London  shall  pay  to  the  fund  of  benevolence  for  each  con- 
tributing member  one  shilling  quarterl3\  or  four  shillings  annuallv.'* 
In  provincial  and  military  lodges  the  charge  is  only  half  as  much.  This 
looks  very  much  like  a  regular,  systematic  affair  and  not  a  voluntary 
contribution  according  to  one's  ability  to  an  individual  applicant.  Has 
our  mother  grand  lodge  departed  from  the  faith,  misunderstood  or 
misapplied  the  letter  and  spirit  of  the  obligation?  The  volume  of 
Illinois  proceedings  under  review  shows  that  lodges  contributed  to 
their  own  needy  members,  their  widows  and  orphans,  $25,557. 33.  This 
was  out  of  the  lodge  funds,  not  from  individual  contributions.  Yes, 
every  lodge  in  the  country,  yea,  in  the  world,  recognizes  the  duty  of 
relief  from  the  general  fund  as  well  as  charitable  contributions  from 


MASONIC   CORRESPONDENCE.  57 

individual  members.  These  contributions  of  relief  rest  upon  a  sense 
of  duty  as  binding-  upon  a  lodge  as  the  obligation  upon  the  individual 
member. 

We  quite  agree  with  him  that  the  English  example  he  cites  looks 
very  much  like  a  systematic  affair  and  not  a  voluntary  contribu- 
tion according  to  one's  ability  to  an  individual  applicant,  and  that  it 
also  looks  very  much  as  if  it  was  as  easy  for  our  English  brethren  to 
be  charitable  on  somebody  else's  money,  as  for  the  American,  perhaps 
easier.  Several  American  grand  lodges  have  done  the  same  thing  in 
levying  a  per  capita  tax  to  support  their  Masonic  homes  and  the  pio- 
neer in  the  business.  Kentucky — and  this  was  not  many  years  ago — 
had  a  red  hot  time  of  it  for  a  while,  so  hot  that  Grand  Master  Pettit, 
of  that  jurisdiction,  averred  that  the  effort  to  support  the  home  by 
enforced  taxation  had  "shaken  the  craft  to  its  foundations."  Before 
leaving  the  English  example  one  may  say  that  it  affords  no  support 
to  the  Wisconsin  proposition  that  the  mone}'  paid  out  by  a  lodge  in 
charity  to  the  member  of  another  lodge,  creates  a  debt  which  is  a 
lien,  first  upon  the  latter  body  and  second  upon  the  grand  lodge  to 
which  it  owes  allegiance.  The  English  example,  like  the  Illinois  ex- 
ample, illustrates  the  convenience,  not  necessarily  the  duty  of  relief 
as  binding  upon  a  lodge,  nor  does  the  act  of  the  members  in  voting 
relief  from  the  lodge  treasury  show  so  much  a  recognition  of  its  duty 
to  contribute  as  an  organization  as  it  does  their  natural  willingness 
to  exhaust  the  available  accumulations  of  the  lodge  before  putting 
their  hands  in  their  own  pockets.  They  will  do  the  latter  if  they  must, 
as  the  historj^  of  some  lodges  we  know  of  abundantly  attests,  but  as  a 
rule  not  until  then. 

Brother  Hedges  also  notices  our  suggestions  regarding  the  recog- 
nition of  the  Mexican  grand  diet  by  his  grand  lodge,  which  we  shall 
probablj'  have  an  opportunity  to  recall  elsewhere. 

Nevada. — Bro.  A.  D.  Bird  in  his  condensed  but  interesting  report 
on  correspondence  has  under  consideration  the  Illinois  proceedings  of 
1897.  He  commends  Grand  Master  Scott's  condemnation  of  the 
growing  publicitj^  of  what  transpires  at  lodge  meetings,  and  copies 
his  report  of  an  aggravated  case  in  which  discipline  followed,  with 
the  hope  that  it  may  be  a  useful  warning.  He  commends  the  manner 
of  printing  the  report  of  the  committee  on  appeals,  reproduces  the 
grand  chaplain's  final  benediction  for  the  benefit  of  some  master  who 
might  like  a  change,  and  compliments  the  report  on  corrrespondence 
by  saying  that  it  deals  with  all  questions  in  a  brotherly  but  forcible 
manner,  and  by  reproducing  from  its  introduction  our  remarks  con- 
cerning cipher  rituals. 

New  Hampshire. — Bro.  Albert  S.  Wait,  the  able  and  accom- 
plished reviewer  of  this  jurisdiction,  takes  up  the  Illinois  proceedings 


58  APPENDIX — PART   I. 


of  1898.  The  address  of  Grand  Master  CoOK  is  characterized  as  a  fin- 
ished literary  as  well  as  Masonic  paper,  and  some  of  his  ofBcial  acts  are 
briefly  touched  upon.  Past  Grand  Master  Smith's  address,  "a  most 
able  and  learned  oration,"  is,  he  says,  "most  deservedly  published'' 
with  the  transactions. 

His  g-eneral  estimate  of  the  Illinois  report  is  most  flattering.  He 
alludes  to  the  change  to  the  topical  form,  but  expresses  no  opinion  as 
to  the  relative  value  of  the  different  forms.  Of  matters  heretofore 
in  debate  between  us  he  sa3's: 

We  find  ourselves  by  no  means  forgotten  or  left  out  in  our  brother's 
discussions,  and  our  reply  to  his  former  argument  is  reproduced  in 
full,  with  comments,  to  which  we  see  no  cause  of  exception.  As  we 
see  nothing  substantial  added  to  the  evidence  or  the  argument  before 
adduced  b}'  our  brother,  we  are  now  inclined,  with  him,  to  leave  the 
matter  to  the  solution  of  coming  events:  observing  only,  that  they 
appear  to  us  to  be  tending,  gradually  though  surel}',  in  a  direction 
opposed  to  the  view  he  has  espoused. 

He  also  has  some  observations  upon  our  contribution  to  the  litera- 
ture of  negro  Masonry,  which  are  not  in  form  to  be  available  under 
that  heading,  but  require  no  attention  beyond  the  remark  that  he 
seems  to  have  had  no  fear  that  his  statement  as  to  what  the  Grand 
Lodge  of  Washington  did  and  as  to  what  we  thought  about  it  could 
be  too  sweeping. 

New  Jersey. — Bro.  George  B  Edwards  in  a  report  which  is  up  to 
the  New  Jersey  standard  of  elegance,  abilit}",  and  courtesj^,  has  under 
review  the  Illinois  proceedings  of  1898.  He  quotes  from  the  address 
of  Grand  Master  Cook  to  substantiate  his  statement  that  it  fore- 
shadows the  millennial  epoch  and  notes  that  his  rebuke  of  a  prevalent 
desire  to  improve,  enlarge,  ornament,  and  spectacularize  the  work 
was  emphasized  by  one  of  the  committees  b}'  the  expression  of  dis- 
pleasure at  the  use  of  robes,  uniforms,  military  drills,  stage  settings, 
theatrical  scenes,  inappropriate  music,  and  other  superfluous  appli- 
ances and  paraphernalia.     He  says  of  the  oration  and  the  orator: 

A  brilliant  paper  on  the  Universality  of  Freemasonry,  by  Bro. 
John  Corson  Smith,  grand  orator,  is  of  more  than  usual  attraction. 
The  brother  had  traveled  in  man\'  lands,  and  the  evidence  he  pro- 
duces is  a  valuable  addition  to  the  literature  of  the  order  as  well  as 
entertaining  and  instructive.  Manj'  passages  and  incidents  of  travel 
have  been  marked  for  ornamenting  this  report,  and  the  exercise  of 
forbearance  a  necessity,  not  a  practice  of  virtue. 

And  of  the  special  report  of  this  committee: 

Bro.  Joseph  Robbins,  of  the  correspondence  committee,  contrib- 
uted a  paper  of  considerable  research  upon  "Recognized,  Recogniz- 
able and  Other  Governing  Bodies,"  the  subject  having  been  specially 
referred  to  him.  The  following  s5'nopsis  is  a  mere  brevity  from  his 
report  of  eighteen  closely  printed  pages  teeming  with  historical  data 
gleaned  from  many  sources.  No  Masonic  student  should  be  without  it. 


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MASONIC   CORRESPONDENCE.  59 


The  list  of  grand  lodges  under  the  first  heading,  "Recognized,"  is 
identical  with  the  list  printed  in  the  tabulations  of  New  Jersey. 

He  copies  the  other  two  lists,  and  expresses  his  regret  at  not  be- 
ing able  to  reproduce  the  article  in  its  entirety. 

He  is  not  enamored  of  the  topical  form  of  report,  as  will  appear 
under  the  head  which  we  shall  make  of  that  subject.  Of  New  Jer- 
se3'"s  part  in  it  he  says: 

The  correspondence  report  is  a  topical  presentation.  It  is  a  de- 
parture from  the  usual  plan,  although  used  by  others  previously 
within  limited  confines,  has  some  things  about  it  that  may  be  com- 
mended, scarcely  likely  to  obtain  among  the  guild  as  an  adoption, 
wearisome  as  a  compilation  to  general  readers  seeking  knowledge 
with  recreative  variation  of  subject.  Brother  Robbins  will  pardon 
the  feeling  that  the  form  appears  as  an  accumulation  of  emascula- 
tions, and  is  remindful  of  that  old  standard,  Chase's  Digest — never 
read,  but  a  good  reference. 

New  South  Wales. — The  report  on  correspondence  modeled  quite 
on  the  American  plan  of  review  is  signed  by  five  members  of  the  com- 
mittee, John  B.  Trivett.  chairman,  A.  B.  Docker,  W.  J.  Holmes, 
W.  H.  Shortland  and  Whiteley  King,  each  of  whom,  except  the 
last  named,  has  identified  by  his  initials  some  of  the  reviews  as  his 
own  work.  The  lion's  share  is  the  work  of  Brother  Trivett,  with 
Brother  Shortland  a  good  second.  The  former  reviews  Illinois  for 
1897.  He  notes  the  exhaustive  address  of  Grand  Master  ScOTT,  the 
flourishing  condition  of  the  Craft  in  spite  of  unfavorable  industrial 
conditions  and  finds  one  decision  of  immediate  interest: 

One  decision  by  the  grand  master  is  worthy  of  our  notice,  since 
we  are  at  present  discussing  the  propriety  of  the  incorporation  of 
grand  lodge: — 

(2)  "All  deeds,  mortgages,  etc,  should  be  drawn  in  the  name  of 
the  lodge  and  not  the  trustees;  each  lodge  is  made  a  body  cor- 
porate and  politic  by  the  act  of  the  legislature,  incorporating 
the  grand  and  constituent  lodge."' 

This  method  of  incorporating  the  lodges  is  just  what  we  wish  to 
avoid.  We  do  not  desire  legal  interference,  nor  oversight,  in  strictly 
lodge  matters,  but  simply  protection  in  respect  of  acquired  property 
of  the  order  as  a  whole. 

This  method  of  incorporation  may  involve  the  possibility  he  fears, 
but  in  practice  it  has  given  us  no  trouble.  He  refers  to  the  discussion 
relative  to  life  membership,  and  the  application  of  the  Grand  Lodge 
of  Egypt  for  recognition,  and  says  of  the  oration: 

Bro.  W.  E.  Mason,  United  States  senator,  grand  orator,  delivered 
the  annual  oration,  his  subject  being  "The  Evolution  of  a  Nation." 
Although  the  treatment  of  his  theme  partook  more  of  a  political  na- 
ture than  would  be  considered  desirable  in  this  country,  the  perora- 


60  APPENDIX — PART   I. 


tion,  insisting  upon  liberty  of  action  being  conceded  to  those  around 
us,  was  a  worthy  effort  and  deserving  of  the  space  allowed  for  Its  re- 
production. 

He  gladly  notes  that  the  committee  on  jurisprudence  direct  at- 
tention to  the  fact  that  too  much  publicity  of  lodge  affairs  is  a  Ma- 
sonic offense,  and  therefore  a  subject  of  discipline. 

The  Illinois  report  on  correspondence  receives  extended  attention 
largely  with  reference  to  Mexico  and  Peru,  which  we  hope  to  notice 
elsewhere,  at  the  close  of  which  he  sa^-s: 

These  Spanish  derived  republics  evidently  consist  of  suchunstable 
material,  from  an  ethical  point  of  view,  that  a  very  conservative 
policy  is  absolutely  necessary  in  any  dealings  which  may  be  had  with 
them,  and  we  are  compelled  to  the  opinion  that  our  own  grand  lodge 
is  justified  in  reconsidering  its  position  with  respect  to  the  Central 
and  SouthAmerican  Masonic  bodies. 

Referring  to  our  notice  of  his  own  jurisdiction,  he  says: 

He  notes  the  absence  of  a  report  on  correspondence  in  our  1895 
proceedings,  but  we  trust  that  our  last  year's  report,  together  with 
that  now  current,  will  atone  for  the  omission  (due  to  no  neglect  on 
the  part  of  the  present  committee). 

We  can  assure  Brother  Trivett  that  if  an}'  atonement  were  neces- 
sary such  reports  as  the  two  referred  to  would  be  amply  sufficient, 
even  without  the  promise  given  by  their  successive  appearance  that 
the  correspondence  department  of  New  South  Wales  is  now  perma- 
nently established.  We  shall  continue  to  look  for  its  work  with  great 
interest,  for  in  such  hands  as  at  present  guide  it  the  output  is  sure  to 
be  of  real  value,  bringing  us,  as  it  will,  into  closer  touch  with  the  cur- 
rents of  thought  in  the  great  English-speaking,  liberty-loving  nation 
which  is  growing  up  under  the  Southern  Cfoss. 

New  York. — Past  Grand  Master  Jesse  B.  Anthony  gives  seven 
pages  of  his  valuable  report  to  the  Illinois  proceedings  for  1898.  He 
finds  "the  eloquent  introduction"  to  Grand  Master  Cook's  address, 
''and  the  grand  truth  embodied  in  his  closing  words  worthy  of  record," 
and  accordingly  quotes  from  both  at  some  length,  and  also  epitomizes 
some  of  its  salient  points. 

He  prefaces  a  page  of  "'solid"  matter  reproduced  from  the  oration 
with  the  following: 

We  wish  we  could  present  the  excellent  oration  delivered  by  M.  W. 
John  C.  Smith,  grand  orator,  upon  "Freemasonry  Universal."  Cer- 
tainly our  brother's  observation  of  the  practical  working  of  Masonic 
lodges  in  foreign  countries  should  give  weight  and  authority  to  his 
presentation.  It  is  a  paper  worthy  the  perusal  of  every  member  of 
the  Craft.  We  make  a  few  excerpts  as  bearing  upon  some  points  of 
prominence  in  the  Masonic  world  at  the  present  time. 


MASONIC   CORRESPONDENCE.  61 

In  reproducing"  the  conclusions  of  the  special  report  of  this  com- 
mittee on  the  status  of  grand  lodges  and  other  governing  bodies,  he 
permits  us  to  state  also  the  principles  by  us  deemed  essential  to  rec- 
ognition. 

His  reference  to  the  topical  form  of  our  report  of  last  year  we 
shall  cop}^  elsewhere.  Meanwhile,  he  ought  not  to  feel  too  sure  that 
his  "opinion  doesn't  count"  in  the  matter.  In  fact  he  quite  mis- 
judges our  estimate  of  its  value,  for  in  truth  there  are  few  whose 
opinions  would  have  more  weight  with  us  on  this  point  than  his. 

In  the  further  examination  of  our  report  he  says: 

Under  the  head  of  "The  Grand  Lodge  of  Peru— The  Bible,"  it 
would  appear  that  our  brother  does  not  fully  agree  with  the  position 
generally  taken  in  all  the  quotations  presented  having  reference  to 
the  act  of  the  grand  master  of  the  Grand  Lodge  of  Peru.  Admitting 
that  proper  exception  might  be  taken  in  a  few  instances,  wherein  is 
there  any  justification  for  the  statement  that  in  the  performance  of 
theduty  of  repudiation  "grandmasters  and  committees  [should]  have 
made  speeches  to  the  galleries  or  permitted  themselves  to  dogmatize 
about  the  Bible  in  a  way  not  warranted  by  the  Magna  Charta  of  relig- 
ious liberty  to  the  Freemason,  the  charges  'concerning  God  and  re- 
ligion'::"" 

Does  our  ritual  mean  anything? 

We  are  loth  to  think  that  our  brother  does  not  consider  that  the 
Bible  "is  an  essential  in  the  furniture  of  every  lodge  of  Freemasons 
in  a  Christian  land."  We  do  most  emphatically:  and  it  will  be  a  sorry 
day  for  Freemasonry  when  a  contrary  belief  becomes  prevalent.  This 
is  a  vital  question  upon  which  no  Craftsman  can  afford  to  split  hairs. 

It  is  not  material  to  us  what  may  have  been  the  custom  in  the 
earlier  ages  of  Freemasonry;  we  are  satisfied  to  be  governed  by  the 
custom  of  the  present  day.  This  belief  is  not  to  be  circumscribed  by 
the  tenets  of  any  religious  creed,  but  comprehends  the  doctrine  that 
the  Holy  Bible  is  the  inestimable  gift  of  God  to  man,  the  rule  for 
our  guide,  the  embodiment  of  sure  promises  tor  the  future. 

"Does  our  ritual  mean  anything?  "  We  agree  with  him  that  it  does 
and  that  the  first  and  ever  recurring  lesson  which  it  enforces  is  that 
"truth  is  a  divine  attribute  and  the  foundation  of  every  virtue. '' 
Every  day's  experiences  afford  fresh  illustrations — some  of  them  most 
unexpected — that  we  cannot  contemplate  too  constantly  on  this 
theme  nor  be  too  watchful  lest  we  inadvertently  fail  to  regulate  our 
conduct  by  its  dictates. 

"We  are  loth  to  think,"  he  says,  "that  our  brother  does  not  con- 
sider that  the  Bible  'is  an  essential  in  the  furniture  of  every  lodge  of 
Freemasons  in  a  Christian  land.'  "  And  we  are  loth  to  think  that  our 
brother  would  venture  upon  so  serious  a  matter  as  invoking  the  odiwni 
iheologeium  in  this  discussion  bj-  the  innuendo  lurking  in  the  remarks 
we  have  quoted,  upon  so  careless  a  reading  of  our  remarks  as  to  find  in 


62  APPENDIX — PART   I. 


them  or  even  to  suspect  that  he  found  in  them,  preciseh^  the  opposite 
of  what  we  said.  Yet  we  are  driven  to  this  conclusion  by  the  assur- 
ance we  feel  that  he  is  incapable  of  consciously  perverting  our  posi- 
tion. His  carelessness  compels  us  to  reproduce  here  what  we  said, 
not  only  to  show  how  utterly  he  misapprehended  our  meaning,  but  as 
showing  also  the  unwisdom  of  attempting  to  state  another's  position 
for  him  instead  of  permitting  him  to  state  it  for  himself,  when  the 
latter  course  involves  less  labor  and  requires  less  space.  The  italics 
are  fresh  except  in  the  words  "apart  from  its  Masonic  uses:" 

As  we  have  before  said,  substantially  every  grand  lodge  that  has 
heretofore  become  in  any  sense  a  sponsor  for  the  Masonic  character 
of  the  "Grand  Lodge  of  Peru"  teas  XJluced  under  instant  constraint  by  the 
action  of  that  body  as  reflected  in  the  decree  of  Orand  Master  Dain,  to  rejnidi- 
ate  both  act  and  actors  in  the  name  of  Masoni-y.  It  is  to  be  regretted,  how- 
ever that  in  the  performance  of  this  bounden  duty,  grand  masters  and  com- 
mittees should  have  made  speeches  to  the  galleries,  or  permitted 
themselves  to  dogmatize  about  the  Bible  in  a  way  not  warrant- 
ed by  that  Magna  Charta  of  religious  liberty  to  the  Freemason, 
the  charge  "Concerning  God  and  religion."  Almost  all  of  the  deliver- 
ances quoted  above  either  assume  or  labor  to  prove  that  certain  opin- 
ions about  the  Bible  apart  from  its  Masonic  uses  are  essential  to  the 
recognition  of  its  fitness  as  a  Masonic  symbol.  Those  of  Maine  and 
Nova  Scotia  are  scarcely  open  to  criticism  in  this  respect,  while  that 
of  Mississippi  formulated  by  Past  Grand  Master  Speed — known  of  all 
men  as  a  staunch  and  zealous  churchman — states  the  true  ground  fully, 
strongly,  unoljject  ion  ally,  fully  justifying  the  action  had  by  the  statement 
in  two  lines — that  the  Bible  is  "an  essential  in  the  furniture  of  every 
lodge  of  true  Freemasons  in  a  Christian  land,  without  which  no  lodge 
can  be  opened  or  Mason  obligated." 

If  Brother  Anthony  had  quoted  the  following — which  follows 
consecutively  upon  what  we  have  just  reproduced  above — he  would 
have  answered  his  own  question  as  to  the  justification  for  our  state- 
ment that  certain  parties  had  permitted  themselves  to  dogmatize 
about  the  Bible  in  a  way  not  warranted  by  that  Magna  Charta  of  re- 
ligious liberty  to  the  Freemason,  the  charge  "Concerning  God  and 
Religion:" 

There  is  no  justification  for,  and  nothing  to  be  gained  by  misstat- 
ing the  position  of  an  opponent  or  an  offender,  as  in  the  Michigan 
declaration  that  Senor  Dam's  sodality  is  an  ''atheistic''^  body;  in  the 
equally  oracular  and  more  emphatic  declaration  of  the  grand  master 
of  New  York:  "Let  it  therefore  be  most  emphatically  understood 
that  no  godless  temple  can  be  reared  in  the  name  of  Freemasonr}-," 
or  in  the  equivalent  implication  of  the  Grand  Lodge  of  England  which 
revived  and  tacked  on  to  its  declaration  of  outlawrj^  against  Peru  the 
order  issued  when  the  Grand  Orient  of  Prance  made  its  constitution 
atheistic,  forbidding  the  lodges  to  admit  any  foreign  visitor  unless  he 
shall  acknowledge  that  his  belief  in  God  is  an  essential  landmark  of 
Masonry. 

The  tendency  of  speakers  to  extremes  of  language  when  they  feel 
sure  that  they  have  their  audience  with  them  is  proverbial,  but  in 


MASONIC   CORRESPONDENCE.  63 

times  of  excitement  the  rulers  and  leaders  of  the  Craft  should  be  par- 
ticularly careful  not  to  raise  a  hue  and  cry  while  in  pursuit  of  the 
confessedly  guilty,  that  shall  confuse  the  preceptions  of  those  less 
informed  than  themselves  and  endang-er  the  raising  of  the  same  hue 
and  cry  against  those  who  are  as  law-abiding  as  themselves. 

We  agree  with  our  brother  that  this  is  a  vital  question,  and  we 
insist  moreover  that  it  has  two  equally  vital  aspects  and  that  no 
Craftsman  can  afford  to  split  hairs  in  either  direction.  Neither  the 
Michigan  committee,  nor  the  grand  master  of  New  York,  nor  the 
grand  master  of  England,  has  any  more  right  to  add  to  the  one  in- 
clusive and  exclusive  religious  test  prescribed  for  Masons  by  both  the 
written  and  the  unwritten  law,  than  he  has  to  take  that  test  away. 
All  that  Masonry  asks  is  the  acknowledgement  of  God  and  of  the 
sanctions  of  the  moral  law.  This  it  invariably  demands,  and  once 
made  every  God-trusting  brother  stands  on  a  level  of  perfect  equality 
with  every  other  brother  regardless  of  whether  their  opinions  in  other 
matters  appear  orthodox  or  heterodox  in  each  other's  eyes.  It  is 
not  material  to  us  what  may  have  been  the  custom  in  the  earlier 
ages  of  Freetcasonr}'-,  for  while  we  know  that  it  was  confessedly  sec- 
tarian prior  to  the  grand  lodge  period,  we  also  know  that  since  the 
"Charges  of  a  Freemason"  were  agreed  to  as  the  fundamental  and 
paramount  law  of  the  institution.  Masonry  and  not  dogma  is  declared 
to  be  "the  center  of  union  and  the  means  of  conciliating  true  friend- 
ship among  persons  that  must  have  remained  at  a  perpetual  dis- 
tance," and  it  is  avowedly  to  secure  this  desirable  end  that  the  law 
provided  that  thenceforth  Masons  were  to  be  obliged  only  "to  that 
religion  in  which  all  men  agree,  leaving  their  particular  opinions  to 
themselves,  that  is,  to  be  good  men  and  true,  or  men  of  honor  and 
honesty  by  whatever  denominations  or  persuasions  the}'  may  be  dis- 
tinguished." "Does  our  ritual  mean  anything?"'  Undoubtedly  it  means 
something  to  every  brother,  and  it  means  more  or  less  according  to 
what  he  has  within  him  to  which  its  formulae  and  symbols  appeal.  By 
original  endowment,  or  education,  or  environment,  or  all  these  com- 
bined, each  individual  is  compelled  to  fix  his  own  valuation  upon  what 
he  receives  in  Masonic  teaching.  No  two  individuals  probably  place 
the  same  value  upon  either  or  all  of  the  symbols  which  are  correlated 
together  as  the  great  lights  of  Masonry  so  far  as  their  adaptation  to 
the  uses  to  which  they  are  put  either  in  or  out  of  the  f  raternit}'.  But 
what  has  all  this  to  do  with  the  question  of  theism  or  atheism?  The 
ritual  nowhere  teaches  that  the  opinion  one  holds  about  either  of  the 
great  lights  has  anything  to  do  with  that  acknowledgement  of  God 
which  is  made  a  condition  precedent  to  his  being  made  a  Mason. 
Hence  it  is  no  defense  to  our  imputation  that  the  brethren  referred 
to  had  made  speeches  to  the  galleries  or  unwarrantably  dogmatized 
about  the  Bible  to  ask:     "Does  our  ritual  mean  anything?" 


64  APPENDIX — PART   I. 


The  charge  against  Senor  Dam  and  his  sodality  was  one  in  which 
theism  was  in  no  way  involved,  but  simply  that  he  had  removed  one 
of  the  essentials  of  a  lodge  of  Freemasons — not  the  only  essential  but 
one  of  them — and  one  so  rooted  in  the  structure  of  Masonry  that,  as 
we  have  before  said,  every  grand  lodge  that  had  become  in  any 
sense  a  sponsor  for  the  Masonic  character  of  the  body  over  which  he 
ruled  was  placed  under  instant  constraint  to  repudiate  both  in  the 
name  of  Masonry.  When,  therefore,  in  the  performance  of  this  duty 
grand  masters  went  outside  of  the  record  and  lugged  in  the  utterly 
foreign  subject  of  atheism  they  were  emphatically  making  speeches 
to  the  gallery,  and  in  seeking  to  convey  the  impression  that  the 
avowed  theism  of  Masonry  was  required  to  be  grounded  upon  the 
Bible, they  were  dogmatizing  about  the]latter  in  a  way  not  warranted 
by  the  charges  of  a  Freemason. 

Continuing  his  review  he  further  says: 

Mexican  Masonry,  as  usual,  has  the  attention  of  our  brother,  and 
alluding  to  the  "Maine"  episode  at  the  last  annual  communication 
of  the  Grand  Lodge  of  New  York,  he  is  inclined  to  be  facetious  in  his 
imputation  of  a  lack  of  knowledge  on  the  part  of  Grand  Master  Suth- 
erland in  making  the  statement  that  "the  president  of  our  sister  re- 
public is  also  the  grand  master  of  Masons  in  Mexico."  It  is  a  point 
hardly  worth  correction,  and  if  our  brother  does  not  at  any  time  de- 
part any  further  from  the  exact  line,  it  will  be  fortunate.  Undoubt- 
edly the  intent  of  the  grand  master  was  to  term  President  Diaz  (the 
former  grand  master)  as  the  honorary  grand  master,  etc.  This  posi- 
tion he  holds  for  life,  his  occupancy  of  the  office  of  actual  grand  mas- 
ter having  ended  in  November.  1896,  and  is  a  matter  of  record  in  an 
official  communication  on  file  in  the  office  of  the  grand  secretary. 
This  change  should  have  been  duly  noted  in  the  translations  of  last 
year,  but  owing  to  the  sudden  death  of  Brother  Ringer,  the  brother 
who  had  to  assume  the  work  at  the  eleventh  hour  overlooked  it. 

It  is  possible  that  the  Gran  Dieta  Simbolica  of  Mexico  may  have 
a  law  of  entail  which  makes  it  impossible  for  an  honorary  grand  mas- 
ter of  that  body  ever  to  divest  himself  of  that  title.  If  so  it  would 
have  warranted  the  undoubted  intent  of  Grand  Master  Sutherland, 
although  it  would  seem  that  President  Diaz  had  done  his  best  to  so 
divest  himself  some  two  years  before  the  former  related  to  the  grand 
lodge  how  the  grand  master  and  president  "directed  the  grand  secre- 
tary to  make  known  to  the  Grand  Lodge  of  New  York  the  extremely 
significant  evidence  of  his  most  valuable  friendship"  thus  shown  in 
selecting  that  body  as  the  medium  through  which  the  people  of  the 
United  States  should  hear  the  voice  of  Mexico  in  expression  of  her 
sympathy  for  the  loss  of  the  Maine.  At  all  events  on  the  12th  of 
March,  1896,  he  wrote  the  following  letter: 

The  very  respectable  Grand  Lodge  of  Free  and  Accepted  Masons 
of  the  Federal  District  have  been  pleased  to  honor  me  with  the  hon- 
orable appointment  of  grand  master  ad  honore^n  of  the  said  exalted 


MASONIC   CORRESPONDENCE.  65 

body,  on  account  of  services,  which  in  the  fulfillment  of  my  duty, I  have 
rendered  to  the  order  and  to  the  cause  of  progress -which  it  defends. 

I  accept  with  the  firmest  assurance  that  my  adhesion  and  my 
efforts  shall  correspond  to  the  high  position  for  which  I  have  been 
nominated  by  your  exhalted  and  honorable  body. 

Valley  of  Mexico,  March  12,  1896,  E.  V. 

PORFIRIO  DIAZ. 

To  the  General  Grand  Secretary,  Bro.  Jose  A.  Miranda,  Present: 

This  Grand  Lodge  of  the  Federal  District  of  Mexico  to  which 
President  Diaz  thus  gives  his  "adhesion,''  will  be  recognized  by  our 
readers  as  the  same  body  that  was  "expelled"  from  Masonry  some 
months  before  by  the  gran  dieta  simbolica. 

Meanwhile,  by  one  of  those  strange  oversights  which  illustrate 
the  irony  of  fate,  but  for  which  Brother  Anthony  is  manifestly  not 
responsible,  in  the  New  York  report  now  under  review  (p.  189)  the  fol- 
lowing appears  in  the  notice  of  the  gran  dieta: 

"Grand  Master— Bro.  PORFIRIO  Diaz,  President  of  the  Republic." 

Brother  Anthony  does  us  the  honor  to  copy  our  summing  up 
under  the  head  of  non-affiliates  and  non-payment  of  dues,  and  to  ex- 
press his  thorough  agreement  therewith. 

He  disagrees  with  our  view  of  the  Washington  matter,  as  we  shall 
see  elsewhere. 

We  again  return  thanks  in  advance-  for  the  valuable  statistical 
tables  which  we  shall  take  the  liberty^  of  transferring  from  his  report 
to  our  own. 

North  Carolina.— Bro.  John  A.  Collins  furnishes  another  of  his 
excellent  reports,  in  which  the  Illinois  proceedings  for  1898  are  care- 
fully examined  and  epitomized  without  comment  save  here  and  there 
an  adjective  thrown  in,  as  where  he  speaks  of  Grand  Master  Cook's 
"admirable  account  of  his  administration"  and  of  the  "interesting 
and  well  written  address"'  of  Grand  Orator  Smith.  They  occur  more 
frequently  in  his  very  appreciative  reference  to  the  report  on  corre- 
spondence. His  remarks  on  the  form  of  that  report  we  shall  give 
elsewhere. 

Nova  Scotia. — We  note  with  sorrow  the  cause  of  the  enforced  ab- 
sence of  the  distinguished  brother  who  for  many  years  and  until  very 
recently  honored  our  grand  lodge  as  its  representative,  as  reflected 
in  the  following  resolution: 

That  the  members  of  this  grand  lodge  have  learned  with  painful 
feelings  of  the  sad  bereavement  which  has  fallen  upon  R. W.  Bro.  T.  A. 
Cossmann,  P.D.G.M.,  in  the  recent  death  of  his  wife,  and  desire  hereby 


66  APPENDIX — PART   I. 


to  extend  to  him  their  sincere  and  heartfelt  sympathy  in  his  over- 
whelming sorrow. 

The  report  on  correspondence  is  the  work  of  several  hands,  the 
Illinois  proceedings  for  1897  falling  to  Bro.  W.  Ernest  Thompson, 
who,  notwithstanding  he  had  married  a  wife — as  we  learn  from  the 
grand  secretary — is  still  able  to  do  his  share  of  the  talking.  Of 
Grand  Master  Scott's  address  he  says: 

In  his  address,  the  grand  master  gives  an  outline  of  his  official  acts 
during  his  stewardship,  and  deals  in  a  masterful  manner  with  several 
matters  of  general  interest  to  the  fraternity,  which  we  feel  we  can 
with  profit  review. 

He  quotes  from  the  address  paragraphs  touching  ciphers,  calls 
for  assistance  in  rebuilding  burned  lodge  rooms,  and  the  formation  of 
boards  of  relief,  and  expresses  his  hearty  concurrence  in  all.  He  is 
a  little  ruffled  by  the  oration: 

R.W.  Bro.  William  G.  Mason,  grand  orator,  was  introduced,  and 
addressed  the  grand  lodge  at  considerable  length  in  a  United  States 
patriotic  speech,  on  the  "Evolution  of  a  Nation."  We  have,  we  think, 
seen  reports  of  speeches  of  Brother  Mason,  who  is  an  United  States 
senator,  in  recent  United  States  papers  on  the  Cuban  question,  of  so 
decidedly  a  belligerent  tone  that  we  got  the  impression  that  he  was 
a  particularly  bellicose  man.  So  we  were  hardly  prepared  for  his  ar- 
bitration views,  as  set  out  in  his  reported  speech. 

The  whole  speech  struck  us  as  being  somewhat  out  of  place. 
Even  though  the  audience  was  assembled  in  a  city  of  the  United 
States,  they  were  not  there  as  citizens  of  that  country,  but  as  Masons, 
and  it  may  have  been  that  many  there  present  with  equal  rights 
within  the  lodge  to  the  American  brother  claimed  political  allegiance 
to  some  other  nation,  and  felt  the  delivery  of  such  a  purely  American 
speech  to  jar  upon  his  feelings. 

Supposing  a  Britisher  or  a  citizen  of  one  of  Britain's  dependencies 
had  been  present,  and  doubtless  there  was  one  present,  how  his  blood 
must  have  tingled  to  hear  the  unjust  and  uncalled  for  gibe  at  his 
loved  country  contained  in  the  following — 

"England  maintains  her  historic  consistency  by  using  her  club  on 
great  states  like  Guatemala." 

And  how  would  he  have  liked  to  rise  in  his  place  and  send  back  a 
Roland  for  the  senator's  Oliver  as  he  could  so  easily  have  done;  but 
he  remembered  that  he  was  one  of  a  concourse  of  brothers  among 
whom  no  disturbing  question  of  politics,  religion,  or  race  should  be 
allowed  to  come,  and  with  sadness  silently  communed  with  himself  on 
the  thoughtlessness  of  our  erring  brother.  We  cannot  refrain  from 
remarking  that  with  the  whole  world  of  Masonry  before  him,  our 
learned  brother  could  have  well  afforded  to  shun  all  subjects  upon 
which  Masons  as  a  body  throughout  the  whole  world  were  not  in 
harmony. 

Probably  no  one  would  have  acknowledged  such  a  Roland  with 
better  grace  and  humor  than  Brother  Mason.  We  have  elsewhere  ex- 


MASONIC   CORRESPONDENCE.  67 


plained  that  the  address  was  not  written  for  a  Masonic, but  for  a  col- 
lege occasion. 

The  report  on  correspondence  receives  adequate  mention. 

Ohio. — The  Ohio  report,  as  usual  an  able  production  from  the 
hand  of  Past  Grand  Master  William  M.Cunningham,  gives  ten  pages 
to  Illinois  for  1897,  three  to  the  proceedings  and  ten  to  the  report  on 
correspondence. 

The  presence  of  Bro.  Samuel  S.  Chance,  Ohio's  representative 
^s  noted,  the  address  of  Grand  Master  ScOTT  characterized  as  '"an 
able  and  conservative  Masonic  paper,"  and  brief  selections  made 
therefrom  relating  to  the  tendency  to  violate  the  law  of  the  ballot 
springing  from  too  great  anxiety  for  members;  hurried  and  conse- 
quently poor  work,  and  to  the  generally  prevailng  willingness  to  serve 
wherever  service  will  uplift  the  cause  of  the  fraternity.  The  figures 
of  Grand  Treasurer  Egan  and  Grand  Secretary  Dill's  usual  care- 
full}'  prepared  report  and  statistical  tables  attracted  his  attention, 
as  did  also  the  decision  of  the  grand  lodge  that  it  was  unwise  to  rec- 
ommend to  the  lodges  anj^  form  or  system  of  life  membership.  He 
copies  the  closing  sentence  of  Grand  Orator  Mason's  "eloquent  ad- 
dress" and  gives  Grand  Master  Cook  the  following  introduction: 

Upon  his  installation,  the  new  grand  master,  M.W.Bro.  Edward 
Cook,  in  a  brief  address,  extolled  the  M.W.  Grand  Lodge  of  Illinois  as 
the  "stalwart  advocate  of  the  doctrine  of  grand  lodge  sovereignty, 
and  the  vigorous  defender  of  the  independence  and  supremacy  of 
symbolic  Masonry  in  its  own  exclusive  domain,"  and  promising  his 
"best  effort  to  aid  in  maintaining  this  high  standard." 

Brother  Cunningham  says  there  is  much  of  the  Illinois  report  on 
correspondence  with  which  he  is  in  full  accord,  but  that  he  remains 
at  variance  with  some  of  our  views  "which  are  courteously  believed 
to  be  intolerant,  if  not  unfraternal,  in  their  expression  or  character." 
Following  are  some  of  the  things  complained  of: 

High  rites,  the  grand  dieta,  and,  occasionally  the  cipher  question, 
throughout  his  report,  still  receive  his  animadversions.  In  regard  to 
the  latter,  he  has  not  yet  corrected  his  absurd  statements  of  last 
year,  hitherto  sufficiently  noticed  by  your  committee — chimerical 
creations  of  his  own  brain,  concerning  an  imaginary  influence  of 
Scottish  Rite  "environments"  in  the  dissemination  of  cipher  rituals, 
of  which  he  said  that  "the  rapid  extension  of  the  so-called  high  rites" 
"has  familiarized  so  many  Masons  with  the  idea  of  printed  rituals, 
that  the  keen  edge  of  sensibility,"  incident  to  their  making,  "is  soon 
blunted  by  the  indifference  of  his  sophisticated  brethren."  In  his  re- 
view of  Vermont,  he  notes  the  quotation  of  his  views  in  that  connec- 
tion, but  without  any  dissent  whatever  therefrom.  He  attributes  the 
recognition  of  La  Gran  Dieta,  of  Mexico,  to  a  Scottish  Rite  influence 
which  he  terms  "a  revolutionary  propaganda,"  and  like  expressions. 


68  APPENDIX — PART  I. 


In  illustrations  of  our  sins  in  this  direction  he  quotes  some  frag- 
ments of  discussion  between  Brother  Drummond  and  ourself ,  among 
them  our  remarks  as  to  relative  aptitude  of  the  Scottish  Rite  and  the 
"York  Rite"  to  develop  mischief  making,  ambition  and  self  interest 
and  says: 

Brother  Robbins'  own  connection  with  the  Scottish  Rite,  and  the 
opportunity  he  has  had  of  knoioiny,  or,  at  least,  informing  himself, 
thatthe  grand'commander  of  either  the  northern  or  southern  jurisdic- 
tion of  the  United  States  has  not,  as  such,  "within  himself  the  germ 
of  an  imperial  dynasty,"  and  that  the  Scottish  Rite  does  not  afford  "a 
nidus  {nest)  exceptionally  favorable  to  the  development  of  ambition 
and  self-interest  such  as  cannot  exist  under  the  'York  Rite,'  "  is,  in 
itself,  a  sufficient  refutation  of  the  groundless  assumptions  and  ri- 
diculous statements  which  have  so  long  permeated  his  reports  in  that 
connection,  and  that,  too,  without  proof — other  than  his  own  chimer- 
ical inferences — derived  from  perhaps  its  symbolism,  symbolic  titular 
terminology,  etc.,  a  literal  construction  of  which,  even  in  the  York 
Rite,  would  be  of  equal  absurdity.  To  the  writer  it  would  seem  that 
the  inherent  love  cf  Craft  Masonry  would  be  paramount  with  all  Ma- 
sons to  that  of  any  other  Masonry.  It  should  not,  therefore,  be  in- 
ferred that,  because  loyal  Masons,  in  perhaps  mistaken  endeavors  for 
the  benefit  of  the  Craft,  have  placed  themselves  in  anomalous  posi- 
tions, and  thereby  have  been  sorely  misunderstood,  and,  as  in  one  no- 
table instance  in  the  past,  be  liable  to  the  charge  of  propagandists, 
imperialism,  one-man  power,  oligarchy,  etc..  as  was  the  case,  over 
thirty-five  years  ago,  with  the  organization  known  as  the  Conserva- 
tors' association,  whose  stated  principal  object  was  the  dissemination 
of  the  cipher  of  the  Webb  work,  known  as  the  Morris  mnemonics,  to 
attain  which  it  was  claimed  that  the  control  of  grand  lodge  elec- 
tions and  legislation  was  the  princijjal  means  by  which  such  dissemi- 
nation was  to  be  attained. 

Illinois  was  one  of  the  grand  jurisdictions  in  which  one  of  these 
bodies  had  a  thoroughly  organized  existence,  under  the  title  of  the 
"Conservators  Association  of  the  State  of  Illinois,""  and  of  which,  as 
the  Grand  Lodge  Proceedings  of  Illinois,  for  1862,  page  324.  show,  our 
esteemed  most  worshipful  brother  was  a  member,  and  perhaps  from 
that  connection  he  may  have  derived  his  fears  and  direful  dreams  of 
Masonic  imperialism,  oligarchies,  propagandas,  etc.,  although  the 
origin  of  that  organization  was,  beyond  question,  in  a  York- Rite 
nidus,  and  by  no  possibility  could  be  attributed  to  any  Scottish  Rite 
iniiuence. 

The  association  in  Illinois  had  comparative!}'  but  a  brief  exist- 
ence, as  the  war  made  upon  it  by  Grand  Master  F.  M.  Blair  and  Past 
Grand  Masters  Abraham  Jonas  and  Ira  A.  W.  Buck,  culminated  in 
1862  and  was  considered  by  grand  lodge  in  a  committee  of  the  whole 
resulting  in  a  renunciation  and  dissolution  of  the  association,  signed 
by  sixty-two  of  its  members,  of  which  our  most  worshipful  brother 
was  one,  as  noted  above,  and,  although  the  dissemination  of  a  cipher 
ritual  since  known  as  the  Morris  Webb  mnemonics,  was  a  well  known 
and  avowed  purpose  of  the  association,  yet  its  members  expressly 
stated,  in  their  renunciation,  "that  they  believe  the  purpose  of  said 
association  to  be  strictki  masonic,  and  loycd  to  this  grand  lodge.^''  but 
that,  as  its  continuance  would  appear  "to  have  the  effect  to  create 


MASONIC   CORRESPONDENCE.  69 


confusion  and  discord  among  the  brethren  of  this  jurisdiction,  owing 
to  its  objects  being  misunderstood."  the  sixty-two  members  men- 
tioned, therefore  withdrew  from  the  association,  and  declared  it 
"dissolved  " 

Are  we  now  to  infer  from  the  statements  of  M.W.  Brother  Rob- 
bins,  in  his  report  of  last  year,  as  well  as  in  the  current  volume  under 
review,  that  he  concedes  the  object  of  that  association  to  have  been 
an  "unauthorized  and  surreptitious  circulation  of  a  printed  cipher," 
and  if  a  cipher  ritual,  conceded  to  be  "unauthorized,"  and  its  circula- 
tion "surreptitious,"  was  deemed  to  be  strictly  Masonic  then,  how  is 
it  that  he  now  so  fiercely  inveighs  against  any  official  and  authorized 
cipher  suggestions  of  the  ritual?  Unless  he  has  really  changed  his 
opinions,  and  has  been  convinced  that  he  was  in  error — which  we  have 
never  deemed  a  possibility  with  our  eminent  brother — whom  we  con- 
cede to  be  more  stt  in  his  opinions  than — than  even  the  writer  hereof. 

We  have  been  too  busy  with  the  affairs  of  Masonry  proper  in  what 
time  we  could  spare  from  earning  a  livelihood  since  we  became  affili- 
ated with  the  Scottish  Rite  to  know  everything  that  a  member  of  the 
Thirty-second  degree  might  know  about  the  laws  governing  the  organ- 
..zation,  even  if  we  thought  it  worth  the  while  to  give  one's  time  and 
powers  to  the  study  of  something  in  whose  ultimate  interpretation 
and  application  he  can  have  no  part,  for  we  think  we  have  already 
observed  enough — both  before  and  since  we  got  into  the  outer  circle 
of  roya,lt3' — to  satisfy  us  that  inferences,  whether  chimerical  or  oth- 
erwise, will  have  to  content  one  of  our  outspoken  habit.  We  admit 
that  inferences  are  not  always  safe.  For  instance  when  we  got  our 
own  consent  to  take  the  accessible  Scottish  Rite  degrees  we  were 
finally  decided  by  an  inference  from  the  headlong  unanimity  with 
which  both  parties  to  the  Cerneau  war  disclaimed  all  intention  and 
all  right  to  create  lodges  of  symbolic  Masonry — the  Free  and  Ac- 
cepted Masonry  which  is  identified  by  the  charges  of  a  Freemason 
and  the  regulations  thereunto  annexed.  We  inferred  that  the  powers 
of  the  inaccessible  degree  had  finally  squarely  repudiated  all  claim  to 
the  right  which  it  was  formerly  alleged  they  "waived"  in  the  interest 
of  harmonJ^ 

The  inference  was  a  natural  one,  indeed  it  seemed  an  inevitable 
one,  as  natural  as  the  creditable  inference  of  our  brother  that  the 
inherent  love  of  Craft  Masonry  would  be  paramount  with  Masons  to 
that  of  all  other  Masonry. 

But  it  very  soon  appeared,  that  like  the  forecasts  of  the  weather, 
there  were  certain  areas  to  which  the  repudiation  didn't  apply  and 
were  able  to  see  the  enduring  aptness  of  Rabelais'  couplet: 

The  Devil  was  sick,  the  Devil  a  monk  would  be; 
The  Devil  was  well,  the  Devil  a  monk  was  he. 

Brother  Cunningham  leaves  it  to  be  inferred  by  his  language  that 
we  were  speaking  of  the  grand  commanders  of  the  supreme  councils 


70  APPENDIX — PART  I. 


of  the  two  jurisdictions  in  the  United  States  in  their  official  capacity 
as  the  parties  whom  we  understood  to  have  each  within  himself  the 
germ  of  an  imperial  dynasty,  when  in  fact  the  official  position  of  the 
parties  was  not  in  our  thought  and  did  not  get  into  our  speech.  We 
were  thinking  and  speaking  of  any  active  Thirty-third,  whatever 
might  be  his  position.  This  may  seem  to  him  a  more  ridiculous  state- 
ment than  if  predicted  of  a  grand  commander.  He  and  Brother 
Drummond  both  agree  that  it  is  ridiculous  as  he  will  see  by  referring 
to  our  notice  of  Maine  (ante).  He  will  also  see  by  the  same  reference 
some  of  the  obstacles  in  the  way  of  our  notion  being  laughed  out  of 
court,  and  at  the  same  time  relieve  us  of  the  necessity  of  going  over 
the  ground  again.  However,  that  he  may  not  misapprehend  our 
meaning  we  may  add  here  that  if  a  soverign  grand  inspector  general 
can  go  into  a  land  utterly  barren  of  Masonry  and  there  make  not  only 
Thirty-thirds  but  Masons  at  sight  and  establish  a  supreme  council 
that  shall  rightfully  possess  the  land,  we  are  at  loss  for  a  better  term 
for  the  something  within  himself  which  enables  him  to  do  this,  than 
the  "germ"  of  an  imperial  dynasty. 

Coming  now  to  the  conservator's  association  where  Brother  Cun- 
ningham 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  principal  ob- 
ject 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.  His  suggestion  that  perhaps  we  derived  our 
"fears  and  direful  dreams  of  Masonic  imperialism,  oligarchies  and 
propagandas,"  from  our  connection  with  that  association  is  quite 
wide  of  the  mark;  we  had  thought  too  little  about  anything  in  Ma- 
sonry but  its  ritual,  and  knew  too  little  of  the  existence  of,  or  the 
possibilities  involved  in,  dissent  from  the  original  plan,  to  have  any 
matured  opinions  on  these  subjects,  but  being  quite  proficient  in  the 
ritual  we  thought  we  knew  a  vast  deal.  The  observations  of  a  good 
many  years  since  then,  years  which  since  1882  have  been  startlingly 
prolific  of  object  lessons  in  the  methods  and  results  of  dissent  and  de- 
partures have  not  only  given  us  convictions  of  what  is  and  what  is 
not  Masonic  that  we  did  not  then  possess,  but  have  enabled  us  to  see 
that  the  Conservator's  rite  was  in  a  measure  instinct  with  the  mis- 
chievous tendencies  of  all  the  other  varieties  of  high  riteism. 

The  origin  of  the  Conservator's  rite  was  equally  with  all  the  other 
high  rites,  in  the  "York"  rite,  or  rather  a  departure  from  the  princi- 
ples and  methods  of  the  "York"  rite  by  individual  members  of  it,  and 
just  so  far  as  our  brother  can  find  in  it  what  is  inconsistent  with  the 


MASONIC   CORRESPONDENCE.  71 

principles,  structure,  and  methods  of  tlie  simple  Free  and  Accepted 
Masonr}^,  which,  for  convenience,  he  terms  the  York  rite,  he  is 
bound  to  accept  them  as  illustrations  of  liigh  riteism.  It  may  have 
had  within  itself  all  the  mischief-making  possibilities  of  the  "Scot- 
tish" rite,  but  if  it  had  it  did  not  live  long  enough  for  their  full  fruit- 
age. It  was  undoubtedly  a  propaganda,  and  in  some  measure  a  secret 
one,  and  hence  incompatible  with  the  free  and  above-board  methods 
which  are  essential  to  pure  and  genuine  Masonry;  and  the  survivors 
of  those  who  thirty-seven  years  ago  buried  the  Illinois  end  of  it  with 
the  keen  sorrow  which  was  natural  to  men  believing — as  every  one 
who  signed  the  act  of  dissolution  did  tlien  believe — its  purposes  to  be 
strictly  Masonic  and  loyal  to  their  grand  lodge,  because  its  continu- 
ance might,  from  a  misunderstanding  of  its  objects,  create  discord 
and  confusion  among  the  brethren  of  their  jurisdiction,  may  well  re- 
joice that  they  did  not  hazard  the  possibility  that  the  close  of  a  cen- 
tury of  its  existence  might  see  in  Illinois  thirty-eight  clandestine 
lodges  and  a  clandestine  grand  lodge  such  as  in  Ohio  today  stand  as 
monuments  to  the  discord-making  power  of  another  high  rite  propa- 
ganda. 

The  charge  of  evasion  in  the  matter  referred  to  in  the  following 
is  a  good  illustration  of  the  cry  of  "Stop  thief"  by  one  who  has  for- 
gotten the  difference  between  meum  and  teum: 

Brother  Robbins,  with  his  ifs  and  evasive  answer,  it  seems  still 
justifies  the  contumacious  action  of  a  so-called  Cerneau,  who  was  in 
open  and  avoiced  rebellion  against  the  enactments  of  the  Grand  Lodge 
of  Ohio,  and  who  refused  to  purge  himself  of  the  self-admitted  charge 
as  a  prerequisite  to  installation  as  an  officer  of  the  lodge.  And,  in 
this  connection,  he  also  says: 

"The  record  does  not  show  that  he  was  in  avowed  rebellion  against 
the  enactments  of  the  grand  lodge;  hence  there  is  no  basis  of  perti- 
nency for  that  portion  of  the  question." 

The  records  not  only  show  the  enactments  of  the  grand  lodge  of 
which  he  was  in  rebellion,  but  also  show  the  justifiable  action  of  Grand 
Master  Goodale  thereunder  in  the  case. 

We  reproduce  so  much  of  the  substance  of  what  we  said  in  re- 
stating the  case  referred  to,  in  the  report  he  has  under  review,  as 
may  be  necessary  to  bring  out  the  "evasion."  He  defended  the  ac- 
tion of  the  grand  master  of  Ohio  in  forbidding  the  installation  of  a 
senior  warden  elect  on  the  ground  that  he  was  an  avowed  Cerneau. 
We  said  that  he  did  not  avow  himself  such  when  called  upon  to  de- 
clare 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  declaration  on  other  grounds.  It  was  in  reference  to  this 
case  that  Brother  Cunningham  said 


72  APPENDIX — PART  I. 


And  then  he  endeavors  to  justify  the  contumacious  action  by 
saying  that  the  so-called  Cerneau  "based  his  declaration  upon  the 
ground  that  the  requirement  was  subversive  of  the  principles  of  Ma- 
sonry, an  innovation  that  he  was  in  duty  bound  to  resist,  and  if  he  was 
recognized  as  a  member  of  the  lodge  in  good  standing,  the  point  was 
indisputably  well  taken."' 

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  stand- 
ing, or  justified  in  refusing  to  purge  himself  of  the  charge  if  innocent? 

He  prints  only  our  demurrer  to  the  first  part  of  his  question  for 
lack  of  pertinency  which  we  plainly  set  forth,  with  a  lame  show  of 
reiterating  what  it  is  manifest  the  record  does  not  show,  accuses  us 
of  "evasion"  and  suppresses  what  followed  immediately  upon  that 
demurrer,  to-wit: 

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- 
tatingly that  we  think  he  is,  and  that  in  so  thinking  and  holding  we 
are  in  accord  with  the  opinions  of  Masonic  jurists  general!}- — 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  juris- 
prudence, w^orthy  of  the  name,  whether  civil  or  Masonic,  gives  but  one 
answer. 

Referring  to  our  discussion  of  the  denial  by  Ohio,  in  1887,  of  the 
right  of  a  lodge  to  instruct  its  master  upon  anj'  question  to  come 
before  the  grand  lodge,  we  said  that  a  hundred  and  seventy  j-ears  of 
unvarying  usage  had  recognized  the  right  as  indefeasible,  and  that 
his  effort  to  show  that  it  was  not  a  landmark  because  the  old  regula- 
tion recognizing  the  right  had  not  been  re-enacted  in  the  constitution 
of  the  Grand  Lodge  of  Ohio,  and  because  others  of  the  old  regulations 
were  not  regarded  as  landmarks,  did  not  touch  our  argument  unless  it 
could  be  shown  that  before  the  end  of  the  one  hundred  and  seventy  years 
the  absence  of  such  a  constitutional  enactment  had  been  construed  as 
a  denial  of  the  right.  We  have  again  pressed  him  to  produce  a  single 
instance  of  such  denial  in  the  history  of  his  grand  lodge.  It  has  not 
been  produced.  He  now  says  that  there  is  not  enough  in  the  question 
to  warrant  further  discussion.  If  a  question  so  fundamental  as  this 
is  trivial,  w^hat  are  the  Masonic  questions  that  are  worth  discussing? 

Oklahoma  — The  Oklahoma  report  for  1899  is  again  by  Grand  Sec- 
retary J.  S.  Hunt.  He  does  not  review  the  Illinois  proceedings  of 
1898,  but  gives  those  of  1897  extended  notice.     He  says  of  them: 

It  is  such  journals  as  this  that  has  placed  American  Masonry  in 
the  front  ranks  of  the  Masonic  world.  Not  for  the  magnitude  of  its 
jurisdiction,  with  its  more  than  700  subordinate  lodges  and  a  member- 
ship of  over  53,000,  with  a  working  force,  besides  its  board  of  grand 


MASONIC   CORRESPONDENCE.  73 

examiners,  of  thirty  district  deputy  grand  masters  and  sixty-four 
deputy  ^rand  lecturers,  but  from  the  fact  that  the  journal  teems 
with  sound  Masonic  lore  from  its  title  page  to  its  back  cover,  besides 
showing  marked  abilit}'  among  the  workers  of  the  grand  lodge,  from 
the  grand  master  to  chairman  of  correspondence  committee.  The 
journal  itself  is  a  perfect  ashler  well  fitted  by  the  builders'  hands  to 
be  adjusted  in  the  mystic  temple  of  this  great  jurisdiction. 

He  finds  the  address  of  Grand  Master  CoOK  a  thoroughly  business 
resume  of  his  official  acts,  and  conspicuous  for  the  entire  absence  of 
recorded  decisions.  He  quotes  from  it  at  some  length  on  the  subject 
of  work,  and  commends  the  remarks  to  the  brethren  of  his  own  juris- 
diction. He  wishes  all  of  them  could  have  the  privilege  of  reading 
the  address  of  Grand  Orator  Smith,  which,  he  says,  is  a  valuable  ad- 
dition to  Masonic  literature,  and  sets  us  to  guessing  by  saying'  that 
the  following'  proposed  amendment  was  very  properly  rejected: 

Every  petition  for  the  degrees  shall,  in  addition  to  the  questions 
and  statements  herein  prescribed,  bear  upon  its  face  the  following- 
question,  viz:  Masonry  not  being"  a  benefit  society,  have  you  seri- 
ously considered  whether  your  circumstances  will  enable  you  to  sup- 
port the  institution? 

The  Illinois  report  on  correspondence  receives  very  flattering 
comment  as  to  substance  so  interminfiled  with  some  not  so  flattering 
as  to  form,  which  we  may  possibly  copy  when  we  come  to  the  latter 
topic.  He  quotes  at  some  length  from  our  remarks  about  New  York's 
part  in  the  Peru  matter;  judges  from  our  compilations  that  "con- 
demnation of  the  growing  and  pernicious  practice  of  electioneering 
for  office  is  almost  or  quite  universal:'"  that  with  few  exceptions  the 
same  may  be  said  of  the  several  grand  lodges  in  the  matter  of  sanc- 
tioning the  use  of  the  secret  cipher,  in  which  his  own  opinion  is  that 
there  is  no  part  of  our  covenants  but  what  can  be  as  easily  ignored  as 
that  which  forbids  making  legible  any  part  of  the  esoteric  work,  and 
anent  our  remarks  on  Mexican  Masonry,  discloses  the  fact  that  his 
opinions  accord  very  closely  with  our  own. 

He  gives  space  for  the  whole  of  the  concluding  portion  of  our 
special  report  on  the  status  of  grand  bodies  claiming  governing  au- 
thority in  Masonry,  and  the  resolutions  appended  thereto. 

Oregon. — Past  Grand  Master  Robert  Clow,  who  gives  to  his 
grand  lodge  another  of  his  courteous  and  clear-headed  reports. reviews 
the  Illinois  proceedings  of  1897,  finding  space  in  his  limited  number  of 
pages  for  the  opening  of  Grand  Master  Scott's  excellent  address  and 
touching  all  its  points  that  are  of  general  interest,  as  he  does  also 
similiar  points  in  the  proceedings.  He  says  the  grand  master  very 
properly  holds  that  the  Mason  who  divulges  what  transpires  in  a  Ma- 
sonic lodge  does  violence  to  his  obligation  and  is  a  fit  subject  for  dis- 
cipline. 


APPENDIX— PART  I. 


Referring  to  his  remarks  about  Mexican  Masonry, in  his  notice  of 
the  Illinois  report  on  correspondence,  we  hope  to  quote  them  under 
another  head.  Quoting  from  our  remarks  on  Masonic  homes  in  our 
review  of  California,  he  commends  them  to  the  serious  consideration 
of  his  own  grand  lodge. 

In  view  of  an  approved  Oregon  decision  that  no  Oregon  lodge  can 
receive  and  act  upon  a  petition  from  a  non-affiliate  who  does  not  re- 
side within  the  geographical  jurisdiction  of  the  Grand  Lodge  of  Ore- 
gon, we  asked:  Can  an  Oregon  lodge  retain  as  a  member  one  who  has 
moved  out  of  that  jurisdiction? 

"To  which  we  reply,"  says  Brother  Clow,  "only  during  the  mem- 
bers' pleasure:  always  conceding  his  amenability  to  the  law  of  the 
jurisdiction  under  which  he  lives,"  and  we  hold  the  reply  to  be  a  per- 
fect statement  of  correct  law.  We  hold  also  that  he  has  a  right  to 
retain  his  membership  there  subject  to  the  same  amenability  to  the 
law  of  his  lodge,  and  moreover  that  a  denial  of  his  equal  correlative 
right  to  affiliate  with  any  lodge  that  will  receive  him  without  regard 
to  jurisdictional  lines  is  bad  law — the  denial  of  a  principle  which  is 
of  universal  application,  viz:  that  "a  Master  Mason  is  free  of  the 
guild."  Anent  another  approved  decision,  the  following  we  asked: 
Does  his  installation  bar  proceedings  for  non-payment  of  dues  for  the 
official  term? 

If  a  lodge  elects  a  brother  to  an  office  who  is  in  arrears  for  dues 
for  one  year,  and  duly  installs  him  without  a  protest,  his  term  of  office 
cannot  be  disputed  or  questioned. 

He  replies: 

Under  our  law,  the  right  to  resign  or  dimit  is  denied  an  elective 
officer  who  has  been  installed:  hence,  it  is  considered  inconsistent  and 
improper  for  the  lodge  to  accomplish  for  him  by  the  process  of  strik- 
ing from  the  roll  what  the  law  denies  to  him  personally. 

Would  the  same  consideration  be  a  bar  to  proceedings  for  unma- 
sonic  conduct? 

In  closing  his  notice  of  our  report,  Brother  Clow  speaks  of  it  in 
terms  which  constitute  the  best  part  of  a  reviewer's  wages. 

In  Brother  Clow's  report  for  1899— in  the  Oregon  proceedings 
just  received — he  reviews  our  proceedings  for  1898  in  a  very  flatter- 
ing way,  although  he  finds  at  the  very  outset  something  to  criticize: 

The  opening  prayer  by  the  grand  chaplain,  Bro.  Abel  M.  White, 
is  printed  at  length  in  the  proceedings.  We  cannot  approve  the 
practice,  and  believe  this  custom  observed  by  a  few  grand  lodges 
would  be  "more  honored  in  the  breach  than  in  the  observance."  It  may 
please  the  chaplain  if  he  is  a  vain  man,  and  there  are  such,  but  can 
serve  no  good  purpose. 


I 


MASONIC  CORRESPONDENCE.  75 

It  is  due  to  Brother  White  and  all  his  predecessors  whose  prayers 
have  found  their  way  into  print,  to  say  that  they  did  not  furnish  the 
"copy,"  nor  did  the  practice  grow  out  of  a  sugg-estion  from  any  one 
of  them.  It  began  with  the  first  employment  of  a  stenographer  in 
our  grand  lodge,  and  if  any  grand  master  since  that  time  has  been 
inclined  to  order  its  discontinuance,  he  has  probably  hesitated  to  do 
so  lest  his  action  should  seem  to  be  invidious.  If  it  answers  no  other 
good  purpose  it  at  least  serves  to  show  how  easy  it  is  for  an  innova- 
tion to  become  usage. 

He  refers  to  the  opening  of  Grand  Master  Cook's  address  as  an 
eloquent  tribute  to  the  loyalty  of  the  brethren  who  promptly  re- 
sponded to  the  country's  call  in  the  late  war  with  Spain,  and  copies 
his  concluding  words  as  worthy  of  preservation.  Of  one  subject 
treated  in  it  he  forcibly  says: 

It  would  seem  that  an  innovation  had  been  introduced  by  some  of 
the  lodges  in  shape  of  robes,  uniforms,  military  drills,  inappropriate 
music,  superfluous  appliances  and  paraphernalia,  which  received,  as 
it  should  the  condemnation  of  the  grand  master,  which  was  strongly 
emphasized  by  the  committee  on  his  address.  This  disposition  on  the 
part  of  Ancient  Craft  lodges  to  ape  the  theatrical  scenes  and  gaudy 
display  of  ephemeral  institutions  bearing  no  relation  and  having  no 
resemblance  to  Masonry,  either  in  letter  or  spirit,  merits  the  sever- 
est condemnation,  not  only  because  it  is  an  innovation,  but  because 
it  diverts  the  mind  from  the  contemplation  of  the  principles  of  mor- 
ality taught  in  the  work,  and  thus  the  sublime  lessons  involved  in  the 
initiator}"  ceremonies  in  the  several  degrees  become  of  secondary  im- 
portance, if  not  entirely  overlooked. 

And  of  the  oration: 

An  excellent  oration  was  delivered  before  the  grand  lodge  by 
M.W.  Bro.  John  Corson  Smith,  grand  orator,  upon  the  subject  of  the 
"Universality  of  Freemasonry,  the  Glory  of  Our  Fraternity  and  the 
Pride  of  our  Brotherhood."  No  one  is  better  qualified  to  speak  of 
the  universality  of  Masonry  than  our  distinguished  brother,  who  has 
traveled  extensively  in  foreign  countries,  and  speaks  from  personal 
observation  and  experience.  The  address  to  be  appreciated  [should 
be  read  entire,  and  we  regret  that  we  cannot  accord  it  in  full  a  place 
in  this  report. 

Of  the  remarks  of  the  jurisprudence  committee  touching  cases 
of  discipline  which  had  been  aggravated  by  zealous  paid  attorneys, 
with  consequent  frightful  expense  and  cumbersome  records,  he  says: 

We  can  appreciate  their  embarrassment  in  the  "paid  attorney" 
difficulty,  for  we  have  seen  its  baneful  effects  on  more  than  one  oc- 
casion in  our  own  grand  lodge,  and  agree  with  the  committee  that 
the  abatement  of  the  evil  will  be  a  difficult  proceeding. 

He  reproduces  the  conclusions  of  the  special  report  of  this  com- 
mittee on  the  status  of  governing  bodies,  as  of  interest  and  invalu- 
able for  reference. 


76  APPENDIX — PART  I. 


Referring  to  the  report  on  correspondence,  he  expresses  decided 
opinions  which,  like  his  reference  to  our  views  on  negro  Masonry, will 
be  found  elsewhere  in  this  report.  He  quotes  in  full  our  introductory 
remarks  on  Mexican  Masonry;  what  we  had  to  say  on  methods  of 
electioneering  for  office  and  on  the  West  Virginia  law  requiring  a 
master  elect  to  be  able  to  confer  the  degrees  as  a  prerequisite  to  in- 
stallation, and  with  expressed  approval  our  conclusions  on  cremation. 

Pennsylvania. — The  correspondence  report  is  the  work  of  five 
hands,  done  on  the  farming  out  plan.  Whether,  as  before,  the  work 
all  passed  under  the  scrutiny  of  the  chairman.  Past  Grand  Master 
Michael  Arnold,  is  not  stated.  Illinois  is  reviewed  by  Bro.  Bush- 
rod  Washington  James,  who  takes  up  in  their  order  the  proceedings 
of  1897  and  1898.  In  his  notice  of  the  former  he  quotes  the  opening 
sentences  of  Grand  Master  Scott's  address  and  finds  several  items  of 
interest  in  his  record  of  public  work,  quoting  his  remarks  on  the  gen- 
eral principles  governing  the  appearance  of  lodges  in  public,  and 
anent  his  declaration  that  "no  Masonic  lodge  can  properly  be  seen  in 
public  merely  for  show  or  to  help  others  to  make  a  show,"  offers  the 
suggestion  that  a  public  installation  of  officers  is  a  show.  He  also 
reproduces  the  grand  master's  reflections  on  the  growing  evil  of  pub- 
icity  in  Masonic  matters. 

The  report  on  correspondence  is  characterized  as  most  elaborate 
and  yet  concise,  and  the  chairman  is  credited  with  having  "displayed 
considerable  editorial  ability  in  his  work,  as  it  exhibits  care  and 
thoroughness." 

In  his  review  of  the  volume  for  1898  he  quotes  from  the  exordium 
of  Grand  Master  Cook,  touches  upon  the  more  important  parts  of 
his  address,  and  reproduces  its  conclusion  with  the  remark:  "The 
conclusion  of  his  address  is  so  beautiful  that  we  present  it  in  his  own 
words."  He  finds  space  for  the  appreciative  words  of  the  grand  mas- 
ter on  the  valuable  services  rendered  by  the  district  deputy  grand 
masters,  and  quotes  his  animadversions  on  attempts  to  enlarge,  orna- 
ment and  spectacularize  the  ceremonies,  with  hearty  approbation. 

Of  the  Illinois  report  on  correspondence  he  says: 

There  are  one  hundred  and  sixty-four  pages  in  the  report  of  the 
committee  on  foreign  correspondence,  which  this  year  appears  in 
topical  form  and  shows  most  careful  reading  of  reports  of  sister  jur- 
isdictions with  extensive  gleanings. 

He  copies  our  remarks  touching  the  labor  involved  in  the  different 
forms  of  report,  but  expresses  no  opinion  of  their  relative  value. 

Quebec— Bro.  Will  H.  Whyte  furnishes  another  of  his  excellent 
reports,  in  which  he  reviews  Illinois  for  1898.  He  notes  with  regret 
the  absence  of  Past  Grand  Master  Cregier,  whom  he  has  very  pleas- 


MASONIC   CORRESPONDENCE.  77 

ant  recollections  of  meeting,  both  in  our  grand  lodge  and  in  several 
of  the  Chicago  commanderies;  touches  briefly  several  points  in  the 
address  of  Grand  Master  Cook,  which  he  says  is  long  and  complete, 
and  pays  a  high  compliment  to  the  extremely  interesting  paper  de- 
livered by  Grand  Orator  Smith,  regretting  his  lack  of  space  to  re- 
produce it. 

He  copies  the  conclusion  of  the  special  report  of  this  committee 
on  the  status  of  governing  bodies,  of  which  he  later  says; 

His  article  on  "Recognizable  Lodges"  shows  much  research  and 
study,  and  his  conclusions  on  the  status  of  many  of  the  continental 
and  Latin  grand  bodies,  coincides  with  that  of  M.W.  Brother  Cham- 
bers and  ourself. 

He  gives  our  general  report  a  very  pleasant  and  fraternal  notice, 
noting  its  topical  form  without  expressing  any  opinion  of  the  policy 
of  adopting  it,  and  we  are  sorry  to  observe  that  he  misunderstood  us 
as  complaining  that  Illinois  did  not  get  more  space  in  his  last  report. 
We  thought  our  allowance  was  generous— for  the  length  of  his  re- 
port— but  our  reference  to  the  number  of  pages  given  Illinois  was  un- 
fortunately calculated  to  give  a  different  impression. 

South  Carolina. — As  usual  the  able  correspondence  report  of  this 
grand  lodge  is  by  Grand  Secretary  Charles  Inglesby.  He  reviews 
the  Illinois  proceedings  of  1897  in  a  very  thorough  manner.  He  epit- 
omizes the  most  important  points  in  the  Siamese-twin  circulars  sent 
to  district  deputies  and  lodges  by  Grand  Master  Scott,  which  he  found 
so  admirable  that  only  want  of  space  prevented  him  from  inserting 
them  in  full.  He  notices  also,  to  approve,  the  grand  master's  con- 
demnation of  appeals  by  lodges  for  aid  in  the  purely  business  enter- 
prise of  building,  and  on  a  cognate  subject  sandwiches  his  own 
approving  views  with  those  of  Brother  Scott,  as  follows: 

Under  the  head  of  "Relief  of  the  Distressed,"  the  following  is 
sound  Masonic  doctrine,  and  should  be  heeded  everywhere.  "There 
is  apparently  a  growing  tendency  on  the  part  of  brethren  ana  lodges 
to  slight  appeals  for  aid  made  to  relieve  worthy  distressed  M.M.'s, 
their  widows  and  orphans.  There  is  no  higher  obligation  resting  on  a 
Mason  than  to  assist  a  brother  in  distress.  This  is  purely  voluntary, 
but  it  is  none  the  less  binding  on  the  brethren  on  that  account.  Its 
beauty  is  in  its  freedom  from  all  restraints  except  the  sense  of  broth- 
erly care  and  duty.  Only  two  conditions  are  imposed.  It  shall  be  for 
actual  necessity  and  in  such  sums  as  the  brother's  ability  will  permit 
in  justice  to  himself  and  family/'  In  former  reports,  for  many  years 
we  have  been  preaching  this  doctrine  which  is  understood  by  the  large 
majority  of  Masons.  A  case  of  real  need  is  brought  before  a  lodge 
and  therefore  is  brought  to  the  attention  of  every  Mason  present. 
When  the  application  is  read,  it  is  frequently  referred  to  the  commit- 
tee on  charity  "with  power  to  act,"  although  it  is  perfectly  well 
known,  that  the  condition  of  the  lodge  treasury  is  such  that  there  is 
no  fund  available  to  the  committee.     The  Masons  present,  although 


APPENDIX — PART  I. 


many  of  them  are  quite  able,  feel  no  individual  obligation  to  respond 
to  the  appeal,  considering  that  the  formal  and  useless  reference  to 
the  lodge  committee  relieves  them  of  all  responsibilit}'. 

Of  the  address  as  a  whole,  he  says: 

The  address  is  a  very  able  paper  and  shows  that  the  grand  master 
has  very  faithfully  labored  to  perform  all  the  duties  pertaining  to 
his  high  station.  The  committee  speak  of  it  in  flattering  terms,  but 
are  a  little  unfortunate  in  speaking  of  the  grand  master's  "rapid  pro- 
gress in  poetic  proficiency  and  rythmic  preorations."  It  may  not  have 
been  intended,  but  it  sounds  very  like  sarcasm. 

One  decision  puzzles  him: 

"The  name  of  an  objector  to  the  initiation  of  a  candidate  should 
be  kept  secret,  but  an  objector  to  advancement  to  the  degrees  of  F.C. 
and  IM.M.  must  be  made  known,  if  demanded  b}?  the  candidate."'  We 
do  not  clearly  understand  what  the  decision  means.  "Objector," 
what  does  that  mean?  With  us,  the  only  way  in  which  an  "objector" 
to  initiation  signifies  his  objection,  is  by  voting  a  black  ball — and  the 
ballot  cannot  be  enquired  into — nor  can  any  one  lawfully  inform  the 
lodge  how  he  voted.  We  have  a  ballot  for  advancement  to  each  de- 
gree, and  the  same  rule  applies  to  these  ballots  as  to  the  ballot  for 
initiation.  But  after  a  candidate  has  been  elected^  objection  may  be 
raised  to  his  receiving  the  degree.  In  such  case  our  law  requires 
that  the  objector  shall  assign  a  reason  for  his  objection,  or  prefer 
charges,  as  the  case  maj'  be.  and  upon  the  validity  of  which,  in  the 
former  case  the  master,  and  in  the  latter,  the  lodge,  will  pass.  In 
many  jurisdictions,  there  is  only  one  ballot  for  the  three  degrees.  If 
that  is  the  Illinois  rule,  then  the  grand  master's  decision  is  in  accord- 
ance with  our  own  law. 

He  has  guessed  the  conundrum  pretty  nearly  correctly.  Illinois 
returned  to  the  ancient  practice  of  a  single  ballot  for  all  the  degrees 
in  1875.  "Objector"'  with  us,  as  with  him,  signifies  objection  after 
election  and  is  held  to  be  strictly  a  supplementary  right — it  does  not 
come  into  existence  until  after  the  immemorial  right  of  objection  by 
ballot  has  been  exhausted.  After  election,  but  before  initiation,  it 
is  held  to  be  an  unqualified  right  and  is  guarded  like  the  black  ball; 
after  initiation  it  is  qualified  by  the  fact  that  it  is  lodged  against  a 
brother,  one  who  has  acquired  the  right  to  be  heard  in  his  own  defense 
— if  he  desires  it — on  any  allegation  which  would  debar  him  from  ad- 
vancement. Practically  the  laws  of  both  jurisdictions  are  alike 
and  in  both  rest  on  the  same  principle. 

Anent  the  application  of  the  Grand  National  Lodge  of  Egypt  for 
recognition  he  copies  the  statements  made  in  the  application  and 
says:     "These  are  certainly  strong  claims  to  recognition." 

Ere  this  he  has  seen  the  grounds  on  which  this  committee  asked 
further  time  in  the  matter,  and  why  recognition  has  not  been  ex- 
tended. 


MASONIC   CORRESPONDENCE.  79 


He  says  of  Brother  Mason's  address: 

(The  orator  was  R.W.  the  Hon.  William  E.  Mason,  U.S.  senator.) 
The  oration  was  on  "The  Evolution  of  a  Nation."  It  is  clever,  funny, 
and  short.  But  it  is  better  adapted  for  a  school  picnic,  or  some 
lyceum  lecture  than  for  a  grand  lodge  of  Masons,  inasmuch  as  it  has 
nothing  whatever  in  it  that  is  peculiar  to  Masonry.  It  is  a  hotch- 
potch of  fun,  folly,  wisdom,  politics,  and  every  conceivable  thing  ex- 
cept Masonry. 

Of  the  Illinois  report  on  correspondence  he  sa3's  that  it  discusses 
almost  every  conceivable  question  of  Masonic  law  and  copies  from  it 
a  brief  hint  of  what  we  think  the  law  should  be  on  the  making  of  lodge 
by-laws. 

Tennessee.— Past  Grand  Master  George  H.  Morgan  presents 
another  excellent  report  on  correspondence,  and  has  under  considera- 
tion the  Illinois  proceedings  of  1898.  He  says  of  the  address  of  Grand 
Master  Cook  that  "it  is  an  able,  interesting  presentation  of  the 
doings  of  the  Masons  of  this  large  and  growing  jurisdiction  during 
the  past  year,"  and  as  an  evidence  of  his  appreciation  copies  the  ex- 
ordium in  full. 

The  oration  of  Past  Grand  Master  Smith  is  characterized  as 
"profound  and  deeply  interesting." 

His  very  fraternal  notice  of  our  report  on  correspondence  relates 
chiefl}^  to  its  topical  form — which  we  can't  find  it  in  our  heart  to 
blame  him  for  not  liking — and  we  shall  save  his  remarks  as  a  contri- 
bution to  that  portion  of  this  report. 

Texas. — The  Texas  report  is  from  the  long-practiced  hand  of  Past 
Grand  Master  Thomas  M.  Matthews— Sr.  It  comes  awkward  to 
add  the  senior  to  the  long  familiar  name,  and  we  find  ourself  wonder- 
ing whether  Brother  Matthews  has  taken  to  adding  it  because  his 
son  Tom  has  attained  his  majority,  or  whether  it  is  because  he  has — 
and  only  recently- — traveled  the  road  that  so  many  good  brothers  and 
fellows  have  taken  before  him. 

Glancing  at  our  treasur}-  balance  it  strikes  him  that  our  grand 
lodge  is  "pretty  well  fixed." 

"The  address  of  the  grand  master"  he  says,  "is  well  written  and 
furnishes  pleasant  reading,  though  giving  account,  as  he  tells  us,  of 
only  'routine  work.'  " 

He  notes  the  absence  of  reported  decisions,  and  the  very  terse, 
plain  language  in  which  the  grand  master  condemns  the  use  of  "robes, 
uniforms,  military  drills,  stage  settings,  theatrical  scenes,  inappro- 
priate music,  and  other  superfluous  appliances  and  paraphernalia" 
by  the  lodges  in  conferring  the  degrees. 


80  APPENDIX — PART  I. 


The  address  of  Grand  Orator  Smith  is  characterized  as  verj'  in- 
structive and  practical. 

His  remarks  about  the  form  of  our  report  we  shall  give  elsewhere, 
as  we  shall  also  what  he  has  to  say  to  us  personally  about  negro 
Masonry,  the  spirit  of  which  we  so  thoroughly  appreciate.  The  lat- 
ter subject,  and  what  we  have  to  say  of  Mexican  Masonry  he  would 
like  to  mention  more  at  length,  but  we  can  see  that  at  the  late  mo- 
ment at  which  our  proceedings  were  receiv-ed  he  could  not  do  more 
than  in  the  following: 

We  do  not  feel  inclined  to  discuss  them  now,  and  if  we  did  we  have 
not  the  time  at  this  late  hour.  We  will,  therefore,  now  only  endeavor 
to  correct  an  error  into  which  Brother  R.  has  fallen  in  regard  to 
Chism,  who  has  been  so  potent  a  factor  with  him  in  the  Mexican 
muddle.  Rephnng  to  Brother  Miller  of  Kansas,  who  twits  him  for 
giving  Chism  the  fraternal  title.  Brother  R.,  as  it  seems,  with  more 
impatience  than  he  usually  exhibits,  says:  "We  neither  know  nor 
care  upon  what  grounds  the  imperial  authorities  in  Mexico  continue 
to  accord  the  fraternal  title  to  Brother  Chism;  we  only  know  that  it 
was  conferred  upon  him  by  a  competent  body  of  Free  and  Accepted 
Masons,  working  under  authority  of  the  Grand  Lodge  of  Missouri,  and 
that  he  is  entitled  to  wear  it  until  dispossessed  by  some  body  of  Ma- 
sons equally  lawful."  We  wish  to  say  to  Brother  R.  what  we  had  'till 
now  supposed  he  knew,  that  this  has  been  done  alread}'.  Chism,  as 
is  truly  stated,  was  made  a  Mason  by  Toltec  Lodge.  He  has  since 
been  regularly  tried  in  and  expelled  by  Toltec  Lodge.  '"Sauce  for 
the  goose  is  sauce  for  the  gander,  too."  Now  don't  brother  him  any 
more.  Brother  Bobbins. 

Standing  by  itself,  what  he  quotes  from  us  does  look  a  little  like 
impatience,  but  no  impatience  was  felt.  We  were  talking  to  a  busy 
man  who  knew  the  value  of  time  and  wouldn't  care  to  have  us  waste 
words.  We  observe  that  Brother  Matthews  did  not  quite  appre- 
hend the  full  meaning  of  what  we  said  to  Brother  Miller.  We  were 
aware  that  the  ghost  of  Toltec  Lodge  had  assumed  to  expel  their 
former  master,  but  this  was  after  that  body  had  committed  hari  kari 
by  accepting  a  charter  from  the  gran  dieta,  after  being  disowned  by 
its  natural  and  unnatural  mother,  Missouri.  Brother  Matthews' 
failure  to  apprehend  us  came  from  his  forgetting  for  the  moment 
that  we  do  not  recognize  the  constituents  of  the  gran  dieta  as  being 
capable  of  either  conferring  upon  or  divesting  any  person  of  the 
Masonic  status:  and  as  we  have  not  yet  heard  that  Chism  has  -com- 
mitted Masonic  hari  kari  by  joining  some  alleged  lodge  which  we  con- 
sider equalh^  incapable — and  we  know  of  no  other  sort  in  Mexico, 
whether  connected  with  the  gran  dieta  or  not — we  presume  him  to 
be  in  the  condition  of  a  lawful  Mason  unaffiliated,  and  so  continue  to 
call  him  Brother  Chism. 

Utah. — Grand  Secretary  CHRIS  Diehl  presents  another  of  his 
able,  piquant,  and  sparkling  reports  such  as  we  have  been  reviewing 


MASONIC   CORRESPONDENCE.  81 

off  and  on  for  almost  a  quarter  of  a  century,  in  which  Illinois  gets  the 
customary  fraternal  mention.  His  review  is  of  the  first  year  of  Grand 
Master  Cook's  administration,  and  of  his  address  he  says: 

The  grand  master's  address  is  the  carefully  prepared  histor3'  of  a 
busy  and  eventful  year.  Its  language  is  plain  and  clear,  and  although 
it  fills  twentj^-seven  pages,  is  not  a  bit  too  long  for  the  mass  of  mat- 
ter he  had  to  present  to  grand  lodge  for  revision.  In  the  exordium, 
patriotic  and  Masonic  sentiments  are  elegantly  interwoven. 


By  instructions  of  the  grand  master,  R.W.  W.  E.  Ginther.  one  of 
the  oldest  deputy  grand  lecturers,  translated  the  Standard  Monitor 
in  the  German  language.  The  work  was  satisfactoril}-  accomplished 
and  will  be  of  valuable  service  to  the  German  speaking  lodges.  Quite 
a  difference  between  Illinois  and  Pennsylvania.  One  fosters  the  Ger- 
man speaking  lodges,  the  other  tries  its  level  best  to  wipe  them  out 
of  existence.  The  grand  master  recommended  the  election  of  a 
"Trial  Board'"  to  try  charges  instead  of  the  whole  lodge.  The  com- 
mittee on  jurisprudence  said:  "A  'Trial  Board,'  as  suggested,  does 
not  seem  to  your  committee  to  be  a  practicable  expedient."'  In  Utah 
charges  are  tried  by  five  commissioners,  elected  by  the  lodge.  The 
sentence  and  penalty  rests  with  the  commissioners.  The  trial  causes 
but  little  trouble  and  works  satisfactoril}'  in  our  jurisdiction.  The 
following,  in  the  address,  will  be  approved  b}-  every  true  Mason,  who 
has  ever  seen  the  Third  Degree  conferred  in  a  Chicago  lodge,  dressed 
in  costly  robes:  "The  use  of  expensive  robes,  and  the  introduction  of 
uniforms,  military  drills,  stage  settings,  theatrical  scenes,  inappro- 
priate music,  and  other  appliances  are  things  unknown  to  Ancient 
Craft  Masonry,  and  foreign  to  our  ceremonies  as  taught  and  prac- 
ticed at  our  schools." 

He  pays  the  following  deserved  compliment  to  the  oration: 

Past  Grand  Master  John  Corson  Smith  delivered  a  grand  and 
patriotic  address  on  "Freemasonry  Universal.  The  Glorj'  of  Our  Fra- 
ternity and  the  Pride  of  Our  Brotherhood."  To  reproduce  selections 
from  the  oration  would  be  useless.  The  whole  of  it  ought  to  be  read. 
We  invite  our  brethren  to  call  at  the  library  and  do  so.  It  will  make 
any  brother  who  reads  it  proud  that  he  is  a  Mason. 

He  kindly  refers  to  the  special  report  of  this  committee  on  the 
status  of  governing  bodies,  real  and  alleged,  as  "a  mighty  valuable 
and  instructive  document,  which  will  be  f requentl}-  referred  to  in  the 
future." 

His  more  than  generous  characterization  of  our  general  report 
refers  in  part  to  its  form  and  so  may  possibl}'  appear  under  another 
head. 

Vermont. — The  Vermont  report  is  as  usual  by  Past  Grand  Master 
Marsh  O.  Perkins,  and  up  to  his  accustomed  level  in  all  things  which 
give  this  branch  of  work  real  value. 

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82  APPENDIX — PART    I. 


"The  address  of  the  grand  master  (Scott)  is,"  he  says,  "a  mas- 
terly Masonic  state  paper,  reflecting-  the  distinguished  ability  with 
which  he  had  continued  the  administration  of  his  office."'  He  thus 
summarizes: 

He  announces  the  refusal  of  all  applications  of  lodges  to  appear 
in  public  "merel3'  for  show  or  to  help  others  make  a  show;"  he  tersely 
and  wisely  remarks,  that  if  a  lodge  of  itself  cannot  erect  a  building, 
it  should  do  as  others  have  done  for  years,  rent  a  suitable  home,  not 
beg  funds  to  build:  deprecates  the  increasing  practice  of  giving  pub- 
licity to  the  doings  of  Masonic  bod*ies;  gives  eight  correct  interpreta- 
tions of  the  law;  and  hits  the  nail  squarely  on  the  head  in  calling 
hurried  work,  poor  work. 

He  raises  one  eyebrow  at  the  approved  resolution  declaring  it  un- 
wise for  lodges  to  adopt  any  system  of  life  membership,  saying  that 
it  is  not  so  found  in  many  jurisdictions;  notes  the  fact  that  the  grand 
orator  of  the  preceding  year.  Vice-president  Stevenson,  was  this 
year  followed  by  a  United  States  senator,  and  copies  the  concluding' 
words  of  Brother  Mason's  "eloquent  address." 

In  his  genial  notice  of  the  Illinois  report  on  correspondence,  he 
says: 

Vermont  for  1897  is  accorded  three  pages  of  fraternal  notice  and 
mild  criticism,  with  commendation  of  Grand  Master  Haskins'  ad- 
dress, and  quotation  from  the  reports  of  the  committees  on  jurispru- 
dence and  correspondence.  He  likes  to  "keep  track"  of  things,  even 
if  he  doesn't  "understand"  them,  and  therefore  makes  note  of  an 
item  of  revenue,  viz:  "Eighty-eight  sets  of  lectures,  $44,"  in  the  report 
of  the  finance  committee,  but  without  further  comment.  If  he  had 
asked  for  information,  as  to  the  same,  we  might  possibly  have  been 
able  to  give  it,  but  under  the  circumstaces  will  leave  him  to  "work  it 
out." 

It  will  probably  always  be  among  our  regrets  that  we  didn't  put 
our  curiosity  into  the  interrogative  form,  but  we  have  now  struck  the 
sort  of  temperature  which  is  supposed  to  prevail  where  repentance  is 
unavailing;  it  is  too  hot  to  "work"  anything  that  can  be  shirked,  and 
since  he  has  not  volunteered  the  information  hinted  at,  we  must  pass 
the  conundrum  to  those  living  nearer  the  poles. 

He  does  us  the  honor  to  copy  the  concluding  portion  of  our  intre- 
ductory  remarks  anent  the  Wisconsin  proposition,  and  also,  more 
briefly,  as  to  the  danger  lurking  in  the  diversity  of  regulations  con- 
cerning jurisdiction  over  rejected  candidates;  and  while  agreeing 
with  us  that  fraternal  comity  should  govern,  gently  and  perhaps 
justly  criticises  us  for  applying  the  term  waspish  to  grand  lodges  when 
standing  out  for  their  rights.  However,  we  intended  to  be  understood 
as  applying  it  only  to  those  grand  lodges  who  are  so  tenacious  of 
their  own  rights  as  to  forget  that  other  grand  lodges  also  have  rights 
grounded  in  the  same  principle. 


MASONIC   CORRESPONDENCE.  83 

We  forgive  his  printer  and  proofreader  for  making  us  say  that 
signs  were  not  wanting  that  there  would  soon  be  nothing  left  of  the 
Mexican  grand  diet  ''but  a  diet  o/ worms,"  when  we  said  a  diet /or 
worms. 

The  Vermont  proceedings  for  1899  have  just  come  to  hand — at 
nearly  half-past  the  eleventh  hour  so  far  as  our  work  is  concerned — 
but  there  are  some  things  that  we  ought  to  get  into  this  report,  al- 
though we  considered  the  door  closed  long  ago.  In  Brother  Perkins' 
notice  of  Illinois  he  refers  to  the  setting  of  two  of  our  bright  partic- 
ular stars,  Cregier  and  Hawley — who  in  life  had  been  so  close  and 
in  death  were  not  long  divided — and  says  that  Vermont  joins  with 
Illinois  in  memorial  offering  and  fraternal  tribute:  and  the  commit- 
tee on  necrologj-  in  speaking  of  Brother  Cregier  say: 

He  was  grand  master  in  1870  and  1871.  During  his  term  as  grand 
master  the  great  Chicago  tire  devastated  the  city  and  called  forth 
that  magnificent  outpouring  of  charity,  amounting  to  over  ninety- 
thousand  dollars,  which  will  long  stand  as  the  greatest  example  of 
the  liberality  and  practical  benevolence  of  the  ancient  Craft. 

Brother  Perkins  quotes  from  Grand  Master  Cook's  exordium, 
and  touching  his  reference  to  the  service  of  our  senior  grand  warden, 
Col.  George  M.  Moulton,  in  the  Spanish  War,  claims  part  proprie- 
torship in  him  as  of  Vermont  lineage  if  not  actually  a  native  of  the 
Green  Mountain  State.  He  quotes  approvingly  from  Brother  Cook's 
remarks  about  unauthorized  departures  from  the  work,  and  from  his 
eloquent  conclusion. 

He  also  makes  a  liberal  excerpt  from  the  ''eloquent  oration"  of 
Past  Grand  Master  Smith. 

Noting  the  special  report  of  this  committee  on  the  status  of  gov- 
erning bodies,  and  stating  what  of  them  are  comprised  in  the  class 
referred  to  as  "Recognized  Grand  Lodges,"  he  says: 

Thus  far  no  one  will  question  his  opinion,  but  when  it  comes  to 
this  classification  under  the  second  and  third  heads,  one  may  right- 
fully query  if  he  has  not  at  times  allowed  prejudice  to  pervert  his 
judgment.  However  that  may  be,  Brother  Bobbins  has  not  committed 
his  grand  lodge  to  his  opinion,  and  in  time  may  be  convinced  that 
legitimate  recognizable  Masonry  may  be  found  in  independent  grand 
bodies,  governing  symbolic  Masonr}-  only,  even  if  originating  from 
the  Scottish  Rite. 

A  careful  reading  of  the  whole  report,  or  of  that  portion  of  it 
which  refers  to  the  previous  utterances  of  Illinois  on  this  subject, 
will  show  that  it  would  have  been  superfluous  for  the  grand  lodge  to 
have  reiterated  its  accord  with  the  opinions  expressed  therein  in  any 
more  formal  manner  than  is  shown  by  the  record,  and  we  fancy  that 
if  Brother  Perkins  had  heard  the  debate  which  preceded  the  vote  he 


84  APPENDIX — PART  I. 


would  not  have  cherished  any  doubt  about  the  opinion  of  that  body. 
It  is  possible  that  we  maybe  convinced  that  legitimate  Masonry  may 
be  found  in  bodies  bearing  no  resemblance  to  a  grand  lodge  though 
assuming  to  govern  symbolic  lodges:  but  simply  to  assure  us  that  we 
are  prejudiced  is  not  so  likely  to  produce  that  conviction  as  for  some 
unprejudiced  brother  to  try  and  make  it  as  plain  to  us  as  it  is  to  him, 
how  the  Masons  who  created  these  bodies  got  absolved  from  their 
engagements  to  perpetuate  and  administer  Masonry  upon  no  other 
than  the  grand  lodge  plan. 

No  man  has  ever  been  made  a  Mason  under  the  grand  lodge  S3's- 
tem  who  did  not  become  such  only  on  the  condition  of  agreeing  to 
obey  a  constitution  claiming  supreme  and  exclusive  control  of  the 
Masonry  of  which  he  then  became  a  part.  No  grand  lodge  has  ever 
authorized  the  making  of  Masons  in  any  body  save  a  lodge  that  was 
a  component  part  of  itself.  When  the  grand  lodge  system  was  insti- 
tuted there  were  no  governing  bodies  of  any  other  plan  in  existence 
and  nothing  to  make  one  out  of;  the  grand  lodge  plan  absorbed  it  all. 
Whoever,  therefore,  married  the  esotery  of  Masonry  to  something 
other  than  the  grand  lodge  plan,  it  is  certain  that  he  or  they  had 
obtained  that  esotery  surreptitiously,  clandestinely,  and  were  conse- 
quently impostors;  or,  if  they  were  originally  lawfully  possessed  of 
that  esotery  but  had  put  it  to  an  unlawful  use  in  violation  of  their 
primary  engagements,  were  in  a  double  sense  law-breakers,  being  also 
dissenters  from  the  original  plan  of  Masonry  in  violation  of  the  in- 
stallation covenants.  These  installation  covenants,  like  the  primary 
covenants  of  a  Mason,  antedate  the  existence  of  any  plan  of  Masonry 
but  the  original,  being  coeval  with  the  institution  of  the  grand  lodge 
system  and  manifestly  intended  to  secure  the  perpetuation  of  Ma- 
sonry unchanged. 

Three  of  them  are  as  follows: 

VIII.  You  promise  to  respect  genuine  brethren, and  to  discounte- 
nance impostors,  and  all  dessentors  from  the  original  plan  of  Ma- 
sonry. 

XI.  You  admit  that  it  is  not  in  the  power  of  any  man  or  body  of 
men  to  make  innovations  in  the  body  of  Masonry. 

XIII.  You  admit  that  no  new  lodge  shall  be  formed  without  per- 
mission of  the  grand  lodge;  and  that  no  countenance  be  given  to  any 
irregular  lodge,  or  to  any  person  clandestinely  initiated  therein,  being 
contrary  to  the  ancient  charges  of  Freemasonry. 

Brother  Perkins  and  ourself  gave  our  assent  to  these  charges  as 
a  condition  of  being  intrusted  with  the  government  of  our  lodges, 
and  each  of  us  have  exacted  the  same  assent  from  each  of  the  many 
masters  we  have  installed.     Why? 


MASONIC   CORRESPONDENCE. 


When  he  shall  have  answered  this  question  we  shall  perhaps  be 
able  to  see  with  him  how  the  Scottish  Rite  ever  did  or  ever  could  get 
into  the  possession  of  Symbolic  Masonry. 

Of  our  general  report  he  says: 

As  in  the  past  he  has  been  about  the  only  apparent  champion  of 
Cerneauism,  so  now  he  seems  to  be  the  only  correspondent  who  has 
touched  upon  the  subject,  to  uphold  the  action  of  the  Grand  Lodge  of 
Washington  relative  to  negro  Masonry.  In  this  he  shows  consist- 
ency; as  the  two  are  closely  bound  by  the  ties  of  that  peculiar  con- 
sanguinity, illegitimacy. 

Inasmuch  as  Brother  Perkins  knows  that  we  have  not  only  not 
appeared  to  be  the  champion  of  Cerneauism  in  these  reports — and  we 
have  not  aired  our  opinion  on  the  subject  elsewhere  except  as  our 
action  in  affiliating  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  dis- 
cussion of  such  questions.  We  can  afford  to  forego  the  tempting  field 
for  discussion  offered  by  the  "consanguinity"  of  "illegitmacy"  and 
content  ourself  with  thanking  him  for  the  pleasanter,  if  not  sincerer 
things  which  follow  it. 

Virginia. — The  Virginia  report  is  the  work  of  Bro.  J.  W.  Eggles- 
TON — we  wish  we  knew  his  name,  but  we  have  to  put  up  with  the  ini- 
tials— and  excellent  work  it  is,  fresh,  crisp,  and  full  of  thought.  He 
reviews  Illinois  for  1898,  touching  rapidly  the  more  important  por- 
tions of  Grand  Master  Cook's  address,  but  tarries  longer  over  the 
oration,  anent  which  he  says: 

The  orations  delivered  b}^  regularly  appointed  grand  orators  are 
usually  beautiful  specimens  of  the  art  from  the  lips  of  finished  mas- 
ters, but  as  a  rule  there  is  nothing  in  them  demanding  quotation  or 
comment,  but  the  one  published  in  the  Illinois  proceedings,  which 
was  delivered  by  Past  Grand  Master  John  Corson  Smith,  contains 
Masonic  lore  too  valuable  to  lose.  Of  course  only  a  comparatively  brief 
extract  of  the  most  striking  parts  can  be  copied  here. 

Continuing,  he  gives  in  summarizing,  quotations  and  apprecia- 
tive comment  a  page  and  a  half  to  the  paper.  He  is  even  more  gener- 
ous of  space  and  labor  to  the  report  on  correspondence  report,  giving 
to  it  a  couple  of  pages  of  his  own  handiwork,  and  not  withstanding 
some  decided  differences  of  opinion,  speaks  of  it  in  most  generous 
terms.  He  indulges  in  some  genuine  and  hence  valuable  criticism  on 
its  topical  form  which  we  pass  for  the  present.  He  barely  touches  the 
topics  until  he  comes  to  Mexican  Masonry,  where  he  dwells  longer, 
although  he  has  treated  the  subject  more  exhaustively  under  Colo- 
rado.    On  this  topic  he  says: 

This  subject  is  also  treated  at  great  length  on  the  same  plan,  and 
contains  too  much  of  what  we  have  already  read  (and  written)  on  this 


86  APPENDIX — PART  I, 


subject  and  too  little  of  Brother  Robbins'  own  clear  reasoning.  But 
what  he  does  give  us  of  the  latter  not  only  hews  to  the  line  but  em- 
phasizes one  of  the  most  important  points  that  has  been  raised  against 
the  grand  dieta,  to-wit:  the  fact  that  being  a  Scottish  Rite  body  it 
and  its  lodges  are  the  creatures  of  the  so-called  Holy  Empire,  and 
that  this  supreme  power  is  to  blame  for  all  the  evil  deeds  done  in  the 
name  of  Masonry  in  Mexico.  As  we  have  more  than  once  explained, 
we  not  only  wish  to  be  understood  as  in  no  sense  criticizing  the  Scot- 
tish Rite  bodies  of  the  numerically  higher  degrees  but  also  of  Sym- 
bolic Masonry  where  they  occupy  the  territorv,  only  being  an  entirely 
different  order,  we  as  Masons,  know  nothing  of  them  and  should  of- 
ficially utterly  ignore  their  existence.  (See  Colorado.)  Won't  some 
grand  master  have  the  nerve  to  charter  Yorlc  Rite  lodges  all  over 
Mexico  and  let  us  get  this  question  settled? 

His  reference  to  Virginia  in  the  following  is  entitled  to  a  place: 

Under  "Non-affiliation  and  non-payment  of  dues,"  he  gives  the 
views  of  many  reviewers  including  Brother  Alexander's.'  He  quotes 
Brother  Alexander  as  sa3nng  that  we  do  deprive  Masons  of  their 
Masonic  standing  "without  due  trial"  by  suspending  them  for  non- 
payment of  dues,  but  as  the  statement  was  made  in  discussing  non- 
affiliation  it  is  hardly  fair  to  hold  him  stricth^  to  it  as  applied  to  the 
question  of  the  justice  of  it;  for  we  do  at  least  give  a  sort  of  trial  and 
always  serve  a  citation,  and  if  it  can  be  shown  that  citation  was  not 
served  the  action  is  not  legal.  There  is  little  use  in  going  with 
Brother  Robbins  over  all  the  ground  covered,  for  the  remedy  for  non- 
affiliation  is  yet  undiscovered.  How  would  an  annual  clean-up  by 
grand  lodge  suspension  of  all  non-affiliates  of  a  3^ear"s  standing  do"? 

His  concluding  sentence  reflects  the  unsettled,  if  not  crude,  con- 
dition of  his  thought  on  the  subject,  which,  indeed,  he  elsewhere  con- 
fesses. Since,  however,  he  makes  a  suggestion  towards  a  cure,  we 
will  make  another — a  little  judicious  letting  alone. 

Of  another  topic  he  says: 

After  exhaustively  treating  the  Eastern  Star  question  Brother 
Robbins  has  some  very  sensible  remarks  to  make  against  the  Masonic 
recognition  of  the  order,  and  says  that  since  Masons  have  learned  that 
women  have  actually  (?)  been  made  Masons  in  Mexico  there  has  been 
quite  a  sobering  up  on  this  subject.  He  also  points  out  a  new  danger; 
that  if  Masons  belonging  to  the  order  familiarize  themselves  with 
the  fact  that  their  female  relatives  are  being  deluded  into  the  belief 
that  they  have  a  part  of'  Masonry,  they  will  in  some  cases  come  to 
conclude  that  they  ought  to  have  it  all. 

Perhaps  we  did  not  make  the  concluding  point  quite  clear,  at 
least  it  does  not  now  seem  so  as  reflected  in  his  version.  What  we 
aimed  to  bring  out  was  this:  That  if  the  male  relatives  of  the  women 
who  belong  to  the  order  of  the  Eastern  Star  were  willing  to  be  party 
to  the  delusion  of  the  latter  that  they  possess  some  portion  of  real 
masonry,  they  were  in  a  fair  way  to  the  conclusion  that  they  ought  to 
possess  it. 


MASONIC   CORRESPONDENCE.  87 

Washington. — The  Washington  report  is  two  parts  the  work  of 
the  grand  secretary,  Past  Grand  Master  Thomas  Milburne  Reed, 
and  one  part  by  the  incoming  grand  master,  William  H.  Upton. 
The  latter  reviews  Illinois  for  1897.  As  we  cannot  shorten  up  what 
he  says  of  Grand  Master  Scott's  address — which  he  characterizes  as 
able  and  exceptionally  well  written — we  quote: 

Besides  reporting  routine  matters,  the  grand  master  commented 
on  "a  growing  tendency  to  slight  appeals  for  aid,"  doing  work  hur- 
riedl}',  and  hence  poorly,  and  giving  to  the  press  and  others  informa- 
tion as  to  doings  of  lodges.  In  the  latter  connection  we  are  glad  to 
note  the  case  of  a  Mason  who  was  suspended  for  having,  as  a  bank 
cashier,  answered  an  inquiry  from  a  business  house  by  saying  that 
the  man  whose  business  standing  was  asked  for  had  been  expelled 
from  the  lodge. 

We  are  a  trifle  surprised  to  find  Brother  Scott  recommending  the 
brethren  to  use  the  unhistoric  formula  "A.  F.  &  A.  M.,"  especially  as 
he  tells  us  that — though  "erroneously"  the  act  of  the  legislature  in- 
corporating the  grand  lodge  stj^lesit  of  "Free  and  Accepted  Masons" 
— omitting  the  word  "Ancient."  We  have  the  same  feeling  when  we 
find  in  the  record  that  the  charter  of  the  lodge  was  arrested  because 
it  refused  to  receive  charges  against  one  of  its  members.  In  Wash- 
ington the  first  question  voted  on  is  "Shall  the  charges  be  accep'.ed?"' 

There  is  a  good  deal  of  sound  sense  in  the  following  explanation 
of  his  refusal  to  approve  an  appeal  from  one  of  their  lodges  to  the 
others  for  aid  in  rebuilding  its  building,  although  we  consider  it  per- 
fectly proper  to  ask  for  gifts  that  are  entirely  voluntary,  for  we  are 
all  brethren  and  man}-  are  able  and  willing  to  give. 

The  laws  of  Washington  and  Illinois  are  identical  as  to  the  ac- 
ceptance of  charges,  but  a  lodge  anywhere  may,  while  keeping  within 
the  letter  of  the  law,  demonstrate  its  unfitness  to  be  the  keeper  of  the 
good  name  of  Masonry. 

Our  requirement  that  each  member  of  a  committee  of  inquir}- 
shall  make  private,  verbal  report  to  the  master,  impresses  him  as  an 
excellent  law. 

The  following  betokens  careful  reading: 

An  application  from  the  National  Grand  Lodge  of  Egypt,  for  rec- 
ognition, was  referred  to  the  committee  on  correspondence.  While 
we  are  not  quite  sure  that  the  origin  of  this  most  interesting  body 
comes  quite  up  to  the  very  strict  standard  prescribed  by  Brother  Rob- 
bins,  we  trust  he  will  see  his  way  clear  to  recommend  recognition.  If 
he  does  not,  we  shall  note  with  interest  what  response  he  can  frame 
to  a  very  shrewd  letter  from  the  Egyptian  grand  master,  in  which, 
after  pointing  out  that  Bros. William  J.  Hughan  andH.R.H.  the  Duke 
of  Connaught  are  among  its  past  senior  grand  wardens, and  Past  Grand 
Master  Gen.  .John  Corson  Smith,  of  Illinois,  is  its  honorary  past  grand 
master,  he  adds — italics  ours: 

"By  reason  of  the  close  and  fraternal  relationship  which  has  arisen 
between  the  Egyptian  j^nd  Illinois  Freemasons,  having  its  origin  mf/ie 


APPENDIX — PART  I. 


visitations  of  our  Egyptian  brethren  to  the  Illinois  lodges  during'  the  world- 
famed  Chicago  exposition  of  1893,  and  the  return  visits  of  traveling  hreth- 
7'e'>i/ro??iiZ/«?iois  to  our  Egyptian  lodges,  we  seem  nearer  the  Grand  Lodge 
of  Illinois  than  any  other  American  grand  lodge." 

And  the  following  discloses  the  fact  that  Brother  Upton,  like 
almost  every  reviewer  who  has  noticed  the  subject,  supposes  that  the 
amendment  consisted  of  the  declaration  he  quotes,  when  in  truth  that 
reversion  to  the  dark  ages  occurred  when  our  code  was  adopted, 
twenty-four  years  ago.  We  agree  that  the  statement  that  the  non- 
payment of  dues  "is  an  infraction  of  Masonic  law  and  a  violation  of 
a  Masonic  covenant"  is  an  unfit  survival,  and  we  tried  our  best  to 
strangle  it  at  its  birth: 

A  proposal  to  revert  to  the  dark  ages  of  Masonry,  by  declaring  the 
neglect  to  pay  dues  "an  infraction  of  Masonic  law  and  a  violation  of 
a  Masonic  covenant,"  subjecting  the  offender  to  punishment,  went  over 
till  next  year. 

He  has  this  epigrammatic  reference  to  the  oration: 

The  grand  orator,  U.S.  Senator  William  E.  Mason,  delivered  a 
short  address  that  would  have  been  interesting  anywhere,  and  as  ap- 
propriate anywhere  as  in  a  grand  lodge.  We  regret  that  we  have  not 
space  to  reproduce  it. 

He  says  a  great  deal  of  the  Illinois  report  on  correspondence,  and 
among  other  things  the  following: 

His  first  paragraph  omits  to  note  neither  that  Grand  Master  Bla- 
lock's  "fine  Italian  face  looks  out  from  a  half-tone  on  the  fly-leaf" 
nor  the  report  that  at  Brother  Haller's  funeral  "the  Masonic  burial 
service  was  supplemented  by  the  service  of  the  Scottish  Rite" 
"elicited  no  comment." 

We  might  tell  him  that  the  fact  did  elicit  comment  at  the  time  it 
occurred;  but  the  further  fact  that  those  who  caused  it  to  be  so  were 
willing  that  the  record  should  show  that  the  "service  of  the  Scottish 
Rite"  occurred  after  the  "Masonic"  services  were  e«c7ecZ— and,  there- 
fore presumably  without  the  cognizance  of  the  grand  lodge — and 
stood  upon  the  same  plane  as  that  of  the  "military  order  of  the  Loyal 
Legion,"  sufficed  to  restrain  open  comment  at  the  annual  communi- 
cation. Since  Grand  Master  Zeigler's  day,  this  grand  lodge  has  never 
questioned  his  opinion— Code  I  661 — that  mixed  funerals  are  "adulter- 
ous." 

He  further  says: 

He  is  equally  kind  in  his  comment  on  our  Code  and  just  in  his  ad- 
miration of  Brother  Arthur's  oration;  after  which  he  reviews  in  an 
appreciative  spirit  our  correspondence  report,  which  he  pronounces 
"all  pie  and  no  crust."  One  of  his  concluding  sentences,  however, 
like  the  words  "courage  and  sincerity"  which  we  have  quoted  under 
"England"  from  Bro.  R.  F.  Gould,  disturb  us  greatl3\  We  had  just 
received  from  Brother  Reed  a  pile  of  proceedings — North  Carolina, 
Tennessee,  Texas,  et  al., — in  w  hich  we  are  lectured  soundly  for  not  turn 


MASONIC   CORRESPONDENCE.  89 


ing  the  other  cheek  with  sufficient  meekness  when  our  grand  lodge  is 
assailed  and  for  being  "caustic"  and  "sarcastic"  when  we  deal  with 
infringements  of  landmarks  and  distortions  of  facts:  and.  bowing  to 
our  betters,  we  had  just  about  decided  to  cultivate  the  meekness  of 
Moses,  and  to  trj^  to  tone  down  our  offensive  literary  style  by  a  thor- 
ough course  in  some  Sunday-school  library,  when  along  came  Brother 
Robbins  and  after  intimating  that  he  shall  expect  us  to  write  again, 
after  service  in  the  grand  east,  adds — 

"We  may  expect — perhaps  fear — that  his  pen  will  [then]  be  a  lit- 
tle less  free."' 

So  between  our  advisers — the  meek  and  humble  kind  on  the  one 
hand,  and  men  like  Gould  and  Robbins,  who  do  not  hesitate  to  call  a 
s  pade  a  spade,  on  the  other,  we  are  disposed  to  take  to  the  woods. 

When  American  Freemasonry  reverts  so  closely  to  the  ancient 
landmarks  that  even  the  ferocity  of  a  Dean  Swift,  the  sarcasm  of  an 
Aristophanes,  and  the  coarse  wit  of  a  Juvenal,  all  rolled  into  one,  will 
be  more  than  sufficient  to  make  an  impression  upon  those,  in  and  out 
of  the  guild  of  correspondence  committees,  who  are  daily  advocating 
or  defending  innovations  and  unmasonic  practices,  the  chief  need  of 
correspondence  committees  will  be  gone.  Until  then  let  us  not  com- 
plain if  a  man  occasionally  "speaks  out  in  meeting,"  or  takes  as  his 
model  the  most  caustic,  sarcastic,  and  uncompromising  writer  in  the 
guild — Brother  Robbins,  of  Illinois. 

As  usual,  we  had  decided  that  the  proportions  of  his  report,  both 
in  quantity  and  quality,  would  preclude  us  from  attempting  any  re- 
view of  it,  and  compel  us  to  simply  advise  the  brethren  to  procure 
and  read— nay  ^;^Kf7v  it.  But  to  illustrate  what  we  have  said  above, 
we  wish  to  make  two  quotations  which  we  hold  to  be,  first,  models  of 
style  in  a  correspondence  report,  and,  second,  more — "vituperative," 
if  our  critics  like  that  word,  than  anything  we  have  written. 

Acknowledging  the  surprising  compliment  in  the  matter  of 
"style,"  we  confess  to  no  less  surprise  at  his  estimate  of  other  quali- 
ties which  he  either  finds  or  reads  into  our  writings.  A  man  is  no- 
toriousl}'  a  poor  judge  of  his  own  picture,  whether  it  be  printed  by  the 
sun  or  drawn  by  the  pen,  and  in  view  of  this  it  gives  us  a  sort  of  creepy 
feeling  to  think  of  the  possibility  that  our  words  might  bear  fruit — 
after  their  hitherto  unsuspected  kind — in  a  soil  already  choked  with 
the  luxuriance  of  its  indigenous  growth. 

Referring  to  two  matters  in  our  report  about  which  he  asks  for 
further  light,  he  quotes  the  following  from  our  review  of  Maine: 

The  labors  of  the  real  historians  of  the  institution  have  already 
made  it  certain  *  *  *  that  the  installation  charges,  designed  to 
place  the  grand  lodge  structure  and  representative  character  of  Ma- 
sonry beyond  the  possibility  of  lawful  change,  antedated  by  j-ears  any 
departure  from  the  then  existing  policy. 

And  continues: 

What  we  desire  to  ask,  How  old  are  the  present  installation  charges 
— we  mean  substantially,  in  the  main  in  their  present  form?    The  ex- 


90  APPENDIX— PART  I. 


tract  g'iven  above  appears  to  intimate  that  they  existed  prior  to  any 
of  these  Masonic  centers  of  authority  on  the  continent  which  were 
not  errand  lodges.  But  is  that  the  case?  A  monograph  on  the  his- 
tory of  those  charges  would  be  a  valuable  contribution  to  Masonic 
literature.  We  are  aware  that  there  were  "Charges  of  a  Master" 
and  "Charges  of  Wardens"  in  1723,  but  is  there  any  reason  to  suppose 
they  were  practically  identical  with  ours? 

Our  statement  was  based  upon  what  we  think  is  a  recollection  of 
having  seen  substantially  the  present  installation  charges  bound  in 
the  same  covers  with  the  charges  of  a  Freemason,  published  by  Wil- 
liam Hunter,  London,  1723.  If  our  recollection  is  at  fault  it  can  be 
corrected  by  Grand  Secretary  Nickerson,  of  Massachusetts,  of  whom 
we  borrowed  the  copy  of  the  original  edition  referred  to,  ten  years 
ago. 

In  the  other  matter  we  questioned  the  correctness  of  the  Missis- 
sippi decision  that  a  bastard  is  ineligible  for  initiation,  which  was 
confessedly  based  on  the  IVth  of  the  ancient  charges,  which  says 
that  the  candidate  "should  be  descended  of  honest  parents,"  which 
charge  the  Mississippi  committee  thought  was  founded  upon  an  older 
regulation  in  which  the  words  used  are  "and  no  bastard."  Of  this  we 
said:  In  this  they  follow  MaCKEY,  but  we  think  the  point  is  far- 
fetched, and  as  illegitimacy  is  not  hinted  at  in  the  unwritten  law  we 
do  not  think  it  was  alluded  to  in  the  charges  of  a  Freemason.  We  do 
not  know  why  we  did  not  add  as  an  additional  reason  for  our  opinion 
— as  it  had  long  lain  in  our  mind — that  at  that  time  when  the  institu- 
tion was  catering  for  the  patronage  of  the  nobility,  the  latter  did  not 
lose  their  social  standing  if  their  escutcheons  were  marked  with  the 
bar  sinister.     He  says: 

What  we  wish  to  ask  is,  at  the  time  Anderson's  charges  of  a  Free- 
mason were  "digested"'  from  the  older  versions  had  not  the  word 
"honest"  when  applied  to  a  woman  the  meaning  "chaste,"  and  that 
meaning  so  well  established  that  there  is  no  essential  difference  be- 
tween Anderson's  version  and  say,  the  McNab  paragraph  of  1722,  viz.: 
"Such  as  are  of  good  and  honest  parentage  descended,  that  no  scandal 
may  be  imputed  to  ye  Science  of  Masonry,"  and  "and  whose  parents 
live  in  good  fame  and  name?" 

Our  recollection  is  that  some  of  the  M.S.  versions  confirm  this 
view  by  having  after  the  words  "honest  parents,"  as  a  gloss,  the  words 
"that  is,  no  bastard,"  but  our  authorities  are  not  at  hand. 

We  cannot  answer  except  with  the  suggestion  we  have  given 
above. 

West  Virginia.— The  grand  secretary.  Past  Grand  Master  George 
W.  Atkinson,  presents  the  correspondence  report  as  usual.  His 
notice  of  Illinois  is  for  1898,  touching  briefly  some  points  of  Grand 
Master  Cook's  address  and  giving  a  paragraph  from  the  closing  por- 


MASONIC  CORRESPONDENCE.  91 

tion.  He  also  jiives  a  lengthy  excerpt  from  the  able  address  of  Past 
Grand  Master  Smith,  and  quotes  g-enerously  from  the  Illinois  report 
on  correspondence,  on  putting  lodges  in  leading  strings,  electioneer- 
ing for  office,  and  Mexican  Masonry,  adding  on  the  latter  subject 
some  comments  of  his  own  which  we  hope  to  quote  elsewhere. 

Wisconsin.— Past  Grand  Master  Aldro  Jenks  presents  another 
of  his  excellent,  clear  cut  reports,  in  which  the  Illinois  proceedings 
for  1898  receive  their  share  of  attention.  He  says  that  Grand  Master 
Cook  appears  to  have  discharged  his  duties  with  discretion  in  the 
rather  unusual  number  of  cases  requiring  discipline  which  presented 
themselves  for  his  action,  and  with  a  high  regard  for  the  best  inter- 
ests of  Masonry,  and  he  copies  with  full  approval  the  grand  master's 
condemnation  of  attempts  to  improve  upon  and  spectacularize  the 
work  and  the  use  of  robes  and  foreign  trappings  therein.  The  oration 
of  Past  Grand  Master  Smith  he  says  is  a  production  of  more  than  or- 
dinary merit  and  copies  from  it  a  closing  sentence. 

Of  the  special  report  of  this  committee,  he  says: 

Under  the  heading  of  "Recognized,  Recognizable,  and  Other 
Governing  Bodies."  Brother  Robbins  gives  a  terse  and  thoughtful 
dissertation  concerning  the  different  bodies  scattered  throughout  the 
world  claiming  to  be  Masonic  that  are  knocking  at  the  door  of  Amer- 
ican grand  lodges  for  recognition,  giving  a  list  of  the  grand  lodges 
that  are  entitled  to  recognition,  of  those  whom  he  deems  to  be  with- 
out authority  in  SA^mbolic  or  Graf t  Masonry,  as  well  as  an  intermedi- 
ate class,  which  in  the  present  state  of  our  knowledge  it  is  deemed 
expedient  neither  to  accept  nor  reject  as  lawful  members  of  the  Ma- 
sonic body.  If  we  mistake  not,  this  portion  of  his  work  will  be  found 
very  useful  to  committees  on  correspondence  throughout  the  United 
States. 

He  expresses  a  rather  unfavorable  opinion  of  the  topical  form  of 
our  general  report,  anent  which  he  says: 

The  subject  of  "Negro  Masonry"  is  also  taken  up  and  discussed 
quite  fully.  The  report  of  the  committee  of  the  Grand  Lodge  of 
Washington  being  quoted  in  full.  Brother  Robbins  apparently  coin- 
cides with  the  committee  appointed  by  the  Grand  Lodge  of  Washing- 
ton to  investigate  and  report  upon  this  subject,  at  the  same  time 
expressing  a  doubt  as  to  whether  the  Grand  Lodge  of  Washington  has 
gone  far  enough  to  afford  any  benefit  to  the  so-called  colored  lodges. 

He  himself  treats  the  same  subject  elsewhere. 

Wyoming — Grand  Secretary  William  L.  Kuykendall  gives 
another  of  his  crisp  surveys  of  the  Masonic  field,  taking  in  Illinois 
for  1897. 

While  we  think  Grand  Master  Scott'S  estimate  in  the  following 
is  borne  out  by  the  facts,  we  are  also  of  the  opinion  that  Brother 
Kuykendall  agrees  with  him  too  much — that  is,  that  he  places  the 
estimate  of  the  proportion  of  dead  beats  too  high. 


92  APPENDIX — PART  I. 


Under  the  headinsf  "Relief  Boards"  he  says:  "Most  of  those  who 
apply  for  aid  are  impostors,  professional  beggars,  and  chronic  dead 
beats."  It  is  safe  to  say  that  ninety-nine  applicants  in  everyone  hun: 
dred  are  not  entitled  to  any  assistance  from  the  Fraternity  and  mem- 
bers as  well  as  lodges  should  give  them  a  wide  berth.  If  an  applicant 
has  nothing  to  show  be3'ond  an  examination  that  he  is  in  good  stand- 
ing, let  him  apply  elsewhere. 

In  his  fraternal  notice  of  our  report  he  says: 

He  is  opposed  to  the  recognition  of  Mexican  Masonry  as  it  has 
existed  and  now  remains  of  doubtful  quality.  We  are  of  the  same 
opinion.  We  now  have  on  our  table  two  circulars  from  the  grand 
masters  of  Maine  and  New  York  respectively,  declaring  that  inasmuch 
as  Peru  has  declared  against  the  use  of  the  Bible  on  Masonic  altars 
and  substituted  the  book  of  constitutions,  non-intercourse  is  estab- 
lished between  those  jurisdictions  and  the  grand  lodge  and  Masons  of 
that  country  and  annulling  the  grand  representatives'  commissions. 
The  Grand  Dieta  of  Mexico  not  only  did  the  same  thing,  but  made 
members  of  women.  It  is  true  the  latter  has  since  recanted  on  both. 
We  have  no  assurance  of  stability  on  these  points.  For  that  and 
other  reasons  which  may  be  given  elswhere,  it  is  better  to  let  such 
Masonry  severely  alone. 

Elsewhere  he  expresses  the  opinion  that  too  manj^  "shady"  grand 
diets,  orients,  etc.,  have  obtained  recognition  in  this  country,  the 
Grand  Lodge  of  Peru  being  a  startling  example. 

NEGRO  riASONRY. 

This  subject  was  made  one  of  the  topics  of  our  report  last  year, 
it  having  been  brought  to  the  front  by  the  action  of  the  Grand  Lodge 
of  Washington  anent  the  report  of  a  committee  to  whom  was  referred, 
in  1897,  the  petition  of  certain  colored  men  claiming  to  be  "Free  and 
Accepted  Masons  of  African  descent,"  and  appealing  to  the  Grand 
Lodge  of  Washington  to  "devise  some  ways  whereby"  they  "as  true, 
tried,  and  trusty  Masons"  could  be  brought  "in  communication  with 
and  enjoy  the  fraternal  confidence  of  the  members  of  the  Craft"  in 
that  state.  The  report  of  that  committee  was  submitted  at  the  an- 
nual communication  in  1898,  and  will  be  found  on  page  110  of  our  re- 
port for  that  year.  We  here  reproduce  only  the  resolutions  appended 
to  the  report  and  adopted  by  the  grand  lodge  "by  a  nearly  unanimous 
vote:" 

Resolved,  That,  in  the  opinion  of  this  grand  lodge,  Masonry  is  uni- 
versal; and,  without  doubt,  neither  race  nor  color  are  among  the  tests 
proper  to  be  applied  to  determine  the  fitness  of  a  candidate  for  the 
degrees  of  Masonry. 

Resolved,  That  in  view  of  recognized  laws  of  the  Masonic  institu- 
tion, and  of  facts  of  history  apparently  well  authenticated  and  worthy 
of  full  credence,  this  grand  lodge  does  not  see  its  way  clear  to  deny 
or  question  the  right  of  its  constituent  lodges,  or  of  the  members 
thereof,  to  recognize  as  brother  Masons,  negroes  who  have  been  ini- 


MASONIC   CORRESPONDENCE.  93 


titated  in  lodges  which  can  trace  their  origin  to  Prince  Hall  Lodge 
No.  451),  organized  under  the  warrant  of  our  R.W.  Bro.  Thomas 
Howard,  Earl  of  Effingham,  acting  grand  master,  under  the  authority 
of  H.R.H.  Henry  Frederick,  Duke  of  Cumberland,  etc.,  grand  master 
of  the  Most  Ancient  and  Honorable  Society  of  F.  &  A.  Masons  in  Eng- 
land, bearing  date  September  29,  A.L.  578-4,  or  to  our  R.W.  Bro.  Prince 
Hall,  master  of  said  lodge;  and,  in  the  opinion  of  this  grand  lodge, 
for  the  purpose  of  tracing  such  origin,  the  African  Grand  Lodge  of 
Boston,  organized  in  1808— ^subsequently  known  as  the  Prince  Hall 
Grand  Lodge  of  Massachusetts,  the  first  African  Grand  Lodge  of 
North  America  in  and  for  the  Commonwealth  of  Pennsylvania,  or- 
ganized in  1815,  and  the  Hiram  Grand  Lodge  of  Pennsylvania  may 
justly  be  regarded  as  legitimate  Masonic  grand  lodges. 

Resolved,  That  while  this  grand  lodge  recognizes  no  difference  be- 
tween brethren  based  upon  race  or  color,  3'et  it  is  not  unmindful  of 
the  fact  that  the  white  and  colored  races  in  the  United  States  have 
in  many  ways  shown  a  preference  to  remain,  in  purely  social  matters, 
separate  and  apart.  In  view  of  this  inclination  of  the  two  races — 
Masonry  being  pre-eminently  a  social  institution — this  grand  lodge 
deems  it  to  the  best  interest  of  Masonry  to  declare  that  if  regular 
Masons  of  African  descent  desire  to  establish,  within  the  state  of 
Washington,  lodges  confined  wholly  or  chiefly  to  brethren  of  their 
race,  and  shall  establish  such  lodges  strictly  in  accordance  with  the 
landmarks  of  Masonry,  and  in  accordance  with  Masonic  law  as  here- 
tofore interpreted  by  Masonic  tribunals  of  their  own  race,  and  if  such 
lodges  shall  in  due  time  see  fit  in  like  manner  to  erect  a  grand  lodge 
for  the  better  administration  of  their  affairs,  this  grand  lodge,  having 
more  regard  for  the  good  of  Masonry  than  for  any  mere  technicality, 
will  not  regard  the  establishment  of  such  lodges  or  grand  lodge  as  an 
invasion  of  its  jurisdiction,  but  as  evincing  a  disposition  to  conform 
to  its  own  ideas  as  to  the  best  interests  of  the  Craft  under  peculiar 
circumstances;  and  will  ever  extend  to  our  colored  brethren  its  sin- 
cere sympathy  in  every  effort  to  promote  the  welfare  of  the  Craft  or 
inculcate  the  pure  principles  of  our  Art. 

Resolved,  That  the  grand  secretary  be  instructed  to  acknowledge 
receipt  of  the  communication  from  Gideon  S.  Bailey  and  Con  A.  Ride- 
out,  and  forward  to  them  a  copy  of  the  printed  proceedings  of  this 
annual  communication  of  the  grand  lodge,  as  a  response  to  said  com- 
munication. Fraternally  submitted, 

Thomas  M.  Reed, 
Wm.  H.  Upton, 
J.  E.  Edmiston, 

Committee. 

We  commented  on  this  at  some  length  last  year,  mainly  to  show 
that  African  Lodge  No.  459  could  not  have  been  and  was  not  excluded, 
when  the  Grand  Lodge  of  Massachusetts,  was  formed  on  the  score  of 
illegitimacy,  and  in  closing,  said: 

When  we  discussed  this  question  twenty-seven  years  ago  we  did  so 
against  the  day  when,  without  injury  to  Masonry,  a  dispassionate  at- 
tempt might  be  made  to  find  a  modus  vivendi  that  would  satisfy  the 
general  Masonic  sense  of  justice  and  at  the  same  time  properly  recog- 
nize the  respect  due  to  firmly  seated  views  of  regularity  of  procedure 
which  the  establishment  of  the  grand  lodge  system  sought  to  insure, 


94  APPENDIX — PART  I. 


and  to  the  new  ideas  of  jurisdictional  rights  which  have  become  fixed 
in  this  country  since  the  period  when  negro  Masonrj^  took  its  rise,  but 
altogether  independent  of  its  presence. 

We  were  conscious  at  the  time  \^e  wrote,  that  we  were  too  near  to 
the  time  when  the  status  of  the  great  bulk  of  the  negro  race  in  this 
country  had  been  a  chief  factor  in  a  struggle  involving  the  whole  peo- 
ple and  arousing  their  fiercest  passions,  for  such  an  attempt  then;  and 
while  we  could  not  but  respect  the  sense  of  justice  and  their  devotion 
to  the  principles  that  must  underlie  an  institution  claiming  to  be  uni- 
versal, of  Grand  Master  Batlin  and  his  coadjutors  in  Ohio  in  the  move- 
ment which  in  the  same  decade  came  so  near  committing  that  grand 
lodge  to  the  position  now  occupied  by  the  Grand  Lodge  of  Washing- 
ton, we  regretted  their  action  as  ill-judged  because  untimely. 

With  the  flight  of  years  the  situation  is  greatly  changed.  The  re- 
peal of  the  "black  laws"  of  the  Grand  Lodge  of  Illinois  in  1871,  after 
a  contest  of  years,  with  the  result  of  placing  all  races  and  colorson 
an  equality  before  the  law,  has  demonstrated  the  groundlessness  of 
the  fears  of  the  opponents  of  repeal  that  their  lodges  would  be  beset 
with  the  importunities  of  black  visitors  and  the  petitions  of  colored 
applicants  for  the  rights  and  privileges  of  Masonry,  and  the  entire 
absence  of  either  is  but  a  repetition  of  the  experience  of  other  juris- 
dictions where  no  such  inhibitory  regulations  ever  obtained.  In  New 
Jersey  a  lodge  created  under  dispensation  in  1871 — if  our  memory 
serves  us  correctly — and  chartered  the  same  year,  with  the  express 
understanding  that  it  was  to  give  colored  men  legitimate  entrance  to 
the  fraternity,  numbers  according  to  last  return  twenty-five  members 
of  all  complexions.  The  crucial  test  shows  that  in  this  country — un- 
like the  British  West  Indies,  where  the  whites  (usually  if  not  univer- 
sally including  the  highest  government  officials)  and  blacks  mingle 
in  the  same  lodges — the  negroes  prefer  lodges  and  a  Masonic  govern- 
ment of  their  own  race.  The  lapse  of  the  full  period  of  the  life  time 
of  a  generation  has  substantiall}'  removed  the  only  fundamental  dif- 
ficulty: and  what  a  third  of  a  century  ago  was  a  burning  question, 
viz:  Whether  in  substituting  the  word  "free"  for  "free-born"  fifty 
years  ago,  the  Grand  Lodge  of  England  had  violated  a  landmark,  now 
excites  only  the  languid  interest  which  ever  attaches  to  an  abstrac- 
tion that  can  never  assume  the  concrete  form. 

Whatever  doubt  we  may  have  had  whether  the  time  was  now  fully 
ripe  for  such  a  dispassionate  eft'ort  as  we  have  referred  to,  is  dissi- 
pated— at  least  so  far  as  one  jurisdiction  is  concerned — by  the  quality 
of  the  work  of  the  Washington  committee  and  the  approval  of  that 
work  by  the  Grand  Lodge  of  Washington.  The  adoption  of  the  report 
by  a  nearly  unanimous  vote  shows  how  completely  the  demonstrated 
indisposition  of  the  two  races  thus  far  to  mingle  in  the  same  lodges, 
and  the  full  realization  by  the  individual  of  his  power  through  the 
black  ball  on  the  one  hand  and  the  acknowledged  right  to  exclude  an 
unwelcome  visitor  by  objection  on  the  other,  had  robbed  the  question 
of  all  its  real  and  imaginary  social  terrors. 

While  we  doubt  if  the  action  of  the  Grand  Lodge  of  Washington 
goes  far  enough  to  meet  the  ultimate  demands  of  the  conscience  of 
an  institution  resting  upon  a  recognition  of  the  great  doctrine  of  the 
fatherhood  of  God  and  the  brotherhood  of  man,  we  still  remain  of  the 
opinion  that  the  wronged  race  should  be  content  to  let  complete  jus- 


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tice  wait  upon  the  welfare  of  the  institution  itself,  and  should  realize 
that  the  ultimate  salvation  of  the  cargo  rests  upon  the  present  sal- 
vation of  the  ship. 

The  earnest,  judicial  and  cautious  spirit  manifested  by  the  Grand 
Lodge  of  Washington  leaves  no  doubt  that  it  has  entered  upon  its  ten- 
tative course  in  full  accord  with  this  view.  In  nothing  is  its  prudence 
and  its  sagacity  more  apparent  than  in  the  second  resolution  adopted 
by  it,  wherein  it  limits  its  recognition  of  the  legitimacy  of  the  col- 
ored grand  lodges  named,  to  the  extent  and  purpose  of  permitting  its 
constituent  lodges  and  their  members  to  recognize  as  brother  Masons 
within  its  own  territory,  negroes  who  trace  their  Masonic  descent 
through  them.  By  this  master  stroke  of  a  simply  historical  recogni- 
tion, the  Grand  Lodge  of  Washington  steers  entirely  clear  of  any 
cause  of  umbrage  to  the  grand  lodges  in  fraternal  relations  with  it, 
within  whose  jurisdictions  these  bodies  exist,  its  action  emphasizing 
rather  than  denying  its  previous  recognition  of  the  full  authority  of 
such  grand  lodges  to  fix  the  status  of  all  Masonic  bodies  found  within 
their  borders. 

This  is  a  matter  of  sincere  congratulation,  as  it  insures  that  the 
courageous  and  generous  Masons  of  Washington  will  be  enabled  to 
test  the  practicability  and  adequacy  of  their  plan  for  the  solution  of 
a  grave  problem,  undistracted  by  perplexing  complications  with  any 
of  their  sister  jurisdictions,  but  with  the  hearty  God-speed  of  all 
thinking  Masons,  albeit  the  good  wishes  of  some  may  not  be  wholly 
unmixed  with  solicitude. 

The  outcome  shows  that  our  solicitude  was  well  groundedand  our 
hope  of  a  general  dispassionate  consideration  of  the  subject  far  too 
sanguine. 

Not  only  the  action  but  the  committee  and  personnel  of  the 
Grand  Lodge  of  Washington  have  been  assailed  with  great  severity, 
Grand  Master  Upton,  the  writer  of  the  Washington  report,  coming 
in  for  the  lion's  share  of  condemnation.  It  was  to  be  expected  that 
this  last  feature  would  be  a  marked  one,  but  so  much  acerbity  not  to 
say  vituperation  has  entered  into  the  attacks  upon  his  course,  that 
it  is  plain  that  our  readers  can  have  no  just,  all-round  comprehension 
of  the  situation  unless  they  have  some  knowledge  of  the  man  himself 
not  likely  to  be  possessed  by  such  as  have  not  had  occasion  to  review 
his  work. 

Personally  we  only  know  of  him  apart  from  his  Masonic  work  that 
he  occupies  a  responsible  position  upon  the  bench  of  his  state,  and 
that  he  comes  of  good  stock,  his  father  having  been  formerly  chief 
justice  of  Oregon. 

He  must  be  a  man  of  great  industr}-,  or  he  could  not  find  time 
apart  from  the  labors  of  an  exacting  profession  to  accomplish  so 
much  Masonic  work  as  he  has  crowded  into  the  few  years  since  he 
first  attracted  the  attention  of  Masons  at  home  and  abroad,  the  lat- 
ter by  his  address  as  grand  orator  and  his  report  on  correspondence 


96  APPENDIX — PART  I. 


in  1895.  Since  then  he  has  written  a  part  of  two  reports  on  corre- 
spondence, besides  the  complete  report  which  he  presented  to  his 
grand  lodge  in  1897,  and  "A  Critical  Examination  of  Objections  to  the 
Legitimacy  of  Negro  Alasonr}^  Existing  Among  the  Negroes  of  Amer- 
ica," a  closely  written  and  truly  critical  paper  of  137  pages,  which  forms 
the  bulk  of  the  correspondence  report  of  1899 — the  latter  produced 
in  the  stormy  year  of  his  grand  mastership,  when  his  home  and  for- 
eign correspondence  must  have  been  enormous;  has  produced  studies 
of  early  Masonic  documents  which  have  attracted  the  attention  of 
and  given  their  author  standing  with  the  foremost  Masonic  scholars 
of  the  old  world;  and  edited,  annotated,  and  in  a  measure  reshaped 
the  "Masonic  Code  of  Washington,"  which  with  its  annotated  appen- 
dices— old  charges,  regulations,  rules,  etc. — and  its  analytical  index 
is  itself  a  mountain  of  labor  and  a  book  of  great  value.  Indeed,  we 
know  of  no  single  Masonic  book  of  greater  general  value  to  the  stu- 
dent of  Masonry  than  the  Washington  code  in  its  present  covers. 
Brother  UPTON'S  study  of  early  Masonic  documents  has  led  him  to 
give  some  of  them  an  authority  which  they  do  not  possess  in  our  eyes, 
and  has  led  him  to  conclusions  that  we  do  not  always  accept,  and  that 
do  not  find  general  acceptance,  but  as  a  whole  the  Washington  code, 
which  reflects  his  judgments  pretty  closely,  gets  nearer  to  the  spirit 
and  to  the  letter  of  the  ancient  law  than  any  compilation  with  which 
we  are  familiar. 

Some  of  the  points  of  difference  between  him  and  the  majority 
of  American  writers  and  legislators  are  sharpl}^  defined,  and  as  he  is 
ever  ready  to  defend  his  opinions  and  wields  a  somewhat  caustic  pen, 
he  has,  in  his  reports,  trod  on  a  good  many  toes,  some  of  them  with 
highly  sensitive  corns.  "Hence  when  his  grand  lodge  opens  anew  a 
question  which  the  result  proves  still  lies  so  near  to  the  passions  and 
prejudices  of  men,  the  attacks  upon  its  action  and  upon  itself,  spring- 
ing from  opposing  views,  take  on  in  some  instances  an  added  bitter- 
ness or  assume  a  wider  scope  from  resentment  towards  the  "chief 
actor." 

The  Massachusetts  report,  which  we  shall  give  the  first  place 
here,  does  not  illustrate  wtiat  we  have  just  been  saying,  while  some 
which  follow  it  do.  We  give  it  the  first  place  because  it  is  usually 
given  as  authoritj-,  emanating  as  it  does  from  the  jurisdiction  where 
the  question  arose. 

riassachusetts. — At  the  quarterly  communication  of  December 
1-4,  1898,  the  Grand  Lodge  of  Massachusetts  unanimously  accepted 
the  following  report  and  adopted  the  appended  resolutions,  presented 
by  Bro.  S.  Lothrop  Thorndike: 

The  committee,  to  which  was  referred  the  recent  action  of  the 
Grand  Lodge  of  the  State  of  Washington,  upon  the  subject  of  negro 


MASONIC   CORRESPONDENCE.  97 


"Masonry"  in  the  United  States,  begs  at  the  outset  to  express  its  pain 
and  regret  that  a  question  long  since  decided  in  Massachusetts,  where 
it  arose,  should  be  reopened  in  another  jurisdiction  in  a  manner  so 
unexpected,  not  to  say  unprecedented.  But  it  desires  to  refrain  from 
any  comment  upon  an  apparent  forgetfulness  of  interstate  comity, 
and  to  base  its  report  upon  principles  of  Masonic  law  and  usage  long 
recognized  in  this  nation. 

It  may  be  stated  at  once  that  the  matter  does  not  involve  what 
is  known  in  politics  as  the  "race  issue."  Whatever  may  have  been 
the  sentiment  or  action  of  any  of  the  states  in  regard  to  the  negro, 
before  the  passage  of  the  fourteenth  and  fifteenth  amendments. — 
whatever  their  feeling  now  as  to  his  civil  and  social  position  and 
rights, — all  this  has  nothing  to  do  with  the  question  presented;  nor 
does  this  question  touch  the  right  of  a  black  man,  free  born  and  of 
lawful  age,  to  offer  himself  as  a  candidate  for  Masonry  and  solicit  its 
privileges.  It  is  simply  the  case  of  two  men  asserting  a  Masonic 
pedigree  through  various  channels  from  a  person  who,  some  hundred 
years  ago,  in  Massachusetts,  claimed  authority  as  a  provincial  grand 
master  to  constitute  lodges  in  other  states.  This  assumed  authority 
was  absolutely  without  foundation.  Massachusetts  herself  has,  of 
course,  always  repudiated  it.  But  these  two  men  have  now  asked  and 
been  allowed  Masonic  recognition  in  Washington. 

The?e  are  the  facts.  Last  year  two  reputable  persons  of  negro 
blood  petitioned  the  Grand  Lodge  of  Washington  to  devise  some  way 
by  which  they,  having  been,  as  they  asserted,  duly  made  Masons, 
could  "be  brought  into  communication  with  and  enjoy  the  fraternal 
confidence  of  the  members  of  the  Craft"  in  that  state.  It  appeared 
that  one  received  the  degrees  in  a  lodge  chartered  by  the  (colored) 
Grand  Lodge  of  Illinois;  that  the  latter  body  was  formed  by  lodges 
chartered  by  the  (colored)  Grand  Lodge  of  Ohio;  and  the  latter  by 
lodges  chartered  by  the  (colored)  Grand  Lodge  of  Pennsylvania,  a 
body  which  was  formed  in  1815  b}'  lodges  existing  by  authority  derived 
from  Prince  Hall,  the  person  whose  preposterous  claim  to  act  as  a 
provincial  grand  master  in  Massachusetts  has  been  often  and  thor- 
oughly ventilated  in  the  proceedings  of  this  grand  lodge.  The  other 
appears  to  have  been  initiated  in  a  lodge  chartered  by  the  (colored) 
Grand  Lodge  of  Florida.  The  latter  owed  its  origin  to  the  "Hiram" 
Grand  Lodge  of  Pennsylvania,  another  of  the  spurious  offspring  of 
Prince  Hall. 

This  petition  was,  in  the  annual  meeting  of  1897,  referred  to  a 
committee,  which  had  a  year  for  its  consideration.  They  say:  "At 
our  first  conference,  soon  after  our  appointment,  we  discovered  that 
all  three  of  us  were  practically  of  the  same  opinion  upon  the  princi- 
pal question  involved,  as  a  result  of  previous  study  of  the  subject. 
Nevertheless,  during  the  year  we  have  refreshed  our  impressions  by 
reviewing  again  the  literature  of  the  subject  and  by  further  reflec- 
tion." Their  previous  study,  twelve-months"  consideration,  fresh  re- 
view of  literature  and  further  reflection  have  resulted  in  a  report 
which  is,  to  sa\^  the  least  and  to  speak  in  all  Masonic  courtesy,  aston- 
ishing. This  report,  presented  at  the  annual  meeting  of  the  Wash- 
ington grand  lodge  held  last  June,  concluded  by  a  recommendation  of 
the  following  resolutions: 

Resolutions  omitted  here  as  they  appear  at  the  head  of  this  paper. 


98  APPENDIX — PART  I. 


To  the  first  resolution,  that  race  and  color  are  not  of  themselves 
grounds  of  refusing  Masonic  privileges,  we  offer  no  objection. 

To  the  second,  that  so-called  lodges  and  grand  lodges  tracing  their 
origin  to  Prince  Hall  may  justly  be  regarded  as  legitimate  Masonic 
lodges  and  grand  lodges,  we  distinctly,  as  always  heretofore,  refuse 
our  assent.  The  story  of  Prince  Hall  has  been  so  often  told  in  our 
records  that  it  needs  only  the  briefest  restatement.  In  1784  fifteen 
negroes  who,  as  is  supposed  on  evidence  not  quite  clear,  had  been 
made  Masons  in  an  English  Army  Lodge,  applied  to  the  grand  lodge 
of  England  for  a  warrant.  They  received  this,  and  organized  under 
it  in  1787.  Prince  Hall  was  their  master.  By  and  by  with  a  certain 
assurance,  of  which  his  race  has  never  been  entireh-  devoid,  he  began 
to  act  as  if  he  were  a  full-blown  English  provincial  grand  master,  al- 
though the  United  States  had  for  many  j^ears  been  independent  of 
the  mother  country,  and  Massachusetts  had  long  had  her  own  grand 
lodge.  He  chartered  negro  lodges  in  neighboring  states,  which  at 
the  time  had  their  own  grand  lodges.  From  these  negro  lodges  grand 
lodges  sprang  up  which,  in  their  turn,  organized  lodges  in  states  other 
than  their  own;  and  so  the  tide  flowed  on. 

The  whole  course  of  negro  "Masonry"  in  the  United  States  is  af- 
fected by  taints  which  cannot  be  eft'aced.  Even  if  we  were  to  admit, 
as  the  learned  Brother  Findel  seems  disposed,  that  the  charter  of  1787 
to  African  lodge  was  valid  for  the  reason  that  the  Grand  Lodge  of 
England  was  still  ignorant  of  any  declaration  of  independence  on  the 
part  of  the  American  provincial  lodges,  and  that  the  "right  of  dis- 
trict" had  never  been  heard  of,  a  supposition  which  seems  to  imply 
an  unaccountable  lack  of  acquaintance  with  recent  histor}'  on  the 
part  of  the  Grand  Lodge  of  England,  still  the  flaws  remain.  Prince 
Hall,  whatever  he  maj' have  been  in  his  own  lodge,  was  never  a  grand 
master.  Even  if  he  had  been  a  grand  master,  he  could  never  have 
had  the  right  to  invade  a  neighboring  state.  And  finally,  the  so- 
called  negro  grand  lodges  of  the  several  states  have  had,  in  their 
turn,  no  right  to  invade  neighboring  states,  for,  if  any  principle  of 
Masonry  is  recognized  in  America  in  this  century,  the  "right  of  dis- 
trict" is  one. 

With  the  logic  of  the  third  resolution  your  committee  is  unable 
to  cope.  It  states  first  "that  the  white  and  colored  races  in  the 
United  States  have  in  man}-  ways  shown  a  preference  to  remain  in 
purely  social  matters  separate  and  apart:"'  next,  that  Freemasonry 
is  "pre-eminently  a  social  institution;"  the  conclusion  being  "that  if 
regular  Masons  of  African  descent  desire  to  establish  within  the 
State  of  Washington  lodges  confined  wholly  or  chiefly  to  brethren  of 
their  race."  and  later  to  erect  a  grand  lodge,  the  Grand  Lodge  of 
Washington  will  not  consider  all  this  as  an  invasion  of  its  jurisdiction 
and  will  ever  extend  to  "our  colored  brethren"  its  sincere  sj^mpathy, 
etc.  How  this  will  promote  the  efficienc}'  of  Masonry  as  a  social  in- 
stitution we  are  unable  to  see.  What  we  do  see  is  that  the  language 
of  the  resolution,  coupled  with  the  fact  that  it  is  ordered  to  be  sent 
to  the  petitioners,  implies  their  recognition  as  "regular  Masons," 
"our  colored  brethren,"  and  to  this  for  reasons  already  given  we  ob- 
ject. And  finally  we  object  to  the  recognition  of  an}'  organization  as 
Masonic  which  is  manifestly  intended,  in  the  language  of  the  resolu- 
tion, "to  remain  in  purely  social  matters  separate  and  apart." 


MASONIC   CORRESPONDENCE  99 


We  offer  the  following'  resolutions: 

Resolvedj  That  this  grand  lodge,  while  recognizing  the  right  of  the 
freeborn  negro  to  solicit  the  privileges  of  Masonry,  as  equal  to  that 
of  the  freeborn  white  man,  hereb}'  renews  its  refusal  of  Masonic  rec- 
ognition to  persons,  lodges  or  grand  lodges,  deriving  their  Masonic 
lineage  from  a  certain  Prince  Hall,  who  unwarrantably  assumed  the 
function  of  a  provincial  grand  master  over  this  and  neighboring 
states  in  which  grand  lodges  already  existed. 

Resolved,  That  we  protest  against  the  recent  recognition  by  the 
Grand  Lodge  of  Washington  of  such  spurious  Masons  and  Masonic 
bodies. 

Besolved,  That  we  also  protest  against  the  resolution  of  the  Grand 
Lodge  of  Washington  sanctioning  the  possible  establishment  of  a 
grand  lodge  of  coordinate  jurisdiction  in  that  state,  based  upon  prin- 
ciples which  we  believe  would  be  fatal  to  the  fraternal  and  social  ad- 
vages  ol  Masonry. 

JResolved,  That  we  fraternally  demand  of  the  Grand  Lodge  of 
Washington  a  speedy  reconsideration  of  its  entire  action  upon  the 
subject  of  negro  "Masonry"  in  the  United  States. 

This  was  sent  out  in  pamphlet  form  to  the  grand  lodges  in  frater- 
nal relations  with  Massachusetts  and  also  within  the  same  covers  the 
report  of  Bro.  Charles  Levi  Woodbuky  presented  and  adopted  Sep- 
tember 13, 1876,  referred  to  above  as  being  usually  quoted  as  authority. 
We  reproduce  so  much  of  it  as  relates  to  the  matter  in  hand. 


From  various  official  documents  it  appears  that  the  Grand  Lodge 
of  Ohio  have  before  them  the  proposition  to  recognize  within  the  limits 
of  that  state  another  body,  under  the  style  of  the  "African  Grand 
Lodge  of  Ohio." 

This  grand  lodge  has  recognized  for  more  than  half  a  century  the 
Grand  Lodge  of  Ohio  as  the  Sovereign  Masonic  Body  of  that  state, 
and  has  been  pleased  to  observe  that  the  Masons  of  Ohio  have  carried 
on  the  institutions  of  Masonry  with  due  observance  of  the  ancient 
landmarks,  and  greatly  to  the  moral  progress  of  that  state. 

Their  constitution  is  reasonable.  They  can  make  subordinate 
lodges  on  Masonic  grounds,  who  can  admit  good  men  of  requisite 
qualification  to  the  privileges  of  Masonr}'  so  far  as  they  are  entrusted 
to  the  grand  lodge  of  that  state. 

But  all  this  Masonry  in  Ohio  is  subordinate  to  the  Grand  Lodge  of 
Ohio,  the  only  Masonic  Body  we  have  recognized  in  that  state  as  hav- 
ing power  to  make  or  govern  Masons.  When  we  recognized  the  Grand 
Lodge  of  Ohio,  it  had  no  color  test  for  Masonry  in  its  Constitution;  we 
assume  it  has  none  now. 

Masonry,  as  we  understand  it,  may  lawfully  be  conferred  on  the 
good  men  and  true,  free-born,  of  any  race,  language,  nation  or  relig- 
ion.    It  is  universal. 


100  APPENDIX — PART   I. 


Grand  lodges,  and  the  Masonic  law  concerning  the  character  and 
qualities  of  grand  lodges,  have  come  into  recognition  and  use  since 
the  beginning  of  the  eighteenth  century.  Through  their  means  Ma- 
sonry had  been  raised  to  a  very  high  standard.  Frauds  and  impostures 
have  been  suppressed,  and  the  means  of  universal  recognition  in  Ma- 
sonic countries  established  on  a  safe  foundation. 

The  unity  of  the  brethren  in  a  state  under  one  grand  lodge  has  al- 
ways been  held  desirable:  a  division  into  two  or  more  has  been  consid- 
ered deplorable.  The  American  Masons  have  been  trained  to  principles 
of  self-government  and  unit}-,  and,  we  think,  hold  that  the  brethren  in 
a  state  are  not  trulj'  brethren  unless  united  under  one  grand  lodge. 
Thus  only  do  we  dwell  in  unity  together. 

The  proposition  before  the  Grand  Lodge  of  Ohio  is  that  they  shall 
oreak  the  unity  of  Ohio,  and  cede  a  part  of  their  jurisdiction  to  the 
•'African  Lodge." 

While  making  citizens  of  African  descent  Freemasons  on  lawful 
grounds  is  a  right  of  the  Ohio  Masons,  yet  we  ma}^  without  offense  in- 
quire whether  any  grand  lodge  has  the  right  to  make  tvro  grand  lodges 
in  a  state,  and  thus  break  the  unity  of  the  brethren  there,  which 
should  exist  irrespective  of  creed,  race,  national  birth  or  color? 
Whether,  if  one  creates  by  its  vote  the  African  Grand  Lodge,  it  can 
Masonically  make  a  color  test,  and  exclude  whites  from  the  African 
Grand  Lodge,  or,  rice  versa,  exclude  those  of  African  descent  from  the 
present  grand  lodge,  which  thereafter  would  be  only  half  grand. 

Our  opinion  is  that  a  distinction  founded  on  color  as  "black,"  or 
race  as  "African."  is  in  contravention  of  the  ancient  landmarks,  is 
not  Masonic,  and  would  be  void. 

If  we  are  right  in  this  view,  then  the  evil  of  making  two  grand 
lodges  of  equal  and  coordinate  powers  in  one  state  has  no  relief,  be- 
cause one  may  lawfully  compete  with  the  other — recognize  him  whom 
the  other  suspends,  charter  where  the  other  refuses,  make  where  the 
other  rejects,  and  thus  precipitate  Masonry  into  the  horrors  of  a  di- 
vided and  ineffective  jurisdiction  over  its  own  lodges  and  members  and 
a  competitive  struggle  for  candidates.  Wherever  competing  grand 
lodges  have  existed  in  a  communitj',  the  standard  of  Masonry  has  been 
lowered  as  a  consequence  of  rivalry,  and  Masonic  subordination  been 
sadly  demoralized. 

Masonic  experience  has  settled  that  the  only  safe  and  prudent 
line  of  division  for  jurisdiction  is  territorial:  in  accordance  with  this 
Masonr}^  is  organized.  A  personal  test,  to  divide  jurisdictions,  is  ex- 
actly against  the  equality  of  Freemasonr\-.  A  lodge,  indeed,  ma}'  be 
authorized  to  work  in  a  foreign  language  because  its  members  do  not 
speak  English,  but  the  work  must  be  the  standard  of  the  grand  lodge, 
and  any  Mason  can  qualify  himself  for  participation  by  acquiring  the 
tongue  the  work  is  performed  in. 

Two  grand  lodges  in  one  state  are  an  anomaly,  which  it  would  be 
hard  to  justify  on  any  Masonic  grounds.  In  their  interior  relations, 
where  existing  by  a  common  consent,  other  states  might  have  nothing 
to  say;  but  in  their  exterior  relations  to  other  Masonic  jurisdictions 
grave  questions  would  arise.  Might  it  not  justly  be  said  that  the  pre- 
viously recognized  grand  lodge  had  abandoned  its  character  and  pre- 


MASONIC   CORRESPONDENCE.  101 


tension  as  the  grand  lodge  of  the  state,  and  thus  voluntarih'  had 
abdicated  its  claim  to  be  recognized  thereafter  as  the  equal  of  the 
grand  lodges  of  other  states?  Is  there  not  a  reasonable  doubt  whether 
such  a  voluntary  step  would  not  be  a  dissolution  of  the  grand  lodge, 
considered  as  the  representative  body  of  all  the  Masons  of  the  state? 

When  a  rival  grand  lodge  springs  up  by  usurpation  in  a  territory, 
every  other  grand  lodge  sustains  the  elder,  by  refusing  recognition 
to  the  rival,  and  by  treating  its  followers  as  clandestine,  and  not  en- 
titled to  Masonic  privileges. 

There  is  much  gravity  in  these  questions,  and  your  committee 
prefer  to  suggest  them  for  consideration  without  concluding  as  to  their 
exact  weight. 

African  Lodge. 

Your  committee  are  not  unmindful  of  the  existence  of  clandestine 
bodies  professing  to  have  the  privileges  of  Masonry  in  various  parts 
of  the  United  States,  composed  mainly  or  exclusively  of  men  of  Afri- 
can descent.  The  origin  of  these  bodies  was  in  this  jurisdiction,  where 
their  claims  to  possess  regular  or  genuine  Masonry,  frequently  pre- 
sented to  this  grand  lodge  and  carefully  examined,  have  never  been 
found  consistent  with  Masonic  law. 

There  is  no  distinction  in  this  grand  lodge  grounded  upon  color. 
Masonry  is  a  social  institution,  and  the  lodges  regulate  the  admissions 
they  severally  make.  We  know  of  a  good  many  men  of  African  de- 
scent who  have  received  regular  Masonic  degrees  in  lodges  under  this 
jurisdiction,  and  who  do  obtain  thereby  all  the  benefits  thereof.  At 
this  time,  in  this  grand  lodge,  there  sits  a  brother  of  this  descent,  who 
has  been  a  respected  member  for  several  years  in  virtue  of  his  rank 
as  warden  of  one  of  our  most  respectable  subordinate  lodges. 

We  have  had  and  received  in  our  subordinate  lodges  visiting 
Masons  of  regular  standing  in  their  own  jurisdictions  who  were  of 
African  descent. 

We  state  these  things  merely  that  our  position  may  not  be  mis- 
conceived, and  our  own  objections  to  Masonic  irregularities  be  scoffed 
down  on  the  pretence  that  we  are  opposing  a  class  on  account  of  their 
color. 

True  it  is  that  in  1787  three  colored  men  of  Boston  received  from 
England  a  charter  for  a  subordinate  lodge,  at  Boston,  to  be  called 
African  Lodge,  which  had  been  granted  in  1784,  but  not  forwarded  to 
them  until  three  vears  afterwards.  The  chief  of  them,  Prince  Hall, 
died  December  2,  1807. 

The  date  of  this  charter  was  after  the  treaty  of  peace  with  Eng- 
land in  178.3,  bj'  which  the  independence  and  sovereignity  of  these 
states  were  recognized.  It  was  also  eight  j-ears  after  the  Massachu- 
setts Grand  Lodge  was  formed  (March  8,  1777),  and  had  declared  the 
Masonic  indei^endence  of  the  Masons  of  this  commonwealth,  wherebj^ 
the  duties  of  self-government  were  assumed  by  the  Masons  of  this 
commonwealth,  which  they  have  continued  to  exercise  to  the  pres- 
ent time.  Thus  this  charter  proceeded  from  a  foreign  source,  which 
had  no  political  authoritv  in  the  countr}',  where  alone  it  was  directed 
to  be  used,  and  which  had  no  Masonic  right  there;  for  the  Grand 


102  APPENDIX — PART   I. 


Lodge  of  Massachusetts  had  been  for  years  in  the  possession  of  the 
Masons  of  the  commonwealth.  It  is  admitted  that  this  charter  was 
never  recognized  by  any  lodge  in  Massachusetts.  Certainly,  after 
the  evacuation  of  Boston,  March  17,  1776,  there  is  no  pretense  that 
England  had  any  control  in  Massachusetts. 

It  is  probable  that  some  persons  may  have  v\rorked  as  clandestine 
Masons  under  this  charter  for  some  years  after  its  arrival,  but  in  1813 
it  was  struck  from  the  rolls  of  the  Grand  Lodge  of  England,  and  no 
returns  to  England  had  been  made  under  it  for  many  years  previously 
to  this  action.  Thus  ended  the  charter  of  African  Lodge  and  its  his- 
tory. In  1808  an  organization  called  the  Prince  Hall  Grand  Lodge  was 
started  in  Boston,  but  by  whom  is  not  known.  It  professed  to  grant 
charters,  and  did  make  some  clandestine  bodies  in  other  places.  No 
Masonic  power,  domestic  of  foreign,  stood  its  sponsor,  and  no  known 
Mason  belonged  to  it  against  whom  the  penalty  of  expulsion  could 
be  hurled  by  the  grand  lodge  of  this  state.  The  Grand  Lodge  of  Mas- 
sachusetts never  authorized  -any  lodge  or  recognized  any  person 
claiming  Masonic  rights  from  this  source. 

The  next  in  order'of  succession  we  have  heard  of  was  the  National 
Grand  Lodge,  professing  to  have  been  established  by  these  counter- 
feits about  the  year  1817.  It  is  understood  that  this  body  claims  ju- 
risdiction in  and  over  Masonry  in  all  the  states  of  this  Union,  but  no 
official  intercourse  has  ever  been  sought  by  that  body  with  this  grand 
lodge,  or  those  who  pertain  to  it,  and  we  are  ignorant  of  all  that  con- 
cerns it.     No  Mason  is  known  to  have  belonged  to  it. 

Your  committee  find  it  difficult  to  trace  these  organizations 
further.  Existing  without  Masonic  authority,  anarchy  seems  crowned 
supreme  among  rival  bodies  of  mushroom  growth,  fully  conscious  of 
each  other's  illegitimate  aspirations. 

The  existing  Prince  Hall  Grand  Lodge  organization  is  supposed 
to  draw  its  powers  from  this  National  Grand  Lodge. 

In  1827  some  persons  calling  themselves  African  Lodge  No.  459 
repudiated  the  Grand  Lodge  of  England.  The  petitions  of  these  pre- 
tended Masons  have  been  considered  by  the  New  York  Grand  Lodge 
in  1846,  and  by  this  grand  lodge  in  1869.  Your  committee  deem  it 
best  to  append  as  part  of  this  report  that  of  Brother  Herring,  of  New 
York,  made  in  1846,  the  petition  of  Lewis  Hayden  and  others,  and  the 
report  thereon  to  this  grand  lodge,  1869,  and  Grand  Master  Gardner's 
address,  1870,  for  a  fuller  statement  of  the  history  of  the  organizations 
of  these  bogus  Masons  of  the  National  Grand  Lodge,  so  called. 

It  will  be  noticed  that  the  petition  of  1869  pretends  that  in  1775 
Prince  Hall  and  others  were  made  Masons  in  an  army  traveling 
lodge  at  Boston.  It  is  somewhat  singular  that  the  Provincial  Grand 
Lodge  of  Massachusetts,  October  1, 1773,  passed  a  vote  that  "no  travel- 
ing lodge  had  the  right  in  this  jurisdiction  to  make  Masons  of  any 
citizens,"  and  that  Gen.  Joseph  Warren  was  the  provincial  grand 
master  at  the  time  of  this  vote.  The  name  of  the  army  lodge  is  not 
given  where  Prince  Hall  got  his  Masonry.  Why  Hall  should  apply  to 
General  Warren  prior  to  his  death,  June  17,  1775,  for  recognition  is 
hard  to  perceive.  The  sharp  social  division  between  the  patriots  who 
constituted  the  members  of  the  Massachusetts  Grand  Lodge  and  the 
army  lodges  of  the  English  invaders,  from  the  attack  on  Fort  William 


MASONIC   CORRESPONDENCE.  103 


and  Mary,  at  Portsmouth,  in  December,  1774,  to  Lexington  in  the  fol- 
lowing April,  and  Bunker  Hill  in  June,  does  not  favor  the  idea  sug- 
gested by  the  petitioners  that  he  did  so.  Hall  himself,  in  a  letter 
dated  March  1.  1784,  says  they  had  been  working  as  a  lodge  almost 
eight  years.  The  evacuation  of  Boston.  March  17,  177(5,  was  almost 
eight  years  previous  to  the  date  of  his  letter.  Probably,  before  the 
evacuation,  he  and  his  associates  sat  in  the  army  lodge  that  made 
them,  if  there  was  any  such.  No  pretence  is  made  that  any  of  them 
ever  sat  in  a  local  lodge,  and  were  they  citizens  of  Massachusetts,  as 
the  petition  would  infer,  no  British  Army  Lodge  had  the  right  to 
make  them.  Consequently,  if  made  at  all,  as  individuals  the}'  were 
irregular  and  clandestine,  under  the  provincial  grand  lodge  rule,  and 
remained  so  when  this  grand  lodge  had  declared  its  independence 
from  British  Masonic  rule. 

Prince  Hall's  letter  of  1784  admits  there  was  neither  British  nor 
American  authorit}'  for  the  lodge  he  professes  to  have  held  from  the 
date  of  the  evacuation.  True  it  is,  the  petition  to  this  grand  lodge 
states  the}'  had  a  dispensation,  but  does  not  say  from  whom.  In  a 
publication  of  the  Prince  Hall  Grand  Lodge  of  1865,  a  citation  occurs 
from  the  address  of  J.  V.  De  Grasse,  June  30,  1858,  who  says  he  has  in 
Hall's  own  handwriting  that  in  1776  he  "organized  and  opened,  under 
dispensation  granted  by  this  British  traveling  lodge,  the  first  lodge 
of  Masons  composed  of  colored  men  in  America."' 

The  power  "to  grant  dispensations  to  form  lodges"  is  a  grand 
lodge  power,  and  never  was  delegated  by  the  English  Grand  Lodge  to 
any  traveling  lodge.  This  pretence  of  authority  in  1776  falls,  leav- 
ing their  legitimacy  to  depend  on  the  charter  received  by  them  from 
England  in  1787.  Now.  however  doubtful  the  Masonic  jurisdiction  in 
Massachusetts  during  the  revolutionary  struggle  may  seem  to  some, 
none,  we  think,  will  claim  that  the  Grand  Lodge  of  England  had 
authority  to  charter  lodges  in  Massachusetts  after  our  independence 
was  acknowledged  by  Great  Britain  on  November  30,  1782. 

We  recapitulate  these  facts,  because  they  point  to  inevitable 
conclusions  as  to  Prince  Hall  and  his  associates  : 

1.  No  evidence  that  they  were  made  Masons  in  any  Masonic 
lodge. 

2.  If  made,  they  were  irregularly  made. 

3.  They  never  had  any  American  authority  for  constituting  a 
lodge. 

4.  Their  charter  from  England  was  granted  at  a  time  when  all 
American  Masonic  authority  agrees  that  the  Grand  Lodge  of  EuL'land 
had  no  power  to  make  lodges  in  the  United  States,  after  the  acknowl- 
edgment of  our  independence,  November  30,  1782,  and  the  treaty  of 
peace  made  November  3,  1783. 

.5.  The  Grand  Lodge  of  England  dropped  African  Lodge  from 
their  list  in  1813.  Said  lodge  does  not  appear  to  have  worked  since 
Prince  Hall's  death  in  1807,  except  this,  that  in  1827  parties  calling 
themselves  African  Lodge  No.  459,  repudiated  the  Grand  Lodge  of 
England. 


104  APPENDIX — PART   I. 


6.  The  Grand  Lodge  of  England  did  not  delegate  to  African 
Lodge  any  power  to  constitute  other  lodges,  or  to  work  elsewhere 
than  in  Boston. 

7.  No  Masonic  authority  exists  for  any  of  the  organizations  since 
1807,  whether  pseudo  lodges  or  grand  lodges;  and  no  evidence  of  the 
Masonry  of  any  of  their  members  has  come  to  our  knowledge. 

8.  Neither  English  nor  any  other  Masonic  authority  exists,  nor 
has  at  any  time  existed,  for  these  colored  lodges  located  out  of 
Boston  to  make  Masons  or  practice  Freemasonry.  Each  of  them  be- 
gan its  existence  in  defiance  of  the  Masonic  community  of  the  state 
where  located,  and  continues  unrecognized  by  tha  regular  Masons  of 
the  state. 

Your  committee  entertain  a  deep  solicitude  for  the  preservation 
of  the  jurisprudence  of  Freemasonry  as  the  best  security  for  the 
permanency  of  the  ancient  landmarks  of  the  Art.  The  only  Masonic 
distinction  among  men  depends  on  a  Masonic  investigation  of  the 
candidate's  claim  to  be  worthy  and  well  qualified.  If  these  are  found 
in  a  competent  Masonic  way,  his  right  to  receive  the  privileges  of 
Masonry  is  perfect.  We  conceive  distinctions  founded  upon  race  to 
be  as  inadmissible  as  they  would  be  if  founded  on  the  candidate's 
sectarian  creed  or  political  party. 

The  object  of  the  institution  is  to  bring  good  men  of  various 
races,  creeds  and  politics  together,  and  make  them  better  acquainted 
and  more  tolerant  of  differences  so  long  as  they  agree  on  being  good, 
reverential  and  charitable  citizens,  which  are  the  essentials  of 
Freemasonry. 

The  policy  which  would  make  Masonic  distinctions  of  these  ac- 
cidents which  Masonry  seeks  to  disregard,  must  overthrow  the  very 
toleration  which  makes  Masonry  universal,  and  gives  it  the  aroma  of 
the  mission  of  peace  and  good-will  on  earth.  Shall  a  visiting  Mason 
be  told  at  the  door,  this  is  a  Presbyterian  lodge,  you  cannot  enter; 
or,  this  is  a  native  American  lodge,  all  of  foreign  birth  are  excluded? 
It  is  by  adhering  to  the  landmarks  that  Masonry  has  had  its  great 
social  success;  a  contrary  course  would  soon  wreck  the  institution. 

Possibly  the  great  principles  of  toleration  are  not  as  closely  ad- 
hered to  in  some  lodges  as  they  should  be;  but  that  is  a  fault  which  more 
Masonic  light  will  cure.  Surely  it  does  not  justify  overthrowing  our 
common  altars  and  legalizing  departures  from  the  landmarks.  If 
Masonry  had  every  sought  popularity  or  power,  it  would  have  sacri- 
ficed its  generous  spirit  and  broad  platform,  the  purest  exalted  social 
philosophy,  in  catering  to  lOcal  prejudices. 

If  the  individual  lodges  of  Ohio  or  of  Massachusetts  are  capable 
of  proving  a  colored  man  by  Masonic  tests,  why  should  such  a  man  not 
gain  admission  by  the  same  strait  and  narrow  door  other  men  use? 
If  fit  and  worthy  men  exist  among  the  race,  as  doubtless  they  do,  why 
should  they  not  ask  to  kneel  atyour  altars,  rather  than  at  a  seperate 
one?  Your  committee  know  the  tension  of  the  race-feeling  in  this 
country,  and  the  generous  sympathy,  which,  in  the  desire  to  vindicate 
its  humanity  and  equality,  tends  to  overstep  the  limits  of  prudence, 
and  extend  to  all  privileges  which  should  be  restricted  only  to  the 
best  of  each  race. 


MASONIC   CORRESPONDENCE.  105 

The  African  grand  lodges  do  not  show  regular  and  genuine  de- 
scent. The  quality  of  their  members,  like  that  of  their  founders,  is 
unknown  to  the  Masonic  community.  We  do  not  know  whether  they 
are  more  cognate  to  our  requirements  than  the  Sons  of  Temperance, 
the  Odd  Fellows,  or  the  Grangers,  independent  institutions,  patron- 
ized by  man}'  ver}'  reputable  citizens. 

If  the  progressive  toleration  of  Ohio  is  strong  enough  to  spread 
genuine  Masonry  among  those  of  her  colored  citizens  who  are  worthy, 
why  not  rather  proceed  with  individuals  tested  in  a  regular  way, 
than  to  break  down  a  landmark  in  the  effort  to  absorb  an  entire 
organization,  of  whose  moral  and  personal  character  and  quality  they 
have  no  Masonic  mode  of  knowledge  ? 

We  are  without  any  intention  of  being  offensive  to  our  brethren 
in  Ohio,  or  of  trespassing  on  the  recognized  independence  of  their 
state  organization.  Should  they  think  otherwise,  this  committee 
apologizes  in  advance  for  any  incautious  phrase  they  may  have  used. 

This  is  the  first  occasion  in  Masonic  history  where,  under  no 
Masonic  pressure,  the  grand  lodge  of  a  state  has  it  under  considera- 
tion to  divide  the  union  of  the  Craft  in  their  jurisdiction  by  a  color 
distinction,  and  abrogate  its  own  exclusive  control  over  Masonry, 
rather  than  trust  the  Masons  in  its  subordinate  lodges  with  the  right 
of  judging  black  men's  qualification,  as  well  as  white  men's,  for  Free- 
masonry ;  to  make  thousands  of  Masons  by  a  mere  vote  in  the  grand 
lodge,  and  hurl  them  as  visitors  on  the  local  existing  lodges,  who  had 
never  found  in  them  any  Masonic  qualifications  ;  to  erect  another 
Masonic  authority  in  the  state,  with  its  autonomy  of  subordinate 
lodges,  and  independent  rules  and  jurisprudence  and  jurisdiction,  and 
present  to  the  Masonic  Craft  the  experiment  of  a  dual  Masonry  and 
a  dual  government  in  its  limits. 

The  question  whether  these  would  promote  the  unity  and  har- 
mony of  the  Craft  must  force  itself  on  the  consideration  of  every  in- 
telligent and  conservative  Mason  who  is  in  relation  of  fraternity  with 
the  present  Masonic  authority  in  Ohio. 

Our  grand  lodges  have  been  organized  to  support  the  traditional 
Freemasonry  which  their  members  received  from  the  fathers.  This 
compels  us  to  be  conservative  in  Masonry. 

They  did  not  expect  their  high  doctrines  could  thrive,  except 
among  those  selected  for  lofty  character,  and  broad  liberality  of 
opinion.  The  world  still  looks  to  such  men  for  leadership  in  all  good 
and  honorable  objects. 

We  recognize  the  fundamental  idea  that  the  brother's  interest 
should  be  preferred  to  that  of  those  who  do  not  know  the  light.  The 
committee  have  no  doubt  that  the  intelligent  and  worthy  members  of 
the  Grand  Lodge  of  Ohio  will  take  every  precaution  to  consider  the 
bearings  of  the  proposition  before  them  on  the  royal  art  of  which  it 
has  long  been  one  of  the  brilliant  and  cherished  ornaments;  and  that 
whatever  step  it  takes  in  the  matter  will  be  founded  on  reasons  ac- 
ceptable to  the  Masonic  world,  consistent  with  its  traditions,  and 
which  it  will  not  hesitate  to  spread  before  other  grand  lodges  of  the 
Masonic  community. 


106  APPENDIX — PART   I. 


Kentucky.— This  grand  loclsife  was  the  first  to  take  up  the  "apple 
of  discord"  which  it  alleged  Washington  had  thrown  into  the  peace- 
ful ranks  of  American  Masonry,  and  send  it  spinning  on  its  way  in  the 
shape  of  hostile  legislation.  The  Grand  Master  Reginald  H.  Thomp- 
son after  quoting  the  Washington  resolutions  says: 

Masonic  charity  would  seem  to  demand  that  we  should  regard  the 
illogical,  unnecessary  and  lame  conclusion,  at  which  the  Grand  Lodge 
of  Washington  has  arrived,  to  a  lack  of  information  as  to  the  recog- 
nized laws  of  the  Masonic  Institution,  and  of  the  facts  of  history, 
rather  than  to  a  deliberate  purpose  to  destroy  the  peace  and  harmony 
of  American  Freemasonry,  which,  for  more  than  a  century  has  so 
gloriously  fulfilled  its  mission  of  peace  and  goodwill  among  men.  But 
whatever  may  have  been  the  motive,  this  action  has  thrown  an  apple 
of  discord  into  the  peaceful  ranks  of  our  American  brotherhood, which 
no  motive  can  justify  or  excuse.  Its  effect  is  to  abrogate  the  whole 
system  of  American  Masonic  jurisprudence,  and  must  inevitably  pro- 
duce confusion  and  anarchy. 

After  summarizing  somewhat  loosely  the  report  of  Brother 
Woodbury,  accepting  its  fallacious  conclusions  derived  from  the 
disingenuous  use  of  "Massachusetts  Grand  Lodge"  and  "Grand  Lodge 
of  Massachusetts"  as  synonymous  terms,  Brother  THOMPSON  says: 

From  this  bastard  progeny  of  an  illegitimate  and  spurious  body 
sprung  the  Prince  Hall  grand  lodge.  As  to  the  two  Pennsylvania 
grand  lodges  no  evidence  of  any  fact  in  history,  well  authenticated 
or  otherwise,  has  ever  been  adduced  to  show  their  legitimacy.  From 
1776  until  1813  the  African  lodge  was  clearly  clandestine  by  the  "rec- 
ognized law  of  the  Masonic  Institution,"  and  in  1827  they  declared 
themselves  independent  of  the  Grand  Lodge  of  England,  and  free 
from  all  Masonic  authority,  and  from  that  day  to  this  they  have  en- 
joyed the  freedom  of  the  wild  ass  and  have  rejoiced  in  the  liberty  of 
an  unbridled  and  unrecognized  existence — a  freedom  which  the  com- 
mittee of  Washington  lodge  seem  anxious  to  emulate,  when  in  order 
to  convince  the  outside  world  of  the  catholicity  of  their  Masonry 
they  take  unto  their  embrace  the  unctuous  and  unwilling  African, 
ignore  the  facts  of  history  and  insult  the  intelligence  and  challenge 
the  honesty  of  the  Grand  Lodge  of  Massachusetts,  in  fact  the  whole 
body  of  American  Masonry,  by  denouncing  the  candid  judgment  of 
impartial  men,  acting  under  the  sanction  of  Masonic  obligation,  as 
the  unworthy  result  of  race  prejudice  and  cowardly  prudence. 

********** 

The  Grand  Lodge  of  Washington  has  been  misled,  by  its  com- 
mittee, into  hastily  recognizing  the  negro  bodies  without  even  wait- 
ingto  ascertain  whether  the  negro  bodies  recognized  it  as  a  legitimate 
body  or  not.  I  consider  this  action  unnecessary,  undignified  and  un- 
masonic  It  is  revolutionary  and  uncalled  for,  and  is  certain  to  create 
discord.  This  grand  bodj'  has  no  right  to  control  the  action  of  a  sister 
grand  lodge.  It  cannot  say  to  the  Masons  of  Washington,  you  shall 
or  you  shall  not  admit  certain  persons  into  your  lodges  or  your  fami- 
lies. But  it  has  the  right  to  fellowship  or  not  with  any  other  grand 
body  or  its  members.  It  has  the  right  to  repudiate  and  denounce  any 
doctrine  which  trenches  upon  its  own  prerogatives,  and  endangers 
the  existence  of  American  Freemasonry.  It  cannot  admit  that  the 
Grand  Lodge  of  Washington  can  establish  legal  lodges  of  Masons  in 


MASONIC   CORRESPONDENCE.  107 


this  state,  or  that  any  foreigri  body  can  do  so  in  territory  belong'ing' 
to  Washington.  It  affirms  this  principle  without  any  regard  to  the 
legitimacy  of  the  foreign  grand  lodge  or  the  color  of  its  members.  I 
think  the  Grand  Lodge  of  Washington  has  fallen  into  a  grievous  error, 
and  that  this  grand  lodge  should  so  declare,  and  that  it  should  do  so 
promptly  and  emphatically.  For  this  reason  I  some  time  since  ap- 
pointed a  special  committee  of  three,  consisting  of  Past  Grand  Master 
J.  Soule  Smith,  Past  Grand  Master  James  W.  Staton,  and  Past  Grand 
Master  Bernard  G.  Witt,  to  consider  and  report  at  this  session  in 
order  that  the  grand  lodge  may  act  advisedly  in  the  premises. 

The  report  of  the  special  committee  in  so  far  as  it  is  argumenta- 
tive follows  the  general  lines  of  two  Massachusetts  papers.  Grand 
Master  Gardner's  address  in  1870,  and  Brother  Woodbury's  report 
in  1876,  with  reference  to  the  history  of  African  lodge  and  the  juris- 
dictional situation  in  Massachusetts  at  the  time  that  lodge  was  char- 
tered. Its  spirit,  style  and  diction  we  presume  it  owes  to  Past  Grand 
Master  J.  Soule  [Smith,  the  chairman  of  the  committee.  At  the 
outset  he  says: 

Upon  the  face  of  the  petition  the  petitioners  were  clandestine,  and 
by  receiving  it  and  appointing  a  committee  to  consider  it,  the  Grand 
Lodge  of  Washington  demeaned  itself.  At  the  outset  the  case  was 
prejudged:  the  appointment  of  a  committee  to  consider  such  a  peti- 
tion, at  this  late  day,  foreshadowed  the  report  to  be  made  ;  and  the 
approval  of  that  report  was  perfunctory  and  surplusage.  The  question 
was  long  ago  ''res  adjudicata  and,  as  the  Grand  Lodge  of  Massa- 
chusetts said  in  1869,  on  a  similar  application,  the  '  petitioners 
(should)  have  leave  to  withdraw.'"  That  was  the  only  decent,  ap- 
propriate, and  Masonic  conclusion. 

********** 

Accepting  the  truth  of  these  latter  statements,  we  deem  the  re- 
port of  this  committee  disingenuous  and  unmasonic.  It  is  discredit- 
able to  its  authors,  and  unworthy  of  the  respectful  consideration  of 
legitimate  Masons.  And  the  action  of  the  Grand  Lodge  of  Washing- 
ton in  accepting  such  a  petition,  and  adopting  such  a  report,  is  de- 
serving of  severe  censure.  In  saying  this  we  use  the  mildest  language 
at  our  command. 

Neither  the  negro  grand  lodge,  nor  any  of  its  subordinate  lodges, 
asked  recognition  of  the  Grand  Lodge  of  Washington.  By  no  act  of 
theirs  has  the  Grand  Lodge  of  Washington  been  recognized  as  legiti- 
mate. But,  upon  the  petition  of  two  individual  negroes,  who  could 
bind  nobod}^  except  themselves,  the  Grand  Lodge  of  Washington  has 
hastened  to  adjudicate  a  case  not  presented  to  it,  and  to  embrace  an 
organization  of  Africans  who  have  not  sought  their  caresses.  It  is  a 
disgusting  lechery  which  savors  of  rape. 

******  *  *  * 

Any  action  on  this  subject,  at  this  time,  by  the  Grand  Lodge  of 
Washington  was  improper,  and  unnecessary.  The  question  was  not 
presented  in  such  manner  as  to  make  a  decision  of  it  binding  upon  the 
negro  lodges.  The  Negro  grand  lodge  seems  to  have  had  a  more  ex- 
alted idea  of  its  own  dignity  than  the  Grand  Lodge  of  Washington! 
It  did  not  ask  recognition  for  itself,  or  its  subordinates.  Had  it  done 
so,  it  would  have  recognized  the  legitimacy  of  the  body  from  whom  it 


108  APPENDIX — PART   I. 


sought  this  favor.  It  was  pursuing  the  even  tenor  of  its  way,  doing 
its  own  work  among  its  own  people,  unmolested  by  anyone,  asking  no 
favors  and  needing  none.  Any  lodge  under  the  jurisdiction  of  Wash- 
ington grand  lodge  could,  if  it  chose,  receive  a  free-born  negro  as  a 
member,  and  any  lodge  of  Masons  in  Kentucky  or  Massachusetts  has 
the  same  right.  In  Massachusetts  negroes  are  members  of  Masonic 
lodges,  and  sit  as  representatives  in  the  grand  lodge.  Yet  Massachu- 
setts is  foremost  in  maintaining  its  own  dignity,  and  most  forceful  of 
all  American  grand  lodges  in  declaring  the  negro  lodges  clandestine 
and  illegitimate.  As  a  wise  parent,  it  knows  its  own  children;  as  a 
chaste  mother,  it  resents  the  intrusion  of  a  bastard  into  the  family. 
********* 

It  may  be  said  that  Kentuckians  have  prejudices  against  the 
negro,  and  we  therefore  array  the  sober  scholarship  of  Massachusetts 
and  Vermont  against  the  hysterical  vaporings  of  the  fiery  and  un- 
tamed committee  of  Washington  grand  lodge.  We  do  not  hesitate  to 
quote  a  Gardner,  a  Woodbury,  a  Tucker  against  the  misinformation 
which  darkens  the  councils  of  our  western  brothers.  As  for  Kentucky, 
she  has  ever  been  conservative,  but  steadfast  in  maintaining  her  own 
rights,  and  according  their  just  rights  to  her  sisters.  She  would  re- 
sent the  intrusion  of  any  one  upon  the  jurisdiction  of  Washington  as 
upon  her  own.  She  believes  in  the  "American  doctrine"  of  Masonic 
jurisdiction.  It  is  founded  upon  courtesy,  upon  right,  upon  justice. 
We  will  not  intrude  upon  the  territory  of  Missouri  or  Illinois,  nor 
would  we  allow  them  to  invade  our  jurisdiction.  Much  less  would  we 
insult  the  Grand  Lodge  of  Massachusetts  by  putting  the  seal  of  our 
approval  upon  an  invasion  of  her  territory,  and  declaring  legitimate 
those  from  her  household  whom  she  has  repeatedly  declared  bastards. 
********* 

We  have  no  quarrel  with  the  negro,  and  certainly  seek  none  with 
the  Grand  Lodge  of  Washington.  We  have  no  wish  to  curtail  its 
privileges,  or  infringe  upon  its  rights.  It  can  select  its  own  associ- 
ates, and  we  shall  select  ours.  It  has  proclaimed  as  fact,  what  is  con- 
troverted by  history.  It  has  announced  a  principle  whose  acceptance 
means  death  to  American  Masonry,  It  has  contemptuously  set  aside 
the  doctrine  of  jurisdiction  upon  which  our  system  is  founded,  and 
this  it  has  done  at  the  mere  request  of  two  irresponsible  negroes,  and 
upon  what  seems  to  have  been  an  agreed  case.  It  has  scoffed  at  the 
conclusions  of  of  a  century;  it  has  reopened  a  question  settled  wisely, 
and  justly,  long  ago,  even  when  the  passions  of  our  civil  war  were  not 
abated.  It  has  been  forgetful  of  its  own  dignity,  reckless  of  its  own 
honor,  and  zealous  to  disturb  the  harmony  of  the  Craft.  We  approve 
the  utterances  of  the  grand  master  upon  this  subject,  and  agree  with 
him,  that  this  grand  lodge  should  speak  with  no  uncertain  sound. 

We  therefore  recommend  the  following: 

Resolved,  That  in  view  of  the  action  in  regard  to  negro  Masonry, 
taken  by  the  Grand  Lodge  of  Washington,  Free  and  Accepted  Masons, 
at  its  last  communication,  this  grand  lodge  hereby  declares  non-in- 
tercourse between  its  subordinates  and  members,  and  the  said  Grand 
Lodge  of  Washington,  its  subordinates  and  members. 

Alabama. — Here,  as  in  Arkansas,  the  chairman  of  the  committee 
on  correspondence  (Bro.  William  Y.  Titcomb)  seems  to  have  taken  the 
initiative,  and   after  quoting  the  Washington  resolutions,  presents 


MASONIC   CORRESPONDENCE.  109 

the   following   concluding'    preamble    and    resolutions,    which    were 
adopted: 

"And,  whereas,  The  admissions  [of  the  Washington  committee] 
contained  in  the  foregoing  resolutions  refute  their  claim  to  con- 
formity to  Masonic  law  and  usage,  for  example: 

"We  are  not  unmindful  of  the  fact  that  the  white  and  colored 
races  in  the  United  States  have,  in  many  ways,  shown  their  prefer- 
ence to  remain  t?ijji(,y«3Zy. social  ?7iaf<trs,  [our  italics]  separate  and  apart," 
and 

Masonry  being  preeminently  a  social  institution,^'  because  this  action 
of  the  Grand  Lodge  of  Washington  is  a  violation  of  Masonic  law  and 
usage  which  has  prevailed  all  over  the  United  States,  and  has  been 
in  force  a  hundred  years,  to  the  effect  that  no  grand  lodge  shall 
suffer  an  invasion  of  its  territorial  jurisdiction  by  another  grand 
lodge,  and,  in  the  next  place.  Masonry  being  preeminently  social, 
the  social  inequalitj'  of  the  blacks  and  whites  is  imperiously  asserted 
by  the  latter;  hence,  while  they  cheerfully  accord  to  the  negroes  all 
those  privileges  which  they  may  claim  as  civil  and  political  rights, 
they  withhold  the  companionship  of  the  home  and  the  society. 
Therefore, 

Besolved,  That  all  fraternal  relations  heretofore  subsisting  be- 
tween this  grand  lodge  and  the  Grand  Lodge  of  the  State  of  Wash- 
ington be.  and  they  are  hereby  suspended  until  the  Grand  Lodge  of 
the  State  of  Washington  shall  have  rescinded  its  resolutions  recog- 
nizing negro  Masonry." 

Referring  to  our  report  Bro.  Titcomb  says: 

We  do  not  essay  a  discussion  of  this  topic,  but  merely  remark 
that,  with  our  Northern  brethren,  the  question  is  more  theoretical 
than  practical:  with  us  here  at  the  South  it  is  more  practical  than 
theoretical.  Masonry  is  essentially  a  social  institution.  Before  the 
law  of  the  land  we  recognize  the  negro  as  our  equal  in  respect  of 
civil  and  political  rights,  but  we  do  not,  can  not,  and  will  not  accord 
to  him  the  privilege  of  companionship  on  terms  of  social  equality  Nor 
would  he  seek  this,  but  for  the  dark  practices  of  mischief-making 
white  men. 

Arizona. — Past  Grand  Master  Morris  Goldwater,  of  the  com- 
mittee on  correspondence,  reported  and  the  grand  lodge  adopted  the 
following: 

In  the  matter  of  the  action  by  the  M.  W.  Grand  Lodge  of  Wash- 
ington, recognizing  as  legitimate  Masons  negroes  tracing  descent 
from  "Prince  Hall"  lodge,  your  committee  does  not  think  any  action 
by  this  grand  lodge  necessary  at  this  time. 

The  question  of  the  admission  of  negroes,  either  by  initiation,  af- 
filiation, or  visitation,  has  never,  to  this  committee's  knowledge,  come 
before  any  lodge  in  this  grand  jurisdiction;  and  your  committee  is 
of  the  opinion  that  when  the  question  does  arise  a  strict  compliance 
with  the  requirements  of  the  constitution  and  ritual  will  solve  all 
difficulties,  without  the  necessity  of  allusion  to  or  drawing  of  the  color 
line. 


110  APPENDIX — PART   I. 


A  desire  for  notoriety,  rather  than  a  desire  to  right  a  wrong,  is 
probably  the  cause  of  this  cloud  occasionally  obscuring  the  Masonic 
horizon. 

Arkansas. — In  this  jurisdiction  the  chairman  of  the  committee  on 
correspondence,  Sam  H.  Davidson,  seems  to  have  taken  the  initia- 
tive and  deeming-  the  action  of  the  Grand  Lodge  of  Washington  of  suf- 
ficient importance  to  justify  a  special  report,  submitted  to  the  Grand 
Lodge,  November  17,  1898.  It  is  not  notable  as  an  original  contribu- 
tion to  the  literature  of  the  subject,  except  in  its  closing  sentences 
and  in  the  fact  that  it  accuses  Brother  Upton  of  having  garbled  ex- 
tracts from  Dove's  History  of  the  Grand  Lodge  of  Virginia,  the  state- 
ment in  the  following  that  "the  Provincial  Grand  Lodge  of  Massa- 
chusetts was  in  possession  of  this  territory  long  before  the  alleged 
'development'  of  African  lodge,"  to  which  we  shall  hereafter  recur, 
being  of  Massachusetts  parentage: 

As  evidencing  their  intention  deliberately  to  ignore  all  well  estab- 
lished tests  as  understood  and  followed  at  the  present  day,  they  say 
that  ''instances  are  numerous  where  single  lodges  developed  into 
mother  lodges;"  and  "cases  are  not  wanting  in  Europe  and  Asia, 
where  individual  Masons,  on  their  own  authority,  set  up  lodges,  which 
were  afterwards  universally  accepted  as  legitimate."  Yet  they  oft'er 
no  example  of  the  development  of  a  mother  lodge  in  territory  occu- 
pied by  a  grand  lodge,  nor  do  they  attempt  to  dispute  the  fact  that 
the  Provincial  Grand  Lodge  of  Massachusetts  was  in  possession  of 
this  territory  long  before  this  alleged  "development"  of  African 
lodge.  As  examples,  however,  of  their  idea,  they  cite  Kilwinning 
Mother  Lodge  of  Scotland,  which,  they  say,  warranted  lodges  after 
the  Grand  Lodge  of  Scotland  was  organized;  lodges  formed  in  Tur- 
key, by  one  of  the  past  grand  officers  of  Scotland,  on  his  own  [respon- 
sibility, afterwards  recognized  b}^  the  Grand  Lodge  of  Scotland,  and 
the  assertion  that  Fredericksburg  Lodge,  in  Virginia,  granted  to 
Falmouth  Lodge,  in  Stafford  county,  the  privilege  of  meeting  without 
a  warrant. 

They  say  that  this  Fredericksburg  Lodge  was  not  able  to  claim 
a  chartered  existence  prior  to  July  21,  1758,  yet  before  that  time,  in 
1752,  it  had  made  George  Washington  a  Mason,  and  had  empowered 
five  brethren  to  form  Botetourt  Lodge,  at  Gloucester  Courthouse. 
This  Botetourt  Lodge,  which  had  no  other  warrant  until  1773,  joined 
in  forming  the  Grand  Lodge  of  Virginia.  But  do  these  irregularities, 
for  such  they  were,  which  occurred  in  the  formative  period  of  Amer- 
ican Masonry,  some  of  them  150  years  ago;  justify  the  Grand  Lodge 
of  Washington  in  ignoring  all  precedent  and  every  known  test  by 
which  in  this  age  the  genuineness  of  Masonic  organizations  is  deter- 
mined, in  order  that  it  may,  unasked,  recognize  that  as  Masonry 
which,  after  a  year's  "reviewing"  and  "reflection,"  by  its  own  showing 
is  clandestine?  We  think  not.  The  examples  drawn  from  Virginia 
purport  to  be  quoted  from  the  History  of  the  Grand  Lodge  of  Virginia 
hy  Bro.  John  Dove.  They  are  garbled  extracts,  as  will  clearly  -ap- 
pear by  an  examination  of  that  authority.  Right  Worshipful  Bro. 
John  Dove,  M.  D.,  was  an  active  member  of  the  Grand  Lodge  of  Vir- 
ginia for  fifty  years.  He  was  its  grand  secretary  for  more  than 
thirty  years,  and  what  he  has  written  is  entitled  to  full  faith   and 


MASONIC   CORRESPONDENCE.  Ill 


credit.  When  our  Washington  brethren  say  that  Fredericksburg 
Lodge  was  chartered  July  -1,  1758,  they  quote  him  correctly,  but  they 
sujipress  the  additional  fact  that  that  lodge  worked  under  dispensa- 
tion for  some  years,  and  that  when  George  Washington  was  made  a 
Mason  it  was  so  working.  Thej^  are  also  correct  by  the  same  author- 
it}^  in  stating  that  Botetourt  Lodge,  which  joined  in  the  formation  of 
the  Virginia  Grand  Lodge,  was  chartered  in  1773,  but  they  do  not 
state  the  further  fact,  shown  by  Dove,  that  its  charter  antedated  the 
formation  of  the  Grand  Lodge  of  Virginia  some  five  years,  and  that 
every  lodge  that  joined  in  the  organization  of  that  Grand  Lodge  had 
been  regularly  chartered. 

The  report  closes  as  follows: 

We  are  frank  to  admit  that  the  Masons  of  Arkansas,  almost  as 
an  entirety,  are  unwilling  to  associate  on  terms  of  equality,  either 
socially  or  Masonically,  with  even  the  best  representatives  of  the 
negro  race;  yet,  this  does  not  enter  into  the  consideration  of  the 
question  in  hand,  for  by  the  showing  made  by  the  Grand  Lodge  of 
Washington  all  negro  Masonry  in  America  is  clandestine.  The  army 
lodge  referred  to  had  no  authority  to  confer  degrees  on  Prince  Hall 
and  the  fourteen  negroes  mentioned,  by  reason  not  only  of  the  re- 
striction of  their  powers  to  the  army  alone,  but  by  reason  of  their 
conflict  in  the  exercise  of  their  assumed  powers  with  the  Grand 
Lodge  of  Massachusetts,  so  that  whatever  of  Masonry  they  may  be 
supposed  to  have  received  was  the  rankest  of  rank  clandestinism, 
hence  the  warrant  issued  to  said  negroes  by  the  Grand  Lodge  of 
England  conferred  no  greater  power  on  Prince  Hall  and  his  con- 
sociates  than  if  they  had  been  known  profanes. 

We  cannot  continue  our  fraternal  relations  with  the  Grand  Lodge 
of  Washington  without  tacitly  recognizing  everything  as  Masonry 
which  they  recognize  as  such,  therefore,  we  recommend  the  following: 

Resolved,  That  in  view  of  the  action  in  regard  to  negro  Masonry 
taken  by  the  Grand  Lodge  of  Washington,  free  and  accepted  Masons, 
at  its  last  communication,  the  Grand  Lodge  of  Arkansas  he reb}^  de- 
clares non-intercourse  between  its  subordinates  and|members,  and  the 
said  Grand  Lodge  of  Washington,  its  subordinates  and  members. 

The  resolution  was  adopted. 

Delaware. — On  the  10th  of  January,  1899,  the  grand  master,  J. 
Harmer  Rile,  issued  an  edict  in  which,  after  reciting  the  Washing- 
ton resolutions,  he  says: 

Inasmuch  as  the  adoption  of  the  above  resolutions  recognizes  as 
regular  and  legitimate  the  negro  Masons  and  the  Negro  Grand  Lodge 
in  the  state  of  Delaware,  whom  this  jurisdiction  regards  as  illegitimate 
in  origin  and  irregular  in  existence,  and  therefore  clandestine;  this 
jurisdiction  regards  such  action  as  an  unwarranted  invason  of  the 
territorial  jurisdiction  of  Delaware,  in  which  she  has  exclusive  and 
supreme  jurisdiction  over  all  matters  of  Ancient  Craft  Masonry. 

This  is  not  a  question  of  the  regularity  and  legitimacy  of  Prince 
Hall's  making,  but  of  the  right  which  he  exercised  to  erect  lodges  of 
negro  Masons  in  territory  alread}' occupied  by  regular  and  legitimate 
grand  lodges. 


112  APPENDIX — PART   I. 


The  doctrine  of  exclusive  and  supreme  territorial  jurisdiction  has 
been  acquiesced  in  by  every  American  grand  lodge,  and  for  a  century 
has  proved  to  be  a  wise  and  wholesome  provision,  enabling  the  grand 
lodges  to  dwell  together  in  peace  and  harmony. 

If  the  great  body  of  regular  Masons  in  the  United  States,  as 
represented  in  regular  grand  lodges,  are  to  dwell  together  in  peace 
and  harmony,  there  must  be  a  compact  unity  and  cohesion  in  this 
great  doctrine  of  supreme  and  exclusive  territorial  jurisdiction, 
which  is  the  strength  and  support  of  our  institution.  And  until  there 
is  a  unanimity  of  opinion  and  desire  on  the  part  of  all  grand  lodges 
of  the  United  States  to  heal  these  irregular  Masons  in  a  regular  man- 
ner, and  not  by  acknowledging  them  regular  in  an  irregular  manner, 
I  deem  it  to  the  best  interest  of  the  Craft  in  Delaware  to  maintain 
the  attitude  always  adhered  to  by  this  grand  jurisdiction. 

Therefore,  you  are  hereby  notified  that  all  Masonic  communica- 
tion between  the  Grand  Lodge,  A.F.  and  A.M.  of  Delaware,  its  sub- 
ordinate lodges  and  members  and  the  Grand  Lodge,  F.  and  A.M.  of 
Washington,  its  subordinate  lodges  and  members,  is  suspended  until 
the  next  annual  communication  of  this  grand  lodge. 

Florida. — The  report  of  a  special  committee  appointed  during  the 
recess  was  presented  by  the  chairman,  Deputy  Grand  Master  Silas 
B.  Wright,  and  is  chiefly  a  recasting  of  the  Massachusetts  report  of 
Brother  Woodbury.  It  restates  in  slightly  varying  form  the  Mas- 
sachusetts fiction,  based  on  the  misleading  use  of  the  "Grand  Lodge 
of  Massachusetts,"  for  one  of  the  organizations  which  united  with 
another  to  form  that  body,  the  "Massachusetts  Grand  Lodge"  saying: 

This  doctrine  was  enunciated  by  the  Grand  Lodge  of  Massachu- 
setts five  years  before  the  formation  of  African  lodge,  and  twenty- 
five  years  before  the  formation  of  Prince  Hall  Grand  Lodge. 

The  report,  closing  with  the  following,  was  unanimously  adopted: 

In  view  of  this  direct  invasion  of  our  rights  and  territory  by  the 
Grand  Lodge  of  Washington,  we  beg  to  recommend  the  adoption  of 
the  following  resolution: 

'■'Besolved,  That  the  Most  W;orshipful  Grand  Master  of  Florida 
hereby  suspends  all  intercourse  with  the  Grand  Lodge  of  Washington, 
and  forbids  its  subordinates  and  members  from  having  any  communi- 
cation with  lodges  or  Masons  owing  allegiance  to  the  said  Grand 
Lodge  of  Washington." 

Indiana. — We  will  let  the  correspondence  report  of  Past  Grand 
Master  Thomas  M.  Reed,  Grand  Secretary  of  Washington,  tell  the 
Indiana  story,  not  alone  because  our  copy  of  the  Indiana  proceedings 
is  in  the  hands  of  our  printer  and  hence  not  immediately  available, 
but  because  it  discloses  the  methods  of  fomenting  discord  that  have 
been  resorted  to,  a  knowledge  of  which  is  essential  to  adequate  under- 
standing of  the  situation.     We  quote  from  Brother  Reed: 

This  grand  lodge  [Indiana],  we  learn  by  circular  letter,  met  in 
May  last.  We  have  not  been  provided  with  a  copy  of  its  proceedings, 
but  we  are  not  without  information  respecting  its  bitter  assault  upon 


MASONIC   CORRESPONDENCE.  113 


the  Grand  Lodge  of  Washington.  R.  W.  Bro.  William  H.  Smythe, 
grand  secretary,  was  chairman  of  the  committee  reporting  on  the 
Washington  resolutions  of  1898,  etc.,  and  sent  us  by  special 
post-delivery  a  copy  of  his  report,  which  we  received  at 
Seattle  soon  after  our  grand  lodge  was  convened  in  annual 
session,  June  13.  It  was  not  necessary  to  announce  the  receipt  of 
or  to  read  this  circular  to  the  grand  lodge,  for  the  members  present 
had  been  very  generousl}'  supplied  with  copies  of  it.  In  the  reception 
room  were  a  score  or  more  copies  "lying  around  loose;"  and  we  were 
informed  by  a  brother  Mason  that  many  were  in  circulation  on  the 
streets  of  the  city.  Where  these  circulars  came  from  we  have  no 
definite  knowledge.  They  had  not  come  through  any  agency  of  the 
Grand  Lodge  of  Washington.  Can  Brother  Smith  enlighten  us  on 
this  subject?  Pertinent  to  this  question,  which  we  have  no  doubt 
Brother  Smythe  can  answer  if  he  so  desires,  we  will  quote  a  few 
passages  from  this  remarkable  deliverance  of  the  Indiana  committee. 
After  a  labored  effort,  the  strength  of  which  lies  in  its  weakness  and 
absurdity,  the  committee  says:  "The  declaration  of  the  Grand  Lodge 
of  Washington  is  that  all  colored  grand  loges,  all  colored  lodges,  and 
all  colored  men  made  Masons  therein  [Indiana]  are  genuine  Free- 
masons, and  must  be  so  recognized  by  all  Freemasons  wheresoever 
dispersed  around  the  globe.  Furthermore,  the  said  Grand  Lodge  of 
Washington  has,  by  its  action,  attempted  to  set  aside  and  trample 
upon  the  great  American  doctrine  of  grand  lodge  sovereignty  in  each 
state  and  territory  of  the  United  States." 

They  further  allege  that  the  Grand  Lodge  of  Washington  had 
"attempted  to  violate'"  the  declaration  of  power  asserted  in  the  con- 
stitution of  the  Grand  Lodge  of  Indiana,  adding:  "To  the  Grand 
Lodge  of  Indiana  belongs  the  exclusive  right  to  say  what  is  and  what 
is  not  legitimate  Freemasonry  in  Indiana.  Its  constitution  says, 
'This  grrind  lodge  is  the  highest  source  of  authority  in  Ancient  Craft  Masonry 
within  the  State  of  Indiana.'  " 

To  prove  that  the  Grand  Lodge  of  Washington  had  attempted  to 
violate  the  above  declaration  of  power,  they  quote  a  dictum  "from 
the  learned  Drummond,"  following  which  they  rise  in  their  dignity 
and  declare  that — ■ 

"Self-respect  and  a  high  appreciation  of  the  important  duty  de- 
volving upon  us  causes  us  to  pause  for  a  moment  to  grasp,  if  possible, 
the  motive  prompting  the  author  of  all  this  uncalled-for  meddlesomeness.'' 
[Italics  ours.] 

Now,  does  Brother  Smythe,  the  chairman,  and  doubtless  the 
author  of  the  Indiana  report,  discover  the  pertinency  of  this  "un- 
called-for meddlesomeness?"'    Who  are  the  meddlesome  invaders? 

The  assertion  that  the  Grand.Lodge  of  Washington  has  attempted 
to  violate  the  declaration  of  power  asserted  in  the  constitution  or 
any  of  the  laws  of  the  Grand  Lodge  of  Indiana,  or  that  she  has 
attempted  any  "uncalled-for  meddlesomeness"  withany  of  the  private 
or  official  affairs  of  that  grand  lodge,  is  absolutely  untrue.  Can  the 
Grand  Lodge  of  Indiana  or  its  committee  truthfully  say  the  same  as 
to  its  action  toward  the  Grand  Lodge  of  Washington? 

Not  satisfied  with  an  uncalled-for  and  meddlesome  attack  upon 
the  Grand  Lodge  of  Washington,  the  committee  follows  up  this  "self- 
-h 


114  APPENDIX — PART   I. 


respect  and  high  appreciation  of  the  important  duty  devolving"  upon 
them  with  a  further  assault,  most  unmasonic  and  vengeful,  upon  "the 
author  of  all  this  [alleged]  uncalled-for  meddlesomeness,"  referring 
of  course  to  our  late  and  highly  respected  Grand  Master,  Hon. 
William  H.  Upton.     They  say: 

''Notoriety,  glorious  or  inglorious,  is  the  chief  aim  of  some  men. 
Notoriety  at  the  expense  of  the  fair  name  and 'fame  of  Freemasonry 
would  be  a  natural  deduction  from  the  object  lesson  set  before  us  as 
illustrated  by  the  forensic  power  of  a  very  young  Mason  in  the  State 
of  Washington.  Young  in  years,  young  in  Masonry  and  a  babe  in 
Masonic  knowledge,  brushes  aside  Drummond,  Moore,  Mackey  and 
others  of  equal  knowledge  and  renown,  and  to  gain  notoriety  and 
power  forces  the  Grand  Lodge  of  Washington  to  proclaim  as  'legiti- 
mate Masonic  -grand  lodges,'  lodges  that  had  solemnly  issued  a 
'Declaration  of  Independence,'  and  that  renounced  all  allegiance  to 
the  mother  grand  lodge  of  the  world — the  Grand  Lodge  of  England." 

The  above  is  simply  shameful;  but  we  will  not  use  harsh  words 
towards  the  committee,  or  the  writer  of  the  Indiana  report — for  he 
evidently  does  not  know  what  he  is  talking  about. 

M.  W.  Brother  Upton,  though  perhaps  not  so  old  in  "years"  as 
Brother  Smythe  and  some  others  of  the  Indiana  committee,  is  not  de- 
void of  the  elements  of  a  manly  Freemason;  he  is  a  gentleman  as  well 
as  a  scholar.  His  attainment  in  Masonic  research  in  the  occult 
science  of  Masonr}',  in  its  law,  literature  and  history — ancient  and 
modern — are  exceptional,  and  are  considered  bj'  those  who  are  quali- 
fied to  pass  intelligent  judgment — in  both  Europe  and  America — of 
the  highest  type  of  excellence.  He  is  certainly  the  peer  of  the  very 
ablest  of  his  American  contemporaries;  he  is  immeasurabl}^  superior 
to  each  and  all  of  those  who  seek  to  belittle  his  standing  in  the 
fraternity. 

In  one  view  it  is  highly  diverting  to  watch  "the  forensic  power  of 
a  very  young  Mason  in  the  State  of  Washington"  throw  the  Indiana 
committee  into  such  paroxysms  of  wrath.  Well,  we  love  Washington; 
it  possesses  many  elements  of  greatness,  natural,  physical,  intel- 
lectual and  moral;  many  doubtless  that  we  know  not  of;  we  love  its 
people, its  Masons  and  its  Masonry;  all  is  prosperity  with  us, and  we  trust 
our  brethren  of  Indiana  are  not  jealous;  we  are  proud  of  our  environ- 
ment, and  not  less  proud  of  our  well-beloved  and  highly  respected 
brother  and  Past  Grand  Master,  Judge  William  H.  Upton. 

One  word  more  and  "we  rest."  Brother  Upton  has  been  accused, 
by  those  who  appear  to  feed  upon  "bug-bear"  suspicions,  of  being  the 
cause  of.  what  they  term  "all  this  uncalled-for  meddlesomeness."  This 
accusation  is  simply  untrue;  it  is  false  in  conception,  false  in  fact, 
false  in  theory.  We  hold  no  brief  as  apologist  or  defender  of  Judge 
Upton.  He  is  well  able  to  fight  his  own  battles  and  to  maintain  his 
own  manly  dignity.  The  references  herein  made  to  him,  ofiicially 
and  personally,  he  knows  nothing  of;  he  knows  nothing  whatever  of 
the  contents  of  this  report,  except  as  to  the  part  prepared  by  himself 
and  printed  before  the  meeting  of  the  grand  lodge  in  June:  he  will 
probably  disapprove  all  notice  of  the  unwarranted  attacks  made  upon 
him;  it  is  certain  that  they  do  not  in  the  least  ruffle  his  serene  and 
magnanimous  disposition,  and  equally  certain  that  they  do  not 
alienate  even  one  of  his  host  of  friends  in  Washington. 


MASONIC   CORRESPONDENCE.  115 


The  resolutions  submitted  by  the  committee  and  adopted  by  the 
Grand  Lodge  of  Indiana  were  prefaced  by  another  demonistration  of 
hatred  for  M.W.  Brother  Upton.  Note  their  mendacious  black- 
guardism: 

•'It  [the  committee]  disapproves  of  the  stubborn  and  unfraternal 
spirit  permeating  the  grand  master  of  Washington  as  displayed  in 
his  letter  relating  thereto,  and  it  regrets  that  his  lack  of  Masonic 
knowledge  and  surplus  ambition  has  caused  him  to  compromise  the 
standing  of  his  grand  lodge  and  debase  the  dignity  of  the  greatest 
fraternal  organization  the  world  has  ever  seen: 

"That  no  mistake  be  made — that  the  attitude  of  the  Grand 
Lodge  of  Indiana  may  be  clearly  detined,  we  offer  for  adoption  the 
following  resolutions: 

"i^iccSi. — Resolved,  That  the  Grand  Lodge  of  Indiana  recognizes  as 
legitimate  all  grand  lodges  of  Free  and  Accepted  Masons  of  the 
United  States  with  which  it  has  heretofore  been  in  fraternal  inter- 
course, except  as  hereinafter  stated. 

"SeconrZ. — Resolved,  That  the  Grand  Lodge  of  Indiana  does  not  rec- 
ognize as  legitimate  any  colored  grand  lodge  of  Masons  established 
within  the  territorial  jurisdiction  of  any  grand  lodge  in  the  United 
States  formall}^  recognized  by  this  grand  lodge. 

^'Third. — Resolved,  That  the  Grand  Lodge  of  Indiana  deprecates 
the  unwise,  ill-considered  and  uncalled-for  action  of  the  Grand  Lodge 
of  Washington  in  attempting  to  force  abandonment  of  the  great 
American  doctrine  of  exclusive  Masonic  jurisdiction  in  each  and 
every  state  and  territory  of  this  American  republic. 

^'■Fourth. — Resolved,  That  the  most  worshipful  grand  lodge  of  Free 
and  Accepted  Masons  of  the  State  of  Indiana  hereby  severs  fraternal 
intercourse  with  the  most  worshipful  grand  lodge  of  Free  and 
Accepted  Masons  of  Washington,  and  forbids  the  lodges  of  Indiana, 
and  the  individual  members  thereof,  from  visiting  or  admitting 
visitors  from  any  lodge  of  Freemasons  in  the  State  of  Washington, 
until  the  said  Grand  Lodge  of  Washington  shall  recede  from,  and  re- 
voke its  order  recognizing  as  regularly  made  Masons,  those  held  and 
declared  to  be  clandestine  by  the  Grand  Lodge  of  Indiana. 

'''•Fifth. — Resolved,  That  the  most  worshipful  grand  master  be  and  is 
hereby  authorized  to  revoke  this  order  so  soon  as  the  Grand  Lodge 
of  Washington  shall  recede  from  the  position  assumed  by  it. 

"Sa'^/i. — Resolved,  That  the  grand  secretary  be,  and  he  is  hereby 
directed  to  forward  a  certified  copy  of  this  report,  together  with  the 
action  of  the  grand  lodge  thereon,  to  the  Grand  Lodge  of  Washing- 
ington,  to  each  lodge  in  the  State  of  Indiana,  and  to  all  grand  lodges 
in  the  world  with  which  this  grand  lodge  is  in  fraternal  communi- 
cation." 

Past  Grand  Master  Nicholas  R.  Ruckle,  chairman  of  the  Indi- 
ana correspondence  committee,  discusses  the  question  intelligently 
and  at  length,  and  the  timely  return  of  the  Indiana  volume  from  our 
printer,  while  the  manuscript  of  this  topic  is  still  in  our  hands,  en- 


13  6  APPENDIX — PARTI. 


ables  us  to  give  some  extracts  from  his  paper.      Commenting  on  our 
notice  of  Washington,  he  says: 

Even  without  the  declaration  of  "Massachusetts  Grand  Lodge," 
whether  it  be  of  the  date  of  1777  or  of  1782,  all  English  Masonic  au- 
thority in  the  then  United  States  absolutely  and  completely  lapsed 
with  the  extinction  of  its  civil  authority  in  the  same  territor3^  In- 
dependence in  Masonic  government  naturall}'  followed  independence 
in  civil  government.  The  termination  of  the  authority  of  the  Brit- 
ish Grand  Lodges,  whether  "Ancient"  or  "Modern,"  devolved  the 
Masonic  government  in  each  jurisdiction  upon  the  provincial  grand 
lodges  wherever  such  bodies  had  been  established. 

We  find  the  following  foot  note  on  p.  ix  of  his  report,  referring 
to  Brother  Upton's  statement  that  "it  is  by  no  means  certain  that 
Prince  Hall  was  not  de  jure  as  well  as  de  fucto  a  provincial  grand 
master.  Many  circumstances  indicate  that  he  was;  and  in  the  opin- 
ion of  many,  a  stronger  showing  in  this  direction  has  been  made  out 
for  him  than  for  Henry  Price,  of  Massachusetts,  through  whom 
much  of  our  own  Masonry  must  be  traced:" 

The  appointment  of  Henry  Price  is  confirmed  by  letters  from  the 
grand  secretary  of  the  Grand  Lodge  of  England;  the  records  of  that 
body  do  not  substantiate  any  such  claim  lor  Prince  Hall. — Indiana 
Committee. 


It  is  well  to  bear  in  mind  that  no  letter  from  any  grand  secretary 
of  the  Grand  Lodge  of  England  exists  which  confirms  Price's  appoint- 
ment by  reference  to  any  grand  lodge  record  or  register.  Grand  Sec- 
retary Hervey  (G.  L.  of  England)  writing  August  31,  1870,  said:  "In 
reply  to  yours  of  the  14th  ult.,  I  can  find  no  mention  whatever,  in 
grand  lodge  books  or  registers,  of  Price's  name,  excepting  that  in 
the  calendar  so  frequently  alluded  to."  (Mass.  Proc.  1871,  p.  383) 
Price's  name  did  not  get  into  that  annual  calendar  until  after  he  had 
ceased  to  act  as  provincial  grand  master,  and  thirty-six  years  after 
his  alleged  appointment;  and  to  show  the  value  of  the  calendar  as 
evidence  we  may  say  that  his  name  having  once  got  into  it  as  provin- 
cial grand  master  for  North  America,  it  stuck  there  for  thirty-six 
years;  twenty-four  of  these  after  his  death. 

Iowa. — Grand  Master  Bowen  quotes  the  Washington  resolutions, 
and  says: 

It  seemed  to  me  that  in  the  adoption  of  the  foregoing  resolutions, 
the  Grand  Lodge  of  Washington  had  recognized  as  legitimate  Masons, 
with  all  the  attendant  rights  and  privileges  of  Masonry,  those  whom 
the  Grand  Lodge  of  Iowa  has  always  held  to  be  clandestine  within  its 
jurisdiction.  It  was,  in  my  judgment,  a  matter  of  such  importance 
that  it  ought  to  have  the  careful  consideration  of  this  grand  lodge  at 
this  session.  In  order  that  a  more  thorough  and  complete  investiga- 
tion might  be  had  than  could  be  through  a  committee  appointed  at 
this  session,  I  determined  to  appoint  a  special  committee  in  advance 
of  the  session,  that  there  might  be  no  delay  in  taking  such  action 


MASONIC  CORRESPONDENCE.  117 


thereon  as  might  be  deemed  necessary  and  appropriate.  Accord- 
ingly, in  January  last,  I  appointed  Bro.  L.  E.  Fellows,  past  grand 
master:  Bro.  W.  L.  Eaton,  past  junior  grand  warden,  and  Bro.  F.  W. 
Craig  (110),  as  such  special  committee,  with  a  request  that  they 
make  such  investigation  of  the  action  ot  the  Grand  Lodge  of  Wash- 
ington, and  report  at  this  session  what  action,  if  any,  this  grand 
lodge  should  take  in  the  premises.  The  report  of  this  special  com- 
mittee, I  have  no  doubt,  will  be  before  you  during  the  session. 

I  will  not  attempt  to  forestall,  or  in  any  manner  anticipate,  the 
action  of  that  committee  by  any  further  detail  of  the  action  of  the 
Grand  Lodge  of  Washington,  or  by  making  any  suggestions  as  to 
what  action  should  be  taken  by  this  grand  lodge. 

The  report  of  Brother  Fellows,  a  temperate  and  dignified  paper 
tersely  and  ably  written,  confessedly  fellows  in  its  statements  of  his- 
torical facts  the  Massachusetts  papers  of  Gardner  and  Woodbury, 
and  thus  falls  into  the  error  indicated  by  our  italics  in  the  following: 

This  charter,  granted  by  the  Grand  Lodge  of  England,  for  a  sub- 
ordinate lodge  at  Boston,  Mass.,  to  be  called  African  Lodge,  was 
granted  after  the  treaty  of  peace  with  England,  in  1783,  by  which  the 
independence  and  sovereignty  of  the  United  States  was  recognized. 
Prior  to  this  time,  towit:  March  8,  1777,  the  Grand  Lodge  of  Massachu- 
setts vKis  formed,  and  had  declared  the  Masonic  independence  of  the  Masons 
of  that  commonwealth,  aiidfrotn  that  time  'until  the  present  has  been  recognized 
as  the  only  legitimate  grand  lodije  of  that  jurisdiction,  and  with  which,  so 
far  as  we  are  advised,  all  other  grand  lodges  in  this  country  have  held 
fraternal  relations.  Subsequently,  in  1813,  African  Lodge  was  stricken 
from  the  rolls  of  the  Grand  Lodge  of  England,  and  thus  ended  its 
charter  and  history. 

After  giving  the  gist  of  the  third  of  the  Washington  resolutions, 
he  says: 

There  certainly  can  be  but  one  sovereign  Masonic  authority  over 
the  same  territory.  The  history  and  lineage  of  the  Masonic  institu- 
tion is  so  definite  and  certain  that  no  doubt  need  exist  as  to  the  legiti- 
macy of  any  grand  or  subordinate  lodge  anywhere.  There  is  a  well 
defined  line  of  demarkation  between  Masonic  lodges  that  are  regular 
and  legitimate  and  those  that  are  spurious  and  clandestine.  There  is 
no  Masonic  pathway  leading  from  one  to  the  other.  Over  the  line  that 
separates  the  true  from  the  false,  no  regular  Mason  can  hold  com- 
munication with  the  irregular  and  clandestine  upon  the  secrets  of 
Freemasonry  without  viol  iting  a  fundamental  tenet  of  the  institu- 
tion as  well  as  his  most  solemn  obligation. 

The  Grand  Lodge  of  Washington  has  by  its  action,  as  it  seems  to 
us,  placed  itself  in  a  most  perilous  position,  and  one  fraught  with  the 
greatest  danger  to  our  beloved  institution. 

Freemasonry  recognizes  no  color  line.  Its  light  goes  wherever  the 
light  of  civilization  goes.  Its  doctrines,  its  lessons,  and  its  secrets 
may  be  taught  and  revealed  to  its  votaries,  without  reference  to 
country,  tongue,  or  color.  Those  seeking  admission  into  its  ranks  are 
all  tested  alinie  by  their  physical,  mental,  and  moral  qualifications. 
To  attempt  to  establish  class  or  national  distinctions  is  an  innovation 


118  APPENDIX — PART  I. 


contrary  to  the  principles  of  equality  that  we  have  ever  professed, 
wrong  in  principle,  and  dangerous  in  its  tendencies.  The  action  of  the 
Grand  Lodge  of  Washington  has  not  been  sanctioned  by  any  other 
grand  lodge, but  has  been  repudiated  by  several,  and  some  have  severed 
fraternal  relations  with  the  Grand/Lodge  of  Washington.  Whether 
such  severence  of  fraternal  relations  is  wise  at  this  time,  appears  to 
your  committee  to  be  very  doubtful.  That  spirit  of  fraternity  which 
should  control  us  in  all  our  actions  as  Masons  should  cause  us  to  hesi- 
tate long  before  severing  the  fraternal  tie  that  binds  us  to  a  regular 
grand  lodge,  sovereign  in  its  authority  within  its  jurisdiction.  The 
Grand  Lodge  of  Iowa,  claiming  for  itself  the  right  of  independent 
thought  and  action,  limited  by  a  careful  recognition  of  the  Masonic 
landmarks,  has  no  desire  to  exercise  censorship  over  other  grand 
lodges.  While  free  to  criticise  action  it  deems  to  be  erroneous  in  oth- 
ers, and  inviting  fair  criticism  of  its  own  action,  this  grand  lodge  de- 
sires to  maintain  in  its  purity  that  spirit  of  independence  and  equality 
that  should  ever  exist  between  coordinate  grand  lodges.  Sincerely  re- 
gretting the  action  of  the  Grand  Lodge  of  Washington  in  renewing 
the  agitation  of  a  question  deemed  long  since  settled,  and  regarding 
such  action  ill-advised,  and  well  calculated  to  disturb  the  harmony  so 
essential  to  the  welfare  and  prosperity  of  the  fraternity,  the  Grand 
Lodge  of  Iowa  deems  its  present  duty  fully  performed  in  expressing 
the  earnest  hope  that  on  further  consideration  the  Graad  Lodge  of 
Washington  will  rescind  its  former  action,  and  place  itself  in  line 
with  the  well  recognized  doctrine  and  Masonic  sentiment  of  this 
country;  and  placing  upon  record  for  the  government  of  the  Craft  of 
our  own  jurisdiction  that  under  what  this  grand  lodge  understands  to 
be  well  settled  Masonic  law  and  usage,  and  clearly  expressed  in  our 
written  constitution  and  laws,  there  can  be  no  recognition  of  any  pre- 
tended Masonic  lodge  in  Iowa  not  deriving  its  charter  from  our 
grand  lodge,  or  of  any  irregular  lodge  in  any  other  grand  jurisdic- 
tion, or  of  any  pretended  Mason  claiming  to  have  been  made  in  any 
such  irregular  lodge,  either  in  this  or  any  other  grand  jurisdiction: 
such  pretended  lodges  and  Masons  being  declared  by  our  law  to  be 
clandestine. 

The  report  was  unanimously  adopted. 

The  "burning  question,"  as  we  have  before  said,  is  the  African  in 
the  wood-pile.  Without  presuming  to  enter  the  field  of  general  dis- 
cussion, we  may  here  record  some  of  our  own  convictions  as  to  this 
unfortunate  (and  as  it  seems  to  us,  gratuitous)  controversy: 

First.  The  Grand  Lodge  of  Washington  has  not,  strictly  speaking, 
invaded  the  rights  of  any  other  grand  lodge  jurisdiction. 

Second.  The  American  doctrine  of  jurisdiction  accords  to  her  the 
right  to  recognize  as  Masons  citizens  of  African  descent,  if  she  is  so 
minded. 

Third.  The  Grand  Lodge  of  Washington  has  not,  if  we  understand 
aright,  opened  her  own  lodges  to  negroes,  nor  proposed  visitation  of 
negro  lodges. 

Fourth.  Undue  haste  has  in  some  cases  begotten  undue  heat  in 
speaking  of  this  issue.  Hard  words  are  no  legitimate  substitute  for 
hard  arguments.  When  an  historical  question  is  in  debate,  cool  heads 
are  necessary  if  calm  judgments  are  to  be  reached. 


The  extracts  under  Iowa,  following  the  words    7'he  report  ivax  unanimously 
adopted,  are  from  the  report  of  Bro.  J.  C.  W.  Coxe,  Committee  on  Correspondence. 


MASONIC  CORRESPONDENCE.  119 


Fifth.  The  Grand  Lodge  of  Washington  went  much  further  than 
was  necessary  in  response  to  a  request  from  two  individuals  who 
claimed  to  be  Masons,  but  whose  claims  (apparently)  were  subjected 
to  no  real  test.  The  petitioners  were  undul3^  dignified  by  the  action 
taken  by  the  grand  lodge. 

Sixth.  The  historical  argument  as  to  the  legitimacy  of  negro  Ma- 
sonry is  a  proper  subject  for  discussion,  and  cannot  be  settled  by  either 
declamation  or  denunciation.  The  appeal  is  to  facts,  and  logical  in- 
ferences therefrom.     The  question  involves  several  points: 

(1)  Were  African  grand  lodges  ever  legally  constituted?  (2)  Were 
lodges  in  Providence  and  Philadelphia  legally  constituted  by  Prince 
Hall  or  by  African  Lodge?  What  authority  had  Prince  Hall  for  con- 
stituting lodges?  (3)  Was  African  Lodge  ever  legally  constituted? 
(4)  Was  Prince  Hall  lawfully  made  a  Mason?  (5)  If  not  lawfully  made, 
was  he  an  irregularly  made  Mason,  or  clandestine?  Other  questions 
could  be  sugge-ted,  but  these  suffice  to  show  that  the  issue  involves 
the  necessit}^  of  research,  and  cannot  be  settled  by  ex  cathedra. 

Seventh.  We  record  our  conviction  that  the  Grand  Lodge  of  Wash- 
ington made  a  serious  mistalce  in  promulgating  its  views  on  issues  quite 
beyond  any  query  addressed  to  them,  and  which  involved  the  honor  of 
other  grand  lodges.  The  primary  question  is  one  of  courtesy  to  sis- 
ter jurisdictions,  and  the  rights  of  courtesy,  we  think,  have  been 
invaded  by  the  far-reaching  conclusions  promulgated  by  the  Grand 
Lodge  of  Washington,  and  all  without  any  real  justification.  The 
alleged  "rights"  of  Bailey  and  Rideout  are  no  nearer  concession  now 
than  the}'  were  a  twelve-month  ago,  if,  indeed,  their  case  and  that  of 
those  whom  they  represent  has  not  been  damaged  by  this  Washington 
action.  We  deprecate  the  severe  language  which  has  been  dealt  out 
to  our  brethren  of  Washington  by  some  jurisdictions:  we  endorse  the 
firm  vet  fraternal  utterances  of  the  jurisdictions  most  diiectly  inter- 
ested in  the  original  question:  and  we  sincerely  hope  that  our  breth- 
ren of  the  Chinook  jurisdiction  will  see  their  way  clear,  without  fear 
or  favor,  with  no  compromise  of  self-respect,  but  with  fraternal  re- 
gard for  the  peace  and  harmony  of  the  Craft  at  large,  to  reconsider 
their  action,  and  thus  restore  the  friendly  relations  which  have  been 
interrupted  by  this  unfortunate  episode. 


Louisiana. — Grand  Master  A.  C.  Allen  says: 


As  the  grand  master  of  Masons  in  Louisiana,  I  have  not  allowed 
myself  to  act  hastily  on  this  question.  I  have  given  patient  thought, 
study  and  inquiry  to  the  issues  and  propositions  it  presents.  I  have 
dispassionately  considered  and  tested  the  argument  urged  by  the 
Most  Worshipful  Grand  Master  of  Washington  in  defense  of  his  posi- 
tion. It  is  able,  but  disingenous,  and  with  all  of  its  ingenuity  it 
does  and  can  only  bring  forth  this  conclusion,  viz.:  That  the  Grand 
Lodge  of  Washington  has  authorized  its  subordinate  lodges  to  recog- 
nize as  regular,  negro  Masons,  coming  from  sister  jurisdictions  whom 
those  jurisdictions  know  to  be  clandestine  and  spurious— not  on  ac- 
count of  their  color— but  because  they  have  been  irregularly  made 
and  in  defiance  to  certain  fixed  laws  and  principles. 

I  willingly  accede  to  the  proposition  that  Masonry  recognizes  no 
difference  between  brethren,  Ijased  upon  race  or  color.  That  accepted 
principle  is  not,  and  cannot  be,  truthfully  raised  in  this  controversy. 


120  APPENDIX — PART  I. 


.  This  proposition  is  equally  true:  That  no  person  can  be  a  regular 
Mason  who  has  not  been  made  in  accordance  with  the  usages  of  legiti- 
imate  Masonry,  and  who  has  not  received  the  degrees  in  a  lodge 
which  has  been  regularly  chartered.  The  grant  of  authority  must 
be  valid;  the  fountain  head  must  be  pure  and  undeOled.  Lodges  not 
so  endowed  are  clandestine,  and  clandestine  lodges  can  only  produce 
clandestine  Masons. 

********** 

I  present  this  important  matter  to  you  for  your  serious  considera- 
tion. I  have  refrained  from  taking  definite  action  without  the  benefit 
of  your  judgment.  I  feel  that  you  will  decide  justly,  through  your  com- 
mittee, correctly  in  accordance  with  Masonic  law  and  Masonic  prin- 
ciple. 

The  committee  on  correspondence  (Grand  Chaplain  Herman  C. 
Duncan,  chairman)  reported  the  following,  and  it  was  adopted: 

Resolved,  That  the  representative  of  this  grand  lodge,  near  that 
of  the  Grand  Lodge  of  Washington,  be  withdrawn,  and  our  constitu- 
ent lodges,  are  hereby  forbidden  to  receive  any  Mason  hailing  from 
a  lodge  holding  under  the  Grand  Lodge  of  Washington.  This  edict 
to  remain  in  full  force  and  effect  until,  such  grand  lodge  cease  to 
recognize  clandestine-made  Masons. 

Maine. — Past  Grand  Master  Josiah  H.  Drummond  submitted  the 
following  from  the  committee  on  correspondence — adopted: 

The  committee  on  foreign  correspondence,  to  which  was  referred 
so  much  of  the  grand  master's  address  as  relates  to  the  Grand  Lodge 
of  Washington,  fraternally  report: 

That  having  discussed  the  matter  in  their  general  report,  they 
have  no  occasion  to  discuss  it  further,  as  they  find  nothing  in  the  cor- 
respondence between  the  M.  W.  Grand  Master  of  Washington  and  our 
own  M.W.  grand  master,  to  change  or  modify  their  views. 

There  are  no  organizations  of  the  character  involved,  existing  in 
Maine,  so  that  the  action  of  the  Grand  Lodge  of  Washington  has  been 
no  actual  invasion  of  our  rights,  and  therefore  we  do  not  feel  called 
upon  to  resort,  at  present  at  least,  to  extreme  measures. 

But  inasmuch  as  the  resolutions  of  the  Grand  Lodge  of  Washing- 
ton expressly  recognize  the  so-called  Prince  Hall  Grand  Lodge  of 
Massachusetts  and  two  similar  organizations  in  Pennsylvania  as  "legi- 
timate Masonic  grand  lodges,"  it  is  manifest  that  if  the  Grand  Lodge 
of  Washington  persists  in  its  course  this  grand  lodge  must  ultimately 
stand  by  her  sister  grand  lodges  in  support  of  legitimate  Masonry, 
as  such  has  invariably  been  done  in  the  past. 

But  we  have  hopes  that  the  Grand  Lodge  of  Washington  will 
listen  to  the  unanimous  voice  of  her  sister  grand  lodges  in  the  United 
States  and  remove  the  cause  of  offense. 

We  recommend  the  adoption  of  the  accompanying  resolutions: 

Resolved,  That  the  Grand  Lodge  of  Maine  again  reaffirms  the  doc- 
trine that  every  regular  grand  lodge  has,  by  inherent  right,  exclusive 
jurisdiction  within  its  own  territory,  and  especially  that  no  lawful 


MASONIC   CORRESPONDENCE.  121 


lodfre  can  be  created  or  exist,  and  that  no  person  can  be  made  a  regu- 
lar Mason  in  that  territor}-  save  under  its  authority. 

Besolvcd,  That  in  the  opinion  of  this  grand  lodge,  the  Grand  Lodge 
of  Washington,  in  adopting  resolutions  allowing  its  subordinates  and 
the  members  of  its  obedience  to  recognize  as  regular  Masons,  parties 
made  in  lodges  in  another  jurisdiction  held  by  the  grand  lodge  of  that 
jurisdiction  to  be  irregular  and  clandestine,  has  infringed  upon  a  law 
held  by  all  other  English-speaking  grand  lodges  to  be  binding  upon 
all  grand  lodges. 

liesolved,  That  this  grand  lodge  fraternally  but  most  earnestly, 
requests  the  Grand  Lodge  of  Washington  to  rescind  those  resolutions, 
to  the  end  that  the  peace  of  the  Craft  may  be  restored  and  the  inter- 
ests of  legitimate  Masonry  subserved. 

From  the  general  report  above  referred  to  in  which  Brother 
Drummond  discusses  the  question  at  length,  we  quote: 

The  disturbance  has  been  caused  by  the  formal  denial  by  that 
grand  Ljdge  [Washington]  of  the  doctrine  of  exclusive  territorial 
jurisdiction  and  the  recognition  of  lodges  and  grand  lodges,  situate  m 
the  territory  of  other  grand  lodges,  as  lawful  lodges  and  grand  lodges, 
and  the  members  of  the  obedience  of  those  lodges  and  grand  lodges  as 
regular  Masons,  despite  the  decision  of  the  recognized  grand  lodges 
in  each  case,  that  such  lodges  and  grand  lodges  are  irregular  and  un- 
lawful and  the  members  of  their  obedience  clandestine  Masons,  Ma- 
sonic intercourse  with  whom  is  forbidden  by  the  landmarks  of  Masonry. 

The  mistake  of  the  Grand  Lodge  of  Washington  is  all  the  more 
remarkable,  as  it  is  the  result  of  the  antics  of  one  man,  not  yet  ten 
years  a  Mason,  for  whom  the  utmost  that  Masonic  charity  can  say,  is 
that  while  he  has  scarcely  a  superficial  knowledge  of  the  principles, 
laws  and  usages  of  Masonry,  he  really  thinks  he  knows  them  all,  and  holds 
that  the  founders  of  Masonry  in  America  and  of  our  system  of  grand 
lodges  and  their  successors  in  the  past,  such  as  Moore.  Mackey.  Lewis, 
Mellen,  Vaux,  Fellows  and  others,  went  to  their  graves  not  only  in  ig- 
norance, but  with  false  views  of  the  laws  and  usages  of  Masonry  and 
especially  those  regulating  the  relations  of  grand  lodges  to  the  whole 
body  of  the  Craft  and  to  each  other.  We  doubt  whether  there  can  be 
found  in  history  another  so  sig-nal  illustration  of  the  truth,  that  '"a 
little  learning  is  a  dansrerous  thing'." 


While,  as  already  stated,  the  unmasonic  interference  of  the  Grand 
Lodge  of  Washington  with  the  most  sacred  rights  of  other  grand 
lodges,  is  an  unanswerable  reason  for  rescinding  its  action,  in  addition 
its  decision  of  the  question  at  issue  was  utterly  erroneous,  as  well  as 
in  conflict  with  the  decision  of  the  body  which  had  the  rightful  au- 
thoritj'  to  decide  it,  and  whose  decision  was  a  finalit}'.  Conceding  for 
the  sake  of  the  argument,  that  when  the  charter  of  African  Lodge  in 
Boston  was  actually  received.  Masonry  was  in  such  a  chaotic  condi- 
tion in  Massachusetts,  that  its  organization  was  no  invasion  of  the 
jurisdiction  of  a  grand  lodge,  its  existence  was  lawfully  terminated  so 
that  its  attempted  resurrection  was  wholly  illegal  and  unmasonic. 


122   .  APPENDIX— PART  I. 


The  author  of  the  Washington  report  saj's  that  Prince  Hall, "from 
1792  till  his  death  in  1807,  exercised  all  the  functions  of  a  provincial 
grand  master."  Tliis  statement  is  not  true:  the  documents  to  which  we 
have  referred  show  that  it  was  not  till  1797  that  he  did  any  act  that 
could  possibly  be  said  to  be  a  function  of  a  provincial  grand  master, 
and  when  he  did  that  act,  he  did  not  pretend  to  be  or  claim  to  be,  a 
provincial  grand  master,  and  no  document  or  record  can  hefound  in  u-hich 
Prince  Hall  ever  claimed  to  be,  or  to  act  as,  a  lirovincial  grand  master.  This 
whole  statement  is  a  verj^  recent  invention,  with  no  evidence  what- 
ever to  base  it  upon. 

If  Prince  Hall  lodge  was  in  active  existence  for  some  years  after 
1792,  (as  it  seems  to  have  been),  it  must  have  known  of  the  union  of 
the  two  grand  lodges  that  j-earand  of  the  action  of  the  united  grand 
lodge  soon  after,  declaring  in  effect  that  ever}-  lodge  in  Massachu- 
setts, xfhich  did  not  gii'p  in  its  adhesion  to  the  grand  lodge  should  be  held  to 
be  an  irregular  and  clandestine  lodge,  and  all  Masonic  communication 
with  it  forbidden.  It  is  true  that  St.  Andrew's  Lodge  held  out  for 
some  years,  but  all  the  while  was  treating  with  the  grand  lodge  in  re- 
lation to  the  matter,  and  finalh'  yielded.  But  Prince  Hall  Lodge  made 
no  offer  or  attempt  to  give  in  its  adhesion,  but  kept  on  in  utter  dis- 
regard of  the  grand  lodge,  and  thus  became,  by  the  decision  of  the 
Grand  Lodge  of  Massachusetts,  which  alone  had  full  jurisdiction  over 
the  question,  a  clandestine  lodge.  The  question  raised  in  this  contro- 
versy was  then  and  there  finally  decided:  and  the  Grand  Lodge  of 
Washington  has  no  more  power  to  reverse  that  decision  than  the 
Grand  Lodgfe  of  Massachusetts  has  to  reverse  the  action  of  the  Grand 
Lodge  of  Washington  in  revoking  the  charter  of  a  lodge  in  that  state. 

*  *  *  *  #  * 

But  it  is  said  that  while  men  have  done  the  same  thing  that  Prince 
Hall  did,  and  their  work  has  been  universalh'  accepted.  This  state- 
ment is  not  true.  We  have  quoted  the  law  showing  the  onl}^  method  by 
which  an  irregular  lodge  can  be  made  a  lawful  lodge,  viz:  by  the  war- 
rant of  the  grand  master,  approved  by  the  grand  lodge  having  ju- 
risdiction. In.  every  case  that  has  ever  existed  in  the  York  Rite,  in  ichich  an 
irregular  lodge  has  been  recognized,  it  has  been  ''regidarized''^  by  the  action  of 
the  grand  dodge  having  jurisdiction.  For  instance.  St.  Andrew's  Lodge 
had  proceeded  very  much  as  Prince  Hall  Lodge  did  before  receiving 
its  charter;  and  when  objection  was  made  against  it  on  that  account, 
it  frankly  admitted  the  charge,  but  claimed  that  when  the  grand 
lodge  constituted  it  under  its  charter,  all  those  irregularities  were 
healed— as  they  were.  So  when  Prince  Hall  and  his  associates  were 
constituted  under  their  charter,  all  irregularities  in  their  making 
was  healed,  if  there  were  any. 

But  no  grand  lodge,  lawfully  existing  and  having  jurisdiction, 
ever  "regularized"  the  lodges  which  Prince  Hall  attempted  to  cre- 
ate, and  they  were,  and  have  remained,  clandestine  lodges:  and  their 
acts,  whether  in  making  Masons,  chartering  lodges,  organizing 
grand  lodges  or  forming  -a  national  grand  lodge,  are  Masonically, 
absolutely  void,  and  will  remain  so  until  they  shall  be  legedized  by  the 
grand  lodge  of  the  jurisdiction,  save  that  the  grand  lodges  and  the  na- 
tional grand  lodge  never  can  be  made  regular. 

*  *  7r  *  *  * 

We  regret  to  find  that  some  brethren,  who  evidently  are  ignorant 
of  the  facts,  assume  that  the  real   objection   to  recognizing    these 


MASONIC   CORRESPONDENCE.  123 


bodies  is  Ihe  color  objection.  The  committee  of  tlie  grand  lodge  of 
North  Carolina  show  that  this  claim  is  utterly  erroneous.  The  fact 
that  in  the  numerous  cases,  in  which  this  doctrine  has  been  applied, 
the  parties  were  white,  ou^ht  to  satisf}'  these  brethren  that  their 
zeal  surpasses  their  knowledge.  Also  the}'  should  be  told  that  in  the 
Dominion  of  Canada  colored  men  have  been  habitually  made  in  the 
regular  lodges,  and  we  have  never  known  a  case  in  which  one  of 
these  was  refused  the  privilege  of  visitation  on  this  side  of  the  bor- 
der. They  have  visited  our  Portland  lodges  and  been  received  pre- 
cisely as  white  visitors.  Moreover,  we  have  sat  in  a  lodge  in  Boston 
with  a  colored  brother  made  in  that  lodge.  At  the  funeral  of  Bro. 
Charles  W  Moore,  a  colored  Mason  was  in  the  procession,  marching 
with  a  permanent  member  of  the  grand  lodge.  The  charge,  there- 
fore, that  when  the  Grand  Lodge  of  Massachusetts  reviewed  and  de- 
cided this  question  in  1876,  the  question  of  color  affected  the  deci- 
sion, is  so  utterly  baseless  that  no  Maaon,  knowing  the  facts,  could 
have  made  it. 

*  *  *  *  *  * 

Since  this  report  was  written  we  have  been  informed  that  the 
author  of  the  Washington  report,  in  his  correspondence  with  grand 
masters  of  other  jurisdictions,  claims  that  his  grand  lodge  has  not 
recognized  the  colored  grand  lodges.  This  claim  is  .so  preposterous, 
that,  positive  as  our  information  is,  we  have  very  grave  doubts  of  the 
correctness  of  the  information.  Two  men,  each  claiming  to  be  made 
a  Mason  in  colored  lodges,  one  chartered  by  one  colored  grand 
lodge  and  the  other,  by  another,  applied  to  the  Grand  Lodge  of 
Washington  to  be  recognized  as  regular  Masons.  Their  application 
was  referred  to  a  committee  which  reported  in  effect,  that  the  peti- 
tioners are  regular  Masons,  Made  in  lawful  lodges,  chartered  by  reg- 
ular grand  lodges,  claiming  indirect  line  by  regular  succession  from 
the  Grand  Lodge  of  England. 

Upon  the  recommendation  of  the  committee,  the  grand  lodge 
adopted  (among  others)  the  following  resolution,  and  ordered  the  pro- 
ceedings containing  this  report  and  resolution  to  be  sent  to  the  peti- 
tioners as  the  response  to  their  communication: 

^'Resolved,  That  in  view  of  recognized  laws  of  the  Masonic  insti- 
tution, and  of  facts  of  history  apparently  well  authenticated  and 
worthy  of  credence,  this  grand  lodge  does  not  see  its  way  clear  to 
deny  or  question  the  right  of  its  constituent  lodges,  or  of  the  mem- 
bers thereof,  to  recognize  as  brother  Masons,  negroes  who  have  been 
initiated  in  lodges  which  can  trace  their  origin  to  Prince 'Hall  Lodge 
No.  4.")9,  organized  under  the  warrant  of  our  K.W.  Bro.  Thomas  How- 
ard. Earl  of  Effingham,  acting  grand  master,  under  the  authority  of 
H.R.H.  Henry  Frederick,  Duke  of  Chamberland.  etc..  Grand  Master 
of  the  Most  Ancient  and  Honorable  Society  of  F.  and  A.  Masons  in 
England,  bearing  date  September  29,  A.  L.  5784,  or  to  our  R.  W.  Bro. 
Prince  Hall,  master  of  said  lodge;  and,  in  the  opinion  of  this  grand 
lodge,  for  the  purpose  of  tracing  such  origin,  the  African  Grand 
Lodge  of  Boston,  organized  in  1808 — subsequently  known  as  the  Prince 
Hall  Grand  Lodge  of  Massachusetts,  the  first  African  Grand  Lodge 
of  North  America  in  and  for  the  Commonwealth  of  Pennsylvania,  or- 
ganized in  1815,  and  the  Hiram  Grand  Lodge  of  Pennsylvania,  may 
justly  be  regarded  as  legitimate  masonic  grand  lodges." 

Comment  is  unnecessary! 


124  APPENDIX — PART  I. 


riaryland — Bro.  Edward  T.  Schultz,  reporting-  to  his  grand 
lodge  November  15,  1798,  not  having-  received  the  Washington  pro- 
ceedings, availed  himself  of  our  reproduction  of  the  action  of  that 
grand  lodg^e  in  our  report,  from  advance  sheets  kindly  sent  us  by  Grand 
Master  Upton.  Giving  a  condensed  account  of  the  steps  leading  to 
the  action  of  Washington,  and  quoting  in  full  the  resolutions  adopt  ed, 
he  says: 

It  will  thus  be  seen  that  the  Grand  Lodge  of  Washington  recog- 
nizes as  legitimate  all  the  so  called  negro  grand  lodges  of  our 
^ountry. 

Referring  briefly  to  the  origin  of  African  Lodge  No.  459,  and  of 
the  colored  organizations  that  have  sprung  from  it,  he  says: 

As  the  committee  of  the  Grand  Lodge  of  Washington  correctly 
say,  this  is  no  new  question.  The  subject  has  been  frequently  brought 
to  the  attention  of  the  Grand  Lodge  of  Massachusets  in  one  form  or 
other,  as  well  as  to  several  other  grand  lodges  of  the  countr}-,  looking 
to  the  recognition  of  these  organizations.  The  reports  made  from 
time  to  time  by  eminent  brethren  of  Mas?achusetts  have  been  calm 
and  conservative,  and,  in  the  opinion  of  your  committee,  clearlyshow 
the  grossly  irregular  and  unmasonic  manner  of  the  organization  of 
these  bodies. 

In  proof  of  this  he  gives  the  conclusions  of  Brother  Woodbury's 
report  of  1876,  and  continues: 

The  committee  of  the  Grand  Lodge  of  Washington  admit  the  cor- 
rectness of  the  facts  as  given  above  as  to  the  origin  and  history  of  the 
Prince  Hall  Grand  Lodge,  with  all  the  irregularities  attendant  there- 
upon, and  base  their  argument  as  to  the  legitimacy  of  these  bodies 
solely  upon  the  ground  that  other  organizations,  in  the  early  days, 
were  equally  as  irregular  as  was  this  body. 

********** 

In  the  opinion  of  your  committee,  herein  lies  the  gist  of  the  whole 
matter.  In  all  the  instances  mentioned  by  the  committee,  the  irreg- 
ularities were  condoned  and  legalized  by  the  authority  having  control. 

Undoubtedly  the  Grand  Lodge  of  Massachusetts,  the  supreme 
governing  Masonic  authority  in  Massachusetts  at  the  time  of  the  or- 
ganization of  Prince  Hall  Grand  Lodge,  might  have  condoned  and 
legalized  the  gross  unmasonic  manner  of  its  formation;  but  it  did  not 
do  so,  either  at  the  time  or  since,  and,  until  it  does,  said  organization,  and 
all  that  have  emanated  therefrom,  must  be  held  and  regarded  133^  all 
the  grand  lodges  in  fraternal  correspondence  with  the  Grand  Lodge 
of  Massachusetts  as  spurious  and  clandestine,  the  resolves  of  the 
Grand  Lodge  of  Washington  to  the  contrary  notwithstanding. 

The  American  doctrine  of  grand  lodge  territorial  jurisdiction  is 
that  a  grand  lodge  first  organized  within  a  given  territory  has  exclu- 
sive jurisdiction  over  Masonry  within  such  territory,  and  is  the  sole 
judge  of  what  is  and  what  is  not  legitimate  Masonr}'.  The  doctrine 
was  enunciated  as  early  as  1782  bj^  the  Grand  Lodge  of  Massachusetts, 
five  years  before  the  formation  of  African  Lodge  459,  and  twenty-six 
3'ears  before  the  formation  of  Prince  Hall  Grand  Lodge.     It  has  been 


MASONIC   CORRESPONDENCE.  125 

acquiesced  in  by  every  American  grand  lodge,  and  is  regarded  as  a 
most  wise  and  wholesome  provision,  under  which  the  American  grand 
lodges  have  been  for  a  century  enabled  to  dwell  together  in  peace 
and  harmon}'. 

The  abrogation  of  this  wise  provision  by  the  Grand  Lodge  of 
Washington  can  only  result  in  anarchy  and  confusion  in  the  Craft  of 
our  country. 

We  are  not  informed  of  the  number  of  negro  grand  lodges  in  this 
country,  but  we  believe  there  are  at  least  fifteen  such  organizations; 
and  that  one  of  these  is  located  in  our  own  t-tate.  By  its  action  the 
Grand  Lodge  of  Washington  recognizes  dual  grand  lodges  in  these 
jurisdictions.  It  cannot  be  supposed  that  the  regular  grand  lodges 
of  these  jurisdictions  will  tamely  submit  to  this  action,  or  that  other 
conservative  jurisdictions,  where  such  dual  grand  lodges  do  not  exist, 
will  do  so.  One  jurisdiction  (Kentucky)  has  already  withdrawn  fra- 
ternal intercourse  with  the  Grand  Lodge  of  Washington,  and  no  doubt 
this  action  will  be  followed  in  other  states. 

It  is  altogether  gratuitous,  at  this  late  day,  to  assume  that  our 
brethren  of  Massachusetts  have  been  actuated  by  the  race  prejudice 
in  their  refusal  to  condone  the  irregularities  and  gross  unmasonic 
acts  of  Prince  Hall  Grand  Lodge  and  those  claiming  under  its  author- 
ity. It  is  a  well-known  fact  that  some  of  the  lodges  subordinate  to 
the  Grand  Lodge  of  Massachusetts  have  admitted,  and  do  still  admit, 
colored  men  into  Masonry.  At  the  very  time  Brother  Woodbury's 
reporf  was  read  in  the  grand  lodge,  in  1876,  there  was  present,  as  a 
member  of  the  yrand  hodt/,  a  colored  brother  representing  one  of  its 
constituent  lodges. 

So,  too,  in  New  Jersey,  and  doubtless  in  a  number  of  other  states, 
colored  men  ma}^  be  found  in  lodges,  both  subordinate  and  grand — 
but  they  are  regularlj'  made  Masons,  not  spurious  and  clandestine. 
And  it  has  remained  for  the  Grand  Lodge  of  Washington  to  ignore 
this  distinction  and  recognize  the  counterfeit  as  genuine,  not  only  in 
its  own  borders,  "but  wheresoever  dispersed."' 

We  indulge  the  hope  that  our  brethren  of  the  far  Northw^est  will 
reconsider  their  action  in  this  matter  and  resume  their  relations 
with  the  family  of  American  Grand  Lodges  by  rescinding  their  action 
in  the  premises  at  the  earliest  opportunity. 

We,  therefore,  recommend  the  adoption  of  the  following  resolu- 
tions: 

Resolved,  That  the  Grand  Lodge  of  Maryland  hereby  reaffirms  its 
adherence  to  the  doctrine  of  grand  lodge  territorial  jurisdiction; 
that  is  to  sa3',  a  grand  lodge  first  organized  in  a  state  or  territory 
has  the  supreme  control  over  symbolic  Masonry  and  is  the  sole  judge 
of  what  are,  or  are  not,  legitimate  Masonic  organizations  within  its 
territorial  limits. 

Resolved,  That  this  doctrine  having  been  acquiesced  in  by  every 
American  grand  lodge,  and  the  experience  of  a  century  having 
proven  that  it  is  a  wise  and  wholesome  doctrine,  by  which  the  grand 
lodges  have  been  enabled  to  dwell  together  in  peace  and  harmony, 


126  APPENDIX — PART  I. 


the  Grand  Lodffe  of  Maryland  views  with  regret  and  alarm  the  action 
of  the  Grand  Lodge  of  Washington  in  the  abrogation  and  setting 
aside  of  this  doctrine  by  the  recognition  of  dual  grand  lodges  in  a 
large  number  of  the  jurisdictions  of  our  country. 

Resolved,  That  the  Grand  Lodge  of  Maryland  fraternally,  but 
most  earnestly,  trusts  that  the  Grand  Lodge  of  Washington  will  at 
its  next  annual  communication  reconsider  said  action,  and  thereby 
promote  that  peace  and  harmony  which  has  ever  characterized  the 
family  of  American  grand  lodges. 

Besolved,  That  a  copy  of  this  report,  with  the  resolutions  at- 
tached, be  forwarded  to  the  Grand  Lodge  of  Washington  and  to  all 
grand  lodges  with  which  this  grand  lodge  is  in  fraternal  communi- 
cation. 

The  resolutions  were  adopted. 

nichlgan.— The  Grand  Master,  James  Bradley,  submitted  the 
following: 

NEGRO  MASONRY. 

As  this  is  a  subject  that  is  agitating  some  of  our  sister  grand 
jurisdictions,  owing  to  the  action  recently  taken  by  the  Grand  Lodge 
of  Washington,  I  deem  it  of  enough  importance  to  bring  it  to  your 
attention  at  this  time,  and  presumably  on  account  of  the  action 
taken  by  the  Grand  Lodge  of  Washington,  and  hoping  that  we  might 
follow  in  her  footsteps,  the  following  letter  was  addressed  to  me: 

Detroit,  Mich.,  Dec.  28,  1898. 
Hon.  James  H.  Bradley,  M.  W.  G.  M., 

F.  &  A.  M.  of  the  State  of  Michigan, 

Port  Huron,  Mich. 
M.  W.  Sir  and  Brother: 

Deeming  in  to  the  best  interests  of  Masonry  that  the  tenets  of 
our  noble  institution  be  the  rule  and  guide  of  our  faith  and  practice, 
and  that  the  estranged  relations  that  have  so  long  characterized  con- 
gregated Masons  of  the  two  races  and  nullified,  to  a  large  extent,  its 
usefulness;  and  because  of  the  fact  that  this  is  the  only  civilized 
country  where  Masonry  exists  and  denies  to  their  brethren  the  rights 
of  fraternal  fellowship. 

We,  therefore,  submit  our  cause  to  your  grand  lodge,  praying  for 
that  recognition  due  from  one  brother  Mason  to  another. 

This  question  has  been  so  long  agitated  and  so  thoroughly  gone 
into,  that  the  genuineness  of  negro  Masonry  is  no  longer  denied,  and 
that  the  only  question  to  be  determined  would  be  the  regularity  of 
the  grand  lodge  under  the  jurisdiction  of  which  the  Craft  works. 

Michigan  Grand  Lodge  w^as  established  in  1872  by  the  Ohio  Grand 
Lodge,  Ohio  by  Pennsylvania,  and  Pennsylvania  by  Prince  Hall,  G.L., 
making  a  perfect  chain  back  to  Prince  Hall,  G.  L.,  the  legality  of 
which  is  now  unquestioned. 

For  better  understanding  of  our  history  and  genuineness,  we  beg 
to  submit  for  your  careful  consideration  a  work  (which  we  send  you 
by  today's  mail)  entitled  "Negro  Masons  in  Equity,"  which  we  beg 


MASONIC  CORRESPONDENCE.  127 


3'ou  to  keep  until  after  the  sitting  of  your  grand  lodge,  before  re- 
turning. 

We  wish  to  state  further  that  at  the  last  communication  of  our 
grand  lodge  the  following  amendment  to  our  grand  lodge  constitution 
was  unanimously  adopted,  to-wit: 

^^Any  and  all  oryanizations,  associations,  or  jy^^sons  ivilhin  the  State  of 
Michigan,  except  the  Grand  Lodge  of  the  State  of  Michigan  of  white  men  and 
Masons,  professing  to  have  any  authority,  power  or  privilege  in 
Ancient  Craft  Masonry,  are  declared  to  be  clandestine." 

We,  therefore,  submit  our  cause  in  the  hands  of  brethren  in  whose 
midst  we  have  dwelt,  and  before  whose  eyes  our  Masonic  lives  have 
been  lived,  and  whose  cause  was  so  recently  before  the  pedestal  of 
Masonry  in  the  State  of  Washington,  and  ask  of  your  grand  lodge 
such  action  that  will  recognize  the  negro  as  a  Mason  within  this  jur- 
isdiction. Fraternailv  and  respectfully  submitted, 
Robert  C.  Barnes,  W.  M., 

Pythagoras  Lodge  No.  14,  Detroit. 
J.  Frank  Rickards,  R.  E.  Grand  Com., 
Grand  Commandery  K.  T. 

for  the  State  of  Michigan. 
Wat^ter  H.  Stower.s. 

That  we  may  act  advisedly  on  this  important  subject,  I  herewith 
submit  a  copy  of  the  resolution  adopted  by  the  Grand  Lodge  of  Wash- 
ington on  the  report  of  a  special  committee  appointed  at  their  an- 
nual communication  in  1897,  to  consider  a  petition  similar  to  the  one 
received  by  me. 

Quoting  the  Washington  resolutions,  he  continues: 

As  may  be  supposed  thi-;  action  came  as  a  great  surprise  to  the 
other  grand  jurisdictions,  as  b}^  this  action  they  recognize  as  legiti- 
mate what  we  have  always  considered  as  clandestine,  and  is  in  direct 
opposition  to  our  constitution,  which  reads  as  follows: 

This  grand  lodge,  subject  to  the  constitution  and  ancient  land- 
marks, is  the  only  source  of  authority  in  all  matters  pertaining  to 
Ancient  Craft  Masonry  within  the  State  of  Michigan.  An}^  and  all 
organizations,  associations  or  persons  professing  to  have  any  author- 
ity, powers  or  privileges  in  Ancient  Craft  Masonry,  not  derived  from 
this  grand  lodge,  are  declared  to  be  clandestine  and  illegal,  and  all 
Masonic  intercourse  with  or  recognition  of  them,  or  any  of  them,  is 
prohibited. 

From  this  I  cannot  understand  how  we  can  recognize  any  other 
body  claiming  to  be  a  lodge  or  grand  lodge  in  the  State  of  Michigan. 

The  action  of  the  Grand  Lodge  of  Washington  has  been  severely 
criticised  by  several  of  the  grand  lodges  in  the  United  States  that 
have  held  meetings  since  this  action  was  taken  by  them,  and  on  the 
day  their  official  proceedings  reached  the  grand  master  of  New  York 
he  addressed  a  communication  to  the  representative  of  the  Grand 
Lodge  of  Washington  near  the  Grand  Lodge  of  New  York  requesting 
him  to  forward  his  resignation  as  such  to  the  grand  master  of  Wash- 
ington. 


128  APPENDIX — PART  I. 


In  concluding'  this  matter  I  desire  to  say  that  I  trust  this  grand 
body  will  take  such  action  as  will  maintain  and  uphold  the  dignity  of 
the  Grand  Lodge  of  Michigan. 

The  subject  went  to  a  special  committee  consisting  of  Past  Grand 
Masters  Hugh  McCurdy,  Lou  B.  Winsor  and  Edward  L.  Bowring, 
who  reported  as  follows: 

The  action  of  the  Grand  Lodge  of  Washington  on  this  question 
is  one  of  great  importance  to  the  grand  lodges  of  this  country,  far- 
reaching  in  its  conclusions  and  tends  to  unsettle  the  Masonic  law 
governing  grand  lodges  since  1872.  To  properly  investigate  this  ques- 
tion and  present  it  to  grand  lodge  for  action  requires  far  more  time 
than  your  committee  has  at  its  command;  as  it  does  not  believe  in 
severing  Masonic  and  fraternal  relations  with  a  sovereign  grand  body 
hastily  and  without  due  investigation.  Your  committee  therefore, in 
the  most  fraternal  spirit  of  brotherly  love,  asks  our  Sister  Grand 
Lodge  of  Washington  at  its  annual  communication,  to  review  its 
action  on  this  question,  and  in  the  interest  of  harmony  repeal  its 
action  and  spread  the  cement  of  brotherly  love,  that  which  will  re- 
unite the  great  sisterhood  of  grand  lodges  into  one  grand  and  com- 
plete whole,  among  who  no  contention  should  ever  exist,  but  that 
noble  contention,  or  rather  emulation,  of  who  can  best  work  and 
best  agree. 

Your  committee,  relying  upon  the  kindness  and  forgiving  dispo- 
sition of  this  grand  lodge,  which  is  ever  ready  to  cover  mistakes  and 
extend  the  loyal  right  hand  of  fellowship,  requests  that  it  have  until 
the  next  annual  communication  to  make  its  report;  and  in  the  earn- 
est hope  that  ere  that  time  the  cause  for  a  report  will  be  done  away 
with  by  the  fraternal  action  of  the  Grand  Lodge  of  Washington. 

The  committee  have  until  next  year  to  report  on  the  petition  of 
the  Michigan  parties  for  recognition. 

Minnesota. — Grand  Master  Stebbins  thus  calls  attention  to  the 
subject: 

The  spirit  of  fraternity  which  has  ever  characterized  our  rela- 
tions with  all  the  grand  lodges  of  the  world,  I.  am  happy  to  say, 
still  exists.  Several  of  the  grand  jurisdictions  of  this  country,  how- 
ever, have  taken  cognizance  of  the  action  of  the  M.  W.  Grand  Lodge 
of  Washington  regarding  negro  Masonry,  and  have  severed  their 
fraternal  relations  with  the  said  grand  lodge.  I  have  received  com- 
munications from  brethren  who  are  deeply  interested,  asking  me  to 
request  the  resignation  of  our  grand  representatives  near  the  Grand 
Lodge  of  Washington.  I  declined  granting  this  request,  preferring 
to  leave  such  action  to  this  grand  body,  should  they  in  their  wisdom 
deem  it  wise  and  for  the  good  of  Masonry  to  sever  the  hitherto  very 
cordial  relations  that  have  ever  existed  between  these  two  grand 
jurisdictions. 

Giving  brief  extracts  from  the  Washington  report  and  expressing 
the  opinion  that  that  grand  lodge  had  grievously  erred,  he  calls  atten- 
tion to  the  action  of  such  grand^lodges  as  had  met  since  the  question, 
was  reopened,  and  says: 


MASONIC   CORRESPONDENCE.  129 

In  view  of  all  the  facts  connected  with  this  whole  matter,  which 
is  today  the  absorbing  theme  in  Masonic  circles,  and  the  further 
fact  that  the  action  of  the  Grand  Lodj^e  of  Washington  in  adopting 
the  report  of  the  committee  was  not  unanimous,  as  evinced  by  the 
fact  of  a  motion  being  made  to  reconsider  the  action  taken.  I  decided 
to  submit  the  question  to  this  grand  lodge  to  take  such  action  as 
their  good  judgment  shall  dictate. 

The  committee  on  reference  recommended,  with  the  concurrence 
of  the  grand  lodge,  that  the  "residue"  of  the  address — embracing  this 
among  other  matters — be  referred  to  a  special  committee,  but  the 
committee  was  not  appointed  and  no  action  was  taken.  Bro.  Irving 
Todd,  for  the  committee  on  correspondence,  says: 

The  origin  of  the  negro  lodges  from  African  Lodge  No.  459  is  then 
taken  up,  with  a  discussion  of  the  objections  to  the  validity  of  their 
charters,  their  invasion  of  jurisdiction,  and  their  disuse  of  the  words 
free  born  as  applied  to  the  qualincations  of  a  candidate.  As  the 
status  of  negro  masonry  was  settled  in  the  Grand  Lodge  of  Minne- 
sota in  1877  by  the  decisive  vote  of  three  hundred  and  twenty-one  to 
seven,  and  is  not  likely  to  be  brought  up  here  again,  it  is  not  deemed 
necessary  to  thresh  the  mouldering  straw  anew.  Some  of  us  were 
present  and  took  part  in  the  one-sided  controversy.  The  younger 
members  of  the  fraternity  will  find  the  proceedings  of  that  year  very 
interesting  and  profitable  reading. 

"While  declining  to  revive  a  dead  and  buried  issue  of  long  ago," 
he  criticises  briefly  some  statements  of  the  Washington  report,  and 
referring  to  the  expectation  of  its  author  that  the  course  of  Washing- 
ton would  be  universally  applauded  outside  of  the  United  States,  he 
says: 

We  do  not  know  nor  do  we  care  whether  this  course  is  approved 
abroad  or  not,  but  we  greatly  mistake  the  temper  of  the  grand 
lodges  of  this  country  if  it  does  not  receive  the  condemnation  so  justly 
merited. 

Mississippi — Grand  Master  Stone  thus  closes  his  brief  statement 
of  the  case: 

Whatever  motive  may  have  actuated  the  Grand  Lodge  of  Wash- 
ington, I  consider  its  action  revolutionary  and  dangerous  to  the  best 
interests  of  Ancient,  Free  and  Accepted  Masonry  and  recommend 
that  this  grand  lodge  so  declare;  and  that  such  other  action  be 
taken  in  the  premises  as,  in  your  judgment,  the  gravity  of  the  case 
demands. 

Past  Grand  Master  Barkley,  committee  on  correspondence,  in  a 
special  report  discusses  the  question  along  the  lines  of  the  Wood- 
bury report,  which,  with  a  series  of  preambles  and  resolutions  ap- 
pended to  it  by  Past  Grand  Master  Speed,  by  agreement,  were  adopted. 
We  reproduce  the  last  preamble  and  the  resolutions: 

Whereas,  This  grand  lodge,  in  the  assertion  and  maintenance 
of  the  principles  of  Masonic  law,  which  the  Grand  Lodge  of  Wash- 


130  APPENDIX — PART  I. 


ington  has  outraged,  feels  compelled  to  throw  off  all  Masonic  inter- 
course with  any  and  every  Masonic  lodge  or  grand  lodge  which  shall 
disregard  them;  therefore,  be  it 

Resolved,  That  this  grand  lodge,  deeply  regretting  the  necessity 
and  expediency  of  such  action,  will  hereafter  hold  no  Masonic  inter- 
course with  the  grand  lodge  heretofore  existing  as  a  lawful  grand 
lodge  in  the  State  of  Washington,  or  with  any  lodge  or  Mason  of  its 
obedience,  and  prohibits  any  Masonic  intercourse  by  any  lodge  or 
Mason  of  this  jurisdiction  with  any  lodge  existing  in  or  Mason  hailing 
from  the  State  of  Washington. 

Resolved  further,  That  the  commission  of  Right  Worshipful  Bro. 
Benjamin  L.  Sharpstine,  as  the  grand  representative  of  this  grand 
lodge  to  the  Grand  Lodge  of  Washington,  be  and  the  same  is  hereby 
recalled  and  vacated. 

Resolved  further,  That  this  grand  lodge  regards  the  State  of  Wash- 
ington as  vacant  Masonic  territory,  and  would  look  favorably  upon 
the  establishment  of  lodges  in  said  state  by  any  grand  lodge  choos- 
ing to  exercise  jurisdiction  over  it. 

New  Jersey. — Bro.  Geo.  B.  Edwards,  chairman,  reporting  for  the 
committee  on  correspondence,  to  whom  the  subject  was  referred, 
says: 

At  the  annual  of  the  Grand  Lodge  of  New  Jersey  in  1871,  after  a 
full  discussion  of  the  question,  the  brethren  adopted  the  report  of  a 
special  committee  consisting  of  Bros.  William  Silas  Whitehead, 
Joseph  Trimble  (past  grand  masters),  and  Henry  Vehslage  (after- 
wards grand  master),  which,  after  having  made  a  thorough  search 
into  the  merits  of  an  application  by  ''petition  from  John  H.  Sweres 
and  ten  others,  for  a  lodge  to  be  located  in  the  city  of  Newark,  to  be 
known  as  'Cushite  Lodge,'  "  found  the  application  embarrassed  with 
the  following  conditions: 

The  special  committee  found  abundant  informalities  in  the  peti- 
tion forbidding  favorable  action,  but  said: 

"By  a  written  paper  accompanying  the  petition,  it  appears  that 
the  petitioners  are  colored  men,  and  claim  to  be  Master  Masons  in 
good  standing  and  members  of  regular  lodges.  Your  committee 
assume  that  the  petition  in  question  was  specially  referred  to  them 
in  order  that  they  might  examine  and  report  upon  the  status  and 
regularity  of  lodges  of  colored  men  which  exist  in  the  United  States; 
a  question  which  has  created  much  discussion,  and  which  recent 
events  have  brought  into  unusual  prominence." 

The  origin  of  authority  is  alleged  to  have  been  an  "army  lodge 
attached  to  the  British  army  about  the  year  1775,  which  conferred 
the  degrees  of  Symbolic  Masonry  upon  Prince  Hall  and  others, 
colored  men,  and  that  they  were  soon  after  organized  and  set  to 
work  under  a  dispensation.  By  what  authority  this  dispensation  was 
granted  does  not  appear.  In  the  year  1779,  it  is  alleged  that  a  peti- 
tion for  a  warrant  was  presented  by  Prince  Hall  and  his  associates, 
members  of  the  lodge  under  dispensation,  to  the  Massachusetts  grand 
lodge,  one  of  the  rival  grand  lodges  then  existing  in  Massachusetts, 


MASONIC   CORRESPONDENCE  131 


which  petition  was  refused.  Undeterred  by  this  refusal,  they  pre- 
sented a  petition  to  the  Grand  Lodge  of  England,  which  resulted  in 
the  granting"  of  a  warrant  by  the  latter  body,  of  which  the  following 
is  a  copy,  and  the  authority  of  which  your  committee  do  not   dispute: 

"Under  this  warrant  a  lodge  was  duly  opened  in  the  town  of  Bos- 
ton; and  the  lodge  thus  constituted,  under  color  of  authority  assumed 
to  have  been  delegated  by  the  warrant,  not  only  proceeded  to  enter, 
pass  and  raise  Free  Masons,  but  also  constituted  new  lodges;  one  at 
Providence,  in  the  state  of  Rhode  Island,  and  one  in  Philadelphia;  in 
both  of  which  states,  at  the  time  of  issuing  such  warrants,  grand 
lodges,  having  acknowledged  exclusive  jurisdiction,  and  recognized 
as  regular  by  the  Grand  Lodge  of  New  Jersey,  already  existed. 

"In  the  year  1808  these  three  lodges,  African  Lodge,  the  one  at 
Philadelphia  and  that  at  Providence,  organized  a  grand  lodge  at  Bos- 
ton, which  grand  lodge  granted  warrants  to  several  other  Masonic 

jurisdictions." 

*  *  *  ****** 

"Your  committee,  therefore,  submit  that  African  Lodge  had  no 
authority  by  its  warrant  to  constitute  new  lodges;  that  if  any  such 
authority  can  possibly  be  implied,  it  was  irregularly  and  unmasonic- 
ally  exercised;  and  that,  admitting,  for  the  sake  of  argument,  that 
the  original  constitution  of  African  Lodge  was  legal  (a  question 
which  your  committee  deem  it  unnecessary  to  discuss),  all  its 
branches,  all  grand  lodges  deriving  their  authority,  directly  or  indi- 
rectly, from  it,  all  persons  claiming  to  be  Masons  by  reason  of  their 
affiliation  with  such  subordinate  lodges,  are  irregular  and  clandes- 
tine, and  cannot  be  recognized  by  the  Grand  Lodge  of  New  Jersey, 
except  the  persons  made  in  African  Lodge  by  virtue  of  the  warrant 
hereinbefore  recited,  if  any  such  there  be." 

In  recommending  that  the  petition  be  returned  to  the  petitioners, 
the  special  committee  said,  with  the  concurrence  of  the  grand  lodge: 

"Your  committee,  in  conclusion,  deem  it  consistent  with  the  duty 
assigned  to  them  to  intimate  to  the  petitioners  that  there  is  one,  and 
but  one,  regular  way  in  which  their  purposeoof  affiliation  with  this 
grand  lodge  'can'  be  realized,  and  that  is  by  pursuing  the  same  pro- 
cess to  which  all  profanes  are  subjected.  The  doors  of  the  Masonic 
Lodges  in  New  Jersey  are  open  to  all  mc»,  free-born  and  of  lawful  age, 
of  every  clime,  of  every  color  and  of  every  creed,  who  declare  their 
trust  to  be  in  God,  have  passed  the  scrutiny  of  a  committee  of  a  law- 
ful lodge  and  have  achieved  the  favorable  verdict  of  a  secret  ballot." 

Citing  the  action  of  the  Grand  Lodge  of  Washington  as  "recog- 
nizing as  regular  free  and  accepted  Masons,"  men  claiming  to  proceed 
directly  from  a  source  which  New  Jersey  had  pronounced  irregular 
and  clandestine,  and  quoting  in  evidence  the  Washington  resolutions. 
Brother  Edwards  reported  the  following  resolutions  and  they  were 
unanimously  adopted: 

Besolved,  That  it  is  the  opinion  of  this  grand  lodge  that  the 
Grand  Lodge  of  Washington,  by  its  recognition  of  irregular  and  clan- 
destine Masons,  has  placed  itself  without  the  .pale   of  regularity;  in 


132  APPENDIX — PART   I. 


the  assent  it  has  volunteered  in  preparing  the  way  for  the  formation 
of  clandestine  lodges,  and  a  grand  lodge  within  the  occupanc}^  of  its 
own  territorial  jurisdiction,  to  the  detriment  of  the  Masonic  frater- 
nity and  to  the  confusion  of  interests  in  other  Masonic  jurisdictions 
with  which  alliance  has  been  of  mutual  accord;  by  assailment  of  the 
principal  of  grand  lodge  sovereignty,  in  an  association  abhorrent  to 
the  Craft  of  regular  Free  and  Accepted  Masons,  by  which  it  has  itself 
derogated  to  the  condition  of  clandestinity. 

Jiesolved,  That  this  grand  lodge  reiterates  the  irregular  and  clan- 
destine status  affixed  to  certain  men  claiming  to  be  Masons,  at  the 
annual  communication  of  1871;  in  avowment  of  the  preservation  of 
legitimate  Masonry  and  the  purity  of  its  source,  essential  to  true 
Craftsmen,  hereby  orders  the  severance  of  fraternal  relations  and 
intercourse  with  the  Grand  Lodge  of  Washington,  its  subordinates 
and  the  members  thereof.     This  interdict  to  be  of  immediate  force. 

New  York. — Grand  Master  Sutherland  refers  briefly  to  the  mat- 
ter in  his  address,  having  already  exhausted  all  its  phases  in  corre- 
spondence with  Grand  Master  UPTON,  of  Washington,  a  portion  of 
which  he  had  caused  to  be  printed  and  sent  to  other  grand  masters, 
and,  as  the  correspondence  itself  discloses,  in  some  cases  to  commit- 
tees on  correspondence.     In  closing  the  topic  in  his  address,  he  says: 

Impressed  with  the  gravity  of  the  situation,  and  extremely  de- 
sirous that  the  storm  which  was  threatened  by  this  action  in  Wash- 
ington might  be  averted,  and  the  consequences  of  the  ostracism  of 
the  Grand  Lodge  of  Washington  by  her  sister  grand  lodges  be  pre- 
vented, I  opened  correspondence  with  all  the  other  grand  masters  in 
the  United  States,  furnishing  to  each  a  printed  copy  of  my  corre- 
spondence with  the  grand  master  of  Washington,  and  expressing  the 
hope  that  among  them  all  some  might  be  found  so  fortunate  as  to 
persuade  the  grand  master  of  Washington  to  lead  his  grand  lodge  in 
retracing  its  steps.*  Every  grand  lodge  that  has  taken  action  on 
this  subject  has  deplored  the  resolutions  adopted  in  Washington,  and 
has  either  implored  that  grand  lodge  to  reconsider  its  action,  or  has 
gone  farther  and  summarily  cut  off  fraternal  relations.  As  we  can 
not  surely  know  whether  the  Grand  Lodge  of  Washington  next  week 
will  or  will  not  reconsider  its  action,  it  would  seem  advisable  that  we 
be  content  at  this  communication  with  words  of  fraternal  entreaty 
addressed  to  our  misguided  brethren,  delegating,  however,  to  our  in- 
coming grand  master  full  authority  to  sustain  the  dignity  and  sover- 
eignty of  the  Grand  Lodge  of  New  York  by  such  action  as  he  may 
hereafter  deem  essential. 

*As  Brother  Upton  has  complained  that  the  grand  master  of  New 
York  made  an  unfair  use  of  private  correspondence,  we  give  the  body 
of  the  letters  passing  between  the  two  on  that  point: 

Upton  to  Sutlierland,  February  8,  1899: 

M. W.  Grand  Master:— The  report  has  recently  come  to  me,  from 
sources  apparently  the  most  respectable  possible,  that  you  have  made 
public  and,  indeed,  published  very  widely  some  part — what  part  is  not 
stated— of  the  letters  which  I  have  recently  written  you. 


MASONIC   CORRESPONDENCE.  133 

Even  when  I  disregard  the  Masonic  relation  and  consider  only  the 
sacredness  of  private  correspondence  between  gentlemen  who  are  not 
Masons,  the  charge  is  so  shocking  to  all  my  ideas  of  propriety  that  I 
am  anxious  to  disbelieve  it.  I  therefore  desire  to  ask,  simply,  whether 
there  is  any  foundation  in  fact  for  the  charge;  and,  if  there  is, 
whether  there  is  any  theory  upon  which  I  can  acquit  3'ou  of  blame  in 
the  matter. 

I  assure  you  the  subject  is  so  distasteful  to  me  that  I  should  ignore 
the  report  had  it  come  to  me  from  less  numerous  or  respectable 
sources;  and  if  injustice  has  been  done  you  I  shall  gladly  do  anything 
in  my  power  to  vindicate  your  reputation. 

Sutherland  to  Upton  {with  enclosure) ,  February  16,  1S99: 

Dear  Sir  and  M.W.  Brother:— I  beg  to  acknowledge  receipt  of 
your  favor  of  February  8.  and  I  note  your  inquiry  as  to  whether  '"you 
(I)  have  made  public,  and  indeed  published  very  widely,  some  part — 
what  part  is  not  stated — of  the  letters  which  I  (you)  have  recently 
written  you  (me)." 

I  note  also  your  reference  to  "private  correspondence  between 
gentlemen,"  etc. 

On  the  8th  of  December,  1898,  you  addressed  to  me  a  letter,  which 
was  not  a  private  communication  but  an  official  communication,  re- 
lating to  an  official  act  of  mine,  and  in  which  you  questioned  my  act 
and  demanded  my  reasons  therefor.  I  answered  your  letter  on  the 
20th  of  the  month,  and  after  consultation  with  various  brethen  of  this 
jurisdiction,  I  put  your  letter  and  my  answer  in  pamphlet  form  (copy 
of  which  I  inclose  to  you)  and  sent  a  copy  of  that  pamphlet  to  each 
grand  master  in  the  United  States,  accompanied  by  a  communication 
bearing  my  autograph  signature  and  the  private  seal  of  the  grand 
master  (copj'  of  which  I  inclose  you). 

In  response  to  this  communication  to  other  grand  masters,  I  have 
been  favored  with  copies  of  communications  which  some  of  them  have 
addressed  to  you. 

When  3'our  letter  of  December  30  reached  me,  I  saw  that  it  would 
not  do  to  place  it  verbatim  before  the  other  grand  masters,  and  there- 
fore, in  sending  them  a  copy  of  my  reply  thereto,  I  gave  them  an 
epitome  of  your  argument.  I  send  you  herewith  copy  of  the  second 
pamphlet. 

In  addition  to  sending  copies  to  grand  masters,  I  have,  in  a  few 
instances,  been  requested  to  furnish  other  copies  to  committees  of 
correspondence. 

I  have  also  sent  a  copy  of  each  pamphlet  to  every  grand  lodge 
officer  in  the  State  of  New  York,  with  the  injunction  that  it  was  not 
for  publication. 

I  am  not  aware  that  any  part  of  this  correspondence  has  appeared 
in  the  public  press,  nor  am  I  aware  that  it  has  been  made  public  in 
any  other  manner. 


134  APPENDIX — PART   I. 


[Enclosure.] 
(Copy) 

Rochester,  N.  Y.,  December  28,  1898. 

Grand  Master  of  Masons  in the  State  of 

Dear  Sir  Sz,  M.  W.  Brother: — Having  been  invited  by  the 
Grand  Master  of  Masons  in  the  State  of  Washington  to  write  him  in 
explanation  of  my  request  for  the  resignation  of  the  representative 
of  the  Grand  Lodge  of  Washington  near  the  Grand  Lodge  of  New 
York,  and  having  taken  the  opportunity  to  place  the  matter  quite 
fully  before  him  from  my  standpoint,  it  occurs  to  me  that  the  cor- 
respondence treats  of  a  subject  of  interest  and  importance  to  each 
grand  lodge  in  the  United  States. 

In  the  hope  that  I  may  be  favored  with  the  views  of  other  grand 
masters  as  they  may  have  occasion  to  express  them,  and  particularly 
that  I  may  be  favored  with  any  correspondence  between  the  grand 
master  of  Washington  and  any  other  grand  masters,  I  take  the  liberty 
of  placing  in  your  hands  a  copy  of  these  two  letters. 

Should  further  correspondence  follow  between  the  grand  master 
of  Washington  and  myself,  I  will  be  pleased  to  furnish  you  with  copies 
of  the  same  if  you  so  desire. 

Earnestly  hoping  that  you  or  some  other  grand  master  may  find 
an  opportunity  to  lay  before  the  grand  master  of  Washington  such 
persuasive  considerations  as  will  lead  him  and  his  grand  lodge  to  re- 
trace their  steps,  and  entertaining  for  you  and  the  grand  lodge  over 
which  you  so  ably  preside  sentiments  of  the  highest  esteem  and  utmost 
regard,  I  am.  Very  sincerely  and  fraternally  yours, 

W.  A.  Sutherland, 
Grand  Master  of  Masons  in  the  State  of  New  York. 

Upton  to  Sutherland,  March,  2,  1899: 

M.  W.  Grand  Master: — I  have  your  favor  of  the  16th  ult., 
with  enclosures  as  stated. 

You  appear  to  have  misunderstood  my  last,  as  well  as  my  first 
letter.  I  did  not  say  my  correspondents  charged  you  with  publishing 
unofficial  letters,  but  private  letters.  The  mere  facts  that  my  letter 
of  December  8  was  addressed  to  a  grand  master  and  signed  by  a 
grand  master  are  all  there  is  to  support  your  claim  that  it  was  an 
"official  communication."  It  showed  upon  its  face  that  it  concerned 
me  alone  and  was  intended  for  no  eye  but  yours.  It  did  not.  as  you 
suggest,  "question  your  act"  or  "demand  your  reasons  therefor."  It 
simply  "requested"  you,  "if  willing  to  do  so,"  to  explain  the  meaning 
of  an  obscure  passage  in  your  letter  to  your  brother.  Whether  it 
was  official  or  not,  it  was  none  the  less  private.* 

It  appears  from  your  statement  that  you  have  printed  and  circu- 
lated one  of  my  letters  without  asking  my  consent,  and  have  solicited 
other  grand  masters  to  give  you  copies  of  any  letters  which  I  might 
happen  to  write  to  them.  I  note  also,  though  as  of  less  importance 
that,  as  though  desirous  of  giving  further  circulation  to  what  I  had 
already  pronounced  an  "absurb  and  silly  statement,"  you  printed 
the  letters  under  the  heading.  "The  Recognition  of  Negro  Grand 
Lodges  by  the  Grand  Lodge  of  Washington;"  and  that,   at  a  time 

*Tlae  one  letter  which  was  undoubtedly  an  official  communication— No.  V — 
Grand  Master  Sutherland  did  not  print. 


MASONIC   CORRESPONDENCE.  135 

when  you  were  writing  me  letters  full  of  expressions  of  good  will  to- 
ward my  grand  lodge,  you  were  quietly  attempting  to  array  other 
grand  masters  against  it. 

It  is  so  evident  that  3'ou  would  not  have  courted  the  disapproval 
of  your  own  correspondents  that  the  circumstance  that  you  caused 
the  fact  that  you  had  published  my  letter  to  be  known  to  many 
gentlemen,  who  must  be  presumed  to  know  and  appreciate  the  ethical 
principle  which  my  correspondents  charge  you  with  violating,  satis- 
fies me  that  you  must  have  acted  in  good  faith,  and  in  ignorance  of 
the  rule  to  which  I  allude.  Therefore,  while  not  entirely  condoning  an 
act  which  was  a  violation  of  what  I  have  been  wont  to  consider  one  of 
the  most  important  amenities  of  social  life,  I  am  not  disposed  to  use 
any  harsh  words  concerning  it,  but  accept  it  as  an  illustration  of  the 
great  fact  that  Masonry  brings  together  men  who  might  otherwise 
have  remained  at  a  perpetual  distance.  Indeed,  as  there  are  many 
who  share  some  of  the  views  of  Masonry  which  you  entertain,  but  for 
which  I  can  find  no  warrant  in  the  history  of  our  institution,  so,  I  do 
not  doubt,  brethren  ma}'  be  found  who  will  agree  with  you  rather 
than  with  me  on  the  question  of  the  sacredness  of  private  corres- 
pondence. But  while  my  ideas  of  courtesy  and  propriety,  like  my 
ideas  of  Masonry,  having  been  derived  from  the  lathers,  may  be  old 
fashioned  and  out  of  date,  yet  I  am  too  much  of  an  old  fogy  to  change 
all  my  habits  of  thought  at  once  :  and  therefore,  as  this  correspond- 
ence began  because  we  looked  at  things  dift'erently,  was  continued 
because  I  hoped  it  might  serve  a  good  end  to  point  out  some  of  the 
errors  of  Masonic  law  and  history  into  which  you  appear  to  have 
fallen,  it  no  w  ends  because  we  disagree  as  to  a  simple  matter  of  ethics. 

Of  course,  your  action  in  printing  a  part  of  the  correspondence 
authorized  me  to  make  such  use  of  it  as  I  may  desire  ;  but  as  my 
letters  were  written  for  no  other  purpose  than  to  cement  the  bonds 
which  have  ever  subsisted  between  the  brethren  of  New  York  and 
Washington,  and  for  your  eye  alone,  I  cannot  even  yet  see  how  they 
can  be  of  any  interest  to  anybody  else. 

Sutherland  to  Upton  March  13,  1899: 

Dear  Sir  and  Most  Worshipful  Brother:— I  have  the  honor  to 
acknowledge  the  receipt  of  your  favor  of  March  2,  1899. 

Past  Grand  Master  Jesse  B.  Anthony,  from  the  committee  on 
correspondence,  made  a  special  report  in  which  he  refers  to  the  full 
consideration  given  to  the  subject  in  the  general  report  of  the  com- 
mittee :  restates  the  position  of  New  York  with  reference  to  the 
questions  which  he  conceives  to  have  been  raised  by  the  Washington 
report,  briefly  summarizing  those  points,  and  reported  the  following 
resolutions,  which  were  adopted  : 

Bemlvfil,  That  the  Grand  Lodge  of  Washington  by  virtue  of  its 
proposition  to  clothe  with  regularity  negro  Masons  (declared  by  all 
other  grand  lodges  to  be  clandestine),  and  to  grant  permission  for  the 
creation  of  lodges  of  colored  persons,  tracing  their  origin  to  African 
Lodge  No.  459  (heretofore  declared  to  have  been  an  irregular  and 
clandestine  organization),  and  also  in  yielding  its  sovereignty  a-^  a 
Supreme  Grand  Bodv,  by  the  proposition  to  share  its  jurisdiction  with 
a  colored   grand   lodge   when   established    within  its  lines,  thereby 


136  APPENDIX — PART   I. 


threatens  to  place  itself  without  the  line  of  regular  Freemasonry, 
and  is  no  longer  worthy  of  the  support  and  association  of  sister  grand 
lodges. 

Besolved,  That  this  departure  from  the  principle  of  exclusive 
grand  lodge  jurisdiction,  its  relinquishment  of  the  yjosition  of  a  Su- 
preme Grand  Lodge,  is  such  a  radical  and  unmasonic  procedure  as  to 
merit  the  unqualified  condempation  of  this  grand  lodge. 

iiesoZwc?,  That  this  grand  lodge  emphasizes  the 'fact  that  it  has 
never  recognized  aught  but  regular  Masons  and  regular  Masonic 
bodies,  and  holding  to  the  maintenance  of  this  essential  principle, 
both  now  and  in  the  future,  it  cannot  continue  Masonic  relations 
with  a  grand  lodge  which  departs  from  the  strict  line  of  legitimacy 
and  purity  of  organization  in  its  associates. 

Resolved,  That  the  Grand  Lodge  of  New  York  fraternally  protests 
against  the  aforesaid  action  of  the  Grand  Lodge  of  Washington,  and 
indulging  in  the  hope  that  at  its  annual  communication  of  .June,  1899, 
the  Grand  Lodge  of  Washington  may  repeal  the  action  heretofore 
had,  it  is  recommended  that  the  matter  be  left  in  the  hands  of  the 
grand  master  elected  at  this  grand  lodge,  to  take  such  action  (here- 
after) as  will  maintain  the  dignity  of  this  grand  lodge,  expressive  of 
its  adherence  to  the  principle  of  supreme  and  exclusive  grand  lodge 
jurisdiction,  and  its  discountenance  of  association  with  clandestine 
Masons,  or  of  any  bodies,  grand  or  subordinate,  composed  of  such 
clandestine  Masons. 


In  his  brief  discussion  Brother  Anthony  says: 

We  note  the  disclaimer  embodied  in  the  circular  letter  of  M.  W. 
Brother  Upton  (January  4,  1899),  that  the  Grand  Lodge  of  Washing- 
ton did  not,  by  the  resolutions  adopted,  intend  to  recognize  negro 
lodges,  or  negro  grand  lodges,  but  with  all  due  respect  to  the  M.  W. 
Brother, -we  must  judge  the  action  of  the  Grand  Lodge  of  Washing- 
ton by  the  ej;iect  of  the  resolutions,  rather  than  the  qualifying  state- 
ments of  its  present  grand  master. 

If  such  was  the  i)ttent,  the  resolutions  adopted  were  very  unfortu- 
nately worded,  and  there  yet  remains  an  opportunity  for  the  Grand 
Lodge  of  Washington  to  rescind  its  action,  especially  so  in  view  of 
the  very  general  protest  which  has  emanated  from  other  grand 
lodges  before  whom  the  subject  has  come  for  discussion. 

And  in  his  notice  of  Illinois,  referring  to  language  used  by  us 
anent  the  second  of  the  Washington  resolutions,  he  says: 

Might  we  ask  our  brother  whether,  by  this  "master  stroke  of  sim- 
ple historical  recognition,"  the  Grand  Lodge  of  Washington,  in  per- 
mitting its  lodges  and  their  members  to  recognize  as  brother  Masons, 
without  its  territory  negro  Masons  who  trace  their  descent  from 
African  Lodge  No.  459,  are  not  by  this  act  giving  recognition  to  per- 
sons who  have  been  declared  by  all  grand  lodges  to  be  clandestine 
Masons'? 

North  Carolina — Grand  Master  Moore  takes  all  possibilities  as 
accomplished  facts  and  reports  that  "Washington  has  recognized 
the  grand  lodges  of  negro  Masonry  in  the  United  States  and  estab- 


MASONIC   CORRESPONDENCE.  137 

lished  fraternal  intercourse  with  them."  He  further  says  that  the 
social  feature  is  our  strongest  tie  and  when  that  is  destroyed  it  will 
bring-  such  a  state  of  affairs  into  play  as  would  render  absolutely 
worthless  and  dissolve  every  lodge  in  North  Carolina. 

Past  Grand  Master  Fabius  H.  Busbee,  chairman  of  the  commit- 
tee on  jurisprudence,  to  whom  the  grand  master's  remarks  on  this  sub- 
ject were  referred,  is  presumably  the  author  of  the  North  Carolina 
report.     He  says: 

Your  committee  has  examined  with  care  the  report  of  D.G.M. 
William  H.  Upton,  submitted  for  the  committee,  to  the  Grand  Lodge 
of  Washington  and  his  letter  written  after  his  election  as  grand  mas- 
ter to  W.  A.  Sutherland,  grand  master  of  Masons  in  the  State  of  New 
York,  and  also  the  admirable  reply  of  Grand  Master  Sutherland. 

With  the  spirit  and  temper  of  this  letter,  addressed  to  the  grand 
master  of  the  great  jurisdiction  of  the  State  of  New  York,  evidently 
seeking  to  conciliate  him,  and  its  effort  to  excite  against  southern 
lodges  hostility  and  adverse  criticism,  your  committee  has  no  con- 
cern. When  a  grand  master  of  Masons  goes  out  of  his  way  to  char- 
acterize southern  grand  lodges  as  "the  Grand  Lodge  of  Kentucky  and 
her  confederates,"  and  writes  of  a  committee  of  a  grand  lodge  that 
it  "sought  toconceal  naked  ignorance  and  misrepresentation  beneath 
a  garment  of  vulgar  obscenit}'" — such  an  unworthy  occupant  of  high 
position  in  the  Masonic  fraternity  may  well  be  left  secure  from  at- 
tack by  his  own  solution  of  race  association,  and  subject  only  to  the 
contemptuous  indifference  of  every  free-born  Mason.  It  is  not  with 
him  that  the  Grand  Lodge  of  North  Carolina  has  any  controversy. 
But  when  our  sister  jurisdiction,  the  Grand  Lodge  of  Washington, 
bound  to  us  by  many  ties,  within  whose  borders  many  North  Carolina 
Masons  have  sought  affiliation,  has  yielded  to  the  specious  appeal  of 
this  leader,  and  has  placed  upon  its  records  a  resolution  which  ex- 
pressly recognizes  the  validity  of  negro  lodges  chartered  by  colored 
grand  lodges,  existing  within  the  territory  of  which  the  Grand  Lodge 
of  Illinois  and  the  Grand  Lodge  of  Florida  have  exclusive  jurisdiction, 
the  duty  devolves  upon  the  Masons  of  North  Carolina  to  speak  with 
no  uncertain  sound. 

********** 

Many  of  the  statements  of  the  Washington  committee  are  ob- 
scurely made,  and,  as  your  committee  believe,  from  their  own  in- 
dependent investigations,  are  made  without  sufficient  foundation. 
However  this  may  be,  the  admission  by  the  author  of  the  report  which 
precedes  the  resolution,  that  the  existence  of  negro  lodges  is  in  con- 
travention of  the  "American  doctrine  of  exclusive  grand  lodge  juris- 
distion,"  and  that  the  negro  lodges  do  not  require  that  the  candidates 
shall  be  "free-born,"  as  it  seems  to  our  committee,  place  it  beyond 
question  that  the  action  of  the  Grand  Lodge  of  Washington  was  in 
direct  and  flagrant  contravention  of  the  well  recognized  principle  of 
Masonry. 

********** 

The  report  of  our  eminent  legal  brother.  E.  G.  Reade,  made  on 
December  5.  18fi5.  at  the  first  communication  held  after  the  termina- 
tion of  the  Civil  War,  states  the  position  of  the  Grand  Lodge  of  North 
Carolina  clearly  and  unmistakably. 


138  APPENDIX — PART   I. 


The  report  is  commended  to  the  consideration  of  the  grand  lodge. 
We  shall  make  only  one  or  two  quotations: 

"The  committee  do  not,  in  the  abstract,  question  the  propriety 
of  making  Masons  of  negroes.  Our  ancient  land-marks  are  that  he 
that  may  be  made  a  Mason,  must  be  able  in  all  degrees;  that  is  free- 
born,  worthy  and  well  qualified.  It  is  not  necessary  that  the  candi- 
date should  be  a  white  man.  We  teach  that  in  every  clime  and  among 
every  people  Masonry  has  existed.  And  to  every  human  being  our 
benevolence  extends.  *  *  *  -^g  have  our  reasons 

for  excluding  females,  minors,  old  age,  irreligious  libertines,  the 
maimed  and  disabled,  the  ignorant,  the  immoral  and  profane.  So 
important  is  this  principal  of  perfect  fellowship,  that,  although  a 
lodge  were  composed  of  a  thousand  members,  one  single  member  may 
exclude  a  candidate  with  whom  he  cannot  have  this  perfect  fellow- 
ship. 

"If  Masonry  exist  in  Africa,  and  white  men  were  for  any  cause  ex- 
cluded from  the  intimate  relations  which  we  have  described,  it  would 
be  unwise  to  thrust  white  men  upon  the  fraternity  in  Africa.  It 
would  be  very  proper  to  inaugurate  measures  to  remove  the  preju- 
dice, but,  without  such  removal,  to  set  it  at  defiance,  would  have  no 
other  effect  than  to  destroy  Masonry.  So,  here  in  the  south,  while 
there  is  no  prejudice  against  the  negro  as  such,  yet  there  is  such 
prejudice  against  assuming  the  intimate  relations  of  Masons,  that, 
to  admit  them  to  our  order,  would  be,  inevitably,  to  destroy  it.  Many 
reasons  might  be  urged  why  it  is  so;  but  it  is  suthcient  to  know  that 
the  fact  exists,  the  introduction  of  negroes  into  our  lodges  would  ob- 
literate Masonry  in  the  south. 

"We  know  that  Masonry  is  not  only  close  in  fellowship,  but  it  is 
perfect  in  moral,  and  intricate  in  science.  And,  we  know  that  the 
negroes  of  the  south  are  wholly  incompetent  to  embrace  it.  They  are 
ignorant,  uneducated,  immoral,  untruthful,  and:  intellectually,  they 
are  more  impotent  than  minority  or  dotage — both  of  which  we  exclude. 
It  would  be  rare  if  any  locality  could  furnish  the  requisite  number  of 
sufficient  capacity  to  open  a  lodge.  Therefore,  to  have  lodges  exclu- 
sively of  negroes,  would  be  dangerous  to  the  high  character  of  our 
order.  And.  to  associate  them  in  lodges  with  our  white  brethren, 
would  be  impossible." 

The  negro  race  is  rapidly  becoming  free-born.  The  main  safe- 
guard against  the  introduction  of  members  into  the  Masonic  frater- 
nity is  to  preserve  with  jealous  care  the  inviolability  of  the  doctrine 
of  exclusive  grand  lodge  territorial  jurisdiction.  If  this  bulwark 
shall  be  basely  surrendered,  (as  it  appears  to  your  committee  has 
been  done  by  our  brethren  in  Washington.)  lodges  working  under  the 
authority  of  distant  grand  bodies,  and  formed  for  the  same  purpose 
of  receiving  candidates  who  could  enter  regular  lodge,  and  which  can 
have  no  sufficient  means  of  guarding  their  creatures  from  intrusion 
of  the  unworthy,  will  spring  up  within  every  jurisdiction,  and  the 
seeds  of  disruption  and  total  ruin  in  the  Masonic  order  will  have  been 
sown. 

Since  this  report  was  written  we'have  received  from  the  grand 
master  a  printed  communication  addressed  to  him  by  Grand  Master 
Upton,  which  arrived  today. 


MASONIC    CORRESPONDENCE.  139 


The  letter  does  not  contain  anything^  which  is  not  in  effect  pres- 
ented in  the  report  made  to  the  Grand  Lodge  of  Washington,  and  in 
the  letter  to-the  grand  master  of  New  York,  and  does  not  effect  our 
conclusion. 

It  seems  to  the  committee  to  be  idle  for  Grand  Master  Upton  to 
say  that  the  Grand  Lodge  of  Washington  has  not  recognized  any 
negro  grand  lodge,  when  it  has  expressly  recognized  as  entitled  to 
Masonic  fellowship  a  negro,  belonging  to  a  colored  lodge,  organized 
under  and  obeying  the  edicts  of  the  colored  Grand  Lodge  of  Illinois. 
No  Mason  can  be  legalh'  recognized  unless  he  was  initiated  in  a  regu- 
larly constituted  lodge  of  31oster  Masons  duly  assembled;  and  no  lodge  can 
be  "regularly  constituted"  which  owes  allegiance  to  a  clandestine 
grand  lodge. 

To  recognize  the  Mason,  is  to  pass  upon  the  regularity  of  the 
lodge  and  grand  lodge  to  which  he  belongs  and  owes  allegiance.  The 
report  of  the  committee  of  the  Grand  Lodge  of  Washington,  then, 
found  it  necessary  to  defend  the  legality  of  the  colored  lodge  institu- 
ted in  Massachusetts  in  the  close  of  the  last  century,  and  the  lodges 
and  grand  lodges  springing  from  it.  It  is  not  true  that  the  Grand 
Lodge  of  North  Carolina  is  making  an  attack  upon  the  •"independence 
and  autonomy  of  the  Grand  Lodge  of  Washington."  That  grand  body 
has  the  power  to  recognize  negro  Masons,  (though  we  believe  it  has 
violated  the  land-marks  of  Masonry  in  so  doing.)  just  as  it  has  the 
power  deliberately  to  insult  a  large  majoritj'of  Masons  in  the  United 
States.  But  it  surely  cannot  object  if.  in  selecting  negroes  as  its 
Masonic  brethren,  it  thereby  cuts  itself  off  from  all  association  with 
all  grand  lodges,  who  believe  its  action  subversive  of  the  foundations 
of  Freemasonry. 

The  committee  say  it  would  be  a  useless  consumption  of  time  to 
give  their  reasons,  which  are  almost  self-evident,  but  being  of  the 
opinion  that  so  long  as  the  Washington  resolutions  stand, North  Caro- 
lina can  have  no  fraternal  relations  with  Washington  Masons,  re- 
port the  following. 

Resolved:  That  the  grand  master  of  Masons  in  North  Carolina  be 
directed  to  notify'  the  grand  master  of  Masons  of  Washington  that  the 
Grand  Lodge  of  North  Carolina  has  suspended  all  fraternal  relations 
and  Masonic  intercourse  with  the  Grand  Lodge  of  Washington;  that 
its  representative  near  this  grand  body  be  requested  to  withdraw  his 
credentials  and  the  representative  of  the  Grand  Lodge  of  North  Caro- 
lina near  the  Grand  Lodge  of  Washington  is  requested  to  return  his 
credentials,  and  is  no  longer  empowered  to  represent  this  grand  body 
near  that  jurisdiction. 

Resolved  Furtlier:  That  the  North  Carolina  Lodges  are  instructed 
not  to  admit  to  Masonic  intercourse  any  Mason  who  is  a  member  of 
any  lodge  working'  under  the  jurisdiction  of  the  Grand  Lodge  of  Wash- 
ington. 

Resolved  Further:  That  this  step  is  taken  not  in  anger  but  in  sin- 
cere pain,  and  that  the  Masons  in  North  Carolina  earnestly  trust  that 
the  Grand  Lodge  of  W^ashington  may  in  its  discretion  see  fit  to  rescind 
its  former  action  and  to  return  to  the  ancient  land-marks,  which,  in 
the  opinion  of  the  Masons  of  North  Carolina,  have  been  invaded. 


140  APPENDIX — PART   I. 


Eesolved  Further:  That  the  Secretary  of  this  grand  body  transmit 
a  certified  copy  of  these  resolutions  to  the  grand  secretary  of  the 
Grand  Lodge  of  Washington. 

Oregon. — Grand  Master  Cleland  discusses  the  subject  briefly, 
chiefly  along  the  lines  of  the  Massachusetts  report  of  Brother  Wood- 
bury, and  thinks  the  grand  lodge  ought  not  to  leave  its  position  un- 
certain. He  says,  and  his  sentiments  were  '"'approved  and  heartily 
endorsed"  by  the  grand  lodge: 

Practically  the  universality  of  Masonry  in  the  states  of  the 
American  Union  depends  upon  whether  or  not  each  grand  lodge  will 
recognize  and  respect  the  judgment  and  determination  of  each  other 
grand  lodge  as  to  what  constitutes  a  regular  Mason.  If  a  grand  lodge 
may  accept  one  as  a  regular  Mason  who  is  held  to  be  clandestine  by 
the  grand  lodge  within  whose  jurisdiction  the  claimant  was  made, 
then  one  held  a  regular  Mason  within  the  jurisdiction  where  made 
may  be  found  and  declared  clandestine  in  any  other  grand  jurisdic- 
tion. The  power  to  accept  implies  the  power  to  reject.  The  only 
sound  reason  for  recognizing  certificates  and  dimits  from  other  juris- 
dictions is  found  in  the  common  consent  of  all  Masons  that  each 
grand  lodge  has  power  and  right  to  determine  who  within  its  juris- 
diction are  regular  Masons  and  who  are  not. 

To  establish  any  principle  in  derogation  of  this  authority  will 
destroy  the  comity  and  Masonic  harmony  which  has  heretofore  pre- 
vailed throughout  the  United  States. 

No  less  pernicious  in  practice  would  be  the  institution  of  two  or 
more  grand  lodges  in  a  state,  each  claiming  jurisdiction  of  Ancient 
Craft  Masonry.  If  in  such  case  one  is  to  be  subordinate  to  the  other, 
no  necessity  for  the  second  exists.  If  each  is  independent  of  the  other, 
conflicts  of  jurisdiction  would  arise  and  confusion  prevail.  If  two, 
why  not  more  than  two:  and  what  should  be  the  lowest  and  what  the 
highest  number  permissible?  The  results  within  the  state  would  be  un- 
satisfactory, and  bej'ond  its  jurisdiction  it  would  be  an  open  question 
which  grand  lodge,  if  any,  would  be  recognized.  This  grand  lodge 
ought  not  to  leave  its  position  on  these  questions  uncertain.  One  held 
to  be  a  clandestine  Mason  by  the  grand  jurisdiction  where  made  must 
on  the  same  record  be  held  clandestine  everywhere  by  all  regular 
Masons.  Jurisdiction  of  Ancient  Craft  Masonry  can  be  rightly  ex- 
ercised by  one  grand  lodge,  and  but  one,  in  any  state  of  the  Union. 

Past  Grand  Master  Robert  Clow  reproduces  Woodbury's  and 
Drummond's  reports  of  1876  on  the  subject,  and  says: 

We  regret  this  ill-advised  action  of  the  Grand  Lodge  of  Wash- 
ington, and  trust  that. the  second  sober  thought  of  the  members  will 
assert  itself  by  rescinding  its  former  action  at  the  coming  session. 

Oklahoma. — Grand  Master  Banford  recasts  briefly  and  with  some  in- 
accuracies, the  Massachusetts  arguments,  and  says: 

Brethren,  let  us  be  charitable  with  our  sister  grand  lodge,  but 
firm.  Let  us  not  hastily  declare  non-intercourse,  but  rather  try  to 
win  back  to  the  old  and  beaten  paths  of  Masonry  our  misguided  sister. 


MASONIC  CORRESPONDENCE.  141 


I  recommend  that  a  committee  be  appointed  to  draft  a  letter  to 
the  Grand  Lodge  of  Washington  respectful!}^  urging  her  to  retrace 
her  steps  in  this  matter  of  recognizing  as  regular  Masons  all  Masons 
made  under  the  sanction  of  negro  grand  lodges  of  the  United  States 
of  America. 

Grand  Secretary  Hunt,  in  his  report  on  correspondence,  says: 

We  congratulate  the  Grand  Lodge  of  Oklahoma  and  its  Grand 
Master,  Enoch  AL  Bamford,  upon  the  spirit  of  moderation  that  domi- 
nated their  action  toward  our  sister  jurisdiction, and  which  is  in  con- 
formit}^  to  that  principle  of  universal  Masonry  which  admonishes  us 
to  "whisper  good  counsel  in  the  ear  of  an  erring  brother."  While^the 
Grand  Lodge  of  Oklahoma  is  unquestionably  in  favor  of  the  Ameri- 
can doctrine  of  supreme  territorial  jurisdiction  of  the  several  grand 
lodges  and  is  unalterably  opposed  to  recognizing  the  legitimacy  of 
negro  Masonry,  as  it  exists  in  the  United  States,  she  also  believes  in 
the  American  doctrine  of  fair  play  and  is  therefore  disposed  to  give 
our  Washington  brethren  ample  opportunity  to  carefully  reconsider 
their  actions  in  this  matter,  and,  if  convinced  of  their  error,  to  set 
themselves  right  before  the  Masonic  world. 

Pennsylvania.— Past  Grand  Master  Michael  Arnold,  chairman 
of  the  committee  on  correspondence,  reporting  by  direction  of  Grand 
Master  Kelly,  says:  *  *  * 

The  report  of  the  committee  was  adopted  by  the  Grand  Lodge  of 
Washington.  That  action  has  called  for  consideration  and  action 
by  the  other  grand  lodges,  because  it  is  a  matter  of  the  greatest  Ma- 
sonic importance.  Kentuck}',  Arkansas,  Louisiana,  South  Carolina 
and  New  York  have  suspended  fraternal  relations' with  Washington, 
while  Maryland  has  appealed  to  Washington  to  reconsider  its  action, 
and  Illinois  has  by  its  committee  on  correspondence,  expressed  its  ap- 
proval of  Washington.  The  matter  is  of  vital  importance  to  the 
Grand  Lodge  of  Pennsylvania,  because  one  of  the  rival  or  clandestine 
grand  lodges  has  its  seat  in  this  jurisdiction. 

It  maybe  stated  as  a  sound  Masonic  maxim  that  a  grand  lodge 
which  recognizes  and  fraternizes  with  a  clandestine  lodge  or  its  mem- 
bers thereby  makes  itself  clandestine. 

The  Grand  Lodge  of  Vermont,  many  years  ago,  wisely  declared 
the  inter-Masonic  law  to  be  that  '"No  grand  lodge  of  any  state  can 
regularly  recognize  a  subordinate  lodge  existing  in  another  state,  or 
its  members,  until  such  subordinate  lodge  is  recognized  by  the  grand 
lodge  of  the  state  in  which  it  exists."  When,  therefore,  a  grand  lodge 
with  which  we  are  in  fraternal  relations,  recognizes  another  body  in 
our  jurisdiction  which  we  consider  clandestine,  it  gives  us  just  cause 
for  complaint  and  justifies  us  in  taking  such  measures  as  will  protect 
our  supremacy  and  sovereignt}'. 

The  Grand  Master  of  Washington  asserts  that  their  action  in 
this  matter  is  a  matter  of  "internal  affairs"  and  "private  judgment" 
and  so  it  is.  But  it  is  also  a  matter  of  external  or  foreign  concern  in 
its  effect  upon  other  grand  lodges,  when  it  trenches  upon  their  juris- 
diction and  authority.  The  Grand  Lodge  of  Washington  must  recog- 
nize and  fraternize  with  either  one  or  the  other  of  the  grand  lodges 
in  this  jurisdiction,  but  it  cannot  maintain  fraternal  relations  with 


142  APPENDIX — PART   I. 


both.  Having-  recognized  a  grand  lodge  in  this  jurisdiction  which  is 
clandestine,  it  has  given  us  cause  of  complaint  which  our  self- 
respect  compels  us  to  notice  and  g-overn  ourselves  accordingly. 

We,  therefore,  recommend  that  fraternal  relations  with  the  Grand 
Lodge  of  Washington  be  suspended  until  that  grand  lodge  shall  have 
withdrawn  its  recogfuition  of  the  clandestine  lodges  in  this  juris- 
diction. 

Rhode  Island.— Brother,  the  Rev.  Henry  W.  Kugg,  chairman  of 
the  committee  on  correspondence,  to  whom  the  subject  was  referred 
by  Grand  Master  Van  Slyck,  summarizes  the  action  of  the  Grand 
Lodg-e  of  Washington,  quotes  its  resolutions,  and  says: 

The  historical  statements  in  the  report  under  review  are  in  the 
main  correct,  but  they  lack  completeness;  and  the  inferences  drawn 
therefrom  do  not  seem  in  all  cases  to  be  warranted  by  the  facts  pre- 
sented. Grand  Secretary  Reed,  in  his  letter  before  referred  to,  ad- 
mits that  by  a  "slip  of  the  pen"  "African  lodge"  was  called  "Prince 
Hall  lodge"  in  the  report  of  the  Washington  committee.  But  cor- 
recting this  error  of  inadvertence,  there  are  yet  lapses  in  the  his- 
torical statements  which  ought  to  be  supplied,  and  other  facts  to  be 
added,  and  doing  this  we  believe  there  must  necessarily  follow  some 
modification  of  the  inferences  drawn  and  conclusions  reached  by  the 
committee  whose  report  is  now  before  us. 

He  gives  a  brief  history  of  African  lodge  and  its  progress,  carries 
his  argument — always  in  a  dignified  and  temperate  spirit — along  the 
Massachusetts  lines,  quoting  WOODBURY'S  conclusions  as  authorita- 
tive, and  among  other  things  says: 

From  the  first,  however,  African  lodge  was  irregular,  an  inter- 
loper, according  to  the  "American  doctrine."  As  early  as  1775,  the 
Grand  Lodge  of  Massachusetts  had  asserted  its  right  to  supreme  con- 
trol. In  that  year  it  affirmed  that  "neither  the  lodge  at  Castle  Will- 
iam, nor  any  other  traveling  lodge,  has  any  right  to  make  Masons  of 
any  citizens."  Just  after  the  close  of  the  War  of  the  Revolution,  the 
regular  Grand  Lodge  of  Massachusetts  again  asserted  its  supreme 
and  undivided  right  to  Masonic  government  in  that  state,  and  a  few 
years  later,  in  1797,  put  into  its  constitution  a  section,  as  follows: 

"The  Grand  Lodge  of  Massachusetts  will  not  hold  communication 
with,  or  admit  as  visitors,  any  Masons  residing  in  this  state,  who  hold 
authority  under,  and  acknowledge  the  supremacy  of  any  foreign  grand 
lodge." 

********** 

Dr.  Winslow  Lewis,  grand  master  of  Masons  in  Massachusetts  in 
1855,  put  himself  on  record  in  opposition  to  any  recognition  of  negro 
Masonry.  He  said:  "The  grand  lodge  of  this  state  does  not  recog- 
nize the  Prince  Hall  grand  lodge,  or  any  lodge  of  colored  Masons. 
They  are  not  allowed  to  visit  our  lodges.  No  white  Mason,  to  my 
knowledge,  ever  visited  a  black  lodge." 

********** 

We  agree  with  the  proposition  which  is  affirmed,  in  the  connec- 
tion, by  the  Washington  committee,  viz.:  that  irregularities  may  be 


MASONIC   CORRESPONDENCE.  143 


co7}don€d.  as  was  the  case  when  the  Grand  Lodge  of  Scotland  recog- 
nized the  lodges  made  long  after  its  establishment  by  Mother  Kilwin- 
ning lodge.  There  might  possibly  be  such  a  condoning  of  unlawful 
acts — such  legalizing  of  authority — in  the  present  instance!  But  by 
whom?  Certainly  we  should  not  look  to  the  Grand  Lodge  of  Wash- 
ington to  point  the  way  for  such  an  exercise  of  grace— to  be  the  first 
to  pronounce  absolution.  The  Grand  Lodge  of  Massachusetts,  as  it 
seems,  would  need  to  act;  for  relief  could  only  come,  in  a  due  and 
orderly  course  of  procedure,  by  her  action.  That  grand  lodge,  when- 
ever it  has  passed  upon  the  matter,  has  always  expressed  itself  ad- 
versely as  to  any  legalizing  of  the  many  and  great  irregularities  which 
attach  to  the  formation  and  working  of  Prince  Hall  grand  lodge.  As 
to  the  two  Pennsylvania  grand  lodges,  they  must  stand  or  fall  with 
the  parent  that  begot  them. 


Your  committee  regret  this  action.  They  are  not  insensible  of 
the  fact  that  there  are  elements  in  the  case  which  appeal  to  worthy 
sentiments  as  connected  with  a  liberal  treatment  of  a  long  oppressed 
race.  But  however  excellent  may  be  these  motives  and  promptings, 
we  cannot  regard  them  as  a  justification  for  the  course  pursued  by 
the  Grand  Lodge  of  Washington  in  attempting  to  include  among  law- 
ful and  regular  Masonic  bodies  certain  organizations  which  are  justly 
regarded  as  clandestine.  Deploring  the  action  taken,  and  trusting 
that  the  sober  second  thought  of  the  members  of  the  Washington 
grand  lodge  will  ensure  a  rescinding  of  the  same  at  its  next  annual 
communication,  we  submit  the  following  resolutions  and  recommend 
their  adoption: 

Besolved,  That  the  Grand  Lodge  of  Rhode  Island  views  with  grave 
apprehension  the  action  recently  taken  by  the  Grand  Lodge  of  Wash- 
ington, in  regard  to  negro  Masonry,  believing  that  if  such  action 
should  be  acquiesced  in  by  other  grand  lodges  the  result  would  be 
widespread  dissensions  among  the  Craft,  which  necessarily  would 
work  great  harm  to  the  Masonic  institution. 

Eesolved,  That  not  only  does  the  Grand  Lodge  of  Rhode  Island  re- 
gard the  action  here  brought  under  review  as  inexpedient  and  likely 
to  be  an  opening  wedge  of  discord,  but  it  also  considers  the  course 
pursued  to  be  in  direct  opposition  to  Masonic  law  and  usage. 

Resolved,  That  the  Grand  Lodge  of  Rhode  Island  stands  now,  as 
heretofore,  on  the  "American  doctrine"  that  only  one  grand  lodge 
can  be  erected  in  the  same  jurisdiction,  and  that  such  grand  body  can- 
not divide  with  another  body  the  control  of  the  Craft  in  any  given 
state  or  territory. 


The  report  was  "unanimously  approved  and  ordered  to  be  printed." 

South  Carolina.— Grand  Master  Barron  discusses  the  action  of 
Washington  very  briefly,  expressing  the  opinion  that  "if  generally 
acquiesced  in  it  will  bring  about  confusion  and  discord,  the  results  of 
which  will  be  more  disastrous  than  any  opposition  or  persecution 
which  the  fraternity  has  ever  suffered  in  this  land  of  freedom." 


144  APPENDIX — PART.  I. 


The  committee  on  correspondence  submitted  a  special  report  in 
which  the  Massachusetts  arguments  are  recast.  Kentucky  is  quoted, 
and  the  following"  resolution  (which  was  unanimously  adopted)  recom- 
mended: 

Resolved,  That  the.  Grand  Lodge  of  Washington  having  seen  fit, 
at  its  last  annual  communication,  to  pass  a  resolution  recognizing  as 
legitimate  the  negro  grand  lodges,  the  Grand  Lodge  of  South  Caro- 
lina wishes  to  express  its  most  unqualified  condemnation  of  this  ac- 
tion, and  hereby  sever  all  fraternal  intercourse  with  the  Grand  Lodge 
of  Washington  and  its  subordinates. 

Tennessee. — Grand  Master  BuMPASsubmits  the  Washington  reso- 
lutions with  a  brief  introduction,  in  which  he  says: 

Without  entering  into  an  extensive  discussion  of  the  reasons  for 
such  action,  we  recommend  that  our  relations  with  said  jurisdiction 
be  suspended.  A  thorough  examination  into  the  reasons  for  this  has 
been  made  by  several  grand  jurisdictions,  and  they  are  doubtless  well 
known  to  you.  Suffice  it  to  say  that,  however  much  the  love  of  free- 
dom may  impel  men  to  closer  relations  and  to  break  down  the  bars  of 
social  intercourse,  there  can  be  no  just  grounds  for  asserting  the 
rights  claimed  by  the  negroes  who  are  called  Masons.  The  exhaus- 
tive reports  on  the  Massachusetts  lodge,  chartered  in  1775,  made  by 
our  sister  jurisdiction,  Kentucky,  and  which  we  herewith  hand,  has 
more  efficiently  set  forth  the  inatter  than  any  we  have  had.  We 
trust  you  will  give  this  matter  your  ver}'  serious  consideration,  and 
that  you  will  not  be  deterred  in  determining  the  issue  at  stake. 

The  committee  on  jurisprudence  say: 

We  can  not  but  regret  that  our  brethren  of  the  far  northwest  have 
felt  impelled  to  become  pioneers  in  prevarication  and  in  Masonic  dis- 
turbance, as  well  as  in  progress  and  civilization,  and  that  any  theo- 
retical and  disingenuous  abstractions  have  led  them  to  embark  upon 
perilous  seas  of  impracticable  navigation  and  inevitable  Masonic  de- 
struction. 

Thirty-four  years  ago,  during  the  incumbency  of  our  present 
Senior  Past  Grand  Master  Hamilton,  this  grand  lodge,  in  accord  with 
Massachusetts,  unanimously  adopted  the  following  preamble  and 
resolution: 

Whereas,  Information  has  been  received  by  this  grand  lodge 
that  associations  of  negroes,  claiming  to  be  Free  and  Accepted  Ma- 
sons, have  been  organ, zed  in  the  state  of  Tennessee,  without  any 
legal  Masonic  authority;  therefore, 

Resolved,  That  all  such  associations  are  hereby  declared  to  be 
spurious,  illegal,  and  clandestine,  and  all  Masons  owing  allegiance  to 
this  grand  lodge  are  hereby  forbidden  to  hold  Masonic  communication 
with  any  such  association,  or  with  any  person  in  this  state  or  any 
other  claiming  to  belong  thereto,  or  holding  fellowship  therewith; 
and  it  is  the  sense  of  this  grand  lodge  that  no  Masonic  authority  can 
or  ought  to  be  granted  for  any  such  purpose. 

This  resolution  stands  unrepealed,  and  expresses  the  convictions 
of  Freemasons  in  this  state  now  as  fairly  as  it  did  in  1865.  We  believe 


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these  associations  to  be  spurious,  illegal,  and  clandestine   now,  as 
they  were  in  1865. 

The  Grand  Lodg^e  of  Washington  not  only  expresses  a  contrary 
and  repugnant  opinion,  but  even  goes  to  the  length  of  abdicating  its 
sole  and  exclusive  sovereignty  in  that  state,  where  its  own  lodges 
were  first  established  and  its  supreme  authoritj^  unquestionable,  and 
acknowledges  the  equal  powers  and  rights  of  another  grand  body  and 
of  subordinates  thereunder  to  exercise  sovereignty  and  jurisdiction 
within  the  boundaries  of  that  state.  By  so  doing  the  Grand  Lodge  of 
Washington  has  forfeited  all  claim  to  our  Masonic  recognition  and 
placed  itself  be3^ond  the  pale  of  fraternal  relations.  We  therefore 
recommend  the  adoption  by  this  grand  lodge  of  the  following  reso- 
lution: 

ResoJced,  That  the  Grand  Lodge  of  Free  and  Accepted  Masons  of 
the  state  of  Tennessee  hereby  indefinitely  suspends  all  fraternal  re- 
lations with  the  Grand  Lodge  of  Free  and  Accepted  Masons  hitherto 
exercising  jurisdiction  in  the  state  of  Washington. 

Texas. — Grand  Master  Terrell  had  not  seen  the  Washington 
proceedings,  but  submitted  the  subject  on  the  strength  of  the  ad- 
dress of  Grand  Master  Thompson,  of  Kentucky,  and  the  report  of  the 
special  committee  appointed  by  him.     He  says: 

Two  questions  are  involved  in  the  resolutions  passed  by  the  Grand 
Lodge  of  Washington:  the  recognition  of  negro  lodges  and  the  abro- 
gation of  the  system  of  American  Masonic  jurisprudence  in  admitting 
and  recognizing  a  rival  grand  body  upon  its  own  territory. 

Upon  the  first  the  Grand  Lodge  of  Texas  has  already  spoken  in  no 
uncertain  tones,  wherein  it  declared  negro  lodges  clandestine,  illegal, 
and  unmasonic,  and  adjudged  as  "highly  censurable  the  course  of  any 
grand  lodge  in  the  United  States  which  will  recognize  such  bodies  of 
negroes  as  Masonic  lodges." 

Past  Grand  Master  MARCUS  F.  Mott,  to  whom  the  subject  had 
been  referred  by  the  grand  master,  copies  in  his  report  the  Wash- 
ington resolutions,  and  among  other  things,  says: 

We  think  the  Grand  Lodge  of  Washington  is  inconsistent  and 
disingenuous,  in  that  it  recognizes  spurious  negro  Masonry  as  genu- 
ine, which  means,  of  course,  visitation  and  Masonic  intercourse,  but 
in  the  same  breath  it  tells  them  that  the  social  relations  of  the  white 
and  black  are  of  such  a  nature  that  they  must  establish  their  own 
colored  lodges,  and  it  will  allow  them  to  have  their  own  colored  grand 
lodge,  which  will  be  recognized  as  legitimate  Masonr}-.  Our  breth- 
ren of  Washington  do  not  attempt  to  explain  this  absurdity.  If  the 
Prince  Hall  negro  Masons  are  Masons,  they  are  entitled  to  the  same 
rights  and  privileges  as  all  other  Masons,  and  it  won't  do  for  the 
Grand  Lodge  of  Washington  to  attempt  to  discriminate  against  them 
by  virtue  of  race  or  color.  The  truth  is,  they  are  not  and  never  have 
been  Masons,  and  the  great  blunder  of  the  Grand  Lodge  of  Washing- 
ton is  in  underiaking  to  admit  them  as  such.  Under  the  circum- 
stances it  would  seem  idle  to  attempt  to  argue  with  our  erring 
brethren  of  Washington.  The  wise  course  for  us  to  follow  is  to  sus- 
pend all  fraternal  intercourse  with  the  Grand  Lodge  of  Washington, 

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146  APPENDIX — PART   I. 


leaving-  her  to  follow  her  own  lonely  and  erratic  orbit  until  she  sees 
the  folly  of  her  ways  and  recants  her  errors. 


The  Kentucky  committee,  whose  strong-  report  we  have  read, 
'thought  that  the  case  was  prejudged.  Be  this  as  it  ma}",  the  appar- 
ent eagerness  of  the  Grand  Lodge  of  Washington  to  affiliate  with  the 
clandestine  negro,  has  caused  it  to  disregard  facts  of  history  and  pro- 
mote Prince  Hall  by  giving  him  a  rank  which  he  never  could  have 
held — trying  to  make  him  either  a  saint  or  a  martyr.  Its  resolutions 
speak  of  "Lodges  which  can  trace  their  origin  to  Prince  Hall  Lodge 
No.  459,  or  to  our  R.W.  Bro.  Prince  Hall,  master  of  said  lodge."  There 
never  was  such  a  lodge  known  as  "Prince  Hall  Lodge,"  and  R.W.  is 
an  improper  designation  of  the  master  of  a  lodge.  These  minor  blun- 
bers  are  only  material  as  showing  the  animus  of  the  grand  lodge  and 
its  committee. 


The  doctrine  adopted  by  the  Grand  Lodge  of  Washington  declares 
negro  Masons  to  be  legitimate  who  claim  their  descent  from  England 
through  Massachusetts.  The  Grand  Lodge  of  England  disowned 
their  ancestors  and  the  Grand  Lodge  of  Massachusetts  has  repeatedly 
declared  them  to  be  illegitimate  in  their  origin  and  irregular  in  their 
existence. 


We  have  endeavored  to  treat  the  subject  impartially  and  with 
the  seriousness  its  importance  demands,  but  with  a  due  regard  for 
the  dignity  and  interests  of  the  general  body  of  Masonry.  We  can 
not  admit  the  heresies  of  the  Grand  Lodge  of  Washington,  nor  by  our 
silence  acquiesce  in  them.  This  grand  lodge  should  speak  in  no  un- 
certain tones.  Believing,  as  we  do,  that  the  radical  action  of  Wash- 
ington threatens  the  integrity  of  American  Masonry,  and,  if  not 
promptly  checked,  will  breed  discord  and  disintegration,  we  recom- 
mend the  adoption  of  the  following  resolution: 

JResolved,  That  the  grand  lodge  hereby  suspends  all  intercourse 
with  the  Grand  Lodge  of  Washington,  A.F.  &  A.M.,  and  forbids  its 
subordinates  and  members  from  having  any  Masonic  communication 
or  intercourse  with  lodges  or  Masons  owing  allegiance  to  the  said 
Grand  Lodge  of  Washington. 

Past  Grand  Master  Matthews,  in  his  report  on  correspondence, 
thus  refers  to  us  in  this  connection: 

Of  negro  Masonry  we  have  naught  more  now  to  say  than  we  have 
said  in  this  report  under  Washington.  We  wish  our  good  brother 
would  read  again,  without  prejudice,  what  Brother  Grand  Master  Gard- 
ner, in  his  address  to  the  Grand  Lodge  of  Massachusetts  in  1870,  says 
of  it,  and  what  the  committee  of  the  same  grand  lodge,  appointed  to 
investigate  the  question,  reported  thereon  in  1876.  Also  the  argu- 
ment of  Brother  Drummond  in  his  report,  we  think,  of  1876.  Then 
read  the  address  of  Grand  Master  Thompson,  of  Kentucky,  at  its  ses- 
sion just  held,  to  the  grand  lodge,  and  the  report  of  its  able  commit- 
tee; upon  the  recent  action  of  the  Grand  Lodge  of  Washington.  If 
he  will  do  this,  and  surely  if  he  be  not  joined  to  his  idols,  he  will  be 


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convinced.  And  we  believe  he  will  not  give  his  consent  to  the  recog- 
nition of  and  fraternization  with  as  regular  and  legitimate  negro 
Masons,  and  endeavor  to  foist  them  upon  the  fraternity  toward  which, 
to  us,  lie  seems  now  to  be  inclined. 

Reviewing  Washington,  he  lets  Gardner  and  Woodbury  of  Mas- 
sachusetts discuss  the  main  question,  and  adds:        *  *  * 

In  conclusion,  we  will  add:  We  are  very  sorry  that  this  apple  of 
discord  has  been  thrown  out  by  our  Washington  brethren.  There  was 
no  good  reason  for  it.  It  can  result  in  no  real  good  to  any  one,  and, 
per  contra,  as  we  believe,  will  almost  certainly  stir  up  strife,  and  more 
or  less  mar  the  peace  and  harmony  of  the  Craft  wherever  it  is  med- 
dled with.  It  would  have  been  far  better  to  have  dealt  with  the  sub- 
ject as  we  do  with  Odd  Fellowship,  Knights  of  Pythias,  Red  Men, 
Woodmen,  et  hoc  genus  ornne.  Let  it  severely  alone.  We  feel  sure  that 
our  young  and  buxom  sister  of  the  Northwest  will  so  find  it.  For  our- 
self,  individually,  we  adopt  and  endorse  the  language  quoted  by  the 
Washington  committee,  of  the  learned  and  accomplished  Brother 
Albert  Pike:  "I  am  not  inclined  to  meddle  in  the  matter.  I  took  my 
obligation  to  white  men,  not  to  negroes.  When  I  have  to  accept 
negroes  as  brothers  or  leave  Masonry,  I  shall  leave  it.  Better  let  the 
thing  drift."     Apres  nous  le  deluge. 

Utah.— Grand  Master  Hardie  says: 

Very  recently  I  have  received  several  communications  from  sister 
jurisdictions  in  relation  to  negro  Masonry,  and  the  action  taken  on 
that  subject  by  the  Grand  Lodge  of  Washington,  but  as  the  time  has 
been  so  short  between  the  receiving  of  these  communications  and  the 
present,  I  feel  it  more  advisable  to  lay  this  matter  before  you  for 
your  consideration,  by  delivering  to  you  these  papers. 

The  jurisprudence  committee,  reporting  thereon,  say: 

The  American  principle  of  one  grand  lodge  within  the  geographi- 
cal boundaries  of  each  state  and  territory  with  sole  and  exclusive 
jurisdiction,  having  heretofore  been  universally  recognized,  has 
proved  a  wise  provision  and  productive  of  harmony. 

The  history  of  Freemasonry  in  this  state  is  an  evidence  of  the  uni- 
versally understood  force  of  that  regulation.  A  young  and  immature 
lodge  was  in  1871  forcibly  torn  from  the  womb  as  it  were  of  two  other 
lodges,  in  order  to  secure  a  sufficient  number  to  establish  a  grand 
lodge,  for  the  avowed  purpose  of  preventing  certain  persons  who  were 
living  in  open  violation  of  the  laws  of  the  land  from  procuring  a  char- 
ter to  establish  a  lodge  in  the  then  Territory  of  Utah.  Our  grand 
lodge  once  established,  we  felt  secure  against  intrusion,  and  confi- 
dently relied  upon  the  recognition  of  our  sole  authority  by  our  sister 
grand  lodges  throughout  the  United  States,  and  at  least  the  greater 
part  of  the  civilized  world. 

We  must  confess  we  are  surprised  at  the  action  of  our  brethren 
of  the  Grand  Lodge  of  Washington,  especially  as  they  took  a  whole 
year  to  consider  it,  but  we  are  willing  to  believe  that  in  consequence 
of  the  extraordinary  wave  of  prosperity  which  swept  over  theirstate, 
following  the  Klondike  excitement  of  last  year,  they  were  all  too 
busy  to  give  the  subject  that   thought  and  thorough  investigation 


148  APPENDIX — PART  I. 


which  its  importance  demands.     We  do  not  admit  that  the  question 
is  one  of  color,  but  of  jurisdiction.     *    *    * 

Resolved  first,  That  we  regret  exceedingly  the  action  taken  in  this 
matter  by  the  Grand  Lodge  of  Washington. 

Resolved  second.  That  we  dissent  both  from  its  premises  and  con- 
clusions, and  can  find  no  warrant  for  the  departure  from  long  estab- 
lished customs  which  must  result  from  such  action. 

Resolved  third,  That  we  fraternally  implore  our  brethren  of  that 
state  which  bears  the  name  of  the  foremost  great  Mason  of  the  land, 
as  they  love  the  institution  of  Freemasonry,  and  desire  to  maintain 
that  harmony  which  should  ever  prevail  among  us,  to  gather  to  their 
full  strength  at  their  next  annual  communication,  and  rescind  the 
action  which  is  the  cause  of  so  much  alarm  and  unrest  among  the 
fraternity  east,  west,  nortb,  and  south. 

Grand  Secretary  Diehl,  in  his  report  on  correspondence,  says: 

Much  has  been  said  on  the  subject,  and  much  more  will  be  said  on 
it  within  the  next  year  or  two,  but  even  that  cloud,  as  serious  as  it 
may  now  appear,  will  pass  over  and  the  Masonic  horizon  will  be  again 
clear  and  bright.  In  the  foregoing  review  we  have  copied  the  reso- 
lutions of  such  grand  lodges  as  have  taken  action  upon  the  matter 
during  the  year,  to  which  we  refer  our  readers.  We  have  offered  no 
criticism,  because  we  did  not  believe  it  prudent  to  do  so,  before  our 
grand  lodge  had  passed  and  acted  upon  the  subject.  We  may  here 
state  that  individually  we  fully  agree  with  the  views  expressed  in  the 
report  of  our  committee  on  jurisprudence.  The  historical  facts  as 
stated  by  the  committee  cannot  be  gainsayed,  even  not  by  the  learned 
brethren  of  the  Grand  Lodge  of  Washington,  If  our  grand  lodge 
should  desire  to  have  a  brief  historical  sketch  of  negro  Masonry 
printed,  we  will  prepare  it  during  the  present  year  and  publish  it  with 
the  next  proceedings,  provided  we  are  still  on  deck. 

Vermont — Grand  Master  Nicholson  presents  the  Washington 
resolutions  and  says: 

The  Grand  Lodge  of  Vermont  having  settled  the  matter  of  negro 
Masonry  most  effectually,  as  early  as  1856,  when  the  late  Hon.  Philip 
C.  Tucker  was  grand  master,  and  believing  there  was  no  immediate 
danger  of  harm  coming. to  the  Craft  of  this  grand  jurisdiction  on  ac- 
count of  the  action  of  the  Grand  Lodge  of  Washington,  I  decided  not 
to  engage  in  any  correspondence  with  the  grand  master  of  Washing- 
ton, or  the  grand  master  of  any  of  the  other  states. 

He  quotes  from  the  address  of  Grand  Master  Tucker,  as  settling 
the  question  of  recognition  adversely  to  the  colored  man,  on  jurisdic- 
dictional  grounds,  and  also  on  the  score  of  illegitimacy.  Past  Grand 
Masters  Marsh  O.  Perkins  and  Delos  M,  Bacon,  committee  on  cor- 
respondence, reporting  specially  on  the  subject,  also  quote  from 
Tucker  and  from  Grand  Master  Smith  (1877)  to  the  same  end,  and  say: 

There  remains  but  one  consistent  course  for  us  to  follow,  viz:  To 
fraternally  urge  the  Grand  Lodge  of  Washington  to  reconsider  its 
action  and  again  place  itself  in  accord  with  the  grand  lodges  of  this 


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1 

country  upon  this  all  important  question;  failing"  so  to  do,  however 
unpleasant  it  may  be,  and  however  much  we  may  reg^ret  the  step, 
Masonic  intercourse  should  be  severed,  temporarily  at  least,  perma- 
nently if  necessary.  We,  therefore,  recommend  the  adoption  of  the 
following  preamble  and  resolution: 

Whereas,  The  Grand  Lodg'e  of  Washington,  by  the  adoption  of 
certain  resolutions  at  its  annual  communication  in  1898,  has  in  effect 
denied  that  grand  lodg'es  duly  and  legally  constituted  are  supreme 
within  their  territory,  and  has  signified  an  intention  to  recognize  as 
Masons  men  belonging"  to  clandestine  and  irregural  lodges,  therefore, 

Resolved,  That  the  g'rand  master  is  hereby  instructed  (unless 
said  Grand  Lodge  of  Washington,  at  its  annual  communication,  this 
year,  rescinds  its  aforesaid  action),  to  issue  an  edict  suspending  all 
Masonic  intercourse  between  the  Grand  Lodge  of  Vermont,  its  subor- 
dinates and  members,  and  the  Grand  Lodge  of  Washington,  its  subor- 
dinates and  members,  until  the  wrong"  is  made  right. 

Report  adopted. 

Brother  Perkins  discusses  the  matter  along  the  familiar  lines  in 
his  general  report  on  correspondence,  and  has  the  g"race  to  say, 
"Massachusetts  g"rand  lodg"e,"  instead  of  the  Grand  Lodge  of  Massa- 
chusetts, when  speaking"  of  the  body  which  first  promulgated  the  doc- 
trine of  exclusive  jurisdiction,  although  in  the  same  sentence  he 
repeats  the  stock  fallacy  that  the  constituting  of  African  lodge  oc- 
curred ten  3'ears  after  the  American  doctrine  of  grand  lodge  juris- 
diction had  been  established.  He  also  says  that  about  the  year  1813 
the  charter  of  African  lodge  was  "revoked" — an  error  for  which  we 
feel  sure  he  can  find  no  authority. 

Virginia.— Grand  Master  Duke,  after  deciding  without  hesitation 
that  every  so-called  lodge  now  in  existence,  claiming  to  be  chartered 
by,  or  in  descent  from  Prince  Hall  lodge,  is  clandestine,  even  if  Ma- 
sonic, and  that  every  man  made  therein  is  a  clandestinely  made  Ma- 
son, if  a  Mason  at  all,  quotes  the  conclusions  of  Woodbury's  report 
and  says: 

I  am  at  an  utter  loss  to  understand  the  action  of  the  Grand  Lodge 
of  Washington  in  the  views  of  these  facts,  and  I  am  constrained  to 
the  belief  that  when  its  attention  is  called  to  its  direct  violation  of 
the  wise  and  wholesome  doctrine  of  the  exclusive  jurisdiction  of  a 
legitimate  grand  lodge,  first  organized  in  a  state  or  territory,  over 
symbolic  Masonry,  and  the  great  wrong  of  the  recognition  of  clandes- 
tine lodges  and  clandestinely  made  Masons,  it  will  review  and  change 
a  resolution  which  can  accomplish  no  good,  and  which  is  liable  to  do 
a  great  deal  of  harm  and  bring  discord  into  an  institution  whose  cor- 
ner-stone is  harmony. 

I  therefore  think  the  passage  of  the  following  resolutions,  based 
on  the  resolutions  of  the  Grand  Lodge  of  Maryland,  would  be  the 
proper  course: 

Resolved,  That  the  Grand  Lodge  of  Virginia  herebj'  reaffirms  its 
adherence  to  the  doctrine  of  grand  territorial  jurisdiction — that  is  to 


150  APPENDIX — PART  I. 


say,  a  grand  lodge  first  org'anized  in  a  state  or  territory  has  the  su- 
preme control  over  symbolic  Masonry,  and  is  the  sole  judge  of  what 
are,  or  are  not,  legitimate  Masonic  organizations  without  its  terri- 
torial limits. 

Resolved,  That  this  doctrine  has  been  acquiesced  in  by  every 
American  grand  lodge,  and  the  experience  of  a  century  having  proven 
that  it  is  wise  and  wholesome  doctrine,  by  which  the  grand  lodges 
have  been  enabled  to  dwell  together  in  peace  and  harmony,  the  Grand 
Lodge  of  Virginia  views  with  regret  and  alarm  the  action  of  the 
Grand  Lodge  of  Washington  in  the  abrogation  and  setting  aside  of 
this  doctrine  by  recognition  of  dual  grand  lodges  in  a  large  number 
of  the  jurisdictions  of  our  country. 

Resolved,  That  the  Grand  Lodge  of  Virginia  fraternally  but  most 
earnestly  trusts  that  the  Grand  Lodge  of  Washington  will  at  its  next 
annual  communication  reconsider  said  action,  and  thereby  promote 
that  peace  and  harmony  which  has  ever  characterized  the  family  of 
American  grand  lodges. 

Resolved,  That  a  copy  of  these  resolutions  be  forwarded  to  the 
Grand  Lodge  of  Washington  and  to  all  grand  lodges  with  which  this 
grand  lodge  is  in  fraternal  communciation. 

The  resolutions  were  adopted  on  the  recommendation  of  the 
committee  on  address,  who  say: 

We  concur  fully  in  the  very  wise  and  judicious  suggestions  of  the 
grand  master,  and  sincerely  trust  with  him  that  the  Grand  Lodge  of 
Washington  may,  with  a  "sober  second  thought,"  recall  its  unfortu- 
nate action. 

West  Virginia. — The  journal  of  proceedings  of  this  grand  lodge 
shows  no  reference  to  the  subject,  but  the  grand  secretary.  Past 
Grand  Master  Atkinson,  treats  it  in  his  report  on  correspondence. 
He  says: 

I  have  carefully  read  every  line  of  the  special  committee's  report 
of  the  Grand  Lodge  of  Washington,  which  recognized  the  legitimacy 
of  African  Freemasonr}',  and  I  confess  that  it  is  an  able  argument; 
and  yet,  I  beg  to  differ  from  that  committee's  conclusions.  This  ques- 
tion has  oftentimes  been  before  the  Grand  Lodge  of  Massachusetts — 
the  grand  body  of  all  others  whose  duty  it  was  to  lead  out  in  a  settle- 
ment of  this  controversy.  While  that  grand  lodge  has  often  consid- 
ered the  subject,  it  has  never  essayed  to  settle  it;  and  it  was  seemingly 
left  to  our  sister  Grand  Lodge  of  Washington  to  undertake  to  dispose 
of  this  important  matter.  Just  why  this  most  worshipful  grand  lodge 
assumed  the  responsibility  of  undertaking  to  settle  the  controversy, 
I  cannot  understand.  In  Massachusetts,  the  first  colored  lodge  was 
established,  it  is  claimed  by  authority  of  the  M.W.  Grand  Lodge  of 
England,  in  the  year  1784.  This  being  true,  would  it  not  have  been 
wiser  and  safer  and  better  to  have  allowed  that  most  worshipful  grand 
lodge  to  have  led  ofl'  in  establishing  the  true  status  of  negro  Masonry 
in  that  state  and  in  the  United  States  also? 

He  quotes  the  Woodbury  conclusions:  considers  that  all  negro 
lodges  in  this  country  are  spurious  and  clandestine,  and  thinks  every 


MASONIC  CORRESPONDENCE.  151 


grand  lodge  in  the  United  States  must  dissent  from  the  Washington 
conclusions. 

Wisconsin.— Grand  Master  Monahan  briefly  called  attention  to 
the  subject  and  said: 

The  committee  on  foreign  correspondence  will,  at  the  proper 
time,  lay  before  you  a  full,  fair,  historical  account  of  the  affair,  and 
ask  action  thereon.  In  the  consideration  of  this  important  question 
I  ask  that  each  member  of  the  grand  lodge  give  it  the  close  personal 
attention  that  the  gravity  of  its  nature  demands,  so  that,  when  the 
time  comes  for  3'ou  to  act,  you  will  be  fortified  with  a  full«and  com- 
plete knowledge  of  all  the  facts,  thus  enabling  you  to  render  a 
decision  based  on  intelligence  and  fairness  that  will  need  neither  ex- 
planation nor  apolog}'. 

The  matter  was  sent,  however,  to  a  special  committee,  who  ac- 
cept the  clandestine  status  of  the  negro  lodges  as  proven,  and  says: 

Brother  Jenks  in  his  review  of  Washington,  has  so  well  stated  the 
legal  aspect  of  this  question  that  no  further  reference  is  necessary. 
But  your  committee  wish  to  call  attention  more  forcibly  to  this  at- 
tempt to  make  an  innovation  in  the  body  of  Masonry  by  introducing 
a  race  or  color  line.  There  is  not  now,  nor  has  there  ever  been,  any 
law  to  prevent  any  free-born  man  of  an}-  color  or  race  from  applying 
to  any  regular  lodge,  and  if  elected,  being  initiated. 

So-called  colored  lodges  of  Masons  exist  in  this  jurisdiction,  and 
we  live  peaceably  beside  them.  No  one  objects  to  them.  But  they 
have  no  more  right  to  seek  recognition  from  us  than  any  other  order 
or  anjf  other  body  not  emanating  from  us. 

Your  committee  recommend  the  adoption  of  the  following  reso- 
lution, proposed  b}-  Brother  Jenks,  and  at  the  same  time  express  the 
hope  that  the  Grand  Lodge  of  Washington  will  reconsider  its  ill-ad- 
vised action,  and  that  the  period  of  non-intercourse  will  be  short. 

EesoJved,  That  the  Grand  Lodge  of  Washington  having  at  its  last 
annual  communication  passed  resolutions  recognizing  as  legitimate 
the  negro  lodges — grand  and  subordinate — existing  in  the  United 
States,  the  Grand  Lodge  of  Wisconsin  expresses  its  most  unqualified 
condemnation  of  this  action,  and  hereby  severs  all  fraternal  inter- 
course with  the  Grand  Lodge  of  Washington  and  its  subordinates  and 
members  until  such  time  as  the  Grand  Lodge  of  Washington  shall  re- 
scind its  action  on  the  subject  comp.ained  of. 

The  record  of  the  adoption  of  the  report  refers  to  the  following 
foot  note: 

Since  the  meeting  of  the  grand  lodge  we  have  been  officially  noti- 
fied that  the  Grand  Lodge  of  Washington  has  receded  from  its  action 
of  a  year  ago  relative  to  the  recognition  of  so-called  negro  lodges. 
Therefore,  the  intercourse  of  this  grand  jurisdiction  with  that  of  the 
State  of  Wisconsin  will  continue  uninterrupted. 

Chas.  E.  Whelan, 

Grand  Master. 

The  official  notification  referred  to  by  Grand  Master  Whelan  is 
the  following: 


152  APPENDIX — PART  I- 


The  Most  Worshipful  Grand  Lodge  of  Washington, 
free  and  accepted  masons. 


Office  of  the  Grand  Secretary,     ) 
Olympia,  Wash.,  June  19,  1899.  j 

To  the  Worshipful  blasters,  Wardens,  and  Brethren  of  all  Lodges  in  this 
Grand  Jurisdiction;  (tnd,  to  all  Sister  Grand  Lodges  and  Lodges  of  their 
obedience  throughout  the  world,to  whom>those  present  shall  come — 

Be  it  Known:  That,  at  the  forty-second  annual  communication 
of  the  Grand  Lodge  of  Free  and  Accepted  Masons  of  the  State  of 
Washington,  held  in  the  city  of  Seattle,  on  the  14th  day  of  June,  A.L. 
5899,  A.D.  1899,  the  following-  report  and  accompanying  resolutions, 
submitted  b}^  a  committee  of  seven  past  grand  masters  of  this  grand 
jurisdiction,  duly  appointed  to  consider  and  report  on  the  subject 
thereof,  was,  upon  motion,  adopted  by  the  grand  lodge,  "the  vote  be- 
ing almost  unanimous,"  as  follows: 

report  on  "negro  masonry." 

To  the  M.  W.  Grand  Ledge  of  Washington: 

Your  special  committee  to  whom  was  referred  the  question  of 
"Negro  Masonry"  and  all  papers  relating  to  this  subject,  have  care- 
fully considered  all  of  said  matters  submitted  to  them,  and  respect- 
fully report  as  follows: 

Some  of  these  papers  are  of  the  highest  importance,  and  might, 
no  doubt,  be  discussed  with  profit  at  great  length;  but  we  have  ob- 
served a  tendency  in  some  quarters  to  confuse  the  opinions  and 
arguments  of  your  committee  with  the  declarations  of  the  grand 
lodge.  For  this  and  other  reasons  we  consider  it  preferable  to  submit 
our  conclusions,  without  any  extended  discussion  of  the  matters  be- 
fore us. 

Accordingly,  we  recommend  the  adoption  of  the  following  declar- 
ation, and  that  your  committee  be  discharged: 

declaration. 

The  Grand  Lodge  of  Washington,  in  response  to  the  several  re- 
quests of  the  M.W.  Grand  Lodges  of  Maryland,  Rhode  Island,  Vir- 
ginia, Utah,  Massachusetts  and  Maine,  to  the  effect  that  it  reconsider 
its  action  of  last  year  in  adopting  four  resolutions  relating  to  the 
subject  of  Masonry  among  the  negroes  of  America,  printed  at  page 
60  of  its  proceedings  for  1898,  doth  now  fraternally  declare  as  follows: 

First,  That  it  appreciates  to  the  fullest  extent  the  fraternal  feel- 
ing and  zeal  for  Masonry  which  actuated  its  sister  grand  lodges  in 
making  the  requests  referred  to,  and  the  courteous  language  in  which 
those  requests,  in  the  greater  part,  are  framed. 

Second, That  it  trusts  its  sister  grand  lodges  appreciate  the  fact  that 
these  requests  are  presented  to  it  at  a  time  when  it  is  facing  attacks 
upon  its  autonomy  and  sovereignty  which,  if  successful,  would  result 
not  only  in  the  destruction  of  its  Masonic  independence,  but,  ulti- 
mately, in  the  abrogation  of  that  principle  of  local  self-government, 


MASONIC   CORRESPONDENCE.  153 

subject  to  the  landmarks  only,  which  has  prevailed  among  Masons 
from  time  immemorial;  and  that  as  these  assaults  are  connected  with 
the  resolutions  to  which  our  brethren  allude,  this  grand  lodge  would 
hardh-  be  blameworthy  if  it  declined— so  long  as  an  enemy  is  at  its 
gate  breathing  threatenings  and  slaughter — to  take  any  step  that 
might  be  construed  as  a  concession  to  threats,  or  that  might  encour- 
age similar  attacks  upon  it,  or  upon  others  in  the  future. 

Third,  That  notwithstanding  these  deterrent  circumstances,  feel- 
ing itself  strong  enough,  with  the  blessing  of  God,  to  defend  the  in- 
terests of  Masonry  committed  to  its  keeping,  even  against  the  attacks 
of  misguided  brethren;  and  being  most  desirous  of  promoting  that 
harmony  which  all  recognize  as  the  very  keystone  of  Masonry;  in  fur- 
ther continuance  of  its  brotherly  love  and  friendship  for  the  M.W. 
Grand  Lodges  of  Maryland,  Rhode  Island,  Virginia,  Utah,  Massachu- 
setts, and  Maine,  this  grand  lodge  unhesitatingly  and  with  unmixed 
pleasure,  declares  its  willingness  to  compl}'  with  said  requests  to  the 
the  fullest  possible  extent. 

Fourth,  That  accordingly  it  has  carefully  reconsidered  its  said  ac- 
tion and  resolutions  of  last  year,  with  the  results  stated  below. 

Fifth,  That  this  grand  lodge  does  not  see  its  way  clear  to  modify 
in  any  respect  the  first  of  said  resolutions,  but  reaffirms  the  same,  as 
follows: 

'■^Besolved,  That  in  the  opinion  of  this  grand  lodge,  Masonry  is  uni- 
versal, and,  without  doubt,  neither  race  nor  color  is  among  the  tests 
proper  to  be  applied  to  determine  the  fitness  of  a  candidate  for  the 
degrees  of  Masonry."' 

And  consonantly  with  the  spirit  of  that  resolution,  this  grand 
lodge  would  fraternally  suggest  to  the  whole  fraternity,  and  more  es- 
peciall}^  to  those  grand  lodges  whose  laws  forbid  the  initiation  of  men 
of  a  certain  race,  the  propriety  of  carefully  considering  whether 
such  laws  are  not  inconsistent  with  the  spirit  of  Freemasonry,  and 
whether  they  place  beyond  the  pale  of  Masonry  the  bodies  which  en- 
act them.  Upon  the  latter  of  these  questions  this  grand  lodge  ex- 
presses no  opinion  at  this  time. 

Sixth,  That  it  is  manifest  to  this  grand  lodge  that  the  second  of 
its  said  resolutions,  while  entirely  clear  to  ail  the  members  of  this 
jurisdiction,  has  been  very  generally  misunderstood  elsewhere;  and, 
in  particular,  that  the  latter  part  of  it  has  been  erroneously  under- 
stood to  accord  recognition  to  certain  organizations  incidentally 
mentioned  therein.  Therefore,  with  the  hope  of  removing  all  mis- 
understanding, and  satisfying  every  reasonable  objection,  said  resolu- 
tion is  hereby  repealed.  And  whereas,  the  relations  of  the  Grand 
Lodge  of  Washington  with  the  present  M.W.  United  Grand  Lodge  of 
England  during  the  whole  existence  of  this  grand  lodge  have  been 
and  now  are  of  the  most  fraternal  and  cordial  character,  in  view  of 
this  and  other  circumstances,  including  its  own  descent,  the  comity 
due  from  one  Masonic  body  to  another,  and  its  duty  to  preserve  har- 
mony among  its  own  members,  this  grand  lodge  does  not  see  its  way 
clear  to  deny  or  question  the  right  of  its  constituent  lodges  or  of  the 
members  thereof  to  recognize  as  a  brother  Mason  any  man  (other- 
wise in  good  Masonic  standing)  who  has  been  regularlj^  initiated  into 
Masonry  by  authority  derived,  regularly,  and  strictly  in  accordance 


154  APPENDIX — PART  I. 


with  the  laws  of  the  Masonic  institution,  from  the  United  Grand 
Lodo'e  of  England  or  from  either  of  the  two  grand  lodges  which  joined 
in  forming  the  United  Grand  Lodge  in  1813,  so  long  as  the  regularity 
of  such  initiation  remains  unquestioned  by  the  United  Grand  Lodge  of 
England;  provided,  always,  that  such  initiation  conflict  with  no  law 
of  the  Masonic  institution,  and  that  the  old  landmarks  be  carefully 
preserved. 

Seventh,  That  whereas,  the  third  of  said  resolutions  has  been 
widely — though  erroneously,  as  this  grand  lodge  believes — supposed 
to  encourage  the  establishment  of  a  second  grand  lodge  within  the 
state  of  Washington:  and  whereas,  it  appears  to  be  open  to  the  objec- 
tion of  pledging  this  grand  lodge  to  a  course  in  future  years,  which 
may  not  be  consistent  with  the  judgment  of  the  brethren  then  com- 
posing the  grand  lodge;  and  whereas,  this  grand  lodge  is  not  insistent 
upon  any  one  plan  of  dealing  with  the  matter  to  which  that  resolu- 
tion relates,  but  is  willing  to  consider  any  plan  that  may  preserve 
harmony  and  subserve  the  ends  of  truth  and  justice;  and  whereas, 
the  publication  of  that  resolution  for  one  year  has  served — with  our 
own  members  and  with  all  by  whom  the  meaning  intended  was  under- 
stood— all  necessary  purposes,  and  its  further  publication  might  lead- 
to  further  misapprehensions;  therefore  it  is  now — 

Resolved,  That  said  third  resolution  be  repealed. 

Eighth,  That  this  grand  lodge  fully  confirms  the  several  assurances 
given  by  its  M.G.  grand  master  during  the  year,  that  it  has  not  ac- 
corded recognition  to  a  second  grand  lodge  in  any  state  or  country. 

Ninth,  That  whereas,  it  seems  to  have  been  supposed  by  some  of 
the  grand  lodges  named  above  that  this  grand  lodge  is  not  in  sym- 
pathy with  tne  doctrine  of  exclusive  territorial  jurisdiction,  and 
might  favor  dual  grand  lodges,  this  grand  lodge  declares  that  that 
supposition  is  erroneous,  and  that  the  circumstances  in  her  history 
which  appear  to  have  led  them  to  that  opinion  were,  to  a  large  ex- 
tent occasioned  by  her  desire  to  avoid  a  course  which  she  supposed 
might  disturb  the  harmony  of  sister  jurisdictions. 

Tenth,  That  whereas  certain  novel  and  erroneous  notions  upon 
the  subject  of  Masonic  government,  pernicious  and  destructive  if  put 
in  practice,  have  recently  been  asserted  and  adopted  with  the  ap- 
parent desire  of  hampering  this  grand  lodge  and  destro3'ing  its  inde- 
pendence, this  grand  lodge  most  emphatically  declares  that  while  it 
expects  to  continue  the  practice  of  that  comity  towards  and  con- 
sideration for  other  grand  lodges  which  have  characterized  every 
portion  of  its  past  history,  it  will  not  tolerate  the  slightest  infringe- 
ment from  any  source  whatever,  under  claim  of  right,  upon  its  powers 
and  prerogatives  as  the  sole  and  supreme  constitutional  head  of  a 
body  of  independent  Masonic  lodges;  and,  in  particular,  it  maintains 
that  it  is  "amendable  to  no  superior  jurisdiction  under  heaven"  and, 
except  during  its  own  pleasure,  is  subject,  in  matters  of  Masonry,  to 
no  law  except  the  landmarks  of  Masonry  and  its  own  constitution; 
and  it  totally  repudiates,  as  a  recent  innovation  and  one  destructive 
of  harmony  and  subversive  of  inalienable  Masonic  rights,  the  idea 
that  a  grand  lodge  or  its  constituent  lodges  are  legally  or  morally 
bound  by  regulations  adopted,  without  their  assent,  by  other  grand 
lodges.     Nor  can  this  grand  lodge  consent  to  tolerate  the  idea  that 


Masonic  correspondence.  155 


her  lodges  do  not  possess  the  plenary  rights  to  determine  for  them- 
selves— but  for  no  one  else — subject  to  review  by  nobody  but  herself 
the  status  of  all  persons,  claiming  to  be  Masons,  who  knock  at  their 
doors,  either  for  the  purpose  of  visiting  or  as  applicants  for  affilia- 
tion. This  right  has  been  inherent  in  Masonic  lodges  since  the  dawn 
of  Masonic  histor}^,  and  in  the  opinion  of  this  grand  lodge,  is  not  to 
be  questioned;  yet  it  is  always  to  be  exercised  with  due  comity  towards 
sister  lodges,  and  with  the  most  strict  regardfor  every  lawof  Masonry. 

This  grand  lodge  has  been  led  to  make  these  declarations  of  her 
opinions  and  purposes,  as  well  by  a  belief  that  some  fundamental 
principles  of  Masonry  have  been  overlooked  by  those  who  have  at- 
tacked or  criticised  her,  as  by  a  sincere  desire  to  promote  that  har- 
monv  which  is  the  peculiar  strength  and  support  of  our  institution, 
for  the  disturbance  of  which  she  is  unable  to  consider  herself  in  any 
way  responsible.  She  makes  no  claim  to  inerrancy  of  judgment ;  and 
wherein  she  may  be  in  error,  whether  in  these  declarations  or  in  any 
other  matter  whatsoever,  she  will  always  be  glad  to  correct  her  mis- 
takes. She  feels,  however,  that  she  is  the  peer  of  any  grand  lodge, 
and  that  her  reason  and  her  love  of  Masonry  should  be  appealed  to, 
instead  of  resorting  to  contumely,  reproaches  and  violence  against 
her.  The  world  witnesses  that  this  has  not  always  been  done;  and 
while  she  utters  few  complaints,  grief  and  disappointment  fill  her 
heart  when  she  ponders  on  the  words  and  actions  of  some  of  those  of 
whom  she  had  reason  to  expect  better  things. 

Finally,  The  Grand  Lodge  of  Washington  sends  fraternal  greet- 
ings to  all  true  brethren  throughout  the  world,  of  every  race,  clime 
and  creed. 

May  brotherly  love  prevail,  and  every  moral  and  Masonic  virtue 
cement  us. 

James  R.  Hayden, 
Thomas  M.  Reed, 

J.  A.  KUHN, 

J.  E.  Edmiston, 
Edward  R.  Hare, 
Thomas  Amos, 
J.  M.  Taylor, 

Committee. 
A  true  copy.     Attest: 

Thomas  M.  Reed, 

Grand  Secretary. 
Olympia,  Washington,  June  20,  1899. 

The  above  declaration  of  the  Grand  Lodge  of  Washington  fully 
justifies  the  view  which  we  took  of  the  intentions  of  that  body  when 
its  action  came  before  us  for  review  a  year  ago.  No  higher  evidence 
of  good  faith  and  honest  purpose  could  be  asked  for  than'  was  shown 
in  its  decision  to  squarely  meet  a  difficult  and  delicate  problem  with 
which  it  had  been  unexpectedly  confronted, and  to  essay  such  a  solution 
of  it  as  would  steer  clear  of  any  cause  for  umbrage  on  the  part  of 
grand  lodges  in  fraternal  relations  with  it,  and  yet  satisfy  in  some 
measure  its  own  and  the  general  Masonic  conscience.  True,  this  was 
a  duty  imposed  upon  it  by  the  fact  of  its  being  a  grand  lodge,   and 


156  APPENDIX — PART  I. 


hence  the  only  power  which  could  meet  and  ultimately  adjudicate  all 
Masonic  questions  arising-  within  its  jurisdictional  limits;  but  the 
meetinfj,  instead  of  dodging  of  perplexing  questions  that  can  be 
dodged,  is  rare  enough  to  command  both  confidence  and  admiration. 
We  were  not  satisfied  with  the  proposed  Washington  method  of  solv- 
ing the  problem,  because  it  foreshadowed  the  probable  avowed  draw- 
ing of  the  color  line,  but  we  welcomed  any  attempt  that  gave  promise 
— as  we  thought  this  did,  if  its  good  faith  were  recognized — of  set- 
ting the  question  forward  towards  an  ultimate  settlement  which 
should  demonstrate  that  our  claim  of  the  universality  of  Masonry 
was  not  mere  lip  service,  and  at  the  same  time  avoid  or  minimize 
present  friction. 

We  say  avowed  drawing  of  the  color  line,  because  notwithstand- 
ing its  present  disavowal — even  by  those  who  have  explicitly  drawn 
that  line  in  their  unwritten  if  not  in  their  written  law — and  notwith- 
standing the  unanimity  with  which  in  print  those  who  attack  the  posi- 
tion of  Washington  declare  that  no  such  line  has  heretofore  existed, 
it  lies  in  the  common  consciousness  of  the  Fraternity  that  color  ex- 
cluded the  African  Lodge  when  the  Grand  Lodge  of  Massachusetts 
was  formed,  and  also  that  any  body  of  white  Masons  equal  in  number 
to  its  descendants  and  like  them  of  known  lawful  origin,  would,  regardless 
of  subsequent  irregularities  and  whether  they  had  taken  their  mis- 
steps voluntarily  or  had  been  driven  into  them  by  the  instinct  of  self- 
preservation,  have  been  long  ago  absorbed  into  the  ranks  of  their 
excluders. 

When  we  say  that  these  propositions  lie  in  the  common  conscious- 
ness of  the  Fraternity,  we  do  not  mean  that  the  Fraternity  of  this 
country  have  generally  reached  these  conclusions  bv  careful  histor- 
ical study — far  from  it;  for  not  only  are  the  great  bulk  of  active  Ma- 
sons disinclined  to  historical  study,  but  in  Masonic  matters  are  content 
to  take  their  historical  conclusions  ready  made  from  those  who  for 
other  reasons  than  historical  scholarship  they  are  inclined  to  look  up 
to  as  authority. 

But  no  Mason  who  has  lived  either  closely  or  remotely  in  the 
presence  of  African  slavery  in  this  country,  and  felt  the  atmosphere 
which  by  and  through  its  existence  and  the  far  reaching  interests 
linked  with  it  permeated  every  portion  of  the  country,  can  possibly 
approach  the  subject  without  the  prejudgment  that  at  the  time  the 
Grand  Lodge  of  Massachusetts  was  formed — only  nine  years  after 
African  slavery  had  ceased  to  exist  in  that  commonwealth — there  was 
something  more  than  a  coincidence  in  the  fact  that  of  all  the  lodges 
equally  entitled  to  participate  in  its  formation  the  only  one  excluded  was 
the  negro  lodge.  And  the  facts  of  history  afford  not  a  scrap  of  evi- 
dence to  mitigate  this  prejudgment.     In  saying  this  we  do  not  over- 


MASONIC   CORRESPONDENCE.  157 

look  the  growing;  assumption  of  writers  .on  this  subject,  that  neither 
Prince  Hall  nor  his  Masonic  descendants  have  ever  desired  a  recog- 
nition from'the  white  grand  lodg'es  that  did  not  also  recognize  the 
color  line;  an  assumption  whose  gradual  evolution— promising' soon  to 
culminate  in  the  assertion  that  the  org'anization  of  the  Grand  Lodge 
of  Massachusetts  was  precipitated  as  a  refuge  for  its  constituents 
against  their  threatened  ostracism  by  Prince  Hall — affords  a  strik- 
ing illustration  of  the  fact  that  it  is  far  easier  to  forgive  one  who 
has  wronged  us  than  it  is  to  forgive  one  whom  we  have  wronged.  If 
we  have  been  injured  the  world  makes  it  easy  for  us  to  forgive  b}^  its 
readiness  to  give  credit  for  magnanimity.  If  we  have  done  a  wrong 
we  must  pursue  the  victim  of  that  wrong  to  show  the  world  that  he 
deserves  nothing  better,  indeed  nothing  so  good,  or  the  world  will  not 
justify  us. 

By  every  canon  governing  the  formation  of  grand  lodges  designed 
to  claim  and  exercise  exclusive  jurisdiction  within  a  given  territory, 
and  upon  every  principle  of  Masonic  equity,  all  lodges  upon  the  reg- 
istry of  the  grand  lodges  whose  provincial  offshoots  unite  in  such 
formation,  are  equally  entitled  to  be  invited  to  participate  in  such 
action.  African  Lodge  No.  459,  was  enrolled  on  the  registry  of  the 
Grand  Lodge  of  England  ("Modern"),  and  it  was  the  only  lodge  in 
Massachusetts  not  permitted  to  participate  in  the  action  by  which 
the  other  lodges  holding  under  that  authority  united  with  the  other 
lodges  in  Massachusetts  ("Ancients")  holding  under  the  authority  of 
the  Grand  Lodge  of  Scotland,  to  form  the  Grand  Lodge  of  Massachu- 
setts in  1792.  African  Lodge  was  simply  ignored,  and  so  far  as  evi- 
dence or  probabilities  go,  with  the  unanimous  assent  of  all  the  Ma- 
sons concerned  in  the  formation  of  the  new  grand  lodge.  They  were 
only  "niggers,"  and  nobody  concerned  themselves  about  them.  They 
were  not  even  considered  worth  an  edict  of  non-intercourse,  and  none 
was  ever  aimed  at  them;  but  they  were  hit  incidentally  by  one  aimed 
at  St.  Andrews  Lodge  in  1797,  designed  to  compel  the  latter  to  affiliate 
with  the  Grand  Lodge  of  Massachusetts,  and  which  was  probably  an 
appreciable  factor  in  the  process  of  coercion,  although  St.  Andrews' 
Lodge  held  out  for  eleven  years  afterward. 

African  Lodge  continued  to  be  ignored  until  few  cared  and  fewer 
knew  anything  about  it,  and  if  any  one  inquired  as  to  its  status  they 
were  told  that  it  was  an  unauthorized  body  working  without  a  char- 
ter from  anybody.  This  was  the  view  cultivated  by  those  who  were 
cognizant  of  the  fact  that  a  regularly  warranted  lodge  had  been  ex- 
cluded and  felt  that  the  act  of  exclusion  was  one  which  required  some 
sort  of  justification.  But  as  time  went  on  and  the  membership  of  the 
lodge  began  to  include  colored  men  who  had  made  such  advances  as 
to  have  become  widely  respected  citizens  of  Boston  and  the  vicinity, 


158  APPENDIX — PART  I. 


the  curiosity,  if  no  other  sentiment,  of  the  white  Masons  became  quick- 
ened into  a  real  interest  to  know  something  of  its  real  status.  In 
1845  an  inquiry  from  the  grand  secretary  of  New  York,  made  for  the 
purpose  of  eliciting  facts  as  to  the  legitimacy  of  Boyer  Lodge,  of 
New  York,  claiming  to  hold  under  a  charter  from  African  Lodge,  led 
to  an  attempt  at  investigation  by  Charles  W.  Moore,  who,  in  his 
reply,  says: 

I  called,  agreeably  to  your  request,  on  Mr.  Hilton,  who,  I  believe, 
is  the  master  of  the  African  Lodge  in  this  city,  stated  to  him  the  ob- 
ject of  my  visit,  and  asked  permission  to  see  the  charter  of  his  lodge. 
He  informed  me  that  there  was  a  difficulty  between  his  and  Boyer 
Lodge,  of  long  standing;  that  they  had  nothing  to  do  with  that  lodge, 
nor  would  they  have  until  the  difference  referred  to  was  settled.  He 
further  stated  that  they  were  entirely  independent  of  r\1  white  lodges, 
asked  no  favors  of  them,  and  would  have  nothing  to  do  with  tlicni;  nor 
would  they  admit  a  white  Mason  if  he  should  present  himself  as  a  visi- 
tor. In  the  course  of  the  conversation  he  distinctly  said  that  he  had 
been  '■'■totdhy  them 'people''''  (meaning  Boyer  Lodge)  to  have  no  communi- 
cation with  anybody  on  the  subject  of  their  recognition  by  the  Grand 
Lodge  of  New  York.  He  also  positiuely  a)id  repeatedly  refused  to  allow  me 
to  see  the  charter  of  his  lodge  or  to  give  me  any  information  in  relation  to  its  his- 
tory or  present  existence.  It  is  proper  for  me  to  add  that  my  conversa- 
tion with  him  was  kind  and  gentle.  I  e.xplicitly  stated  to  him  that  I 
did  not  call  officially,  but  as  a  friend  and  at  your  request,  with  a  view 
to  ascertain  whether  Boyer  Lodge  was  a  regularly  constituted  lodge, 
such  as  the  Grand  Lodge  of  New  York  would  recognize. 

This  lodge  (African)  has,  unquestionably,  a  charter  of  some  kind. 
Twenty  years  ago  I  saw  it,  and  my  impression  is  that  it  is  an  ordinary 
lodge  charter;  but  whether  genuine  or  not  I  am  unable  to  say.  I  have 
understood  that  it  was  surreptitiously  obtained  (through  the  agency 
of  a  sea  captain)  from  one  of  the  two  grand  lodges  then  in  England; 
but  I  can  find  no  such  record  in  the  proceedings  of  either  of  those 
bodies. 

From  this  time  forward  the  attempted  justification  of  the  origi- 
nal wrong  took  the  form  of  allegations  that  if  African  Lodge  had  a 
charter  it  was  surreptitiously  obtained;  or  that  it  possessed  only  the 
copy  of  a  charter,  or  that  it  had  a  charter  but  it  was  spurious. 

This  answered  until  1868  when  Lewis  Hayden  and  seventy-one 
other  members  of  the  five  negro  lodges  in  Massachusetts  petitioned 
the  Grand  Lodge  of  Massachusetts  for  recognition.  This  petition  set 
forth  that  Prince  Hall,  seven  others  named  and  others  not  named 
were  made  in  an  army  lodge  in  1875,  and  soon  afterwards,  having  been 
"organized  as  and  dispensated  into  a  lodge,"  made  application  to 
Major-General- Warren  (provincial  grand  master)  for  a  charter, 
"from  whom  it  appears  encouragement  was  received;  but  after  his 
fall  no  more  was  heard  of  it." 

"In  1779  the  petition  was  renewed.  We  do  not  know  that  an  offi- 
cial answer  was  ever  returned,  but  tradition  informs  us  that  it  was 


MASONIC   CORRESPONDENCE.  159 

made  sport  of  in  the  Massachusetts  grand  lodge,"  (organized  by  the 
lodges  holding  under  Warren's  deputation).  After  setting  forth  the 
limitations  imposed  upon  the  colored  people  by  the  presence  of  slav- 
ery, and  the  public  opinion  bred  by  it,  which  denied  them  the  bene- 
fits of  education,  and  in  consequence  of  which  "Prince  Hall  and  his 
associates  were  denied  even  the  right  of  assembling,  except  by  special 
permit  of  the  authorities  of  the  town  of  Boston."     They  say: 

Laboring'  under  these  disadvantages, the  love  of  Masonry  prompted, 
and  necessity  forced  them  to  petition  the  Grand  Lodge  of  England 
for  a  charter,  and  in  the  year  1784  (up  to  which  time  no  official  answer 
was  given  their  petition  by  the  Massachusetts  grand  kdge),  it  re- 
sulted in  the  granting  of  charter  459,  dated  September  29,  1784,  which 
is  now  in  our  possession,  a  true  copy  of  which  is  here  annexed: 

It  will  be  seen  from  the  following  that  the  committee  to  whom 
this  petition  was  referred,  acknowledged  the  genuineness  of  the 
charter,  but  decline  to  investigate  the  historicaal  statement  con- 
tained in  the  petition  or  to  inquire  into  its  legal  Masonic  effect,  find- 
ing other  reasons  for  recommending  that  the  petitioners  have  leave 
to  withdraw,  prominent  among  which  is  the  fact  that  they — the  pe- 
titioners— are  laboring  under  the  disabilities  of  which  the  petition 
complains  and  asks  to  have  removed!    They  say  (italics  ours): 

Your  committee  Imve  examined  the  charter  and  believe  it  is  authentic,^' 
but,  as  they  do  not  deem  it  to  be  necessary  at  this  time  to  investigate 
the  historical  statement  contained  in  the  petition,  they  have  not  in- 
quired into  its  legal  Masonic  effect,  nor  whether  any  proper  organiza- 
tion under  it  ever  look  place.  The  petitioners  include  only  a  portion 
of  the  persons  who  claim  to  derive  privileges  from  this  instrument, 
when  it  is  obvious  that  the  granting  of  their  prayer,  for  the  reasons 
they  advance,  would  equally  benefit  their  associates  who  have  not 
joined  in  the  petition,  and  over  whom,  therefore,  this  grand  lodo-e 
would  have  no  control.  Under  these  circumstances,  it  is  not  neces- 
sary to  inquire  into  the  validity  of  the  proceedings  of  the  persons 
named  in  the  charter,  or  whether  the  petitioners  have  any  just  claim 
to  be  considered  their  successors. 

Lodges  professing  to  be  Masonic  existing  in  this  commonwealth 
without  the  sanction  of  this  grand  lodge  are  irreg-ular  and  spurious, 
and  the  members  of  them  are,  of  course,  denied  Masonic  intercourse 
with  members  of  reg-ular  lodges.  The  lodges  named  in  this  petition 
stand  in  this  relation  to  regular  lodges,  and  they  and  their  members, 
including  the  petitioners,  are  not  recognized  by  "the  Craft. 

Our  constitutions  make  no  distinction  on  account  of  color  of  per- 
sons who  desire  the  benefits  of  Freemasonry,  and  there  are  no  rules 
or  regulations  whereby  the  petitioners,  if  "worthy  and  well  qualified," 
are  excluded  from  our  Fraternity,  if  they  seek  admission  through 
duly  organized  lodges. 

Your  committee  recommend  that  the  petitioners  have  leave  to 
withdraw. 


160  APPENDIX — PART  I. 


If  this  sapiently  inconsequential  report  whose  authors  give  as  a 
reason  tor  non-action  that  the  beneficent  effect  of  granting  the 
prayer  of  the  petitioners  would  extend  beyond  those  who  prayed,  ac- 
complished nothing  else  it  effectually  laid  the  spook  of  a  "spurious" 
charter,  which  had  so  long  been  invoked  to  show  that  the  exclusion 
of  African  Lodge  was  not  necessarily  due  to  the  prejudice  of  race 
and  color,  and  compelled  the  apologists  of  that  exclusion  to  hunt  a 
new  excuse.  Anything  was  preferable  to  a  confession  of  the  wrong, 
and  the  new  makeshift  took  the  form  of  enlarging  a  hint  found  in 
Brother  Moore'S  letter  into  a  suggestion,  and  this  in  turn  into  an  as- 
sertion which  in  this  year  of  grace  has  assumed  the  proportions  of  a 
positive  charge  that  the  primary  and  continued  exclusion  of  Prince 
Hall  and  his  descendants  was  and  is  due  to  their  own  rule  or  ruin 
policy!  Even  Brother  Drummond,  who  has  not  denied  and  will  not 
deny  the  equal  legitimacy  of  African  Lodge  with  the  bodies  which 
joined  in  creating  the  grand  lodge  from  which  it  was  excluded,  is 
found  willing  to  stand  sponsor  for  this  theory,  as  witness  the  follow- 
ing (from  his  report  for  the  current  year),  of  which  let  us  say  in  ad- 
vance that  the  possible  modus  vivendl  referred  to  in  the  first  line  was 
suggested  by  him  eighty-four  years  after  the  exclusion  occurred, 
sixty-nine  years  after  Prince  Hall  was  in  his  grave: 

But  the  course  above  suggested  is  not,  and  has  not  been,  satisfac- 
tory to  the  other  parties  interested.  At  the  very  outset  Prince  Hall 
asked  for  and  received  a  charter  for  colored  Masons  by  the  name  of 
"African  Lodge."  There  is  not  the  slightest  evidence  that  he,  or 
those  with  him,  ever  applied  to  any  grand  lodge  in  Massachusetts  to 
come  under  its  obedience;  on  the  contrary,  the  circumstances  show 
that  Hall  did  not  desire  to  amalgamate  with  the  white  Masons,  but 
drew  "the  color  line"  himself,  and  took  measures  to  maintain  it, with- 
out making  the  slightest  attempt  to  follow  the  example  of  St.  An- 
drew's Lodge.  We  have  been  quite  familiar  with  this  matter  for 
more  than  twenty-five  years,  having  made  it  a  point  to  collect  and 
examine  all  the  printed  documents  of  these  organizations,  and  if 
there  has  been,  during  all  that  time,  a  single  intimation  in  favor  of 
amalgamation  with  the  regular  organizations,  it  has  escaped  our  re- 
collection; on  the  contrary,  recognition  of  their  bodies  as  peers  of 
the  others  has  been  assumed  to  be  the  only  basis  upon  which  they 
would  treat. 

It  seems  singular  that  in  his  collection  of  the  printed  documents 
of  these  organizations,  he  should  have  failed  to  secure  one  so  access- 
ible as  the  petition  of  "Lewis  Harden  and  others" — seventj^-two  mem- 
bers of  the  five  negro  lodges  existing  in  Massachusetts  in  1868,  closing 
with  the  "humble  plea  for  equal  Masonic  manhood  in  the  hope  that 
we  maybe  permitted  to  establish  our  claim  to  Masonic  rite  by  whatever 
means  the  7nost  •worshipful grand  lodge  may  suggest.'" 

In  the  following — in  which  he  unconsciously  bears  testimony  to 
prejudice  of  race  and  color  which  permeates  Masonry  on  this  side  of 


MASONIC   CORRESPONDENCE.  161 

the  Canadian  line— Brother  Drummond  says  of  the  view  taken  in  the 
extract  we  have  just  made  from  his  report: 

This  is  emphasized  by  the  fact  that  in  the  Dominion  of  Canada, 
where  the  old  requirement  that  a  candidate  must  be  "free-born"  has 
been  changed  as  in  En<rland  to  "free  man"  and  colored  men  have  been 
admitted  to  regular  lodges,  they  have  organized  lodges  and  formed 
a  grand  lodge. 

We  agree  that  the  fact  that  the  erection  of  negro  grand  lodges 
in  Canada  at  a  time  when  such  formation  would  put  their  members 
in  touch  and  fellowship  with  thousands  of  other  colored  Masons,  does 
emphasize — although  we  might  differ  with  him  as  to  hoiv  it  empha- 
sizes— the  probability  that  at  the  "outset,"  a  hundred  years  before, 
when  there  were  no  other  Masons  of  their  race  in  the  world,  a  dozen 
or  a  score  of  negro  Masons  would  reject  any  opportunity  for  an  equal 
fellowship  with  the  whites,  \vhich  to  them  in  their  then  condition  must 
have  been  the  very  acme  of  happiness. 

Reference  to  the  subheading  "Maine,"  under  this  topic,  will  show 
that  Brother  Drummond  holds  in  slight  estimation  the  knowledge  of 
those  who  think  that  the  color  objection  is  a  factor  in  the  non-recog- 
nition of  the  negro  bodies,  and  cites  the  fact  that  he  himself  had  sat 
in  a  Boston  lodge  with  a  colored  brother  made  therein,  and  also  that 
a  colored  Mason  marched  with  a  permanent  member  of  the  grand 
lodge  at  the  funeral  of  Bro.  Charles  W.  Moore,  as  effectually  dis- 
posing of  that  notion.  Similarly,  the  Woodbury  report  of  1896  was 
able  to  cite  to  the  fact  that  at  that  time  there  sat  in  the  Grand  Lodge 
of  Massachusetts  a  colored  man  who  was  a  member  by  virtue  of  being 
a  warden  of  one  of  its  lodges;  and  so  also  Bro.  Charles  W.  Moore, 
in  his  letter  to  the  grand  secretary  of  New  York,  before  referred  to, 
considered  it  only  necessary  to  mention  the  fact  that  within  a  month 
of  his  writing  a  colored  brother  from  England  had  been  received  as  a 
visitor  and  kindly  treated  in  one  of  the  Boston  lodges,  in  order  to  show 
that  the  course  of  the  Grand  Lodge  of  Massachusetts  in  reference  to 
African  lodge  was  not  the  result  of  prejudice. 

However  conclusive  this  may  have  seemed  either  to  Brother 
Drummond,  Brother  Woodbury,  or  Brother  Moore,  we  had  an  op- 
portunity to  personally  observe  an  illustration  of  the  truth  of  the  old 
adage — "One  swallow  doesn't  make  a  summer," 

We  were  sitting  in  the  Grand  Lodge  of  Massachusetts  as  a  visitor 
in  1857  or  18.J8— we  think  it  was  in  1857 — at  all  events  it  was  in  the  year 
in  which  the  old  seal  and  banner  of  the  grand  lodge  were  displaced 
by  the  new,  and  while  Bro.  John  T.  Heard  was  still  grand  master.  A 
petition  was  received  from  a  number  of  colored  men  asking  the  grand 
lodge  to  provide  some  means  by  which  men  of  their  race  might  be 
made    Masons    in    Massachusetts.      Grand  Secretary  Charles  W. 


162  APPENDIX — PART  I. 


Moore,  still,  as  he  had  long  been,  the  Ajax  of  Massachusetts  Masonry, 
instantly  arose  and  denounced  the  petition  as  a  '  'firebrand"  attempted 
to  be  thrown  into  the  ranks  of  the  fraternity. 

Why  was  it  a  firebrand?  It  was  a  simple,  direct  petition,  couched 
in  the  most  respectful  language,  touching  no  jurisdictional  question 
and  impugning  no  past  action  of  the  grand  lodge.  We  were  too 
young  in  Masonry  to  know  that  our  grand  lodge  had  a  raw  spot,  but 
we  were  not  too  young  to  know  that  firebrands  are  not  dangerous  un- 
less there  is  something  to  burn,  nor  too  young  to  see  that  there  was 
an  instinctive  agreement  as  to  what  the  combustible  material  was 
when  Past  Grand  Master  George  M.  Randall,  afterwards  bishop  of 
Colorado,  took  the  fioor  in  an  impassioned  speech,  pointed  to  the  new 
banner  and  quoted  its  motto — '^ Nihil  Alienum  Humanum,^'  and  said  in 
substance — for  we  quote  from  memory — that  if  we  were  not  ready  to 
rise  above  the  prejudice  of  race,  caste  and  color,  "then  let  us  bury 
bur  new  banner  beneath  the  sod." 

Today  one  need  not  look  beyond  the  various  reports  which  have 
contributed  to  this  symposium  for  abundant  evidence  of  this  well-nigh 
all  pervading  prejudice.  Such  expressions  relative  to  the  Masons  of 
Washington,  as  "their  long  cherished  miscegenation,"  or  "take  unto 
their  embrace  the  unctuous  and  unwilling  African,"  or  "to  embrace 
an  organization  of  Africans  who  have  not  sought  their  caresses." 
*  *  *  "is  a  disgusting  lechery  which  savors  of  rape,"  show  at  once 
the  intensity  of  the  perhaps  unconscious  prejudices  of  their  authors, 
but  a  conscious  knowledge  of  where  to  appeal  for  the  promptest  and 
•most  striking  response,  while  the  popularity  and  general  laudation 
of  their  reports  as  "powerful,"  shows  that  they  made  no  mistake  in 
electing  to  appeal  in  that  direction. 

We  have  dwelt  at  some  length  on  this  phase  of  the  subject  because 
we  believe  it  is  neither  presently  politic  nor  enduringly  wise  when 
confronted  with  a  grave  problem  to  ignore  or  whistle  down  the  wind 
as  of  slight  consequence,  its  chief  factor.  It  is  far  better  in  our  judg- 
ment to  frankly  recognize  it  and  endeavor  to  weigh  its  obstructive 
power,  and  estimate  its  possible  endurance  in  the  face  of  a  confessed 
purpose  to  make  our  passions  and  prejudices  coincide  with  the  line  of 
our  duty. 

We  are  fully  justified  in  calling  it  the  chief  factor,  because 
without  it  there  is  no  way  of  accounting  for  the  almost  universal 
willingness,  not  to  say  anxiety,  in  this  country  to  carry  backwards 
the  admitted  later  irregularities  of  colored  Masonry  and  make  them 
becloud  its  status  at  the  time  when  its  one  organization  was  ex- 
cluded from  participation  in  forming  the  Grand  Lodge  of  Massa- 
chusetts, except  upon  the  incredible  and  intolerable  theory  that 
Masonry  makes  men  unjust. 


MASONIC   CORRESPONDENCE.  163 

The  one  and  only  confessed  argumentative  pretext  for  that  ex- 
clusion is  that  the  chartering  of  African  Lodge  loas  in  violation  of  the 
doctrine  of  exclusive  grand  lodge  Jurisdiction  then  and  there  fully  established 
and  recognized  <ts  applicable  throughout  the  limits  of  the  commonvxalth  of  Mas- 
sachusetts, and  this  point,  either  in  its  ready  made  form  as  found  in 
the  Woodbury  report  or  developed  in  an  argument  made  on  the 
lines  of  that  report,  is  the  pivotal  point  of  every  quoted  report  called 
out  by  the  action  of  the  Grand  Lodge  of  Washington.  It  is  true  that 
the  Woodbury  report  adds  three  minor  pretexts  in  the  shape  of  as 
many  negative  or  conditional  alleged  "conclusions" — not,  however, 
entitled  to  that  appellation,  as  they  rest  on  denials  and  not  on  evi- 
dence— touching  the  members  of  African  Lodge,  viz:  "1.  JSTo  evidence 
that  thej^  were  made  Masons  in  any  Masonic  lodge.  2.  If  made  they 
were  irregularly  made.  3.  They  never  had  any  American  authority 
for  constituting  a  lodge." 

This  was  sheer  surplusage,  as  the  action  of  the  Grand  Lodge  of 
England  in  granting  the  charter  foreclosed  all  question  of  previous 
irregularities. 

The  lines  italicized  above  are  not  in  the  language  of  Woodbury's 
report,  but  they  substantially  reflect  the  claim,  as  succinctly  stated 
by  Grand  Master  Gardner  in  his  address  in  1870,  wherein  it  was  first 
propounded,  and,  we  may  add,  more  ably  argued  than  by  any  who 
have  followed  hira. 

The  weakness,  however,  as  well  as  the  strength  of  his  able  ad- 
dress, lies  in  the  misuse,  as  convertible  terms,  of  the  two  titles,  "Mas- 
sachusetts Grand  Lodge"  and  "Grand  Lodge  of  Massachusetts," 
vphich  were  two  entirely  distinct  organizations.  In  that  address  he 
shows  that  the  constituents  of  the  provincial  grand  lodge  (Ancient), 
which,  with  the  deputation  to  Warren  as  provincial  grand  master, 
out  of  which  it  grew,  expired  with  the  patriot  general  on  Bunker  Hill 
June  17,  1875,  were  called  together  by  Webb,  who  had  been  deputy  un- 
der Warren,  on  the  14th  of  February,  1777,  and  on  March  8  of  that  year 
"by  revolution  and  assumption  of  power,"  organized  an  independent 
grand  lodge— the  Massachusetts  Grand  Lodge,  which,  during  its  ex- 
istence of  fifteen  years  and  three-quarters  chartered  twenty-seven 
lodges. 

Existing  contemporaneously  with  this  "Massachusetts  grand 
lodge,"  although  antedating  it  by  at  least  forty  3-ears,  was  the  St. 
John's  Grand  Lodge  (Modern),  a  provincial  outgrowth  of  a  deputa- 
tion from  the  Grand  Lodge  of  England,  which  created  some  forty 
lodges. 

When  the  "Massachusetts  Grand  Lodge"  was  formed,  the  lodge  to 
which  its  first  grand  master  (Webb)  belonged,  St.  Andrew's  Lodge, 


164  APPENDIX— PART    I. 


(the  only  lodge  of  Ancients  holding  a  charter  direct  from  the  Grand 
Lodge  of  Scotland),  refused  to  become  identified  with  the  new  body; 
and  throughout  the  whole  period  of  the  existence  of  the  latter  it  was 
engaged  in  a  vain  attempt  to  coerce  the  former  into  submission,  a 
majority  of  whose  members  had  repudiated  the  arrangement  made  by 
its  master,  wardens,  and  a  portion  of  its  members  on  the  one  part, 
and  the  grand  lodge  by  unanimous  action  had  March  1,  1782,  on  the 
other,  by  which  the  lodge  was  to  receive  a  charter  under  the  "name 
of  St.  Andrew,"  and  retain  the  rank  and  precedence  enjoyed  in  the 
defunct  provincial  grand  lodge.  On  the  10th  of  Jul}^  1792,  the  "Mas- 
sachusetts grand  lodge"  '■'voted  that  a  committee  be  appointed  to  draw 
resolutions  explanatory  of  the  powers  and  authority  of  this  grand 
lodge,  respecting  the  extent  and  meaning  of  its  jurisdiction,  and  the 
exercise  of  any  other  Masonic  authorities  within  its  jurisdiction." 

In  September  the  committee  submitted  the  following  report,  upon 
whose  adoption  at  the  next  meeting — December  6,  1782 — Brother 
Gardner  not  only  predicates  his  assumption  of  the  establishment  of 
the  doctri.ne  of  the  exclusive  jurisdiction  of  a  single  grand  lodge 
within  a  state,  but  the  further  assumption  that  the  act  had  a  retro- 
active quality  which  carried  not  alone  the  birth,  but  the  full  matur- 
ity of  that  doctrine  back  to  formation  of  the  grand  lodge  over  seven 
years  before: 

The  commission  from  the  Grand  Lodge  of  Scotland  granted  to  our 
late  grand  master,  Joseph  Warren,  Esquire,  having  died  with  him, 
and  of  course  his  deput}',  whose  appointment  was  derived  from  his 
nomination,  being  no  longer  in  existence,  they  saw  tliemselves  with- 
out a  head,  and  without  a  single  grand  officer,  and  of  course  it  was 
evident  that  not  only  the  grand  lidge,  but  all  the  particular  lodges 
under  its  jurisdiction,  must  cease  to  assemble,  the  brethren  be  dis- 
persed, the  penniless  go  unassisted,  the  Craft  languish,  and  ancient 
Masonry  be  extinct  in  this  part  of  the  world. 

That  in  consequence  of  a  summons  from  the  former  grand  ward- 
ens to  the  masters  and  wardens  of  all  the  regular  constituted  lodges, 
a  grand  communication  was  held  to  consult  and  advise  on  some  means 
to  preserve  the  intercourse  of  the  brethren. 

That  the  political  head  of  this  countrj-,  having  destroyed  all  con- 
nection and  correspondence  between  the  subjects  of  these  states  and 
the  country  from  which  the  grand  lodge  originally  derived  its  com- 
missioned authorit3^  and  the  principles  of  the  Craft  inculcating  on  its 
professors  submission  to  the  commands  of  the  civil  authority  of  the 
country  they  reside  in,  the  brethren  did  assume  an  elective  suprem- 
acy, and  under  it  chose  a  grand  master  and  grand  officers,  and  erected 
a  grand  lodge  with  independent  powers  and  prerogatives,  to  be  exer- 
cised, however,  on  principles  consistent  with  and  subordinate  to  the 
regulations  pointed  out  in  the  constitutions  of  ancient  Masonry. 

That  the  reputation  and  utility  of  the  Craft  under  their  jurisdic- 
tion has  been  most  extensively  diffused, by  the  flourishing  state  of  four- 


MASONIC   CORRESPONDENCE.  165 


teen  lodges  constituted  by  their  authority,  within  a  shorter  period 
than  that  m  which  three  only  received  dispensations  under  the  former 
grand  lodge. 

That  in  the  history  of  our  Craft  we  find  that  in  England  there  are 
two  grand  lodges,  independent  of  each  other;  in  Scotland  the  same, 
and  in  Ireland  their  grand  lodge  and  grand  master  are  independent 
either  of  England  or  Scotland.  It  is  clear  that  the  authority  of  some 
of  their  grand  lodges  originated  in  assumption,  or  otherwise  they 
would  acknowledge  the  head  from  whence  they  derived. 

Your  committee  are  therefore  of  opinion  that  the  doings  of  the 
present  grand  lodge  were  dictated  by  principles  of  the  clearest  neces- 
sit3\  founded  in  the  higliest  reason,  and  warranted  by  precedents  of 
the  most  approved  authority. 

And  they  beg  leave  to  recommend  the  following  resolutions  to  be 
adopted  by  the  grand  lodge,  and  engrafted  on  its  constitution: 

I.  That  the  brethren  of  the  grand  lodge,  in  assuming  the  powers 
and  prerogatives  of  an  independent  grand  lodge,  acted  from  the  most 
laudable  motives,  and  consistently  with  the  principles  which  ought 
forever  to  govern  Masons,  viz:  the  benefit  of  the  Craft  and  the  good 
of  mankind,  and  are  warranted  in  their  proceedings  by  the  practice 
of  ancient  Masons  in  all  parts  of  the  world.* 

II.  That  this  grand  lodge  be  hereafter  known  and  called  by  the 
name  of  "The  Massachusetts  Grand  Lodge  of  Ancient  Masons,"  and 
that  it  is  free  and  independent  in  its  government  and  official  author- 
ity of  any  other  grand  lodge  or  grand  master  in  the  universe. 


III.  That  the  power  and  authority  of  the  said  grand  lodge  be  con- 
strued to  extend  throughout  the  commonwealth  of  Massachusetts, 
and  to  any  of  the  United  States,  where  none  other  is  erected,  over 
such  lodges  only  as  this  grand  lodge  has  constituted  or  shall  constitute. 

IV.  That  the  grand  master  for  the  time  being  be  desired  to  call 
in  all  charters  which  were  held  under  the  jurisdiction  of  the  late 
grand  master,  Joseph  Warren,  Esquire,  and  return  the  same  with  an 
endorsement  thereon,  expressive  of  their  recognition  of  the  power 
and  authority  of  this  grand  lodge. 

V.  That  no  person  or  persons  ought  or  can,  consistently  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. 

To  show  that  we  have  not  overstated  Brother  Gardner's  astound- 
ing conclusion,  nor  misstated  his  misleading  -misuse  of  the  terms 
"Massachusetts  Grand  Lodge"  and  "Grand  Lodge  ^Massachusetts," 
we  quote  it  in  his  own  words  which  follow  the  completion  of  his  ac- 

*See  Calcot,  page  107— Mason's  Pocket  Companion,  92,  London  edition. 


166  APPENDIX — PART   I. 


count  of  the  formation  of  the  latter  body  by  the  union  of  the  former 
with  St.  John's  grand  lodge,  in  1792: 

Thus  by  the  record,  and  by  contemporaneous  history,  it  is  fixed 
beyond  all  question  and  doubt  that  the  "Massachusetts  Grand  Lodge," 
on  the  8th of  March,  1777,  by  a  revolution,  and  by  assumption  of  the 
powers,  duties  and  responsibilities  of  a  grand  lodge,  became  a  free, 
independent,  sovereign  grand  lodge,  with  a  jurisdiction  absolute,  ex- 
clusive and  entire  throughout  the  commonwealth  of  Massachusetts, 
and  a  provisional  jurisdiction  in  other  states  and  countries.  By  this 
revolution  and  assumption,  from  that  day  to  this,  the  Grand  Lodge  of 
Massachusetts,  without  interruption,  has  exercised  all  the  plenary 
powers  of  a  grand  lodge. 

Of  this  unparalleled  «ori  seguitur  we  said  in  1871: 

Emulating  his  own  generosity  toward  the  Grand  Lodge  of  New 
Hampshire,  we  admit  that  "however  irregularly  organized,"  the 
"Massachusetts  Grand  Lodge,"  on  the  8th  of  March,  17^77,  by  a  revo- 
lution, and  by  assumption  of  the  powers,  duties  and  responsibilities  of 
a  grand  lodge,  became  free  and  independent,  but  that  it  became  a 
sovereign  grand  lodge,  with  a  jurisdiction  absolute,  exclusive  and 
entire  throughout  the  commonwealth  of  Massachussetts,  is  a  conclu- 
sion not  warranted  by  the  facts. 

The  misuse  of  "Massachusetts  Grand  Lodge"  and  "Grand  Lodge 
of  Massachusetts"  as  convertible  terms,  does  not  relieve  the  assertion 
that  either  body  has,  from  that  day  to  this,  without  interruption,  ex- 
ercised all  the  plenary  powers  of  a  grand  lodge,  from  the  charge  of 
being  too  sweeping.  For  eighteen  years  after  the  "Massachu- 
setts" and  "St.  John's"  grand  lodges  were  both  merged  in  the  Grand 
Lodge  of  Massachusetts  (1792),  St.  Andrew's  Lodgeheld  its  allegiance 
to  the  Grand  Lodge  of  Scotland;  which  we  would  call  a  tolerably  suc- 
cessful opposition  to  the  claim  of  sovereignty,  even  of  the  present 
grand  lodge. 

This  opposition  was  also  successful  duringthe  entire  period  of  the 
existence  of  the  "Massachussetts  Grand  Lodge"  as  an  independent 
body. 

Moreover,  that  body  did  not  even  assume  exclusive  jurisdiction 
until  December  6,  1782,  as  will  be  seen  by  the  concluding  clause  of 
section  5,  of  the  declaration:  "within  any  part  of  the  commonwealth 
of  Massachusetts,  the  rightful  and  appropriated  limits  to  which  the 
authority  of  this  grand  lodge  forever  hereafter  extends."  Read  by  the 
light  of  contemporaneous  history,  the  words  of  section  3  show  that  it 
claimed  authority,  even  in  Massachusetts,  "over  such  lodges  only  as 
this  grand  lodge  has  constituted  or  shall  constitute."  There  were  at 
that  time  lodges,  grand  and  subordinate,  in  Massachusetts  which  it 
never  undertook  to  rule  and  which  it  never  constituted.  It  did  not 
throughout  that  declaration  do  more  than  claim  that  it  had  the  pre- 
rogative to  charter  lodges  anywhere  and  ever^'where  within  the  limits 
of  the  commonwealth.  It  did  not  in  that  declaration  deny  the  right 
of  the  St.  John's  Grand  Lodge  to  act  with  equal  independence  within 
the  same  limits.  It  claimed  simply  its  independence  of  any  and  every 
grand  lodge  in  the  world,  including  the  other  grand  lodge  already  es- 
tablished in  Massachusetts.  It  even  recognized  the  principle  that  two 
sovereign  and  independent  grand  lodges  might  exist  within  the  same 


MASONIC   CORRESPONDENCE.  167 


territory,  and  states,  "that  in  the  histor}'  of  the  Craft  we  find  that  in 
England  there  are  two  i^rand  lodges  independent  of  each  other,  in 
Scotland  the  same,  and  in  Ireland  their  grand  lodge  and  grand  mas- 
ter are  independent  either  of  England  or  Scotland.''  These  words  are 
quite  consistent  with  a  recognition  of  the  equal  independence  of  the 
St.  John's  grand  lodge  in  Massachusetts,  over  whose  lodges  it  at  no 
time  claimed  or  assumed  authoritj'.  Brother  Gardner  says  the  St. 
John's  grand  lodge  did  not  assume  any  of  the  powers  of  a  grand  lodge 
yet  he  himself  furnishes  evidence  that  it  did  when  in  1783  its  Grand 
Master  Rowe  "gave  a  charter  to  St.  John's  Lodge,  Boston  for  the  pur- 
pose of  uniting  the  first  and  second  lodges  into  one."  The  record  shows 
that  at  a  meeting  held  November  15. 1791,  was  received  a  petition  to" the 
Grand  Lodge  of  Saint  John"  (the  first  time  this  style  occurs  in  the 
records)  from  the  Rising  Sun  Lodge  praying  to  be  incorporated  with 
the  other  lodges  of  St.  John  "agreeable  to  the  Masonic  principles 
to  unite  us  with  the  other  lodges  of  St.  John's."  Again  on  the  24th 
of  November, "John  Cutler,  Esq.,S.G.W.  in  the  chair,  Mungo  Mackey 
and  Sam  Dunn  as  wardens,  the  petition  of  Rising  Sun  Lodge  was 
granted."  These  meetings  were  looking  towards  a  contemplated 
union  between  the  St.  John's  grand  lodge  and  the  "Massachusetts 
grand  lodge."  January  13,  1792,  the  latter  body  passed  a  resolution 
to  seek  a  union  with  the  St.  John's  grand  lodge,  which  in  itself  was  a 
recognition  of  the  contemporaneous  existence  of  two  grand  lodges  in 
Massachusetts  on  that  date.  January  18,  1792,  the  St.  John's  grand 
lodge  met  and  appointed  a  committee  to  confer  with  a  committee  of 
"Massachusetts  grand  lodge  in  relation  to  the  projected  union."  At 
that  time  and  from  1776  the  organization  of  the  St.  John's  grand  lodge 
had  not  been  formed — it  lacking  a  grand  master  after  the  death  of 
Rowe  by  virtue  of  not  having  elected  one.  Informality  was  not  so 
very  uncommon  at  that  period  as  is  sufficiently  indicated  by  the  fre- 
quent occurence  of  the  phrase  "exigency  of  the  times,"  to  coveromis- 
sions  of  forms,  during  the  narrative  of  Brother  Gardner. 

Other  meetings  were  held  of  St.  John's  grand  lodge,  and  notably 
March  2,  1792,  when  the  committee  of  conference  made  report  in 
which  they  speak  of  their  "taking  into  consideration  the  proposal 
from  the  Massachusetts  grand  lodge  to  confer  with  us  on  the  pro- 
priety of  a  perfect  union  of  the  two  lodges."  In  March,  1792,  both 
grand  bodies  chose  electors  to  represent  them  in  joint  convention,  the 
St.  John's  grand  lodge  having  elected  John  Cutler  grand  master, 
March  2, 1792, and  thus  through  the  negotiation  of  electors  representing 
bodies  claiming  equal  privileges  and  prerogatives  in  Massachusetts, 
the  united  Grand  Lodge  of  Massachusetts  was  organized,  holding  its 
first  meeting  April  2,  1792,  John  Cutler,  grand  master  of  the  St.  John's 
grand  lodge,  being  its  first  grand  master.  His  acceptance  as  grand 
master  by  the  newly-constructed  grand  lodge  on  the  same  day  that 
he  was  elected  by  the  St.  John's  grand  lodge  certainly  furnishes  no 
indication  that  the  "Massachusetts  grand  lodge"  was  disposed  to 
treat  the  St,  John's  grand  lodge  otherwise  than  as  an  equal. 

This  has  never  been  controverted,  and  it  will  not  be.  It  will  be 
seen,  therefore,  that  there  is  not  a  shred  of  evidence  on  which  to  base 
the  assumption  that  the  doctrine  of  exclusive  jurisdiction,  as  we 
now  understand  and  accept  it,  was  established.  It  has  wholly  grown 
up  since  then.  In  that  declaration  it  was  not  even  broached,  for,  al- 
though by  the  terms  of  the  fifth  resolution,  it  seems  to  be,  when  it  is 


168  APPENDIX — PART   I. 


read  by  the  light  of  the  context — ^vvhether  of  the  report  or  of  the  reso- 
lutions 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 
contemporary  existence  of  two  rival  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  hold- 
ing under  the  deputation  of  Warren,  should  send  up  their  charters  for 
endorsement,  in  recognition  of  its  power  and  authority. 

Brother  Drummond  sees  the  fatal  weakness  of  the  claim  that  the 
American  doctrine  of  exclusive  jurisdiction  was  then  and  there  estab- 
lished, and  tries  to  bolster  it  up  by  the  analogy  of  the  law  of  nations; 
but  this  does  not  help  the  matter,  because  it  is  manifest  that  there 
must  first  be  nations  out  of  which  international  law  can  grow,  and  at 
the  period  under  consideration  there  was  only  just  the  beginning  of 
Masonic  nations  or  independent  jurisdictions,  out  of  which  inter-ju- 
risdictional  law  might  grow  in  the  process  of  time — as  it  is  now  grow- 
ing. He  feels  thisidifficulty,  and  seeks  to  escape  it  by  the  truism  that 
the  principles  of  equity  on  which  these  laws  are  based,  nations  do  not 
make,  but  recognize;  and  similarly  that  the  beneficent  principles  which 
must  govern  the  relations  of  Masonic  nations,  the  latter  do  not  make, 
but  recognize,  as  the  occasion  requires  their  practical  application. 
But  this  does  not  help  his  case,  the  fatal  quality  of  whose  weakness 
lies  in  the  fact  that  the  recognition,  which  is  essential  to  the  identifi- 
cation of  the  law,  was  then  wanting.  He  evidently  feels  this,  for  he 
endeavors  to  show  that  there  had  even  then  been  some  glimmerings 
of  recognition  of  the  principle  in  the  action  of  the  Grand  Lodge  of 
England,  in  giving  its  provincial  grand  masters  and  provincial  grand 
lodges  exclusive  jurisdiction  within  certain  territorial  limits;  but  that 
the  law  was  so  far  established  as  to  win  any  conscious  recognition 
from  the  Grand  Lodge  of  England  is  disproved  by  the  very  case  out 
of  which  this  discussion  springs.  Years  after  it  had  given  to  its  pro- 
vincial grand  lodges  certain  jurisdictional  limits,  in  the  bailiwick  of 
one  of  them  it  chartered  African  Lodge. 

And  here,  speaking  of  England,  although  we  have  not  purposed 
being  drawn  from  the  pivotal  phases  of  this  discussion,  we  must 
digress  long  enough  to  call  attention  to  a  careless  expression  of 
Brother  Drummond  which  conveys  an  erroneous  impression  as  to  the 
present  attitude  of  that  grand  lodge.  "The  Grand  Lodge  of  Eng- 
land," he  says,  "has  held  that  when  a  new  grand  lodge  is  organized, 
regular  lodges,  previously  chartered,  have  the  right  to  continue 
under  their  parent  grand  lodge  until  they  give  in  their  adhesion,  of 
their  own  accord,  to  the  new  grand  lodge.  But  in  the  recent  recogni- 
tion of  the  Grand  Lodge  of  New  Zealand,  after  a  long  and  very  heated 


MASONIC   CORRESPONDENCE.  169 

debate  b}'  the  opponents,  it  abandoned  this  position  and  fell  into  line  tcitli 
the  other  grand  lodges.'''  The  last  italics  are  ours,  and  we  wish  the  state- 
ment which  they  emphasize  were  true,  but  it  does  not  seem  to  be. 
On  the  contrary,  his  statement  of  what  the  Grand  Lodge  of  England 
has  held,  describes  v^ery  accurately  the  condition  in  which  affairs  are 
left  in  New  Zealand  by  the  recent  recognition,  from  whose  terms  as 
agreed  upon  by  both  parties,  we  quote: 

A  majority  of  two-thirds  in  number  of  the  brethren  present  shall 
be  required  to  enable  the  lodge  to  tender  its  allegiance  to  the  Grand 
Lodge  of  New  Zealand;  all  other  questions  at  the  meeting  shall  be  de- 
cided by  a  majority  of  the  brethren  present  in  the  usual  way. 

The  most  worshipful  the  grand  master  will  consider  any  district 
in  which  fewer  than  three  lodges  may  continue  under  their  allegiance 
to  the  Grand  Lodge  of  England,  to  be  ipso  facto  dissolved:  but,  subject 
hereto,  the  lodges  under  the  English  constitution,  both  private  and 
the  district  grand  lodges,  will  continue  as  at  present,  and  remain  un- 
affected by  this  recognition. 

All  brethren  who  shall  continue  members  of  lodges  under  the  Eng- 
lish constitution  shall  be  fully  recognized  by  the  Grand  Lodge  of  New 
Zealand,  and  no  brother  shall  incur  any  Masonic  censure  by  reason  of 
his  adhering  to  either  allegiance,  or  of  any  part  he  may  have  taken 
on  either  side  in  the  formation  or  establishment  of  the  new  grand 
body. 

We  now  turn  briefly  to  the  lessons  of  the  incident  which  closed 
with  the  declaration  of  the  Grand  Lodge  of  Washington  at  its  re- 
cent communication,  to  a  careful  study  of  which  paper  we  commend  our 
readers.  It  is  a  self-contained,  self-respecting,  dignified  confession 
on  the  part  of  that  grand  lodge  of  the  impossibility  in  the  present 
state  of  Masonic  opinion  of  securing  an  unprejudiced  and  impartial 
consideration  of  its  action  of  the  previous  year;  and  the  event  hav- 
ing proved  that  its  action  and  the  resolutions  in  which  was  formu- 
lated were  liable  to  be,  and  had  been  misunderstood  in  a  way  to 
threaten  the  harmony  of  the  Craft,  it  demonstrates  its  past  sincerity 
and  its  present  solicitude  for  harmony  by  acceding  to  the  request  of 
sister  grand  lodges  who  had  in  a  fraternal  spirit  requested  a  recon- 
sideration of  its  action  and  repealing  the  resolutions  complained  of. 

The  headlong  unanimity  with  which  those  who  have  accused  the 
Grand  Lodge  of  Wa-^hington  of  violating  the  law,  have  hastened  to 
repudiate  for  themselves  and  deny  for  their  neighbors,  the  existence 
of  any  prejudice  of  race  or  color  to  prompt  their  hostile  action,  gave 
the  opportunity  which  the  authors  of  the  Washington  declaration 
improved  with  great  force, to  "fraternally  suggest  to  the  whole  frater- 
nity and  especially  to  those  grand  lodges  whose  laws  forbid  the  initia- 
tion of  men  of  a  certain  race,  the  propriety  of  carefully  considering 
whether  such  laws  are  not  inconsistent  with  the  spirit  of  Freemasonry, 
and  whether  they  place  beyond  the  pale  of  Masonry  the  bodies  which 


170  APPENDIX — PART   I. 


enact  them."'  Of  course  the  new  inquiry  will  afford  a  splendid  op- 
portunity for  those  relatively  disinterested  bodies — individual  and 
collective — whose  spectacular  zeal  in  the  Washington  quest  was 
prompted  and  sustained  solely  by  the  consciousness  of  an  intense  de- 
votion to  the  sanctity  of  law,  albeit  they  were  ready  to  accept  the 
incidental  joy  if  the  hue  and  cry  into  which  they  threw  themselves 
with  the  firmness  of  a  Brutus,  should  prove  to  be  peace  and  harmony 
in  disguise  and  happily  avert  the  threatened  danger  of  that  jurisdic- 
tion being  declared  open  territory,  to  demonstrate  their  good  faith. 

It  is  perhaps  too  early  to  forecast  all  the  results  of  the  ebullition 
now  happily  subsiding,  consequent  upon  the  reopening  of  this  ques- 
tion, but  a  survej'  of  field  shows  an  increasing  consensus  upon  two 
points. 

There  is  a  more  general  readiness  to  concede  without  any  appar- 
ent reservation  the  grounds  of  the  first  of  the  Washington  resolutions 
— that  "Masonr}^  is  universal,  and,  without  doubt,  neither  race  nor 
color  is  among  the  the  tests  proper  to  be  applied  to  determine  the 
fitness  of  a  candidate  for  the  degrees  of  Masonry.'"  True  there  are 
yet  those — manj'  perhaps— who  still  quote  approvingly  the  words  of 
Albert  Pike:  "I  took  my  obligations  to  white  men,  not  to  negroes. 
When  I  have  to  accept  negroes  as  brothers  or  leave  Masonry,  I  shall 
leave  it."  But  the  number  is  increasingly  larger  even  among  those 
who  confessedly  share  his  prejudices  against  the  negro  race,  who  see 
that  inasmuch  as  when  he  entered  the  lodge  he  entered  the  whole 
fraternity  of  regular  Masons  wheresoever  dispersed,  his  engagements 
— unless  there  was  an  unwarrantable  reservation — bound  him  equally 
to  all  regular  Masons  of  whatever  race — red,  white,  black  or  yellow; 
and  seeing  this,  yet  realize  what  Albert  Pike  would  probably  have 
realized  had  he  been  put  to  the  test,  that  they  love  Masonry  too  well 
to  leave  it. 

The  well-nigh  universal  interpretation  of  the  action  of  the  Grand 
Lodge  of  Washington — which,  b}-  the  light  of  its  own  declaration  that 
it  involved  no  proposal  to  enter  into  relations  with  the  negro  grand 
lodges,  appeared  to  us  to  be  intended  only  as  an  expression  of  opinion 
that  historically  certain  negro  organization  were  entitled  to  be  re- 
garded as  legitimate — to  be  an  absolute  recognition  of  negro  grand 
lodges  in  the  ordinary  acceptation  of  the  term,  giving  those  bodies  a 
legitimate  status,  so  far  as  Washington  action  could  accomplish  it, 
in  the  jurisdictions  where  they  exist,  of  course  precipitated  a  general 
discussion  and  a  general  denial  of  the  right  or  power  of  Washington 
to  do  so;  and  the  argument  all  along  the  line  discloses  a  general  con- 
sensus of  opinion  that  the  only  practicable  and  clearly  correct  method 
of  accomplishing  it  involves  such  action  on  the  part  of  the  Grand 
Lodge  of  Massachusetts  as  will  lift  from  African  lodge  the  clandes- 


MASONIC   CORRESPONDENCE.  171 

tine  status  entailed  upon  it  by  non-participation  in  the  formation  of 
that  grand  lodge,  and  regularize  the  subsequent  work  of  the  lodge  in 
that  jurisdiction. 

It  is  poetic  justice  that  the  whirligig  of  time  should  by  common 
consent  bring'  back  to  the  Grand  Lodge  of  Massachusetts  the  responsi- 
bility, with  its  weight  many  times  increased,  for  the  discord-produc- 
ing state  of  affairs  which  its  action  in  ignoring  the  rights  of  lawful 
Masons  one  hundred  and  seven  years  ago  entailed  upon  Masonry  in 
America  toda3\ 

Because  the  legitimacy  of  African  lodg-e  after  ic  had  been  char- 
tered by  the  Grand  Lodge  of  England,  as  No.  459,  is  today  as  it  was  in 
1792,  and  as  it  will  be  tomorrow,  or  next  year,  or  a  score  of  years  from 
now.  when  the  Grand  Lodge  of  Massachusetts  again  takes  it  up,  as  it 
sometime  must,  the  pivotal  point  of  the  discussion,  we  have  yielded 
the  considerable  space  we  have  given  to  that  phase  of  the  subject  and 
left  ourselves  none  for  the  consideration  of  many  interesting  inciden- 
tal particulars. 

MEXICAN  MASONRY. 

This  kaleidoscopic  hybrid  still  continues  to  engag'e  the  attention 
of  the  Craft  to  a  degree  that  entitles  it  to  a  place  in  our  report.  It 
cannot  claim  this  as  being  lawfully  within  the  pale  of  Masonry,  but 
its  history  as  a  pointer  to  underground  currents  on  this  side  of  the 
Rio  Grande  makes  it  one  of  the  most  important  subjects  that  we  con- 
sider. 

California  (by  whom  the  Grand  Lodge  of  the  Federal  District  was 
recognized  in  1883  as  having  jurisdiction  in  Mexico). — Committee  on 
jurisprudence,  Past  Grand  Master  MORRIS  M.  Estee,  chairman: 

The  matter  was  again  brought  before  this  grand  body  in  1892.  At 
that  session  of  the  grand  lodge  there  was  presented  by  Bro.  Juan  C. 
Farber,  as  the  representative  of  the  Gran  Symbolic  Dieta  of  Mexico, 
which  was  another  and  dilTerent  grand  Masonic  institution,  the  fol- 
lowing documents: — 

1.  A  proposition  from  the  Gran  Dieta  of  Mexico  to  enter  into  a 
treaty  of  friendship  with  this  grand  lodge,  of  which  the  articles  are: — 

2.  The  Gran  Dieta  of  Mexico  recognizes  the  Grand  Lodge  of  Cali- 
fornia as  having  sovereign  and  exclusive  jurisdiction  in  California. 

3.  The  Grand  Lodge  of  California  recognizes  the  Gran  Symbolic 
Dieta  in  Mexico  as  having  sovereign  and  exclusive  jurisdiction  in 
Mexico. 

It  seems  to  be  an  uncontroverted  fact  that  the  grand  dieta  was 
organized  in  1890;  that  it  then  had  under  its  obedience  seventeen  of 
the  grand  lodges  and  three  hundred  and  twenty  subordinate  lodges 
of  the  Republic  of  Mexico;  that  it  had  adopied  a  constitution;  that  it 


172  APPENDIX — PART   I. 


had  also  adopted  a  decree  or  order  prohibiting-  any  subordinate  lodge 
under  its  jurisdiction  or  obedience  from  conferring  the  so-called 
Scottish  Rite  deg^rees  in  Masonry. 


The  third  objection  was,  that  some  years  prior  to  1892,  the  Grand 
Lodge  of  California  had  formally  recognized  the  grand  lodge  of  the 
"Federal  District."  and  that  it  was  not  known  that  that  grand  lodge 
had  placed  itself  under  the  obedience  of  the  gran  dieta. 

It  now  appears: — 

(a)  That  the  former  grand  lodge,  known  as  the  "Grand  Lodge 
of  the  Federal  District  of  Mexico,"  is  defunct,  and  that  there  is  now 
but  one  Grand  Masonic  organization  in  the  Republic  of  Mexico, 
namely,  the  "Gran  Dieta  Symbolica,"  which  is  composed  of  all  the 
state  grand  lodges  and  the  subordinate  lodges  of  the  Republic  of 
Mexico,  and  that  the  latter  grand  organization  is  "the  only  existing 
regular  symbolic  grand  body  of  Masons  in  the  Republic  of  Mexico," 
and  is  known  as  the  Gran  Dieta  Symbolica. 

(b)  That  it  has  already  been  recognized  by  and  fraternal  rela- 
tions are  now  maintained  with  the  grand  lodges  of  the  states  of 
Texas,  Kansas,  Montana,  New  York,  Virginia,  Arkansas,  Nevada, 
New  Mexico,  North  Dakota,  Arizona,  Oregon,  New  Hampshire,  Iowa  and 
Georgia. 

Andit  also  appears  that  assurance  of  fraternal  recognition  has  been  re- 
ceived from  fifteen  other  states  of  the  American  union. 

The  Gran  Dieta  Symbolica  of  Mexico  also  refers  this  grand  lodge 
to  Bro.  Theodore  S.  Parvin,  grand  secretary  of  the  Grand  Lodge  of 
Iowa,  and  Bro.  Edward  M.  L.  Ehlers,  grand  secretary  of  the  Grand 
Lodge  of  New  York. 

(c)  It  should  be  here  also  stated  that  there  are  now  two  hun- 
dred and  forty-six  Masonic  lodges  in  the  Republic  of  Mexico,  under 
the  jurisdiction  of  the  Gran  Dieta  Symbolica,  seventeen  of  these 
lodges  being  sustained  by  American  citizens  and  conducted  in  the 
English  language. 


It  will  unite  by  fraternal  fellowship  the  people  of  the  two  great 
North  American  Republics  and  thus  benefit  both.  It  will  tend  to  re- 
move national  prejudice,  and  will  build  up  and  maintain  business  and 
social  intercourse;  therefore  be  it 

Bcsolvcd,  That  the  Grand  Lodge  of  California  recognizes  the  Gran 
Dieta  Symbolica  de  los  Estados  Unidos  Mexicanos  as  the  only  existing 
regular  symbolic  Masonic  Grand  Lodge  of  the  Republic  of  Mexico, 
and  as  a  just  and  legally  formed  grand  lodge,  and  cordially  accepts 
its  proposal  for  the  establishment  of  friendly  relations  and  an  inter- 
change of  representatives. 

The  italics  are  ours  and  indicate  that  before  the  facts  which  the 
committee  thought  they  were  stating  got  into  their  hands,  they  had 
been  exposed  to  the   "atmosphere   of   duplicity"  which    has    struck 


MASONIC  CORRESPONDENCE.  173 


many  distinfjuished  and  distinterested  observers  as  beinsr  character- 
istic of  the  gran  dieta  s3'mbolica  and  its  propaganda.  Neither  New 
Hampshire,  Oregon,  nor  Virginia  has  recognized  the  Mexican  grand 
diet,  nor  are  there  any  present  symptoms  to  indicate  that  the  two 
latter  are  likely  ever  to  recognize  it.  We  have  from  time  to  time 
called  attention  to  the  signs  that  New  Hampshire  would  swing  to  the 
side  of  recognition  should  the  grand  diet  last  long  enough, .but  as  yet 
those  who  hope  for  such  a  result  have  been  content  to  pave  the  way 
for  it. 

The  statement  that  ''it  also  appears  that  assurance  of  fraternal 
recognition  from  fifteen  other  states  of  the  American  union,"  either 
illustrates  the  characteristic  mendacity  of  the  parties  who  supply 
the  alleged  facts  upon  which  committees  are  expected  to  recommend 
recognition,  or  it  points  unmistakably  to  the  underground  currents 
to  which  we  have  alluded.  Similarly,  someone,  or  some  combination 
seems  to  have  kept  from  the  California  committee  the  circular  let- 
ters addressed  to,  and  probably  to  be  found  in  the  archives  of,  all  the 
other  grand  lodges  in  the  United  States,  by  the  grand  lodge  at  Vera 
Cruz  and  the  "Grand  Lodge  of  the  Federal  District  of  Mexico,"  the 
latter  of  whicli  they  especialh'  mention  as  "defunct." 

Whether  this  is  the  same  body  which  the  Grand  Lodge  of  Califor- 
nia recognized  in  1883,  we  will  not,  in  view  of  the  rapid  transforma- 
tions of  the  impersonators  in  the  Mexican  show,  undertake  to  say; 
but  that  it  has  been  quite  alive  for  the  last  three  and  one-half  years 
is  manifest  from  the  fact  that  in  March,  1896,  it  received  the  "adhe- 
sion" of  President  Diaz,  after  he  had  resigned  the  grand  mastership 
of  the  Gran  Dieta  S\^mbolica,  as  may  be  seen  from  his  letter,  published 
under  "New  York"  in  the  second  topic  of  this  report,  headed,  "As 
Others  See  Us." 

The  statistics  given  by  the  committee  are  significant  in  more 
senses  than  one.  They  state  that  at  the  time  of  the  first  application 
to  California  for  recognition,  the  grand  diet  had  under  its  obedience 
seventeen  grand  and  three  hundred  and  twenty-seven  subordinate 
lodges.  At  the  date  of  recognition  the  number  of  lodges  is  given  as 
two  hundred  and  forty-six,  a  shrinkage  of  at  least — for  the  figures  are 
presumably  Mexican — eighty-one,  while  the  shrinkage  in  grand  lodges 
is  not  given. 

In  the  last  line  of  their  report  the  committee  assign  as  one  of  the 
beneficent  results  of  recognition,  that  it  "will  build  up  and  maintain 
business  and  social  intercourse." 

Here,  wittingly  or  unvvittinglj',  we  have  flashed  upon  us  for  a 
moment  -one  of  the  usually  unconfessed  factors  in  the  missionary 
zeal,  which,  to  almost  universal  surprise,  has  in  some  quarters  been 


174  APPENDIX — PART   I. 


SO  swift  to  urge  unasked-for  recognition  of  the  Mexican  grand  diet, 
and  whicti  has  wrought  such  magical  changes  of  front  as  to  the  lawful- 
ness of  the  origin  and  administration  of  the  alleged  Masonry  which 
gave  birth  to  that  anomalous  body.  The  reflected  influence  of  social 
entanglements  has  long  been  recognized  as  potent  in  some  quarters; 
but  if  the  commercial  side  has  been  as  clearly  seen  it  has  not  been  so 
plainly  alluded  to,  even  by  those  who,  forgetful  of  the  warning  of  the 
fathers  that  Masonry  has  never  benefited  by  politics  and  never  will, 
have  openly  urged  the  greatness  of  our  opportunity  to  elevate  by  Ma- 
sonic contact  the  politcal  condition  of  our  neighbors  across  the 
southern  border. 

We  referred  last  year  to  the  disintegration  and  probably  immi- 
nent collapse  of  the  gran  dieta;  our  next  selection  furnishes  addi- 
tional testimony — which  time  may  or  may  not  prove  to  be  evidence — 
going  to  show  that  the  California  action  has  barely  if  at  all  escaped 
being  2l  post  inortonTecognition, 

Connecticut. — Correspondence  committee  (Past  Grand  Master 
John  H.  Barlow): 

The  situation  of  Masonry  in  this  republic  [Mexico]  is  not  materi- 
ally different  from  one  year  ago — that  is,  somewhat  chaotic;  we  have  . 
before  us  a  communication  from  the  United  Grand  Lodge  of  Mexico 
with  its  headquarters  at  Vera  Cruz,  which  claims  to  have  been 
founded  by  the  Supreme  Council  of  Charleston,  in  1860,  and  which 
makes  the  following  declarations: 

The  so-called  symbolic  grand  dieta,  together  with  another  group 
equally  irregular,  is  rapidly  going  down  under  the  weights  of  its 
errors,  of  its  illegitimacy,  its  want  of  fraternal  spirit,  and  of  its  many 
and  grave  faults. 

In  the  opinion  of  the  United  Grand  Lodge  of  Mexico  it  is  not  in- 
dispensable to  prepare  a  magnificent  funeral  for  irregular  Masonry 
by  means  of  a  Masonic  congress.  It  is  sufficient  to  prove  by  practical 
facts  that  the  irregular  bodies  have  but  one  thing  to  do,  either  to 
give  in  or  disappear. 

To  this  end  all  measures  recommended  or  ordered  by  the  United 
Grand  Lodge  of  Mexico  will  lead  to  this  result  having,  as  it  has,  the 
certainty  that  sooner  or  later  its  efforts  will  be  crowned  with  the 
greatest  success,  and  that  in  union  with  the  other  symbolic  powers  of 
Mexico  constituted  and  recognized  by  it.  the  United  Grand  Lodge  of 
Mexico  will  give  to  Masonry  in  the  republic  the  peace  and  harmony 
that  are  indispensable  for  Masonic  work  to  be  efficacious  and  prosper- 
ous and  in  a  position  to  attain  to  the  triumph  of  truth  and  the  pro- 
gress of  humanity. 

Therefore,  in  accordance  with  the  resolution  of  the  high  assem- 
bly, and  by  virtue  of  the  executive  power  of  the  United  Grand  Lodge 
of  Mexico  and  of  Free  and  Accepted  Masons, 


MASONIC   CORRESPONDENCE.  175 


I   MANIFEST,  PROCLAIM   AND  DECLARE  THAT: 

1.  The  United  Grand  Lodg^e  of  Mexico  and  of  Free  and  Accepted 
Masons  exercises  legitimate,  reijular,  and  sovereign  jurisdiction  over 
the  whole  territory  of  the  republic,  including  the  adjacent  islands  to 
both  the  Atlantic  and  Pacific  coasts  with  the  exception  of  the  federal 
district,  and  the  states  of  Chihuahua,  Coaheila,  Tabasco,  San  Luis 
Potosi,  and  Puebla,  where  grand  lodges  already  exist,  to  whom  au- 
thority as  sovereign  powers  has  been  ceded  within  their  state  bound- 
aries over  all  symbolic  lodges. 

2.  The  right  is  reserved  to  cede  the  territory  of  the  remaining 
states  to  regular  grand  lodges  as  they  may  be  established. 

3.  All  Apprentices,  Fellow-crafts,  and  Master  Masons  who  have 
received  their  degrees  in  a  lodge  Masonically  constituted,  have  the 
right  to  apply  for  affiliation  in  symbolic  lodges  depending  on  this 
grand  lodge. 

4.  The  supreme  council  of  the  Ancient  and  Accepted  Scottish 
Rite  for  the  jurisdiction  of  the  Mexican  Republic,  is  invited  to  cele- 
brate treaties  of  friendship  and  alliance  with  this  grand  lodge  and 
with  other  grand  lodges  regularly  established  in  the  states  and  fed- 
eral district. 

5.  The  supreme  council  is  at  the  same  time  requested  in  view  of 
the  relations  maintained  with  this  grand  lodge  to  order  that  no  mem- 
ber of  the  various  chapters  of  that  high  body  may  be  affiliated  with 
a  S3-mbolic  lodge  that  does  pertain  to  the  United  Grand  Lodge  of 
Mexico  or  to  one  of  the  grand  lodges  to  whom  territorial  rights  have 
been  ceded. 

6.  The  United  Grand  Lodge  of  Mexico  and  of  Free  and  Accepted 
Masons  respectfully  requests  of  the  sovereign  grand  lodges  and  grand 
orients,  and  supreme  bodies  constituted  in  both  hemispheres  and  par- 
ticularly the  grand  lodges  and  supreme  councils  of  the  United  States 
of  America,  as  well  as  the  grand  lodges  of  this  country,  that  thej^  will 
lend  fraternal  assistance  and  help  to  the  end  that  the  Supreme  Scot- 
tish Council  of  Mexico  shall  impede  their  members  and  those  of  the 
chapter  of  their  jurisdiction  from  remaining  affiliated  with  irregular 
symbolic  lodges  and  continuing  to  create,  foment,  and  propagate 
schism  among  symbolic  Masonry. 

With  brotherly  greeting. 

Given  in  the  Masonic  temple  of  the  valley  of  Vera  Cruz  on  the 
fourth  day  of  July,  one  thousand  eight  hundred  and  ninety-eight. 

There  is  also  another  grand  body  called  the  grand  lodge  of  the 
federal  district,  and  the  gran  dieta  symbolica,  each  claiming  juris- 
dictions over  the  same  territory.  We  can  only  repeat  what  we  said 
one  year  ago — that  in  our  opinion  the  time  has  not  come  for  the  rec- 
ognition of  any  of  the  conflicting  bodies  by  the  grand  lodges  of  the 
United  States. 

The  coveted  treaty  with  the  Supreme  Council  of  Mexico  has  since 
been  secured. 


176  APPENDIX — PART   I. 


Georgia.— Grand  Master  Taylor: 

In  compliance  with  a  resolution,  passed  by  the  grand  lodg'e  at  its 
last  session,  relative  to  Mexican  Masonry,  1  appointed  Bro.  Julius  L. 
Brown  to  investigate  Masonry  as  it  exists  in  the  republic  of  Mexico, 
who,  after  careful  and  thorough  investigation,  reports  that  he  finds 
the  "Grand  Dieta  Symbolica"  of  Mexico,  in  full  accord  with  our  grand 
lodge  in  all  of  its  teachings  and  usages.  T,  therefore,  in  accordance 
with  the  provisions  of  the  resolutions  of  the  grand  lodge  issued,  and 
had  promulgated,  the  following  order: 

After  reproducing  his  order  of  June  20,  1898,  extending  recogni- 
tion to  the  grand  diet  and  nominating  W.Bro.  Julius  L.  Brown  as  its 
representative  near  the  Grand  Lodge  of  Georgia,  he  continues: 

I  was  somewhat  surprised  to  find  some  very  severe  criticisms  of 
my  actions  by  the  American  Tyler,  a  paper  purporting  to  be  a  Masonic 
periodical,  which  proceeded  to  read  the  grand  master  of  Georgia  a 
very  severe  lecture  for  his  want  of  knowledge  to  decide  between  right 
and  wrong  relative  to  Masonic  recognition,  and  based  his  argument 
upon  the  testimony  of  a  man  who  has  been  expelled  from  all  the  Ma- 
sonic bodies  of  which  he  was  a  member,  for  unworthiness,  and  the  pre- 
sumption that  Georgia  should  not  recognize  any  grand  jurisdiction 
until  the  rest  of  the  world  had  done  so.  If  the  Grand  Lodge  of  Georgia 
should  take  the  initiative  step  in  doing  justice  to  any  body  of  Masons 
who  are  regular  and  in  conformity  to  the  ancient  landmarks,  she  but 
does  her  dutj^  and  believes  that  the  thousands  of  loyal  Masons  within 
her  borders  will  endorse  her  action.  Brethren,  I,  as  your  servant,  am 
responsible  to  you,  the  great  Brotherhood,  and  to  my  Master  for  my 
actions,  and  believe  you  will  endorse  them  in  the  present  case. 

The  ''Grand  Dieta  Symbolica"  of  Mexico  is  striving  to  maintain 
the  ancient  landmarks  of  the  Order  by  correcting  all  irregularities 
formerly  existing  with  Masonry  in  our  sister  republic  and  to  build  up 
a  grand  lodge  as  pure  as  any,  and  knocks  at  our  doors  for  recognition 
and  sympathy.  Bro.  Julius  L.  Brown,  who,  as  a  man,  is  the  soul  of 
honor,  as  a  Mason,  true  and  tried,  with  intelligence,  zeal,  and  devo- 
tion equal  to  that  of  any  Mason  in  our  jurisdiction,  has  patiently 
and  thoroughly  investigated  the  claims  for  recognition  by  the  Grand 
Dieta  Symbolica  of  Mexico,  and  reports  perfect  accord.  Shall  we 
turn  our  backs  to  her,  shut  our  doors  upon  her. withhold  our  sympathy 
and  support  because  of  an  effort  to  traduce  her  good  name  by  some 
designing  parties  unworthy  of  confidence"?  No,  a  thousand  times  no. 
The  Masons  of  Georgia  are  too  noble  and  true  to  their  allegiance  to 
turn  from  a  brother  crying  for  love  and  sympathy. 

Preambles  and  a  resolution,  of  which  the  following  is  the  essen- 
tial portion,  reported  by  Past  Grand  Master  Shannon,  were  unani- 
mously adopted: 

And  whereas,  The  action  of  Grand  Master  Taylor  was  author- 
ized by  this  grand  lodge,  and  his  recognition  of  the  grand  dieta  S3'm- 
bolica  is  in  accord  with  what  many  other  grand  bodies  have  done,  and 
is  proper  in  the  judgment  of  such  distinguished  authority  on  Mexican 
Masonry  as  Theodore  S.  Parvin,  of  Iowa;  therefore  be  it 

Resolved,  That  the  recognition  of  the  Grand  Dieta  Symbolica  of 
Mexico  by  Grand  Master  Taylor  is  by  this  grand  lodge  fully  endorsed 


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and  approved,  and  the  attack  upon  him  by  the  American  Tyler  we  re- 
gard as  unjust  and  unwarranted. 

The  following  from  the  committee  on  general  welfare,  and 
adopted,  does  not  strictly  come  within  our  present  topic,  but  is  so 
closely  allied  to  it,  from  our  standpoint,  that  we  copy  it: 

Your  committee  approved  the  report  of  the  grand  secretary  ad- 
verse to  the  recognition  of  the  Grand  Lodge,  or  Orient  of  Portugal. 
In  the  language  of  Brother  Ramsay,  it  is  more  "rotten"  than  the 
Grand  Orient  of  France,  and  "may  the  Lord  have  mercy  on  their 
souls." 

Idaho. — No  action  was  taken  on  the  following — from  the  report  of 
Grand  Secretary  Randall— but  it  is  of  interest  as  showing  that  the 
English  speaking  Masons  are  becoming  hopeless  of  any  escape  from 
the  difficulties  and  irregularities  of  their  Mexican  environment  with- 
out outside  help,  and  as  lending  weight  to  the  suggestions  of  Brother 
Ruckle: 

Ou  April  6,  1898,  I  received  a  circular  letter  from  a  "Committee 
of  Masons,"  residing  in  Monterey,  Mexico,  asking  for  information  in 
regard  to  "the  stand  the  Grand  Lodge  of  Idaho  takes,  or  is  about  to 
take,  in  regard  to  Mexican  Masonry,"  and  stating  that  a  copy  of  the 
Monterey  Globe,  with  full  details  of  the  meeting  by  which  the  commit- 
tee had  authority  to  act,  was  also  mailed.  I  deferred  answering  the 
communication  until  the  newspaper  wa-s  received,  which  was  about 
four  days  later.  From  the  report  of  said  meeting,  it  appears  that  the 
English  speaking  Masons  of  Monterey  were  trying  to  organize  and 
form  an  English  speaking  Blue  Lodge  in  Monterey.  The  communica- 
tion comes  direct  from  the  committee  appointed  by  a  meeting  of 
Master  Masons,  gathered  together  to  consult  on  the  feasibility  of 
forming  a  Blue  Lodge,  consequently  the  letter  was  not  from  an  offi- 
cial Masonic  body  recognized  by  this  grand  lodge.  I  answered  the 
communication  by  sending  the  committee  a  copy  of  our  printed  pro- 
ceedings for  1897,  and  writing  them,  referring  to  the  pages  contain- 
ing the  report  of  the  special  committee  appointed  by  this  grand 
lodge.  The  circular  letter,  also  Monterey  Globe,  are  herewith  sub- 
mitted for  your  consideration. 

Indiana.— M.  W.  Bro.  Nicholas  R.  Ruckle: 

The  supreme  council  of  the  Ancient  and  Accepted  Scottish  Rite 
of  Mexico  issued  a  balustre,  under  the  date  of  April  20,  1898,  stating 
that  the  supreme  council  of  Mexico  proposes  to  lend  its  fraternal  aid 
in  order  to  see  if  it  is  possible,  with  the  co-operation  of  American  Ma- 
sonry,to  "unite  the  symbol  and  cause  it  be  respected,"  and  resolved 
upon  the  five  following  propositions: 

First,  To  inform  the  various  Masonic  bodies  that  in  the  whole  na- 
tional territory  of  Mexico  the  legal  action  of  the  same  is  in  dispute, 
and  the  supreme  council  of  Mexico  desires  that  they  may  all  unite  in 
a  Masonic  convention  with  the  grand  lodges  which  exist  in  the  United 
States  (of  Mexico),  in  order  that  they  may  come  to  an  agreement  and 
decide  on  the  foundation  of  one  or  more  grand  lodges  which  may  oc- 
cupy the  territory  and  direct  symbolism  in  the  whole  Mexican  republic. 

Second,  To  communicate  these  resolutions  to  the  supreme  council 
for  the  southern  and  northern  jurisdictions  of  the  United  States  and 
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178  APPENDIX — PART   I. 


to  all  grand  lodgfes  existing  there,  for  their  fraternal  action,  if  they 
approve. 

Third,  To  make  it  known  to  the  supreme  councils  and  the  grand 
lodges  of  our  republic  that  the  supreme  council  of  Mexico  is  ready  to 
lend  its  moral  support  to  the  convention,  without  attempting  to  im- 
pair in  the  slightest  degree  the  independence  of  symbolism  decreed 
by  it  May  27,  1883,  by  its  bulletin  No.  32. 

Fourth,  To  communicate  these  resolutions  to  all  Masonic  bodies 
in  the  jurisdiction,  that  is  in  the  republic  of  Mexico,  that  they  may 
lend  their  moral  assistance  to  the  consolidation  of  symbolic  Masonry 
throughout  the  national  territory  of  Mexico. 

Fifth,  To  provide  for  the  appointment  of  an  executive  commission 
to  endeavor  to  accomplish  the  purposes  indicated  in  the  resolutions, 
to-wit:  the  consolidation  of  Masonry  in  Mexico  by  fraternal  means. 

This  is  of  course  a  confession  on  the  part  of  the  supreme  council 
of  Mexico  of  the  failure  of  its  general  grand  lodge,  or  grand  diet  plan 
for  securing  domestic  harmony  among,  and  foreign  recognition  for 
a  government  created  by,  its  so-called  lodges,  inevitable  after  they 
had  been  discredited  by  practices  which  originated  while  they  were 
under  its  avowed  and  recognized  control.  It  has,  therefore,  entered 
into  a  '  'treaty"  with  the  "United  Grand  Lodge  of  Mexico,"  having  its 
seat  at  Vera  Cruz,  by  which  the  same  end  is  sought  to  be  reached  by 
recognizing  or  creating  a  grand  lodge  in  each  of  the  states  of  the  re- 
public. This  conclusion  has  been  reached  and  the  experiment  entered 
upon  since  the  date  of  the  five  propositions  published  in  the  Indiana 
report. 

Brother  Ruckle  evidently  sees  the  impossibility  of  securing  any- 
thing like  general  consent  among  American  grand  lodges  to  a  plan 
which  includes  that  supreme  council — or,  indeed,  any  supreme  coun- 
cil— either  in  the  initiative  or  the  referendum,  and  therefore  after 
considering  the  obstacles  which  stand  in  the  way  of  general  recogni- 
tion proposes  a  more  practicable  and  perhaps  a  possible  plan  so  far 
as  the  assent  of  unquestioned  Masonry  is  concerned.     He  says: 

The  obstacles  in  the  way  of  a  general  recognition  are  the  origin 
of  the  lodges,  with  few  exceptions,  from  Scottish  Rite  Supreme  Coun- 
cils; violations  of  the  fundamental  law  by  making  women  Masons, 
either  in  particular  lodges,  or  in  woman's  lodges,  and  the  substitution 
of  the  Book  of  Constitutions  on  the  Altar  of  Obligation  for  the  Bible; 
and  the  objections  to  the  general  grand  lodge  sj^stem  by  which  the 
gran  dieta  is  governed. 

The  first-named  objection  is  not  held  insuperable  bj^  all  our  grand 
lodges,  though  there  is  strong  insistence  that  this  obstacle  is  insur- 
mountable; the  third  objection,  in  our  opinion,  is  not  of  vital  import- 
ance. To  us  it  seems  that  those  Masons  obligated  on  altars  not 
consecrated  by  the  presence  of  the  Holy  Bible  should  not  be  recog- 
nized, nor  are  those  made  in  the  lodges  where  women  were  made  Ma- 
sons entitled  to  recognition;  the  passage  of  the  edict  stopping  these 


MASONIC   CORRESPONDENCE.  179 


evils  and  abuses  cannot  be  regarded  as  clearing  up  the  standing  of 
those  made  under  the  statutes  which  licensed  the  violations  of  the 
fundamental  laws  of  Masonry. 

The  recognition  of  Mexican  Freemasonry  by  American  grand 
lodges  will  be  of  incalculable  benefit  to  that  country  and  to  the  fra- 
ternity in  that  country.  And  no  little  advantage  will  accrue  to  the 
United  States  from  such  recognition. 

*******  -f:-  *  * 

Can  a  full  and  complete  recognition  be  secured  without  a  thor- 
ough reorganization  of  the  Mexican  system?  Can  an  agreement  be 
arrived  at  between  the  gran  dieta  or  other  Mexican  governing  Ma- 
sonic authority  and  some  representative  grand  lodge  of  the  United 
States,  by  which  the  question  of  origin  can  be  settled  be5'ond  doubt, 
the  Masonic  legitimacy  of  lodges  and  members  of  lodges  ascertained, 
regulations  of  undoubted  Masonic  authenticity  established  in  accord- 
ance with  the  landmarks  and  the  obligations,  and  a  form  of  govern- 
ment agreed  upon  which  all  may  approve? 

The  Grand  Lodge  of  Texas  has  been  the  premier  advocate  of 
Mexican  Masonic  recognition,  and  is  conservative  as  well  as  sympa- 
thetic. No  body  is  better  entitled  to  represent  the  grand  lodges  of 
the  United  States.  If  there  are  no  particular  lodges  in  Mexico  of 
such  undoubted  origin  as  to  please  the  most  exacting,  let  some  one  or 
more  of  the  lodges  which  contain  the  greatest  numbers  of  Masons 
made  in  the  United  States,  by  agreement  with  the  Mexican  Masonic 
authority,  surrender  it  charter,  and  take  a  new  charter  from  the 
Grand  Lodge  of  Texas,  in  the  name  of  those  members  who  are  indis- 
putably regular  Masons.  Let  those  who  may  be  irregular  or  clandes- 
tine, according  to  the  most  strict  construction,  be  healed  or  remade, 
as  the  circumstances  may  require  in  such  case.  When  enough  lodges 
have,  been  thus  recreated,  take  steps  to  organize  a  grand  lodge,  with 
constitutions  and  regulations  conformable  to  those  of  the  grand  lodges 
of  the  United  States,  thus  settling  in  advance  all  olDJections  to  form 
of  government.  Dispensations  and  charters  ma}'  then  be  issued  by 
the  new  grand  lodge  to  regular  petitioners.  Those  members  of  old 
lodges  who  may  for  any  reason  be  deemed  to  be  irregularly  or  clan- 
destinely made  may,  upon  petition,  be  healed  or  remade  in  order  to 
qualify  themselves  as  petitioners  for  warrants.  By  this  means  the 
regularity  of  all  would  be  assured,  and  the  smell  of  the  smoke  not  be 
left  upon  anyone. 

The  rulers  of  the  gran  dieta  must  be  convinced  of  the  aijsolute 
good  faith  of  all  concerned,  and  that  the  amended  administration 
would  be  restored  to  those  of  Mexican  nationality  or  selection. 

If  such  general  agreement  can  be  secured,  no  trivial  objection  to 
details  ought  to  be  permitted  to  stand  in  the  way  of  the  accomplish- 
ment of  this  purpose. 

This  plan  will  further  require  that  the  Supreme  Council  of  Mex- 
ico exclude  from  its  bodies  all  who  do  not  enroll  themselves  in  the 
lodges  thus  reorganized. 

Iowa. — Bro.  J.  C.  W.  COXE  (reviewing  California): 

In  previous  reports  we  have  had  somewhat  to  sa}'  concerning  the 
gran  dieta.     We  do  not  now  propose  to  reopen  the  discussion  of  that 


180  APPENDIX — PART  I. 


matter,  save  upon  one  point  only.  We  have  heretofore  said  that 
nothing-  had  come  to  our  knowledge  which  was  calculated  to  modify 
our  previously  expressed  judgment  as  to  the  wisdom  of  delaying  rec- 
ognition, but  that,  on  the  contrary,  the  new  evidence  all  bore  in  favor 
of  the  policy  which  we  advocated.  We  wish  here  to  record  our  un- 
changed judgment  as  to  the  situation.  There  has  been,  from  the  be- 
ginning, a  lamentable  want  of  straightforward  manliness  on  the  part 
of  responsible  officials  of  the  gran  dieta,  and  the  substitution  there- 
for of  characteristic  Spanish  intrigue  and  duplicity.  "The  Cretians 
are  always  liars,"  quoted  Paul  in  his  letter  to  Titus.  We  might  sub- 
stitue  another  word  for  "Cretians"  and  appropriately  use  the  same 
quotation.  The  expedients  resorted  to  in  order  to  secure  recognition 
rival  Bret  Harte's  Heathen  Chinee  "for  ways  that  are  dark  and  for 
tricks  that  are  vain." 


We  have  such  an  "official"  document  before  us,  bearing  date  No- 
vember 30,  1898.  It  is  addressed  to  tlie  Grand  Master  of  Michigan, 
and  officially  asks  recognition  for  the  gran  dieta.  It  is  "signed  by 
all  the  grand  officers,"  and  hence  (presumabl}')  we  know  who  these 
are.  We  have  been  told  repeatedly  that  President  Diaz  was  the 
grand  master  of  the  gran  dieta,  and  his  name  has  been  persistently 
paraded  to  influence  sentiment  in  favor  of  recognition.  This  "offi- 
cial" document  is  signed  by  "tlie  grand  master,  M.  Levi,"  and  is  certi- 
fied by  "the  grand  secretary,  Ermilo  G.Canton."  It  is  undoubtedly 
authentic.  This  "official"  utterance  gives  the  number  of  American 
lodges  under  the  gran  dieta  as  seven.  "You  pays  your  money  and 
you  takes  your  choice"  between  the  seventeen  of  the  California  report, 
the  Jive  of  Brother  Parvin's  report,  or  the  seven  of  this  "official"  de- 
liverance. 

This  document  throws  a  strong  side-light  on  the  misinformation 
given  to  the  California  committee,  and  suggests  (we  refrain  from 
using  a  stronger  word)  the  source  from  whence  that  misinformation 
as  to  the  recognizing  grand  lodges  came.  In  this  letter,  over  the  sig- 
nature of  the  grand  secretar}^  the  jurisdictions  of  New  Hampshire, 
Virginia,  and  Canada,  are  named  as  having  extended  recognition: 
when,  in  fact,  recognition  had  been  extended  by  neither.  In  this  in- 
stance, the  hand  of  Esau  and  the  voice  of  Jacob  own  a  common  par- 
entage; the  misrepresentation  came  directly  (as  we  are  persuaded  in 
most  instances  it  has)  from  the  real  head  of  the  gran  dieta.  The 
junta  has  been  but  an  echo  to  his  voice. 

Kentucky.— Past  Grand  Master  Clark: 

We  have  quoted  fully  and  copiously  the  views  of  others  who  have 
given  this  vexed  que.-tion  closer  study  than  we  have  been  able  to  give 
it,  and  now,  from  the  record  as  made  up,  socne  serious  questions  arise. 
We  might  be  willing'to  waive  the  question  of  the  origin  of  Mexican 
Masonry.  We  are  of  those  who  believe  that  in  territory  not  subject 
to  grar^d  lodge  jurisdiction  the  requisite  number  of  Masons  can  ase 
semble  and  make  Masons,  not  because  of  any  authority  conferred  by- 
a  Scottish  Rite  body,  but  because  of  the  inalienable  right  of  Masons  to 
make  Masons.  If,  when  they  assembled,  they  were  in  possession  of 
authority  from  a  Scottish  Rite  body  it  would  confer  no  power  on  them 
to  make  Masons,  but  for  reason  stated,  their  acts  would  nevertheless 
be  regular  and  valid,  and  Masons  so  made  would  be  legally  and  regu- 


MASONIC   CORRESPONDENCE.  181 


larly  made.  The  act  beingf  leocal  where  done  would  be  legfal  every- 
where, and  being  Masons  they  would  have  the  right  to  organize 
themselves  into  lodges  and  these  into  a  grand  lodge. 

But  these  Masons,  regularly  and  legally  made,  admit  having  vio- 
lated a  universal  and  unrepealable  law  of  the  order  in  two  particu- 
lars, at  least.  Thev  have  excluded  the  Bible,  one  of  the  great  lights, 
from  their  lodges,  and  they  have  made  women  Masons.  Why  is  the 
gran  dicta  so  hasty  in  retracing  its  steps"?  Is  it  because  of  convictions 
of  wrong-doing,  or  is  it  to  secure  Masonic  recognition?  If  the  latter 
the  motive  is  unworthy  and  proclaims  it  unworthy  of  recognition.  If 
the  first,  we  might  well  hesitate  until  convinced  of  its  sincerit3^  A 
body  that  would  deliberately  attempt  an  innovation  on  the  body  of 
Masonry,  at  least  raises  against  itself  a  suspicion  that  should  be 
effectually  removed  before  it  should  be  admitted  into  Masonic  fellow- 
ship. Several  of  the  grand  lodges  of  the  United  States  have  recog- 
nized the  gran  dieta  symbolica.  What  course  would  either  of  them 
pursue  with  a  subordinate  lodge  guilty  of  either  of  the  things  ad- 
mittedly true  of  the  gran  dieta?  Would  not  its  charter  be  arrested 
and  annulled,  and  those  participating  in  the  offenses  expelled:  and 
would  expressions  of  regret  and  promises  of  future  good  behavior, 
suffice  to  restore  the  one  to  membership  in  the  order,  or  for  the  res- 
toration of:the  forfeited  charter?  We  think  not;  then  where  lies  the 
difference?  It  appears  to  us  that  the  subordinate  lodge  would  be  the 
least  blameworthy  of  the  two.  They  are  frequently  composed  of  men 
who  are  unlettered.  But  the  grand  lodge  is  composed  of  those,  or, 
at  least,  at  its  head  are  those,  who  know  or  ought  to  know,  and  whose 
duty  it  is  to  guide,  and  in  whom  ignorance  instead  of  palliating  ag- 
gravates the  wrong. 

We  are  candid  enough  to  admit  that  the  suggestion  that  progress 
in  civilization  and  in  morals,  and  antagonism  to  papal  domination  in 
Mexico  are  inseparably  associated  with  the  gan  dieta.  has  caused  us 
to  hesitate  in  oli'ering  opposition  to  its  recognition.  To  the  accom- 
plishment of  these  ends  the  order  ought  to  lend  itself,  certainlv  it 
should  not  become  an  obsticle  thereto,  nor  will  it.  Let  the  gran  dieta 
meet  these  questions  fairly  and  fearlessly,  and  it  will  best  show  itself 
worthy  of  recognition. 

But  there  is  one  other  matter  which,  to  our  surprise,  has  not  been 
urged  by  those  opposing  recognition,  nor,  apparently  noticed  by  those 
advocating  it.  It  is,  we  think,  universally  admitted  that  a  lodge  can- 
not be  opened  in  the  absence  of  the  great  lights.  Or,  to  express  the 
fact  in  another  way,  unless  the  great  lights  are  displayed,  whatever 
may  have  been  the  ceremony  used,  and  regardless  of  the  character  of 
those  present,  there  is  there  no  Masonic  lodge.  Now,  during  the 
time  the  Bible,  one  of  the  great  lights, was  excluded  from  the  lodges  in 
Mexico,  there  were,  doubtless,  many  who  were  made  acquainted  with 
the  Masonic  ceremonies,  and  are  now  considered  as  Masons  and  mem- 
bers of  lodges,  but  will  any,  the  least  informed,  contend  that  these 
men  are  Masons?  It  is  impossible  that  they  could  be.  No  lodge  was 
in  session,  and,  in  the  absence  of  the  great  lights,  no  lodge  could  have 
been  in  session  when  the  ceremonies  were  being  performed,  hence 
they  are  not  Masons  in  any  sense.  In  the  first  place,  how  are  these 
to  be  discovered,  and,  in  the  next,  how  are  they  to  be  dealt  with  when 
discovered?  They  were  not  merely  irregularly  made  and  subject  to  be- 
ing healed.    They  were  never  made  Masons  at  all.    What  the  number 


182  APPENDIX — PART  I. 


of  such  is  we  do  not  know,  but  this  pertinent  question  is  sugg'ested: 
Will  grand  lodges  recognize  the  gran  dieta  and  thereby  recognize  as 
Masons  among  those  who  have  been  regularly  made,  doubtless,  a  con- 
siderable body  of  men  who  are  not  Masons  and  who  have  no  right 
whatever  to  be  present  within  a  tiled  lodge?  And.  not  only  so,  but 
by  the  act  of  recognition  extend  an  invitation  to  visit  regular  lodges 
to  men  who  cannot  truthfulh'  take  the  test  oath.  This,  we  think,  is 
a  serious  obstacle  to  recognition  of  the  gran  dieta  symbolica. 

Maine. — Past  Grand  Master  Drummond,  whose  apparent  attitude 
is  that  of  one  who  is  rather  more  than  willing  that  other  grand  lodges 
should  recognize  the  gran  dieta  but  is  not  yet  sure  enough  that  his 
own  grand  lodge  would  escape  burned  fingers  if  it  recognized  it,  to  ad" 
vise  such  a  course,  says  in  reviewing  Missouri. 

In  his  review  of  Iowa,  he  discusses  Mexican  Masonry  to  quite  an 
extent.  He  makes  a  point  that  the  gran  dieta  is  a  national  body  and 
we  should  not  recognize  it  for  that  reason.  We  have  already  stated 
that  we  do  not  agree  wtih  him;  we  recognize  the  Grand  Lodge  of  Eng- 
land, in  which  the  same  sj'stem  practically  prevails,  except  so  far  as 
names  go,  and  we  believe  that  that  system  is  much  better  adapted  for 
a  country  like  Mexico  than  the  system  in  the  United  States. 

The  Masonic  jurisdiction  of  each  one  of  these  grand  lodges  in 
Mextco  is  so  small,  that  we  deem  it  a  lowering  of  the  grand  lodge  sys- 
tem to  have  an  independent  sovereign  grand  lodge  in  each  one  of  the 
states;  it  would  be  a  good  deal  like  having  a  grand  lodge  in  each  one 
of  the  counties  in  Missouri. 

We  have  noticed  elsewhere  that  this  question  has  been  raised  and 
we  have  given  it  much  thought;  and  would  much  rather  recognize  a 
body  having  jurisdiction  over  all  the  states,  acting  through  subordi- 
nate grand  lodges,  than  to  recognize  the  separate  grand  lodges.  In 
fact  there  are  not  more  than  three  of  the  states  in  Mexico  in  which 
we  would  be  willing  to  recognize  a  grand  lodge  for  these  reasons:  and 
even  we  doubt  if  more  than  one  of  them  have  really  Masonic  material 
enough  to  support  a  grand  lodge,  and  yet  we  would  not  deny  them 
Masonic  privileges,  and  we  see  no  better  way  than  to  have  a  general 
head  for  them  all,  and  that  the  state  grand  lodges  should  really  be 
like  the  provincial  grand  lodges  in  England. 

It  will  be  seen  by  the  following  letter  relative  to  the  English  sit- 
uation that  it  is  very  essentially  different  from  that  which  exists 
where  a  number  of  independent  grand  lodges,  occupying  autonomous 
territories,  unite  to  form  a  general  grand  lodge.  In  England  the 
provincial  grand  lodge  is  the  creature  of  the  grand  master,  and  holds 
its  tenure  at  his  pleasure,  with  the  reservation  that  if  the  number  of 
its  lodges  decreases  to  less  than  three  it  ceases  to  be,  and  the  com- 
mission of  the  provincial  grand  master  lapses  with  its  demise. 

The  writer  of  the  letter  is  well  known  as  one  of  the  best  informed 
Masons  in  England.  We  withhold  his  name  because,  while  the  letter 
is  not  marked  private,  its  style  conveys  to  us  the  impression  that  he 
had  no  thought  of  its  being  printed.' 


MASONIC   CORRESPONDENCE.  183 

August  23,  1898. 
Dear  Sir  and  M.W.  Brother: — I  have  your  inquiry  of  tlie  12th. 
It  would  appear  that  you  are  far  from  being  so  correctly  informed 
OS  usual,  re  our  provincial  grand  masters. 

Cases  have  been  known  in  our  very  early  history,  say  1725  circa, 
when  provincial  grand  masters  have  been  ai)pointed  without  a  single 
lodge  existing  in  the  province.  The  idea  probably  was  that  the  pro- 
vincial grand  master  would  set  to  work  and  erect  lodges.  But  all 
this  is  a  thing  of  the  past  for  over  150  years. 

The  origin  of  a  provincial  or  district  grand  lodge  is  invariably  as 
follows:  You  understand  probably  that  the  two  bodies  are  identical, 
only  we  apply  the  term  province  to  a  county  or  part  of  England,  and 
district  to  a  part  or  whole  of  a  colony.  Scotland  and  Ireland  use  the 
term  provincial  for  both  home  and  abroad,  just  as  we  used  to  do,  in 
the  old  days  when  the  United  States  of  America  were  also  colonies. 

Three  or  more  lodges  having  been  established  on  petition  of  Ma- 
sons by  the  Grand  Lodge  of  England  in  some  fairly  well  defined  and 
marked  off  district,  either  abroad  or  at  home,  these  lodges  are  at  first 
dependent  upon  the  grand  lodge  direct,  without  intermediary.  Then 
comes  a  time  when  they  think  they  would  like  to  have  a  governing 
authority  closer  at  hand,  and  get  their  share  of  the  minor  purple, 
that  is,  of  provincial  grand  lodge  honors,  and  these  lodges  represent 
to  the  Prince  of  Wales  (or  whoever  may  be  the  grand  master)  that 
they  would  like  to  see  and  would  welcome  a  provincial  grand  lodge  of 
their  own.  It  rests  entirely  with  the  grand  master  to  judge  whether 
the  request  should  be  complied  with;  the  grand  lodge  has  nothing  to 
say  in  the  matter,  although  of  course  the  grand  master  takes  counsel 
of  his  so-called  privy  council,  consisting  of  the  most  prominent  offi- 
cials of  grand  lodge,  a  body  which  has  no  recognized  footing  or  legal 
footing,  but  which  exists  none  the  less  de  facto.  The  Prince  having 
decided  that  the  provincial  grand  lodge  would  be  desirable,  then  ap- 
points proprio  motu  some  distinguished  brother  as  provincial  grand 
master,  and  issues  a  patent  to  him  personally.  Occasionall}^  the 
lodges  in  question  may  suggest  at  the  time  of  petitioning  a  prefer- 
ence for  one  or  other  of  their  local  brethren,  and  if  he  be  considered 
distingished  enough,  he  is  often  appointed,  but  they  can  do  no  more 
than  suggest.  The  whole  appointment  is  a  prerogative  of  the 
grand  master,  and  the  appointee  is  the  lieutenant  of  the  grand 
master,  and  his  appointment  holds  good  until  revoked  by  the  grand 
master,  or  until  he  voluntarily  resigns.  A  day  is  then  fixed  for  his  in- 
stallation as  provincial  grand  master,  all  the  lodges  of  his  future 
province  being  invited  to  attend.  If  near  home,  he  is  usually  installed 
by  the  grand  secretary,  or  some  neighboring  provincial  grand  master 
acting  for  the  grand  master.  Once  installed  and  saluted  and  pro- 
claimed, the  provincial  grand  master  then  appoints  a  deputy  provin- 
cial grand  master,  who  holds  his  office  during  the  pleasure  of  the 
provincial  grand  master  and  is  his  alter  ego.  He  also  appoints  a  pro- 
vincial grand  secretary,  who  is  usually  reappointed  from  year  to 
year.  He  also  appoints  all  the  other  officers  of  his  provincial  grand 
lodge,  and  these  are  usually  changed  every  year,  except  in  very  small 
provinces,  where,  if  this  system  were  carried  out,  every  man  jack  of 
them  all  would  soon  be  a  past  provincial  grand  officer.  In  such  pro- 
vinces the  provincial  grand  officers  often  rise  from  rank  to  rank,  as 
they  do  in  private  lodges,  thus  reducing  the  total  number  of  grand 


184  APPENDIX — PART  I- 


officers.  All  these  appointments  are  absolutely  in  the  sole  gift  of  the 
provincial  grand  master  (who,  however,  generally  relies  on  his 
deputy  to  give  him  advice  in  his  selection),  except  the  provincial 
grand  treasuer  and  the  provincial  grand  tyler,  who  are  elected  by 
ballot  of  the  members  of  provincial  grand  lodge. 

Such  a  thing  as  a  provincial  grand  master  without  a  local  provin- 
cial grand  lodge  does  not  exist,  and  in  virtue  of  alterations  made  in 
our  constitutions  a  little  while  back,  should  the  number  of  lodges  in 
a  province  or  district  decrease  to  less  than  three,  the  provincial 
grand  lodge  ceases  to  exist,  as  does  the  provincial  grand  master  also, 
and  the  remaining  lodges  revert  to  the  immediate  jurisdiction  of  the 
Grand  Lodge  of  England. 

By  the  way,  there  is  no  provincial  grand  lodge  for  London.  All 
lodges  meeting  within  ten  miles  of  Freemason's  Hall  are  considered 
in  the  London  district,  and  depend  direct  from  the  grand  lodge,  with- 
out intermediate  provincial  grand  lodges. 

In  discussing  the  Mexican  question  heretofore  with  Brother 
Drummond,  he  has  scouted  our  claim  that  no  body  founded  on  dissent 
from  the  original  plan  of  Masonry  could  create  lodges  capable  of  or- 
ganizing a  grand  lodge  recognizable  as  lawful  by  the  Free  and  Ac- 
cepted Masonry  of  the  charges  of  a  Freemason,  insisting  that  Masonic 
usage  was  against  us,  inasmuch  as  that  Masons  made  in  Scottish  Rite 
lodges — bodies  whose  congenital  illegitimacy  we  maintained  because 
they  were  the  creatures  of  such  dissent — had  been  so  universally 
recognized  that  the  contrary  doctrine  was  onlj^  first  suggested  about 
twenty-five  years  ago  by  Past  Grand  Master  Theodore  T.  Gurney, 
of  this  jurisdiction.  We  called  his  attention  to  the  fact  that  it  was 
involved  in  the  Mississippi-Louisiana  imbroglio  of  forty  years  ago, 
whose  history,  indeed,  he  had  cited  to  prove  that  the  case  had  long 
been  foreclosed  against  us,  but  he  now  holds  that  the  question  of  rites 
was  not  involved  in  that  foreclosure.     He  says: 

In  questioning  our  statement,  that  the  late  Brother  Gurney  was 
the  author  of  the  doctrine  for  which  he  contends,  he  calls  attention 
to  the  fact  that  in  Louisiana  during  the  controversy  there,  the  regu- 
larity of  the  Masons  of  one  body  was  denied,  but  there  is  not  a  tittle  of 
evidence,  so  far  as  we  have  ever  seen,  that  it  was  on  the  ground  of  rites. 

The  following  may  not  be  evidence,  but  it  is  a  part  of  what  was 
offered  as  testimony,  going  to  show  that  the  settlement  of  that  contro- 
versy was  adverse  to  our  contention  that  those  receiving  the  symbolic 
degrees  on  Scottish  Rite  lodges  were  irregular  and  clandestine. 

"The  project  of  forming  lodges  in  Louisiana  was  defeated  for  the 
time,  but  in  1847  it  was  carried,  and  the  Grand  Lodge  of  Mississippi 
chartered  lodges  there.  The  alleged  reason  was  that  the  Masons  of 
the  French  and  Scotch  Rites  were  not  regular."  {Drummond^s  Ecport 
to  G.  L.  of  Maine,  re  Grand  Lodge  of  iSpain,  ISSl.  See  111.  Proc,  1897,  app. 
p.  U1-) 


I 


MASONIC   CORRESPONDENCE.  185 


nichigan.— Grand  Master  Bradley  (approved  decision). 

(3)  Question.— Mr.  N.,  a  one-armed  man,  claims  to  have  re- 
ceived the  three  degrees  in  Masonry  in  Mexico,  and  has  been  regularly 
dimitted,  and  desires  to  send  in  his  application  for  membership  in 
our  lodge,  and  in  the  meantime  visit  with  us.  Is  he  a  legal  Mason, 
and  can  we  accept  his  dimit? 

Answer.— The  Grand  Lodge  of  Michigan  has  not  recognized  any 
of  the  different  Masonic  bodies  of  Mexico;  therefore,  you  cannot  ac- 
cept his  dimit  or  allow  him  to  visit  j^our  lodge. 

Past  Grand  Master  Hugh  McCdrdy  (reporting  on  request  of  the 
gran  dieta  for  recognition): 

That  there  are  two  grand  lodges  in  Mexico,  each  striving  for 
the  supremacy,  and  bitterly  opposed  to  each  other:  and  besides  this 
the  condition  of  Masonry  is  seriously  disturbed.  Your  committee  not 
being  in  possession  of  sufficient  facts  to  enable  it  to  give  grand  lodge 
intelligent  and  reliable  information  upon  which  to  act,  asks  for  fur- 
ther time. 

The  report  was  adopted  and  the  matter  left  in  the  hands  of  the 
committee. 

Minnesota.— Bro.  Irving  Todd  (reviewing  New  York); 

The  grand  master  states  that  "the  president  of  our  sister  repub- 
lic is  also  the  grand  master  of  Masons  in  Mexico."  This  is  a  palpable 
error.  There  is  no  such  office  in  Mexico,  although  there  are  plenty  of 
grand  masters,  grand  commanders,  and  other  ostensible  rulers  of  the 
Craft.  General  Porflrio  Diaz  was  named  as  the  first  grand  master  of 
the  gran  dieta.  but  he  did  not  attend  its  meetings,  and  probably  never 
discharged  any  of  the  duties  other  than  the  signing  of  a  few  charters 
and  diplomas,  and  these  most  likely  in  blank.  The  charter  of  Toltec 
Lodge  bears  his  signature.  It  is  understood  that  he  resigned  in  1895, 
at  least  he  was  not  at  the  head  of  the  gran  dieta  during  our  visit  to 
the  City  of  Mexico  in  February.  1897,  and  E.  G.  Canton,  grand  secre- 
tary, seemed  to  be  the  whole  thing  so  far  as  that  alleged  grand  body 
is  concerned.  We  were  not  there  with  a  brass  band,  however,  but 
simply  as  a  private,  consequently  no  attempt  was  made  to  form  his 
acquaintance. 

nissouri.— Past  Grand  Master  ViNCiL  (reviewing  Delaware): 

As  a  writer  on  correspondence,  he  is  very  chary  respecting  the 
status  of  the  -'Gran  Dieta"  of  Mexico.  I  am  pleased  to  quote  his  decla- 
ration that  "all  the  lodges  now  existing  in  Mexico  are  derived  from 
the  supreme  council  of  the  A.  &  A.  S.  R.,  and  should  not  be  recog- 
nized as  the  lawful  basis  for  a  legitimate  grand  lodge."'  He  enter- 
tains the  correct  view  of  the  subject,  and  occupies  ground  in  harmony 
with  my  own  position — that  the  '-Gran  Dieta"  is  a  grand  body  of 
grand  lodges,  and,  in  other  words,  a  supreme  grand  governing  insti- 
tution. This  I  have  condemned  and  will  continue  to  reprobate,  be- 
lieving, as  does  Brother  .Jackson,  that  such  anomalous  thing  in  Free- 
masonry is  foreign  to  all  the  established  precedents  in  the  history  of 
the  past.  He  concluded  his  view  of  the  subject  by  declaring  the 
"Gran  Dieta"  and  Masonry  of  Mexico  unworthy  of  recognition  by 
legitimate  grand  lodges,  to  which  I  sa}^  AmenI 


186  APPENDIX — PART  I 


And  reviewing  the  District  of  Columbia: 

I  have  made  and  reiterated  the  statement  that  recognition  of  a 
grand  body  in  Mexico,  that  holds  in  subordination  to  itself  inde- 
pendent grand  lodges,  is  a  clear  and  unequivocal  surrender  of  the 
doctrine  so  long  held  among  American  grand  lodges,  as  against  a  su- 
preme governing  body. 

riontana. — Past  Grand  Master  Cornelius  Hedges  (reviewing 
Delaware): 

Brother  Jackson  finds  something  good  to  say  of  most  every  volume 
that  he  encounters,  but  can't  find  anything  good  to  say  of  Mexican 
Masonry.  His  information  has  evidently  come  through  Chismatic 
channels.  Among  people  recently  emancipated  from  the  intolerant 
rule  of  a  bigoted  and  degenerate  priesthood  there  is  naturally  a  ten- 
dency to  discard  the  sacred  writings,  as  if  they  must  contain  some 
authority  for  the  perversion  of  its  teachings.  But  that  time  has 
passed  under  the  emancipating  and  elevating  rule  of  Diaz,  and  the 
Bible  has  been  restored  to  the  altars  of  all  lodges  holding  under  the 
gran  dieta,  and  we  would  remind  Brother  Jackson  that  the  Grand 
Lodge  of  England,  like  the  gran  dieta,  has  provincial  lodges  under  it. 

Reviewing  Illinois: 

Our  recognition  of  the  Gran  Dieta  of  Mexico  is  attributed  some- 
what to  missionary  zeal.  Possibly  there  is  a  grain  of  truth  in  this 
suggestion,  for  we  are  free  to  confess  that  in  the  pending  contest  for 
Masonic  hegemony,  we  are  not  as  indifferent  as  the  old  man  whose 
wife  was  engaged  in  a  deadly  fight  with  a  bear.  We  prefer  the  suc- 
cess of  those  seeking  to  unify  the  Mexican  system  with  our  own,  and 
the  one  with  which  most  of  the  American  residents  in  Mexico  are 
identified.  Of  course,  we  could  not  affiliate  with  those  who  removed 
the  Bible  from  the  altar,  for  we  believe  the  fundamental  idea  and  de- 
sign of  Masonry  was  to  preserve  the  worship  of  the  Great  Architect 
of  the  universe,  and  that  the  recognition  of  the  Fatherhood  ol  God  is 
essential  to  the  correlative  idea  of  the  brotherhood  of  man.  But  we 
have  always  had  some  charity  for  those  in  bigoted  Catholic  countries 
where  the  degenerate  church  has  claimed  a  monopoly  of  the  use  and 
interpretation  of  the  Bible.  But  the  gran  dieta  has  placed  itself 
right  concerning  the  great  light,  and  also  for  that  "horrible  offence" 
of  chartering  women's  lodges.  We  have  always  thought  it  a  proof  of 
the  great  antiquity  of  Masonry  that  women  are  excluded.  It  is  our 
misfortune  more  than  that  of  woman  that  this  is  so.  The  reason  of 
the  exclusion  is  no  doubt  because  Masonry  began  as  an  operative  art 
rather  than  a  speculative  science.  The  Order  of  the  Eastern  Star, 
though  no  part  of  Masonry,  seems  well  adapted  to  secure  woman's  co- 
operation in  the  most  important  of  all  Masonic  work — charity.  As 
to  the  objection  that  the  gran  dieta  is  one  controlling  body  for  all  the 
states  of  Mexico,  it  signifies  little.  The  grand  chapters  in  the  United 
States  are  so  united,  and  so  are  the  German  grand  lodges,  and  the  at- 
tempt was  once  made  by  some  of  the  foremost  Masons  in  this  country 
to  establish  a  general  grand  lodge.  There  certainly  is  nothing  in  the 
principles  or  obligations  that  would  prohibit  such  a  larger  union. 

Reviewing  Iowa: 

We  differ  most  seriously  over  the  propriety  of  recognizing  the 
Gran  Dieta  of  Mexico,  which  is  not  a  matter,  in  our  opinion,  over 


MASONIC   CORRESPONDENCE.  187 


which  one  need  to  get  excited.  Perhaps  we  have  counselled  too  much 
with  our  hopes,  and  we  rather  think  our  brother  has  counselled  more 
with  his  doubts  and  fears.  We  are  anxious  to  have  good  Masonic  re- 
lations with  our  neighbors  to  the  south  as  we  have  with  those  north 
of  us.  We  certainly  have  derived  our  information  from  different 
sources.  Chism  may  be  a  paragon  of  veracity,  though  we  have  seen 
little  reason  to  think  so.  The  gran  dieta  may  have  erred  from  the 
true  faith,  according  to  our  standard,  and  some  officials  may  have 
prevaricated  about  it.  We  believe  they  are  all  right  now,  and  that 
the  gran  dieta  has  manifested  a  spirit  that  merits  and  inspires  confi- 
dence. Some  of  our  brethren  in  whom  we  have  reliance  have  gone 
there  and  found  open-hearted  welcome.  It  is  not  an  unpardonable  sin 
that  they  have  conferred  Masonic  degrees  on  women.  We  never 
thought  it  necessary — they  are  good  enough  as  they  are.  Those  who 
have  been  accustomed  to  seeing  and  hearing  the  reading  and  inter- 
pretation of  the  Bible  claimed  as  a  monopoly  by  a  degenerate  church 
and  debased  priesthood,  have  at  least  some  excuse  for  rejecting  it  as 
the  great  light  of  Masonry.     But  enough!     Nous  verrons! 

Under  Kansas  Brother  Hedges  says  we  seem  to  have  Scottish 
Rite  on  the  brain,  but,  happily,  he  thinks  we  will  recover,  "and  yet 
acknowledge  that  there  is  corn  in  Egypt,"  which  leads  us  to  remark, 
for  information,  that  the  particular  tares  with  which  whatever  there 
is  of  Masonry  in  Egypt  has  got  itself  entangled,  is  not  the  Scottish 
Rite,  but  the  Rite  of  Memphis,  the  same  with  which  the  Massachu- 
setts Scotch  Riters  of  our  clan  (northern  jurisdiction)  masked  their 
batteries  when  they  opened,  on  grand  lodge  territory,  the  Cerneau 
War. 

Brother  Hedges  seems  to  feel  compelled  to  suggest  excuses  for 
if  he  cannot  excuse  the  banishment  of  the  Bible  by  the  lodges  under 
the  Mexican  grand  diet,  at  all  events  it  does  not,  we  judge,  appear  so 
sinful  as  the  same  offence  on  the  part  of  Peru,  although  his  extenua- 
tion is  along  the  same  line  with  the  reason  assigned  by  Christian 
Dam  in  the  Peru  incident.  Of  course  we  cannot  wonder  that  to  a  man 
of  his  native  gallantry,  living  in  Montana  where  women  are  relatively 
scarce,  the  "making"  of  women  should  seem  a  small  thing  to  make 
a  fuss  about.     Like  the  girl's  baby,  it  was  "such  a  little  thing!" 

Nevada.— Grand  Master  Lackey  reported  a  decision  that  a  Mason 
from  Mexico  had  the  right  to  visit  lodges  in  Nevada  "if  hailing  from 
a  lodge  working  under  charter  from  the  gran  dieta  of  Mexico,", in  ad- 
vance of  the  following  recommendation  and  favorable  action  thereon: 

The  Gran  Dieta  Symbolica  of  Mexico,  by  edict,  has  discontinued 
the  issuance  of  charters  for  women  lodges,  and  prohibited  the  mak- 
ing of  women  Masons  by  the  lodges  of  its  obedience,  under  penalty  of 
irregularity,  and  has  replaced  on  their  altars  the  Bible —  the  great 
light  of  Freemasonry.  I  therefore  recommend  that  this  grand  lodge 
recognize  the  Gran  Dieta  Symbolica  of  Mexico  as  the  governing  body 
of  Freemasonry  in  that  republic,  and  that  an  interchange  of  repre- 
sentatives be  had  therewith. 


188  APPENDIX — PART  I. 


The  approval  of  the  decision  came  after  recognition  of  the  grand 
diet,  so  we  cannot  be  quite  sure  whether  the  grand  lodge,  as  well  as 
the  grand  master,  disputes  the  Michigan  decision  that  the  privilege 
of  visitation  must  wait  on  recognition. 

New  Hampshire.— Bro.  Albert  S.  Wait,  reviewing  Missouri: 

Brother  Vincil  is  still  averse  to  recognition  of  the  Gran  Dieta  of 
Mexico,  going  specially  over  the  subject  in  his  review  of  Iowa.  In 
reply  to  ourselves  he  again  returns  briefly  to  the  discussion,  suggesting 
truly  that  we  do  not  agree  with  him  "'respecting  the  objectionable- 
ness  of  the  supreme  authority  exercised  by  the  gran  dieta  over  grand 
lodges  in  the  republic  of  Mexico."  He  is  right  in  his  feeling  of  assur- 
ance that  we  do  not  favor  the  existence  of  a  general  grand  lodge  in 
the  United  States.  Our  objection  is  not  based  on  any  idea  that  the 
adoption  of  such  an  organization  would  be  any  necessary  departure 
from  the  principles  of  the  Masonic  institution.  It  is  from  views  of 
policy,  and  not  of  principle,  that  we  are  unwilling  to  see  such  an 
organization  of  Masonry  in  the  United  States.  It  does  not  follow,  as 
we  conceive,  that  it  might  not,  under  conditions  existing  elsewhere, 
afford  the  most  successful  and  best  means  of  governing  the  Craft. 
We  think  it  wholly  a  matter  of  choice  with  the  membership  of  the 
fraternity,  whether  they  will  organize  themselves  under  independent 
grand  lodges  in  the  several  states,  or  under  a  S3'stem  of  grand  lodges 
united  under  a  supreme  governing  body  over  the  whole.  We  think 
the  one  system  just  as  legitimate  as  the  other,  and  that  Mexican 
Masons  having  seen  fit  to  adopt  for  themselves  the  latter  system  fur- 
nishes to  our  minds  no  objection  whatever  to  their  recognition  by 
grand  lodges  of  the  United  States.  If,  indeed,  it  is  true  that  the 
grand  lodges  of  the  republic  are  not,  as  is  claimed,  united  in  acknowl- 
edging the  supremacy  of  the  gran  dieta.  and  that  it  does  not  in  fact 
possess  the  supremacj^  it  claims,  that  may  be  a  valid  objection  to  its 
recognition.  But  that  is  a  question  of  fact  to  be  ascertained  by  the 
evidence.  While  this  question  remains  in  doubt,  it  maybe  most  judi- 
cious for  grand  lodges  in  the  United  States  to  postpone  action.  We 
are  free  to  say  for  ourselves,  that  we  think  it  the  duty  of  American 
Masons  to  encourage,  rather  than  turn  the  cold  shoulder  toward  all 
legitimate  efforts  lo  restore  Masonry  in  our  sister  republic  to  such 
organized  conditions  and  legitimacy  of  practice  as  will  justify  their 
recognition  by  Masons  of  other  nationalities.  When  their  irregu- 
larities, if  still  existing,  shall  be  fully  abandoned,  that  they  have 
once  existed  will  to  our  thinking  be  no  objection  to  such  recognition, 
and  we  shall  hope  to  see  it  speedily  take  place. 

Under  Illinois  and  again  under  Minnesota  he  expresses  the  opinion 
those  who  oppose  recognition  are  likely  to  be,  though  not  very  rapidly 
but  certainly,  left  by  the  tending  current  of  thought. 

North  Carolina. — Bro.  John  A.  Collins  (reviewing  Iowa): 

The  reporter  was  and  is  in  accord  with  Brother  COXE  as  to  the 
status  of  the  gran  dieta  as  a  Masonic  body,  but  if  there  had  been  any 
doubts  heretofore  Brother  Coxe's  conclusion  would  have  dissipated 
them. 

New  South  Wales.— R.  W.  Bro.  J.  B.  Trivett,  in  an  exhaustive 
but  remarkably  condensed  and  clear  special  report  from  the  commit- 


MASONIC   CORRESPONDENCE.  189 


tee  on  foreign  correspondence,  which  reflect?  an  immense  amount  of 
labor,  chives  a  brief  tableau  of  Mexican  Masonry  from  1807  down  to 
the  organization  of  the  grand  diet.  He  says: 

The  information  as  to  origin  thus  far  quoted  is  collected  from 
documents  supplied  by  supporters  of  the  movement  for  recognition. 
On  the  other  side  we  have  extracts  from  Richard  Chism,  at  one  time 
Master  of  Toltec  Lodge,  City  of  Mexico  (formed  by  the  Grand  Lodge 
of  Missouri). 

In  a  circular  letter,  written  on  behalf  of  the  Grand  Lodge  of  the 
Federal  District  of  Mexico  to  the  grand  lodges  of  America  in  Janu- 
ary, 1897,  Chism  traverses  the  position  of  the  gran  dieta  at  great 
length.  We  learn  from  his  letter  that  there  are  twenty  seven  states, 
one  federal  district. and  two  territories  in  the  Republic  of  Mexico;  that 
each  has  a  grand  lodge  of  its  own,  and  one  of  his  opponents  shows 
that  onl}'  four  grand  lodges  out  of  the  number  acknowledge  the  gran 
dieta. 

In  a  further  letter,  entitled  "More  Light  on  Mexican  Masonry," 
written  in  June,  1897,  Chism  discusses  a  pamphlet  by  Parsons,  W.  M. 
of  Lodge  Toltec,  printed  in  the  BoUtin  3Iasonico,  the  organ  of  the  gran 
dieta.  From  this  letter  we  learn  that  in  December, 1894,  Brother  Can- 
ton, grand  secretary,  wrote  an  official  letter  to  the  grand  master  of 
Texas,  quoting  the  strength  of  the  gi  an  dieta  at  seventeen  grand 
lodges,  with  22)  blue  lodges,  and  the  Boletia  itself,  in  November.  1896, 
officiall}^  returns  the  strength  at  four  grand  lodges,  with  112  blue 
lodges;  in  other  words  a  loss  of  seventyfive  per  cent  of  grand  lodges, 
and  fifty  per  cent  of  blue  lodges  in  less  than  two  years.  Canton, 
himself,  [Boletin,  Ap.  '97,  p.  305J  admits  that  of  225  reported  in  1894,  as 
many  as  190  had  been  suspended  because  not  working,  but  still  re- 
mained upon  the  list.  Misrepresentation  is  apparentl}'  one  of  the 
fine  arts  in  Mexico. 

2nd.  Admitting,  for  the  sake  of  argument,  that  the  gran  dieta 
is  a  regularly  constituted  bod}',  witlifull  governing  control  of  a  substantial 
character,  is  it  a  body  worthy  of  recognition? 

It  has  been  stated  by  opponents,  and  admitted  by  the  warmest  de- 
fenders of  the  gran  dieta,  that  the  Bible,  one  of  the  great  lights  of 
Masonr}',  was  never  used  in  the  lodges — the  book  of  constitutions  be- 
ing substituted  for  it;  that  the  obligations  were  taken  on  honor  only, 
in  standing  posture,  no  penalties  being  insisted  upon;  and  (what  seems 
incredible  to  British  Freemasons)  that  women  were  initiated  and 
women-lodges  formed.  Brother  Parvin,  of  Iowa,  then  states  that  in 
a  code  of  statutes,  passed  in  1895  (and,  it  should  be  noted,  only  after 
attention  had  been  conspicuously  directed  to  these  grossly  un-Masonic 
practices),  the  introduction  of  females  had  been  forbidden,  and  the 
Bible  adopted  for  use  in  lieu  of  the  B.  C.  Whereupon  we  find  that 
Brother  Chism  asserts  as  facts  that  the  half-yearly  sessions,  pre- 
scribed by  the  B.  C,  had  been  omitted  for  a  period  of  eighteen  months, 
notwithstanding  that  during  such  period  statutes  and  decrees  were 
promulgated,  several  being  of  a  nature  that  required  the  endorse- 
ment of  a  full  general  assembly  of  the  Craft:  that,  during  the  five 
years  of  its  existence  (1890-5).  no  annual  reports  of  proceedings,  nor 
balance  sheets,  had  been  issued,  as  required  by  the  constitution;  also, 
that  President  Diaz  had  formally  resigned  his  position  as  grand  mas- 


190  APPENDIX — PART  I. 


ter;  had,  with  his  two  g^rand  wardens,  recommended  the  dissolution 
of  the  grand  dieta;  and  had  accepted  the  honorary  grand  mastership 
of  the  Grand  Lodge  of  the  Federal  District  of  Mexico— the  chief  pro- 
testing body  against  the  claims  of  the  g'ran  dieta. 

The  supporters  of  the  g'ran  dieta  brand  their  arch-opponent, 
Chism,  as  a  liar  in  set  terms;  but  it  must  be  confessed,  without  neces- 
sarily endorsing'  all  his  partisan  statements,  that  his  vindication  of 
his  position  has  very  much  of  circumstantiality  to  recommend  it: 
whilst  little  (and  that  little  very  weak)  serious  attempt  at  refutation 
has  been  made. 

To  sum  up,  I  am  of  the  opinion  that  your  board  will  act  wisely  in 
refraining  from  the  recognition  of  the  gran  die-ta,  as  a  sovereign  Ma- 
sonic body,  until  it  shall  have  demonstrated,  beyond  a  doubt,  the 
righteousness  of  its  claim  to  be  regarded  as  the  administrator  of  Craft 
Masonry  in  all  its  pristine  purity  and  power  in  xMexico. 

It  is  unquestionable  that  from  the  corrupting  influences  of  local 
politics  and  sectarianism  have  sprung  base  developments  in  Craft 
workings,  confessed  even  by  the  apologists  of  the  gran  dieta;  that  the 
strength  of  its  org'anization  (speaking  mildly)  is  of  a  doubtful  char- 
acter; that,  judging  from  Mexican  history  throughout.  Masonic  growth 
has  always  been  of  an  ephemeral  nature;  and,  lastly,  there  are  other 
Masonic  governing  bodies  strongly  urging  their  claims  as  against  those 
of  the  gran  dieta. 

I  might  be  allowed  briefly  to  refer  to  the  fact  that  the  grand 
dieta  has  been  recognized  by  some  of  the  American  grand  lodges.  In 
order  to  explain  this  feature  of  the  subject,  it  should  be  observed  that 
there  are  internal  influences  at  work  which  have  largely  conduced  to 
such  recognition.  The  matter  has  been  made  to  turn  very  much  on 
the  point  as  to  the  legitimacy  of  the  jurisdiction  of  the  Ancient  and 
Accepted  Scottish  Rite — a  body  holding  considerable  sway  in  Amer- 
ican Masonic  polity,  having  control  of  the  higher  degrees  from  the 
fourth  to  the  thirty-third,  and  working  independently  of  any  territo- 
rial grand  lodge. 

The  report  was  adopted. 

New  York. — Bro.EMiL  Frenkel,  (reviewer  of  foreign  grand  bodies, 
in  his  notice  of  the  Gran  Dieta  Symbolica): 

The  fact  that  the  Grand  Dieta  Symbolica  of  Mexico  has  been  rec- 
ognized, after  a  thorough  investigation  by  the  German  Grand  Lodge 
Union,  as  an  independent  grand  lodge,  proves  that  the  work  done  by 
the  Mexican  Masons  is  second  to  none,  and  we  trust  that  the  ties  of 
friendship  and  fraternal  regard  existing  between  their  jurisdiction 
and  our  own  will  continue  to  grow  closer  as  the  years  pass  by. 

One  wonders  whether  the  "thorough  investigation"  was  thorough 
according  to  the  German  standard,  or  according  to  the  New  York 
standard,  which  was  so  easily  satisfied  that  recognition  was  accorded 
to  the  Mexican  hybrid  when  it  was  still  running  what  Grand  Master 
Sutherland  would  call  a  "godless  temple,"  and  chartering  women's 
lodges. 


MASONIC   CORRESPONDENCE.  191 


Ohio. — M.W.  Brother  Cunningham  (in  his  conclusion): 

The  writer  intended  to  submit  a  further  report  in  relation  to 
Mexican  Freemasonry,  but  circumstances  have  prevented;  althoug'h 
his  favorable  views  of  La  Grand  Dieta  Symbolica  of  Mexico  are  un- 
chanjjed,  and  he  believes  that  that  (jrand  body  is  honestly  strivincr  to 
place  itself  on  a  strictly  Masonic  footing,  yet  he  can  not  see  the  ne- 
cessity for  any  haste  whatever  in  its  formal  recognition  by  this  grand 
lodge,  and  therefore,  as  yet,  submits  no  recommendation  in  that  di- 
rection. 

Oregon. — M.  W.  Brother  Clow  (reviewing-  Illinois): 

Brother  Robbins'  opposition  to  the  recognition  of  the  Gran  Dieta 
of  Mexico  has  lost  nothing  of  its  former  vigor.  The  process  of  disin- 
tegration going  on  in  that  body  in  consequence  of  its  un-Masonic  ori- 
gin and  practices  is  simply  what  was  to  be  expected.  Heretofore,  in 
the  absence  of  a  formal  application  for  recognition  by  our  grand 
lodge,  we  have  avoided  a  discussion  of  the  merits  or  demerits  of  the 
gran  dieta.  and,  now  that  its  dissolution  is  only  a  question  of  a  very 
short  time,  if  it  has  not  actually  taken  place,  we  see  no  reason  to  en- 
ter the  field. 

Reviewing  Iowa: 

In  this  last  effort  Brother  Parvin  states  positively  that  in  1895  the 
gran  dieta  enacted  a  law  prohibiting  the  making  of  women  Masons,  re- 
voking the  charters  of  women  lodges, denying  the  right.of  visitation  to 
women  Masons,  and  restoring  the  great  light  to  its  proper  place  in  all 
lodges. 

From  the  very  best  information  we  have  been  able  to  obtain,  ow- 
ing to  the  peculiar  conditions  of  the  people  and  their  environments, 
Masonry  in  Mexico  is  in  a  state  of  confusion:  rebellion  against  consti- 
tuted authorit}'  i  ■;  characteristic  of  the  people,  and  we  are  left  in  the 
dark  as  to  whether  an  attemi)t  has  been  made  to  enforce  the  legisla- 
tion cited  by  Brother  Parvin,  or,  if  attempted,  with  what  success. 
The  fact  that  such  legislation  on  the  part  of  the  gran  dieta  was 
deemed  necessary  in  order  to  bring  it  within  proper  Masonic  stand- 
ards is  a  confession  of  judgment,  and  until  reliable  evidence  is  pro- 
duced that  the  reforms  contemplated  have  been  enforced  and 
cheerfully  acquiesced  in,  we  shall  make  no  mistake  by  withholding 
recognition. 

Reviewing  Virginia: 

Although  the  Gran  Dieta  of  Mexico  has  not  asked  formal  recogni- 
tion at  the  hands  of  the  Grand  Lodge  of  Virginia  yet,  he  thinks  "it 
would  be  a  graceful  and  neighborly  act  on  our  part  to  tender  recog- 
nition, if  they  are  found  worthy,  without  waiting  to  be  asked  to  do 
so."  Unsolicited  recognition  is  a  feature  of  gran  dieta  business  new 
to  us,  though  it  may  be  in  line  with  the  action  of  some  other  grand 
lodges  on  this  question,  and  the  candor  of  Grand  Master  Courtney  may 
have. let  the  Mexican  "cat  out  of  the  ba^"  and  exposed  the  method  of 
the  whole  dieta  recognition  business.  We  don't  see  how  an  investiga- 
tion of  worthiness  can  be  instituted  until  formal  application  for  rec- 
ognition is  made. 


192  APPENDIX — PART  I. 


And,  in  his  concluding  survey: 

The  discussion  touching  the  Gran  Dieta  of  Mexico  has  not  tended 
to  improve  the  cliances  of  that  body  for  general  recognition.  In  fact, 
the  increasing  knowledge  of  its  parentage  and  unlawful  practices 
affords  sufficient  grounds  for  withholding  recognition,  and  a  large 
majority  of  American  grand  lodges  seem  content  to  await  develop- 
ments rather  than  volunteer  recognition  of  a  body  whose  parentage 
is  more  than  doubtful. 

Quebec— Bro.  Will  H.  Whyte: 

It  seems  to  us  that  the  grand  dieta  is  not  quite  supreme  in  Mex- 
ican Masonry,  nor  yet  a  very  stable  organization,  and  its  collapse 
would  not  surprise  us  any  more  than  the  common  occurrence  of  revo- 
lution in  the  many  South  American  latin  nations.  We  do  not  say 
that  this  will  occur,  but  we  are  skeptical  and  are  suspicious  that  it 
is  not  organized  on  a  very  solid  basis,  nor  does  it  seem  to  possess  su- 
preme authority  over  all  the  fraternity  in  the  Republic,  and  recom- 
mend to  our  own  jurisdiction  that  it  would  be  wise  to  make  haste 
slowly. 

South  Carolina. — R.  W.  Bro.  Charles  Inglesby  (reviewing  Iowa 
and  noting  the  recognition  of  the  gran  dieta): 

We  have  not  space  to  discuss  this  action  of  our  Iowa  brethren, 
but  we  are  earnestly  of  opinion  that  it  is  a  mistake.  Mexican  Masonry, 
even  from  the  most  favorable  standpoint  as  shown  in  the  above 
address,  is  not  Masonry  as  understood  by  us.  Quite  a  number  of  the 
so-called  lodges  which  were  under  the  jurisdiction  of  the  gran  dieta, 
have  dissolved  connection  with  it  and  are  fighting  it  because  it  has 
yielded  to  Brother  Parvin  and  others  and  has  re-established  the  bible 
on  its  altars  and  has  forbidden  the  making  of  women  Masons.  We  had 
better  wait  and  see  the  result  of  that  contest. 

Reviewing  New  York  and  the  spectacular  performance  of  the 
grand  master  of  that  jurisdiction,  wherein  the  latter  figured  as  bearer 
of  dispatches  from  "the  grand  master  of  Masons  in  Mexico"  (whom  he 
erroneously  supposed  to  be  President  Diaz,  but  who  was  probably  one 
Levi,)  and  President  McKinley,  making  known  the  sorrow  of  Mexico 
over  the  destruction  of  the  battleship  Maine,  he  says: 

Some  idiot  writing  in  the  European  press,  has  said  that  the  war 
with  Spain  was  brought  on  by  the  Masons.  That  is  the  baldest  non- 
sense, but  it  is  certain  that  the  "gran  dieta"  and  "the  grand  master 
of  Masons  of  Mexico,"  were  quick  to  seize  upon  the  Cuban  question 
to  further  their  own  ends. 

And  reviewing  Utah: 

The  committee  on  correspondence  was  given  further  time  to  pre- 
pare a  report  on  Mexican  Masonry,  the  same  to  be  published  with  the 
general  report  on  correspondence.  We  find  the  report  at  the  end  of 
the  general  report  and  it  is  about  the  best  and  most  concise  state- 
ment of  the  very  much  mixed  matter,  that  we  have  seen.  It  is  of 
course  by  that  Masonic  scholar  and  jurist,  Bro.  Christopher  Diehl, 


MASONIC  CORRESPONDENCE.  193 


and  we  recommend  its  perusal  to  any  one  interested  in  the  question. 
Brother  Diehl's  conclusion  is  that  the  grran  dieta  must  wait  a  time 
with  patience,  before  it  can  be  properly  recognized  by  the  grand 
lodges  of  the  United  States,  and  we  heartily  agree  with  him. 

Tennessee. — Grand  Master  Bumpas  said:  "Several  jurisdictions 
have  recognized  the  Dieta  Symbolica  of  Mexico  as  the  rightful  posses- 
sor of  the  true  work.  We  would  be  glad  to  see  fraternal  relations 
established  with  our  sister  republic,"  anent  which  the  committee  on 
jurisprudence  say  with  the  concurrence  of  the  grand  lodge:  "Hav- 
ing considered  the  suggestion  of  the  grand  master  in  reference  to  the 
Gran  Dieta  S3"mbolica  of  Mexico,  your  committee  is  not  in  possession 
of  such  facts  as  would  justify  a  recommendation  on  that  subject." 

M.W.  Brother  Morgan  (reviewing  South  Dakota): 

In  commenting  upon  the  action  of  the  Grand  Lodge  of  Iowa  in 
recognizing  the  Gran  Dieta  of  Mexico,  Brother  Blatt  sa3's:  "There 
has  nothing  come  to  our  knowledge  of  any  benefit  accrued  to  Masonry, 
in  Mexico,  by  the  recognition  of  the  'dieta'  by  the  grand  lodge,  Iowa 
included."  Nor  has  any  benefit  come  to  Masonry  in  the  United  States 
from  it,  that  we  can  see. 

Texas. — M.W.  Brother  Matthews  (reviewing  Missouri): 

We,  Brother  Vincil,  want  no  general  grand  lodge  in  the  United 
States,  and  would,  to  the  end,  oppose  the  going  into  the  formation  of 
such  a  body  by  the  Grand  Lodge  of  Texas.  But  we  have  no  more  ob- 
jection to  such  an  arrangement  in  Mexico,  if  it  suits  the  Craft  there, 
than  we  have  to  such  an  arrangement  in  England,  Scotland,  or  Ire- 
land, and  so  would  as  soon  recognize  the  one  as  the  other  if  it  turned 
upon  that  question.  The  arrangement,  in  the  four  jurisdictions,  is 
very  similar:  the  dilTerence  is  onlj^  in  name.  In  each  there  is  a  (su- 
preme) grand  lodge  with  constituent  grand  lodges,  in  the  former  called 
"district  grand  lodges,"  in  the  latter  simply  "grand  lodges."  The 
rose,  "mj'  brother,"  will  continue  to  smell  just  as  sweet,  even  if  you 
call  it  a  "Jimson  weed." 

Utah. — Grand  Secretary  Christopher  Diehl  (reviewing  Iowa): 

Brother  Coxe  has  not  yet  changed  his  mind  concerning  the  Gran 
Dieta  of  Mexico,  and  never  will.  Besides  making  women  Masons  and 
excluding  the  bible  from  the  altars  of  its  lodges,  it  has  violated  a 
universal  Masonic  law  by  publishing  in  full  the  ritual  of  the  three  de- 
grees and  sent  it  forth  with  official  sanction.  We  should  think  that 
was  enough  to  withhold  its  recognition  by  any  grand  lodge. 

Vermont.— M.W.  Brother  Perkins,  reviewing  Iowa: 

In  these  days  of  charges  and  counter-charges  by  Chism  and  the 
representatives  of  the  gran  dieta,  wouldn't  "armed  intervention"  do 
more  to  clear  the  vitiated  atmosphere  surrounding  Mexican  Masonry 
than  declarations  of  recognition  of  the  gran  dieta?    We  have  some- 


194  APPENDIX — PART    I. 


times  thoug-ht  so,  but  whether  or  no,  we  concur  with  Brother  C,  th.at 
nothinfj  can  be  fjained  by  haste,  or  harmed  by  judicious  delay. 

Virginia. — Bro.  J.  W.  Eggleston  (reviewing  Colorado): 

This  seems  to  be  for  this  year  the  one  burning  question  and  needs 
free  and  fearless  discussion.  Let  it  be  clearly  understood  that  noth- 
ing in  this  report  is  intended  to  wound  or  even  criticise  those  of  our 
brethren  who  belong  to  the  numerically  higher  bodies  of  the  Scottish 
Rite,  for  many  of  them  are  among  our  most  loyal  and  devoted  Masons, 
and  are  men  who  would  not  knowingly  do  wrong. 

But  to  debate  this  question  as  it  demands  they  must  be  consid- 
ered as  having  nothing'to  do  with  the  matter,  just  as  the  grand  lodges 
officially  ignore  such  bodies  in  the  York  Rite. 

The  first  question  is  how  can  we  recognize  a  body  which  does  not 
claim  to  be  what  we  are,  but  something  else?  What  is  Scottish  Rite 
(in  the  symbolic  degrees)?  The  question  was  a  few  days  ago  asked 
one  of  Virginia's  thirty-third  degree  men  if  the  first  three  degrees  of 
Scottish  Rite  were  essentially  the  same  as  ours,  and  he  answered,  that 
they  were  not.  Now  what  do  we  recognize  if  we  accept  Mexico?  If 
the  gran  dieta  is  composed  of  the  same  men  who,  up  to  a  recent  period 
when  they  began  to  wish  for  recognition,  initiated  women,  the  ques- 
tion arises,  have  they  been  since  obligated  as  we  are?  If  not,  how 
can  we  even  debate  the  matter?  They  could  not  have  been  so  obli- 
gated originally,  or  they  would  never  have  been  guilty  of  what  would 
expel  any  Mason  in  America!  This  ought  to  be  sufficient  for  us.  They 
are  some  other  body  than  Masons  as  we  know  Masonry,  and  are  no 
more  entitled  to  Masonic  recognition  than  the  Knights  of  Pythias  or 
the  Odd  Fellows,  two  noble  orders,  but  not  York  Masons.  Again,  they 
are  largely  Catholics,  and  as  such  under  the  orders  of  their  great 
head,  whom  they  consider  infallible  and  all  but  divine,  to  ostracise 
and  contend  with  Masons  everywhere,  individually  and  collectively, 
in  every  relation  of  life.  (See  the  bull  to  the  Anti-Masonic  congress 
held  last  year  at  Trent,  Austria.)  If  those  of  them  who  remain  Catho- 
lics disregard  the  orders  of  the  pope  in  this  matter  they  are  rene- 
gades, and  we  surely  cannot  expect  renegades  to  be  faithful  Masons. 

Again,  if  they  were  able  to  show  that  their  Scottish  Rite  essen- 
tials and  obligations  were  the  same  as  ours,  and  could  satisfactorily 
explain  the  woman  business  and  their  former  failure  to  acknowledge 
the  greatest  of  our  great  lights,  what  are  we  asked  to  recognize?  Not 
a  grand  lodge,  for  it  is  said  to  be  nothing  but  a  dieta,  or  in  English  a 
diet,  composed  of  representatives  of  grand  lodges. 

The  Grand  Lodge  of  England  does,  it  is  true,  wield  the  powers  of 
an  appellate  court  over  provincial  grand  lodges,  but  when  they  be- 
come strong  enough  and  request  it,  their  independence  is  recognized 
as  in  the  case  of  New  Zealand.  This  is  no  parallel  to  the  position  of 
a  grand  orient,  but  is  purely  a  geographical  regulation  and  a  good 
one. 

Now,  pulling  down  without  building  up  is  a  poor  business,  and  to 
stop  at  a  negative  would  be  childish.   We  do  owe  something  to  Mexico, 


MASONIC  CORRESPONDENCE.  195 


and  something'  should  be  done.  How  would  it  answer  to  consider  the 
territory  unoccupied,  as  it  is  from  any  proper  standpoint,  charter 
lodjjes  there  of  our  own  kind  and  let  them  form  real  grand  lodges  for 
us  to  recognize  without  need  for  apology  and  with  no  fear  of  future 
disruption  of  our  institution?  The  members  of  lodges  composing  the 
gran  dieta  can  be  initiated,  passed,  and  raised  in  their  lodges  and 
then  be  properly  recognized. 

Narrating  the  recognition  of  the  gran  dieta  by  Nevada,  Brother 
Eggleston  says: 

The  grand  master  recommends  the  recognition  of  the  Gran  Dieta 
of  Mexico,  and  gives  as  his  reason  under  a  "therefore,"  that  said 
gran  dieta  has,  by  edict,  ''discontinued  the  issuance  of  charters  for 
women  lodges,  and  prohibited  the  making  of  women  Masons  by  the 
lodges  of  its  obedience  under  penalty  of  Ir regularity,  and  has  replaced 
on  their  altars  the  Bible — the  great  light  of  Freemasonry."  [Italics 
ours.] 

Suppose  a  burglar  should,  after  looting  private  houses  and  break- 
ing up  several  banks,  conclude  to  claim  pardon  and  immunity  from 
pudishment,  would  the  mere  fact  that  he  had  ''ceased  from  burglar- 
ing"  be  a  sufficient  claim  on  which  to  say  that  "therefore"  we  rec- 
ommend his  recognition  as  an  honost  man? 

The  grand  master's  recommendation  was  carried  out  by  the  for- 
mal recognition  of  a  boay  which  has  disturbed  whatever  of  secrets 
the  three  symbolic  degrees,  under  the  Scottish  Rite  may  contain,  to 
large  numbers  of  women,  thus  destroying  all  secrecy  in  Mexico  for- 
ever as  a  body  of  sovereign  rulers  of  all  Masonic  matters  in  Mexico. 

West  Virginia.— Past  Grand  Master  Atkinson: 

Mexican  Masonry  is  still  a  very  live  factor  in  the  fraternity.  It 
is,  however,  getting  in  better  shape.  The  gran  dieta  symbolica, 
which  knocked  at  our  doors  for  recognition,  has  purged  itself,  we  are 
told,  of  its  most  objectionable  drawbacks,  to-wit:  making  Masons  out 
of  women,  and  ignoring  "the  great  light  in  Masonry;"  and  if  it  makes 
good  it  pledges,  it  bids  fair  to  gain  recognition  by  our  United  States 
grand  lodges.  It  is  true  that  its  grand  orient  origin  is  objectionable, 
but  we  have  too  many  precedents  in  the  United  States  of  recognition 
of  such  composite  bodies,  to  allow  us  to  turn  it  down  for  that  reason. 
It  is  claimed,  however,  that  a  number  of  Masonic  bodies  that  formerly 
paid  allegiance  to  it,  have  withdrawn,  and  that  it  is  thereby  on  the 
decline.  Whether  this  is  true  or  false  remains  to  be  seen;  as  also 
the  fulfillment  of  its  pledges  to  restore  the  holy  Bible  to  its  altars,  and 
call  in  its  charter  for  female  lodges.  My  own  judgment  is  that  we 
should  move  cautiously  in  the  way  of  recognition,  until  we  have  more 
satisfactory  developments  along  all  these  lines. 

Reviewing  Illinois: 

M  W.  Brother  Robbins  has  for  years  been  the  leader  of  the  oppos- 
ing faction  to  the  recognition  of  the  gran  dieta.  I  stood  squarely 
with  him  until  it  was  announced  that  said  grand  bodj'  had  purged  it- 
self of  certain  objectionable  features,  to-wit:  the  calling  in  of  char- 
ters to  female  lodges  and  the  restoration  of  the  bible  to  its  altars. 


196  APPENDIX — PART  I. 


When  it  did  this,  I  stated  that  I  thoug'ht  our  American  grand  bodies 
should  be  willing  to  look  upon  it  with  favor.  At  the  same  time  I 
stated  that  inasmuch  as  American  Masonry  had,  on  a  number  of  oc- 
casions, recognized  the  legitimacy  of  Masonic  bodies  of  grand  orient 
origin,  therefore  it  would  hardly  be  consistent  for  to  turn  down  the 
dieta  on  that  account.  But  my  learned  brother  seems  to  think  that 
such  conclusion  is  not  well  taken,  for  the  reason  that  if  its  origin 
was  not  legitimate  or  regular,  it  can  never  be  made  regular.  As  a 
matter  of  course  such  reason  is  logical,  but  bodies  of  composite  origin 
have  been  so  often  recognized  in  this  countr}',  it  would  hardly  be  just 
to  draw  that  particular  line  upon  the  gran  dieta.  If  it  makes  good 
its  recent  pledges,  I  shall  cheerfully  recommend  its  recognition  by 
the  Grand  Lodge  of  West  Virginia. 

Wisconsin.— Past  Grand  Master  Aldro  Jenks: 

On  the  subject  of  Mexican  Masonry,  we  see  no  reason  for  adding 
to  or  modifying  what  we  had  to  saj'  a  year  ago.  The  situation  has 
not  materially  changed.  The  general  disposition  of  American  grand 
lodges  is  to  withhold  recognition  from  this  alleged  Masonic  grand 
lodge  and  permit  them  to  prove  the  sincerity  of  their  reforms  before 
extending  to  them  a  fraternal  welcome.  A  yea.T  ago  we  asked  and 
obtained  further  time  to  consider  the  request  of  the  Grand  Orient  of 
Belgium  for  an  interchange  of  grand  representatives.  After  having" 
given  the  subject  such  thought  and  investigation  as  we  are  capable 
of,  we  do  not  feel  warranted  in  recommending  this  grand  lodge  to  ex- 
tend recognition  as  requested.  The  Grand  Orient  of  Belgium  owes 
its  existence,  not  to  the  action  of  regularly  constituted  lodges  of  An- 
cient Craft  Masonry,  but  to  a  decree  or  compact  entered  into  b}'  it 
with  the  supreme  council  of  the  A.  A.  Scottish  Rite.  The  experiences 
of  the  past  with  grand  orients  deriving  their  existence  from  Scottish 
Rite  parentage,  have  not  been  of  such  a  character  as  to  make  us  de- 
sirous to  enter  into  fraternal  relations  with  others  of  the  same  an- 
cestry. As  the  Scottish  Rite  originated  within  the  present  centur3',we 
consider  that  its  pretensions  to  control  the  three  degrees  of  Symbolic 
Masonr}'  (a  contention  not  indulged  in  by  that  body  in  the  United 
States)  is  a  pure  assumption,  and  that  symbolic  lodges  existing  by  vir- 
tue of  charters  derived  from  this  source,  are  necessarily  clandestine, 
and,  therefore,  cannot  be  recognized  b}^  grand  lodges  of  Ancient  Craft 
Masonry. 

We  have  taken  the  whole  paragraph,  because  what  he  has  to  say 
of  the  genesis  of  the  lodges  entering  into  the  Grand  Orient  of  Belgium 
applies  with  equal  force  to  the  lodges  under  the  gran  dieta,  and  in- 
deed to  all  the  lodges  now  existing  in  Mexico,  for  aught  we  know.  We 
think  they  are  all  either  mediately  orimmediately  derived  from  Scot- 
tish Rite  supreme  councils,  and,  therefore,  not  to  be  recognized  by 
Masons  of  lawful  origin. 

We  think  no  one  can  go  over  the  ground  covered  by  our  sympo- 
sium on  this  topic  without  being  impressed  with  the  idea  that  in  Mex- 
ico, at  least,  the  Gran  Dieta  S3'mbolica  is  regarded  as  being  on  its 
last  legs.  The  activity  of  rival  bodies  claiming  to  be  governing  bodies 
in  Symbolic  Masonry,  the  adhesion  of  the  former  grand  master  of 
the  gran  dieta  to  a  seceding  and  expelled  body,  and,  what  is  more  sig- 


MASONIC   CORRESPONDENCE.  197 

nificant,  the  recent  "treat}^"  entered  into  by  the  Supreme  Council  of 
Mexico  and  the  g-rand  lodg-e  having;  its  seat  at  Vera  Cruz— a  confes- 
sion, it  seems  to  us,  on  the  part  of  the  former  that  the  project  to  g^ive 
the  lodges  it  had  created  a  recog'nizable  status  abroad  by  uniting 
them  all,  directly  or  indirectly,  under  one  diet,  has  been  a  failure — 
all  indicate  the  general  anxiety  to  make  other  arrangements. 

Circumstances  established  by  reliable  witnesses  are  often  better 
evidence  than  alleged  observed  facts  from  the  mouths  of  others,  and 
it  is  to  be  hoped  that  in  this  instance  circumstances  really  indicate 
what  they  seem  to  and  will  not  prove  as  disappointing  as  everything 
claiming  to  be  veracious  written  history  originating  among  Mexican 
Masons — so-called. 

It  is  a  consummation  devoutly  to  be  wished  that  the  unlineal,  un- 
savory and  uncanny  aggregation  known  as  the  Gran  Dieta  Symbolica, 
which  has  queered  the  perceptions  if  not  the  consciences  of  so  many 
American  Masons  and  made  them  the  apologists  if  not  defenders  of 
practices  which  on  the  part  of  a  body  of  known  lawful  Masons  would 
by  common  consert  place  it  at  once  without  the  pale  of  the  Frater- 
nity, should  speedily  pass  into  oblivion. 

Still,  with  its  passing  the  evils  which  its  existence  have  uncov- 
ered rather  than  created  will  not  be  cured.  They  came  to  its  lodges 
as  a  heritage  from  their  former  parentage,  attracting  the  attention 
of  the  outside  world  only  when  the  governing  body  which  tolerated  or 
cultivated  them  attempted  by  duress  to  so  consolidate  its  power  as  to 
present  itself  to  the  grand  lodges  of  the  world  as  a  supreme  govern- 
ing authority  in  symbolic  Masonry.  The  attempt  of  the  grand  diet 
to  demonstrate  the  exclusiveness  of  its  jurisdiction  by  coercing  un" 
willing  lodges,  brought  about  the  disclosures  which  wrought  its  ruin. 

The  explosion  did  much  more  than  this.  It  demonstrated  to  the 
world  that  in  the  alleged  Masonry  of  countries  where  the  grand  lodge 
system  does  not  prevail,  the  men  (and  women)  made  in  lodges  not  of 
grand  lodge  parentage  fail  of  being  lawful  Masons  in  something  more 
than  a  technical  sense;  that  not  only  are  they  clandestine  when  tried 
by  the  law  which  governs  the  relations  of  the  lodge  to  the  grand  lodge 
— the  only  governing  body  known  to  the  original  plan — but  that  they 
are  free  from  the  contraint  of  those  landmarks  which  are  rooted  in 
the  unwritten  law,  without  which  the  possession  of  the  individual 
cannot  be  identified  as  Masonry  no  matter  under  what  rite  he  has  re- 
ceived it. 

The  passing  of  the  gran  dieta,  therefore,  will  still  leave  the  Ma- 
sons of  the  United  States  confronted  with  dangers  that  will  require 
their  constant  watchfulness,  because  so  long  as  American  Masons 
have  relatives  and  friends  engaged  in  business  in  Mexico — and  tlae 


198  APPENDIX — PART  I. 


numbar  will  increase  from  year  to  year — who  for  any  reasons,  busi- 
ness or  social,  have  entanoried  themselves  with  the  alleg"ed  Masonry 
of  that  republic,  so  long  will  they  have  advocates  on  this  side  of  the 
boundary  who  will  endeavor  to  give  that  variegated  sodality  a  rec- 
ognizable status. 

We  see  no  real  remedy  for  this  danger  but  to  adopt  the  sugges- 
tions of  Brother  RUCKLE,  of  Indiana,  and  Brother  Eggleston,  of  Vir- 
ginia— hinted  at  also  by  Brother  Perkins,  of  Vermont — to  regard 
the  republic  as  open  territory,  Masonically,  as  Brother  Eggleston 
correctly  says  it  is  "from  any  proper  standpoint" — for  the  riva 
grand  lodges  there  existing,  and  their  constituents  are  all  either  de- 
rived from,  or  have  merged  themselves  in  those  representatives  of 
dissent,  the  supreme  councils  and  the  system  they  administer.  No 
other  suggestion  has  so  far  been  made  which  promises  to  give  the  fac- 
tion torn  jurisdiction  on  the  other  side  of  our  southern  boundary  a 
"Masonry"  which  can  be  recognized  by  many  adherents  of  the  origi- 
nal plan  without  doing  violence  to  their  consciences. 

FORM  OF  REPORT. 

This  is  our  second  topical  report,  and  by  this  time  the  criticisms 
as  to  its  form,  of  those  who  have  reviewed  the  first  have  come  in.  They 
are  of  interest  to  all  readers,  but  most  interesting,  of  course,  to  those 
who  are  obliged  to  settle  for  themselves  what  form  they  will  adopt. 

Alabama. — Brother  Titcomb: 

We  must  be  permitted  to  congratulate  Brother  Bobbins  on  his 
success  in  making  up  a  topical  report.    It  is  a  splendid  piece  of  work. 

While  disclaiming  any  attempt  at  review, we  cannot  refrain  from 
taking,  at  a  respectful  distance,  a  "snap-shot"  (so  to  speak)  at  one  or 
two  topics  discussed. 

District  of  Columbia. — Brother  Singleton: 

The  abuses  of  all  these  privileges,  so  often  repeated  by  the  lodges, 
caused  the  grand  lodges  to  add  to  the  constitutions  the  restrictions 
which  at  present  exist  in  every  grand  lodge  jurisdiction  in  the  United 
States.  The  records  of  all  of  our  old  lodges  in  the  District  of  Co- 
lumbia show  precisely  the  same  state  of  matters  referred  to  in  the 
above  extract  from  Potomac  Lodge  No.  5. 

Indiana. — Brother  Ruckle: 

Correspondents  of  other  grand  bodies  have  diverged  from  this 
plan  by  preparing  a  review  by  topics,  taking  up  under  particular 
subject-heads  instead  of  the  headings  of  grand  jurisdictions  the  mat- 
ters thought  to  be  of  such  importance  as  to  deserve  special  mention. 
This  bringing  together  for  comparison  the  opinions  of  grand  masters, 
chairmen  of  committees  and  writers  of  correspondence  reports,  as  a 
rule  makes  a  very  interesting  review,  but  suppresses  to  a  great  ex- 


MASONIC   CORRESPONDENCE.  199 


tent  any  account  of  the  legislation  in  each  grand  lodge,  which,  in 
our  opinion,  is  the  vital  object  of  the  review. 

Iowa.— Brother  Coxe: 

The  report  on  correspondence,  from  the  pen  of  Brother  Robbins, 
is,  as  regards  its  form,  a  new  departure  for  this  jurisdiction.  At  the 
earnest  request  of  the  grand  master,  the  topical  method  was  pursued. 
That  it  is  well  done,  needs  no  affirmation  to  those  who  are  at  all  ac- 
quainted with  this  distinguished  brother's  previous  work.  That  it  is 
an  improvement  on  the  former  plan,  we  are  not  prepared  to  concede. 
There  are  some  confessed  advantages;  there  are  equally  manifest 
losses.  We  are  especially  pleased  with  another  new  feature,  viz:  an 
exhaustive  index,  which  makes  immediately  available  the  abundant 
material  here  collated.  We  were,  so  far  as  we  know,  the  first  to  fur- 
nish an  index  to  a  report;  Brother  Robbins  has  surpassed  us  in  the 
fullness  of  his  index,  in  which  we  note  but  one  flaw;  the  topics  under 
each  initial  letter  are  not  accurately  arranged  according  to  the  sec- 
ond, third,  or  following  letters.  But  why  mention  so  slight  a  defect? 
Because  the  amber  is  so  clear  that  this  fly  is  all  the  more  conspicuous 
by  contrast. 

Kansas.— Brother  Postlethwaite: 

The  report  of  M.W.  Bro.  Joseph  Robbins  on  foreign  correspond- 
ence, topical  in  arrangement,  furnishing  an  able  argument  of  his 
own,  supported  by  the  views  of  other  Masonic  writers  on  the  various 
topics  considered. 

Under  the  head  or  "As  Others  See  Us,"  our  esteemed  M.W.  brother 
compliments  our  maiden  effort,  but  thinks  we  were  misled  about 
twenty  per  cent  as  to  his  avoirdupois  in  the  cursory  view  we  took  of 
him  when  visiting  the  Grand  Lodge  of  Illinois.  We  may  have  erred 
in  his  physical  weight,  but  in  his  mental,  never.  After  reading  this 
topical  report,  we  are  inclined  to  raise  the  estimate.  The  production 
will  pass  in  Masonic  writings  as  first-class,  and  redound  to  the  good 
of  Masonry, 

It  is  ungracious  to  criticise  so  flattering  a  notice,  but  our 
brother  will  notice  upon  a  more  full  examination  of  the  quoted  mat- 
ter that  in  our  last  3'ear's  report,  as  in  this,  we  have  quoted  both 
sides. 

Minnesota. — Brother  Todd  says:  "At  the  earnest  solicitation  of 
the  grand  master,  Brother  Robbins  presented  his  report  on  corres- 
pondence in  a  topical  form,  in  which  he  does  not  feel  exactly  at 
home," 

Reviewing  Kentucky,  he  says: 

Bro.W.W.  Clarke  presented  his  report  on  foreign  correspondence 
in  topical  form,  an  easy  manner  of  filling  up  one  hundred  and  fifty 
pages  provided  the  pamphlets  can  be  marked  and  sent  direct  to  the 
printer.     The  old  style  is  preferable  in  our  way  of  thinking. 

That  is  the  plan  we  pursue  with  our  printer.  It  looks  easy,  but 
we  think  one  trial  would  modifv  our  brother's  views  somewhat. 


200  APPENDIX — PART  I. 


New  Jersey.— Brother  Edwards: 

The  correspondence  report  is  a  topical  presentation.  It  is  a  de- 
parture from  the  usual  plan,  although  used  by  others  previously 
within  limited  confines,  has  some  things  about  it  that  may  be  com- 
mended, scarcely  likely  to  obtain  among  the  guild  as  an  adoption^, 
wearisome  as  a  compilation  to  general  readers  seeking  knowledge 
with  recreative  variation  of  subject.  Brother  Bobbins  will  pardon 
the  feeling  that  the  form  appears  as  an  accumulation  of  emascula- 
tions, and  is  remindful  of  that  old  standard,  Chase's  Digest — never 
read,  but  a  good  reference. 

Quotations  are  introduced  into  the  report  from  the  address  of 
Brother  Fortmeyer  and  from  the  correspondence,  and  may  be  found 
under  the  several  headings  into  which  the  Illinois  report  is  divided. 
There  appears  a  distinctive  loss  of  consanguinity. 

New  York. — Brother  Anthony: 

M.  W.  Joseph  Robbins,  in  the  presentation  of  the  report  on  corre- 
spondence (176  pp.),  the  present  year,  has  adopted  the  topical  form. 
If  this  is  entirely  satisfactory  to  our  brother  and  the  Craft  of  his  ju- 
risdiction, it  is  sufficient.  Naturally  our  opinion  doesn't  count,  but 
we  will  say  it  does  not  look  familiar  to  us.  The  paper  before  us  em- 
braces a  very  complete  and  able  presentation  of  all  matters  relative 
to  the  topics  selected — strong,  vigorous,  and  ofttimes  aggressive. 

North  Carolina.— Brother  Collins  says:  "He  has  adopted  the 
exacting  topical  method  of  review,  and  this  departure,  while  adding 
to  his  labor,  has  largely  increased  its  usefulness  to  the  Masonic  stu- 
dent." 

Ohio. — Brother  Cunningham: 

In  this  connection,  in  regard  to  reports  on  foreign  correspond- 
ence, those  that  the  general  reader,  perhaps,  may  regard  as  the  most 
difficult  are  in  reality  the  most  easily  written.  This  is  especially  the 
case  in  those  topical  reports  in  which  the  scissors  play  the  most  im- 
portant part.  The  different  styles  of  synoptical  reports,  and  sum- 
maries of  proceedings,  it  is  needless  to  say,  are  not  any  more  difficult 
because  of  the  absence  of  quotations  therein.  The  different  methods 
vary  the  monotonous  character  of  the  reports,  and  either  method  may 
be  made  as  difficult  of  preparation  as  their  writer  may  elect. 

Oklahoma. — Brother  Hunt: 

The  report  of  the  committee  on  foreign  correspondence  is  as  usual 
by  M.W.  Bro.  Joseph  Robbins,  and  is  a  new  departure  from  the  excel- 
lence of  Brother  Robbins'  reports,  only  in  form.  We  see  by  the  report 
of  the  grand  secretary  that  Brother  Robbins  receives  $300  for  writing 
this  report.  We  are  impressed  with  the  fact  that  the  mechanical 
part  of  writing  the  same  alone  is  paid  for,  as  the  ability  and  research 
for  such  a  report  can  hardly  be  estimated  in  dollars  and  cents.  It 
seems  to  us  that  some  of  our  best  writers  are  poorly  paid  for  their 
work,  and  some  very  few  (among  whom  the  present  writer  stands 
conspicuous)  should  be  paid  to  keep  silent.  We  can't  say  that  we 
admire  the  topical  method  of  reviewing.  While  it  has  some  marked 
advantages  in  not  having  to  repeat  one's  comments  upon  the  same 


MASONIC   CORRESPONDENCE.  201 


subject,  for  every  journal  one  opens,  and  while  we  were  a  great  ad- 
mirer of  our  late  Brother  Fellows'  reviews,  we  had  a  rather  strong 
conviction  that  they  were  just  a  notch  above  old  beginners. 

Oregon. — Brother  Clow: 

At  the  suggestion  of  Grand  Master  Cook  he  adopted  the  topical 
method  followed  by  the  late  Brother  Fellows,  of  Louisiana,  and  last 
year  by  Brother  Upton,  of  Washington.  We  do  not  like  the  plan,  and 
we  don't  believe  Brother  Robbins  likes  it  himtelf.  It  is  written  in  his 
usual  style,  but  difficult  to  get  at. 

Tennessee. — Brother  Morgan: 

Brother  Joseph  Robbins  prepared  the  report  on  correspondence 
this  year,  consisting  of  1(34  pages,  on  the  "topical"  plan.  We  like  the 
report,  but  very  much  deprecate  the  plan.  It  not  only  doubles  the 
work  of  the  reviewer,  but  that  of  the  reader.  If  you  want  to  know 
about  the  brethren  of  a  certain  jurisdiction,  you  must  find  it,  if  you 
can,  scattered  all  through  the  report,  and  then  numerous  topics  are 
left  undiscussed,  or  put  under  a  head  to  which  they  are  not  much 
akin;  or  the  topics  are  made  so  numerous  that  nothing  is  gained  by 
the  arrangement.  Nevertheless,  Brother  Robbins'  report  is  an  ex- 
lent  one,  but  hereafter  we  hope  he  will  abandon  the  "topical"  plan. 


He  also  notices  Tennessee  on  page  46,  on  the  subject  of  the  Maine 
proposition  as  to  rejected  material;  page  97,  on  the  cipher  ritual; 
page  97,  the  gran  dieta  of  Mexico;  non-affiliates,  page  152.  We  are 
thus  accorded  more  notice  than  many  grand  lodges,  but  it  is  all  scat- 
tered about.  We  don't  believe  Brother  Robbins  likes  the  "topical" 
plan  himself.  He  says  he  reluctantly  undertook  it  at  the  earnest  so- 
licitation of  the  grand  master. 

Reviewing  Kentucky,  Brother  Morgan  returns  to  the  subject: 

The  report  on  correspondence  is  again  by  Bro.  W.  W.  Clarke.  It 
covers  141  pages,  and  we  regret  to  say  that  we  are  disappointed  in  it. 
Not  that  it  is  not  able,  profound,  learned,  and  well  gotten  up,  but  it 
on  the  "topical"  plan,  without  any  well-defined  list  of  "topics;"  "sub- 
jective," without  dealing  with  near  all  the  subjects — a  review  of  all 
the  other  grand  lodges  without  accomplishing  that  end:  "objective," 
without  attaining  its  objects.  We  can  not  tell  what  grand  lodges  are 
reviewed,  because  many  of  them  are  not  mentioned. 

One  object  of  these  correspondence  reports  is  to  enlighten  the 
great  army  of  Masons — the  "rank  and  file"— who  cannot  attend  grand 
lodges.  They  like  to  read  and  learn  what  the  Masons  of  the  world 
are  doing,  or  many  of  them  do.  Put  in  this  form,  they  have  to  wade 
through  a  misty  maze  of  learning,  and  when  they  get  through,  know 
but  little  about  where  it  came  from  or  what  of  it  "anyhow;"  thus 
they  lose  interest,  and  will  not  read  the  reports  at  all. 

We  do  not  intend  this  criticism  as  personal  or  harsh,  as  to  Brother 
Clarke.  His  report  is  a  good  one  of  the  kind.  But  our  protest  is 
against  the  system,  because  we  know  it  is  not  what  the  masses  of  the 
brethren  want,  and  does  not  meet  our  idea  of  giving  us  all  what  we 
want  in  a  condensed,  convenient  form. 


202  APPENDIX— PART  I. 


•  Texas.— Brother  Matthews: 

Our  brother,  as  he  tells  us.  at  the  earnest  solicitation  of  the  grand 
master,  departs  from  his  usual  manner  of  reviewing  the  volumes  of 
proceedings  in  alphabetical  order,  and  adopts  the  topical  plan  so  long 
followed,  and,  so  far  as  we  are  aware,  originated  by  the  lamented 
Past  Grand  Master  Bro.  J.  Q.  C.  Fellows,  of  Louisiana.  Such  a  report 
we  have  alwa3's  thought  the  most  difficult  to  write,  and  as  by  experi- 
ence we  know,  is  much  the  most  difficult  to  review.  In  fact,  we  can- 
not, with  any  degree  of  satisfaction  to  ourself,  do  so. 

Utah. — Brother  Diehl  refers  to  the  form  of  the  report  and  says' 
"It  was  hard  labor,  but  he  performed  it  well.  His  topics  refer  to 
matters  which  have  been  on  the  surface  of  the  sea  during  the  year. 
*    *    *    The  report  is  the  best  Brother  Robbins  ever  wrote." 

West  Virginia.— Brother  Atkinson: 

M.W.  .Joseph  Bobbins'  annual  review  of  grand  lodges  covers  164 
printed  pages.  He  has  adopted  the  topical  form,  which  in  many  re- 
spects is  desirable,  but  on  the  whole  is  not  as  satisfactory  as  the  old 
method. 

Wisconsin. — Brother  Jenks: 

The  veteran  writer  of  the  Correspondence  Reports  for  Illinois, 
Bro.  Joseph^Robbins,  in  order  to  economize  space,  presents  his  report 
this  year  in  a  topical  form.  Like  everything  that  emanates  from 
Brother  Robbins*  pen,  this  report  is  replete  with  interest  and  instruc- 
tion. We  cannot,  however,  regard  it  as  any  improvement  over  the 
former  method. 

It  will  be  seen  that,  so  far  as  the  correspondent's  guild  is  con- 
cerned, the  topical  form  of  report  is  very  generally  disliked,  and 
those  who  have  discussed  the  subject  have  given  reasons  for  that  dis- 
like which  go  beyond  the  mere  question  of  the  renewer's  convenience, 
or  partiality  for  another  form.  One  of  the  strong  reasons  suggested 
is  that  the  topical  form  of  report  does  not  give  a  picture  of  Masonry 
as  reflected  in  the  proceedings,  and  hence  fails  of  the  true  end  of  a 
report  on  correspondence. 

To  our  mind  a  stronger  reason,  but  one  closely  akin  to  that,  is 
that  in  dealing  with  most  questions  that  are  widely  discussed,  the  re- 
viewer is  belated.  In  waiting  until  subjects  have  become  of  wide  pres- 
ent interest,  in  order  to  reflect  by  his  reflections  the  prevailing  trend 
of  opinion,  he  has  lost  his  opportunity— as  well  as  failed  of  a  corres. 
pendent's  real  duty — to  be  in  at  the  first,  to  discover  the  first  outcop- 
ings  of  revolutionary  and  destructive  tendencies,  or  doctrines,  and  to 
raise  the  warning  voice  and  endeavor  to  set  the  current  of  Masonic 
opinion,  which  may  have  been  deflected  by  surrounding  conditions  or 
the  alluring  propositions  of  enthusiasts  within,  back  into  proper  chan- 
nels. 


MASONIC  CORRESPONDENCE.  203 

Compared  with  the  loss  of  this,  the  most  valuable  service  of  the 
reviewer,  the  chief  advantage  of  the  topical  report— the  avoidance 
of  repetition  in  discussion — is,  in  our  judg-ment,  of  comparatively  lit- 
tle moment. 

ARHY  LODGES. 

California.— Grand  Master  Flint,  in  reporting-  his  refusal  of  two 
applications  for  dispensations  to  form  lodges  among  the  soldiers  en- 
listed from  that  state,  says: 

A  careful  examination  of  the  reports  of  the  various  grand  mas- 
ters from  1861  to  1865  upon  the  so-called  army  lodges  convinced  me 
that  for  various  reasons  it  would  not  be  for  the  best  interests  of  the 
Craft  to  grant  dispensations  of  such  a  character,  at  least  until  the 
grand  lodge  had  determined  the  manner  and  method  by  which  such 
dispensations  were  to  be  granted. 

Committee  on  jurisprudence  (the  grand  lodge  concurring): 

We  commend  the  discretion  of  the  grand  master  in  refusing  to 
issue  special  dispensations  for  the  organization  of  army  lodges.  An 
army  lodge  is  an  anomaly  in  Masonry.  Its  meetings  are  held  at  any 
place  wht  re  the  exigencies  of  the  military  service  may  cause  a  tem- 
porary encampment.  If  held  in  our  own  country,  such  meetings  are 
necessarily  an  invasion  of  the  jurisdiction  of  other  regularly  consti- 
tuted lodges.  During  the  clash  of  battle  in  our  late  civil  war,  it 
sometimes  happened  that  army  lodges,  with  their  charters  and 
records,  were  swept  from  existence,  and  the  unfortunate  members  of 
such  lodges  were  thus  deprived  of  membership,  without  dimits  or 
other  records  to  show  that  they  had  received  the  degrees  of  Masonry 
in  a  regularly  chartered  Masonic  lodge.  We  recommend  that  this 
grand  lodge  condemn,  with  unqualified  disapprobation,  every  effort, 
from  any  source,  to  revive  the  pernicious  practice  of  issuing  dispen- 
sations for  the  organization  of  any  lodges  of  such  a  character. 

Florida -Grand  Master  Hilliard: 

In  .July,  1898,  I  received  a  request  from  the  members  of  Tampa, 
to  grant  them  a  dispensation  to  organize  a  military  lodge.  After  giv- 
ing the  matter  serious  consideration,  I  deemed  it  for  the  best  interest 
of  Masonry  in  general,  under  the  existing  circumstances,  to  refuse 
this  request. 

Later  on  in  the  month,  I  received  a  letter  from  the  grandmaster 
of  Virginia,  asking  for  concurrence  in  establishing  a  military  lodge 
in  this  jurisdiction.  I  declined  on  the  same  grounds  that  I  gave  in  my 
letter  to  the  members  of  Tampa. 

Indiana.— Grand  Master  Johnson: 

Early  in  1898  I  received  a  request  to  issue  a  dispensation  to  estab- 
lish a  lodge  among  the  Indiana  soldiers  then  in  camp  in  the  south. 

Whatever  my  own  inclination  may  have  been,  it  was  on  a  question 
of  right  and  power  of  the  grand  master.  Our  soldiers  were  in  juris- 
dictions possessing  grand  lodges  at  peace  with  us,  and  I  found  no 
authority  to  grant  dispensations  for  lodges  outside  of  our  own  juris- 
diction. 


204  APPENDIX — PART  I. 


The  constitution  says:  "During  the  recess  of  the  grand  lodge  he 
may  grant  dispensations  for  the  formation  of  lodges."  but  he  can  do 
this  only  when  all  of  the  forms  prescribed  and  conditions  precedent 
have  been  complied  with.  "No  charter  or  dispensation  (for  a  new 
lodge)  shall  be  granted  to  any  person  or  persons  whomsoever  residing 
out  of  the  state  of  Indiana,  if  within  the  jurisdiction  of  any  other 
constitutional  grand  lodge." 

While  this  applies  to  persons  residing  out  of  the  state,  it  certainly 
controls  those  residing  in  the  state. 

I  am  well  aware  that  there  were  "Army  Lodges"  during  the  war 
of  1861-5,  but  I  am  not  aware  that  they  were  established  by  virtue  of 
any  law.  I  am  sure  the  history  of  those  lodges  is  such  that  no  think- 
ing Mason  would  wish  such  history  repeated.  Rather  would  we  agree 
with  Past  Grand  Master  Hacker,  who  said  in  1865:  "Had  I  my  two 
years  grand  mastership  to  live  over,  and  knowing  what  I  now  do,  I  do 
not  think  I  would  issue  any  dispensations  whatever  to  organize  lodges 
connected  with  the  army." 

The  grand  master  possesses  such  powers  as  the  grand  lodge  has 
prescribed.     I  refused  to  grant  such  dispensation. 

On  the  recommendation  of  the  committee  on  jurisprudence,  who 
say:  "The  committee  is  of  the  opinion  that  the  grounds  taken  by  the 
M.W.  grand  master  are  good,  his  argument  sound  and  his  refusal 
proper,"  his  action  was  approved  and  confirmed. 

Iowa. — Grand  Master  Bowen: 

I  have  received  a  communication  signed  by  Bro.  J.  C.  Loper,  colo- 
nel commanding  the  Fifty-first  Regiment  Iowa  Volunteers,  then  sta- 
tioned at  or  near  Manila,  Philippine  Islands,  and  fourteen  other 
officers  and  men  belonging  to  that  regiment,  all  Master  Masons  in 
good  standing,  and  all  members  of  Masonic  lodges  under  the  jurisdic- 
tion of  this  grand  lodge,  asking  a  dispensation  authorizing  them  to 
organize  and  open  a  Masonic  lodge. 

My  first  impulse  on  the  receipt  of  this  communication  was  to  at 
once  grant  the  request  and  send  them  the  dispensation  asked  for, 
feeling  that  anything  our  "soldier  boys"  would  ask  ought  to  be 
granted  without  hesitation,  and  done  cheerfully.  A  little  reflection 
upon  the  subject,  however,  soon  convinced  me  that  there  might  be 
some  question  both  as  to  the  advisability  and  the  legality  of  such  a 
course.  I  determined,  therefore,  to  avail  myself  of  the  privilege 
which  I  asked  when  accepting  this  position — that  of  consulting  with 
other  Masons  whose  good  opinions  I  value  very  highly.  According, 
I  counseled  either  in  person  or  by  letter  with  several  of  my  prede- 
cessor in  office.  The  consensus  of  opinion,  not  quite  unanimous,  how- 
ever, was  that  such  a  course  would  be  neither  legal,  nor  advisable  if 
legal,  and  I  became  fully  satisfied  that  such  was  the  case,  and  I  was, 
therefore,  compelled  to  decline  the  request. 

I  cannot  better  express  my  reasons  for  arriving  at  this  conclusion 
than  to  quote  from,  adopt,  and  make  as  my  own  the  language  used 
by  one  of  your  past  grand  masters,  whose  opinions  I  have  learned  to 
value  very  highl3^     He  says: 


MASONIC   CORRESPONDENCE.  205 


"By  reference  to  page  440  of  Vol.  III.,  of  the  proceedings  of  the 
Grand  Lodge  of  Iowa  for  the  3'ear  1861,  you  will  find  that  the  question 
propounded  by  you  with  reference  to  the  establishment  of  military 
lodges  is  not  a  new  one  in  this  state.  The  question  at  the  session  of 
the  grand  lodge  for  1861  was  before  the  grand  lodge  and  b}^  that  body 
referred  to  the  committee  on  Masonic  jurisprudence,  which  made  a 
report  thereon  as  recorded  on  page  440  of  Vol.  Ill,  as  above  cited. 

"You  will  observe  that  the  committee  in  that  instance  claimed 
authority  for  the  grand  lodge  to  establish  such  lodges,  but  reported 
against  the  advisability  and  expediency  of  so  doing.  For  my  own 
part,  I  do  not  believe  that  the  grand  lodge  possesses  any  such  author- 
ity as  indicated  by  that  report.  Neither  do  I  believe  that  you,  as 
grand  master,  have  any  right  or  authority  under  the  constitution  and 
laws  of  this  jurisdiction  to  issue  a  dispensation  therefor.  You  will 
observe,  by  reference  to  section  3,  of  article  III,  of  the  constitution 
of  the  Grand  Lodge  of  Iowa,  that  it  is  provided:  'Its  executive 
powers  are  such  as  will  enable  it  to  carry  its  legislation  into  complete 
effect,  by  the  granting  of  dispensations  or  charters  to  establish  and 
perpetuate  lodges  in  the  jurisdiction;  the  revocation  or  suspen- 
sion thereof  for  just  cause;  the  granting-  of  dispensation  for  all  pur- 
poses permitted  by  the  constitution  and  laws  of  the  jurisdiction,  and 
the  doing  of  other  acts  not  forbidden  bj'  law  and  essential  to  the  wel- 
fare of  the  Craft.'  So  that  I  think  the  power  of  the  grand  lodge  is 
limited  to  this  jurisdiction,  and  I  cannot  see  where  it  would  have  any 
jurisdiction  to  establish  a  lodge  or  lodges  in  the  Philippine  Islands. 

"By  turning  to  section  2,  of  article  ix,  of  the  constitution,  you  will 
find  the  grand  master's  authority  with  reference  to  the  granting  of 
dispensations  fully  set  out,  with  the  limitation  that  he  is  subject  to 
the  provision  of  the  laws  of  the  grand  lodge. 

"I  am  no  believer  in  what  is  commonly  called  the  grand  master's 
prerogative.  In  this  modern  day  of  Masonry  I  think  his  prerogatives 
are  such  as  are  given  by  the  constitution  and  laws  of  his  particular 
jurisdiction  and  no  more. 

"Aside  from  all  this,  however,  I  do  not  think  it  wise  or  expedient 
to  authorize  the  formation  of  lodges  of  this  character.  They  cer- 
tainly can  be  productive  of  no  good  to  the  cause  of  Masonry  in  gen- 
eral, and  I  do  not  see  how  they  can  add  to  the  benefit  of  any  Mason 
in  particular.  For  these  reasons,  were  I  grand  master,  I  do  not  believe 
I  would  issue  the  dispensation  prayed  for," 

So  much  of  the  report  of  the  committee  on  address  as  recom- 
mended the  approval  of  the  grand  master's  action  was  carried  to  the 
committee  on  jurisprudence  by  the  momentum  of  the  action  of  the 
grand  lodge  in  sending  to  that  committee  resolutions  granting  a  char- 
ter to  the  same  petitioners,  on  the  heels  of  which  action  the  report  of 
the  committee  on  address  was  presented. 

The  committee  on  jurisprudence  reported  against  the  resolution 
on  legal  grounds  supplemented  by  such  a  strong  showing  of  the  in- 
expediency of  the  proposed  action  such  as  lack  of  time,  scattered 
condition  of  the   Iowa  soldiers,  sickness  and  disability  of  the  chief 


206  APPENDIX — PART  I. 


petitioner,  and  the  like,  that  its  defeat  was  inevitable  and  was  accom- 
plished. 

Maryland. — Grand  Master  Shryock  reported  bavin"-  sfranted  a 
dispensation  for  a  lodge  in  the  First  Maryland  Regiment  U.S.V.  then 
located  at  Camp  Wilmer,  Maryland,  with  power  to  make  Masons, 
residents  of  Maryland,  members  of  that  organization,  and  that  he  had 
visited  the  lodge  while  the  regiment  was  stationed  at  Fortress  Mon- 
roe.    He  further  says: 

Subsequently  the  regiment  was  moved  to  Camp  Meade,  Pennsyl- 
vania. I  addressed  a  letter  to  the  Most  Worshipful  Grand  Master  of 
Pennsylvania,  William  J.  Kelly,  advising  him  of  the  existence  of  this 
lodge  on  the  territory  of  the  jurisdiction  of  Pennsylvania,  and  re- 
ceived from  him  a  most  courteous  reply,  in  which  he  extended  to  the 
lodge,  through  me,  the  use  of  the  lodge  room  at  Middletown,  Penn- 
sylvania. Owing,  however,  to  the  very  severe  military  duties  to  which 
the  regiment  was  subject,  in  order  to  prepare  it  for  service  in  Cuba, 
I  have  just  been  informed  by  the  master  of  the  lodge  that  they  were 
unable  to  hold  meetings  during  their  stay  in  Pennsylvania.  The  offi- 
cers of  this  lodge  are  extremely  discreet,  one  of  them  being  past 
senior  grand  warden  of  our  grand  lodge,  and  another  a  grand  inspec- 
tor at  the  time  he  enlisted.  So  I  feel  perfectly  safe  in  advising  the 
grand  lodge  that  this  lodge  will  do  nothing  but  what  will  reflect  credit 
upon  the  fraternity  in  Maryland.  I  felt,  as  these  brethren  had  offered 
their  lives  as  a  sacrifice  on  the  altar  of  their  country's  honor,  they 
were  entitled  to  all  the  privileges  that  we,  as  Masons,  could  confer 
upon  them,  and  that  of  having  the  privilege  of  meeting  in  lodge  fel- 
lowship was  the  highest  in  our  power  to  bestow. 

The  grand  lodge  continued  the  dispensation  during  the  pleasure 
of  the  grand  master. 

ninnesota. — Grand  Master  Stebbins  reported  as  follows,  with 
the  tacit  approval  of  the  grand  lodge: 

On  July  12,  I  received  a  petition  from  certain  Master  Masons  of 
the  Thirteenth  Regiment,  Minnesota  Volunteers,  then  in  California 
on  their  way  to  Manila,  asking  a  dispensation  for  the  formation  of  a 
military  lodge  in  that  city.  Having  had  an  intimation  that  such  a 
petition  would  be  presented,  I  took  occasion  to  study  the  history  of 
army  lodges,  and  I  corresponded  and  conversed  with  well  informed 
Masons  on  the  subject.  I  was  justly  proud  of  my  brothers,  whose  loy- 
alty and  patriotism  had  prompted  them  to  enlist  in  their  country's 
cause,  and  I  could  most  heartily  wish  them  all  the  enjoyment  and 
privileges  that  it  was  possible  to  obtain,  but  my  duty  to  the  Craft,  as 
I  saw  it,  battled  for  the  mastery  over  inclination,  and  the  petition 
was  returned. 

Missouri. — Grand  Master  Tygard  declined  an  informal  applica- 
tion for  a  dispensation  for  an  army  lodge. 

North  Dakota.— Grand  Master  Carothers: 

On  June  1,  1898,  I  signed  a  dispensation  for  a  military  lodge  to  be 
attached  to  a  battalion  of  troops  from  our  state  in  the  Philippine 
Islands.     Lieut.  Col.  Wm.  C.  Treumann,  of  Grafton,  was  named  as 


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worshipful  master;  M a j.  Frank  White,  of  Valley  City,  as  senior  war- 
den, and  Captain,  now  Maj.  John  H.  Fraine,  of  Grafton,  as  junior 
warden.  Few,  if  any,  of  my  official  acts  have  fjiven  me  fjreater  pleas- 
ure than  this.  Nearly  every  commissioned  officer  in  the  command 
signed  the  petition  for  dispensation.  Through  what  channel  can  the 
officer  and  soldier  be  brought  nearer  together  in  friendship  and  mu- 
tual understanding  than  through  a  Masonic  lodge?  Many  of  the 
members  are  of  our  newly  made  brethren  to  whom  this  lodge  will  be 
a  means  of  inspiration  and  instruction.  Every  meeting  will  be  a  re- 
minder of  some  of  the  last  scenes  in  the  home  land,  and  in  the  hands 
of  such  of  her  sons  the  honor  of  our  beloved  country  is  safe.  "When 
our  brothers  return  and  deposit  with  this  grand  lodge  the  furniture 
and  records  of  their  movable  lodge,  North  Dakota  military  lodge  will 
have  passed  into  history  crowned  with  the  memory  of  men  who  did 
their  duties  in  defense  of  principles  all  Masons  love. 

The  grand  lodge  adopted  the  following  from  the  committee  on 
address: 

Masonry  teaches  us  that  it  is  the  duty  of  all  Masons  to  be  loyal 
and  true  to  the  government  under  which  they  live;  that  patriotism, 
the  love  of  the  country,  is  the  highest  and  noblest  and  best  quality  of 
the  human  heart.  We,  therefore,  most  heartily  recommend  the  unani- 
mous approval  of  the  action  of  and  recommendations  made  by  our 
most  worshipful  grand  master  relative  to  the  granting  of  a  dispensa- 
tion for  a  military  lodge  in  the  Philippine  Islands,  and  that  the  dues 
of  all  Masons,  members  within  this  grand  jurisdiction,  while  in  the 
military  service  of  the  United  States  during  the  war  with  Spain,  be 
remitted,  and  their  lodge  be  relieved  from  paying  grand  lodge  dues 
on  them  during  the  continuance  of  such  service. 

The  experienceof  those  jurisdictions  which  granted  dispensations 
for  army  lodges  in  1861-1865  was  not  such  as  to  make  it  probable  that 
anybody  familiar  with  the  results  of  that  experiment  would  be  likely 
to  repeat  it.  It  would  be  interesting  to  know  how  many  records  of 
the  meetings  and  work  of  such  lodges,  if  any,  are  now  in  existence. 
Of  course  all  such  records  should  have  been  returned  with  the  dispen- 
sations under  which  the  lodges  had  been  held;  but  we  think  it  must 
have  been  a  rare  thing  if  either  was  ever  returned. 

HASONIC   HOHES. 

This  subject  is  still  a  matter  of  great  interest,  particularly  in 
those  jurisdictions  that  have  homes  in  process  of  erection,  or  having 
them  completed  and  in  operation,  are  yearly  brought  face  to  face  with 
the  question  of  ways  and  means.  But  there  has  been  comparatively 
little  home  building  or  home  projecting  during  the  past  year,  and 
those  undertaken  in  the  future  will  be  begun  after  much  more  care- 
ful preliminary  thought  and  ciphering  than  have  preceded  the  erec- 
tion of  some  now  existing. 

It  seems  to  us  that  the  time  is  propitious  for  some  reflections  upon 
the  subject,  and,  as  they  occurred  to  us  largely  at  the  time  we  were 


208  APPENDIX — PART  I. 


reading  Brother  Hedges'  Montana  report,  we  will  make  the  thoughts 
suggested  to  him  by  a  then  pending  amendment  to  the  by-laws  of  our 
grand  lodge,  alone  stand  for  our  text,  instead  of  gleaning  from  the 
whole  field.     He  says: 

An  amendment  was  adopted,  subject  to  approval  at  the  next  com- 
munication, to  reduce  the  dues  to  sixty  cents  per  capita.  Instead  of 
this  reduction  it  would  seem  to  us  better  to  let  the  dues  remain  and 
keep  the  surplus  invested  till  there  was  sufficient  to  build  and  endow 
a  home,  like  Kentucky,  New  York,  Texas,  and  several  others.  We 
have  a  pride  in  the  jurisdiction  we  have  the  honor  to  represent,  to  see 
Illinois  more  distinctively  represented  in  the  great  work  of  charity, 
which  is  above  all  things  the  crowning  glory  of  Masonry  in  these  clos- 
ing years  of  the  nineteenth  century.  Such  a  plan  and  purpose  once 
announced,  there  is  little  doubt  that  the  movement  would  be  acceler- 
ated by  generous  contributions  from  wealthy  brethren,  till  in  less 
than  ten  years  Illinois  would  have  a  home  for  its  "decayed  members," 
dependent  widows  and  orphans,  that  would  be  the  pride  and  glory  of 
every  craftsman  in  the  state.  There  may  not  appear  any  urgent  need 
of  such  an  institution  in  Illinois,  as  there  did  not  appear  any  in  New 
York  or  Connecticut,  but  as  soon  as  a  home  was  opened  it  was  filled, 
and  so  it  would  be  in  Illinois.  "The  poor  and  the  unfortunate  we  have 
with  us  always,"  and  so  it  will  be  to  the  end  of  time,  no  doubt.  We 
know  that  under  the  Grand  Lodge  of  England  careful  inquiry  is  made 
into  the  circumstances  of  every  candidate  to  know  that  he  is  able  to 
maintain  himself  and  family  reputably,  and  yet  there  are  many  be- 
nevolent institutions  maintained  there, and  every  lodge  member  makes 
regular  contributions  to  the  "benevolent  fund"  as  to  that  for  the  gen- 
eral expenses  of  the  lodge. 

It  is  of  course  natural  that  he  should  think  it  better  that  the  dues 
remain  as  they  are  until  the  invested  surplus  should  be  sufficient  for 
the  purpose  indicated,  apart  from  the  pride — which  it  ministers  to 
our  pride  to  recognize — he  takes  in  our  jurisdiction  as  being  in  a 
diplomatic  sense  his  own,  if,  as  it  seems,  he  regards  the  form  of 
beneficence  which  runs  to  palatial  homes  for  the  decayed  members  of 
the  fraternity,  as  the  crowning  glory  of  Masonry  in  these  closing  years 
of  the  nineteenth  century.  We  commend  him  to  a  careful  study  of 
the  exhaustive  Iowa  report  on  the  subject  of  institutional  benevo- 
lence, as  to  its  status  in  this  country.  In  England,  which  he  cites  as 
an  example  for  the  number  of  the  benevolent  institutions  maintained 
by  the  fraternity,  and  also  for  the  requirement  that  every  member 
shall  make  regular  contributions  to  the  benevolent  fund,  the  condi- 
tions are  very  different.  We  have  nothing  here  analogous  to  the 
system  of  high-priced  admission  tickets  to  grand  festival  communica- 
tions, by  which  vast  sums  are  raised  in  aid  of  benevolent  institutions 
under  the  auspices  of  the  fraternity,  and  no  condition  of  society  out 
of  which  such  things  can  grow.  We  do  not  speak  from  positive  knowl- 
edge, but  from  impressions  incidentally  gained  in  our  reading  when 
the  study  of  these  methods  was  not  being  avowedly  pursued,  but  we 
think  that  the  lodge  "fund  of  benevolence"  is  not  drawn  upon  for  the 


MASONIC   CORRESPONDENCE.  209 

support  of  any  of  these  great  institutions,  but  that  their  maintenance 
depends  upon  voluntary  contributions  of  the  wealthy. 

In  this  country,  except  in  New  York,  where  it  has  been  found 
possible  by  investment  in  city  property  to  accumulate  large  means 
for  the  erection  and  maintenance,  at  least  in  part,  of  a  magnificent 
asylum,  the  building"  and  running"  expenses  of  these  eleemosynary 
institutions  is  found  to  rest  at  last  upon  the  unequal  taxation  of  indi- 
viduals— considering  their  relative  ability  to  pay — through  a  nomi- 
nally but  delusively  equal  per  capita  tax  upon  the  members;  and  the 
membership  of  the  fraternity,  so  far  as  its  average  financial  ability 
is  concerned,  is  very  different  here,  where  any  eligible  applicant  of  good 
character  who  can  scrape  together  the  fees  for  the  degrees  is  accepted 
without  much  thought  of  whether  he  will  be  able  to  keep  up  continu- 
ously the  generally  small  annual  dues,  to  what  they] are  in  England, 
where,  as  Brother  Hedges  points  out,  careful  inquiry  is  made  into  the 
circumstances  of  every  candidate  to  know  that  he  is  able  to  maintain 
himself  and  family  reputably,  and,  we  may  add,  as  becomes  a  man 
who  wishes  to  join  what  is  much  more  than  with  us,  a  social  club.  The 
reasons  are,  therefore,  much  stronger  here  than  there,  why  the  most 
careful  inquiry  should  precede  the  choice  of  any  permanent  form  of 
Masonic  beneficence,  to  determine  which  is  likely  to  be  the  most 
economical  and  bring  the  greatest  good  to  the  greatest  number  of 
unfortunates,  and  the  no  less  important  consideration  of  adjusting 
the  burdens  most  equitably  to  the  abilities  of  those  who  must  bear 
them.  The  institutional  method  is  vastly  impressive.  A  magnificent 
pile  of  brick  and  stone  and  a  well  kept  lawn  with  shade  and  flowers 
catch  the  eye  and  appeal  to  the  senses  w^hich  respond  to  the  grand 
and  the  beautiful,  which  is  well  if  it  does  not  allow  our  senses  to  out- 
weigh our  judgment;  and  if  we  have  a  proprietary  interest  in  this 
grandeur  and  beauty  it  ministers  to  our  love  of  show,  which  is — not 
so  well  if  it  involves  making  a  show  of  Masonry.  Does  this  element 
enter  into  the  matter?  Read  any  appeal  or  exhortation  in  favor  of 
building  a  Masonic  home  in  any  jvirisdiction  and  see  whether  you  find 
there  no  complaint  that  we  are  doing  nothing  to  show  to  the  world 
that  we  are  a  charitable  fraternity — nothing  to  show  that  we  are  car- 
ing for  the  widow  and  the  orphan — putting  nothing  into  enduring  form 
that  so  we  can  hand  it  down  to  our  successors  as  the  visible  pride  and 
glory  of  our  institution.  How  often  have  we  seen  or  heard  it  said 
that  we  in  Illinois  were  doing  nothing  in  a  charitable  way  commen- 
surate with  the  position  of  our  grand  lodge,  and  in  the  same  breath 
that  if  the  amount  our  lodges  annually  devote  to  charity  were  put 
together  it  would  soon  amount  to  enough  to  build  a  Masonic  home  to 
which  w^e  could  point  with  pride  as  a  monument  to  the  liberality  of  a 
great  jurisdiction! 


210  APPENDIX  — PART   I. 


The  readiness  of  these  people  to  settle  out  of  hand,  in  an  instant, 
one  of  the  most  recondite  and  perplexing-  questions  in  sociology  that 
has  vexed  the  brains  of  philanthropists  for  the  last  two  centuries,  and 
always  in  favor  of  the  plan  that  involves  some  imposing  material 
monument  which  can  be  seen  of  men,  suggests  the  query  whether 
the  wide  spread  disposition  to  rush  into  the  building  of  Masonic 
homes  is  not  a  part  of  the  general  wave  of  spectacularism  which  has 
been  sweeping  over  the  fraternity  for  the  last  twenty-five  years, 
breaking  here  in  a  clamor  for  parades — which  Templarism  has  done 
so  much  to  foster,  there  in  gorgeous  robes  and  imposing"  drill  move- 
ments so  widely  departing  from  the  traditional  simplicity  of  Masonry, 
and  over  all  the  spray  of  too  much  publicity  as  to  the  private  con- 
cerns of  the  lodge,  now  become  so  palpable  and  threatening  an  evil 
that  the  warning  voice  of  Grand  Masters  and  reviewers  is  heard  from 
the  whole  round  of  grand  lodges.  But  to  return  from  the  field  of 
speculation  to  that  of  ascertained  fact.  Apart  from  evil  that  these 
expensive  honors  must  in  this  country  be  supported  by  the  unequal 
taxation  we  have  referred  to,  the  greatest  objection  to  the  support 
of  the  decayed  members  and  their  dependents  in  such  institutions,  is 
that  the  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  their  self  respect. 

When  we  get  a  class  of  wealthy  Masons  in  this  country  who  are 
willing  to  voluntarily  support  these  palaces,  and  leave  lodge  and  in- 
dividual resources  unimpaired  for  the  help  of  the  occasionally  sick 
and  needy,  we  will  all  be  glad  to  see  such  great  enduring  monuments 
— albeit  we  hope  not  more  enduring  than  the  spirit  of  unostentatious 
Masonic  charity. 

FLOTSAM. 

We  find  this  poem  of  Kipling's  afloat  in  our  exchanges  and  for 
its  strength  appropriate  it  for  our  report: 

THE  nOTHER  LODGE. 

BY   RUDYARD    KIPLING. 

There  was  Bundle,  Station  Master, 

An'  Beazeley  of  the  Rail, 
An'  Achman,  Commissariat, 

An'  Donkin  o'  the  Jail: 
An'  Blake,  Conductor  Sergeent — 

— Our  Master  twice  was  'e. 
With  'im  that  kept  the  Europe  shop, 

Old  Framjee  Eduljee. 


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Outside— "Serg-eant!  Sir!  Salute!  Salaam!" 

Inside — "Brother,"  an'  it  doesn't  do  no  'arm; 

We  met  upon  the  Level  an'  we  parted  on  the  Square, 

An"  I  was  Junior  Deacon  in  mj-  Mother  Lodg-e  out  there. 

There  was  Bola  Nath,  accountant. 

And  Saul,  the  Aden  Jew, 
An'  Din  Mohammed,  draughtsman. 

Of  the  Sursey  office,  too. 
There  was  Babu  Chicekerhitty, 

An'  Amir  Singh,  the  Sikh. 
An"  Castro,  of  the  littin'  sheds. 

A  Roman  Catholic. 

We  'adn't  good  regalia. 

An'  our  Lodge  was  old  an"  bare: 
But  we  knew  the  Ancient  Landmarks, 

An'  we  kept  "em  to  a  hair. 
An"  looking'  on  it  backwards, 

It  often  strikes  me  thus. 
There  ain't  such  things  as  "eathen  now. 

Except,  per'aps  it's  us. 

For  monthly  after  Labor 

We'd  all  sit  down  an'  smoke, 
(We  dursn't  give  no  banquets. 

Lest  a  brother's  caste  were  broke). 
An"  man  on  man  g^ot  bickhin^ 

Religion  an'  the  rest. 
An"  every  man  comparin" 

Of  the  God  'e  knowed  the  best. 

So  man  on  man  g^ot  started. 

An'  not  a  begg'ar  stirred 
Till  mornin'  waked  the  parrots 

An'  that  dam,  brain-fever  bird. 
We'd  say  'twas  very  curious. 

An'  we'd  all  go  'ome  to  bed 
With  Mohammed,  God  an"  Shira 

Changin"  pickets  in  our  "ead. 

Full  oft  on  Guv'ment  service 

This  wanderin'  foot  "ath  pressed. 
An'  bore  fraternal  greetin's 

To  the  Lodges  East  and  West; 
Accordin'  as  commanded. 

From  Ko'at  to  Singapore. 
But  I  wish  that  I  might  see  them 

In  mv  Mother  Lodge  once  more. 


212  APPENDIX — PART  I. 


I  wish  that  I  might  see  them, 

My  brethren  white  and  brown, 
With  the  burlies  smellin"  pleasant 

An'  the  ag-dan  passin'  down. 
An'  the  old  Khansannah  snorin" 

On  the  bottle — Khana  floor. 
Like  a  Brother  in  good  standing 

With  my  Mother  Lodge  once  more. 

Outside — "Sergeant!  Sir!  Salute!  Salaam!" 

Inside — "Brother,"  an'  it  doesn't  do  no  "arm; 

We  met  upon  the  Level  an'  we  parted  on  the  Square, 

An'  I  was  Junior  Deacon  in  my  Mother  Lodge  out  there. 

With  greetings  to  the  guild  and  to  the  Craft  universal. 

JOSEPH  BOBBINS,  Committer. 
QuiNCY,  III.,  September  26,  1899. 


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213 


TABULATED  DATA. 

We  append  here  the  tables  referred  to  in  our  introductory  remarks.  The  list 
of  grand  secretaries  and  their  addresses  as  prei  ared  bj'  the  grand  secretary,  ap- 
pears in  another  part  of  the  Illinois  proceedings;  hence  it  is  omitted  here. 

T^BLE  I— ANNUAL  COMMUNICATIONS,  ETC. 


GRAND  LODGE. 


Alabama 

Arizona 

Arkansas 

British  Columbia., 

California 

Canada 

Colorado 

Connecticut 

Delaware 

Disc.  Columbia 

England 

Florida 

Georgia 

Idaho 

Indiana 

Indian  Territory.. 

Iowa 

Ireland 

Kansas 

Kentucky 

Louisiana 

Maine 

Manitoba 

Maryland 

Massachusetts 

Michigan 

Minnesota 

Mississippi 

Missouri .'.. 

Montana 

Nebraska 

Nevada 

Nevada 

New  Brunswick 

New  Hampshire 

New  Jersej' 

New  Mexico 

New  South  Wales. 

New  York 

New  Zealand 

North  Carolina 

North  Dakota 


Nova  Scotia. 


Ohio 

Oklahoma 

Oklahoma 

Oregon 

Oregon 

Pennsylvania 

Prince  Edward  Island. 

Quebec 

Rhode  Island 

Rhode  Island 

Scotland 

South  Australia 

South  Carolina 

South  Dakota 

Tasmania 

Tennessee 

Texas 

Utah 

Vermont 

Vermont 

Victoria 

Virginia 

Washington 

Washington  

West  Virginia 

Wisconsin 

Wyoming 


ANNUAL  COMMUNICATION. 


1898,  Dec.  6., 
1898.  Nov.  1.5. 
1898.  Nov.  15., 
1898,  June  !i3. 
1898,  Oct.  II., 
1898,  July  20., 

1898,  Sept.  20.. 

1899,  Jan.  19. 
1898,  Oct.       5.. 

1898,  Nov.      9., 

1899.  Apiil— .. 
1899,  Jan.  19.. 
1898,  Oct      2.=... 

1898,  Sept.  13.. 

1899,  May    23.. 

1898,  Aug.     9.. 

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1898,  Dec.    14.. 

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1899.  Jan.  11.. 
1899.  Feb.  8.. 
1898,  Oct.  18.. 
1898,  Sept.  14. 
1898,  June  1.5.. 

1898.  June  14  . 

1899,  June  13.. 

1898,  Aug.   2,3.. 

1899,  May  17.. 
1899,  Jan.  25.. 
1898,  Oct.       3.. 

1898,  June    8, 

1899,  June  6.. 
1898.  April  S8.. 
1898,  Jan.  10.. 
1898,  June  21. 


1898,  June     8. 


1898. 
1898, 
1899, 
1898, 
1899, 
1898. 
1898, 
1899. 
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1898. 
1899. 
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1897. 
1899, 
1898, 
1899, 
1K98. 
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1898, 
1899, 
It>98. 


Oct.  19. 
Feb.  8. 
Feb.  14., 
June  15. 
June  14.. 
Dec.  27.. 
June  24.. 
Jan.  2.=!., 
May  17.. 
May  16., 
Nov.  3., 
April  20. 
Dec     13.. 


Jan.  28.. 
Jan.  25.. 
Dec  6.. 
Jan.  17.. 
June  15.. 
June  14.. 
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Dec.  6.. 
June  14.. 
June  13.. 
Nov.  15.. 
June  13.. 
Sept.  14.. 


Montgomery. ... 

Globe 

Little  Rock 

N.  Westminster. 
San  Francisco. . 

Toronto 

Denver 

New  Haven 

Wilmington 

Washington 

London 

Jacksonville 

Macon 

Boise 

Indianapolis 

Vinita 

Mason  City 

Dublin 

Leavenworth 

Louisville 

Mew  Orleans 

Portland 

Winnipeg 

Baltimore 

Boston 

Port  Huron 

St.  Paul 

Vicksburg  

St.  Louis 

Helena 

Omaha 

Carson  City 

Virginia  City 

Saint  John 

Concord 

Trenton 

Albuquerque 

Sidney 

New  York 

Christchurch 

Raleigh 

Fargo 


Lunenburg. 


Columbus 

El  Reno 

Oklahoma  Citj-. 

Portland .'.. 

Portland 

Philadelphia.   .. 

Summerside 

Montreal 

Providence 

Providence 

Edinburgh 

Adelaide 

Charleston 

Proceedings    not 

Launceston 

Nashville 

Houston 

Salt  Lake  City. . 
Burlington. ..'... 

Burlington 

Melbourne 

Richmond 

Seattle 

Seattle 

Wheeling 

Milwaukee 

Casper 


CORRESPONDENCE 

COMMITTEE. 


Wm.  Y.  Titcomb. 

No  report. 

Sam  H.  Davidson. 

W  A.  DeWolf-Smith. 

William  A.  Davies. 

Henry  Robertson. 

L.  N.  Greenleaf. 

John  H.  Barlow. 

Lewis  H.  Jackson. 

Wm.  R.  Singleton. 

No  report. 

No  report. 

W.  S.  Ramsay. 

Fred  G.  Mock. 
Nicholas   R.  Ruckle. 
No  report. 
J.  C.  W.  Coxe. 
No  report. 

Jno.C.Postlethwaite. 
W.  W.  Clarke. 
No  report. 

Josiah  H.Drummond. 
No  reijort. 

Edward    T.   Schultz. 
No  report. 

Jefferson  S.  Conover. 
Irving  Todd. 
Andrew  H.  Barkley. 
John  D   Vincil. 
Cornelius  Hedges. 
No  report. 
A.  D.  Bird. 
A.  D.  Bird. 
No  report. 
Albert  S.  Wait. 
Geo.  B.  Edwards. 
Max  Frost. 
John  B.  Trivett. 
Jesse  B.  Anthony. 
No  report. 
John  A.  Collins. 
No  report. 

( Wm.  Ross. 

]t.  V.  B.  Bingay. 

( Ernest  Thompson. 
Wm.  M. Cunningham. 
No  report. 
James  S.  Hunt. 
Robert  Clovi'. 
Robert  Clow. 
Michael  Arnold. 
No  report. 
Will  H.  Whyte. 
No  report. 
No  report. 
No  report. 
No  report. 
Charles  Inglesby. 
received. 
No  report. 
Geo.  H.  Morgan. 
Thos.M.  Matthews  Sr 
Christopher  Diehl. 
Marsh  O.  Perkins. 
Marsh  O.  Perkins. 
No  report. 
J.  W.  Eggleston. 
Thomas  M.  Reed. 
Thomas  M.  Reed. 
Geo.  W.  Atkinson. 
Al  iro  Jenks. 
Wm.  L.  Kuykendall. 


214 


APPENDIX — PART   I. 


TABLE  IL— GRAND  MASTERS. 


GRAND  LODGE. 

BETIBING. 

INSTALLED. 

ADDRESS. 

James  A.  Bilbro 

Joseph  B.  Creamer.. 
J.  B.  Baker 

B.  Dudley  Williams. 
Anthony  A.  Johns . . . 
Robert  M.  Smith.... 

David  Wilson 

Frank  M.  Angellotti 
E.  T.  Malone 

Oxford. 

Arizona .... 

Prescott. 
Hot  Springs. 
Victoria. 
San  Rafael 

British  Columbia. . . . 

E.  D.  McLaren 

Thomas  P^'lint,  Jr 

William  Gibson 

Cromwell  Tucker.... 
Frank  W.  Havens. . 
James  E   Button  — 
Samuel  C.  Palmer.. 
3  H.R.  H  the  Prince 

(  of  Wales 

James  M.  Hilliard... 
James  W.  Taylor  — 
Geo.  M.  Waterhouse 
Simeon  S.  Johnson. . 

James  A.  Scott 

Crom.  Bowen 

Duke  of  Abercorn. . . 

Maurice  L.  Stone 

Regn'ld  H.Thompson 
A.  C.  Allen 

Canada 

Toronto 

Horace  T.  DeLong. 

George  G.  McNall.... 

J.  Harmer  Rile,  M.D. 

John  H.  Small 

(  H.  R.  H.  the  Prince 
(  of  Wales 

Silas  B.  Wright 

W.  A.  Davis 

Grand  Junction. 

Greenwich. 

Wilmington. 
Washington. 
J  Freemasons' 

District  Columbia. . . 

DeLand. 

Georgia 

George  H.  Storer.... 

William  Geake 

Henry  C.  Nash 

Thomas  Lambert.. . . 
Duke  of  Abercorn. . . 

Henry  C.  Loomis 

Jas.  E.  Wilhelm 

A.  C.  Allen 

Idaho  Falls. 

Fort  Wayne. 

Anteers. 

Sabula. 

Dublin  (Freemason 

Indian  Territory  — 
Iowa 

Wirefield.      [Hall). 

Paducah. 

Franklin. 

Joseph  A.  Locke 

Thomas  Robinson. . . 
Thos.  J.  Shryock.... 
Chas.  C.  Hutchinson 

James  Bradley 

Alonzo  T.  Stebbins.. 

John  M.  Stone 

Flavins  J.  Tygard . . . 

Edward  C.  Day 

John  B.  Dinsmore . . . 

Albert  Lackey 

Matthew  Kyle 

Thos.W^alker,  M.D... 

John  McLane 

.Josiah  W.  Ewan 

John  W.  Poe 

Joseph  A.  Locke 

George  B.  Murphy.. 
Thos.  J.  Shryock.... 
Chas.  C.  Hutchinson 

Frank  T.  Lodge 

Alonzo  T.  Stebbins.. 
William  Starling.... 

E.  F.  Allen 

Chas.  W.  Pomeroy... 

Frank  H.  Young 

Matthew  Kyle 

John  M.McCormack. 
Thos.  Walker,  M.D.. 
John  McLane. 

Josiah  W.  Ewan 

Robert  C.  Stewart. . . 
Jos.  Palmer  Abbott.. 
Wright  D.  Pownall.. 
Richard  J   Sheldon.. 
Richard  J.  Noble.... 

George  H  Keyes 

Thos.  B.  Flint,  M.P. 

E.  C.  Gulliford 

Enoch  M.  Banford.. 
William  L.  Eagleton 

John  B.  Cleland 

John  Milton  Hodson 
Henry  W.  Williams.. 

Leonard  Morris 

E.  D.  T.  Chambers... 
Cyrus  M.  Van  Slyck. 
Cyrus  M.  Van  Slyck. 
Lord  Saltoun  Pliilor 
S.  J.  Way 

Portland. 

Moosomin,  Ass  a. 

Maryland 

Baltimore. 

Massachusetts 

Bo.eton. 
Detroit. 

Rochester. 

Greenville. 

Missouri 

Montana 

Kansas  City. 
Kalispell. 

Broken  Bow. 

Virginia  City. 
Reno. 

Saint  John. 
Milford. 
Mount  Holly. 
Socorro. 

Nevada 

New  Brunswick 

New  Hampshire 

New  Jersey  

New  South  Wales.. . . 
New  York 

Jos.  Palmer  Abbott.. 
Wm   A.  Sutherland. 

William  Barron 

Walter  E.  Moore.... 
Robert  M.  Carothers 
Thos.  B.  Flint,  M.P.. 

Nelson  Williams 

Albert  W.  Fisher.... 
Enoch  M.  Banford.. 
William  H.  Hobson.. 

John  B.  Cleland 

William  J.  Kelly 

Leonard  Morris 

E.  D.  T.  Chambers.. 
William  H.  Crawley 
Cyrus  M.  Van  Slyck 

Lord  Saltoun 

S.  J.  Way 

Jacob  T.  Barron 

Louis  G.  Levoy 

C.  E.  Davis 

Sydney. 
New  York. 

Dunedin. 

North  Carolina 

North  Dakota 

Nova  Scotia 

Selma. 

Ellendale. 

Yarmouth. 

Ohio 

Cleveland. 

Guthrie. 

Oklahoma 

Oregon 

Pawnee. 
Portland. 

Portland. 

Pennsylvania 

Prince  Edward  Isl'd 
Quebec 

Philadelphia. 
Summerside. 
Quebec. 
Providence. 

Providence. 

th,  Fraserburgh. 

Adelaide. 

South  Carolina 

South  Dakota 

Bart.  J.  Witherspoon 
Proceedings        not 

C.  E.  Davis 

Joseph  H.  Bullock. . . 

Sam  R.  Hamilton 

Jas.  David  Murdock. 
Daniel  N.  Nicholson 

Lord  Brassey 

R.  T.  W.  Duke,  Jr... 

Joseph  Hall 

Charles  E.  Whelan.. 

J.  M.  Ramsev,  Jr 

William  H.  Upton... 
Wm.  Morris  Seeman 

Lancaster. 

receired. 

Hobart. 

Tennessee. .        

William  H.  Bumpas. 

John  L.  Terrell 

John  Francis  Hurdie 
Dan'l  N.  Nicholson.. 

Lord  Brassev 

R.T.W.Duke,"jr 

S.  N.  Mvers 

Paris. 

Tex  IS 

Utah 

Vermont 

Victoria  

Farmersville. 
Park  City. 
Burlington. 
Melbourne. 

Virginia 

West  Virginia 

Wisconsin 

Wyoming 

Washington 

Washington 

Charlottesville. 

Wheeling. 

Madison. 

Rawlins. 

Seattle. 

Fort  Steilacoom. 

James  G.  Monahan. . 
E.  P.  Rohrbaugh.... 
Archibald  W.  Frater 
William  H.  Upton... 

\ 


MASONIC   CORRESPONDENCE. 


215 


STATISTICS. 
From  the  report  of  Past  Grand  Master  Jesse  B.  Anthony,  Chairman  of  the 
Committee  on  Foreign  Correspondence  of  the  Grand  Lodge  of  New  York, submitted 
June  6,  1899. 


Grand  Lodge, 

O  V 

S5 

■6 

1) 
u 

(U 

us- 
ed N 
Dues, 

t3       4) 
COS 
OJ  C  OJ 

in 
•ji 

O 

^-  s 

•,12 

C 

M^'*- 

p-rt  p. 

^~^ 

©■a 

S 

5 

5 

Co 

Alabama 

376 

12,005 

647 

448 

249 

235 

442 

502 

29 

136 

Arizona* 

15 

618 

Arkansas 

448 

13.305 

640 

319 

142 

854 

470 

480 

41 

298 

California 

26.5 

19,542 

1,244 

473 

138 

396 

379 

306 

9 

734 

Colorado 

92 

7,605 

371 

285 

51 

82 

184 

164 

6 

871 

Connecticut 

109 

17,832 

673 

89 

33 

172 

68 

223 

4 

183 

Delaware 

21 

2,176 

86 

12 

1 

27 

14 

,T 

3 

50 

D.  of  Columbia. 

25 

5,298 

253 

72 

62 

84 

67 

80 

154 

Florida 

144 

4,187 

251 

209 

91 

81 

225 

1.50 

o 

83 

Georgia 

423 

18.611 

1,071 

428 

Idaho 

29 

1,240 

75 

53 

4 

15 

25 

28 

1 

63 

Illinois 

7"'2 

54,080 

2,762 

811 

339 

719 

1,210 

1,341 

14 

628 

Indiana 

493 

29.954 

1,530 

594 

190 

.    426 

594 

609 

43 

567 

Indian  Terri'y. 

88 

3.450 

316 

241 

44 

48 

230 

69 

19 

235 

Iowa 

487 

27,907 

1,3.56 

535 

200 

352 

641 

674 

19 

405 

Kansas 

359 

20,103 

1,037 

496 

173 

245 

791 

486 

10 

215 

Kentucky  

470 

18.402 

1,188 

40J 

432 

308 

664 

1,104 

26 

62 

Louisiana 

132 

5,476 

323 

79 

43 

126 

125 

189 

•) 

3 

Maine 

195 
103 

22,191 

7.784 

768 
482 

80 

85 

54 
31 

407 

67 

169 
135 

318 

89 

2 

106 
310 

Maryland 

Massachusetts. 

235 

39,334 

1,858 

237 

73 

581 

357 

362 

1 

918 

Michiscan. 

388 

40,387 

1,941 

504 

93 

665 

569 

461 

13 

830 

Minnesota 

212 

15,906 

742 

304 

61 

218 

434 

255 

12 

188 

Mississippi 

268 

9,010 

486 

297 

179 

243 

300 

308 

18 

84 

Missouri 

564 

31,360 

1.736 

8.55 

341 

459 

813 

901 

60 

699 

Montana 

47 

2,850 

181 

66 

25 

22 

78 

80 

1 

91 

Nebraska 

229 

11,775 

525 

239 

140 

139 

317 

428 

8 

12 

Nevada 

20 

837 

30 

12 

20 

18 

20 

18 

1 

5 

N.  Hampshire.. 

77 

9,824 

390 

14 

170 

72 

47 

2 

113 

New  Jersey 

168 

16,970 

974 

186 

74 

375 

180 

349 

4 

426 

New  Mexico 

20 

881 

53 

29 

11 

9 

26 

25 

5 

88 

New  York 

743 

95.480 

5,681 

1,011 

1,175 

1,536 

1.3.57 

2,846 

19 

2,209 

N.   Carolina  — 

298 

10,500 

615 

215 

80 

177 

250 

339 

14 

150 

North   Dakota. 

50 

2,871 

240 

74 

13 

25 

110 

46 

1 

135 

Ohio 

500 

42,848 

2.418 

540 

933 

636 

654 

1,440 

27 

1,135 

Oklahoma 

34 

1,456 

126 

101 

25 

9 

56 

50 

1 

137 

Oregon  

101 

5,090 

829 

105 

43 

60 

83 

118 

5 

111 

Pennsylvania. . 

429 

53,060 

2.462 

468 

870 

267 

764 

1,029 

Khode  Island  .. 

37 

5,164 

286 

9 

2 

91 

18 

40 

1 

146 

South  Carolina 

185 
93 

5,840 
4,460 

336 
242 

1.54 
117 

33 

144 
37 

184 
165 

175 

57 

13 

South  Dakota. . 

2 

132 

Tennessee  

428 

17,248 

679 

516 

117 

385 

624 

486 

34 

34) 

Texas 

626 

30,852 

1,253 

1,147 

275 

459 

1,484 

624 

96 

12 

Utah 

9 

807 

30 

32 

6 

10 

18 

18 

17 

Vermont 

102 

9,886 

377 

2( 

14 

166 

120 

96 

3 

33 

Virginia 

270 

13,072 

1,000 

1.30 

87 

249 

396 

289 

14 

269 

Washington. . . . 

99 

4,663 

2.59 

183 

112 

66 

159 

273 

7 

16 

West  Virginia. 

116 

6.351 

420 

124 

55 

91 

144 

125 

10 

263 

Wisconsin 

237 

17,226 

802 

241 

90 

258 

296 

887 

62 

280 

Wyoming 

16 

1,046 

57 

29 

4 

6 

32 

28 

3 

89 

11,596 

796,.53U 

41  ,.501 

13.233 

6,372 

12,118 

15,916 

18,152 

661 

14,052 

729 

B.  Columbia 

24 

1,339 

118 

58 

6 

18 

60 

24 

80 

Canada  

361 

23.996 

1,282 

334 

203 

254 

574 

630 

7 

354 

Manitoba 

59 

8,669 

168 

71 

15 

25 

114 

88 

26 

N   Brunswick.. 

32 

1.757 

88 

17 

3 

27 

.50 

48 

25 

Nova  Scotia  — 

61 

3,453 

176 

62 

21 

41 

89 

61 

44 

P.  Edward  Is... 

12 

525 

18 

10 

1 

6 

12 

7 

4 

Quebec 

56 

3,590 

191 

56 

11 

53 

74 

112 

1 

18 

605 

37,329 

2.041 

608 

260 

424 

973 

970 

8 

526 

25 

Total 

12,201 

833.849 

43,. 542 

13.841 

6,632 

12,542 

16.889 

19.122 

669 

14,578 

7.54 

*Last  year's  report. 


216 


APPENDIX — PART    I. 


STATISTICAL  COMPARISON. 


Grand  Lodges 

Subordinate  Lodges 

Raised 

Affiliated 

Restored 

Died 

Dimitt  d 

Suspended  for  non-pa jnnent  of  dues 

Suspended  and  expelled 

Membership 


57 

11,493 

.41.543 

17.483 

5.804 

11,262 

17.449 

17.944 

776 

783.644 


1897 


12,045 
44.556 
17.422 
6.329 
12.064 
17.728 
18,933 
832 
799.885 


1898 


12.186 
42,394 
14.050 
6,165 
12,193 
16.391 
19,1';7 
819 
315.018 


1899 


57 
12.201 
43.543 
13.841 
6.632 
12,543 
16.889 
19,122 
669 
833,849 


Ba.sed  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  by  death 

Losses  for  non-payment  of  dues 

Losses  by  dimission 

Net  gain  of  the  j-ear 


1896 

1897 

1898 

5.41 

5.69 

5.26 

3.03 

3.03 

8.5i 

1.47 

1.54 

l.r'4 

2.33 

2.43 

2.01 

2.27 

2.26 

2.38 

2.07 

2.21 

1.88 

1899 


5  59 
2.63 
1.61 
2.46 
2  17 
1.71 


In  numerical  standing  the  most  promi- 
nent rank  in  the  following  order: 

New  York      

Illinois 

Pennsylvania 

Ohio 

Michigan 

Massachusetts 

Missouri 

Texas  

Indiana 

Iowa 

Maine 

Kansas 

California 

Georgia 


The  average  of  membership  to   each 
Lodge  is  greatest  in  the  following: 


District  of  Columbia. 

Connecticut 

Rhode  Island 

New  York 

Massachusetts 

Pennsj'lvania 

New  tfampshire 

Maine 

Michigan 

Delaware 

New  Jersey 

Vermont 

Utah 

Ohio 


212 
158 
137 
128 
125 
121 
130 
114 
104 
103 
101 
97 
89 
86 


MASONIC   CORRESPONDENCE.  217 


I  N  DEIX 


page- 
Army  Lodges 203 

"Atmosphere  of  Dulicity" 172 

Anthony,  Jesse  B 3.  60,  135,  300 

Arizona 4,  66,  109 

A.  &  A.S.  Rite 46,  67,  83,  178.  88,  185,  190, 194,  196 

Amherst,  Earl  of 7 

Alabama 4,  25,  108,  193 

Arnold,  Michael 17. 141 

Atkinson  George  W 24,  90,  150,  195,  202 

Alleged  Naval  Lod<je 25 

As  Others  See  Us 25 

Arkansas 27,  110 

Antiquity  of  Masonry 33 

"Armed  Intervention"'  (Mexico) 194 

Ashlev,  A.  B 54 

A.F.  &  A.M 87 

African  Lodge  No.  459 93-171 

Allen,  A.  C.    (La.) 119 

American  Doctrine 162,  163 

Affair,  A  Systematic ., 57 

Association.  Conservators' 68 

Associations.  Life  Insurance 38 

Anxiety  for  Members,  Too  Great 41 

As3^1um,  Oxford  Orphan 16 

African  Slavery  156 

Authentic  Charter 159 

Burial,  Masonic  Militar}"^ 19 

British  Columbia  5-29 

Baker,  Francis  Ellsworth  5 

Baird,  Charles  E 6 

Beall,  John  J 6 

Bush,  James  H   8 

Boyce,  James  R.,  Sr 14 

Bowen.  William  Roberts 14 

Best.  William  H ]6 

Blake,  William  K 18 

Batlin,  H.  J.  L 21 

Brown,  Gustav 24 

Black,  John  C 28 

Blakesley,  Asa  W 31 

Barlow,  John  H 35, 174 

Boards  of  Relief 92 

Burbank,  W.  M 37 

Barklev,  Andrew  H 52, 129 

Bird.  A.  D 57 

Brother  Chism 80 

Burial  Service  (Scottish  Rite) 88 

Bastards,  Elig-ibility  of 90 


218  APPENDIX — PART   I. 


PAGE. 

Bradley,  James 126, 185 

Bowring,  Edward  L 128 

Blue  Book  ( Mich.) 11 

Blackguardism,  Mendacious 115 

Battleship  "Maine.'  24 

Busbee,  Flavius  H 137 

Barron,  Jacob  T 143 

Bumpas,  William  H ■  144 

Bacon,  Delos  M 148 

Boletin  Masonico 189 

Bowen,  Crom 204 

Banford,  Enoch  M 140 

"Business" 173 

Cope,  Frederick 5 

California 5,  30,  171,  203 

Clark,  James 5 

Cohn,  Louis 5 

Canada 6,  32 

Colorado 6,32 

Connecticut 6,  35,  174 

Columbia,  District  of 6,  36 

Carnarvon,  Lord 7 

Cook,  Henry  C 8 

Cooper,  H.  V 14 

Copeland,  E.  N 17 

Carpenter,  George  Moulton 18 

Comments  on  Illinois 25 

Cypher  Books 25 

Cypher  rituals 27 

Cregier,  DeWitt  C 13,  29,  36,    83 

Coxe,  Rev.  James  C.  W.,  D.D 39,  118,  179,  199 

Clarke,  W.  W 41,  180 

Conferring  degrees  by  request 42 

Concerning  God  and  Religion 62 

Cossman.  Theodore  A 65 

Cunningham,  Wm.  M 67,  191,  200 

Chance,  Samuel  S 67 

Conservators'  Rite 70 

Clow,  Robert  73,  74,  140,  191,  201 

Ceremonies,  Spectacularizing  the 58,    75 

Chism,  Brother 80,  140 

Commissioners,  Trial 81 

Cerneauism. 85 

Charges.     The  Installation 89 

Condemned,  Self 127 

Collins,  John  A 65,  200 

Cerneau  War 42,  69,  188 

Conover,  Jefferson  S 50 

Conclusions,  Woodbury's 102 

Congress,  Masonic  (1893) 14 

Cook.  Edward 27-91 

Cleland,  J.  B 140 

Color  line 156.  160 

Charter  of  African  Lodge,  genuine 

Colored  Men's  Petition  (Mass.) 1 64 


MASONIC   CORRESPONDENCE.  219 


PAGE. 

Cretians  always  liars 180 

Courtney.  A.  B 191 

Cat  out  of  the  Bag 191 

Carothers.  Robert  M 206 

Canton  the  Whole  Thinir 185 

Data.  Tabulated 3 

Davis.  George  0 6 

Delaware 6,  35,  111 

District  of  Columbia 6,  36,  193 

Dunn.  Samuel  C 8 

Dalzell.  Rev.  William  Thomas  Dickinson 9 

Duggan,  Benjamin  Frederick 19 

Diehl.  Christopher 21.  80,  148,  193,  201 

Drinkard.  William  F 21 

Davidson,  Samuel  H 27,110 

Drummond,  Josiah  H 70,  120,  160,  168,  182,  185 

Denmark 51 

'•Does  Our  Ritual  Mean  Anything?" 

Diaz  Portirio  (letter) 65,  173,  185 

District  Federal  District  of  (Mex.) 65,  172 

Devil  Avas  sick"  "The 69 

Distressed,  Relief  of 77 

Dissent,  Governing  Bodies  from 84 

Demand,  A  Fraternal 99 

Dove,  John 110 

Duncan,  Herman  C •  120 

Doctrine,  American 124 

Dill,  J.  H.  C 29,  37 

Duke,  R.  T.  W.,  Jr 149 

Disintegration 174 

Declaration  of  "Massachusetts  Grand  Lodge"  (1782) 164 

Earl  of  Amherst 7 

England 6,  168 

Early  History  of  Masonry  (Mich) 11 

Eagle,  C.  R 21 

Elwood  Evans 23 

Evolution  of  the  Esotery 34 

Esotery.  Evolution  of 34 

Egypt,  National  Grand  Lodge  of 5L  55,  77, 87 

Edvvards.  George  B 58,  130,  200 

EntailV  Law  of 64 

Evasion? 71 

Eggleston,  J.  W 85,  194,  198 

Error,  Historical 117 

Earl  of  Latham 6 

Estee,  Morris  M 171 

English  Provincial  Grand  Lodges  (letter) 182 

Egypt  and  Rite  of  Memphis 187 

England  and  New  Zealand 194 

Entanglements — Business  and  Social 174, 198 

Freemason — Michigan 11 

Flower,  Roswell  B 16 

Futvove,  Isaac  B 17 

Frizzell,  John  Ridley 19 

Fitzgerald,  John  Paterson 21 


220  APPENDIX — PART   I. 


PAGE. 

Fulton,  Da vid  C 24 

Fellows,  J.  Q.   A 47 

Federal  District  of  Mexico,  Grand  Lodge  of 65 

"Free  of  the  Guild" 74 

F.  &  A.  M 87 

Fraternal  Demand.  A 99 

Florida 7,  1 12,  203 

Fellows,  Liberty  E 117 

Fraternal  request,  A 121 

''Fraternity  trusts" 126 

Further  time 128 

Form  of  Report 3,  193 

Form,  Topical   59 

Fraternally  implore 148 

Fraternally  but  most  earnestly  trusts 150 

Firebrands 161 

Friendly  occupation  of  Mexico . .    79 

Frenkel  Emil   190 

Flotsam 210 

Fraternally  protests 136 

Flint,  Thomas  Jr 203 

Georgia 8,  36,  1 76 

Gunning",  James  H 11 

Guion,  Alfred  B 15 

Gibson,  William  H 16 

Gibbons,  Rev.  Simon 16 

Gray,  Dr.  Charles 16 

Giblin,  Edward  Owen,  M.D 19 

Guichard.  Ralph 23 

Gran  Dieta  (Mexico) 25,  39,  64,  65,  67,  85,  92,  176 

Gorin,  .James  R  27 

Great  Publicity.  Too 29,  31 

Greenleaf  Lawrence  N 32 

Gould,  Robert  Freke 33 

Growth  of  Side  Degrees 34 

Germany 51 

Grand  Lodge.  Incorporation  of 59 

Guild.  Free  of  the..    74 

"Grand  Lodges"  of  Scottish  Rite  origin 84 

Governing  Bodies  from  Dissent 84 

Goldwater.  Morris 109 

Gardner.  William  Sewall 164 

Gurney.  Theodore  T 185 

General  Grand  Lodge 186 

Godless  Temple 190 

Grand  Lodge  of  Massachusetts 163 

Hines.  George 5 

Hinder.  D.  H 6 

Hove,  Peter  N 6 

Hart,  S.  M 9 

Hayes.  Duke  S 9 

Hurselt,  Joseph 10 

Hunt,  James 15 

Hopson.  Nicholas 15 

Hubbard,  George  C 15 


MASONIC   CORRESPONDENCE.  221 


PAGE. 

Hughes.  Samuel 16 

Hughes,  Archelaus 19 

Hallowa}'.  James 21 

Harned.  Benjamin 23 

Hungarian  Millennial 28 

Hempstead.  Fay 28,  29 

Hammers."  "Little 34 

"Hart  Case"'(Maine) 42 

High  Rites 66 

Hunt.  .J.  S  72,  141,  200 

Hall.  Prince 93,  98,  102,  130,  149,  157 

Historical  Error 117 

Hedges.  Cornelius 54,  186,  208 

Histor}'.  Grand  Lodge  of  Virginia  (Dove) 110 

Hardie.  Geo.  Francis. . .    147 

Hamilton's  Report.  1865.  (Tennessee) 144 

Hayden's  (Lewis),  Petition 158 

Heard.  John  T 164 

Hilliard.  James  M 203 

Inglis.  George    6 

Idaho 8,  37,  177 

Iowa ■ 8,  39,  116.  177,  199,  204 

Illinois,  Comments  on   25 

Indiana 16,  112,  198,  203 

Incorporation.  Grand  Lodge 59 

Instructions  to  Master 72 

Inglesby.  Charles 77,  192 

Installation  Charges 88 

Interdict  (Washington) 

108.  109,  111.  112.115,  120,  130,  132,  139,  141,  144,  145.  U%  151 

Inherent  Right 120 

Insurance  Associations,  Life 38 

Johnson,  Edmund  Pelton 20 

John  Brown  Raid 21 

Jackson,  Lewis  H 35 

Jenks,  Aldro 91,  151,  196.  202 

Johnson,  Simeon  S 203 

Kansas 8,  40,  199 

Kermon,  Henry  K 14 

Kelly,  William  J 17,  206 

Kentucky 41,  106,  180 

Kuykendall,  Wm.  L 91 

Kaleidoscopic  Hybrid   . .    .    171 

Kipling,  Rudyard  .  , 210 

Loosley,  E.  E 6 

Lank,  Joseph  E 6 

Latham.  Earl  of 6 

Love,  William  Abram 8 

Louisiana 9,  119 

Leonard,  J.  Henri 14 

Lord,  Daniel 15 

Lippert,  Hugo  Otto 16 

Loomis.  Norman  B 21 

Long,  Odell  S 23 

Liquor  Traffic 30,  36 


222  APPENDIX — PART   I. 


PAGE. 

Little  Hammers 34 

Legislation,  Prohibitory 36 

Lord,  George 5 

Lost  in  the  ' 'Residue" 135 

Law  of  Nations 168 

Legitimacy  of  African  Lodge 171 

Levi,  M 180 

Letter  from  Eminent  English  Mason 182 

Louisiana-Mississippi  Imbroglio 185 

Loss  of  Consanguinity 200 

Love  of  Show 209 

Letter  of  Charles  W.  Moore 158 

McKay,  William 6 

Morgan,  Washington  L 6 

Mustard,  John  H.  B 6 

McLean,  William  A 7 

Maine 9,  41,  120,  182 

Marston,  Arlington  B 9 

Manitoba 10 

Massachusetts 10,  86 

Michigan 10,  50,  126.  185 

Michigan,  Early  History  of  Masonry  in 10, 11 

Michigan  Blue  Book 11 

Michigan  Freemason 11 

Minnesota 11,  50,  128,  185, 199,  206 

Mississippi 11,  52,  129 

Memorial  Tablet  (Cregier) 13 

Montana 14,  54,  186 

Masonic  Congress  (1893) 14 

Mitchell,  James 14 

Murray,  Rev.  Gustavus  M 14 

Mills,  John  H 16 

Marshall,  J.  N 8, 16 

Masonic  Military  Burial 19 

McCullum,  James 20 

"Maine"  (Battleship) 24 

Masonic  Troicel 28 

Munn,  Loyal  L , 29 

Mileage  and  Per  Diem 30 

Mack,  Fred  G 37 

Maas,  Philip 37 

Missouri 52,  185,  206 

Masonry,  Origin  of 54 

Mexico  and  Peru 60 

Magna  Charta 61 

Mexican  Masonry •..  .25,  39,  60,  64,  65,  67,  85,  92 

Matthews,  Thomas  M.,  Sr 79,  146, 193,  202 

Moulton,  Col.  George  M.  (lineage) 83 

Mendacious  Blackguardism 115 

Meddlesomeness — uncalled  for 113 

Maryland 124,  206 

Michigan  Negroes,  Petition  of •  •  •  126 

McCurdy,  Hugh 128,  185 

Metaphysics 35 

Morgan,  Geo.  H 79,  193,  201 


MASONIC   CORRESPONDENCE.  223 


PAGE. 

Mason,  William  E 28-88 

Moore,  Walter  E 136 

Mott,  Marcus  F 145 

"Massachusetts  Grand  Lodge" 149,  163 

Misrepresentation  a  Fine  Art 189 

Monahan.  James  G 151 

Moore,  Charles  W 158,  164 

Misuse  of  Terms 163 

Massachusetts  Responsible 170 

Mexico  United,  Grand  Lodge  of 173 

Monterey  Masons 177 

Mexico,  Supreme  Council  of 177-179 

Making  Women  Not  Unpardonable 187 

Mexican  Evils  Not  Transitory 197 

Masonic  Homes 207 

Mother  Lodge,  The 210 

Massachusetts,  Provincial  Grand  Lodges  of 163 

Necrology 4 

Nebraska 14 

New  Brunswick 14 

New  Jersev 14,  58,  130,  200 

New  South  Wales 15,  59,  188 

New  York 15,  60,  132.  190,  200 

New  Zealand .'    16,168 

North  Carolina 16,  65,  136,188.  200 

North  Dakota 16,206 

Nova  Scotia ....      16,  65 

Nevada 57.  187 

New  Hampshire 57,  188 

Non-Affiliation  and  Non-Paymeot  of  Dues 86 

Negro  Masonry 92  to 

Nicholson  Daniel  N 148 

Nihil  Hunianum  Alienum 164 

Nonsense,  The  baldest 192 

Oglesby  .James 5 

Oldest  Livin  g  Mason 5 

Oxford  Orphan  Asylum 5 

Overy,  John 16 

Opening  Up  and  Closing  Down 26 

Odium  llicologicum 61 

Oklahoma 72,  140,  200 

Oregon  (1898) 73 

Oregon  (1899) 16,  74, 140,  191,  201 

Objection,  Right  of 25 

Ohio 67,  19,  191,  200 

One  swallow  does  not  make  a  summer 164 

Penn,  R.  G 5 

Pillans,  Palmer  Job 4.  25 

Prince  of  Wales 7 

Price,  John  M 8 

Pratt,  Foster 10 

Paxton,  Wm.  G 11 

Peters,  Augustus  W 15 

Palmiter,  James  H 16 

Pennsylvania 17,  76,  141 


224  APPENDIX — PART   I. 


PAGE. 

Pfeiffer,  E.  A 17 

Porcher,  Richard  S 18 

Purdie,  John  R 21 

Plummer.  Alfred 23 

Palmer,  William  T 21 

"Prio^gish" 26 

Portraits  of  Past  Grand  Masters 30,  32 

"Philip  Drunk  to  Philip  Sober" 31 

Publicity,  Too  Great 29,  31,  33 

Peru 35,  39,  51 

Printing  Prayers 39,  71 

Peru  and  the  Gran  Dieta 39 

Postlethwaite,  John  C 40, 199 

Perkins,  Marsh  0 81,  148,  194,  198 

Price,  Henry 11(5 

Pen,  A  Restrained  89 

Premier  of  New  Brunswick 14 

Petition  of  Michigan  Negroes 126 

"Preparing  the  Way" 132 

Pike.  Albert 170 

Poetic  Justice 171 

Pivotal  Point 171 

Politics 174 

Post  Mortem  recognition 174 

Portugal,  Grand  Orient  of 176 

Philippine  Islands 207 

Quebec 17,  76,  1 92 

Question,  A  reiterated 49 

Question.  A  Vital 63 

Question,"  "Burning  (by  J.  C.  W.  Coxe) 118 

Rite,  Conservators' 70 

Rastrick,  F.  J 6 

Risk.  George 6 

Rawlings,  Joseph  E 6 

Rhode  Island 18,  142 

Report,  Topical 3,  27 

Roots,  Logan  H , 28 

Robertson,  Henry 32 

Ramsay,  W.  S 36 

Ruckle,  Nicholas  R 38,  115.177,  178,  198 

Reed.  Thomas  Milburne 87 

Restrained  Pen,  A 89 

Rite,  Scottish  (Burial  Service) 88 

Relief  Boards 92 

Resolutions  (Washington) 93 

Recognition  Not  a  Prerequisite  to  Visitation 187 

Report  on  Washington  (Arizona) 109 

Rile,  J.  Harmer lH 

Request,  Fraternal 1^1 

"Regularizing" 121 

Remington,  J.  C 15 

Relief "^"^ 

Report,  Form  op 3 

Reade.  E.  G 137 

Respectfully  Urge  Retraction 143 


MASONIC   CORRESPONDENCE.  225 


PAGE. 

Rugg-,  Henry  W 142 

Recall  of  Interdict 151 

Randall,  Georije  M 16-1 

Randall,  Theodore  W 177 

Reviewer  Belated 201 

Statistics 3,  215 

Savage,  James  Guthrie 5 

Spry,  Daniel 6 

Stewart,  Harvey  J 7 

Stevenson,  Charles  Coburn , 8 

Striker,  Daniel 10 

Stearns,  Charles  T 11 

Speed,  Frederick 11,  129 

Sewell,  Hope 17 

South  Carolina 18,  77,  143,  192 

Schramm,  Stephen  Smith 20 

Stowell.  John  Wesley 21 

Sutherland,  Wm.  A 25,  132 

Spencer,  R.  T 28 

Schultz,  Edward  T 124 

Self  Imposed  Clandestine  Status 127 

Stebbins,  Alonzo  T 128,  206 

Smith,  Timothy  M 24 

Scott,  Owen 27-91 

Smith,  John  Corson 27-91 

Shrinkage 173 

Scottish  Rite 46,  67.  83,  88,  178,  185,  190,  194,  196 

Spectacularism,  Wave  of 208 

Shryock,  Thomas  J 206 

Stevenson,  Adlai  E 28 

Smith,  W.  A.  DeWolf 29 

Singleton,  William  R 33,  198 

Side  Degrees.  Growth  of 34,    36 

Spectacularizing  the  Ceremonies 38,  58,  75 

Stone,  J.  M.  (Governor  of  Mississippi) 52,  129 

Systematic  Affair,  A 57 

Shortland.  W.  H 59 

Scottish  Rite  governing  bodies 83,  178 

Survival,  An  unfit 88 

Smith,  J.  Soule 107 

Suspension  of  Masonic  intercourse Ill 

Smythe,  Wm.  H 113 

Tabulated  Data  ...   3,  213 

Tompkins,  Henry  Clay 4 

Todd,  George 14 

Treat,  Adna 5 

Tyng,  Stephen  H 15 

Tasmania 19 

"Tears  of  God's  Poor" 19 

Tennessee 19,  79,  144,  193,  202 

Taleaferro,  William  B 21 

Trippett,  C.  J 24 

Titcomb,  William  Y 25,  108,  198 

Topical  report 3,27,49 

Thornburgh,  George 28 


226  APPENDIX — PART   I. 


PAGE. 

Too  Great  Publicity 31 

Too  Great  Anxiety  for  Members 41 

Todd,  Irvinsr 50,  185 

Tri vett,  John  B 59,  145,  188 

Two  Vital  Aspects 63 

Thompson,  W.  Ernest 66 

"The  Devil  was  sick" 69 

Texas 79,  145,  193,  202 

Trial  commissioners - 81 

Thornkike,  S .  Lothrop 10,  96 

Thompson,  Reginald  H 106 

Taylor  James  W 176 

Tygard,  Flavins  G 206 

Upton,  Sutherland  Correspondence 132 

Undue  Publicity 31 

Utah 20,  24,  147,  193,  201 

Upton,  William  H 87,  114,  132 

Unconstrained  by  Landmarks 197 

Unfit  Survival,  An 88 

"Uncalled  for  Meddlesomeness 113 

Unconfessed  Factor,  An 173 

Unoccupied  Territory • 195 

Van  Etten,  Albert  H 10 

Vicksburg-  Howard  Association 11 

Vincent,  Thomas 18 

Vermont 21,  81,  148,  193 

Victoria 21 

Virginia  21,  85,  149,  194 

Vincil,  John  D 51, 185 

Virginia,  History  of  G.L.  of 110 

Vital  Question,  A 63 

Vacant  Masonic  Territory 130 

Vievi^  with  grave  apprehension 143 

Vera  Cruz,  Grand  lodge  at 173 

Visitation  waits  on  recognition 185 

Wave  of  Spectacularism 208 

Williams,  Alfred  L 7 

Wilson,  E.  A 8 

Weiler,  Isidore  S 8 

Woodbury,  Charles  Levi 10,  99 

Warning l-iS 

Wedderfield,  John  W 6 

Walker,  Robert  A 16 

Williams,  Henry  W 17 

Wagner,  George  E 17 

Washington 23,  87,  lo2 

West  Virginia 23.  90,  150,  195,  202 

Wisconsin 24,  91,  151,  196,  202 

Wyoming 24,91 

White,  Rev.  Abel  M 74 

Whvte,  Will  H 76,  192 

Why? 84 

Woodbury's  Report  (1876) 99 

Woodbury's  "Conclusions" 103 

Washington,  Report  on  (Arizona) 109-163 


MASONIC   CORRESPONDENCE.  227 


PAGE. 

Wright,  Silas  B 1 12 

Winsor.  Lou  B  128 

Wait,  Albert  S  57,  188 

Whelan,  Charles  E ir)2 

Washinsrton  Declaration 152,  168 

Webb,  Joseph 163 

Whole  Thing-,  Canton  the 185 

Yeoman,  Anthony 15 


APPENDIX 

PART    II. 


LODGE   DIRECTORY. 

TABULATED    STATEMENTS. 

REPORTS  OF   DISTRICT   DEPUTY   GRAND 
MASTERS  AND  OTHER   OFFICERS. 


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19 


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 

Ambov 

Andalusia 

Anna 

Antiocb 

Areola 

Arlington  

Arrowsmith  — 

Arthur 

Ashley 

Ashmbre , 

Ashton 

Assumption 

Astoria 

Atkinson 

Atlanta 

Atwood 

Auburn 

Augusta 

Aurora 

Aurora 

Austin 

Ava 

Avon 

Bardolph 

Barrington 

Barry 

Basco 

Batavia 

Ba3'  City 

Beardstown 

Beecher  City... 

Belknap 

Belle  Rive 

Belleville 

Belvidere 

Bement 

Benton 

Birds 

Berwvn 

Betha'lto 

Blandinsville. . 
Bloomington.  . 
Bloomington.  . 
Bloomington.  . 


Abingdon 

Albany 

Hermitage 

Aledo  ..." 

Alexandria 

Allendale 

Gurney  

Alta 

Altamont 

Piasa 

Erwin  

Altona 

Alto  Pass 

Illinois  Central  . . 

Andalusia 

Anna     

Sequoit 

Areola 

Levi  Lusk 

Arrowsmith 

Arthur 

Clay 

Ashmore 

Ashton 

Bromwell 

Astoria 

Annawan 

Atlanta 

Atwood 

Ark  &  Anehor 

J.  L.  Anderson . . . 
Jerusalem  Temp. 

Aurora 

Austin 

Dean 

Avon  Harmon}'  . . 

Bardolph '. . . . 

Lounsbury 

Barr}'.  . . .' 

Basco 

Batavia 

Bay  City 

Cass 

Greenland 

Belknap 

Belle  Rive 

St.  Clair 

Belvidere 

Bement 

Benton 

S.  D.  Monroe 

Berwvn 

Bethalto 

Blandinsville 

Bloomington 

Wade-Barney 

Mozart 


18.T 

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356 
252 
702 
7h2 
778 
748 
533 

27 
315 
330 
840 
178 
516 
520 
827 
366 
270 
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825 
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100 
433 
165 
6)1 
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318 

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253 
572 
7.51 

34 
618 
404 
771 

23 
665 
822 
696 

24 

60 
365 

64 
447 
839 
406 
233 

43 
512 
656 


POSTOFFICE. 


Blue  Island 

Blue  Mound 

Bluffs 

Bowen 

Bradford 

Braidwood 

Brayfield 

Bridgeport 

Brighton 

Broadlands 

Buckley 

Buda 

Bunker  Hill.... 

Burnside 

Burnt  Prairie.. 

Bushnell 

Byron 

Cabery 

Cairo 

Camarg'o 

Cambridge 

Camden    

Cameron 

Camp  Point 

Campbell  Hill.. 

Canton 

Capron 

Cantrall 

Carbondale 

Carlinville 

Carlyle 

Carman  

Carmi  

Carrollton 

Carters'ille 

Carthage 

Casev 

Catlin 

Cave-in-Rock  . . 

Centralia 

Cerro  Gordo 

Chambersburg 
Champaign  . . . . 
Chandlerville  . . 

Channahon 

Charleston 

Chatham 

Chatsworth 

Chebanse 

Chenoa 

Cherry  Valle}'.. 

Chester 

Chesterfield 

Chicago 

Chicago 

Chicago 

Chicago 


Calumet 

Blue  Mound 

Bluffs 

Bo^ven 

Bradford  

Braidwood 

Goode 

Bridgeport 

Hibbard  

Broadlands  

Buckley 

Buda 

Bunker  Hill.... 

Burnside 

Burnt  Prairie. . 
T.  J.  Pickett  . . . 

Byron 

Norton 

Cairo 

Camar.go 

Cambridge 

Camden 

Berwick 

Benjamin 

ShilohHill 

Morning  Star  . . 

Capron 

Van  Meter 

.Shekinah 

Mt.  Nebo 

Scott 

Carman  

Carmi 

Carrollton 

Williamson 

Hancock 

Case}' 

Catlin 

Cave-in-Rock  . . 

Centralia 

Cerro  Gordo 

Chambersburg. 
W^estern  Star  . . 
Chandlerville  . . 

Channahon 

Charleston 

Chatham 

Chatsworth 

Chebanse 

Chenoa 

Cherry  Valley .. 

Chester 

Chesterfield  .... 

Accordia  

Apollo 

Arcana 

Ashlar 


846 
486 
514 
704 
744 
386 
249 
791 
634 
399 
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 

72 
445 
277 
642 
717 
308 


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ALPHABETICAL  LIST  OF  POSTOPFICES.— Co7iimr<ed. 


POSTOFFICE. 


Chicago 

(Auburn  Park) . 

Chicago 

Chicago 

Chicago 

Chicago 

(Brlght'n  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 

Chicago 

Chicago 

Chicago 

Chicago 

Chicago 

(Chicago  Lawn) 

Chicago 

Chicago 

Chicago 

Chicago 

Chicago 

(Irving  Park)... 

Chicago 

Chicago 

(Englewood) 

Chicago 

(Norwood  Park) 

Chicago 

Chicago 

(Pullman) 

Chicago 

(RodgersPark) 

Chicago 

Chicago 

(Jefferson) 

Chicago 

(Ravenswood) .. 

Chicago 

Chicago 

Chicago 

Chicago 


Auburn  Park. 

BenHur 

Blair 

Blaney 


Brighton  P.. .U.D. 

Chicago 

Cleveland  


Columbian.. . 
Constantia... 

Covenant 

D.  C.  Cregier. 
Dearborn 


Englewood . 


Fides 

Garden  City. 

Garfield 

Germania  ... 
Golden  Rule . 


Grand  Crossing. 


Harbor 

Herder 

Hesperia 

Home 

Humboldt  Park. 


Kensington 

Kenwood 

Keystone 

Kilwinning 

King  Oscar.  .U.D. 

Lakeside 

Lake  View 

Landmark 


Lawn 

Lessing 

Lincoln  Park. 

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 


437 
211 

819 
783 
526 
643 
310 

690 

843 
141 
686 

182 


731 
669 
411 

508 
813 

804 
800 
639 
311 


815 
557 
611 
410 

768 

795 
758 


843 

478 


697 
780 
662 
409 


POSTOFFICE. 


Chicago  (Tracy).. 
Chicago ". ... 

(So.  Chicago).. . 

Chicago 

Chicago 

Chicago 

Chicago 

(Wind.sorPark) 

Chicago 

Chicago 

(Woodlawn  Pk) 
Chicago 

(Wright's  Gro.) 
Chicago  Heights. 

Chilicothe 

Chrisman 

Clay  City 

Clayton 

Clifton 

Clinton 

Coal  Vallej' 

Cobden . . . ." 

Cohn 

Colchester 

Colfax 

Collinsville 

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 

Donnellson 

Downers  Grove. 

Dundee 

Du  Quoin 

Durand 

Dwight 

Eariville 

East  Dubuque... 
East  St.  Louis... 
East  St.  Louis... 


Tracy 

Triluminar. 
Union  Park. 

Waldeck 

Waubansia . 


Windsor  Park  . . . 
[Wm.  B.  Warren.. 

Woodlawn  Park.. 

Wright's  Grove.. 
Chicago  Heights 
Geo.  Washington 

Bloomfield 

Clay  City 

Clavton 

Clifton 

DeWitt 

Valley 

Cobden 

New  Hope 

Colchester 

Colfax 

Collinsville 

Clement 

Columbia 

Columbus  

Brooklvn 

N.  D.  Morse 

Cordova 

Andrew  Jackson 

Cornland  

Joppa 

Blazing  Star 

Creal  Springs... 

Creston 

Crete 

Cuba 

Dallas  City 

Danvers 

Olive  Branch. . .. 

Evening  Star 

DawsonT 

Macon 

Ionic 

De  Kalb 

De  Land 

Delavan 

Denver 

De  Soto 

Amon 

Hutton 

Rome 

Friendship 

Dongola 

Donnellson 

Grove 

Dundee  

Du  Quoin 

Durand 

Livingston 

Meridian 

Martin 

East  St.  Louis... 
Gothic    


APPENDIX — PART   IT. 


21 


ALPHABETICAL  LIST  OF  POSTOFFICKS.— Continued. 


posTorncE. 


Eaton 

Eddyville 

Edgewood 

Edmburg 

Edwardsville. . . 

Effingham 

Elburn 

El  Dara 

Eldorado  

Elgin 

Elgin 

Elizabeth 

Elizabethtown.. 

EUiottstown 

Ellis  Grove 

Elmwood 

El  Paso 

Elvaston 

Enfield 

Equality 

Erie 

Etna 

Eureka 

Evanston 

Ewing 

Exeter 

Fairbury 

Fairfield 

Fairmount 

Fairview 

Fairweather  . . . 

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  City 

Gillespie 

Gilman 

Girard 

Glasford 

Golconda 

Golden 


Crawford 

Eddyville 

Edgewood 

Blueville 

Edwardsville. . . 

Effingham 

Blackberrv 

El  Dara 

Eldorado  

Elgin 

Monitor 

Kavanaugh 

Elizabeth 

Delia 

Kaskaskia 

Horeb 

El  Paso 

Elvaston 

Enfield 

Equalitv 

Erie.. . ." 

Wabash 

W.  C.  Hobbs.... 

Evans 

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.. 

Mile.s  Hart 

Gardner 

Stewart  

Geneva 

Genoa 

Russell 

Gibson 

Gillespie 

Gilman 

Girard 

Lancaster 

Golconda 

LaPrairie 


672 
484 
t>47 

99 
149 
359 
388 
730 
117 
hZ-Z 

36 
276 
525 

86 
363 
246 
715 
677 

667 
179 
306 
524 
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 
(584 
243 
336 
.595 
573 

92 
139 
288 
1.54 
733 
214 
591 
171 
106 
131 
267 


POSTOFFICE. 


Good  Hope , 

Goreville 

Grafton  

Grand  Tower 

Gray's  Lake 

Grayville 

Greenfield 

Greenup 

Green  view 

Greenville 

Griggsville 

Grove  City 

Groveland 

Hamburg 

Hamilton 

Hamletsburg. . . 

Hampshire 

Hardinsville.. .. 

Hardin 

Harrisburg 

Harristown 

Harvard 

Harvey 

Havana 

Hazel  Dell 

Hebron 

Henderson 

Henr}'  

Herrin 

Heyworth 

Highland 

Highland  Park. 

Hiilsboro 

Hinckley 

Hindsboro 

Holcomb 

Homer 

Hoopeston 

Hopedale 

Hope 

Hume 

Huntsville 

Hutsonville 

Illinois  City 

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 . . , 

Kewanee 

Keithsburg 


Good  Hope 

Saline  

Full  Moon 

Lafa3'ette 

Rising  Sun 

.Sheba 

Greenfield 

Greenup 

Greenview 

Greenville 

Griggsville 

Fisher  

Groveland 

West  Gate... U.D. 

Black  Hawk 

Bay  City 

Hampshire 

Hardinsville 

Calhoun 

Harrisburg 

Summit  

Harvard 

Magic  City 

Havana 

Hazel  Dell 

Hebron  

Hiram 

Henry  

Herrin's  Prairie. 

Heyworth 

Highland  

A.  b.  Fay 

Mt.  Moriah 

Hinckley 

Hindsboro 

Meridian  Sun 

Homer 

Star 

Hopedale 

Hopewell 

Edgar  

Huntsville 

Hutsonville  

Illinois  City 

Illiopolis 

Vermilion 

Industry 

lola 

Ipava  

O.  H.  Miner 

Irving  

J.  D.  Moody 

Harmony 

Jacksonville 

Jeffersonville 

Jerseyville 

Johnsonville 

Lake  Creek 

Mt.  Joliet 

Matteson 

Jonesboro  

King  Solomon 

Kankakee 

Kansas 

Tadmor 

Henderson 

Kewanee 

Robert  Burns ' 


617 
339 
341 
657 
115 
200 
129 
125 
653 
245 
45 
585 
352 

238 
771 
443 
756 
792 
325 
431 
309 
832 

88 
580 
604 

26 
119 
693 
251 
583 
676 

51 
301 
837 
505 
199 
709 
622 
844 
829 
465 
136 
679 
521 
265 
327 
691 
213 
506 
455 
510 
3 
570 
460 
394 
713 
729 

42 
175 
111 
197 
389 
280 
794 
820 


22 


APPENDIX — PART   II. 


ALPHABETICAL  LIST  OF  POSTOFFICKS.—Oontinued. 


POSTOFFICE. 


Kinderbook... . 

Kingston 

Kinmundy 

Kirkwood 

Knoxville  

Lacon 

LaFaj-ette 

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 

Litcbfield 

Litchtield 

Littleton 

Loami 

Lockport 

Loda 

London  Mills. . 

Long  Point 

Louisville 

Lovington 

Ludlow 

Lyndon 

Lj'nnville 

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  .  . . 


Kinderhook  

Kishwaukee 

Kinmundy 

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 

Lewi.stown 

Lexington 

Liberty 

Libertyville 

Union 

Lima 

Logan 

Orient 

Charter  Oak 

Litchfield 

Littleton 

Loami 

Lockport 

Abraham  Jonas. . 

London 

Long  Point 

Louisville 

Lovington 

Pera 

Lyndon 

Gill 

McHenrj' 

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 


353 

402 
398 
518 

66 

61 
,501 
770 
195 
7-.i9 
3S3 
4:.'3 

67 
8.53 
415 
164 
110 
146 
558 
174 
788 
2:il 
104 
482 
380 
492 
627 
135 
210 
323 
236 
517 
766 
4.50 
538 
316 
848 
552 
196 
228 
574 
750 
382 
1.58 
469 
137 
807 
132 

17 
467 
103 
220 
434 
229 
476 
773 
663 
530 
114 
138 
355 

89 
454 
417 
133 
603 
845 
361 


POSTOFFICE. 


Mason 

Mason  Citj' 

Mattoon..r 

Mazon 

Medora 

Melvin 

Mendon 

Mendota  

Meredosia 

Metropolis  Citv 

Milan ". 

Milt.ird 

Millburn 

Milledgeville. . . 

Milton 

Minier 

Minonk 

Minooka 

Mdline 

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 

Murphysboro. .. 

Marrai'ville 

Naperville 

Nashville 

Nebo 

Neoga  

Neponset  

New  Boston  .... 
New  Burnside . . 

New  Canton 

New  Dc»uglas.  . . 
New  Grand  Chain 
New  Hartford . 
New  Haven. . . . 
New  Holland.. . 

Newman 

New  Salem 

Newton 

New  Windsor  . 

Noble 

Nokomis 

Normal 

Norris  Citj' 

Norwood  Park 

Nunda 

Oakland 

Oak  Park 

Oblong 

Oconee 

Odell 

Odin 


Mason 

Mason  City 

Mattoon. .' 

Mazon 

Fidelity 

Melvin 

Mendon 

Mendota 

Benevolent 

Metropolis 

Eureka 

Milford 

Antioch 

Milledgeville 

Milton 

Comet  

Rob  Morris 

Minooka 

Doric 

Momence 

Monmouth 

Fraternal 

Prairie  Citj' 

Cedar 

Dunlap 

Morrisonville 

Trinity 

Kendrick 

Kedron  

Mt.  Carmel 

Cyrus 

Mt.  Erie 

Samuel  H.  Davis. 

Mt.  Pulaski  

Hardin 

Mt.  Vernon. 

Moweaqua 

Murph3'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 


APPENDIX — PART  II. 


23 


ALPHABETICAL  LIST  OF  FOSTOFFiCES.— Continued. 


POSTOFFICE. 


OTallon 

Ogden 

Ohio 

Olmsted 

Olney 

Omaha 

Onarga 

Oneida 

Opdyke 

Oquawka  . . . 
Orangeville  . 

Oregon [Oregon 

Orion [Sherman.. 

Oswego I  Raven 

Ottawa ;Occidental 


O'Fallon 

Ogden 

Ohio  

Caledonia. . . 

Olney  

Omaha  

Onarga. .;.. 

Oneida 

Jefferson  . . . 

Oquawka 

Oraneeville. 


Ottawa 

Owaneco 

Palatine 

Palestine 

Palmyra 

Pana". 

Paris 

Paris  

Parkersburg . . . 

Patoka  

Pawnee 

Paw  Paw 

Paxton 

Pa3'son 

Pearl  City 

Pecatonica 

Pekin 

Pekin 

Pellonia 

Peoria 

Peoria 

Peoria 

Peoria 

Peotone  

Perr  \' 

Peru" 

Petersburg 

Philo 

Pilot 

Pincknevville  .. 

Pittsfleld 

Piper  City 

Plaintield 

Plainview 

Plainville  

Piano  

Pleasant  Hill... 
Pleasant  Plains 

Plymouth 

Pocahontas  

Polo (Mystic  Tie 

Pontiac IPontiac . 

Pontoosuc Herrick . 

Port  Byron Philo  .... 

Potomac [Potomac 

Prairie  Citj' . . . 
Pre-emption  . . 

Princeton 

Princeton  

Princeville  .... 
Prophetstown . 

Quincy 

Quincy 


Humboldt 

Locust 

Palatine 

Palestine 

Palmyra 

Pana". 

Prairie  

Paris  

Parkersburg 

Patoka 

Pawnee 

Corinthian 

Paxton 

Pay  son 

Pearl 

A.  W.  Rawson . . . 

Pekin 

Empire 

Farmers 

Peoria 

Temple 

Illinois 

Schiller  

Peotone  

Perry  

St.  Johns 

Clinton 

Centennial 

Newtown 

Mitchell 

Pittstield 

Piper  

Plainfleld 

Plainview 

Adams 

Sunbeam  

Pleasant  Hill  ... 
Pleasant  Plains. 

Phmouth 

Gordon. 


Golden  Gate. . . 
Pre-emption  . . 

Bureau  

Princeton 

Princeville 

Prophetstown . 

Bodley 

Herman 


576 
754 
814 

47 
140 
723 
305 
337 
368 
123 
687 
4->0 
535 
303 

40 
555 
623 
314 
849 
463 
226 

77 
268 
509 
613 
675 
205 
416 
379 
823 
145 

29 
126 
232 

15 

46 
263 
335 
636 

95 

13 

19 
747 
714 

85 
790 
60S 
536 
461 
529 
428 
565 
700 
286 
473 
187 
294 
193 
436 
782 
248 
755 
112 
587 
360 
293 
1 

39 


POSTOFFICE. 


Quincy 

Quincy 

Raleigh 

Ramse3' 

Rankin 

Rantoul  

Raritan 

Ravmond 

Red  Bud 

Richmond 

Ridge  Farm . . . 

Ridgwav 

Rio 

River ton 

Robinson  

Rochelle 

Rochester 

Rockf ord  

Rockford  

Rockford  

Rock  Island . . . 
Rock  Island . . . 

Rockport 

Rockton  

Roodhouse  

Roscoe  

Rose  Bud 

Roseville 

Rossville 

Rushville 

Rutland 

Sadorus 

Saint  Charles. 

Saint  Elmo 

Salem^  

Sandwich  

San  Jose 

Saunemin 

Savanna 

Sa}'brook 

Scott  Land  — 

Scottville 

Seaton 

Seneca 

Shabbona 

Shannon  

Shawneetown. 

Sheftield 

.'^helbvville 

Sheldon 

Sheridan 

Shipman 

Shirley 

Sibley" 

Sidell 

Sidney 

Somohauk  

.Sparland 

Sparta 

Springfield 

Springfield  .-. .. 

Springtield 

Springfield 

Spring  Hill 

Spring  Valley. 

Stanford  

Staunton  

Steeleville 


Quincy 

Lambert  

Raleigh 

Ramsey 

Rankin 

Rantoul  

Raritan 

Raymond 

Red  Bud 

Richmond 

Ridge  Farm 

Ridgway 

Rio 

Riverton  Union. 

Robinson  

Horicon  

Rochester 

Rockford  

Star  in  the  East 
E.  F.  W.  Ellis..., 

Trio 

Rock  Island 

Rockport 

Rockton  

E.  M.  Husted 

Roscoe  

Tempel  Hill 

Roseville 

Rossville 

Rushville 

Rutland 

J.  R.  Gorin 

Unity 

Saint  Elmo 

Marion 

Meteor 

San  Jose 

Saunemin 

Mississippi 

Cheney's  Grove.. 

Scott  Land 

Scottville 

Charity 

Seneca 

Shabbona  

Shannon  

Warren 

Ames 

Jackson  

Sheldon  

Sheridan 

Shipman 

Shirley 

Sibley  

Sidell 

Sidney 

Somonauk  

Sparland 

Hope 

Springfield 

Central 

Tyrian 

St.  Paul 

Bollen 

S.  M.  Dalzell 

Stanford 

Staunton 

Alma 


296 
659 
128 
405 
725 
470 
727 
692 
427 
143 
632 
816 
685 
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 
441 
162 
4 

71 
333 
500 
412 
805 
785 
177 
497 


24 


APPENDIX — PART   II. 


ALPHABETICAL  LIST  OP  POSTOFFICES.— Continued. 


POSTOFFICE. 


Sterling 

Stewardson 

Stockton  

Stone  Fort 

Streator  

Stronghurst. . .. 

Sublette 

Sullivan 

Summerfleld.... 

Sumner  

Sycamore 

Tamaroa 

Tampico 

Taylorville 

Tennessee 

Thompsonville. 

Thomson 

Time 

Tiskilwa 

Toledo 

Tolona 

Tonica 

Toulon 

Towanda 

Tower  Hill 

Tremont 

Trenton 

Trilla 

Troy 

Troy  Grove 

Tunnell  Hill..   . 

Turner 

Tuscola 

Union 

Upper  Alton 

Urbana 

Utica 

Vandalia 

Venice 

Vermilion 

Vermont 

Verona 

Versailles 

Victoria 

Vienna 


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 

Reynoldsburg. 

Amity  

Tuscola 

Orion 

Franklin 

Urbana 

Waltham 

Temperance.. . 

Triple 

Stratton 

Vermont 

Verona 

Versailles 

A.  T.  Darrah  . . 
Vienna 


612 
541 
554 
495 
607 
847 
349 
764 
343 
334 
134 
207 
655 
132 
496 
749 
559 
569 
550 
834 
391 
364 

93 
543 
493 
463 
109 
396 
588 
397 
419 
472 
333 
358 

35 
157 
384 

16 
835 
408 
116 
757 
108 
793 
150 


POSTOFFICE. 


Viola 

Virden 

Virginia 

Waldron 

Walnut 

Walpole 

Walshville.... 

Warren 

Warsaw 

Washburn 

Washington.. 

Wataga 

Waterman  . . . 

Waterloo 

Watseka 

Watson 

Wauconda 

Waukegan 

Waverly 

Wayne  City. . . 
Waynesville .. 

Weldon 

Wenona 

West  Point... 

Wheaton 

Wheeling 

White  Hall.... 
Williamsville 
Willow  Hill. . . 
Wilmington.. 
Winchester.. . 

Windsor 

Winnebago. . . 

Winslow 

Winterrowd . . 


Viola 

Virden 

Virginia 

Aroma 

Walnut 

Tuscan  

Walshville.. 
Jo  Daviess... 

Warsaw 

Washburn . . . 

Taylor 

Wataga 

Waterman  . . 

Morris 

Watseka 

Watson 

Wauconda . . . 
Waukegan... 

Waverly 

Orel 

Wayne 

Weldon 

Wenona 

Dills 

Wheaton 

Vitruvius . . . . 
White  Hall . . 

Lavely 

Cooper 

Wilmington . 
Winchester.. 

Windsor 

Winnebago. . 

Winslow 

Mayo . 


Woburn  iGilham 


Wolf  Creek . 
WoodhuU... 
Woodstock  . 

Wyanet 

Wyoming  . . 

Xenia 

Yates  City.. 

York 

Yorkvllle.  .. 


Chapel  Hill.. 
Woodhull. . . . 
Saint  Marks. 

Wj-anet 

Wyoming  . . . 

Xenia 

Yates  City . . . 

York 

Kendall  


577 
161 
544 
378 
722 
630 
475 
278 
257 
421 


446 
602 
298 

78 
118 
759 
172 
746 
344 
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 
534 
557 
639 
663 
686 


Oriental 

Waubansia. . 
Cleveland  . .. 

Ashlar  

Palatine 

Mithra 

Chicago 

Evans 

Lessing 

Kevstone  . . . . 
South  Park.. 

GarlieUl 

lllProvidence. . 
736  Golden  Rule. 


751 
767 
774 
779 
784 
797 
810 
818 
836 
842 
851 


Lounslmry 

Triluminar 

Lake  View 

VVrighf.s  Grove.. 

Beacon  Light 

Normal  Park 

Tracy 

Ben  "Hur 

Windsor  Park 

Fides 

Chicago  Heights 


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. 


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  .... 

64  N.  Clark  St 

155  53d  St 

1250  West  Madison  St. 


Masonic  Temple . 


227  92d  St 

Lincoln,  Racine  &  Diversy  Aves 

616  N.  Clark  St 

Norwood  Park 

69th  St.  and  Stewart  Ave 


Milwaukee  and  North  Aves. 
Windsor  Park 


SECOND  DISTRICT. 


81 
182 
271 
310 
393 
411 


Vitruvius . , 
Germania 

Blaney 

Dearborn. . 

Blair 

Hesperia  .. 

478jPleiades... 

526  Covenant . . 


610 
642 
669 
690 
716 
731 
758 
768 
776  Grand  Crossing. 


Union  Park.. 

Apollo 

Herder 

Englewood    . 

Calumet 

Harbor 

Mystic  Star. 
Mizpah. 


780 
789 
800 
813 
819 
839 
843 
854 


Siloam. 
Auburn  Park.. . . 

Kenwood 

Humboldt  Park 

Columbian 

Berwyn 

Park 

Brighton  Park. . 


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  . .  .. 
Chicaeo 


PLACE  OF  MEETING. 


615  N.  Clark  St 

78  Monroe  St 

3118Forest  Ave 

Masonic  Temple 

78  Monroe  St 

785  West  Madison  St 

Masonic  Temple 

473  and  475  W.  Madison  St. 

31  IS  Forest  Ave 

3.58  Blue  Island  Ave 

63d  and  Yale  Sts 


91st  St.  and  Commercial  Ave. 

State  and  44th  Sts 

4341  South  Halsted  St 

7tith  St.  near  Dobson  Ave 

1249  Madis(m  St 

79th  and  Sherman  Sts 

4308  Cottage  Grove  Ave 

Armitage  and  Keeney  Aves.. 
1812  W22dSt 


Clark  St.  and  Greenleaf  Ave. 
Hart  and  Archer  Aves 


26 


APPENDIX — PART   II. 


LIST  OF  LODGES  BY  DISTRICTS.— Continued. 
THIRD  DISTRICT. 


141 

209 

311 

409 
4-Jl> 
508 
540 
611 
643 
674 
697 
717 
739 
765 
770 

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 

Myrtle 

Kensington  

Lawn 

Magic  City    .   .   , 
Woodlawn  Park 

Austin 

King  Oscar 


LOCATION. 


Chicago. 
Chicago. .. 
Chicago. .. 
Chicago. .. 

Chicago 

Chicago. .. 
Chicago. .. 
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 

62  North  Clark  St 

Masonic  Temple    

Masonic  Temple 

3636  Cottage  Grove  Ave. 
3118  Forest  Ave 


615-617  N.Clark  St 

404  and  406  Milwaukee  Ave . 

44th  and  State  St 

2941  Archer  Ave 

Halsted  and  Randolph  Sts. 
3120  Forest  Ave 


Wilson  St. &  E.Ravenswo'd Park 

2701  South  Park  Ave 

IrvingPark 

Henderson's  Hall 


225  64th  St. 


615-617  North  Clark  St. 


FOURTH  DISTRICT. 


48 

90 
117 
139 
190 
254 
359 
404 
443 
522 

63 
138 
143 
1,58 
169 
309 
358 
604 

78 
115 
127 
298 
492 
676 
827 


Unity 

Jeruisalem  Temple. 

Elgin 

Geneva  

Dundee 

Aurora 

Blackherrj^ 

Batavia 

Hampshire 

Monitor 

St.  Marks 

Marengo 

Richmond 

McHenry 

Nunda 

Harvard 

Orion 

Hebron  

Waukegan 

Rising  Sun 

Antioch 

Wauconda 

Liberty  ville 

A.  O.  Fay 

Sequoit 


LOCATION. 


St.  Charles Kane 

Aurora Kane 

Elgin Kane 

Geneva Kane 

Dundee Kane 

Aurora Kane 

Elburn Kane 

Batavia Kane 

Hampshire Kane 

Elgin Kane 

Woodstock McHenry 

Marengo McHenry 

Richmond iMcHenrV 


McHenry 

Nunda 

Harvard  

Union 

Hebron  

Waukegan 

Gray's  Lake. . . . 

MilTburn 

Wauconda .. 

Libert  vville 

Highland  Park. 
Antioch 


McHenry 
McHeni'v 
McHenry 
McHenry 
McHenry 
Lake.  . .'. . 

Lake 

Lake 

Lake 

Lake 

Lake 

Lake 


APPENDIX— PART   II. 


27 


LIST  OF  LODGES  BY  DISTRICTS.— Con^fnuet?. 
FIFTH  DISTRICT. 


eO.Belvidere 

575  Capron 

7-4  Rockton 

75  Roscoe 

102  Rockford 

145  A.  W.  Rawson 

166  Star-in-the-East. 
173  Cherrv  Valley.... 

302  Durand 

633|E, F.W.Ellis 

745[Winnebago 

97  i  Excelsior 

170iEverereen 

174!Lena'' 

414!Evening  Star 

564|Winslow 

687prangeville 

823  Pearl 


LOCATION. 


Belvidere 

Capron 

Rockton 

Roscoe 

Rockford  

Pecatonica  . . . 

Rockford  

Cherr}-  Valley 

Durand 

Rockford  

Winnebago . . . 

Freeport 

Freeport 

Lena 

Davis 

Winslow  

Orangeville  . . 
Pearl  City  .... 


COUNTY. 


Boone 

Boone 

Winnebago. 
Winnebago. 
Winnebago . 
Winnebago. 
Winnebago. 
Winnebago. 
Winnebago. 
Winnebago. 
Winnebago. 
Stephenson. 
Stephenson. 
Stephenson . 
Stephenson. 
Stephenson. 
Stephenson. 
Stephenson. 


SIXTH  DISTRICT. 


36 
273 
278 
491 
554 
188 
345 
385 


I  Kavanaugh  . . . 
Miners 

I  Jc  Daviess 

Martin 

Plum  River  . . . 

1  Cyrus 

IVIilledgeville. . 

'Mississippi . . . 

423!Lanark 

490 '.Shannon 

.559  Thomson 

189'Fulton  City 

293  Prnphetstown. 

32l!Dunlap 

412|Bollen 

566  Albany 

61 2 1  Rock  River    . . 

655!  Yorktown 

667;  Erie 

750|Lyndon 


LOCATION. 


Elizabeth 

Galena 

Warren 

East  Dubuque 

Stockton 

Mt.  Carroll  . . . . 
Milledgeville . . 

Savanna 

Lanark 

Shannon 

Thomson 

Fulton 

Prophetstown . 

Morrison 

Spring  Hill . . . . 

Albany 

Sterling 

Tampico 

Erie 

Lyndon  


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. 


187 
244 
274 
320 
420 
505 

146 
178 


Samuel  H.  Davis 

Mj^stic  Tie 

Horicon 

Byron 

Creston 

Oregon 

Meridian  Sun  . . . 

Friendship 

Lee  Centre 

Illinois  Central. . 


LOCATION. 


Mt.  Morris, 

Polo 

Rochelle  .  . 

Byron  

Creston  . . . . 

Oregon 

Holcomb... 

Dixon  

Lee  Centre 
Amboy 


Ogle. 
Ogle. 
Ogle. 
Ogle. 
Ogle. 
Ogle. 
Ogle. 
Lee  . 
Lee  . 
Lee  . 


28 


APPENDIX — PATRT   II. 


LIST  OF  LODGES  BY  DISTRICTS.— Continued. 
SEVENTH  DISTRICT— Continued. 


205 
264 
282 
349 
531 
134 
144 
283 
288 
301 
374 
402 
646 
728 


Corinthian 

Franklin  Grove 

Brookl3'n 

Sublette 

Ashton 

Sj'camore 

De  Kalb 

Meteor 

Genoa  

Hincklej' 

Shabbona 

Kishwaukee 

Somonauk 

Waterman 


LOCATION. 


Paw  Paw 

Franklin  Grove 

Compton 

Sublette 

Ashton 

Sycamore 

De  Kalb 

Sandwich 

Genoa  

Hinckley 

Shabbona 

Kingston . 

Somonauk 

Waterman 


Lee 

Lee  

Lee  

Lee  

Lee  

De  Kalb. 
De  Kalb. 
De  Kalb. 
De  Kalb. 
De  Kalb. 
De  Kalb. 
De  Kalb. 
De  Kalb. 
De  Kalb. 


EIGHTH  DISTRICT. 


I 

303  Raven  

323, Orient 

428iSunbeam.  .. . 

471  Kendall 

65  Euclid 

269  Wheaton  . ..  . 
472|Amity  

Grove  

Mt  Joliet.  ..  . 

Matteson 

Wilmington. 

Channahon.. 

Plainfield. .. . 

Lockport . . . . 

Peotone  

Braidwood. . . 

Crete 

Cedar 

Minooka 

Gardner 

Verona  

Mazon 


824 
42 
175 
208 
262 
536 
538 
636 
704 
763 
124 
528 
573 
757 
826 


LOCATION. 


Oswego 

Lisbon   

Piano  

Yorkville   

Naperville 

Wheaton 

Turner 

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.. . 
Grundv... 


NINTH  DISTRICT. 


NO. 

NAME. 

LOCATION. 

COUNTY. 

13 

St.  John's 

Peru 

Ottawa                    

La  Salle 

40 

Occidental 

Acacia  

Mendota 

La  Salle 

67 

La  Salle 

La  Salle 

176 

Mendota  

Earlville 

La  Salle 

183 

La  Salle 

194 

La  Salle         

364 

Tonica 

La  Salle 

384 

Waltham 

Utica 

La  Salle 

397 

Shiloh         

La  Salle 

417 

Marseilles 

Rutland 

Seneca 

Humboldt 

Marseilles 

La  Salle 

477 

Rutland 

La  Salle 

532 

Seneca 

Ottawa 

La  Salle 

555 

La  Salle 

APPENDIX — PART   II. 


29 


LIST  OF  LODGES  BY  DISTRICTS.— Cou(tnM€(Z. 
NINTH  DISTRICT— Continued. 


558 
607 
735 
294 
351 
371 
401 
539' 
552 
614' 
738 1 


Leland 

Streator  . . 
Sheridan  . . 

Pontiac. 

Tarbolton  . 
Livingston 

Odell 

Chatsworth 
Long  Point 

Forrest    

Saunemin  . . 


LOCATION. 


Leland La  Salle 

Streator La  Salle 

Sheridan I  La  Salle 


Pontiac 

Fairbury  . . . 

Dwight 

Odell 

Chatsworth 
Long  Point. 

Forrest 

Saunemin  . . 


Livingston 
Livingston 
Livingston 
Livingston 
Livingston 
Livingston 
Livingston 
Livingston 


TENTH  DISTRICT. 


112 
142 
231 

270 
383 
399 

5.50 
587 

803 
805 
814 
103 

61 
119 
344 
415 
441 

93 
479 1 
501 
514| 


Bureau  

Ames  .  —  ... 
Wj'anet.  .  . 
Levi  Lusk  . . . 

La  Moille 

Buda 

Sharon  

Princeton 

Walnut    

Neponset 

S.  M.  Dalzell 

Ohio 

Magnolia   . . . 

Lacon  — 

Henry  — 

Wenona  — 
Lawn  Ridge.. 
.Sparland  ... 

Toulon  

Wvoming  

Stark  

Bradford  


LOCATION. 


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  Fayette 

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. 


159 
243 
433 
502 
535 


319 
436 
516 
543 
547 
658 


NAME. 

LOCATION. 

COUNTY. 

Cambridge 

Geneseo  

Kewanee 

Galva 

Stewart         

Henry  

Galva      

Henrv              .   . 

Woodhull  

Woodhull 

Henry  

Sherman 

Clement 

Orion  . .  

Colono 

Rock  Island 

Henry    

Trio 

Eureka 

Doric 

Moline    

Rock  Island 

Philo               

Port  Bj'ron 

Andalusia 

Andalusia . .        

Rock  Island              

Valley 

Coal  Valley  

Rock  Island 

Rock  Island    

Rock  Island 

30 


APPENDIX — PART   II. 


LIST  OF  LODGES  BY  DISTRICTS.— CojUmued. 
ELEVENTH  DISTRICT— Continued. 


679  Illinois  City. .. 
.59  New  Boston  . . 
113  Robert  Burns 

252;  Aledo 

367:  Oxford 

577|  Viola 

755:Pre-emption  . 
838lCharitv 


LOCATION. 


Illinois  City  .. 
New  Boston.. 
KeithslDurg. . . 

Aledo 

New  Windsor 

Viola  

Pre-emption . 
Seaton ». . 


Rock  Island. 

Mercer 

Mercer 

Mercer 

Mercer 

Mercer 

Mercer 

Mercer 


TWELFTH  DISTRICT. 


17 
233 
248 
307 
327 
496 
572 
617 
781 
100 
104 
116 
192 
213 
253 
350 
534 
734 
848 
9 
465 
648 
766 


Macomb 

Blandinsville. . 
Gulden  Gate... 
T.  J.  Pickett... 

Industrj- 

Tennessee  

Bardolph 

Go(  )d  Hope 

Colchester 

Astoria 

Lewistown 

Vermont 

Farmington... 

Ipava  

Avon  Harmony 

Pairview '. 

Cuba 

Morning  Star  . 

London  

Rushville 

Huntsville 

Camden  

Littleton 


LOCATION. 


Macomb 

Bladinsville . 
Prairie  City 

Busbnell 

Industry , 

Tennessee 

Bardolph 

Good  Hope 

Colchester 

Astoria 

Lewistown . . . 

Vermont 

Farmington. 

Ipava... 

Avon 

Fairview 

Cuba 

Canton 

London  Mills 

Rushville 

Huntsville  .. 

Camden  

Littleton 


McDonough 

McDonoueh 

McDonough 

McDonough 

McDonough 

McDonough , 

McDonough 

McDonough 

McDonough 

Fulton 

Fulton 

Fulton 

Fulton 

Fulton 

Fulton 

Fulton 

Fulton 

Fulton 

Fulton 

Schuyler 

Schuyler. . . . 

Schuyler 

Schuyler 


THIRTEENTH  DISTRICT. 


26 
66 
155 
185 
291 
330 
337 
448 
530 
584 
685 
793 
37 
518 
519 
619 
702 
123 
727 
732 
847 


Hiram 

Pacillc 

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  .  . 
Galesburg..  . 
Abingdon.. 

Wataga 

Altona 

Oneida 

Yates  City . . 

Maquon 

Galesburg 

Rio 

Victoria 

Monmouth.. 
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, 
enderson. . . 


APPENDIX— PART   II. 


31 


LTST  OF  LODGES  BY  DISTRICTS.— Continued. 
FOURTEENTH  DISTRICT. 


15 
46 
1(K5 

ooo 

263 
335 
360 
363 
663 
748 
246 
247 
306 
421 
29 
98 
126 
132 
156 
352 
462 
622 
64! 


Peoria 

Temple 

Lancaster 

George  Washington 

Illinois 

Schiller 

Princeville 

Horeb 

Phoenix 

Alta 

El  Paso 

Rob  Morris 

Wm.  C.  Hobbs 

Washburn 

Pekin 

Ta.vlor 

Ernpire 

Mackinaw 

Delavan  

Groveland 

Tremnnt 

Hoped  ale 

Comet 


LOCATION. 


Peoria Peoria  — 

Peoria Peoria  — 

Glasford Peoria 

Chillicothe Peoria  — 

Peoria Peoria  — 

Peoria Peoria  — 

Princeville Peoria 

Elmwood Peoria 

Mapleton Peoria 

Alta Peoria 

El  Paso I  Woodford 

Minonk i  Woodford 

Woodford 
Woodford 
Tazewell. . 
Tazewell. 


Eureka 

Washburn 

Pekin 

Washington 

Pekin ITazewell 

Mackinaw Tazewell 

Delavan jTazewell 

Groveland Tazewell 

Tremont jTazewell 

Hopedale i  Tazewell 

Minier : Tazewell 


FIFTEENTH  DISTRICT. 


LOCATION. 


43 

221 
251 
292 

468 
469 
482 


Bloomington  . . . 

Le  Roy 

Hey  worth 

Chenoa 

Chenevs  Grove . 

McLean 

Lexington 

512: Wade  Barney.. 

542  Towanda 

582l.Shirley 

656' Mozart 

673jNormal 

737|Arrowsmith  .  .. 

742lDanvers 

785!  Stan  ford 

799  Coif  ax 

84:De  Witt...   

172iWavne 

26l!Amon 

710  Parmer  City 

746  Weldon 

820  Henderson 

416Paxton 

608  Piper 

631JNorton 

733]Gibson 

761  Siblev  

SlllMelvfn 


Bloomington. 

Le  Roj' 

Hej'worth  . . . 

Chenoa 

Saybrook  . . . 

McLean 

Lexington  .  . 
Bloomington 
Towanda.  ... 

Shirlej- 

Bloomington 

Normal 

Arrowsmith 

Danvers 

Stanford  .  . . . 

Colfax 

Clinton 

Wavnesville . 

De  Witt 

Farmer  Cit}- 
Weldon  ....".. 

Kennej- 

Paxtori 

Piper  City.. . 
Cabery ...".... 
Gibson  City . . 

Sibley 

Melvin 


McLean. 
McLean. 
McLean. 
McLean. 
LMcLean. 
McLean. 
McLean. 
McLean. 
McLean. 
McLean. 
McLean. 
McLean. 
McLean 
McLean. 
McLean. 
McLean. 
De  Witt. 
De  Witt. 
De  Witt. 
De  Witt. 
De  Witt. 
De  Witt. 
Ford .... 
Ford.... 
Ford  ... 
Ford .... 

Ford 

Ford  ... 


32 


APPENDIX — PART   II. 


LIST  OF  LODGES  BY  DISTRICTS. 
SIXTEENTH  DISTRICT. 


-Continued. 


378 


389 
481 
168 
305 
316 
429 


Aroma . 


Kankakee 

Momence 

Milford 

i  Onarga 

1  Aliraham  Jonas. 

I Chebanse  

446,Watseka 

506  O.  H.  Miner 

591  Oilman 

609  Sheldon 

634'Buckley 

688  Clifton 

845;Martinton 

38  Olive  Brancb .... 

154  Russell 

265  Vermilion 

285  Catlin 

527  Ro.ssville 

590  Fairmount 

632  Ridge  Farm 

709  Star 

714  Newtown 

725  Rankin 

782  Potomac 

798  Sidell 

844  Hopewell 


LOCATION. 


Waldron 

Kankakee  . . . 

Momence 

Milford 

Onarga 

iLoda 

Chebanse  .. . 

jWatseka 

Iroquois 

Gilman 

Sheldon  

Buckley 

Clifton 

Martinton — 

Danville 

Georgetown . 

ndianola 

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. 


157 
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 
260 
390 
396 
788 
698 


Urbana 

Homer 

Mahomet 

Western  Star 

Sidney  

Tolonb 

Rantoul  

J.  R.  Gorin 

Pera 

Centennial 

Ogden 

Broadlands  . . 
Sangamon  . . . 

Tuscola 

Areola 

Newman 

Camargo 

Hindsboro. . . . 

Prairie 

Bloomfield 

Paris 

Kansas 

Stratton 

Scott  Land 

Edgar  

Charleston 

Wabash 

Oakland 

Mattoon 

Ashmore 

Muddy  Point.. 

Lerna 

Button 


LOCATION. 


Urbana 

Homer 

Mahomet... 
Champaign 

Sidney  

Tolonb 

Rantoul. . .. 
Sadorous... 
Ludlow  .... 

Philo 

Ogden 

Broadlands 

Fisher 

Tuscola 

Areola 

Newman... 
Camargo.. . 
Hindsboro . 

Paris 

Chrisman. . 

Paris 

Kansas 

Vermilion  . 
Scott  Land. 

Hume 

Charleston. 

Etna 

Oakland  . . . 

Mattoon 

Ashmore  . . 

Trilla 

Lerna 

Diona 


Champaign. 
Champaign. 
Champaign. 
Champaign. 
Champaign. 
Champaign. 
Champaign. 
Champaign. 
Champaign. 
Champaign. 
Champaign. 
Champaign. 
Champaign. 
Douglas  . .  . 
Douglas  .. .. 
Douglas  .. .. 
Douglas  . .    . 

Douglas 

Edgar 

Edgar 

Edgar 

Edgar 

Edgar 

Edgar 

Edgar 

Coles 

Coles 

Coles 

Coles 

Coles 

Coles 

Coles 

Coles 


APPENDIX— PART  II. 


33 


LIST  OF  LODGKS  BY  DISTRICTS.— Contimved. 


EIGHTEENTH  DISTRICT. 


NO. 

NAME. 

LOCATION. 

COUNTY. 

58 

Piatt 

r?fi=) 

Piatt  .. 

fino 

Cerro  Gordo 

Piatt 

fifil 

Atwood 

Mansfield 

De Land 

Piatt 

773 

81-' 

Mansfield 

De  Land 

Piatt 

Piatt 

"■^H 

Lovington 

Gays 

Sullivan 

Arthur  

Decatur  

5P5 

Miles  Hart 

7M 

8-'r> 

Arthur           

8 

Macon 

31'? 

431 
4.t4 
467 

Summit 

Maroa 

South  Macon 

Blue  Mound 

Harristown 

Maroa 

Macon 

Macon 

fi8-' 

Blue  Mound 

87 

Mt.  Pulaski 

Atlanta 

Logan 

New  Holland 

Mt.  Pulaski 

Logan 

Logan 

Logan 

Logan 

165 
210 
741 

Atlanta 

Lincoln  

New  Holland .. 

Cornland 

Latham 

808 
853 

Cornland 

Logan 

Logan 

Latham 

NINETEENTH  DISTRICT. 


403 
476 
645 

19 

653 

4 

71 
203 
333 
3.54 
450 
500 
521 
523 
556 


Havana 

Mason  Citj' 

Manito . . . ." 

San  Jose 

'  Clinton 

'  Greenview 

Springfield 

Central 

Lavel}^ 

Tyrian 

Ark  &  Archor. . 

Loami 

St.  Paul 

Illiopolis 

:  Chatham 

Dawson 

635  Rochester 

675|  Pawnee 

700  Pleasant  Plains. 

762|  Van  Meter 

786  Riverton  Union. 

23  Cass 

544  Virginia 

724lChandlerville  . . . 


LOCATION. 


Havana 

Mason  Cit}' 

Manito 

San  Jose 

Petersburg 

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  . . . . 
angamon. 
Sangamon. 
Sangamon . 
Sangamon. 
Sangamon. 
Sangamon . 
Sangamon . 
Sangamon. 
Sangamon. 
Sangamon. 
Sangamon. 
Sangamon. 
Sangamon. 
Sangamon. 
Sangamon. 

Cass  

Cass  

Cass , 


34 


APPENDIX — PART   II. 


LIST  OF  LODGES  BY  DISTRICTS.— Continued. 
TWENTIETH  DISTRICT. 


44 
108 
430 
3 
52 
118 
346 
382 
432 
570 
616 
105 
229 
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  

Murrayville  ... 
Jacksonville  . . 

Wadley 

Winchester  . . . 
Manchester  .. . 

Exeter 

Bluffs 

Barry 

Griggsville  — 

Perry  

New  Salem  — 

Milton 

Kinderhook  . . . 
Chaml)er.sburg 

El  Dara 

Nevi^  Hartford . 
Pleasant  Hill.. 

Time 

Pittsfield 

Nebo 

New  Canton . . . 
Rockport 


LOCATION. 


Mt.  Stering 

Versailles 

Mound  Station. 

Jacksonville 

Meredosia 

Waverly 

Concord 

Lynnville 

Murrayville 

Jacksonville 

Franklin 

Winchester 

Manchester 

Exeter 

Bluffs 

Barry 

Griggsville 

Perry  

New  Salem 

Milton 

Kinderhook  

Chamhersburg . 

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 

19:^ 

195 
235 

238 


295 
318 
464 
486 
618 
683 
715 


Bodley 

Herman 

Marcelline 

Lima 

Clayton  

Columbus  

Kingston 

La  Prairie 

Quincy 

Benjamin 

Payson 

Liberty  

Mendon 

Adams 

Laml^ert 

Hancock 

Hcrrick 

La  Harpe 

Dallas  City 

Black  Hawk.... 

Warsaw 

Plymouth 

Dills 

J.  L.  Anderson  . 

Denver  

Bowen 

Basco 

Burnside  

Elvaston 


LOCATION. 


Quincy 

Quincy 

Maircelline..'. 

Lima 

Clayton  

Columbus  . . , 
Fairweather 

Golden 

Quincy 

Camp  Point. . 

Payson 

Liberty 

Mendon 

Plainville 

Quincy 

Carthage 

Pontoosuc    .. 

La  Harpe 

Dallas  City  . . 

Hamilton 

Warsaw 

Plymouth  ... 
West  Point. . 

Augusta 

Denver  

Bowen 

Basco 

Burnside 

Elvaston 


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.— Co>iii?mecL 
TWENTY-SECOND  DISTRICT. 


50 
80 ' 
1:^9 
197 
79(') 
341 
394 
592 
70 
151 
152 
161 
171 
177 
212 
214 
249 
42(3 
445 
461 
463 


Calhoun 

West  Gate U.  D 

Carrollton 

Whitehall 

Greenfield 

Kins  Solomon 

E.  M.  Husted 

Full  Moon 

Jersej'viUe 

FieUlon 

Mt.  Nebo 

Bunker  Hill 

Fidelitj- 

Virden 

Girard 

Staunton 

Shipman 

Gillespie 

Hibliard 

ScdttviDe 

Chesterlield 

Plainview 

Palmvra 


LOCATION. 


Hardin 

Hamburg. .. 
Carrollton. . 
Whitehall  .. 
Greentield  .. 

Kane 

Roodhouse.. 

Grafton 

Jerseyville.. 

Fieldbn 

Carlinville  . 
Bunker  Hill 

Medora 

Virden 

Girard 

Staunton 

Shipman 

Gillespie 

Brighton 

Scottville. . 
Chesterfield 
Plainview  . . 
Palmyra 


Calhoun... 
Calhoun  .. 

Greene 

Greene 

Greene 

Greene 

Greene 

Jerse}- 

Jersey 

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 
&17 
681 

53 
180 
322 
392 
493 
541 
706 
831 


Mount  Moriah 
Charter  Oak.. 

Donnellson 

Irving 

Nokoinis 

Walsh  ville.... 

Litchfield 

Fillmore 

Raymond 

Mound 

Pana 

Kedron 

Bromwell  

Fisher 

Locust 

Blueville 

Morrisonville. 

Jackson  

Movveaqua 

Windsor 

Oconee 

Tower  Hill .... 
Stewardson... 

Joppa 

Findlav  


LOCATION. 


Hillsboro 

Litchfield 

Donnellson 

Irving 

Nokomis 

Walshville 

Litchfield 

Fillmore 

Raymond 

Taj'lorville 

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 
Montgomerj' 

Christian 

Christian 

Christian 

Christian 

Christian 

Christian 

Christian 

Christian 

Shelbv 

Shelby 

Shelby 

Shelby 

Shelby 

Shelby 

Shelby 

Shelby 


36 


APPENDIX — PART   II. 


LIST  OF  LODGES  BY  DISTRICTS.— Conimwerf. 
TWENTY-FOURTH  DISTRICT. 


125  Greenup 

279  Neoga  

580  Hazel  Dell 

834  Toledo 

133  Marshall 

313  York 

442  Casev 

603  Clark 

620  Newtiope 

136  Hutsonville 

250[K()l)ins()n 

348  Ru.ssellville 

644!Oblon^  City 

666  Crawford 

756  Hardinsville  .... 

849  Palestine 

216  Newton 

489  Cooper 

140Olney 

362  Noble 

509  Parkersburg  — 
164  Edward  Dobbins 

334  Sumner 

386  Bridgeport 

447IS.  D.  Monroe  .... 


LOCATION. 


Greenup 

Neoga 

Hazel  Dell.... 

Toledo 

Marshall 

York 

Casey  

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 
204 
485' 
488 
691 
149 
217 
484 
525 
533 
578 
602 
664 
665 
16 
405 
601 
769 
130 
201 
398 
503 
510 
613 


Louisville  . . . 

Flora 

Xenia 

Clay  City 

[Ola ". 

Effingham 

Mason 

Edgewood  . . . 

Delia 

Altamount . . . 
Prairie  City. 

Watson ". . 

Mayo 

Greenland. . . 
Temperance 

Ramse3r 

Farina 

St.  Elmo 

Marion 

Centralia 

Kinmundy  . . . 

Odin 

J.  D.  Moody. . 
Patoka 


LOCATION. 


Louisville  . . . 

Flora 

Xenia 

Clay  City 

lola 

Effingham... 

Mason 

Edgewood  . . . 
Elliottstown. 
Altamount.. . 

Montrose 

Watson 

Winterrowd 
Beecher  City. 
Vandalia  . ..". 

Ramsey 

Farina. 

St.  Elmo 

Salem 

Centralia 

Kinmundv. . . 

Odin "...., 

luka 

Patoka 


Clay 

Clav 

Clay 

Clav 

Clay 

Effingham. 
Effingham. 
Effingham. 
Effingham. 
Effingham. 
Effingham. 
Effingham . 
Effingham. 
Effingham. 

Fayette 

Fayette 

Fayette 

Fayette 

Marion 

Marion 

Marion 

Marion 

Marion 

Marion 


APPENDIX — PART   II. 


37 


LIST  OF  LODGES  BY  DISTRICTS— Co)i?i)a(ed. 
TWENTY-SIXTH  DISTRICT. 


245 
473 
809 

79 
109 

25 

99 
315 
355 
406 
560 
583 
588 
71 
835 


Greenville 

Gordon   

Gillham  

Scott 

Trenton 

Franklin 

Piasa  

Edwardsville 

Erwin 

Marine 

Bethalto 

Madison 

Highland 

Troy 

Collinsville.. 
Triple 


LOCATION. 


Greenville. .. 
Pocahontas.. 

Woburn 

Carlyle 

Trenton 

Upper  Alton. 

Alton 

Edwardsville 

Alton 

Marine 

Bethalto 

New  Douglas 

Highland 

Trov 

Collinsville. .. 
Venice 


Bond 

Bond.... 

Bond  .... 

Clinton.. 

Clinton.. 

Madison 

Madison 

Madison 

Madison 

Madison 

Madison  . 

Madison  , 

Madison 

M  adison  . 

Madison  . 

Madison 


TWENTY-SEVENTH  DISTRICT. 


24 
110 
343 
361 
418 
504 
576 
853 
474 
787 


162 
427 

497 


St.  Clair 

Lebanon 

Summertield. . 

Douglas 

Freeburg 

East  St.  Louis. 

O'Fallon 

Gothic 

Columbia 

Morris 

Chester  

Kaskaskia 

Hope 

Red  Bud 

Alma 


LOCATION. 


Belleville 

Lebanon • . 

Summertield .. 

Muscoutah 

Freeburg 

East  St.  Louis. 

O'Fallon 

East  St.  Louis. 

Columbia 

Waterloo 

Chester 

Ellis  Grove  . . . . 

.Sparta 

Red  Bud 

Steeleville 


St.  Clair.. 
St.  Clair  .. 
St.  Clair  . . 
St.  Clair.. 
St.  Clair  . . 
St.  Clair.. 
St.  Clair.. 
St.  Clair.. 

Monroe 

Monroe 

Randolph. 
Randolph. 
Randolph. 
Randolph. 
Randolph. 


TWENTY-EIGHTH  DISTRICT. 


153 
31 

368 
696 
721 

64 
567 1 
705' 
744 
749 

85 
207 
234 


Washington. 

Clay 

Mt.  Vernon  . 

Jefferson 

Belle  Rive... 

Rome 

Benton 

Frankfort.. . 

E-uing 

Goode 

Akin 

Mitchell 

Tamaroa  . . . . 
Du  Quoin.  . . . 


LOCATION. 


Nashville 

Ashley 

Mt.  Vernon 

Opdvke 

Belle  Rive 

Dix 

Benton 

Frankfort 

Ewing 

Brayfield 

Thompsonville 
Pinckney  ville . 

Tamaroa 

Du  Quoin 


Washington. 
Washington. 

Jefferson 

Jefferson 

Jefferson 

Jefferson 

Franklin 

Franklin 

Franklin 

Franklin 

Franklin 

Perrv  

Perry . 

Perry   


38 


APPENDIX — PART    II. 


LIST  OF  LODGES  BY  DISTRICTS.— Co?(/un(ed. 


TWENTY-EIGHTH  DISTRICT— Continued. 


NO. 

NAME. 

LOCATION. 

COUNTY. 

•'41 

287 

De  Soto             

De  Soto           

434 

Makanda 

Jackson.          

498 

Murphvsboro 

Grand  Tower 

Campbell  Hill 

fi'i? 

W^ 

Shiloh  Hill 

8SS 

Dean. .          

Ava 

Marion 

Jackson  

8P 

Fellowship 

Blazing  Star 

Andrew  Jackson 

Herrins  Prairie 

Chapel  Hill 

Williamson 

458 

Crab  Orchard 

Corinth 

Herrin 

Wolf  Creek 

487 

693 
719 

Williamson 

7.->q 

Johnston  City 

SfV 

Carterville 

Williamson. 

817 

TWENTY-NINTH  DISTRICT. 


LOCATION. 


206 
331 
460 
713 
759 
356 
239 
752 
200 
272 


718: 

137 
630 
807 
128 
325 
495 
684 
730 
2 

14 
230 
723 
816 


Fairfield 

Mount  Erie. .  • . 
Jeffersonville. 
Johnsonville  . . 

Orel 

Hermitage 

Mount  Carmel 

Allendale 

Sheba 

Carmi 

Burnt  Prairie. 

Enfield 

Mav 

Polk 

Tuscan 

Royal 

Raleigh 

Harrisburg 

Stone  Fort 

Gallatia 

Eldorado , 

Equality 

Warren 

New  Haven. . . 

Omaha 

Ridgwa}' 


Fairfield 

Mt.  Erie 

Jeffersonville, 
Johnsonville.. 
Wayne  City  . . 

Albion 

Mount  Carmel 

Allendale 

Grayville 

Carmi 

Burnt  Prairie 

Enfield 

Norris  City. . . 
McLeansbbro 

Walpole 

Macedonia 

Raleigh 

Harrisburg. .. 
Stone  Fort . . . 

Gallatia 

Eldorado  

Equality 

Shawne'etown 
New  Haven. . . 

Omaha 

Ridgway 


Waj-ne 

Wayne 

Wayne 

Wayne 

Wayne.  .. 
Edwards.. 
Wabash... 
Wabash... 

White 

White 

White 

White 

White 

Hamilton . 
Hamilton. 
Hamilton. 

Saline 

Saline 

Saline 

Saline 

Saline 

Gallatin  . . 
Gallatin  .. 
Gallatin  .. 
Gallatin  .. 
Gallatin  . . 


APPENDIX — PART  II. 


39 


LIST  OF  LODGES  BY  DISTRICTS.— Con^mwecZ. 
THIRTIETH  DISTRICT. 


276 
444 
794 
131 
672 
701 

911 
232! 
336  [ 
150 
339 
419l 
772 
778 
822 
111 
466 
520 
581 
627 
840 

47 
660 
562 
237 


Elizabeth 

Cave-in-Rock  . 

Tadmor  

Gi)lconda 

Eddvville  

TemDle  Hill . . . , 

Ba.v  Cit_y 

[Metropolis 

iParmers 

[New  Columbia., 

Vienna 

Saline 

iReynoldsburg., 
New  Burnside . . 

Gurnej' 

Belknap 

Jonesboro 

Cobden 

Anna 

Dongola 

Union 

Alto  Pass 

Caledonia 

Grand  Chain  . . . 

Trinitj- 

Cairo 


LOCATION. 


ElizaViethtown.  .. 

Cave-in-Rock 

Karber's  Ridge  .. 

Golconda 

Edd3'ville 

Rose  Bud 

Hamletsburg, 

Metropolis 

Pellonia 

New  Columbia 

Vienna 

Goreville 

Tunnel  Hill 

New  Burnside 

New  County  Line 

Belknap  . . ." 

Jonesboro 

Cobden 

Anna 

Dongola 

Lick  Creek  

Alto  Pass 

Olmsted 

New  Grand  Chain 

Mound  Cit3'  

Cairo ". 


Hardin 

Hardin 

Hardin 

Pope 

Pope 

Pope 

Pope 

Massac 

Massac 

Massac 

Johnson 

Johnson 

Johnson 

Johnson 

Johnson 

Johnson 

Union 

Union 

Union  

Union 

Union 

Union 

Pulaski 

Pulaski 

Pulaski...    . 
Alexander. 


40 


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in  X  X  X  a;  C-.  o  o  —  *!  -:>  r»  • 


r^  >  ift  o  t^  — '  i'^     ift'o  i^^     cc  If:  >f^  x^ 


:  T  4f:  i~  i^  i~  i~  (~  X  X      000      —  Ti  CO  «  OT  If:  ic  If:  X  X  c.  —  o  —  —  — . 


:  re  CO  CO      cc  -T  -J' 


•?•  ■* -r  ^  T - 


2^-^^X^pii^^'P 

CS  1^  «  CC  lf5 

^  Ti"  tfS  ift  If:  »f5 


42 


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;  <!j 


a;  l/.'  (V  xj  o  OJ  0^  y: 
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!-iiHj^l-il-il-il-(l-i 


1)  o 
1h  X 

1-  c 
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t«0 


i>  01    ■    ■    •  a;    •  u    •  11 

■M  i_        •    •  !-,    :  1^    •  i^ 

,_-  ™- '^    i-4  A_;  rr;  rr-  ^    »H  n:  «- 'O  ,--{  ^  f--  ^ 

i-i^-MfJ"'-'' — ^--■'-'tj-*-'*"'-*-**^-*-'  P-M 

1)  0)  K  OJ  cf:  O  0)  X  (1)  K  0)  K  i)  K  1)  yi 

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CO  "  -t'  --^  !- 


t»  CO  CO  _;  OJ      • 

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^H   ^^    ^^  ^        ^  00   »^ 


.  .  .  u  u 
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a>  3  3  n3  oj 


t*  l^  l^  1^  t^  l^  l^  l^  1*  l^  00  00  00  OC'  00  00  00  00  00  00 
?OCDCDtOCOtOCO?DCDCO?DOCD5DCOCOCOCOCOCO 

OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOXOOOOOOOOOOOD'OOODGOOO 


to  CD  to  «  «0  'J^  «0  ■»  «D  CO  00  S  1~  t^  5~  >~         t-  t^ 

OOOO'OOOOOO'OOQOOOX'OCiiijcOCOOOOOO         0000 


H  coco'to  CD'co'cd'co'co'co'cD       CO'iCiC  iC'tC  tff  iC'ifs'to'cO  l^  M''"^  ^  "^""i^"      cccc" 


OOOOOOOOOOhtOOOOO     oo 


3  t: 


3  3     ;     ■  u"^  O  c-^  O  -X-  ^ 
5? -3  :£>ii=i-l:5>=,  3S^i^nJ5 


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3  H 
-3  c  CU.2  f^ 


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nJ  O  0)  rt 

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tr^  )0  in 


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POf 


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OJ  ^  ^  1h  ^ 


sfea;c.-^S6a|3  : 

li^S     a^3-§i^£^^'^t^^  crisis 
oo=:     jj3a)3ai3C- :soo;5^c5<u 


fee/} 


-f  t"  -r  -^  if^  in  i:c  ^'  "^ 


;  OC'  «  cr.  'X>  c3:  cc  ' 


'  '-D  I-  X  a;  ■ 


I-  '30  GC  a-  Oi  Ci  Ci  Ci  Oi  O 


>  ac  cr.  t--  cc.  o  c;  O' ' 


:  —  '7i  7J  TJ  Ti  r!  ^>  CC  CC  - 


irt  ic  ic  CD 


i^iOiOU^iClCiCiClOifDiCCD        500^^«DOO«DCO?C'«C':OCD«OtC?D        CO^ 


APPENDIX — PART   II. 


43 


'C 'CS  * 'O '^ 'C '^ 'C 
1)  4J  .  D  IJ  <D  tU  U 
J-,  !^     •  )_,-|-J  s^  )_  1j 


!^  ■«  J^  Jh  C  !^  1^  V-i 


^B 


en 


^ ,«  U  ra  »*• 

1^7:000 
l-i  1/  1-,  y>  M 

in  ^M  >-,  c  a 

3  !-.  3  o  O 


_:  QC  OC'  — '  So  X  5c  g 

2§  TM-)  ^  U  t-  M  J^ 


IR  DC  "-S      •      ■ 

Ol  CC  OC  OS  PT; 

ocac«=cS 


>:>ft^o  3 


000O0C00CC3000CO 


^  l^  -H  CD  CO 
i~  t-  OC  00  ^ 

00  00  00  OC'  oc 


""1-00X0C5CCO         CCTilfitO^ 


^  3  l>  a:  2 
■  ■     O'J  3 


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lis 


3  3  dJ  3  rt-^ 


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3  ^  ■!;   -J^'^ 


<  '-'  U-:  x  O  ^  >  Cl      3'  O  -  O  c-< 
o-r^c5i>o!jo-x;      oecoicoo 

S3  tC  to  t~  l~  l~  l~  t-        l^  l»  t^  i,  00 


44 


APPENDIX — PART   II. 


Con.  to  Illinois 
Masonic  Or- 
plians'  Home. 
Contriliuted  to 
those  not  Mem- 
bers  


Con.  to  Memb's, 
their  widows 
and  orphans.. 


«5  I-J  M  ■*  O 


5't  O  »)  1» 


oc<jcs«^>cc:oo^*^co 


Memb'p    resid- 
ing  in  Illinois 


OOOiOOOOl  —  — ■O-.0  7J0G—  -XiOOl-.C0•J^- 


—  ,H  —  —  00 


.  I* i^ -T  I*  if:  CO  o OS o  — ■  ?o CI  »* ic  I* o  i^  I* CO ci  —  ccif: 


r»cc  «^  —  OS  c^j  cs 


Passed. 


Initiations. 


Rejections, 


c0'>(i»5O-*-^'<ro» 

tO0<l-H00OJCCi>CO 

(Ninoo^ 

CO  T>  «  '?J  —  rx  l~  !0 

:^S 

COINm05lO.--*(N 

as  —  eooicixi^co 

^'2°-'S 

tJ  (M  —  M  —  —  —  to 

-^s 

-H      .  J)  CC  in  05      .  (M 

t>      •         OS      -WW      • 

—  —      ^C-J 

„ ,-.  „  Tj.    .  «  ei  c) 

•    •  l» 

Dues  1899. 


oioiftLOiftoiQOOooomoooinooiCOOiOiCidoicoiniftoooo 
iC  i-  i^  i^  i>  o  i^  o  o  o  »o  in  ct  m  o  m  tM  o  »n  t^  o  »n  i^  if5 1-  71  i^  »n  ^i  ci  m  o  m  »c 

J^inOlOO  —  ini--t-0'00®l^tD  —  0CCO00-.OC1CO  —  5DCO-*-hO  —  5-JCO— 'l~5DO 

'TJ— <o;0^^iCirsincO'^"^oi^i>oDooin^l^"^^'<t*coinoii^ajcC'?ii^fMin'<s'QO 


-^  „  „u,, 


Present    Mem- 
bership, 1899.. 


Total  Decrease. 


'  —  n  a  a>  '-D  i~  '^  izt  'D  •v  i^  m>  aa  Id  —•  -i'  011^ ' 
^••MCOin^-nt^l^Tfaim'roooC'ii    --—    -- 


t~?)coiR'i'-r«^i^T»"Oim't<oooo(t»MOicoo(Mccoooooin-»toeotoi-toi-- 


ifOlO-COt-INCO  —  i^IOClOJ 

-. oin-^toeotoi    '- ' 


C>  ^  -1^  to  ^>  as  i*  (TJ   .  CO  CO  CO  in  CO  CO  -T  l^  I-  -^   ■  in  GO  CO  00  c> 


<  CO  >—  i~  —  as  ■TO  ■»  i- 


^ 
"1^ 


Dad.  for  er- 
ror  


CO      •  CO  CO  i^  CO     •  O}      .  (M  CO  CO  ■*  O)  II      .  — I      .  M      ■  II  t-  (N  -h 


:  —  CO  —  in  It  i-H  ^ 


Dimitted 


I,  ^    .CQ-^in-H        -in CO    .    .-H-HCi— "TM    -o-Hrt-r  —  -HOjas-^incoei-^M 


Expelled.. . 


Suspended 


OT  CO  «  --H  —  r-c  to 


.  CO  —  «D 'o *    -in    -OS 


Total  Increase. 


t^cocC'+ini^inin^^^Dco^-ioooasai-^i-i-TCDOTtC'it'-H^inas^xcoasui-iint^ 

^        rt  CO  —  r-CO         —  «        „        rt  oj 


I 

H 

W 

H 

en 

<^ 
m 


Add.  for  er- 
ror  


Admitted. 


•  to N 00  —  e-i    .in 


^C^      .Tt<  O  ^^ifi -- ^  CO      .  —  ,-H  TT  —  ^^  00 


Reinstated . 


.OlTI      -CO  — (M 


Raised. 


COWi-^QDCOasrfCO^aOlM  —  OTpWCOfM      "(MlCOOCO  —  TTC^^CO  —  0>l^?0      •■<*HOi 


Membership 

1898.... 


aiOias(M:oooascoaicoi^aioot^c^>0'5'OD'-^i>-^ot^otto— 'iii^co-pocosai 
1^  ?j  0*  '^  in  CO  t*  i^  CO  1-*  in  -^  ai  OS  o  It  i^  CO  o  in  I-'  OS  as  i^  CO  o  in  in  ift  CO  to  00  in  in 

„_  —  — CO  OJ—  —  —  -^  K  ^W—II—  CO 


?  ni    : 
bObo   . 

5  d  OJ 


6  rt 


O     r^    03 


Si^" 


n3  a; 

C5^ 


rt  c 


^5  o 

1^ 


t^;::! 


tiS 


w      ^      o « 


"^3 


1)    ..^-H^j^^  ac4->.-j^  j^ 


■^  cm! 

N  C  C 


y^ 


hot 


Lodge  No. 


i^  rt  B  c  c  o  rt  o  iH-r;  ao2  S    -  ^^  -    ......  ^ 

2r^^  f^r'^iS  =5-^^  I'  Di^;:3,2n!..-:  ih-^-S  cut;  j-,  rt 


^  n3  O 


OKO' 


2   • « 

rt  ™  1-1  4) 


APPENDIX — PART   II. 


45 


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c  o  o  o    •  o 

8  :  :   :  : 

•  88 

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mm    ; 

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.     .  CO     •     ; 

mm  m  m    •  m 

m    •    •    •    • 

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in    -lei    ■    ■    ■  in    ■    ■    -ka 

W     ; 

oino 

:SSS  : 

ooo    -ooooooo    • 
ooo    -ooooooo    ■ 

oomoooooooooomo 
omcio  —  oottooooooo 

88 

to  o  m.  o  o 

•  CC  O  Ci  o  o 

O  — »} 

;i>me>5     ; 

cs  to  CO    •  "  o>  c 

51  CO  CO  m    ■ 

OCO  fC^ 

71'it  —  t-  Tl  0»  O  T!  =C  •*  JJ 

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m  —  ?o 

•  0 1      •      ■      ■  Ci      •  C^i  OS 

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(M  :D  ic  Oi  ; 


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.  m  ■•3'  TT  CO  ^^      -      -      •  CO  — ' 

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■•T  ■*  TT  CO  w  ^i  .—  0*  m 

.  . m  CO      .  r-  i»  •^.  —  •* 

■  mTTco  —  m-^^  —  cotj> 

—  ^    ;  00  mo» 

>-— .miowr-  —  IM    . 

.      .  i^             —      .     .  CO     ■     - 

.      .            .  — .  OS      ■      •      •  CO      . 

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^; 

CI  ts  ir:  Ci  X  CC  o  —  X  X  -^  tD  iC  l^  CC  <^  tc  c;  ic  ic  CO  ir2  iC  3D  :o  Oi  CO  i*  '^  -T  i~  c^  ^;  X  —  X  ic  :>>  CO  to  re  CC' 


<—  Cl  r^  -r 

7>  i-  CO  X  m  m  rr  -.D  CO  1 ^  -o  m  -c  -.o  -c  ci  —  oi  r)  o!  —  — 

mi-.-ffxcoco-rmim'M-T.i-.-coTCOT-f 

CO                 -^ 

■:!  ?!  CO 

CO    .. m      —  o>. •    .  —  — —    -m    ■    . 

:  i" 

—  —  K  T>      .  —  I>  — .  -^  -.  !M  CO  —  "  CO  M  — 

CO      ;  Tf 

" 

oi(N^(M— .(Moju-H  —  TTWi-co    .comoj-^ 

.tOtD      .  NCOCO^ 

.  m  OJ  .-^  0!  .-      .      .      .         —      .  0}  CO      .      .  TT  —      . 

;                   :   :  :   :      :  '^'      :   :         : 

Tj<i>0   TfCC 

C^  ^  OS  Ci  *M  «  0>  -^  '.O  ^  ^  l^  CO  01  t^  OJ  Ci  -n-  CO  CO  — • 

■  —  ajMco«Trco--oo-H^.--H^rroic^.3-(M  — 

?}  —      .CO      .         0 !  m  —      •  ?! 

01  ^      .  _  „      .  O!  .-  — 

--.  -r  " 

:  :  :   :  :~'^  :  :"   . 

_      .  _           .     .  „  „  01 

0>  —  ^  — •      .—1     .CO      .      . 

•  CO—      .      .CO  «      . 

■q' 

m  m  ^t-  CO 

I!      .  — -T  ^  —  OTf 

CO     .      .tOOlSf^     -o^ 

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f 

-f  ^  «      .  0!  (M  I-  (M  Ci      ■  ^ 

---OiO!---        ; 

cx)co«o?oos;D^cncoao«oco'>'»co  —  t^cioc'rrmocicooiooo>i*oo<:cooc5mciocomoc?>'^i^co  —  omosoC'i."^ 
^-comjosi*coomooooom?c>!DCioomoDmmTj''<?'mc3imoicoi>!0"*i^cooocoi^m'— coocoeoi^cscccococo 


3  rt  1,  tj  o  _fl  "  C.5  oj  oi2  "  ;-,  n  c  nj  o  rt  rtSSv2'^  rt3  !h  c  oj  0)  rt  oiSS.'^.d  ""-^^  ticS  nsj^  ar  3  3 


D  rt 


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bis  ^.5=  dirt  .2 -S 


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D  d  (3 


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Srt?   :-^ 


.  r^^  C .-  _!;    .  M 


t^oooiO  —  oicomi^ooci 
•^■^■*>ata\a\aiatakDir: 


■^  y  -  -ti  >  >  .9  « ti  7^  ■' 


ir.v^ 


'  C  "^  -  ■■'-    .  .-^  -  - 

<  D  .c  c  c  ^  ih  ^  •; 

1  r>  r  ,  r..*  ^.^  *3  n  ,  »<  ., 


aH  •/ 

^  ^  ^  ■ 

-  f'  r 


^"A 


^CO  ?D  S 


m  ?D  t*  Oi  —  oj  •^  m  CD  i^  00  Ci  o 


Sow 


m  «D  r^QO  OS  o 


■c  rt  i?-.::  o 
a:cHCLHxa^a<K2k:i 

o*  CO  m  CD  t^  X  Ci  c 


<0«DtDtD!>l~!>l--l~t-l-.l»00000D0C00a00000CSCiCi0S0S0iCiCi0SOOO 


46 


APPENDIX — PART   II. 


O 
^ 


'k^ 


I 


1 

< 
Eh 
cc 

P5 
<! 


Con.  to  Illinois 
Masonic    Or- 
phans' Home. 
Contributed   to 
those  not  Mem 

bers 

Con.  to  Memb's. 
their  widows 
and  orphans.. 


Memb'p    resid- 
ingin  Illinois 


Passed. 


Initiations. 


Rejections,. 


Dues  1899. 


6e   • 

■in 

..oo-.-^     o^o-^        .o 

.•00-;;;-;0-0--^           -O 
;•  m  m     -;;;•;  m     ;  m     ;■;••  O 

■mo    :§ 

o  o 
om 

to  I! 

1  00 

2  00 
2  00 

2  46 

3  00 
12  00 

"foo 

9  00 

".5  66 

2  00 

7  50 

3  00 

1  00 

2  50 

8  00 
1  00 

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OO     •     ;-a' 

J>  —    '•    1  o 

OOO     ^O           -O     ■     ■O OO 

•OOm     ;_i      — O      ;         O      •            ;      •      ;mO 

•  CD  O  O     ;  O     •     •  m     ;     •  m     •     ;     •     •     ;  0-.  J5 

25  00 

5  00 

104  34 

121430 

CY^O  —  ^X'MQOif^i'^'-'incC'^OOiCOiCeOGO'^  —  — iCXiCOstCCiXCfX  —  t-*tc 


i^C'ir^iri'^ccid^copOi 


-p'^i^coO'^ciojtCTfcc'^ift'^co-j'rcccci" 


o«  i--  -xi  rj  cc  csi    ■  (^^ 


.  rr  ^  i-  c^^  ^  00  ^J  !M  —  '^ 


:i  — •  tc  —  '^  0}  m  —  —  • 


.  ^ift    .  — 


ooii:)ijr50oooioooooifii.nin-^OT^Oknift»f:tr:  —  llnlnoolr:oolr:- 


o  iC  I*  (M  iCifi  o  ic  c^  ic  o  I 


;  o  CI  i^  Of  ic  o  m  in  ci  1--  c^  i-  O  I*  i^  o  o  t-  lO  ir:  ?i  o 

—  j>oiic  —  ocot-.»co'!Oxi^'r>Tj'xco'n'o  —  cocci^«o?Di— oxc::occo»n 
irtcccoccco'^ttJcccoTfcC'^mccxcoi-^c-j^cotMrc'tticccccO'^cO'^cc'^'^iC^o 


"Pre-Qi^nt      Mf^m-  1    oc  o  co  i- ■>>  tt  tp  o  i- -r  x  oo  i- m  co  —  —  71 -f  7->  —  m  r:  m  O  0-.  o  o -f  cc  5J  0C'^)  o 

jri  cheiiL     iviciii        om  m -5"i"m  xm  T  lO  Tj<in  i~  rp  —  in  0  com -pco  T -.OTr -T-n-m -rii  m -.0  m  i- C! 

bership,  1899..  1                                         _        _     _                                _                      ■- 

1    xo!OT    .    . rococo  c-iwtco  CO— •    -i-o^cccCTr-tojco    .i^-TJimmcoi^o 

Total  Decrease.                ::--':                               :                       " 

< 

3 

Ded.  for  er-       ;::::.;;::::;:::.::.:;::::::::.::: 
ror :::::::.■:•.::::•.:::::::•::::::::•: 

Died 1        :  :  :  :  :                         :      :            :  :               : 

1      03  13      •      .      •  —  OJ  03  03      •      ■  CO  C;  CO      •      -03      .      .  CO  —  03  —      ■  ^      -03 .  CO  03  03  X 

Dimitted  ..    |           :  :  :                :   :            :   :      :  ;                .      :            : 

Expelled....  1     •::::::::::::::::::::::::::":::::' 

1    .^    .0^    .    -    .-^     ■    .    .    .  —  —    .    .    .Tj'Tr    .      03    — 1    •'—         ■*-      cc    -    ■    ■■^ 

Suspended            :      :  :  :      :  :  :  :"      :  :  :         :  :      :      :      :  :      :      1  ;  •" 

1      Tl>  —  i-JCOXOl      •.-—  WCOTtPMCO      .OJ  —  CJ      ■  —  -TO-HmOiX03!0  0!XOS  «D,IN 

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Admitted.  . .              :      :      :  :      :                  ;            :   :  :         •   '      : 

Reinstated.       :      :  :  :"^  :  :   :  :""         ::::.::      :::::::      :  : 

1     03000^03  00     .     -— <     -03     .TJ.  —  —  —     .     .     .T—     .x-Tm     .mo.»i-*03cc       -^i^cco 

Raised :  :      :      ;           -  :   :  :      :            :                   :          '° 

Membership 
1898.. 


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47 


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48 


APPENDIX — PART   II, 


Con.  to  Illinois 
Masonic  Or- 
phans' Home. 
Contributed  to 
those  not  Mem 
bars 


C  O  O  :=  o  c 

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Con.  to  Memb"s. 
their  widows 
and  orphans.. 


o  o      .r;  o-n* 


Memb'p    resid- 
Insr  in  Illinois 


i*  in  cr.  c-  00  -!•  -.c  -H  7^  c;  ;c  c;  o  ^>  ic 


Passed. 


Initiations. 


Rejections. . 


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1 1!  -r  I'O  X  in 


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1898. 


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49 


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50 


APPENDIX — PART   II. 


O 


I 

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PQ 
O 


ICon.  to  Illinois 
'      Masonic    Or- 
phans' Home. 
Contributed   to 
those  not  Mem 

bers 

Con.  to  Memb's, 
their  widows 
and  orphans.. 


Memb"p    resid- 
ing in  Illinois 


Passed. 


Initiations. 


Rejections, 


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■M  —  '.O  CO  ■M  Ci  "M  00  ■ 


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Present     Mem 
bership,  1899 . 


Total  Decrease 


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ror 


Died. 


Dimitted 


Expelled.. 


Suspended 


Total  Increase 


Add.  for  er- 
ror  


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t*  as  00  t—  o>  00  CO  -t<  m  CO  o  i^  i^  • 


CO  ^  m  -T  — ' 


►  i*  CO  m  :>»  ^i  t^  o  m  ai  *o  CO  —  "^  'T  -CM*  m 


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Admitted. 


Reinstated  , 


Raised. 


Membership 
1898. 


Lodge  No. 


•  CO  CO    •  m  o> 


•"CIOICOCO'S'TI'CO      ■  — 


";o  CO -^      -X-- CO-P^OJtMW-^lXMXl 


r-(N        —CI 


:  --o  m  i-  CO  —  m  —  oi    •  m  oo 


"■^xcDoii^cDocom*^  —  xCiX-f"mco  —  ooom  ^-^i^cococoososotocox 
l^xx  —  —  xco^-j'COtol^tDOjOoi— •rocomcoo'S-^'VOstocoo-^moixco 


a  ft 

<u  o 


-S  ^ 


^.M  c  c  3  u  r^  J' ii  j'^  3  >  S  S  rt^Jt^  s  rt  s.st^ 

c  0-2  c  rt  c  ii  IS  2  ^  2-^  i3-^--  '-^  ^  "3'^  iJ^T;  QJ 
ciHK^o^KOooHmoKoaQ>HCH<j<i§a 


^  -  f= 

'C'C  o 

s^3 


>^  3  s 


Ur;  bo 

hS.S 
•  ^  j-i 


0)  O  C 


CS  CS  0>  CS  OS  Cs 


in  ^ 

osos  __ 

OIOIO} 


a  '->  P 
,  rt  c  ^ 

X  .—  o> 
ooo 
oieoco 


^  nSKr  !h  b  O  d 


C  O 
C   K 


C  ftO    -^ 


co'^coi>xc:iO'-'Oico^moxoiO  —  oicom 


3  >-, 
o->co 


Q^StPClc^r^cjO^^""'"^' — ^.— .y— H— *^-  —  1 — I    .'  f.'t  '.'t  I..'  '.'^  '.-^  ','J  t-'J  VJ  s.' J 

cococococococococococococococococococococococococococc 


J 


APPENDIX — PART   II. 


51 


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000 
000 

0000 
•oinoo 

?  :  : 

80 

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■000     • 

ojeo  —  00 

•         •         •          •!-.-»<         • 

•    • » 

■  ^  CO  C  J  (?I      ;     ;  iCin  IC 

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COJJ 

.  ^  cc  .—     • 

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in  TTirj    . 

T  (N      ;      --^      ;  CO      ■ 

—  ?o-r  —  tOOT<Nrt<M50-Httieo<-ieo(N—.    .o-h~—    -into    •oi-o'^o    ■ 

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ninoinoininoinoinoinininininooinocoinininininooinoinoo 

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»coco«:cocotooai'!j't^co-r^-^i*o-^i--xcoi-ao 


Ci-HTr»noiriO"CO»n'— lftC^3^I'^oi7IC^l--Tt'^•*cJ:Doco^i-tc^X)0'.  co7^xii©!?icoi-(t^oow 


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•'XXlnol~•»0'rc^oocooaJeooo^~coeoco 


sc-»c^j;o^^co«incQCjinocti:?(:ocoi^cjininto:oi^«coocoiii*!Dwto^i*'MOiw^'?j-^coC'»inin 


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CO  CO  CO 


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52 


APPENDIX — PART   II. 


Con.  to  Illinois 
Masonic    Or- 
phans' Home. 


Contributed  to 
tbose  not  Mem- 
bers  


-H    .^ocDin 


oo  —  OOiCOOO 
oooicocs  0  =  0 


00 


Con.  to  Memb's, 
their  widows 
and  orphans.. 


■  -ho  00  ;d 


Memb'p    resid- 
ing in  Illinois 


>l^O'^X)li500000i-''^t^^OS'<**0500CCCO'r>OiKt'>?iCC^m^HOCCMOO'rf 


Initiations. 


Rejections, 


is; «    '. 

^ 

CI  -:)<  CO  C!  ^J  T  !M 

C-.  .r;.  —  0 
cc 

'~^ 

—  no 

C5  -rr  a:  — 

■  Of  CJ  tD  0!  CO 

.  OV  -f  M      ■ 

oicoif:  r-i>icc! 

M  iC  01  0 

—        CO 

" 

:  "^ 

oc  -p  -0  — 

■  0)  0!  I/:      CO 

•  —  (M     • 

^   I  ^    ;   !    ;    . 

CO  C-1      • 

c< 

Ol 

;" 

'^ 

!0      .1(5      • 

^iCOOOOiCtftOO 


I- 10  o  lO  in  o 

-r  o  CO  Ci  01  o>  o  ■>>  c; 


r;  iCi-  i-  7! 


C  —  lO  iC  o  ..^ 
>  iC  t-  I-  1.0  0 

~  —  c!  ;£  ^; 

—         CO 


:  in  ic  ift  ir:  o  o  : 


_'  1^  o  ifi  »ft  ift  uo 
O  M  no  t~  I-  0(  1^ 

0  —  X  CO  — ■  i^ 


t >  i'j  f^i    .  r   .7  — '   .'  o.  .■.    .  (  — r  .^  ^  --   i>-  —   — '  ■,  •  I r  .'.   ,  ,   j„   V.  V—  1—  n.-  t";'  —  JU  '.^j  — ^  t^ 

CI  to  ^H  CI  CO  CO  Of  -r  '.o  ^  -r  0}  CO  Of  30  CO  Of  CO  0)  irr  -.c  Oi  —  i^  o>  o  ^  Of  CO  —  CO  -^  Cf 


Present    Mem- 
bership, 1899.. 


Total  Decrease. 


ee 

"CO  -^TjitoocD-rociifti^osa-tocsi^ofi^cocoofuo  —  id.oto^ooo^woiioi 

CO»C30--'fCO-<Ti-^CO:OC3DldnOf^'X'-H-rOf^COi^QDCOOfOCOi^«DCO-^e^^l 

Of  >^   —    .^  ^^  Q.} 


CO  O  Of  COCJ■ 


l  Of  -H  —  CO  ?J  —  ~.  CC  I-  «o  Of  ( 


!•  in  —  iC  —  ^ 


'k. 


Ded.  for  er- 
ror  


Died. 


Dimitted 


"Of  CO  Of  ■— Of -H  ■!)<      -Of 


Expelled. 


Suspended 


Of      Of  —    ■  o 


Total  Increase. 


Of  CO  .0      ■  —      •  CO  «  00  Of  l»  Of  -»> 


COi-OOtOf  —  C! 


Of  in  Of  —  Of 


—  iC      •  Of  I-  «C  —  —  -H  CO      .  ^H 


Of"^CO—     •— —  cococo 


^ 


s 

o 

p 

ffl 


Add.  for  er- 
ror. .  . . 


Admitted. 


Reinstated 


Raised. 


(coiioo>j-*cico      — imo    •« 


iC    •    .  —  Tj<i-_    .T-  —  mcfco 


Membership 

1898. 


"-f  t-  —  Ci  —  Oi^OiCO'^'— Oi-l^c0Ol^0fC000C0'3'0fOl^-JD0000CDtCi(t-<I'CQ00 
CO-rl-OiCOtO-^OJl^QOintOOfTl'tDOfCOCO-^COl-XCCCOClCOtO^OCOrfiOf.mncO 


rt  c  rt  ^■^  c 


:  :  :  •.■a 


CO    •    • 
O  O  rt  2  d. 


Lodge  No. .. 


11  >> 

a 

■^t; 
5^^ 

> 

0.1 

—    )-,    ^    --^    U    M 


0  rt  . 


3  i-.C  i 


5}=;-  ^i^ri^  rt.rt  i-i^cS^^S 


OJ  ?^  >^  b  o  >ii7[i  ^  ■ 


C-.  a-.  &.  a-,  q;. 


iC  ^  i^  X  Ci  O  —  Of  CO  ' 


.  X  01  o 


^f  Of  Of  Of  Of  Of  Of  CO 


APPENDIX — PART   IT. 


53 


«B 

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:  :  :S  :  :  :  :S  :g8  :§8  :  :   :  : 
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«© 

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0000     -OinOOO     ;00     ; 
OJ0C5O0O      ;?>!>«  —  W      j  —  -O      ; 

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2  00 

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2  00 

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n 

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.     .00     -OOO     •     :     ;     -O     ■ 

■  •  oj  »n     •  OS  CJ  0    •    ■    •     •  »ra    • 
;    ;      —    •  5! "  in     •    ;    ;    • 

.00    ■    .00     00 

■  00     ;     •  00     -oo 

•  —  0    •    •  in  in    •  in  in 
.  _,  ^    •     •       (M    .       -r 

00  Uo     -O     •     •     -in     ■     -(MO     ;     ;     •    ;(N 

giri^i:  :g  :  :  :2  :  'gg?  M  •  :" 

«  —  — .    .  Tj-ini^  "T 

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•  M      •      ■  —  HM      ■ 

—  M'N'*OJM'-.!NiniNC^— —  TO      • 

0} 

•.-■  — o*-^mine<3Tj" 

-MM  — in 

•  TO  <N  M -<  (N  eC  IN 

NTJ"<MTOTON     -^m  —  TO©1t-,-<j<«o     • 

.  —  -.(TO  —  l^TO.-  —  — 1 
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.rt     .     .rt     .(M     . 

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MnTTidiriTf-r'TJ^TpimnorT'Oi^Tf^i-p^jcoirj  ct  f; 


'30rri-»irt»r5t-  —  ff}  —  coecotDi-cccQCJiri 


-^^    .TTC^ioi^M    -TfcccQi~'(M      ccif:c-iir:MOcc-^<C"^orM^C} 


-  oj  C'l    •  CQ    ■  ^  in  (M  ift 


■  iCCC      "-I      •■"      "(M        O      •      .^^■.—1  .,—1^ 


.  iC  —  ^  ^  CC  CO     •  C^  C!  -*  5^1     •  Ci     .  CC  — '  C  J  CO     •     •  c^ 


CO^C^J^l^T* -71 '?•';>■— CO      -00      •'^CO      .^O'J-^^      •OJ-f'^CC^JC^WUtil^'^CQ^WlC^^'^      -eOinCOOilO'r-^-W 


CO-^T-.     .lOGOClTj'        Oi—     -l- 


:^)    •  — cjco 


-^CO'MCC;^Wi-'C<I»CTfG^,-(t-i-^'*"^i-H        CO^COTfCI^i-HOl 


>xino  —  ujtf:nft05Tr(M«0!D'finb-'^cox-GOO)c<JOtf:'^N'r>maD 
"  '^'<^cocoir3c<iwif:ioD'*t^»nicao^Gvj^'Cocoo^i-»cocQCM*n 


C'JC'iCOiccDcoT-^in— '■■    ■■  ■ 


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'DO     'IZ! 


lis 

(i; ;-!  c 


C  >->0  bcC 
^      -J  S  b 


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Pli§lpisiililliiiyi 

S  C  C  S  u-^a  cuu  uBm  S^"  S,5  X  MC  &; 


54 


APPENDIX — PART    II. 


Con.  to  Illinois 

Masonic   Or- 

ptiana'  Home. 


Contriljuted  to 
those  not  Mem 
hers 


Con.  to  Memb'R. 
their  widows 
and  orphans.. 


Memb'p    resid- 
ing in  Illinois 


ooo 


o  oo  o  o 

OOOOiO 


0>  W  CO  Iff  M 


ire  i^  ^j  Tji    .  ^ 


"«5mo-.  — «Direccmaioe<5oojOieo^'xco-r«-j'K;ojO".c-»Moo«0}!CC!!Dift 


Passed. 


Initiations. 


Rejections. 


Dues  1899 


Present     Mem 
bership,  1899. 


Total  Decrease 


Ded.  for  er 
ror. 


Dimitted 


Expelled. 


Suspended 


(M     .      .0OI~(M-*^mTJi     .  (N 

r^  Id -^  CO  ^ -^  W  ■«»' CC  TT  Cv!      • 

y^                       ^  .^ 

.-H     -i^OilN^— .-roc        (M 

CO  !-  O      -00 

—            T-H        'CO 

—        OJ     ;                "     "                 ; 

— MIN      .      . 

oooic>coicire»coicif5if?if5ireoo»re»ft»c»noiff>nooif2if?oioicooo 
Its  o  o  w  I*  o  i^  ^i  cf  o  CI  i^  i^  i^  i^  o  o  (^i  w  w  c*  Iff  sj  w  o  o  w  CQ  Iff  i^  o»  ici  id  c> 

C5CDOTriffOCOO'.D'^«OCl»ffOOO'q^iffOO«OOC>  —  CJ«^OiO?D-*'**^ini^COOi 

■-■eocooj"«co;re!;icjcc«5«co  —  oc-5>ccci:j  —  C5coi!Cococc*col--co  —  ^  — 

«                                                                                                           T-l              0}             Iff 
m , 

tOODOCO^Olffi^lffOJlffCO.-^  —  lff(MO— 'iffl-'i^'MCOlffWOiffOSOOii^OQOO 
{MT'*CO0»0C'^<OCOCO'--"O5W'^(M'-t«OiffOiC<».^C}'^CCiffTrC0iff»OCiTpOi«OV 


^  CO  -H 


-ej  OS  ^  IN  (N  Iff  to  ' 


«  OJ  IN  -H  CO 


-M  «  —  —      •  fft      -^ 


W  OS  CO '.*—••<*' O -^         TJ1  ^^  50  00 -V  ^  IN  i-< 


■  OJ  CO  —  —         -1  " 


to     .  —      ■  CO  O". 


I 


Total  Increase 


Add.  for  er- 
ror. .  . . 


Admitted. 


Reinstated  , 


Raised. 


Membership 

1898 


Lodge  No. 


—  OW'^TJiOOt-      •  W  —  00  Iff -#  Iff  INiff  ^  iff  .*  Iff — 


00  X  OJ  "^  ^  Iff  iff 


■  3J  OJ  —  o;     •  -^  i- 


.  ':oco  -^  CO  — 


"t-*^OStffCO-r— <01— O'OOl'COOD'.J'tOi rtOOOOSO^OJClOlffOJtDCOOJ-l-OiCO 

OJiffCOCOOJl^-^tOCOCO-HODOJ-^C-I  —  "^-J-OOOI  —  —  -t'COOO-^COtDtff— '^O  —  i>- 
-H  -M  CO  —  OJ        CO        to 


WW     -        ■    ^ 


a; 

.  .S  Co  ^  ^  2 
>.:z;  rtti-  3^  ^  "^ 

g  !g :/;  a  hj  E^  c/; 


-r  r*',  ."^  r-~,  r^  ^  5? 


c,^ 


rt  1 


c  c  c 

c  i-<  *-i 
S  ni  nj 


o  r--;; 


io 


b-afc£.S 


4J    rt.rt    C    ,^- 


■r.  a  H  o 


o  s 


ts    - 
o  <" 


3-3  ^1  ' 

>w  O  ! 

Q  !3  S.C  ?  c 


cS 


t7ti|  tn  O  C 


.s  1=1 


7?  O  (^ 


c 
;-.  i?  d  2  S  rt  nj-.=;  J: 
<iK<ias:oaQo 

. ._...._    _.  _    _  _  .  . .,  , X  O;  O  -^  it-?  CC  -f  iC  ?D 


t-  OC'  OS  O  —  (71  CC  1.-  -r 


—  oi  cct^  If:  *xj  00  oi  o  '! 


■  X  O;  O  -^  it-?  CC  -f  iC  ?D 
________  ■•  ^  —  Ol  '^■>  CJ  C^>  C»  C->  G^ 


APPENDIX — PART   II. 


55 


3  75 

2  50 

3  00 

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2  00 
5  00 

10  00 

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5  00 
10  00 
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in     •    ;    ;     -in 

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1  00 

3  00 

2  00 
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1  00 

12  00 

1  00 

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4  00 

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2  00 
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00    •    'm    ■    --"t^    ■    •    •      :c    ■'r    •    -.a-oin    -i^o    •    '0 

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•  0     0 

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:  :s 

to—    • 
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in  in  I!  0  (~  0  o)  !N  i-  in  0  0  m  1-  t-  0  i~ 0  0  in  0 

nooinoininooinoinooooinmoininoininc 
~oinwoc-jt~cint~o(NOinoot~»-0(Moiinm»c 

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■  CO      .  -^  50  00  ■* -^  IC  '-' -^ 


cj      — ^1— CQoi^cO'^cccC'—  i^—    ■    -■—  T^ir:-- 


■  IM      .i-.Tf"l--0Oi-«-«T^CM 


f©  -x;  -»•  —  CO  ?D  ^  ■ 

t*  ■rr  ■^  T'  ■^  ■^  C<» 


i-ixiroxi  —  oc^JCOiCC'-jcootOTfcrixai^iftco^  —  t-oxi^i^iftcico^D  —  ^00  —  cocc'^-^o 
os'^oinGOco'^c^'--(riiCic«oo»csiftiCOoocoo}inweoincoo}^Wif5coiniccTj'C<tcowTrcoi:'-eo 


56 


APPENDIX — PART    II. 


Con.  to  Illinois 
Masonic   Or- 
phans' Home. 
Contributed   to 
those  not  Mem 

bers 

Con.  to  Memb's. 
their  widows 
and  orphans.. 


:g  -.S  : 

0 
•  0 

:gg  :  :g  :   :§ 

•  :  :  .8 

•  —     -lO     ; 

;m 

•  c;  in    •    •  1.-    ■    -1(5 

•  T  a:     ;     ;          ;     • 

.    .    .    .  ,n 

ooooo 
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0  00  c 

•0000 

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:ggSSSSg8 

•  000 

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-8 

888  :§ 

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■  ^la^ic 

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•  i-  CO  CO  .n  Oi  I J  ■M  « 

;'MCOc.} 

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0 1(5  M    ;  t^ 

■  o   .00 
■Id    -oo 

.0 
.    .    .  0 

oSo 

ooin  omoo 

0 10  cj  0  01 0  0    •    • 

:  :SS 

■■BBSS  :S  : 

•—   .100 

;  —     ■        OJ 

:  :  :2 

in  — 

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;     -OJCO 

•ooinm    -o    • 

•  — ^coas    ;co    . 

■  —  l^OOCC^JOOWOiXCOt^  —  iCC0C0iCO^C0C0?0^-iWM'»l^00OC0Cii--l^3D 


Memb"p    resid- 
ing in  Illinois 


Passed. 


Initiations. 


Rejections, 


Dues  1899. 


:( CO  CO  CO  T^  CO  cc  -^  c*  ^  -^  ' 


^H  CO   TP   --^ 


■  O)  CO  -JH  iC  CO  in  ^ 


'*-!  '*v  '.I  --'/  t^  UU  ^_J  fi  t_.J  !>•  t.*  3U 

"Oimw!Mco>n:ox  —  oiT 


I-  JJ      .  -o  —  —  !M  — 

■  in  '-  j^ — ^  01 1^ in    •  10 

:                              0!^(           ; 

CO 

.  —  OJ  — 

;  'I"  0(  M  0 

—  — . 

0  «  "  -.0  —  —  0!      - 

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•  —  CO  CO 

■  -.0  0!  —  l~ 

—  o» 

f  ^"  i    i  ; 

•       •  — T)<      .       -JCCl      -  —      • 

" 

; ;  r 

;    .    ;  ^  ^* 

o  o  o  o  ini  o  ir;  o  tn  ic  lo  o  o  o  ic  iC'  ic  o  o  ic  ic  o  if^  ic  o  o  ic  ic  ic  ic  ic  o  lit  o 
o  m  .n  o  c-J  o  ^!  ici-  o>  i-  o  o  ic  I-  i-  i-  »it  If:  -?(  ci  if:  i-  C!  o  o  ^>  t-  i^- 1*  :?>  jc  i-  ic 

_, o  ro  cc  i-»  -r  ^  re  '■  -'    ■■  —      " -  ■    


"J  *:>  cc  --^  c^  If:  r:  -TJ  cc  00  o  ro  : 


)  m  i-  — "  Cl  CO 


^ 


I 


Present    Mem- 
bership, 1899.. 


—  -a-OOOCOO!  —  OICO— OiTf?!  —  «  —  OSCiCOmOS  tOCOCON-J-l^  —  C005030005O 

cococo-vc<icoi^'^co.n'^"^inin:D:c^Tmco»n^('^(?Jinoioi'^in:oo;  —  ff^in 


—  co^  — 


Lodge  No. 


in  in  in  in  in  in 


o>  CO  -r  o  I*  X'  en  o  ^>  cc  1^  o  —  T_|  CO  r;  j_^  o 

S  S  S  S  S  S  S  -i  i  -i  i  i5  ic  Tc  is  i;  ic  Jo 


APPENDIX — PART   II. 


57 


o    ■    ■  o  5 

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:   :  :SSSi  :S  :Sg 

SS  :gSS 

:§ 

:  :  ■•   :fe  :SSS  :§ 

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000 

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:  :g8S8SSiSS 

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— .  —  '>!  t>. 

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—  ■?»  :c  to  -^  —  -,0  -r  -n-  w  ?D  ^ 

Tj.  (^(  *)  ^ 

XI  -r  j->  Ti  u-i  —  Tf 

7(  — in  X  TJ  —  irt -^  ^:  =  ro    • 

•  CO  T  ?!  CO  TJ 

■XI  a-.  X  -o  ji  —  in.  01  m  in  i-i 

•  tONin  — 

■  —1             CO 

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I-  «  j>  CO  ao  — 1 10 

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■  coin  M  'j'H 

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•  ao»jin^ 

.(M 

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1^  ;  I  :   ^Tt^—  .— «  •   . 

.     .     .     -0^     . 

— 1  ■*  —  CO     •  —     •     ■     •     ■  (M 

—  ™     .  —  CO 

ooir^icooioooooif^oooicooifiooojcooifstciftiftiOifiLreointRiriOiftOicoooii^otcinin 
o  o  ?*  ?j  »n  in  '^^  o  o  o  ic  ?j  tft  in  o  r-  ifi  lO  ^»  ic  »S  ir:  t-  o  in  oj  i-  i^  c^i  w  c>j  1-.  ic  i>  i>-  ^^  o  w  o  3^»  ITS  .fi  ic  T}  o  (?( c*  i'" 

—        WM  ^  ^^  coco 

<£~E~ifrifrcTo~in~7T7c"^^"^7cr^^oo^ 


COT  in  — ^    ■  — —  ojin  — c^i— •    -inoi    -^t    ■'— oioioi  — -s'    .ojinujoico    ■    •    •— '-fcoincoT-rjo— '»^— -oj    • 

coojin  — —      —    ■ — r  — —    •    ■•?}'.-    -  —  CO    •    •  —  ■:>—    ■    ■    •  os      m  oi  ■:»    ■    ■      -i  i!  —  co  0  ■:!  ;} -.o 

"  ;  M 

m    •  i~  'T — — .    .  —    •    .    .    .  7t    .  in  —    •    ■    •  in    •        •  T  0!    ■  CO 

-r    •         . 

NcOTioix    --r  — C-.  TTinc-.  CO  — mrjTfOico    •7}Ti<t~ioeoN'-ooai(3a'5"Min  — t^inco    -o?    .in-* 

in    -co    • 

.      ._     .           . r,M        —  I!     .        ;0     ■•C>     •     ■—     •        71— ..     .TT— —■■:!•■  —  —■•■—     •        1- 

*'  :   :  : 

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—     -0}     • 

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M    •  —    • 

—  —  -i  T  -i  O  0»  01  X  Of  X  CJ  T  t-  C>  O  X  -T  ■■ 


:  ■£  CO  X  I-  X  —  CO  " 


-  —  i*cocoi*coT?ocointo  —  —  inoj  —  cocooiO'jcocotDi^7jinini'"?Din  —  cocoot*  —  ^-r-inco- 


C  N  C  o  rt  £7^  hi-^  rt 


=  50 


c  •/■: 


-  c  E  c  o 


oa<J 


5  =  0^' 


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■^  ri^  '^  O  S  V 


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■g  '^  c 


P-i  ?  i-.';: 
^  t>co  > 


c   •     5  c  =  ■:;  rt 


_  CU  C  IJ  E 

tx'-S--  I  -  3  i; 


•  >HJTJ 


_   .  y  c  ii  ;j   :  «  ^^  e  ii 


be.  ' 


'S-c  :   • 

C  ^  K  ^ 


—  •?!  CO  in  0 


i»  !-  F-  X  X  X  X  lit  x'  X  X  X  — .  ~.  :r.  3-.  ci  ^ 

to  'O  ^  w  :o  :c  "-0  -.c  —  :o  —  *^  —  --c  —  :s  to  O 


58 


APPENDIX— PART   II. 


O 


Con.  to  Illinois 
Masonic  Or- 
phans' Home. 
Contributed  to 
those  not  Mem 
bers 


Con.  to  Memb's. 
their  widows 
and  orphans.. 


0-.  o 


o  coo  oo 
mo  ooo  o 


o  o  o  O'  rs 
c  o  o  =  o 

ot  »c  »n  o  ^ 


o  o  o  o  o  o  o 

O  OOOOiR  lO 


-^  05  IC  O  —  ■»•  51 


Memb'p    resid- 
ing  in  Illinois 


!-  !-  Ol  O  O  -.C  i-  O  i-  to  —  00  to  -t<  M  --  «  QC  O  K;  CO  «  C-.  m  3i  c 


J  to  m  'O  -r  T  -M 


uo-T'C'j::'(iO:^/^cji*toi>-co^too)0'COCico.—  -fCocom-t-c^co^ico:>ocowtOiro 


-T  ^I!  0(^  to 


■CJ     .-^cocouo**^     •^- 


Initiations. 


-o<Mt^    .ine«5fi<fmi~©j  —  >-" 


Rejections, 


m  — oow^    ■  —  —.  —  ?}■»  o> 


CO  M  5> « »£0     •  .— 


Dues  1899. 


oooiCiCOif5iC»fiOiOOomoooiooooutiCiCQtriOomifio»f:in»p 

Om*Cl^l^Oi^Wl--O'MiCOi^Oif:)Oi^K0mU0  5il>i*Ol^"nOi>(MmNWl:* 

■*1'l*51i005'^0>»'.CO— tOOOtOOOOOt^ift^C^TCO-t'tOOC-ItD^OC'—  i^WGOC:  --^ff* 

ococi^^co^  —  T— <o»f3i/0(rico^^^aio>wc^— 'CcovjcoTft^(>jc^Q^}(Miftoimco-^ 


Present    Mem- 
bership, 1899.. 


Total  Decrease. 


"o?  o  o  —  CO  01 !-  CO  m  30  lO  oj  00 1(0  ■T  o  o  03  o  00  to  ic  —  w  x  oi  gc  X  i;  CO  x  p-.  to  J- 

l*iCCO(M»Cm-^OJOO«0  1*CC^ftOOJCO'OWCOf— ".^COTPtCtOOlCOC^lCOOCOi^i^lCO 


CO  O  OJ  CO  —  00  «  01  Ol  OJ  .-  CO  01  -H 


1  CO  —  I-  —  —  in  CO  0-!  o  CO  "      0!  cc  oi  to  in 


Ded.  for  er- 
ror.   


Died. 


Dimitted 


— '01  —  —         tD^OQt-e^« 


Expelled. . 


Suspended 


--■  iM  r- (M ,- —  ,- e 


OS    .CO    .     •  -^    ■  w  i-» 


CQO^     .-"CC 


Total  Increase 


'oi  incooi^oco^HTt<ccoiT-H«OTj<coiniM»-i    .-h^hcqco^-o-i^ccoc^sc^'^I'-oi- 


Add.  for  er- 
ror. .  . 


Admitted. 


Reinstated 


.  —  —  ^   . «  „  5.1  <j} 


—  «  —  N  —  00 


.  CO  w  00    .  Tf  w  CO  in  to  ^-    ■  *-■    .  —  CO    .to  —  co  —  •— —  — •c^iniM' 


Membership 

1898... 


"co»na;o»cooin'»j^o***^0'<t*o>  —  i*  —  osi^ootOQO  —  ooto  — 'toococooi  —  "^in 
osino-}CQinin-H(Mostoto-^'^tO'Moitooico^^"»jico-^in— 'CocotMcooicooooDin 


•    ■  7:    .......... 


:  c 


:  ^  -  d 
-•  .  tj  .=  a  .  .  ^ 

£  .i.^  -^  .'^  r:  c  .1^  ■=  r 

1^  C  1^  I'd?  S  ^  ! 


PhE 


Ri  t*  "x 

U  C  rt 

•-;  O  0; 


S'     •  C  tr  l-i  O  ^  5 
^  c^Ti  O.H  rt  C  i 


2  ^  bX) -y:  O 


JiJ  f.:  <^  e  E  I- 

5  S  .5  M  nj  (H  o 


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rt  bJDrt 
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1j  oj  >  C  <  -  ■!; 
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« 


52  2  rt 


n!  S  rt  C  ,S  « 


WE- 


Lodge  No oio-. Soooboo 

o  I  en  en  r^  J^  I*  »^  ».-  »^  1^ 


ir;  to  0  o  -H  01  CO  ' 

.  000  —  -H  —  -H  • 

■  i~  i^  t^  i>  i>  i~  l~  1 


^tot^ooaso  —  oico 


1  (M  01  01  OJ  01  M  CO  t 
■  l^  L^  t»  t~  i>  t^  !»  - 


APPENDIX— PART   II. 


59 


ooo    -oo 
o  o  o    ;  ■:>  o 

N  in  o    •  w  iM 


■OlCOOOOOO 

•OOlOOOOOO 


oo5< 


S  o  oo 


O  O'l  o  o 
•  "T  »  CO  51 


ooo     'COOOO 
t~  —  ■^      -.-(NSJOJO 


So 
ins; 


in  »n 

«  CD 


S'^  (M  C3  in 
1--ON 

o  o;  -H 


•ooo 
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•05  M 


OOTO 


oct^'T'T'c^io  —  '^asoscotcoDX 

—  r>  >j  T*  ••;».  .r^  cy?  c«  TT  •—  *—  irs  .-.  (r« 


!M  —  cjrj'^r'^jicccc'^  —  i^ 


x-^7^>cic->'^«ccc'^oincc«o;^  —  If:  —  ^.**-o•^^':(m^co-^cc 
ccwcccjMCQ:ot^c!'i'in-^7>  —  'Tjc^c^l^i-ecinoinccacin^ 

W  —        —CO        — .  —        — .        — (N 


incD  —  —  ^«  — cc-^co  —  CC  — QOX^OC^ 


««  — <oos  — oininiNaios 


(NiNOj-<r  in  t~ 


:D50  —  -^00— W^MfMCCi-Hl^OW 


Ci  —  0«OOS'-'«D«OM^»-i'^00        (M  —  T-t 


•  N—     •  — CO     •— ■ 


•O      ■—      -CI      .—.— —(N 


inoininoininoininQoooinoinininminoooinoininooinoinininooomoooinoooinin 
t*in(WWinoio>ot"'MOoininoiini--o^c^c^i--o»nmwinwi--omi^oi*i*C'iOinoo)minowoOini--(N 

'OoDco»no5-^ini^'^inin-^Oiin^T)*inoDccinoocoQO'rpoinQOTfosi^inw«DO:DOao(WC}0«o«o 


W-<t*«0  —  0»^hN^-CCCCC*3W<MCO  —  in-Tti  —  0»00ClCMCQ(NinTpi-iO00CC0i  —  —  (M-- 


'N— «D'^CC5D'<^T-tTrC0W 


ccininooooii^-t<ini~'M?7i-o  —  'T  —  OSO-.  (NccNTroociTfici-Trso-^oineoosto-rtDin-rcjo  —  totD^OJira 
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—  —  TTCOtO 

•    -ojtc^o    •comwa'co-    -coin    .co-iii^m- eoooccM    ■  — wecin- i--t?}  — inco    -coimn 

.—.CO     .     . 

.    .    .    .—    ._—    .    .  —  „    .  —  M    .CO    -SI    .    .    .— CO  —  —  weo  —  —  —    •    .  —  — 

e-f 

•     -(NNM 

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1-1     -O-^-V 

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0* 

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o> 

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05in7*  —  —  t*^Nco«Di^w  —  ooj^iooosi^^i^oicoi^Tfrt-ini*- o-'TO'rjTf^D^^Dcoost*- ooasin^Din- in 
Win  —  cjco  —  c}C-}i"rineocoinwi^in  —  cocococjcocot-osc-icocccoijojjjcoo-.  i-2-"^p'^"oo"*~"""™ 

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t^ODCi-  OTCO-^.n^i 

cococo^-*'*i**r-f-^'' 
t»  t>.  t~  t>.  t- 1~  I- 1»  I- 1 


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62  APPENDIX — PART    II, 


Reports 


District  Deputy  Grand  Masters, 


FIRST  DISTRICT. 

Chicago,  August  22,  1899. 
Edward  Cook,  Grand  Master: 

Dear  Sir  and  Brother:  In  submitting  my  annual  report  as  District 
Deputy  Grand  Master  of  the  First  Masonic  District,  I  am  pleased  to 
say  that  I  have  visited  all  the  lodges  in  this  district  during-  the  year 
now  near  its  close,  and  some  of  them  several  times. 

I  have  not  been  called  to  visit  any  of  them,  strictly  speaking,  in 
an  official  capacity.  So  far  as  T  have  been  able  to  learn,  harmony 
and  concord  exist  in  all  the  lodges  of  this  district.  In  a  general  way, 
during  the  past  year,  my  experiences  in  the  various  lodges  visited 
have  been  a  source  of  genuine  satisfaction.  In  all  my  visits  I  have 
been  treated  in  a  most  cordial  and  fraternal  manner,  both  by  officers 
and  members. 

On  invitation,  with  the  usual  assistance,  I  have  installed  the  offi- 
cers of  several  lodges,  and  have  myself  assisted  in  a  like  service  in 
several  others.  Also,  on  invitation,  I  have  assisted  in  the  work  of 
conferring  some  one  of  the  three  degrees  on  many  occasions,  not  al- 
ways, however,  with  full  satisfaction  to  myself. 

I  am,  however,  glad  to  be  able  to  report,  that,  in  my  opinion, 
based  on  observation.  Masonry,  at  least  in  the  First  District,  has, 
during  the  year  now  about  to  close,  made  marked  advancement  as  to 
the  pure  and  good. 

Both  officers  and  members  in  the  several  lodges  seem,  and  un- 
doubtedly are,  more  proficient  than  ever  before.  Among  the  many 
indications  of  advancement  among  the  brethren  generally,  and  in 


APPENDIX — PART   II.  63 

several  of  the  lodges  in  my  district  in  particular,  in  general  Masonic 
learning  and  proper  appreciation  of  the  real  value  of  Masonic  prin- 
ciples, may  be  reckoned  the  cordial  endorsement  of  the  "Edict"  re- 
cently issued  by  you  to  the  officers  and  members  of  constituent  lodges 
in  Illinois,  interdicting  the  practice  of  certain  features  in  their  work 
not  taught  by  the  Board  of  Grand  Examiners  nor  endorsed  by  the 
Grand  Lodge. 

I  trust  that  the  Grand  Lodge  will,  at  its  next  communication, 
place  this  matter  in  proper  form  before  the  constituent  lodges  of 
which  it  is  composed. 

Thanking  3'ou  for  the  many  courtesies  received  at  your  hands, 
and  with  congratulations  for  your  able  and  successful  administration 
during  the  past  3'ear,  I  remain, 

Fraternally  yours, 

W.  M.  BURBANK, 

D.D.G.M.,  First  Masonic  District. 


SECOND  DISTRICT. 

Chicago,  III.,  September  -4,  1899. 
Edward  Cook,  Grand  Master: 

Dear  Sir  and  Brother:  As  Deputy  for  the  Second  Masonic  District 
I  take  pleasure  in  reporting  that  prosperity  and  harmony  prevail 
therein.  Nothing  has  occurred  in  the  past  year  to  demand  an  official 
call,  but  I  have,  nevertheless,  visited  the  lodges  comprising  this  dis- 
trict, at  times  assisting  in  the  work  and  the  installation  of  officers.  I 
am  gratified  to  note  a  steady  advance  in  the  manner  of  conducting 
the  business  and  in  the  improvement  of  the  standard  work,  which  I 
attribute  in  no  small  degree,  to  the  earnest  labors  of  yourself. 

In  quitting  the  office  of  District  Deputy  I  cannot  refrain  from 
here  testifying  to  the  fraternal  courtesies  at  all  times  extended  to 
me  by  the  lodges  of  the  Second  District,  and  confidently  bespeak  for 
my  successor  the  same  kindly  treatment. 

Congratulating  you  upon  the  success  of  your  administration,  and 
thankingyou  for  the  honors  conferred,  I  am,  with  highest  personal 
regards,  Fraternally, 

HERBERT  PRESTON, 
D.D.G  M.,  Second  District. 


64  APPENDIX — PART    II. 

THIRD  DISTRICT. 

Chicago,  September  7,  1899. 
Edward  Cook,  Grand  Master: 

Dear  ISir  and  Brother:  Having-  had  the  honor  of  serving  as  District 
Deputy  for  the  year  so  rapidly  drawing  to  a  close,  it  gives  me  g;reat 
pleasure  to  report  to  you  that  the  Third  District  is  in  a  very  satisfac- 
tory condition. 

I  am  happy  to  report  that  I  have  not  been  called  upon  officially 
during  the  year,  but  on  the  contrary  all  has  been  peace  and  quiet. 
The  lodges  in  my  district  as  a  whole  have  been  quite  prosperous,  and 
are  to  be  congratulated  on  the  good  work  they  have  done. 

The  interest  taken  in  the  standard  work  is  quite  prevalent,  and 
it  behooves  the  Grand  Lecturers  to  keep  themselves  thoroughly  up 
in  the  work  at  all  times,  otherwise  they  are  liable  to  be  caught  nap- 
ping. The  lodges  as  a  whole  have  cheerfully  complied  with  the  edict 
issued  by  you  concerning  certain  irregularities,  and  I  am  of  the  opin- 
ion that  the  large  majority  of  the  brethren  fully  endorse  the  noble 
stand  you  have  taken.  While  many  at  first  felt  it  to  be  somewhat 
beyond  the  province  of  the  Grand  Master,  yet,  after  mature  thought, 
the  opinion  generally  prevails  that  the  Grand  Master  has  done  no 
more  than  his  official  obligation  required  him  to  do,  to  carry  out  the 
frequently  expressed  will  of  the  Grand  Lodge. 

I  received  and  accepted  a  very  cordial  invitation  from  Ravens- 
wood  Lodge  No.  777,  to  attend  a  stated  communication  of  said  lodge 
to  be  held  on  the  evening  of  August  14  last.  After  the  regular  order 
of  business,  the  Worshipful  Master,  in  a  very  neatly  worded  address, 
announced,  much  to  my  surprise,  that  I  together  with  Bro.  E.  E. 
Beach,  Junior  Warden  of  Park  Lodge  No.  843,  had  been  unanimously 
elected  honorary  members  of  Ravenswood  Lodge  No.  777,  whereupon 
we  were  each  presented  a  very  beautiful  solid  silver  tablet  on  which 
was  engraved  the  action  of  the  lodge.  The  balance  of  the  evening- 
was  spent  in  social  intercourse  and  general  good  fellowship. 

While  all  the  lodg-es  in  the  district  have  made  decided  advance- 
ment in  the  work  during  the  past  year,  still  I  am  of  the  belief  that 
Ravenswood  Lodge  is  entitled  to  special  mention.  The  present  officers, 
a  noble  lot  of  brethren,  have  labored  faithfully  to  perfect  themselves 
in  the  work,  and  I  know  of  no  lodge  that  has  made  more  rapid  prog- 
ress. I  therefore  take  this  opportunity  to  congratulate  Ravens, 
wood  on  her  present  corps  of  efficient  officers,  and  wish  them  the 
success  they  have  so  richly  earned. 

And  now,  as  our  official  relations  are  about  to  terminate,  I  wish 
to  thank  7/o»,  Grand  Master,  from  the  bottom  of  my  heart  for  the  dis- 


APPENDIX — PART    II.  65 


tinguished  honor  you  have  conferred  upon  me;  for  the  kindly  and 
fraternal  feeling  you  have  exhibited  towards  me  at  all  times  and  un- 
der all  circumstances.  I  sincerely  trust  that  my  conduct  may  always 
be  such  as  to  merit  your  friendship  and  esteem,  and  as  the  years  roll 
by,  it  will  be  my  delight  to  know  that  I  am  a  friend  of  the  Grand  Mas- 
ter of  the  years  1898  and  1899. 

Wishing  you  prosperity  and  long  life,  I  remain 
Fraternally  yours, 

M.  B.  lOTT, 

D.D.G.M.  Third  District. 


FOURTH  DISTRICT. 

Waukegan,  III.,  Aug.  7,  1899. 

Edward  Cook,  Grand  Master: 

Dear  Sir  and  Brother:  In  submitting  this,  my  first  report  as  your 
Deputy  for  the  Fourth  Masonic  District,  I  feel  that  I  have  little  to 
offer.  Receiving  my  commission  on  the  12th  day  of  last  July,  the 
time  has  been  rather  short  in  which  to  do  a  year's  work. 

Of  the  lodges  in  Lake  county  I  have,  during  the  past  year, visited 
all  but  two.  On  the  16th  of  August  I  spent  a  very  pleasant  evening 
with  the  officers  and  brethren  of  Aurora  Lodge  No.  254,  this  being  my 
second  visit  with  them  during  the  past  year.  I  have  accepted  an  in- 
vitation to  visit  Dundee  Lodge  No.  190,  and  hope  to  be  with  them  on 
Friday,  the  15th  inst. 

Judging  from  the  reports  of  my  predecessor  and  from  inquiries- 
made,  I  believe  the  lodges  in  this  district  to  be  in  a  flourishing  and 
prosperous  condition,  that  peace  and  harmony  prevail,  and  that  all 
are  striving  to  attain  proficiency  in  the  standard  work. 

Thanking  you  for  the  high  honor  conferred,  and  congratulating 
you  upon  your  successful  administration,  with  kind  regards  and  best 
wishes,  I  am  Fraternally, 

JAY  LYNN  BREWSTER, 

D.D.G.M.  Fourth  District. 


66  APPENDIX — PART   II. 

SIXTH  DISTRICT. 

Mt.  Carroll,  III.,  Sept.  4,  1899. 

Edward  Cook,  Grand  Master: 

Dear  Sir  and  Brother:  I  take  pleasure  in  submittinjr  my  report  for 
this,  the  Sixth  Masonic  District. 

It  is  indeed  gratifying  to  be  able  to  inform  you  that  the  frater- 
nity in  this  district  is  in  a  happy  and  prosperous  condition. 

I  have  had  the  pleasure  of  visiting  all  but  one  or  two  of  the  lodges 
in  the  district,  and  find  peace  and  harmony  prevailing,  and  a  ma- 
jority of  the  lodges  doing  creditable  work,  and  a  disposition  for  still 
greater  improvement. 

Thanking  you  for  the  honor  conferred,  and  congratulating  you 
on  your  successful  administration,  and  the  hapyy  condition  of  the 
Craft,  with  kindest  personal  regards,  I  am 

Fraternally  yours, 

C.  E.  GROVE, 

D.D.G.M.  Sixth  District. 


SEVENTH  DISTRICT. 

DeKalb,  111.,  September  5,  1899. 

Edward  Cook,  Grand  Master: 

Dear  Sir  and  Brother:  Since  my  last  annual  report,  nothing  in  my 
district  has  transpired  of  special  note.  Have  visited  several  lodges 
during  the  year  (not  officially),  and  witnessed  conferring  the  Master 
Mason  Degree;  in  every  instance  the  work  has  been  creditably  done 
by  every  brother  taking  part,  "adhering  strictly  to  the  standard 
work  in  every  case." 

The  fraternal  feeling  throughout  this  district  is  good,  and  the 
lodges  are  all  in  a  healthful  and  prosperous  condition,  many  of  them 
owning  their  lodge-room  building,  collecting  instead  of  paying  rent, 
which  I  believe  every  lodge  should  do  as  far  as  possible. 

Appreciating  the  able,  efficient  and  conservative  manner  in  which 
you  have  conducted  the  affairs  of  the  Grand  Lodge,  also  thanking 
you  for  honors  conferred,  I  am,  with  high  regards. 

Courteously  and  fraternally  yours, 
D.  D.  HUNT, 

D.D.G.M.  Seventh  District. 


APPENDIX — PART   II.  67 

EIGHTH  DISTRICT. 

JOLiET,  III.,  Sept.  2,  1899. 

Edward  Cook,  Grand  Master: 

Dear  Sir  and  Brother:  I  am  pleased  to  be  able  to  report  that  peace 
and  harmony  prevail  in  the  Eighth  Masonic  District.  My  visits  to 
lodges  have  been  informal,  and  no  occasion  for  official  action  has 
been  required  beyond  that  of  an  index  to  the  Grand  Lodge  By-laws. 

Fraternally  yours, 

JNO.  B.  FITHIAN, 

D.D.G.M.  Eighth  District. 


NINTH  DISTRICT. 

Peru,  III.,  Sept.  11,  1899. 

Edward  Cook,  Grand  Master: 

Dear  Sir  a7id  Brother:  Herewith  I  submit  my  second  annual  report 
as  District  Deputy  for  the  Ninth  Masonic  District. 

I  have  this  year  visited  quite  a  number  of  lodges,  some  of  which 
I  could  not  visit  last  year.  • 

I  installed  the  officers  of  several  lodges,  and  have  assisted  in  con- 
ferring the  degrees  a  great  many  times.  The  edict  of  April  25  is 
obeyed  by  all  the  lodges  of  this  district,  so  fai*  as  I  can  learn,  and  is 
generally  approved  by  the  brethren  in  the  district.  Personally,  I  re- 
gret that  the  edict  did  not  go  farther  and  forbid  the  wearing  of  orna- 
mental aprons  by  members  of  the  fraternity,  for  I  believe  that  such 
aprons  are  not  in  accord  with  our  ritual;  which  says  that  "the  lamb- 
skin or  white  leather  apron  *  *  *  is  the  badge  of  a  Mason." 
With  kind  personal  regards,  I  remain, 

Yours  fraternally, 

FRED.  E.  HOBERG, 

D.D.G.M.  Ninth  District. 


68  APPENDIX — PART   II. 


TENTH  DISTRICT. 

Sparland,  III.,  Sept.  4,  1899. 
Edward  Cook,  Grand  Master: 

Dear  Sir  and  Brother:  I  herewith  submit  my  annual  report  as  your 
representative  in  the  Tenth  District. 

On  receiving'  notice  of  my  appointment  I  notified  all  the  lodges 
in  the  district  of  my  willingness  to  make  them  a  visit  when  called 
upon. 

I  have  made  four  official  visits,  three  of  which  I  made  special  re- 
ports to  you.  I  have  visited  many  of  the  lodges  in  this  district  and 
assisted  in  conferring  the  degrees  on  several  candidates.  I  find  that 
in  some  of  the  lodges  that  the  members  do  not  understand  the  by- 
laws as  they  should.  I  say  "study  the  by-laws  and  have  less  questions 
to  ask  the  Grand  Master  and  District  Deputy." 

I  believe  that  most  of  the  lodges  in  this  district  are  in  a  healthy 
and  prosperous  condition. 

Your  edict  of  April  25  struck  the  key  note,  and  I  believe  meets 
with  the  approval  of  all  good  Masons.  In  conclusion  I  sincerely  thank 
you  for  the  honbr  conferred  upon  me,  and  congratulate  you  on  3'our 
successful  administration.         Fraternally  yours, 

T.  VAN  ANTWERP, 

D.D.G.M.  Tenth  District. 


TWELFTH  DISTKICT. 

Blandinsville,  III.,  Sept.  7,  1899. 

Edward  Cook,  Grand  Master: 

Dear  Sir  and  Brother:  I  herewith  submit  my  annual  report  as  your 
representative  in  this  district  for  the  Masonic  year  now  closing. 

I  have  not  been  called  upon  but  once  to  act  in  an  official  capacity, 
and  the  difficulty  existing  was  adjusted  satisfactorily  to  all  the  mem- 
bers, so  far  as  I  have  been  informed. 

A  great  deal  of  good  work  has  been  done  in  several  of  the  lodges 
this  year,  and  many  friendly  visits  have  been  experienced  among 
them, which  go  so  far  toward  promoting  the  interests  of  Masonry  and 
fraternal  feeling  among  the  members. 


APPENDIX— PART   II.  69 


Instructors  have  been  employed  by  several  of  the  lodges,  and  all 
lodges  in  the  district  were  represented  at  the  schools  of  instruction, 
and  as  a  result  of  their  interest  in  the  schools,  I  find  nearly  all  doing 
their  work  thoroughly  and  in  conformity  to  all  requirements.  Thank- 
ing you  for  the  honor  conferred,  I  remain. 

Yours  fraternally, 

O.  F.  KIRKPATRICK, 

D.D.G.M.  Twelfth  District. 


THIRTEENTH  DISTRICT. 

Victoria,  111.,  August  29,  1899. 
Edward  Cook,  Grand  Master: 

Dear  Sir  and  Brother:  Since  my  last  report  death  has  removed 
from  A.  T.  Darrah  Lodge  one  of  the  most  devoted  Masons  of  the  lodge, 
Bro.  William  Henry  Olmsted,  who  died  June  4,  1899,  at  Victoria,  111. 
Otherwise  nothing  has  occurred  in  the  Thirteenth  District  to  mar  the 
peace  and  harmony  of  Masonry,  and  that  the  Craft  is  still  in  a  pros- 
perous condition;  not  a  single  case  has  been  reported  to  me  for  official 
action. 

I  received  an  invitation  from  Wataga  Lodge  to  install  the  officers 
of  that  lodge  in  public;  after  the  installation  services  a  banquet  was 
given.  It  was  a  Masonic  love  feast. 

I  have  been  called  upon  in  several  cases  to  assist  in  conferring 
degrees  and  have  made  a  few  visits  in  the  district.  This  closes  my 
work  for  the  year  in  this  district. 

Thanking  you  for  the  honor  conferred  and  congratulating  you  on 
your  successful  administration  for  the  past  two  years,  with  kindest 
personal  regards,'!  remain  fraternally  yours, 

S.  G.  JARVIS, 

D.D.G.M.  Thirteenth  District. 


FOQRTEENTH  DISTRICT. 

Pekin,  III.,  September  8,  1899. 
Edward  Cook,  Grand  Master: 

Dear  Sir  and  Brother:  Our  official  term  is  about  drawing  to  a  close, 
and  in  accordance  with  established  custom  it  devolves  upon  us  to  report 
to  you  the  condition  of  the  Craft  in  our  district. 


70  APPENDIX — PART   II. 

I  have  visited  the  majority  of  the  lodges  in  the  district  during- 
the  past  year  and  found  them  in  a  healthy  and  prosperous  condition, 
and  it  is  notable  in  the  selection  of  the  splendid  material  and  large 
numbers  that  have  been  added  to  our  grand  Masonic  structure  during 
the  past  year.  Our  sister  lodges  in  Peoria  have  certainly  been  over- 
taken with  prosperity. 

Of  my  visit  in  certain  cases  I  have  officially  reported  to  you  and 
there  is  nothing  further  that  I  can  add  now,  except  that  all  is  work- 
ing well  and  in  accordance  with  law  and  established  custom. 

Several  lodges  are  contemplating  changing  their  lodges  to  other 
towns  during  the  coming  year  and  in  my  judgment  it  will  be  to  their 
material  interests  and  benefit,  and  to  Masonry  in  general. 

Thanking  you  again  for  the  distinguished  honor  and  wishing  you 
success,  health  and  happiness,  I  remain  as  ever, 

Fraternally  yours, 

LOUIS  ZINGER, 
D.D.G.M.  Fourteenth  District. 


FIFTEENTH  DISTRICT. 

Waynesville,  III.,  Sept.  15,  1899. 

Edward  Cook,  Grand  Master: 

Dear  Sir  and  Brother:  I  am  very  sorry  my  report  shall  be  one  of 
the  last,  but  I  hope  it  will  not  come  to  you  too  late. 

I  have  only  to  say,  that  I  have  not  been  called  upon  to  make  any 
official  visits  to  any  of  the  lodges  in  my  district,  and  owing  to  a  press 
of  professional  business  this  year,  I  have  not  made  any  voluntary 
visits,  but  from  information  gained  from  inquiry,  I  believe  all  the 
lodges  in  my  district, — except  Towanda  Lodge  No.  542,  of  which  you 
have  my  report, — are  in  good  working  order  and  getting  along  in  a 
satisfactory  degree  of  harmony. 

Very  fraternally  yours, 

S.  A.  GRAHAM, 
D.D.G.M.  Fifteenth  District. 


APPENDIX — PART  II.  71 


SIXTEENTH  DISTRICT. 

Onarga,  III.,  Aug.  17,  1899. 
Edward  Cook,  Grand  Master: 

Bear  Sir  and  Brother:  In  submitting' my  report  as  Deputy  District 
Grand  Master  of  the  Sixteenth  District  there  seems  to  be  little  to 
tell,  aside  from  usual  events.  During-  the  year  I  have  visited  several 
lodges  and  have  cheerfully  contributed  all  in  my  power  to  assist  and 
instruct  the  brethren  whenever  opportunitj^  offered. 

A  great  deal  of  work  has  been  done  in  this  district,  and  as  a  proof 
that  peace,  harmony,  and  brotherly  love  prevail,  I  have  not  been 
called  upon  to  make  an  official  visit  to  settle  difficulties  during  the 
whole  year. 

Thanking-  you  for  the  honor  you  have  conferred  on  me,  I  am, 
Fraternally, 

W.  H.  McCLAIN, 

D.D.G.M.  Sixteenth  District. 


SEVENTEENTH  DISTRICT. 

Urbana,  III.,  Aug.  28,  1899. 

Edward  Cook,  Grand  Master: 

Dear  Sir  and  Brother:  It  affords  me  great  pleasure  to  make  this  my 
first  annual  report  as  District  Deputy  Grand  Master  of  the  Seven- 
teenth Masonic  District. 

Upoji  receiving  my  commission  I  sent  out  notices  to  the  thirty- 
four  lodges  constituting  this  district,  advising  them  of  my  readiness 
to  visit  them  or  to  give  them  such  advice  and  assistance  as  they  might 
require. 

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  not  been  called  upon 
by  any  of  the  lodges  for  official  visits,  and  I  have  every  reason  to  be- 
lieve that  peace  and  harmony  prevail  among  the  lodges  and  breth- 
ren of  this  district.  On  three  occasions,  by  your  order,  I  performed 
some  special  duties,  reports  of  which  were  sent  you  at  the  time. 

I  have  given  instruction  to  five  lodges,  viz:  Nos.  688,  440,  369,  820, 
and  219,  and  I  also  had  the  pleasure  of  attending  the  school  of  instruc- 
tion held  at  Charleston,  February  7,  8  and  9,  1899. 


72  APPENDIX — PART   II. 

I  have»  installed  the  officers  of  several  lodges,  and  have  also  as- 
sisted in  burying  the  dead. 

I  have  visited  the  following  lodges,  Nos.  35,  260,  240,  574,  747,  754, 
220,  347,  369,  440,  199,  791  and  157,  and  in  all  instances  I  have  been 
most  cordially  and  heartily  received  by  the  brethren  and  members 
of  all  the  lodges. 

During  my  year  as  your  Deputy  I  have  had  the  pleasure  of  meet- 
ing the  Grand  Master  on  two  occasions.  First,  at  the  Charleston 
School  of  Instruction;  second,  during  his  visit  to  Urbana  Lodge  No. 
157,  at  which  time  there  were  about  350  Masons  assembled  represent- 
ing more  than  thirty  lodges  to  listen  to  his  address  and  witness  the 
conferring  of  the  Master  Mason  degree,  which  was  up  to  the  stand- 
ard as  taught  in  Illinois,  and  was  appreciated  by  all. 

And  now  in  closing  my  report  I  desire  to  thank  you  most  sincerely 
for  the  numerous  evidences  of  your  confidence,  and  assure  you  that 
they  have  been  highly  appreciated.  With  congratulations  on  your 
successful  administration  and  assurances  of  my  sincere  personal  re- 
gard, I  am.  Fraternally  yours, 

D.  E.  BRUFFETT, 
D.D.G.M.  Seventeenth  District. 


EIGHTEENTH  DISTRICT. 

Bement,  111.,  September  4,  1899. 
Edward  Cook,  Grand  Master: 

Dear  Sir  and  Brother:  I  believe  I  have  "Exercised  such  powers  and 
performed  such  duties  as  are  required  by  law"  to  the  best  of  "my  abil- 
ity during  the  past  year.  Such  duties  as  were  especially  assigned  to 
me  by  you  were  discharged  and  reported  upon  at  the  time.  I  have 
received  and  accepted  invitations  to  visit  three  lodges.  The  infer- 
ence is  that  the  others  did  not  want  to  see  me. 

It  is  iust  a  little  embarrassing  for  some  people  to  go  where  they 
think  they  are  not  wanted  and  especially  so  where  it  is  entirely  vol- 
untary on  their  part;  hence  I  believe  District  Deputies  should  be 
required  by  law  to  visit  lodges  or  the  office  should  be  abolished. 

"For  the  good  of  Masonry"  I  should  be  glad  to  see  the  pending 
amendment  to  the  by-laws  on  that  subject  adopted  at  the  next  meet- 
ing of  the  Grand  Lodge.     Fraternally  yours, 

C.  F.  TENNEY, 

D.D.G.M.  Eighteenth  District 


APPENDIX — PART   II.  73 

NINETEENTH  DISTRICT. 

Springfield,  III.,  Sept.  11, 1899. 

Edward  Cook,  Grand  Master: 

Dear  Sir  and  Brother:  My  duties  of  the  past  year  have  been  very 
few,  answering  a  few  questions  on  Masonic  law  submitted. 

I  had  the  privilege  of  assisting  you  in  laying  the  corner-stone  of 
Illiopolis  Lodge  on  September  30,  at  Illiopolis.  Your  voice  being  out 
of  condition  was  greatly  regretted  by  all. 

The  oration  of  Past  Grand  Master  Scott  on  the  occasion  was  one 
that  will  long  be  remembered. 

The  good  results  of  your  visit  to  that  part  of  the  state  will  no 
doubt  be  felt  for  years  to  come. 

Thanking  3'ou  for  the  many  courtesies  extended  throughout  your 
administration,  I  am. 

Truly  and  fraternally  yours, 

R.  D.  LAWRENCE, 
D.D.G.M.  Nineteenth  District. 


TWENTIETH  DISTRICT. 

Winchester,  III.,  September  9,  1899. 

Edward  Cook,  Grand  Master: 

Dear  Sir  and  Brother:  1  am  pleased  again  to  be  able  to  report 
that  the  lodges  of  the  Twentieth  District  are  enjoying  a  good  degree 
of  prosperity  and  that  everything  betokens  a  healthy  and  harmoni- 
ous state  of  affairs  throughout  the  district. 

There  have  been  few  if  any  dissensions  among  any  of  the  Craft 
and  all  appear  to  be  working  together  for  the  good  of  the  order. 

The  majority  of  the  lodges  are  doing  a  fair  amount  of  work  and 
in  a  very  creditable  manner.  And  in  general  the  situation  is  most 
satisfactory  in  every  respect. 

Thanking  you  for  the  honor  conferred  and  with  sincere  good 
wishes.  I  am,  Fraternally  yours, 

A.  P.  GROUT, 
D.D.G.M.  Twentieth  District. 


74  APPENDIX — PART   II. 

TWENTY  FIRST  DISTRICT. 

La  Harpe,  III.,  Sept.  2,  1899, 

Edward  Cook,  Grand  Master: 

Dear  Sir  and  Brother:  I  take  great  pleasure  in  submitting  my  an- 
nual report  as  Deputy  for  the  Twenty-first  District. 

My  invitations  to  visit  the  lodges  officially  have  been  few,  to  all 
of  which  I  cheerfully  responded. 

I  have  tried  to  faithfully  perform  all  the  special  duties  you  have 
required  of  me,  and  due  report  of  the  same  was  made  to  you. 

Again  allow  me  to  extend  to  you  my  congratulations  on  j^our  very 
successful  administration,  and  thanking  you  for  the  honor  conferred, 
I  remain,  Fraternally  3'ours, 

W^  O.  BUTLER, 
D.D.G.M.  Twenty-first  District. 


TWENTY-SECOND  DISTRICT. 

Carlinville,  III.,  July  29,  1899. 

Edward  Cook,  Grand  Master: 

Dear  Sir  and  Brother:  In  submitting  my  annual  report  as  your 
District  Deputy  for  the  Twenty-second  District  I  am  pleased  to  re- 
port that  during  the  Masonic  year  now  drawing  to  a  close,  so  far  as 
I  can  learn,  peace  and  harmony  prevail  amongthe  brethren.  I  have 
not  been  called  upon  to  visit  any  of  the  lodges  in  the  district  in  my 
official  capacity,  but  have  visited  some  in  a  social  way,  and  find  them 
all  in  good  working  order.  Some  are  more  prosperous  than  others, 
yet  none  seem  to  be  languishing.  In  conclusion  I  congratulate  you 
on  your  wise  and  prosperous  administration  of  the  affairs  of  Masonry 
for  the  past  two  years.  Sincerely  thanking  you  for  honors  conferred, 
I  am,  Fraternally  yours, 

A.  M.  BORING, 
D.D.G.M.  Twenty-second  District, 


APPENDIX — PART   II.  75 

TWENTY-THIRD    DISTRICT. 

Litchfield,  III.,  September  2,  1899. 

Edward  Cook,  Grand  Master: 

Dear  Sir  and  Brother:  I  submit  herewith  my  report  as  District 
Deputy  Grand  Master  of  the  Twenty-third  Masonic  District. 

Upon  receiving  my  commission  as  D.D.G.M.  I  at  once  sent  to  all 
the  lodges  of  this  district,  the  usual  notice  of  my  appointment,  and 
of  my  willingness  to  render  them  any  aid  in  my  power,  should  they 
need  my  services,  but  have  not  been  called  upon  to  perform  any  offi- 
cial function,  except  that  which  has  been  previously  reported  to  3' ou. 
I  have  visited  several  lodges  during  the  past  year,  in  only  a  social 
way,  and  assisted  in  the  installation  of  officers,  conferring  degrees, 
and  am  pleased  to  note  all  are  striving  to  become  proficient  in  the 
standard  work. 

In  company  with  R.W.  Brother  Rose  of  this  place  we  assisted 
R.W.  Bro.  A.  H.  Bell,  of  Carlinville,  who  acted  as  your  proxy,  in  lay- 
ing the  corner  stone  of  the  new  public  school  building  in  Nokomis, 
July  18.  Over  one  hundred  Masons  of  Nokomis  and  neighboring  lodges 
participated. 

My  services  as  District  Deputy  not  having  been  officially  required 
by  any  lodge  in  this  district,  I  judge,  therefore,  that  peace  and  har- 
monj'  prevail  throughout. 

In  conclusion  allow  me  to  congratulate  you  on  your  very  success- 
ful administration  of  our  Order,  and  thanking  you  for  the  honor  you 
have  conferred  and  confidence  reposed  in  me,  I  am,  and  remain. 

Fraternally  yours, 

HUGH  A.  SNELL, 
D.D.G.M.  Twenty-third  District. 


TWENTY  FOURTH  DISTRICT. 

Lawrenceville,  hi.,  September  8,  1899. 
Edward  Cook,  Grand  Master: 

Dear  Sir  and  Brother:  As  5'our  Deputy  for  the  Twenty-fourth  Ma- 
sonic District  I  send  you  the  usual  annual  report. 

Upon  the  receipt  of  my  commission  I  gave  notice  to  all  the  lodges 
throughout  the  district  of  my  appointment  and  of  my  readiness  to 
perform  the  duties  belonging  thereto. 


76  APPENDIX — PART   II. 

I  have  to  report  that  I  have  not  been  requested  to  visit  a  single 
lodg'e  in  an  official  capacity,  and  I  am  satisfied  that  there  has  been 
no  occasion  for  such  visit,  furnished  by  any  dispute  or  discord. 

I  have,  however,  visited  several  of  the  lodges  during  the  year,  but 
in  every  instance  it  was  in  order  to  attend  a  banquet  or  festival,  to 
assist  in  the  installation  of  lodge  officers,  or  to  assist  in  the  conferring 
of  degrees. 

In  every  lodge  visited  I  found  that  the  brethren  deserve  to  be 
commended  for  their  efforts  to  properly  transact  the  business  of  the 
lodge,  to  preserve  a  business-like  and  clean  record,  and  to  acquire  a 
knowledge  of  and  conform  to  the  standard  ritual  for  Illinois,  in  the 
ceremonies  of  opening  and  closing  and  conferring  degrees. 

So  far  as  I  am  advised  peace  and  harmony  prevail  throughout 
the  district,  and  reign  in  every  lodge  in  the  district. 

Acknowledging  my  obligations  to  you  for  the  honor  conferred  in 
making  me  your  representative,  I  remain, 

Yours  fraternally, 

CHARLES  H.  MARTIN, 

D.D.G.M.  Twenty-fourth  District. 


TWENTY-FIFTH  DISTRICT. 

KiNMUNDY,  III,.,  Sept.  8,  1899. 
Edward  Cook,  Grand  Master: 

Dear  Sir  and  Brother:  In  compliance  with  your  instruction  and 
the  requirements  of  the  Grand  Lodge  By-laws,  I  herewith  submit  my 
annual  report. 

The  duties  of  my  office  have  not  been  onerous.  I  have  visited  a 
number  of  lodges,  assisted  in  conferring  the  degrees,  installation  of 
officers,  and  burying  the  dead.  In  January,  I  held  a  two  days'  confer- 
ence of  the  lodges  (nine)  of  Effingham  county,  at  Effingham.  The 
sessions  were  well  attended  and  exceedingly  interesting  from  first  to 
last.  The  duties  of  worshipful  masters  and  secretaries,  and  best 
business  methods  and  management  of  lodges  were  particularly  dis- 
cussed. My  years  of  observation,  as  District  Deputy  Grand  Master, 
convince  me  that  worshipful  masters  and  secretaries  are  largely  re- 
sponsible for  the  decline  of  lodges.  The  great  number  of  suspensions 
for  the  non-payment  of  dues  is  almost  invariably  owing  to  a  poor  sec- 
retary.   Some  worshipful  masters, who  have  held  the  office  for  years, 


APPENDIX — PART   II.  77 

have  never  learned  how  "'to  open  and  govern  their  lodges,  set  the 
Craft  to  work,  and  give  them  proper  instruction."  I  have  sometimes 
thought  it  would  be  well  for  the  Grand  Lodge  to  require  every  wor- 
shipful master,  before  his  installation,  to  pass  a  thorough  examina- 
tion as  to  his  ability  to  fill  the  office.  In  accordance  with  your  order, 
I  visited  Mason  Lodge  N'o.  217,  of  which  I  made  you  a  full  report.  The 
lodges  of  the  district  are  enjoying  a  fair  degree  of  prosperity.  Some 
have  done  good  work,  St.  Elmo  No.  769  in  particular.  Flora  Lodge 
No.  20-1:  has  suffered  the  loss  of  hall  and  furniture  by  fire.  I  learn  the 
brethren  are  preparing  to  rebuild. 

In  conclusion,  permit  me  to  congratulate  you  upon  your  success- 
ful administration  over  the  Craft,  and  sincerely  thank  you  for  special 
honors  conferred.     I  am  Fraternally  yours, 

C.  ROHRBOUGH, 
D.D.G.M.  Twenty-fifth  District. 


TWENTY-SIXTH  DISTRICT. 

Upper  Alton,  III.,  Sept.  1,  1899. 

Edward  Cook,  Grand  Master: 

Dear  Sir  and  Brother:  I  have  the  honor  to  submit  herewith  my 
annual  report  as  District  Deputy  Grand  Master  for  the  Twenty-sixth 
District. 

The  fact  that  I  have  not  been  called  upon  for  any  official  action 
during  the  past  year,  and  that  unofficial  reports  from  members  of 
most  of  the  lodges  in  my  district  have  been  most  favorable,  leads  me 
to  believe  that  harmony  and  prosperity  prevail  in  an  unusual  degree. 

The  edict  of  the  Grand  Master  with  reference  to  the  use  of  robes 
and  other  accessories  in  the  conferring  of  degrees  seems,  in  this  lo- 
cality, to  meet  with  pretty  general  approval,  and  I  am  not  informed 
of  a  single  instance  in  which  it  has  been  disregarded. 

The  recent  published  criticisms  of  the  conduct  of  the  schools  of 
instruction  find  little  sympathy  here.  Especially  is  this  true  where 
the  discussion  has  taken  a  personal  turn.  It  is  not  improbable  that 
our  system  of  instruction  might  be  improved  upon,  and  I  think  it 
would  be  a  good  idea  to  give  the  brethren  a  chance  to  express  their 
thoughts  on  the  subject  at  the  Schools  of  Instruction  during  the  com- 
ing winter  with  a  view  to  adopting  such  suggestions  as  may  appear 


APPENDIX — PART   II. 


to  be  practicable.     With  manj-  thanks  for  honors  and  with  the  high- 
est personal  esteem,  I  am,  Fraternally  yours, 

H.  T.  BURNAP, 
D.D.G.M.  Twenty-sixth  District. 


TWENTY- SEVENTH  DISTRICT. 

Chester,  III.,  Sept.  9,  1899. 

Edward  Cook,  Grand  Master: 

Dear  Sir  and  Brother:  Circumstances  over  which  I  had  no  con- 
trol interfered  with  lodge  visitations  this  3"ear,  namely,  general  de- 
bility, etc.  Have  been  corresponding  with  many  of  the  lodges,  and 
found  everything  harmonious.  Thanking  you  kindly  for  the  honor 
conferred.  Fraternally  yours. 

JAMES  DOUGLAS. 
D.D.G.M.  Twenty-seventh  District. 


TWENTY-EIGHTH  DISTRICT. 

Marion,  III.,  Sept.  7,  1899. 

Edward  Cook,  Grand  Master: 

Dear  Sir  and  Brother:  I  have  but  little  to  report  from  this  the 
Twenty-eighth  Masonic  District. 

I  have  been  called  on  to  make  but  few  official  visits  during  the 
Masonic  year  now  drawing  to  a  close.  I  therefore  infer  the  '"brethren 
are  dwelling  together  in  harmony.'" 

Nearl)^  all  the  lodges  in  mj- jurisdiction  are  in  a  reasonably  pros- 
perous condition,  and  doing  a  fair  amount  of  work. 

I  have  answered  all  questions  addressed  to  me  to  the  best  of  my 
ability,  generally  by  referring  to  the  particular  section,  etc.,  of  the 
Grand  Lodge  By-laws,  applicable  to  their  case. 

Thanking  you  for  the  honor  conferred,  I  am. 
Fraternally  yours, 

J.  M.  BURKHART, 

D.D.G.M.  Twenty-eighth  District. 


APPENDIX — PART   II.  79 

TWENTY-NINTH  DISTRICT. 

Mt.  Carmel,  111.,  September  9,  1899. 

Edward  Cook,  Grand  Master: 

Dear  Sir  and  Brother:  The  past  Masonic  3'ear  has  been  quiet  and 
uneventful  in  the  Twenty-ninth  District. 

I  have  not  been  called  upon  to  visit  any  of  the  lodg-es  officially, 
but  have  met  and  conversed  with  quite  a  number  of  the  Masters  and 
brethren  of  the  different  lodges  and  from  information  obtained  am 
pleased  to  report  that  peace  and  harmony  prevail  generally  through- 
out the  district. 

Quite  a  number  of  questions  have  been  submitted  to  me  for  de- 
cision, and  I  have  assisted  in  adjusting^a  few  differences — apparently 
satisfactorily  to  the  parties  concerned. 

Congratulating  you  upon  your  successful  administration,  and 
thanking  you  for  the  honor  conferred  upon  me,  I  am. 

Fraternally  yours, 

H.  T.  GODDARD, 

D.D.G.M.  Twenty-ninth  District. 


THIRTIETH   DISTRICT. 

Vienna,  III.,  September  1,  1899. 
Edward  Cook,  Grand  Master: 

Dear  Sir  and  Brother:  I  have  the  pleasure  of  reporting  peace  and 
harmony  prevailing  generally  in  the  Thirtieth  Masonic  District. 
During  the  year  I  have  had  no  official  calls  to  visit  any  of  the  lodges, 
I  have  met  a  great  many  Masters  of  lodges  in  this  district,  and  I  find 
them  and  Masons  generally  desirous  of  living  up  to  the  requirements 
of  the  Grand  Lodge  as  to  standard  work  and  all  other  requirements 
of  their  Masonic  duties.  We  have  had  a  fair  degree  of  prosperity 
among  the  lodges  of  the  district  with  very  few  exceptions.  There 
are  no  disputes  or  dissensions  among  the  brotherhood  to  my  knowL 
edge.     The  duties  of  my  office  have  been  very  pleasant. 

With  congratulations  on  your  successful  administration  and  as- 
surance of  my  sincere  personal  regard,  I  am. 

Fraternally  yours, 

P.  T.  CHAPMAN, 
D.D.G.M.  Thirtieth  District. 


80  APPENDIX — PART   II. 


Report  of  Grand  Examiners 

FOR  THE  YEAR  1899. 


LiTCHP'iELD,  III.,  Aug^.  1,  1899. 
Edward  Cook,  Grand  Master: 

Dear  Sir  and3L  W.Brother:  1  submit  herewith  a  brief  report  of  the 
several  Masonic  schools  of  instruction  held  by  the  Board  of  Grand 
Examiners  during  the  current  Masonic  year  as  follows: 

CARLINVILLE. 

At  the  school  held  at  Carlinville  on  the  10th,  11th,  and  12th  days 
of  January,  A.D.  J899,  there  were  present  M.W.  Bro.  Edward  Cook, 
G.M.;  M.W.  Owen  Scott,  P.G.M.;  R.W.  Bros.  W.  B.  Grimes,  A.  B. 
Ashley,  J.  Eli  Evans,  John  W.  Rose,  and  James  R.  Ennis;  members  of 
the  Board  of  Grand  Examiners;  R.  F.  Morrow,  Hugh  A.  Snell,  Enos 
Johnson,  and  W.  K.  Bowling,  D.G.L.'s:  A.  P.  Grout,  and  A.  M.  Boring 
D.D.G.M.'s. 

One  hundred  and  sixtj'-seven  names  were  registered  and  thirty- 
eight  lodges  were  represented. 

CARBONDALE. 

At  the  school  held  at  Carbondale  on  the  24th,  25th,  and  26th  days 
of  January,  A.D.  1899,  there  were  present  M.W.  Bro.  Edward  Cook, 
G.M.;  R.W.  Bros.  W.  B.  Grimes:  A.  B.  Ashley,  J  Eli  Evans,  John  W. 
Rose,  and  James  R.  Ennis,  members  of  the  Board  of  Grand  Examiners; 
T.  H.  Humphrey,  H.  S.  Hurd,  S.  S.  Borden,  C.  N.  Hambleton,  and  W. 
H.  Peak,  D.G.L.'s. 

Two  hundred  and  twent3^-three  names  were  registered  and  sixt}'- 
three  lodges  were  represented. 

CHARLESTON. 

At  the  school  held  at  Charleston  on  the  7th,  8th,  and  9th  days  of 
February,  A.D.  1899,  there  were  present  M.W.  Bro.  Edward  Cook,  G.M.; 
R.W.  Bros.  J.  H.  C.  Dill,  G.S.;  W.  B.  Grimes,  A.  B.  Ashley.  J.  Eli 
Evans,  John  W.  Rose,  and  James  R.  Ennis,  members  of  the  Board  of 
Grand  Examiners;  C.  E.  Allen,  Peter  Franklin  Clark,  D.  E.  Bruffett, 


APPENDIX— PART  II.  81 

J.  Frank  Clayton,  H.  T.  Burnap,  H.  S.  Hurd,  S.  S.  Borden,  and  Samuel 
Marx  Shoemann,  D.G.L.'s. 

One  hundred  and  forty  names  were  registered  and  forty-four 
lodges  were  represented. 

LA  HARPE. 

At  the  school  held  at  La  Harpe  on  the  21st,  22d,  and  23d  days  of 
February,  A.D.  1899,  there  were  present  M.W.  Bro.  Edward  Cook, 
G.M.:  M.W.  Owen  Scott,  P.G.M.:  R.W.  Bros.  C.F.  Hitchcock,  D.G.M.; 
W.  B.  Grimes,  A.  B.  Ashley,  J.  Eli  Evans,  John  W.  Rose,  and  James 
R.  Ennis,  members  of  the  Board  of  Grand  Examiners:  W.  O.  Butler, 

C.  W.  Carroll,  C.  M.  Erwin,  Emerson  Clark.  Joseph  V.  Harris.  D.  B. 
Hutchison,  Samuel  G.  Jarvis.  Orville  F.  Kirkpatrick,.James  McCredie, 
William  J.  Frisbee,  and  Frank  C.  Funk.  D.G.L.'s. 

Two  hundred  and  four  names  were  registered  and  fifty-one  lodges 
represented. 

EL  PASO. 

At  the  school  held  at  El  Paso  on  the  7th,  8th,  and  9th  days  of 
March,  A.D.  1899,  there  were  present  M.W.  Bro.  Edward  Cook,  G.M.; 
M.W.  Owen  Scott,  P  G.M.;  R.W.  Bros.  C.  F.  Hitchcock,  D.G.M.: 
J.  H.  C.  Dill,  G.S.;  W.  B.  Grimes,  A.  B.  Ashley,  J.  Eli  Evans,  John  W. 
Rose,  and  James  R.  Ennis,  members  of  the  Board  of  Grand  Examin- 
ers; H.  T.  Burnap.  M.  B.  lott,  Isaac  Cutter,  J.  E.  Greenman,  H.  C. 
Yetter,  J.  B.  Randleson,  Herbert  Preston,  W.  M.  Burbank,  Delmar 

D.  Darrah,  Arthur  G.  Goodridge,  G.  O.  Freidrich,  John  J.  Crowder, 
Edwin  F.  Seav}-,  Carl  Swigert,  George  A.  Lackens,  J.  B.  Roach,  J.  S. 
Burns.  C.  C.  Marsh,  and  Andrew  O.  Novander,  D.G.L.'s. 

Two  hundred  and  eighteen  names  were  registered  and  sixty-nine 
lodges  represented. 

At  each  of  these  schools  the  whole  ritual  of  Masonry  was  fully 
rehearsed  and  exemplified,  and,  as  the  Board  believes,  in  a  most  thor- 
ough and  complete  manner — work  in  the  several  degrees  was  exem- 
plified on  actual  candidates. 

A  special  feature  at  each  of  the  schools  was  the  official  reception 
of  the  M.W.  Grand  Master  and  an  address  by  him  to  the  Craft. 

Since  last  session  of  Grand  Lodge  we  have  recommended  the  fol- 
lowing brethren  for  commissions  as  D.G.L.'s,  to-wit:  Henry  C.  Yet- 
ter, Frank  C.  Funk,  Carl  Swigart,  George  A.  Lackens,  C.  C.  Marsh, 
J.  B.  Roach,  J.  S.  Burns,  and  Andrew  O.  Novander,  of  these  Brothers 
Yetter  and  Lackens  have  previously  held  commissions. 


82  APPENDIX — PART    II. 

PITTSFIELD. 
Aside  from  the  foregoing"  regular  schools  held  by  authority  of  the 
Grand  Master  at  the  expense  of  the  Grand  Lodge,  an  additional  school 
was  held  at  Pittsfield  on  the  21st,  22d,  and  23d  days  of  March,  A.D. 
1899,  as  a  compliment  to  R.W.  Brother  Grimes,  president  of  the 
Board  of  Grand  Examiners, — the  members  of  the  board  having  volun- 
teered their  services  at  their  own  expense.  Those  present  at  the 
Pittsfield  school  were  M.W.  Bro.  Edward  Cook,  G.  M.;  R.W.  Bros. 
J.  H.  C.  Dill,  G.S.;  W.  B.  Grimes,  president  of  board:  John  W.  Rose, 
secretary  of  board;  A.  B.  Ashley,  and  James  R.  Ennis,  members;  John 
E.  Morton,  and  Prank  C.  Punk,  D.G.L."s. 

R.  W.  Brother  Evans  was  absent  on  account  of  sickness. 

This  school,  considering  the  inclemency  of  the  weather  and  the 
condition  of  the  roads,  was  in  every  sense  of  the  word  a  grand  suc- 
cess, and  the  brethren  of  "Old  Pike,"  who  gave  us  a  loyal  welcome, 
were  delighted  and  felt  complimented  in  having  the  school  at  Pitts- 
field, and  a  unanimous  vote  of  thanks  was  by  them  tendered  to  the 
Grand  Master,  the  Grand  Examiners,  Deputy  Grand  Lecturers,  and 
others  for  their  attendance  and  labors. 

And  now  in  conclusion  M.W.  Sir,  we  beg  in  this  public  manner  to 
express  to  you  our  hearty  appreciation  of  the  honors  conferred  upon 
us,  and  to  thank  you  for  zealous  labor  and  valuable  assistance  at 
each  of  the  schools  held.  We  beg  also  to  acknowledge  the  valuable 
assistance  rendered  the  board  by  the  Grand  Lodge  officers,  the  Dis- 
trict Deputy  Grand  Masters,  and  the  Craft  generally,  and  especially 
we  desire  to  thank  the  Deputy  Grand  Lecturers  who  have  at  their 
own  expense  attended  these  schools  and  have  been  always  ready  to 
extend  a  helping  hand. 

All  of  which  is  fraternally  submitted. 

BOARD  OP  GRAND  EXAMINERS. 

John  W.  Rose,  Secretary. 


APPENDIX— PART   II.  83 


PROPOSED  AMENDMENTS  TO  GEAND  LODGE  BY-LAWS. 


Amend  section  1,  article  25,  part  2,  Grand  Lodf^e  By- 
laws, as  follows: 

Every  lod<je  under  this  jurisdiction  shall,  on  or  before  the  first 
day  of  August,  annually,  pay  into  the  treasury  of  the  Grand  Lod^e, 
throufjh  the  Grand  Secretary,  the  sum  of  sixty  cents  for  each  Master 
Mason  belonging  to  such  lodge  at  the  time  of  making  the  ann^ual  re" 
turn. 


Add  the  following  sections  to  article  20,  part  2,  Grand 
Lodge  By-laws: 

Sec.  5.  A  brother  wishing  to  transfer  his  membership  from  one 
lodge  to  another  in  this  jurisdiction  may  apply  for  a  transfer  card 
from  his  lodge.  The  application  shall  be  made  in  writing,  signed  by 
the  applicant,  be  presented  to  the  lodge  at  a  stated  communication) 
be  read  in  open  lodge,  and  lie  over  to  the  next  subsequent  stated 
meeting. 

Sec.  6.  This  application  shall  state  the  name,  number,  and  location 
of  the  lodge  to  which  the  brother  desires  to  transfer  his  membership, 
and  shall  be  accompanied  by  a  fee  of  one  dollar  and  the  amount  of  his 
dues  to  date  and  dues  in  advance  for  ninety  days  from  the  date  of 
presentation  of  such  application  to  the  lodge. 

Sec  7.  At  the  next  stated  communication  the  application  shall 
be  read  the  second  time,  when,  if  there  are  no  charges  against  the 
applicant,  the  W.M.  shall  order  a  transfer  card  to  be  issued  without 
any  vote  of  the  lodge.  The  transfer  card  shall  be  addressed  to  the 
lodge  which  the  applicant  has  designated  in  his  application,  shall 
certify  to  his  good  standing  in  the  lodge  of  issue,  and  shall  state  the 
brother's  desire  to  become  affiliated  with  the  lodge  to  which  it  is 
addressed. 

Sec  8.  A  brother  holding  a  transfer  card  may,  within  sixt}^  days 
of  its  date,  deposit  it  with  the  secretary  of  the  lodge  to  which  it  is  ad- 
dressed, together  with  the  fee  for  affiliation  as  prescribed  by  its 
by-laws.  The  application  shall  then  be  referred  by  the  W.M.  to  an 
investigating  committee  of  three  members  of  the  lodge,  whose  duty  it 
shall  be  to  inquire  as  to  the  character  and  fitness  of  the  applicant 
and  make  private  verbal  report  to  the  W.M. 

Sec  9.  At  the  next  stated  communication  after  the  transfer  card 
is  presented,   the  W.M.  shall  announce  to  the  lodge  the  degree  of 


84  APPENDIX — PART   II. 

unanimity  of  the  committee  and  the  nature  of  the  report.  The  bal- 
lot shall  then  be  had  and  the  vote  to  elect  to  membership  must  be 
unanimous. 

Sec.  10.  If  the  applicant  is  elected  the  secretary  shall  promptly 
notify  the  secretary  of  the  lodge  of  issue  of  the  acceptance  of  the 
member,  and  the  transfer  card  shall  be  cancelled  and  filed  among  the 
records  of  the  lodge.  The  secretary  of  the  lodge  from  which  the  mem- 
ber has  withdrawn  shall  then  note  on  his  roster  opposite  the  name 
of  said  member,  "Transferred  to Lodge  No. ." 

Sec.  11.  If  the  application  for  membership  is  rejected  the  trans- 
fer card  shall  at  once  be  returned  to  the  applicant,  accompanied  by 
the  affiliation  fee,  and  promptly  filed  by  him  with  the  lodge  issuing 
the  same.  It  shall  not  be  necessary  to  ballot  thereon,  his  member 
ship  in  the  lodge  not  having  been  terminated  by  the  issuing  of  the 
card. 


Amend  clause  6  of  section  1,  article  11,  part  1,  Grand 
Lodgfe  By-laws,  by  striking-  from  the  second  line  thereof 
the  word  seventy-five,  and  insert  in  lieu  thereof  the  word 
sixty. 

The  section  when  amended  will  read  as  foUow^s: 

For  each  member  of  every  chartered  lodge  under  this  jurisdic- 
tion, sixty  cents  annually,  except  such  members  as  are  exempted 
from  the  payment  of  dues  to  the  chartered  lodges  on  account  of  their 
poverty. 


Amend  clause  6  of  section  1,  article  11,  part  1,  Grand 
Lodge  By-laws,  by  striking  from  the  second  line  thereof 
the  word  seventy-five,  and  insert  thereof  the  word  fifty. 

The  section  when  amended  will  read  as  follows: 

For  each  member  of  every  chartered  lodge  under  this  jurisdic- 
tion, fifty  cents  annually,  except  such  members  as  are  exempted 
from  the  payment  of  dues  to  the  chartered  lodges  on  account  of  their 
poverty. 


APPENDIX — PART  II.  85 

Add  to  article  6,  part  3,  Grand  Lodj^^e  By-laws,  the  fol- 
lowing sections: 

Sec.  5.  In  all  cases  where  charg'es  are  pending  in  a  lodge  against 
a  brother  the  same  may  be  heard  and  determined  by  a  Trial  Board 
consisting  of  three  competent  Past  Masters,  members  of  lodges  in 
this  jurisdiction,  other  than  the  one  in  which  the  proceedings  are 
pending. 

Sec.  6.  Such  Trial  Board  may  be  named  by  the  Grand  Master  upon 
application  made  by  either  the  lodge  in  which  the  proceedings  are 
pending  or  by  the  accused:  Provided,  that  the  appointment  of  said 
Trial  Board  shall  be  at  the  discretion  of  the  Grand  Master. 

Sec,  7.  In  case  of  the  appointment  of  a  Trial  Board  the  Grand 
Master  shall  designate  the  Chairman  of  said  Board,  who  shall  possess 
all  the  powers  and  prerogatives  of  the  W.M.  conferred  by  section  9 
of  article  5,  and  through  the  W.M.  and  Secretary  to  summon  wit- 
nesses. 

Sec.  8.  The  said  Trial  Board  shall  proceed  to  the  hearing  and  de- 
termine the  guilt  or  innocence  of  the  accused  under  the  provisions  of 
articles  5  and  6,  part  3,  precisely  the  same  as  the  lodge  would  do  under 
the  provisions  of  the  same.  The  guilt  or  innocence  on  each  charge 
and  specification  shall  be  determined  by  a  majority  vote  of  said  Board. 

Sec.  9.  The  said  Board  shall  at  once  certify  its  findings  to  the 
lodge  in  which  the  proceedings  are  pending.  If  found  guilty  the  lodge 
shall,  on  receipt  of  the  report  and  findings  of  said  Board,  proceed  to 
fix  the  punishment  of  the  accused  under  the  provisions  of  this  article 
precisely  the  same  as  though  the  guilt  had  been  determined  by  the 
lodge.  If  the  accused  is  found  not  guilty  by  the  Trial  Board  the  re. 
port  shall  be  filed  and  the  fact  of  acquittal  shall  be  entered  on  the 
records  of  the  lodge  and  no  further  proceedings  shall  be  had:  Provided, 
that  all  provisions  for  appeal  now  in  force  shall  apply  to  cases  heard 
by  Trial  Boards. 

Sec.  10.  Said  Trial  Board  shall  carefully  preserve  all  evidence 
taken  at  the  trial  and  file  the  same  with  the  lodge  in  order  that  copies 
thereof  may  be  made  in  case  of  appeal. 


Amend  section  1,  article  17,  part  2,  Grand  Lodge  By- 
laws, by  striking  out  the  words  "city  of  Chicago"  and 
inserting  "county  of  Cook,"  so  that  it  will  then  read  as  fol- 
lows: 

No  lodge  under  the  jurisdiction  of  this  Grand  Lodge  shall  be  i)er- 
mitted  to  confer  the  three  degrees  u])ou  any  person  for  a  less  sum 


86  APPENDIX — PART   II. 

than  twenty-five  dollars:  Provided,  that  in  the  count}^  of  Cook  the 
minimum  fee  for  the  three  degrees  shall  be  fifty  dollars;  and  the  ap- 
portionment of  such  sum  to  the  degrees,  respectively,  shall  be  regu- 
lated by  the  by-laws  of  each  lodge. 


Amend  section  1,  article  81,  part  2,  Grand  Lodge  By- 
laws, by  strikinfj  out  the  words  "city  or  town"  and  insert- 
ing "jurisdiction,"  so  that  it  will  then  read  as  follows: 

In  a  jurisdiction  where  there  is  more  than  one  lodge,  it  shall  be 
the  duty  of  the  secretary  of  each  lodge  to  give  notice  in  writing  to  all 
other  lodges  situate  in  such  jurisdiction  of  all  petitions  received  or 
rejected,  stating  the  name  in  full,  age,  occupation,  and  place  of  resi- 
dence of  the  petitioner:  Provided,  that  when  more  than  one  lodge 
shall  hold  its  meetings  in  the  same  hall  or  room,  a  register  may  be 
kept  upon  the  secretar3'"s  desk,  or  other  appropriate  place,  in  lieu  of 
such  written  notice,  setting  forth  the  aforesaid  particulars  for  the 
i];iformation  of  the  lodges  meeting  in  such  hall. 


Amend  section  3,  article  11,  part  2,  Grand  Lodge  By- 
laws, by  adding  thereto  the  following  words:  "That  the 
jurisdiction  of  all  lodges  in  Cook  county  shall  be  concur- 
rent," so  that  it  will  then  read  as  follows: 

The  territorial  jurisdiction  of  a  lodge  shall  extend  in  all  directions 
half  wa}^  on  straight  lines  between  neighboring  lodges,  without  regard 
to  county  or  other  geograi)hical  divisions  and  includes  the  exclusive 
right,  on  the  part  of  the  lodge,  to  accept  or  reject  all  original  peti- 
tions for  the  degrees  from  persons  residing  within  its  territory:  and 
the  exercise  of  penal  powers  over  all  Masons,  unaffiliated,  as  well  as 
affiliated,  residing  permanently  or  temporarily  within  its  territorial 
jurisdiction,  for  any  violation  of  moral  or  Masonic  law;  Provided,  that 
in  any  town  or  city  where  two  or  more  lodges  are  located,  territorial 
jurisdiction  shall  be  concurrent:  and  provided  further,  that  the  juris- 
diction of  all  lodges  in  Cook  county  shall  be  concurrent. 


Proposed  amendment  to  Grand  Lodge  By-laws,  part  3, 
article  5,  section  5. 

When  amended  the  section  will  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 


APPENDIX— PART  II.  87 


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  tlie  judgment  of  the  Master  such  lyrocedure  will  entail  no  injustice 
on  either  the  accused  or  accuser.  In  either  case  the  accused  and  accuser, 
in  person  or  by  attorney,  shall  be  entitled  to  be  present  and  propound 
such  relevant  questions  as  they  may  desire. 


Amend  section  6  of  article  13,  part  1,  of  Grand  Lodg'e 
By-laws  as  follows:  Strike  out  the  word  five  and  insert 
the  word  three. 

When  amended  the  section  will  read  as  follows: 

Sec.  6.  The  Grand  Officers  designated  in  Article  5  of  the  constitu- 
tion, each  member  of  a  standing  committee,  and  one  representative 
(the  highest  in  rank)  from  each  lodge  under  this  jurisdiction  shall 
be  allowed  three  cents  per  mile,  going  and  returning,  for  every  mile 
traveled  from  the  location  of  his  lodge,  to  be  computed  by  the  neces- 
sarily traveled  route,  and  (except  the  Grand  Master,  Grand  Treasurer, 
and  Grand  Secretary)  two  dollars  per  day  for  each  day's  actual  at- 
tendance on  the  Grand  Lodge  or  its  committees:  Provided,  that  no 
one  shall  receive  mileage  and  per  diem  both  as  a  Grand  Officer  and 
representative,  nor  shall  any  one  receive  mileage  and  per  diem  in  any 
two  capacities. 


88  APPENDIX— PART   II. 


INDEX. 


Address —  page. 

Of  Grand  Master 6 

Appointments — 

Of  Committees 4,132,137 

Of  Grand  Officers 135 

Of  Deputy  Grand  Lecturers 15 

Of  Deputy  Grand  Masters 141 

Amendments  to  By-laws — 

Adopted 87,88 

Lost 89 

Proposed   89,  122,  130,  131,  1-32 

Amendment  to  Constitution — 

Proposed 131 

Alphabetical  List  of  Lodges  (in  Appendix,  Part  2d) 2 

Alphabetical  List  of  Postoffices,  with  Name  and  No.  of  Lodges 

(Appendix,  Part  2d) 19 

Appeals  and  Grievances — 

Committee  on 4,  137 

Report  of 124 

Committees — 

Appointment  of  4,  132,  137 

Appeals  and  Grievances,  report  of 124 

Charity 122 

Chartered  Lodges,  report  of 86 

Correspondence,  report  of  (Appendix,  Part  1st)     3 

Credentials,  report  of 45 

Finance,  report  of 82, 123.  132.  135 

Grand  Master's  Address,  report  of 57 

Jurisprudence,  report  of 80,  101,  129 

List  of 4,  137 

Lodges  U.  D. ,  report  of 85 

Mileage  and  Per  Diem,  report  of  102 

Obituaries,  report  of 91 

Petitions,  report  of 77 

Communication — 

From  Geo.  Lopas  Jr 121 

Chartered  Lodges — 

Committee  on 4,  137 

Tabular  Statement  of  (in  Appendix,  Part  2d) 44 

Report  of  Committee 86 


APPENDIX — PART   II.  89 


Correspondence —  page. 

Committee  on 5,  1.37 

Report  of  (in  Appendix,  Part  1st) 3 

Credentials — 

Committee  on 5,  KH 

Report  of 45 

Cregier  Jewel.  The 64 

District  Deputy  Grand  Masters — 

List  of 141 

Reports  of  (in  Appendix,  Part  2d) 62 

Election — 

Of  Grand  Officers 77 

Announcement 88 

Finance — 

Committee  on 5,  137 

Report  of 82,  123,  132,  135 

Grand  Lodges — 

List  of  recognized 144 

Grand  Master — 

Address  of 6 

Grand  Examiners — 

Committee  on 5,  137 

Report  of  (in  Appendix,  Part  2d) 80 

Grand  Officers — 

Election  of 77,88 

Appointment  of  Appointive  Officers 135 

Installation  of 136 

List  of 2 

List  of  Elected  Grand  Officers  from  formation  of  Grand 

Lodge  to  date.. 139 

Present 2 

Grand  Secretary — 

Report  of 37 

Accounts 39 

Grand  Secretaries — 

List  of 139 

Grand  Treasui»er— 

Report  of 34 

Introduction — 

Of  Grand  Representatives 67,  117 

Invitations 66 

Installation — 

Of  Grand  Officers 136 


90  .  APPENDIX — PART   II. 


Jurisprudence —  page. 

Committee  on 4,137 

Report  of 80,  101,  129' 

Lodges  Constituted 9 

Lodge  Directory — (in  Appendix,  Part  2d) 2 

List  of  Defunct  Lodges  (in  Appendix,  Part  2d) 40 

List  of  Lodges  by  Districts  (in  Appendix,  Part  2d) 25 

Lodges  Under  Dispensation — 

Committee  on ...  5,  137 

Report  of  Lodges  U.D 85 

List  of  Masonic  Papers 149 

Memorial  Pages 146 

Motion- 
Amount  of  Bond 86 

Minutes — 

Reading  of  dispensed  with ;  4 

Mileage  and  Per  Diem — 

Committee  on 5,  137 

Report  of 102 

Obituaries — 

Committee  on 5,  137 

Report  of  91 

Officers  of  Grand  Lodge 2,  139 

Oration 72 


Petitions — 

Committee  on 5,  137 

Report  of 77 

Permanent  Members — 

List  of 145 

Prayer — 

By  Grand  Chaplain 4 

Presentation  of  Cregier  Jewel  to  Grand  Master 134 

Railroads — 

Committee  on 5,  137 

Representatives — 

Of  Lodges 50 

Of  other  Grand  Lodges  near  this  Grand  Lodge 143 

Of  this  Grand  Lodge  near  Other  Grand  Lodges 142 

Reports — 

Of  Grand  Examiners  (Appendix) 80 

Of  Grand  Secretary . .  37 

Of  Grand  Treasurer 34 


APPENDIX — PART   II.  91 


PAGE. 

Of  Committee  on  Appeals  and  Grievances 124 

Of  Committee  on  Charity 122 

Of  Committee  on  Chartered  Lodges 86 

Of  Committee  on  Credentials  45 

Of  Committee  on  Correspondence  (Appendix.  Part  1st)..  3 

Of  Committee  to  Examine  Visiting'  Brethren 133 

Of  Committee  on  Finance 82,  123,  132, 135 

Of  Committee  on  Jurisprudence 80,  101,  129 

Of  Committee  on  Lodges  U.D 85 

Of  Committee  on  Grand  Master's  Address 57 

Of  Committee  on  Mileage  and  Per  Diem 102 

Of  Committee  on  Obituaries 91 

Of  Committee  on  Petitions 77 

Of  Special  Committees  on  Obituaries 58 

Remarks — 

By  Edward  Cook ,    .  •  •  J36,  137 

By  C.  F.  Hitchcock 137 

Resolutions 66,  100,  121.  123.  132,  133 

Tabulated  Statement — 

Showing  amount  of  dues,  number  of  members,  etc.  (in  Ap- 
pendix, Part  2d) 44 

Vote  of  Thanks— 

To  Grand  Orator 77 

To  retiring  Grand  Master 138 


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