1910 Hutchinson PDF

PROCEEDINGS
OF THE
M. W.. GRAND LODGE

OP
ANCIENT, FREE AND ACCEPTED MASONS OF KANSAS.
ANNUAL COMMNICATIONS HELD

At HUTCHINSON, February 16, 17, A. D. 1910, A. L. 5910.
At KANSAS CITY, KAN., February 15, 16, A. D. 1911, A. L. 5911.
At TOPEKA, February 21, 22, A. D. 1912, A. L. 5912.
VOLUIVIE XV.
R.-.W.-. ALBERT K. WILSON, GRAND SECRETARY.

TOPEKA, KANSAS.
PUBLISHED BY ORDER OF THE M . " . W . ' . GRAND LODGE.
1912.
FRED W ASHBON ,
GRAND MASTER,
February 18, 1909 to February 17, 1910.

PROCEEDINGS
M.-.W.-.GRAND LODGE
ANCIENT, FREE AND ACCEPTED MASONS
KANSAS.
FIFTY-FOURTH ANNUAL COMMUNICATION,

HELD IN THE CITY OE HUTCHINSON,
F E B E U A R Y 16 A N D 17, A. D. 1910, A. L. 5910.
VOLUME XV, PARTd.
M.-. W.-. MARION K. BRUNDAGE, Grand Master, Russell.

R.-. W.-. ALBERT K. WILSON, Grand Secretary, Topeka.
P U B I i l S H E D BY ORDER OF T H E M/. W / . GRAND LODGE.
1910.
GRAND OFFICERS FOR 1910.
M •.W.'. M A R I O N K . BRCNDAGE . . . . Grand Master Eussell.

E. W / . ALEXANDKK A . S H A R P . . . . Deputy Grand Master. . .Topeka.
E, W / . W I L L I A M E . HUTCHISON. , . Grand Senior Warden. . G a r d e n City.
E, W.;. E L R I C K C. COLE Grand Junior Warden . .Great Bend.
E. W.". W I L L I A M F R A N K M A R C H . . Grand Treasurer Lawrence.
E, W.-. ALBBKT K . W I L S O N Grand Secretary Topeka.
W.'. BRUCE G K I P P I T H Grand Chaplain Wichita.
W.'. CHARLKS H . CHANDLER. . . . Orand Senior Deacon . .Topeka.
W.*. J O H N 0 . E L Y Grand Junior Deacon .. Newton.
W.'. THOMAS C. B A B B Grand Marshal Fredonia.
W.'. H E N R Y 0 . MORDAUNT Grand Sword Bearer. . . L e a v e n w o r t h .
W . \ CHARLES A. LOUCKS Grand Senior Steward. .Lakin.
W.'. ALEXANDER L . BROWNE . . . Grand Junior Steward. .Eussell.
W . \ ANDREW B . BLUB Grand Pursuivant K a n s a s City.
W . \ W . AMBR BURNETT Grand Tyler Oberlin.
P L A C E OF M E E T I N Q — 1 9 1 1 .
T h e fifty-fifth A n n u a l C o m m u n i c a t i o n of t h e M.-. W.-. G r a n d

L o d g e of A n c i e n t , F r e e a n d A c c e p t e d M a s o n s of K a n s a s w i l l b e
h e l d i n t h e c i t y of K a n s a s C i t y , K a n s a s , o n t h e t h i r d W e d n e s d a y ,
b e i n g t h e 15th d a y of F e b r u a r y , A . D . 1911, A . L . 5911, a t 9 o ' c l o c k
A. M.
PBESS OF KETCHESON PRINTING CO.,

LEAVENWORTH, KANSAS.
PROCEEDINGS
* OF T H E
ML. . W.-. GRAND LODGB
A. F . & A . M . O F K A N S A S .
FIFTY-FOURTH ANNUAL COMMUNICATION.
HUTCHINSON, KANSAS, February 16, 1910.
T h e M.-. W.-. G r a n d L o d g e o f A n c i e n t , F r e e a n d A c c e p t e d
M a s o n s of K a n s a s c o n v e n e d in A n n u a l C o m m u n i c a t i o n in t h e
H o m e T h e a t r e in t h e city of H u t c h i n s o n , W e d n e s d a y , t h e 1 6 t h
d a y o f F e b r u a r y , A , D. 1 9 1 0 , A . L . 5 9 1 0 , a t 9 o ' c l o c k A . M.
GRAND OFFICERS PRESENT.

M.".W.". F B B D WASHBON Grand Master Anthony.
E.- . w.-
,". MARION K . BRUNDAGE Deputy Grand Matter. Russell.
R: . ;. ALEXANDER A. SHARP
w.- Grand Senior Warden .Larned.
R: . .'. WILLIAM E . HUTCHISON . . . . Grand
w.- Junior Warden.Garden City.
R: . w.-.•. W I L L I A M FRANK M A R C H . . . Grand Treasurer .. . L a w r e n c e .
Ri- . w.-. ALBERT K . WILSON Grand Secretary Topeka.
w.- , J O H N R . EDWARDS Grand Chaplain Anthony.
w.- W I L L I A M L . MAXWELL Grand Senior Deacon. .Paola.
w.-, E A R L E . FAWCETT Grand Junior Deacon. .Emporia.
w.-.'. THOMAS B . HISKEY Grand Marshal Colby.
w.-.'. J O H N 0 . E L Y Grand Sword Bearer . . Newton.
w.-.•. CHARLES A. LOUCKS Grand Senior Steward. .Lakiii.
w.-, SAMUEL L . SMITH Grand Junior Steward . A n t h o n y .
w.-.'. HARRY F . W H I T E as Grand Pursuivant Topeka.
w.-.•. W . AMKR BURNETT Grand Tyler Oberlin.
4 PROCEEDINGS OF THE February,
O P E N I N G CEREMONY.
A c o n s t i t u t i o n a l n u m b e r of lodges being r e p r e s e n t e d , t h e
M.-. W.-. G r a n d Master opened the M.-. W.-. Grand L o d g e of
A n c i e n t , F r e e a n d Accepted Masons of K a n s a s , in A m p l e F o r m ,
after an invocation of divine blessing by Eev. J O H N E . EDWARDS,
Grand Chaplain.
PBAYBB.
A l m i g h t y GOD, we would pause for a moment a t this time and
on this occasion, to call to mind our dependence upon Thee, and
to ask T h y loving k i n d n e s s arid tender mercies t h a t have been
over us and over all T h y works. W e praise Thee, O Lord, t h a t
Thou h a s t revealed Thyself unto us so t h a t each of us m a y con-
tinue to say, " I believe in G O D : " Thou hast made Thyself known
unto the world of m e n as the E v e r l a s t i n g Lord and the Everlast>-
ing F a t h e r . W e look up to Thee this morning, at this hour, and
know Thee as our F a t h e r , and know ourselves as T h y children.
W e t h a n k Thee t h a t Thou h a s t preserved our lives until this An-
n u a l Communication. W e pray Thy blessings on this session of
the Grand Lodge of this S t a t e ; m a y Thy favor be upon u s ; m a y
Thou give unto us wisdom t h a t we may know how to discharge all
the business t h a t m a y come before this Grand Lodge. W e ac-
knowledge t h a t Thou h i t h e r t o h a s t led us, and our faith is strong
t h a t Thou wilt lead us on our w a y just as we are engaged in T h y
work. W e praise Thee for w h a t this Order has done in all the
ages past, and now especially this past year in our great State.
W e praise Thee t h a t more than ordinary, than usual, have become
Master Masons, and we pray Thee t h a t we may continue to grow
and become a strong power for everything t h a t is good. This .
m o r n i n g we would remember not only those of us who are here a t
T h y throne of grace, b u t we would remember our brethren all over
the State. W e would a t this time call to mind t h a t some are not
here, and cannot be here, tliat were present on other occasions;
we have to record t h a t a number of our brethren have passed
away. W e p r a y this m o r n i n g for the widow and for the orphan ;
deal with t h e m in T h y compassion and m e r c y ; m a y the angels of
Thy love be round a b o u t t h e m ; and now, we commit ourselves to
T h y k e e p i n g ; may Thy benediction be with us and keep us.
Amen.
VISITORS WELCOMED.
T h e M.-. W.-. G r a n d M a s t e r e x t e n d e d a cordial invitation t o
all Master Masons to a t t e o d t h i s A n n u a l Communication of t h e
M.-. W.-. G r a n d L o d g e .
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G R A N D REPRESENTATIVES RECEIVED.
B y direction of t h e M.-. W.-. G r a n d Master, t h e G r a n d Sec-
r e t a r y called t h e roll of Grand E e p r e s e n t a t i v e s , who were i n t r o -
duced to t h e Grand Lodge, a n d response was made on t h e i r
behalf b y M.-. W.-. MAURICE L . STONE. T h e Grand Master t h e n
extended a cordial g r e e t i n g to these distinguished b r e t h r e n .
R E P O R T ON C R E D E N T I A L S .
W.-. F K A N K E . D A V I S , c h a i r m a n , submitted t h e following
r e p o r t , which, on motion, was adopted :
To the M.-. W.'. Grand Lodge of Kansas:

Your Committee on Credentials beg leave to report the follow-
ing members and representatives present and entitled to seats in
this Grand L o d g e :
G R A N D OFFICERS PRESENT.
M.'.W.'. FRED WASHBON .>. Grand Master.

E. . w.-
,'. MARION K . BRUNUAGE Deputy Grand Master.
E. . w.- ALEXANDER A. SHARP Grand- Senior Warden.
E. .w.- WILLIAM E . HUTCHISON Grand Junior Warden.
E. . w.- W. F. MARCH Grand Treasurer.
E. . w.- ALBERT K . WILSON Grand Secretary.
w.-•. JOHN R . EDWARDS Grand Chaplain.
w.- WILLIAM L . MAXWELL Grand Senior Deacon.
w.- EARL E . FAWCETT Grand Junior Deacon.
w.- THOMAS B . HISKEY Grand Marshal.
w.- JOHN C. ELY Grand Sword Bearer.
w.- CHARLES A. LoucKS Grand Senior Steward.
w.- SAMUEL L . SMITH Grand Juidor Steward.
w.- HARRY F . WHITE as Grand Pursuivant.
w.- W. AMER BURNETT Grand Tyler.
PAST E L E C T I V E G R A N D O F F I C E R S PRESENT.
P(ut Grand Masters.

M.'.W.". MATTHEW M . MILLER, M.'.W.'. PERRY M . HOISINGTON,
M.-.W.-. DAVID B . FULLER, M.-.W.-. THOMAS G . FITCH,
M.'.W.'. MAURICE L . STONE, M.'.W.'. EDWARD W . WELLINGTON,
M.-.W.-. JAMES H . MCOALL, M.-.W.-. HENRY F . MASON.
PROCEEDINQS OF THE February,
DISTRICT DEPUTY GRAND MASTERS PRESENT.

District No. District No.
W.". J. P E T E R A D A M S 1 w.- ARCHIE W . LONG-- -25
W.-. J O H N W . M c C o o L 3 w.- JESSE E . SMITH 28
W.'. R O B E R T J. M C F A R L A N D 4 W.-. J O H N K E L L Y 30
W . ' . T H O M A S A. S U T T O N . - - 5 W.-. H E N R Y W . S T A C K P O L B 31
W / . ALBERT E. WHITAKER 6 W.-. M Y R O N E . C A L K I N S 32
W . ' . J A M B S R. H O L M E S 7 w.-. J O H N C . E L Y . , 35
W . ' . W I L L I A M A. S T O N E 10 w.-. G E O R G E D . A D A M S 40
W.-. O T I S G . T A B E R 11 w.- C. F R E D F E H R 41
W.". P E R R Y B R T J N S T E T T B R 12 W.v C A L E W . C A R S O N - - 42
W.-. E D W A R D R . E V A N S 14 w.- H A R V E Y O. D A V I S ..-43
W.'. EDMUND B . CUMMINGS 15 .W.- H E N R Y A. M E I B E R G E N I 45
W.'. CHARLES FLETCHER • 17 W.- C H A R L E S N . F O W L E R 46
W . \ F R E E M A N VICORY 20 W.". J. E L L S W O R T H H U M P H R E Y . 4 8
W.'. WILLIAM S. E B E R L E 21 W.'. R O B E R T M E R T E N - - 49
W.-. J O H N N . S H A R P 22 W . \ W I L L I A M A. D O W N E Y 50
W.-. C H A R L E S T . H I G H 23 W.-. D A V I D M . S M I T H . — 51
W.-. B E N S . P A U L E N 24 W.-. P A U L R I C H 52
GRAND REPRESENTATIVES OF OTHER GRAND LODGES NEAR THE GRAND

LODGE OP KANSAS.
Alabama 1 W.-. T H O M A S J. A N D E R S O N .
Alberta W.-. G E O R G E D . A D A M S .
Arkansas -• W.'. F R E D H . S T U C K E Y .
Arizona W.-. W. A M B R B U R N E T T .
British Columbia W . . AARON H. CONNETT.
California . - - R . ' . W.-. W I L L I A M E . H U T C H I S O N .
Canada ._-' W.'. J O H N C . K E T C H E S O N . - - '
Connecticut M.'. W.-. T H O J I A S L . B O N D .
Cuba W.-. C H E S T E R B . R E E D .
Districtof Columbia M.-. W.-. E D W A R D AV. W E L L I N G T O N .
•England R.-. W.-. A L B E R T K . W I L S O N .
Florida W.-. AVILLIAM S . B E R G U N D T H A L .
Georgia W.". H A R R Y E . B E S T .
Illinois M.-. W.". M A T T H E W M. M I L L E R .
Indiana M.-. W . ' . F R E D W A S H B O N .
Louisiana W.-. C H A R L E S H . C H A N D L E R .
Maine M.-. W . ' . D A V I D B . F U L L E R .
Manitoba W . ' . W I L L I A M A. D O W N E Y .
Maryland W.'. WILLIAM R . UNDERWOOD.
.Mexico (Valle d e Mexico) M.'. W.'. M A T T H E W M. M I L L E R .
Mississippi! * W.-. WILLIA.M L. M A X W E L L .
Missouri M.-. AV.'. P E R R Y M . H O I S I N G T O N .
New H a m p s h i r e AA'^.-. A. S I D N E Y C H A S E .
New J e r s e y AA'.'. C H A R L E S E . H A L L .
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New York M. . W.". MAURICE L . STONE.

New Zealand W!". FRANK E. DAVIS.
North Carolina • R.' . W.". ALEXANDER A. SHARP.
Oregon p. W.". ALBERT H . W H E E L E R .
Oklahoma W.". CHARLES E . LOBDELL.
Queensland W.". ELRICK C. COLE.
Rhode Island R.' . W.-. W. F. MARCH.
South Dakota W.". CHARLES A. LOUCKS.
Utah W.\ HARVEY C. LIVERMORE.
Vermont ' M.' W.-. HENRY F . MASON.
Washington W.'. AUGUSTUS O . WELLMAN.
Western Australia M.' . W.'. THOMAS G. FITCH. "
West Virginia W.\ JOHN W . NEILSON.
Wisconsin M.' . W.'. MARION K . BRUNDAGE.
PAST M A S T E R S PRKSENT.
Edward W. Waynant -No. 2 Otis G. Taber No. 42

George M. Barns 2 J. Ellsworth Humphrey.. 43
James Snedden 3 Albert K. Wilson 51
Frank E. Davis 5 Harry F.White .-. 51
J. Peter Adams 5 William S. Eberle... 51
Charles W. McFarland.- 6 Charles H. Chandler 51
W. F.March-. 9 ArchL. Bell 52
John C. Ketcheson 10 Lewis Weeks 52
Henry C. Mordaunt 10 Frank L. Lewis 59
JohnW. McCool 10 Robert E. Nickles 60
Earl E. Fawcett 12 Thomas L. Bond 60
Lewis S. Slocum 13 George D. Adams 60
Albert J. Buck 14 John A. Mahaffie 60
Aaron H. Connett 15 Robert H. Montgomery - 63
Elrick C. Cole..- -. 15 Roy B.Carter 64
Robert Merten 15 Carl Harris 65
Frank M. Dent 16 William J. Armstrong 66
Archie W. Long 16 George W. Leak. 68
Thomas J. Anderson 17 John N.Sharp 70
Early W. Poindexter 17 Oliver M. Anderson..' 72
Chester B. Reed 17 John M. Bannan — 73
OlinM. Wilber 18 Maurice L. Stone 75
Harvey C. Livermore 19 William A. Prunty 75
Thomas A. Sutton 19 Wilsey E. Stout 77
24 William F. McFarland... 86
Charles S. Bixby
27 James R. Holmes — 88
Charles T. High
27 William S. Bergundthal.. 90
Joseph A. HoUoway
29 James A. Songer-- 94
John H. Osborn
36 BenS. Paulen 95
Harry E. Best
37
William L. Maxwell James H. McCall 99
39
Rufus M. Emery, Jr William G. Price.. -•- 99
8 PROCBEVINQS OF THE February,
James F. McCoy No. 99 John J. Hays -No. 160

Matt J. Parrett 99 Oloott W. Little 161
Jasper N. Taylor 103 Alex. A. Sharp - .- 167
Casper P. Swank 103 George W. Finney 167
David B. Fuller 106 Percy Shinneman - 167
Arthur L.Dyer 110 Henry T. Taylor 167
Joseph D. Fell 113 William J. Squire 171
LeonidasE. HiU .. 113 Joseph T. Tyrrell 171
Burton S. Williams 113 Joseph T. Peters 171
John W. Neilson 113 Anders Sorensen : 172
"John W. Read 115 George G. Hullquist 172
John W. Copeland 133 Russle H. Mac CuUough - - 174
Matthew M.Miller-- 134 Joseph J. Landes . 175
Henry W. Stackpole 134 Charles E. Hall 177
John D. McBrian 136 Herbert B. Morgan - 184
John A. Ferrell 136 W. Amer Burnett--- ' 186
Charles Fletcher . 137 Edward E. Heiser 190
Hussell Garrison 137 James C. Hopper 191
Alexander M. Switzer 140 George B. Channell '- 193
J o h n M.Jordan .- 140 William A. Stone 194
William R. Underwood . - 140 Wilham W. P. Clement.. 194
d a r r e t t V. Ricksecker 140 Charles W. Miller, Sr 195
Robert A. Campbell 140 Harrison M. Coons-I----. 197
Thomas B.Ross .-. 140 Harvey O. Davis 200
J. Harry Roberts 140 Samuel L. Smith 200
Lorenzo D. Pollock 140 John H. Richards--! 202
Samuel 8. Graybill 140 Barton A. Fletcher 203
JohnM. Kinkel - 140 Henry A. Meibergen 204
Guy C. Glascock 140 James W. George 204
SamuelH. Sidlinger 140 MosesH. Cole - 206
Samuel S. Graybill 142 George F. Melvin 206
Perry M. Hoisington 142 FredWashbon 206
John C.Ely 142 John A. Miller 208
Thomas H. Smyth 145 Hiram N. Morehouse 219
Edward W. WelUngton . . 146 Adin C. Smith 220
Marion K. Brundage 146 Augustus O. Wellman 225
A. Sidney Chase 146 Sadher J. Hodgins - 225
Frank E . D e m u t h 146 John Kelly 227
Charles N. Fowler - 146 Lafayette K. Carnahan . . 231
Albert H. Wheeler 147 Jesse T. Brown 236
Wilham H. Evans ---. 147 Albert E. Whitaker 243
Thomas B. Hiskey 148 Henry F. Mason 246
Arthur D. Lowrance • 149 Loren Cramer 251
Edward R. Evans 152 William A. Downey 254
John M. Dunfield 152 Benjamin F. Zook 255
Wilham H.Mize 160 Perry Brunstetter 266
Gue .W. Farwell 160 Edmund B. Cummings . . 268
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E d w a r d A. May ..No. 270 Bruce G r i f f i t h . . . No. 303

Andrew B . Blue . 271 Alvin.B. F o s s . . 304
George W. Scott 272 Myron E . Calkins ___ 307
R o b e r t J. M c F a r l a n d - . 272 William E. H u t c h i s o n . _ _. 312
Charles E . Talley 275 PaulRich 316
Cale W. Carson 277 Frank Crittenden 316
Charles E . Lobdell 279 MosesS. Hare 317
E d w a r d T. E a t o n 280 Charles W. Williams 326
D a v i d M. S m i t h 281 George B . Williams 332
J a m e s R. Gordon 281 J o h n T. Fletcher 332
J a m e s W. W i n n . _ . . 282 William H. C a m p b e l l . . . . 341
R o b e r t Telfer 288 Wil)ia-m N. Lewis 343
Charles A. Loucks 289 J o h n H . Minnich 343
Francis L. P i e r c e . _ . . 289 Arlysus Tobias 344
Robert Treat P a y n e . . 297 Martin W. Biglin 3.57
Jesse H . Gesner 297 John C.Wright 371
Dallas Grover 298 GeorgeDasher 374
C. F r e d F e h r . . 299 Stanford M. S m a r t 378
Wellington S. Y u n d t . . 299 William A. Pegg i.. 383
T h o m a s G. F i t c h 303 J o h n R. B e a r d 388
Fred H. Stuckey 303 H a r v e y A. T h o m a s . 389
LODGE REPRESENTATIVES.
Smithton No. 1.—William F . Bauer, J. W., proxy for M. a n d S. W.

Leavenworth No. S.—George M. Barns, p r o x y for M.; F r e d W. R u d e r ,
S. W.; E d w a r d W. W a y n a n t , proxy for J. W.
Wyandotte No. 3.—Holmes W. Haviland, M., p r o x y for S. W. a n d J. W .
Kickapoo No. 4.—Carlenus A. D u n c a n , M., p r o x y for S. W . a n d
J. W .
Washington No. 5.—John A. Keithline, S. W., proxy for M. a n d J. W .
Lawrence No. 6.—Edwin H . V a r n u m , M., proxy for S. W.; Charles W .
M c F a r l a n d , p r o x y for J. W .
Acacia No. 9.—Fredolin W. Fein, M., p r o x y for S. W. a n d J. W .
King Solomon's No. 10.—Newton E . Mann, M.; J o h n H . Clarke, S.
W.; J o h n McCool, proxy for J. W.
Emporia No. 12.—John D. G r a h a m , M., proxy for S. W . a n d J. W .
Nemaha No. 13.—Louis S. Slocum, proxy for M., S. W. a n d J. W .
Oskaloosa No. I4.—Albert J. Buck, proxy for M., S. W . a n d J. W .
Great Bend No. 15.—Mayor E p p s t e i n , M., p r o x y for S. W. a n d J. W .
Lafayette No. 16.—Frank M. Dent, proxy for M.; H a r r y A. Fowler,
S. W.; E a r l B . Milliard, J. W.
Topeka No. 17.—La R o y M. Penwell, S. W., proxy for M.; Carl W .
Nellis, p r o x y for J. W .
Ottawa No. 18.—Pierre P . Elder, M.; WOlis D . B u c h h o l t z , S. W.; F o u n t
H . Bullock, J . W .
10 PKOCEEVINGS OF THE February,
Olathe No. 19.—William H. Hyer, M'.; Thomas A. Sutton, proxy for

S. W.; Harvey C. Livermore, proxy for J. W.
Valley Falls No. SI.—George Harman, M., proxy for S. W. and J. W.
Melvern No. 22.—John R. Dooty, proxy for M., S. W. and J. W.
Palmyra No. 23.—William Bristow, M., proxy for S. W. and J. W.
Osage Valley No. 24.—Charles S. Bixby, proxy for M., S. W. and
• J. W.
Oketo No. 26.—Jesse Howard Moore, M., proxy for S. W. and J. W.
Neosho No. g7.—Albert D. Finley, M., proxy for S. W. and J. W.
Pacific No. 29.,—Oscar C. Payne, M., proxy for S. W. and J. W.
Towanda No. 30.—John C. Straw, J. W., proxy for M. and S. W.
Auburn No. 32.—Clare W. Stahl, proxy for M., S. W. and J. W.
Mound City No. 33.—Charles A. McMullin, M., proxy for S. W. and
J. W. .
Havensville No. 34-—William H. Coverdale, M., proxy for S. W. and
J. W.
Hiawatha No. 35.—Arthur D. Brown, M., proxy for S. W. and J. W.
Council Grove No. 36.—Levi A. Moser, M., proxy for S. W. and J..W.
Paola No. 37.—George M. Durkee, M., proxy for S. W. and J. W.
lola No. 38.—Thomas E. Olliver, M., proxy for S. W.; "WarrinKton
B. Bott, proxy for J. W.
Seneca No. 39.—Urban G. lies, S. W., proxy for M. and J, W.
De Soto No. 40.^—Herman Oshell, J. W., proxy for M. and S. W.
Holton No. 42.—Edmund B. Jones, M., proxy for S. W. and J. W.
Delphian No. 44.—William F. Perry, M., proxy for S. W. and J. W.
Halstead No. 4^.—Charles H. Cadwell, S. W., proxy for M. and J. W.
Nine Mile A''o.';^5:—Emesl M.. Da,vis, M/, proxy for J. W.; David A:
Walker, proxy for S. W.
Orient No. 51.—Theron C. Kirkpatrick, S. W., proxy for M.; Elmer
F. Strain, J. W.
Pottawatomie No. 62.—Lewis Weeks, proxy for M., S. W. and J. W.
Wetmore No. 63.—Claude J. Wood,,M., proxy for S. W.; Riley A. Wood,
proxy for J. AV.
Shawnee No. 64-—Sullivan Campbell, M., proxy for S. W.; Orrin C.
Campbell, J. W.
Troy No. 55.—Charles W. Reeder, S. W., proxy for M. and J. W.
Spring Hill No. 66.—Levi M. Garst, J. W., proxy for M. and S. W.
Mr.Cracken No. 58.—John W. Chenoweth, M;; Perry S. Yawger, S.
W.; John R. Lovitt, J. W.
Saltville No. 69.—Frank L. Lewis, M., proxy for S. W. and J. W.
Salina No. 60.—Louis G. Gottschiok, J. W., proxy for M. and S. W.
La Cygne No. 61.—Thomas H. Cartmell, M., proxy for J. W.; John
L. Teagarden, S. W.
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Eidgeway No. 62.—A. Ralph Ingleman, M., proxy for S. W.; Alfred
M. Hart, J. W.
Adams No. 63.—William Smith, M., proxy for S. W. and J. W.
Wathena No. 64.—F. G. Ratcliffe, S. W., proxy for M. and J. W.
Gardner No. 66.—Frank B. Lyon, M., proxy for J. W.; Carl Harris,
proxy for S. W.
Burlington No. 66.—Amasa T. Neyhart, proxy for M., S. W. and J. W.
Frankfort No. 67.—W. H. Hardman, M., proxy for S. W. and J. W.
Hiram No. 68.—George W. Leak, proxy for M., S. W. and J. W.
Carbondale-No. 70.—J. C. Blood, M., proxy for S. W. and J. W.
Baxter No. 71.—Oliver C. Rummel, M., proxy for S. W. and J. W,
Huron No. 72.—Oliver M. Anderson, proxy for M., S. W. and J. W.
Chetopa No. 73.—John M. Bannon, proxy for M., S. W. and J. W.
Mystic Tie No. 74.—Howard E. Uncapher, M., proxy for S. W. and
J. W.
Wamego No. 75.—William A. Prunty, proxy for M. and S. W.; Maurice
L. Stone, proxy for J. W.
Erie No, 76.—Robert J. Harlin, M., proxy for S. W. and J. W.
Delta No. 77.—Wilsey E. Stout, proxy for M.; Elam T. Chance, S.
W.; Frank A. Forbes, proxy for J. W.
White Cloud No. 78.—Henry T. Van Valkenburgh, J. W.. proxy for
M. and S. W.
Zeredatha No. SO.—Samuel E. Bailey, M., proxy for J. W.; William
E. Crippen, proxy for S. W.
Tuscan No. 82.—Guy C. McKinley, M., proxy for S. W. and J. W.
Jefferson No. 84-—J. Harry Riley, M., proxy for S. W. and J. W.
Sutton No. 85.—George R. Hall, M., proxy for S. W.; George I.
Thacher, J. W.
Sunflower No. 86.—Guy W. Kyle, M., proxy for S. W. and J. W.
Mankato No. 87.—Guy O. Seaton, S. W., proxy for M. and J. W.
Eureka No. 88.—Richard Taylor, M., proxy for S. W. and J, W.
Home No. 89.—James A. Dock, J. W., proxy for M. and S. W.
Golden Rule No. 90.—William S. Bergundthal, proxy for M., S. W.
and J. W.
Marysville No. '91.—Henry W. Hoyer, M., proxy for J. W.; Frank
J. Faulkner, proxy for S. W.
Girard No. 93.—William G. Gemmell, S. W., proxy for M. and J. W.
Harmony No. 94.—Joseph F. Rankin, M., proxy for S. W.; James
A. Songer, proxy for J. W.
Constellation No. 95.—Roy M. Matthews, S. W., proxy for M.; Thomas
0. Babb, proxy for J. W.
Delaware No. 96.—John A. Wolfe, M., proxy for S. W. and J. W.
Wichita No. 99.—Galusha A. King, S. W., proxy for M. and J. W.
12 FROCEEUINOS OF THE February,
Prudence No. 100.—Orin 0. Gordon, S. W., proxy for M. and J. W.

Keystone No. 102.—Charles E. Munson, M., proxy for J. W.; William
Clark, S. W.
Cedar No. 103.—William M. Gray, M., proxy for J. W.; Daniel W.
. Blair, S. W;
Frontier No. iO>^.—Claude E. Ingalls, M., proxy for J. W.; Arthur O.
Knight, S. W.
Solomon City No. 105.—Fred L. Hall, S. W., proxy for M. and J. W.
Fidelity No. 106.—Melvin A. Miller, M.; C. M. Cheney, proxy for S.
W.; Edward Crans, proxy for J. W.
Fortitude No. 107.~Char\es S. Risdon,' M., proxy for S. W. and J. W.
Memphis No. 108.—John T. Morris, Jr., J. W., proxy for M. and S. W.
Winfield No. 110.—Ira P. Kyger, M., proxy for S. W. and J. W.
Hesperian No. 111.—William S. Attebury, M.. proxy for S. W. and
J. W.
Blue Valley No. ;i;g.—Maynard B. Sabin, S. W., proxy for M.; Alfred
Hawk, proxy for J. W.
St. John's No. llS.—Leonidas E. Hill, proxy for M., S. W. and J. W.
Advance No. II4.—Albert G. Norris, M., proxy for S. W. and J. W.
Excelsior No. 115.—John W/Read, proxy for M., S. W. and J. W.
Muscotah No. 116.—Harlan B. Peabody, proxy for M., S. W. and
J. W.
Parsons No. 117.—Mose Donnelly, M.; Hertell S. Fitch, proxy for
S. W. and J. W.
Cherokee No. 119.—Osmer L. Bumcrot, proxy for M., S. W. and J. W.
Halcyon No. 120.—3o\va Speir, M., proxy for S. W. and J. W.
Woodson No. 181.—Luther L. Byington, M., proxy for S. W.; Freder-
ick B. Sprankle, J. W.
Liberty No. 123.—Pearl F. Heckman, M., proxy for S. W. and J. W.
Cawker City No. 125.—Frank Garrett, proxy for M.; Albert Peer,
S. W., proxy for J. W.
Palestine No. i^7.—William W. Cordell, M., proxy for S. W. and J. W.
Munden No. 128.—^WUliam F. Bobenhouse, proxy for M., S. W. and
J. W.
Belleville No. 129.—Abbott B. Cheney, M., proxy for J. W.; Monte L.
Hill, S. W.
Crescent No. 133.—Jason L. Williams, M., proxy for J. W.; Lester
W. Burnett, S. W.
Clay Center No. IS4.—Henry W. Stackpole, proxy for M., S. W. and
J. W.
Len'exa No. 136.—Oliver C. Comstock, proxy for M., S. W. and J. W.
Vesper No. 136.—John D. McBrian, proxy for M. and J. W.; Carl
Ackerman, S. W. . .
Cherryvale No. 137.—Benjamin M. Savage, M., proxy for S. W. and
J. W.
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Dover No. 138.—Thomas E. Bennett, proxy for M., S. W. and J. W.

Sedgwick No. 139.—Samuel R. Armour, M., proxy for S. W. and J. W.
Reno No. iÔ.—Henry S. Zinn, M.; John H. Pargeter, S. W:; Odie L.
Bateman, J. W.
Signal No. I4I.—Albert O. Justice, M., proxy for S. W. and J. W.
Newton No. 1/^2.—-William G. Kenneke, S. W., proxy for M. and J. W.
Minneapolis No. 143.—EUjah K. Raper, M., proxy for S. W. and J. W.
Gilead No. 144-—^Harvey S. Johnson, proxy for M., S. W. and J. W.
Ellsworth No. I46.—Charles N. Fowler, proxy for M. and J. W.; Al-
bert D. Morrison, S. W.
Center No. 147.—James M. Carter, M., proxy for J. W.; Thomas B.
Armstrong, S. W.
Wa-Keeney No. I48.—William J. Beardwell, M., proxy for S. W. and
J. W.
Thayer No. I49.—Arthur D. Lowranoe, proxy for M., S. W. and J. W.
Wellington No. 160.— Charles B. Crosen, M., proxy for S. W.; Clem
Spruance, proxy for J. W.
Douglass No. 151.—Wm. C. Osborn, M., proxy for S. W. and J. W.
Lebo No. 152.—Edward R. Thorne, M.; Edward R. Evans, proxy
for S. W.; John M. Dunfield, proxy for J. W.
Luray No. 153.—George W. Elliott, M., proxy for S. W. and J. W.
Lincoln No. I54.—Edward M. Pepper, J. W., proxy for M. and S. W.
Haven No. 157.—'Emel L. Ruthrauff, proxy for M., S. W. and J. W.
Active No. 158.—James W. George, M., proxy for S. W. and J. W.
Robinson No. 159.—Harry Neptune, S. W., proxy for M. and J. W.
Saqui No. 160.—Leon D. Morals, S. W., proxy for M. and J. W.
Alma No. 161.—James R. Henderson, M.; Olcott W. Little, proxy for
S. W.; William Hecke, proxy for J. W.
Sabetha No. 162.—Edwin L. Bruner, M., proxy for S. W. and J. W.
Atwood No. I64.—John R. Mettler, M., proxy for S. W. and J. W.
Farmers No. 166.—William F. Peter, proxy for M.; Charles H. Bayles,
S. W., proxy for J. W.
Larned No. 167.—Ed S. Lindas, M.; Charles E. Lobdell, proxy for
S. W.; Homer C. Van Horn, J. W.
Parkerville No. 168.—Alexander G. Leitch, M., proxy for S. W. and
J. W.
Blue Rapids No. 169.—Walter P. Brown, J. W., proxy for M. and S. W.
Fraternal No. 170.—Alonzo Bickford, M., proxy for S. W. and J. W.
Sterling No. 171.—Frank Nelson Masemore, M.; Henry R. Bennett
proxy for S. W.; Hayes Hinshaw, proxy for J. W.
McPherson No. 172.—Joseph A. Davis, M.; Anders Sorensen, proxy
for S. W. and J. W.
Belle Plaine No. i7S.—David O. Watts, M., proxy for S. W. and J. W.
Western Star No. 174.—Henry R. Stone, M., proxy for S. W. and J. W.
14 PROVEBVINGS OF THE February,
Kirwin No. i 75.—Herbert R. Hull, M., proxy for S. W. and J. W.

Prairie Queen No. 176.—John A. Hawkinson, M., proxy for S. W. and
J. W.
Russell No. 177.—Alexander L. Browne, M., proxy for J. W.; Rollo
F. Culbertson, proxy for S. W.
Burr Oak No. 175.—Adelbert W. Canfield, M., proxy for S. W. and
J. W. • > I' y
Bennington No. 180.—John W. Kephart, M., proxy for S. W. and J. W.
Lenora No. 181.—Robert A. Richmond, M., proxy for S. AV. and J. W.
Burrton No. 188.—J. Frank Remick, M.; Reese Thomas, proxy for
S. W.; William R. Soott, proxy for J. W.
Gaylord No. i5S.—Edward W. Putnam, M., proxy for S. W. and J. W.
Phillipsburg No. I84.—Herbert B. Morgan, proxy for M., S. W. and
J. W.
Hamlin No. 185.—Erwin C. Blanchard, M., proxy for S. W. and J. W.
Mountain'Slope No. 186.—Harlan Q. Banta, M., proxy for S. W. and
J. W. '
Pittsburg No. 1S7.—John A. Watkins, M., proxy for J. W.; Walter
J. Nichols, proxy for S. W.
Onaga No. 188.—Charles O. Gwyn, M., proxy for S. W. and J. W.
Henri No. 190.—Edward E. Heiser, proxy for M., S. W. and J. W.
Walnut 'Valley No. 191.-—Edwin L. Craven, M., proxy for S. W. and
J. W. • o
Royal No. 192.—Thomas Ainsworth, M., proxy for J. W.;. James
Flake, S. W. .
• Hartford No. 193.—Charles R. Baysinger, M.; George B. Channell,
proxy for S. W.; Roy S. Baysinger, J. W.
Galena No. I94.—OUver Miller, M., proxy for S. W.; WilUam W.
P.'Clement, proxy for J . ' W .
Hays No. 195.—Charles W. Miller, Jr., M.; Peter Johnson, Jr., proxy
for S. W.; George Johnson, proxy for J. W.
Madison No. 196.—John Smith, J. W., proxy for M. and S. W.
Canton No. JP7.—Frank A. Kile, M.; Joseph W. Coons, S. W.; Albert
Jones, J. W.
Blue Hill No. 198.—Roy C. Fowler, M., proxy for S. W. and J. W.
Norton No. 199.—Harmon J. Bower, S. W., proxy for M. and J. W.
Anthony No. 200.—Sam L. Smith, proxy for M., S. W., and J. W.
Delphos No. 203.—John H. Richards, proxy for M., S. W. and J. W.
Sumner No. 203.—Barton A. Fletcher, proxy for M., S. W. aiid J. W.
Downs No. 204.—Creed M. Dillon, M., proxy for S. W.; Roy Mc-
Millan. Jf W.
Eminence No. 205.—John R. Hanschildt, S. W., proxy for M. and
J. W.
Harper No. 206.—George F. Melvin, proxy for M., S. W. and J. W,
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Friendship No. 208.—Frank O. Mott, M.; Lawrence C. Cupps, S. W . ;

B e n j a m i n W o r t h i n g t o n , J. W .
Brookville No. 209.—John Olson, p r o x y for M.; Christopher C. W a l -
lace, p r o x y for S. W. a n d J. W.
Greeley No. 211.—Harry R. Jones, S. W., p r o x y for M. a n d J. W.
Olive Branch No. 212 — D a v i d R. D a y , M., p r o x y for S. W. a n d J. W .
Tvyin Grove No. 213.—Frank Lintner, J. W., proxy for M. a n d S. AV.
Walnut City No. 215.—John Irving, S. W., p r o x y for M. and J. W .
Hiattville No. 216.—Jesse A. Killion, J. W., p r o x y for M. and S. W .
Corner Stone No. ^ ^ 9 . — C h a r l e s O. Smith, M.; Charles E . W a r d , S. W . ;
H i r a m N. Morehouse, proxy for J. W.
Lewis No. 220.—Joseph W. Bridges, M.; T h o m a s Madden, proxy for
S. W.; J o h n R. F a t z e r , p r o x y for J. W. .
St. Bernard No. 222.—John S. Cady, M.; F r a n k O. Misner, p r o x y
for S. W.; R a l p h W. Pixley, J. W.
Siloam No. 22S.-Ôwen J. Wood, J. W., p r o x y for M. a n d S. W.
Dirigo No. 226.—Forest J. Multer, proxy for M., S. W. a n d J. W.
Jamestown No. 227.—William A. Ion, M., proxy for S. W. a n d J. W.
Salem No. 228.—Edward Granerholz, M., p r o x y for S. W. a n d J. W
Ninnescah No. 230.—Augustus R. H a n s m a n , M.; Samuel M. T e n n a l ,
S. W.; F r a n k D. Eggleston, proxy for J. W.
Long Island No. 231.—Lafayette K. C a r n a h a n , proxy for M., S. W .
a n d J. W.
Greenleaf No. 232.—Freeman Vicory, M., proxy for S. W. a n d J. W.
Clinton No. 233.—John F . J a c k s o n , S. W.; p r o x y for M. a n d J. W.
Garfield No. 235.— H e n r y O. Diefendorf, M., p r o x y for J. W.; H e n r y L;
Blachly, proxy for S. W.
Meriden No. 236.— E d w a r d M. L a k e , M., proxy for S. W. a n d J. W.
Temple No. 237.—Fvanz E . Roese, M., proxy for S. W. a n d J. W.
Mount Hope No. 238.— E r n e s t E . Tyler, S. W., p r o x y for M. a n d J. W .
Urbana No. 239.— Christopher C. Yockey, M., proxy for S. W. a n d
J. W.
Soldier No. 240.— J o s h u a C. E a r l y , M., p r o x y for S. W. a n d J. W .
Linwood No. 2^1.— T h o m a s W. Martin, S. W., proxy for M. a n d J. W .
Miltonvale No. 2^2.— J o h n S. Fleming, p r o x y for M., S. W. a n d J. W .
Peace No. 243.— A b r a h a m L. H o w a r d , M., p r o x y for S. W. a n d J. W.
Waverly No. S44.—Edward C. Pocock, M., proxy for S. W.; Charles
H . McDuffie, p r o x y for J. W.
Marmaton No. 245.— Clark C. T h o m a s , p r o x y for M., S. W. a n d J. W.
Tyrian No. 246.—John F . W a l t e r s , proxy for M. and S. W.; B e n j a m i n
F . Stocks, p r o x y for J. W.
Canopy No. 248.—James M. Best, M., p r o x y for S. W. a n d J. W.
GalvaNo. 251.—Loren L. Cramer, proxy for M., S. W. a n d J. W
Stafford No. 25^.—Emil R. Brown, M.; Leonard Sanders, S. W.;

Peter J. Pankratz, proxy for J. W.
Oakley No. ;S5S.—Richard S. Winslow, M., proxy for S. W. and J. W.
Milan No. 265.—Benjamin F. Zook, proxy for M., S. W. and J. W.
Lyra No. ;g56.—Walter S. Bradford, proxy for M., S. W. and J. W.
Beattie No. 269 —Frank H. Totten, J. W., proxy for M. and S. W.
Medicine Valley No. 260.—James A. Connor, M., proxy for S. W. and
l i m J- W.
Attica No. 262.—Alexander C. Mead, M., proxy for S. W. and J. W.
Charity No. ;26S.—William L. Ayers, proxy for M., S. W. and J. W.
Kilwinning No. 265.—William B. Hess, M.; William Green, proxy
for S. W.; Thomas A. Campbell, proxy for J. W.
Mount Zion No. 266.—Joseph F. Bates, M., proxy for S. W. and J. W.
Mohne No. 267.—Ralph E. Dewey, proxy for M. and S. W.; Charles
H. Wilson, proxy for J. W.
Bourbon No. 268.—Pascal Adams, M., proxy for S. W. and J. W.
Quenemo No. 270.—John N. Cradit, M , proxy for S. W. and J. W.
Armourdale No. 271.—Andrew B. Blue, proxy for M., S. W. and J. W.
Kaw No. 272.—Jeremiah Grindrod, proxy for M.; Earl E. Strickland,
S. W.; Raymond K. Stiles, J. W.
Black Diamorid No. 274-.—George E. Dixon, M. proxy for S. W. and
J. W.
Windom No. 276.—Gust. Falk, S. W., proxy for M. and J. W.
Ashland No. 277.—George W. McNiokel, proxy for M., S. W. and J. W.
Barney No. 279.—James U. McCoy, proxy for M., S. W. and J. W.
Brainerd No. 280.—Edward T. Eaton, proxy for M., S. W. and J. W.
Millbrook No. 281.—James R. Gordon, proxy for M. and S. W.; David
t^.^j. M. Smith, proxy for J. W.
Alpha No. 282.—Solomon M. Holbrook, Jr., M., proxy for S. W. and
U J- W.
Preston No. 283.—Gary A. Naylor, M., proxy for S. W. and J. W.
Chikaskia No. 285.—Pleasant M. Jackman, M., proxy for S. W. and
b J. W.
. Oak No. 287.—John. D. Cooley, M.; Ross M. Tygart, J. W.; Henry
N. Alloway, proxy for S. W.
Cyrus No. 288.—Alfred A. Peterson, M., proxy for S. W.; Robert
I^^Telfer, proxy for J. W.
Emerald No. 289.—Francis L. Pierce, proxy for M., S. W. and J. W.
Paradise No. 290.—Harry L. Adams, J. W., proxy for M. and S. W.
Beulah No. 291.—John Hammond, M., proxy for S. W. and J. W.
Glasco No. 292.—Rufus D. Woodward, M., proxy for S. W. and J. W.
Glen Elder No. 294..—Ralph Glass Nelson, M., proxy for S. W. and
J. W.
Comanche No. 295.—Thomas J. Foree, M., p r o x y for J. W.; J a m e s M.

Williams, S. W.
H.ighland No. 296.—Albert J. Anderson, proxy for M., S. W. a n d J. W.
Apollo No. 297.—Arthur F a u t e u x , M., proxy for S. W. a n d J. W.
Samaria No. ;855.—William E . Schermerhorn, S. W., proxy for M. a n d
J. W.
Cable No. 299.—Sebastian S. Lemle, M., p r o x y for J. W.; William
E . N o r m a n , S. W.
Fargo No. SOG.—Roscoe T. Nichols, M., proxy for J. W.; Maurice H .
Flood, S. W.
Albert Pike No. SOS.—Ralph F . Martin, M., p r o x y for S. W.; W a l t e r
E . P o n d , proxy for J. W.
Randall No. SO.^.—Alvin B . Foss, p r o x y for M., S. W. a n d J. W.
Avon Aô. 305.—Cass Jones, S. W., p r o x y for M. a n d J. W.
St. Thomas No. S05.—Arch L. Taylor, M., p r o x y for S. W. a n d J. W.
Kansas No. S 0 7 . — F r a n k H . Clarke, M.; Louis D . Blachly, S. W.;
Carl H . Stenger, J. W .
Alden No. 308.—Andrew M u r p h y , S. W., proxy for M. a n d J. W.
Syracuse No. 309.—George E . Bicknell, S. W., p r o x y for M. a n d J. W.
Naphtali No. 310.—William Sorric, p r o x y for M., S. W. a n d J. W.
Hancock No. S i ^ . — E z r a B . Fuller, M.; A r t h u r W. W h i t e h e a d , S. W . ;
Max PoUner, proxy for J. W.
Santa FeNo. 312.—Virginius L. Bethel, M.; H e n r y J o h n s o n , proxy for
S. W.; Martin M. Williamson, proxy for J. W .
Hebron No. SI4.—Ross H . Wigner, p r o x y for M., S. W. a n d J. W.
Virginia No. 316.—Charles Gastineau, J. W., proxy for M. a n d S. W.
Coolidge No. 316.—Frank Crittehden, M., p r o x j ' for S. W. a n d J. W .
Norcatur No. 317.—Garnett A. Bash, M., p r o x y for S. W. a n d J. W.
Wallace No. 318.—James H . B a r r e t t , M., p r o x y for S. W. a n d J. W.
Norwich No. 319.—Charles E . R h o a d s , S. W., p r o x y for M. a n d J. W .
Goodland No. 321.—John J. K n i g h t , p r o x y for M., S. W. a n d J. W .
Ben Hur No. 322.—Robert E . Coleman, M., p r o x y for S. W. a n d J. W.
Oneida No. 323.—'H.enry H . Guise, M., p r o x y for S. W. a n d J. W.
La Harp No. 325.—Samuel Malcom, M., p r o x y for S. W. a n d J. W;
Horton No. 3:85.—William G. Kelley, S. W., p r o x y for M. a n d J. W.
Hoyt No. 327.—Benjamin B . E r w i n , p r o x y for M. a n d J. W.; J a c o b
H e y m a n , proxy for S.. W.
Gypsum City No. 328.—Cornelius D . Bale, p r o x y for M., S W. a n d
J. W .
Arcadia No. 329.—Lewis H . WUlard, J. W., p r o x y for M. a n d S. W.
Rob Morris No. 332.—Henry J. I m m e r , p r o x y for M. a n d J. W . ;
Daniel W . R a u s h , proxy for S. W.
Rosedale No. SSS.—WUliam S. Smith, M., p r o x y for S. W. a n d J. W .
Formosa No. 336.—Charles F . R a n d a l l , p r o x y for S. W. a n d J. W.
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Frederick No. 337.—Harry E. Chase, M., proxy for S. W.; Samuel

• F. Bethers, J. W.
Kincaid No. 338.—Samuel S. Irwin, M., proxy for S. W. and J. W..
Leoti No. 340.—Louis S- Dickey, M., proxy for S. W. and J. W.
Parker No. S47 .—Stephen A. Polley, M.; Reed Tyler, proxy for S. W.;
William H. Campbell, proxy for J. W.
Maple City No. S4S.—Gaines C. McKee, S. W., proxy for M. and J. W.
Holyrood No. 343.—John H. Minnich, proxy for M. and S. W.; William
Lewis, proxy for J. W.
Ashlar No. 344.—Joseph Kleiner, M., proxy for S. W. and J. W.
Moundridge No. 346.—Henry R. Handke, S. W., proxy for M.; Harry
•L. Durst, J. W. •
Spivey No. 347.—Binest T. Mitchell, M., proxy for S. W. and J. W.
Scammon No. 351.—WiUiam Grady, M., proxy for S. W. and J. W.
Horace No. 35S.—Arthur M. Rochester, M.; Charles E. Landis, S. W.;
George W. Stienbarger, proxy for J. W.
Summerfield No. 354.—John E. Mann, proxy for M.; Leonard H.
Stephens, S. W., proxy for J. W.
Chautauqua No. 355.-—Hugh E. Wright, S. W., proxy for M. and
J. W.
Wellsville No. 356.—Walter A. Lytle, S. W., proxy for M.; Charles
Werntz, J. W.
Alta Vista No. 55^7.—Peter Holman, M.; Lewis G. Gipple, J. W.;
Martin W. Biglin, proxy for S. W.
Turon No. S55.—Eads E. Shive, M.; Harry E. Jones, S. W.; William
H. Hickman, J. W.
Sylvan Grove No. 359.—Sidney E. Lawson, M., proxy for S. W. and
J. W. .
Jennings No. 360.—Samuel F. Groom, S. W., proxy for M. and J. W.
Powhattan No. 383.—-Raymond R. Potter, M.; August F. Johannes,
proxy for S. W.; Thomas J. Fletcher, proxy for J. W.
Baling No. 365.—George P. Mitchell, M., proxy for S. W.; John F.
Mitchell, proxy for J. W.
Owen A. Bassett No. 367.—George S. Moffatt, M., proxy for S. W. and
J. W.
Stohrville No. 368.—William B. Rowe, M., proxy for S. W. and J. W.
Maple Hill No. 370.—Arthur N. Winkler, S. W., proxy for M. and
J. W.
Macksville No. 371.—John C. Wright, proxy for M., S. W. and J. W.
Denison No. 37Z.—Peter R. Gardner, proxy for M., S. W. and J. W.
Dwight No. 374.—William Moore, M.; Louis Olson, proxy for S. W.;
Alfred Soderberg, proxy for J. W,
Delavan No. 375.—William T. Davis, M., proxy for J. W.; Jacob H.
Moore, S. W.
Grand View No. 376.—Clarence E. Smith, M., proxy for S. W. and
J. W.
Waldron No. S77.—Richard Sethman, M., proxy for S. W. and J. W.

Zenda No. S75.^Charles Hiebsoh, M., proxy for J. W.; William
Leslie, proxy for S. W.
White City No. 380.—William E. Gruber, proxy for M., S. W. and J. W.
Grainfield No. 381.—George W. Smith, M., proxy for S. W. and J. W.
Wilsey No. 382.—Charles W. Adams, proxyfor M.; Franklin S. RiegeL
S. W.; 0. Elmer Hanna, proxy for J. W. '
McDonald No. 383.—William A. Pegg, proxy for M., S. W. and J. W.
Piper No. 385.—John W. Blankenship, M., proxy for S. W. and J. W.
Emmett No. 387.—George H. Perry, M., proxy for S. W. and J. W.
Freeport No. 389.—Loftus H. Torrington, M., proxy for S. W. and
J. W.
SUMMARY OF REPORT.
Grand Officers 18
Past Grand Officers.-; • 8
Grand Representatives 37
District Deputy Grand Masters 34
Representatives of lodges 380
Past Masters 198
Total membership of Grand Lodge present 578
Number of lodges represented 300
Number of lodges not represented 88
Total lodges -.388
Fraternally submitted,
FRANK E . DAVIS, JOHN W . NBILSON,
A. SIDNEY CHASE, JOSEPH D . FELL,
CHARLES E . HALL, Committee.
STANDING COMMITTEES.
T h e M.-.W.-. G r a n d Master a n n o u n c e d the following revised

list of c o m m i t t e e s :
On Credentials.— F R A N K B . D A V I S , No. 5, A t c h i s o n ; A. S I D -
N E Y C H A S E , N O . 146, E l l s w o r t h : J O S E P H D . F E L L , N O . 113, Con-
cordia; C H A R L E S E . H A L L , N O . 177, Russell; J O H N W . N E I L S O N ,
No. 113, Concordia.
On Reports of Orand Officers.—CHARLES H . C H A N D L E R , No.
51, T o p e k a ; E D W A R D W . W A Y N A N T , N O . 2, l,eavenworth ; F R E D
H . S T U O K E Y , NO. 303, W i c h i t a .
On Finance and Property.—AUGUSTLTS O . W E L L M A N , N O . 225,
Topeka; P R A N K B . D E M U T H , N O . 146, E l l s w o r t h ; M O S E S H . C O L E ,
No. 206, H a r p e r ; R O B E R T T R E A T P A Y N E , No. 297, E l l i s ; C H A R L E S
N . F O W L E R , No. 146, Ellsworth.
On Jarisprudence.—THOMAS L . B O N D . N O . 60, Salina; D A L L A S
G B O V B R , N O . 298,_residence E l l s w o r t h ; C H A R L E S E . D O B D E L L ,
No. 167, L a r n e d ; d w E N J. W O O D , N O . 225, Topeka.
On Chartered Lodges and Lodges U. Z ) . — H A R R Y E . B E S T ,
No. 16, M a n h a t t a n ; E A R L Y W . P O I N D E X T E B , No. 17, residence
K a n s a s C i t y ; S A D I J I E B J. H O D G I N S , N O . 225, Topeka.
On Correspondence.— M A T T H E W M . M I L L E R , N O . 134, resi-
dence Topeka.
On Necrology.—ELBICK C . COLE, N O . 15, Great Bend
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GRAND MASTER'S ADDRESS.
M.-.W.-. F R E D WASHBON delivered the following a d d r e s s :

Brethren of the Grand Lodge:
It is with a sense both of regret and relief that this report is
submitted of official acts during the past year; regret that more has
not been accomplished, and relief in that the hour is near at hand
when the work will be finished, and the gavel surrendered into other
and worthier hands. Honors are not without their burdens and,
while very much of personal pleasure and gratification has been
found in the work, and while a full appreciation is acknowledged
of the high honor conferred and the manifold courtesies everywhere
extended by the Craft, it is still with an intense feeling of relief
that your Grand Master contemplates the end of his term of admin-
istration of this high office, and the placing of its cares, anxieties
and responsibilities upon other shoulders.
The year has been one of general material prosperity through-
out the Grand Jurisdiction; a great agricultural commonwealth, it
has been blest with bountiful crops and highly remunerative prices
and, as a result, the people have been, and are, prosperous, happy
and contented. Such conditions are very naturally propitious for
the growth and development of the Craft. The annual returns
from the constituent lodges show a net gain in membership in 1909,
of 1,585, being 19 less than in 1908, and 119 less than in 1907,
which was the largest net increase ever recorded in the history of
Grand Lodge. With no further investigation of the facts, these
figures would indicate a waning of interest and enthusiasm, but the
returns further disclose that the loss in net gain did not result
from a diminution of the amount of work done in the lodges, but
rather from an increased, number of deaths and decreased number
admitted. The number raised in 1909 was 2,395, being an increase
over 1908 of 153, and the largest number raised in any one year
in the history of Grand Lodge. And while we stop for a moment
to contemplate with sorrow the passing of those of our brethren
•who have run the race and entered into their reward, may we also
be gladdened with the thought that, while the aged oak is tottering
to its fall, the sapling springs forth with new energy of life to
take its place, and that a glorious perpetuity for our beloved Order
is assured.
NEW LODGES CONSTITUTED.
Charters were granted to ten lodges at the last Annual Com-

munication of Grand Lodge. The charters have been duly issued
and the lodges duly constituted, as will more fully appear from the
report of the Grand Secretary.
22 PnOCEBDINOS OF THE February,
LODGES UNDER DISPENSATION.

Only two dispensations have been issued during the year for
the opening of new lodges. Details will be shown by the report of
the Grand Secretary.
A word of special commendation is due to the officers of Mar-
quette Lodge U. D.. for the zeal, earnestness and ability displayed
in the work. Fifty-six communications were held and twenty-nine
candidates raised.
CORNER-STONES.
During the year corner-stones were laid by your Grand Master,
as follows:
Episcopal Church at Oberlin, Kansas, on May 24, 1909.
Court House at Pratt, Kansas, on October 23, 1909.
Dispensations and commissions were issued to Special Deputy
Grand Masters to convene lodges and lay corner-stones as follows:
April 3, 1909, to W.'.CHARLES E . TALLEY, to convene Webb
Lodge No. 275, and lay comer-stone of First Christian Church at
Fowler, Kansas.
April 12, 1909, to W.'.JOSEPH A. WELLS, to convene Thayer
Lodge No. 149, and lay corner-stone of High School Building at
Thayer, Kansas.
May 6, 1909, to W.'.ARTHUR J. STANLEY, to convene Lincoln
Lodge No. 154, and lay corner-stone of Lincoln Memorial Monu-
ment a t Lincoln, Kansas.
May 24, 1909, to M.'.W.'.WILLIAM M. SHAVER, to convene
Smithton Lodge No. 1, and lay corner-stone of the Highland Uni-
versity Building a t Highland, Kansas.
June 25, 1909, to M.'.W.'.JOHN C . POSTLETHWAITE, to convene
Jewell Lodge No. 11, and lay corner-stone of Public School Build-
ing a t Jewell .City, Kansas.
June 28, 1909, to R.'.W.'.PERRY BRUNSTETTER, to convene Oska-
loosa Lodge No. 14, and lay corner-stone of M. E. Church Building
a t Oskaloosa, Kansas.
September 12, 1909, to W.'.JOHN C. SCHMIDT, to convene Wyan-
dotte Lodge No. 3, and lay comer-stone of the Christian Church
Building a t Kansas City, Kansas.
OFFICIAL VISITS.
The only real persona! disappointment of your Grand Master,
in connection with his incumbency of the office, was an almost abso-
lute failure to realize anticipations in the matter of visiting lodges;
but it was found that, if the executive office work and corre-
spondence were to be given prompt and considerate attention, he
would be compelled to spend most of his time a t home; and that
was considered a first and imperative duty. Twelve lodges were
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officially visited, and the personal courtesy and kindness extended,

and the uniform respect displayed for the office of Grand Master
in every instance, while imparting much pleasure and gratification,
only augmented the personal feeling of regret that it seemed impos-
sible to increase the number of such visits, and to spend more time
in fraternal intercourse with the brethren.
SPECIAL DISPENSATIONS.
During the year eighty-seven special dispensations have been
granted, fifty of which have been to confer degrees without regard
to time, sixteen for the election of officers to fill vacancies, eight
for the laying of corner-stones, eleven for the holding of annual
elections other than on the date of the regular annual meeting, one
to ballot on petition for restoration without regard to time, and
one to hold special communication, for work outside of lodge juris-
diction.
The usual fees were exacted and paid for forty-nine of such
special dispensations to confer degrees without r e g a r d . to time,
aggregating the amount of $245.00, which sum has been paid to
the Grand Secretary.
Application was made by Newton Lodge No. 142, accompanied
by the request and personal check for the fee, of M.'.W.'. PERRY
M. HoiSlNGTON, to confer the third degree on his son, Bro. GREGORY
HoiSlNGTON, without regard to time; and in granting this special
dispensation your Grand Master exercised his prerogative to waive
the fee, and returned the check to M.'.W.'.Bro. HOISINGTON, with
the suggestion that his many years of most valuable service to the
Craft in Kansas entitled him to any favor he might request, and
that without fee.
Several applications were made for special dispensations to
receive and ballot on petitions for initiation without regard to time,
_ all of which were declined, as the circumstances and reasons
assigned did not justify, if in fact any reason can justify, the cur-
tailing of the safeguards wisely thrown around the selective process
of electing members of the Craft.
In connection with this topic, a report is submitted of facts
surrounding the refusal of certain special dispensations requested
by the Masters of Albert Pike Lodge No. 303 and Wichita Lodge
No. 99. An understanding of the situation may be had from a
communication addressed to the Master of Albert Pike Lodge, refer-
ring to the conferring of the Master Mason's degree on six candi-
dates, a similar communication having been addressed to the Master
of Wichita Lodge No. 99, in relation to two candidates v/ho received
their Master Mason's degree under the same circumstances. Such
communication is as follows:
24. PROCEEDINGS OF TUB February,
"Dear Brother:
"On my return to the State, after a three weeks' absence dur-
ing the month of November, application was made on your part as
Master, for special dispensations, to be issued as of an earlier date,
to cover the act during such absence, of Albert Pike Lodge in
conferring the Master Mason's degree upon six candidates without
regard to time. The reason assigned for conferring these degrees,
was that the candidates be made Master Masons in time to petition,
and receive the Scottish Rite degrees with a certain class in Wichita
Consistory.
"The present Grand Master has been very lenient in the grant-
ing of this class of dispensations, and had the case been an ordinary
one, notwithstanding the fact t h a t the lodge assumed to act without
authority, the dispensations would undoubtedly have been granted;
but the reason assigned was,- in itself, sufficient to force the Grand
Master to deny the request and to refuse to issue them.
"The Grand Master fully understands and appreciates that
there are mitigating circumstances surrounding this violation of
the law, and' it is his intention, therefore, to be as lenient as
possible in the matter; but necessity compels some action, and,
however much he may regret the necessity for addressing you in
connection with the occurrence, he feels the situation demands that
something in the nature of a reprimand be administered, through
you, to Albert Pike Lodge No. 303.
"The Grand Master has always entertained strong and fixed
opinions as to the propriety of hustling new-made Master Masons
into so-called higher, or coordinate, bodies of Masonry; that, it is
derogatory to the dignity of Symbolic Masonry to make, or attempt
to make, of it a stepping stone for other so-called higher bodies of
Masonry; that such coordinate organizations should exist only for
the purpose of gathering together in a closer union those members
of the Symbolic Rite who, by their zeal and ability, have qualified
themselves with a knowledge of Symbolic Masonry sufficient to
constitute them masonically fit for such closer union and associa-
tion ; and the Grand Master feels that to grant special dispensa-
tions, permitting candidates to become Master Masons without
regard to time that they may be permitted to receive other degrees
of Masonry before they know enough about Symbolic Masonry to
be able to visit a lodge, would be creating a precedent that, in itself,
would work irreparable injury to the Craft.
"The brethren who received their Master's degree. under the
above conditions are without blame, but the Grand Master feels
it his duty to place the stamp of disapproval upon such proceedings,
and as a guard against such occurrences in the future.
" I t is hereby ordered that this communication be read at the
next stated" communication of Albert Pike Lodge No. 303; that the
same be spread at length on the records of your lodge, and that,
when this order is complied with, the Grand Master be formally
notified of the fact."
GRAND CHAPLAIN.
On the 10th day of October, 1909, a communication was
received from Bro. CHARLES H . ROGERS, Grand Chaplain, stating that
he had removed from this Grand Jurisdiction, had taken up his
permanent residence in Houston, Texas, and tendering his resigna-
tion as an officer of this Grand Body. I t was with extreme regret
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that such resignation was, of necessity, accepted and the official

connection of our beloved brother thus severed with the Grand
Lodge. But, while we have him.no longer with us, the memory of
his splendid presence in the past will still remain; and may he,
in his new home and work, receive the bountiful measure of
happiness and success which he so richly deserves.
The vacancy thus created was filled by the appointment of
Bro. JOHN R . EDWARDS, and soon thereafter, at a communication of '
Anthony Lodge No. 200, Bro. EDWARDS was, by your Grand Master,
duly installed Grand Chaplain of the M.".W.'.Grand Lodge.
GRAND TREASURER.
The first impulse of your Grand Master, in connection with

the facts to be reported under the above topic, was to pass the
subject in silence; but on mature consideration it was determined
that no matter how unpleasant and distressing the recital might be,
the Graft was entitled to the information.
On the 13th day of September information was received that
ALBERT SARBACH, Grand Treasurer, had been found dead in a hotel
in Kansas City. The facts surrounding the death were of such a
nature that, irresistibly, a suspicion was aroused that tha funds
of the Grand Lodge were impaired. Immediate investigation was
instituted by wire, and it was learned that there were no funds in
the banks where they had been formerly deposited. A meeting of
the Council of Administration was called to meet in Topeka on the
following Saturday, and your Grand Master went inimediately to
Holton, the home of the Grand Treasurer, for the purpose of mak-
ing personal investigation of the situation. It was then discovered
that the entire funds of the Grand Lodge, amounting to something
over sixteen thousand dollars, had been dissipated; that there was
not a dollar available for current expenses, and that there was
little hope that any.material p a r t of the claim could be recovered
from the estate of the deceased.
The facts were duly reported to the Council of Administration
a t its meeting in Topeka on the following day. Very fortunately
the Grand Lodge held a surety bond issued by the Fidelity &
Deposit Company of Baltimore, Maryland, which fully covered the
amount of the defalcation. With the assistance of the Grand Sec-
retary, whose splendid system of keeping the accounts proved of
inestimable value in this lamentable crisis, a statement of the
amount of loss, notice of claim, etc., were prepared and transmitted
to the Surety Company at its home office in Baltimore.
The Grand Lodge was without funds, and immediate necessity
was apparent for the appointment and installation of a new Grand
Treasurer, and the procuring of sufficient money to pay current
expenses. The long, efficient and faithful service of R.".W.".Bro.
WILLIAM FRANK MARCH in Grand Lodge, his sterling and unim-
26 PROCEEUINGS OP TBB February,
peachable character and reputation in the business world, and his

position as chairman of the Committee on Finance and Property,
designated him as the man for the place. He was therefore sum-
moned from his home in Lawrence and tendered the position of
Grand Treasurer, and, upon his accepting the appointment, a
special meeting of Orient Lodge No. 51, of Topeka, was called for
the purpose, and in the presence of the Council of Administration,
he was duly installed Grand Treasurer of the M.'.W.'.Grand Lodge
of A. F . & A. M. of Kansas. Arrangements were then concluded
with R.'.W.'.Bro. IVIARCH, to borrow from his banking house in
Lawrence a sufficient amount of money to pay the maturing bills
until a settlement should be obtained with the Surety Company,
or until the annual dues should come in from the lodges in Janu-
ary.
On receipt of notice of claim by the Surety Company, the presi-
dent notified your Grand Master by wire, that a special represent-
ative of the Company would leave Baltimore within forty-eight
hours for Kansas, to investigate and adjust the claim. The special
representative, Mr. W. B. .ATHEY, arrived in due season, and his
careful and experienced investigation of the situation in detail,
confirmed the deductions made from the cursory investigation of
your Grand Master, and the amount of the liability of the Surety
Company was determined in the sum of $16,358.99; and upon
receipt of the report of Mr. ATHEY, advice was received from the
president of the Surety Company that liability to that amount
was admitted; that payment would be made as soon as certain
legal steps could be taken to prove the claim against the estate of
the deceased, and the Company be. subrogated to the rights of the
Grand Lodge in the premises. After the usual plethora of delay-
on the part of the lawyers, and on the 30th day of December, full
payment was made by the Surety Company.
It is felt that special mention should be made of the absolute
fairness of the Fidelity & Deposit Company of Baltimore, in adjust-
ing the above claim, and that special acknowledgment should be
made of the extreme courtesy and consideration of the special
representative, Mr. W. B. ATHEY, in his investigation and deter-
mination of the facts upon which the settlement v/as based. The
utter absence of anything in the nature of quibble or technical
objection obviated a great amount of anxiety on the part of the
Grand Officers in the adjustment of the purely material part of a
most calamitous happening in the annals of Grand Lodge.
ENTERPRISE LODGE.
Early in the year information was received from the Grand
Secretary that Enterprise Lodge No. 358, located at Enterprise, had
failed to report an election of officers at the close of the year 1908,
and that repeated letters to the former officers of the- lodge
remained unanswered. The letters of your Gra.^d ' Master were
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equally unavailing, and R.'.W.'.Bro. MYRON E . CALKINS, District

Deputy Grand Master, was directed to visit the lodge and report
its condition. After several trips Bro. CALKINS finally succeeded,
on the 14th day of October, in gathering a sufficient number of
the brethren together to take action; and, upon due consideration,
the brethren then assembled, expressing their inability to maintain
the lodge, requested that the charter be arrested; and thereupon,
and on the same day, your Grand Master being advised of the
situation by telephone, the District Deputy was directed to arrest
the charter, which was done.
The property of the lodge, of any value, was delivered to the
District Deputy and by him forwarded, together with the charter,
to the Grand Secretary. The property consisted of records, para-
phernalia, and $66.64 in cash.
The situation at Enterprise, with utter lack of interest on the
part of the local members, their unwillingness to make the neces-
sary sacrifice of time and energy to maintain a lodge, notwith-
standing their apparent ability to do so, holds no promise that the
lodge, if continued, would prove a credit to the Craft.
It is therefore recommended that the charter be revoked.
DECISIONS.
The usual large number of questions have been submitted dur-
ing the year relating to the law. Practically all have been
answered by reference to the particular section or sections of the
Constitution and By-Laws involved. Two matters only are con-
sidered of sufficient moment to be reported for action by Grand
Lodge.
A question of territorial jurisdiction over candidates was raised
by one lodge making demand upon another for the fees received
by the latter for conferring the degrees on a candidate who it
was claimed resided in the territorial jurisdiction ox the former.
The facts as admitted showed that the candidate resided m tno
territorial jurisdiction of the lodge making the demand, but the
petition was received, referred, and the candidate elected during
the time intervening after the return of the letters of dispensation
and the granting of a charter to the lodge making the claim.
Held: That when letters of dispensation are issued to a new
lodge, and during the continuance of such letters, such lodge U. D.
holds absolute territorial jurisdiction under the same rules and to
the same extent as a chartered lodge; but that upon the expiration
of such letters, all power or rights under the same cease, and the
territorial jurisdiction so held reverts to the chartered lodges from
which it was originally taken, and t h a t such chartered lodges hold
the same absolutely until the new lodge is chartered and consti-
tuted; and that, as to a petitioner whose petition is received,
referred, and who is elected by such a chartered lodge after the
expiration of such letters and before the new lodge is chartered

and constituted, absolute and perpetual jurisdiction is vested in
such chartered lodge.
The second proposition arises from the circumstances that in
one of our lodges a candidate, in due form at the altar, refused to
be obligated in the name of GOD, and demanded that he be per-
mitted to affirm.
Held: That a man, to be made a Mason, must be obligated
in exact conformity to the established ritual; that such obligation
must be fortified by the belief of the candidate in Deity; that he
cannot be permitted to affirm, but must take his obligations in the
name of GOD.
FOREIGN RELATIONS.
Considerable correspondence has been had during the year with
the Grand Masters of other Grand Jurisdictions, consisting in a
great measure of requests for the conferring of degrees as an act
of courtesy. Nothing of a disagreeable nature has arisen in such
correspondence, and the. relations at this time are of the most
cordial and friendly n a t u r e between this Grand Lodge and all Grand
Lodges with which it is in fraternal correspondence.
On the first and second days of June, 1909, a memorable
masonic gathering was held at Philadelphia, the same having been
convened by R.'.W.'.GEORGE B . 0RL.4DY, Grand Master of Masons
of Pennsylvania. Grand Master OKLADY, conceiving that it would be
of benefit to the Craft at large, arranged to invite all of the
active Grand Masters east of the Mississippi River to meet as his
guests, for the purpose of a conference touching the laws and
customs of the various Grand Jurisdictions bearing upon inter-
jurisdictional relations. A bound volume containing all of the
proceedings of such conference was received by your Grand Master.
Subsequently a similar conference was called of all the active
Grand Masters in the United States, by M.'.W.'.THOMAS J. SHRY-
OCK, Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of Maryland^ to be held on
the 16th and 17th days of November, 1909, at the city of Baltimore.
It was the special and extraordinary pleasure of your Grand
Master, in company with M.'.W.'.EDWARD W . WELLINGTON, Past
Grand Master, to represent Kansas at the Baltimore meeting. The
Grand Masters of t h e following Grand Jurisdictions were present,
to-wit: California, • District of Columbia, Connecticut, Delaware,
Georgia, Illinois, Kansas, Kentucky, Maine, Massachusetts, Michi-
gan, Missouri, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, South
Carolina, North Dakota, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island,
Vermont, Virginia, West Virginia, Oregon and Maryland.
Little, if anything, was accomplished in detail at the Baltimore
conference, except to endorse the recommendations made by the
Philadelphia conference, and to declare in a certain and unequivo-
cal m a n n e r t h e absolute lack of i n t e n t i o n t h a t such t o n f e r e n c e s

should lead t o a n y t h i n g in t h e w a y of a g e n e r a l g o v e r n i n g m a s o n i c
body. T h e delightfully s t r e n u o u s h o s p i t a l i t y of t h e b r e t h r e n of
B a l t i m o r e , a n d t h e i r p r o g r a m of e n t e r t a i n m e n t f o r t h e visitors, so
occupied t h e t i m e t h a t w o r k i n d e t a i l u p o n t h e questions of i n t e r -
j u r i s d i c t i o n a l l a w a n d p r a c t i c e f o u n d little t i m e f o r c o n s i d e r a t i o n ;
however, i t w a s u n a n i m o u s l y a g r e e d t h a t t h e G r a n d M a s t e r s
p r e s e n t should recommend to t h e i r G r a n d Lodges t h e adoption into
t h e i r l a w s of t h e r e c o m m e n d a t i o n s of t h e P h i l a d e l p h i a conference,
which a r e a s follows, t o - w i t :
" T h e n a m e of t h e p e t i t i o n e r should b e subscribed in full to t h e
petition.
" T h e d a t e a n d place of t h e b i r t h of t h e p e t i t i o n e r should b e
given in t h e petition.
" T h e occupation of t h e p e t i t i o n e r should be d e s i g n a t e d in t h e
petition .specifically a n d in detail, both w i t h r e l a t i o n t o himself a n d
his employer, if a n y .
" W h e r e t h e p e t i t i o n e r resides in a city h a v i n g s t r e e t s t h a t a r e
n a m e d a n d h o u s e s t h a t a r e n u m b e r e d , h e should s t a t e in his p e t i -
tion t h e n a m e of t h e s t r e e t a n d t h e n u m b e r of h i s house.
" A p e t i t i o n to be m a d e a Mason should s t a t e t h a t t h e p e t i t i o n e r
h a s n e v e r before petitioned a lodge of M a s o n s t o be m a d e a Mason,
or in cases w h e r e t h e p e t i t i o n e r h a s before petitioned t o be m a a e a
Mason h e should s t a t e t h e n a m e , n u m b e r , location a n d j u r i s d i c t i o n
of t h e lodge previously petitioned, a n d t h e d a t e a s n e a r a s m a y b e ,
of such p e t i t i o n .
" A p e t i t i o n e r should h a v e resided w i t h i n t h e j u r i s d i c t i o n of t h e
G r a n d Lodge for one y e a r , t h a t i s , h a v e h a d legal residence t h e r e
for one y e a r .
" W h e n application is m a d e b y a p e t i t i o n e r whose legal r e s i -
dence is in a n o t h e r j u r i s d i c t i o n , which b y i t s l a w s claims t h e
p e t i t i o n e r a s i t s m a t e r i a l , a w a i v e r of j u r i s d i c t i o n should b e
r e q u e s t e d from t h e l a s t n a m e d j u r i s d i c t i o n .
" T h e f o r m of ' R e n u n c i a t i o n ' u s e d in P e n n s y l v a n i a should b e
r e q u i r e d f r o m p e t i t i o n e r s who h a v e been identified w i t h clandestine
bodies a s follows:
"KENUNCIA'rlON.
"No
"KNOW ALL MEN BY T H E S E PRESENTS : That I
a citizen of Pennsylvania, age years,
occupation residence ,
Pennsylvania, aver and declare on my personal honor, that on the
day of , 1 9 . . . . , I became identified with an
association of alleged Freemasons, known as under a mis-
understanding as to its constitution and authority in this Commonwealth;
and a subsequent investigation has convinced me that it is a clandestine
body, without lawful authority to confer any of the degrees of Free and
Accepted or Ancient York Masonry in Pennsylvania. Therefore, I hereby, of
my own tree will and accord, and with full knowledge of the consequences
of my act, freely, solemnly and sincerely renounce all obligation and allegiance
to said unlawful and clandestine association, and I further avow and declare
that I will not in any manner, directly or indirectly, have or hold any Inter-
course or afflliation of any character with said clandestine association.
"On t h e . . day of 19 I give
notice in' writing, to the officers of said association that I have permanently
severed all relations and aflillation therewith and allegiance thereunto.
(Name in full)
Signed in the presence of
"No petition to be made a Mason should be re:'.eived from one

previously rejected in another Grand Jurisdiction, within five years
after such rejection, until the rejecting lodge has by unanimous
ballot waived its claim of jurisdiction.
"All intra-jurisdictional communications should be sent through
the offices of the Grand Masters."
Many of the above recommendations are in practical accord
with our law, and it is recommended that where material conflict
exists the law of Kansas be made to conform to such recommenda-
tions.
The following resolution was unanimously adopted by the
Baltimore conference, and expresses the unquestioned sentiment
of every Grand Master present:
"It is unanimously declared that neither the conference at
Philadelphia nor this present conference was called with any hope
or expectation or desire to suggest or foster the organization of a
National Grand Lodge, or a Supreme Grand Lodge, or any Grand
Lodge or Grand Body whatsoever.
"The sole purpose of the Philadelphia conference, and of this
conference; is to cultivate closer fraternal relations among our
several Grand Lodges and all of the Masons of oui- great country,
and to recommend to our respective Grand Lodges such slight
modifications of our existing laws as may be desirable or needful
in facilitating our inter-state correspondence and in avoiding all
cause of irritation or misunderstanding.
"No one at Philadelphia proposed to form any National or
Supreme Grand Lodge, and no one here desires it. We regret
it as unfortunate that any Mason in this country should have
apprehended that there was or is any purpose, either covert or
avowed, to encourage or countenance the idea of such a National
or Supreme Grand Lodge.
"Any advocate of the idea of forming a National or Supreme
Grand Lodge is acting wholly upon his own initiative and respon-
sibility, and received no warrant for his views a t the Philadelphia
conference, nor here.
"We feel that it is due to us and to the sovereign Grand Lodges
represented by us, t h a t we thus avow our purpo^de and position.
We have no desire to see a National or Supreme Grand Lodge of
Ancient Craft Masonry in this country. It could serve no useful
purpose and such an idea has no friend or supporter here."
DISSEMINATION OP T H E RITUAL.
One year ago, by final action of Grand Lodge, the Custodian
system of disseminating the work was abolished, and as a tempor-
ary expedient the work was placed directly under the control of
the Grand Master, and By-Laws Nos. 42, 44, and 57 were amended
to carry such action into effect. It was then considered that a
year of experience and observation under the new conditions
would probably render it possible a t this time to recommend a per-
manent rule of action in the premises.
The year has passed, and while little, if anything, has been
done in the line of actual instruction of lodges, the opportunity to
study the situation has demonstrated that the work can be most
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efficiently accomplished by continuing the present system, with a

few changes.
It may be observed that, generally, lodges are not seeking
instruction. Only one lodge has requested an instructor during the
year; and if instruction,is imparted only when requested, there will
be little work for Lecturers, and that, to a great extent, in lodges
where instruction is least required. The lodges which are luke-
warm, indifferent, negligent and ignorant of the ritual, are the
last to call for assistance and instruction. It therefore becomes
necessary, in a great measure, to make the system compulsory.
Under the present law it is doubtful whether the Grand Master has
authority to compel a lodge to receive and pay an instructor;
definite authority only existing to the extent that "the Grand Master
shall send a competent Lecturer to any lodge applying to him for
instruction," with the somewhat indefinite authority that "he may
adopt such other methods of instruction as he may consider most
effective in disseminating the work."
It is, therefore, recommended that By-Law No. 44 be amended
in such manner as to give the Grand Master specific authority to
send a Lecturer to any lodge which he may determine requires
instruction.
Notwithstanding the fact that only one application has been
made for instruction, the reports of the District Deputy Grand
Masters received during the year set forth the fact that about forty
of the lodges need instruction.
Owing to the apparent impossibility to obtain the reports of the
District Deputies early in the year, the information as to the needs
of these lodges, except in a very few instances, was received too late
to take any definite action toward providing the required Lecturers;
and as to the exceptions, correspondence developed the utmost
repugnance and unwillingness on the part of the officers to receive
and pay an instructor. It was therefore determined that the entire
matter be referred to Grand Lodge with the above recommenda-
tions; and if the same shall be approved, the incoming Grand
Master will be furnished with a full report of the information in
this connection received from the District Deputies this year, upon
which he may immediately proceed to the organization of a com-
petent corps of Lecturers, and through them, to the all-important
work of the needed instruction of lodges in the esoteric work. The
one Lodge that applied for instruction during the year was Nor--
catur Lodge No. 317, and W.'.Brother CHARLES L . BRAMWELL was
duly commissioned, and in a very capable and efficient manner, in-
structed the officers and brethren of this Lodge.
OFFICIAL CIPHER.
In providing for the issuance of an official cipher this Grand
Lodge took a very advanced step, but notwithstanding the torrent
of criticism which the action has been subjected to on the part of
32 PROCBEDIUGS OF THE February,
other Grand Jurisdictions, the results have fully justified the wis-
dom of the law.
The thoroughly cosmopolitan population-of Kansas, attracted
to this great commonwealth from every State in the Union and
from foreign lands, bringing with them tîe varied customs and
manners peculiar to the localities in which they were reared and
educated, produced a condition in our masonic lodges which could
not be understood or appreciated by the older Grand Jurisdictions.
• More than half of our lodges have been chartered in the last
quarter of a century by Master Masons who, in a very great
majority of instances, received their masonic degrees and Imowledge
of the ritual in other Grand Jurisdictions. The condition existing
before the official cipher was promulgated was made thoroiighly
apparent by the reports of the District Deputy Grand Masters, made
of their first official visits to the lodges in 1904. I t was then a
startling exception, rather than the rule, to receive report of a
lodge t h a t was even substantially following the established ritual
of Kansas. The work of nearly every Grand Jurisdiction in the
United States could be heard, at least in part, in our lodges, and
in most of them' the work was not that of Kansas or any other
jurisdiction, but a conglomerate mixture compounded from some
half dozen or more Grand Jurisdictions, in which the officers of the
particular lodge had originally been instructed. After five years'
use of the official cipher, the reports of the District Deputies show
that it is the exception, rather than the rule, that lodges are
using anything other than the established work, and in this most
important particular it is the opinion of your Grand Master that
the official cipher has accomplished more in five years than could
have been accomplished in a half century under the old system.
/ While we may, therefore, congratulate ourselves upon many
advantages that have accrued from the use of the official cipher,
and while we would not now do without it, we must use every
effort to minimize the disadvantages which have been so freely
prophesied, and which, in fact, will materialize unless the most,
stringent rules are made and enforced to prevent the loss of the
cipher books, and to assure the absolute control of Grand Lodge
over them.
Standing Regulation No. 25, among other things, provides in
substance for a penalty of $20.00 to be paid by a lodge if it fails
' to present a cipher charged to it, when called for by the Grand
Secretary or a District Deputy Grand Master, or furnish satisfac-
tory evidence that it has been destroyed.
The provision that satisfactory evidence of destruction shall
avoid the penalty has developed a most vexatious situation, making
it possible for any brother to obtain and keep secret possession of a
cipher who will make an affidavit t h a t the same has been destroyed;
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and it is a known and most regrettable fact that such instances

already exist.
While it may seem harsh to exact the penalty when in fact the
missing cipher has been destroyed, yet the brethren should be
must, at least, be the result of carelessness, for which a penalty
brought to a realizing sense of the absolute importance of the pres-
ervation of these ciphers, and that if same are lost or destroyed, it
should be inflicted.
It is therefore recommended that Standing Regulation No. 25
be amended so that it will inflict the penalty prescribed in any
event, on failure to produce a cipher; and declaring the secret pos-
session of a cipher by a brother, after same has been accounted for
to the Grand Secretary as lost or destroyed, to be an offense against
the Body of Masonry and punishable by expulsion.
DISTRICT DEPUTY GRAND MASTERS.
The experience of another year has but added its weight of

cumulative evidence of the value of the systein. If only every
District Deputy Grand Master could be as active and faithful, as
earnest and tactful as a few of the best, it would. be all but im-
possible to estimate the measure of usefulness the service would be
to the Craft. The difficulty lies in finding brethren for the positions
who are able and willing to make the .personal sacrifice of time and
energy necessary to perform the duties in such a manner as to
reach the highest limit of accomplishment. It is not intended -here
to complain or find fault, and while the invaluable assistance of the
District Deputies to the administration of your Grand Master is
most thoroughly appreciated and cheerfully acknowledged, the gen-
eral results are still very far short of what they might have been,
or what we may hope to attain in the future.
During the year official visits have been made and reported to
300 of the 390 lodges—a slight increase over 1908, when 267 lodges
were inspected. All lodges were inspected in 31 of the 53 districts,
numbered as follows: 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 8, 12, 14, 15, 16, 17, 20, 21, 22,
23, 24, 25, 28, 29, 31, 33, 37, 40, 41, 42, 43, 46, 47, 49, 51 and 53.
All but one in Districts numbered 5, 13, 26, 44 and 52, and none
in Districts numbered 34, 38, 48 and 50.
In this hour it is not possible to pay to each individual who
has faithfully wrought in this field his due measure of praise, but
it is indeed a pleasure to take advantage of this opportunity to
accord to the District Deputy Grand Masters the credit for no
inconsiderable part of the progress made during the year.
TAXATION.
The suits involving the question of exemption of Grand

Lodge and Masonic Home property from taxation, reported as
pending one year ago, have been decided by the Supreme Court.
The property of the Masonic Home was held to be exempt, but

Grand Lodge property must share the common burden of taxation.
This decision also doubtless settles the question as it relates to the
property of constituent lodges as well, and constitutes all lodge property
subject to taxation.
Many of us held a different view as to the construction that
should be placed on the constitutional and statutory law of Kan-
sas as relating to the subject; but holding in remembrance those
cardinal teachings of Masonry that we should be loyal to the Gk)v-
ernment under which we live an4 cheerfully submit to legal author-
ity; and holding to the higher and broader conception of charity
and benevolence taught by the Masonic Institution, let us cheerfully-
contribute through the payment of taxes to the maintenance of the
state, and be thankful that under the bountiful material dispensa-
tions of Providence we are, as an institution, amply able to bear
such added burden.
MASONIC HOME.
The annual meeting of the Board of Directors of the Kansas

Masonic Home was held a f t h e Home in Wichita, January 25, 1910.
The inspection of the property and the reports of the various offi-
cers disclosed highly satisfactory conditions surrounding the busi-
ness administration of the affairs of the Home. ^
During the year cash was received from all sources in the
sum of $27,201.28, and expended for. all purposes in the sum of
$23,824.31. The cash on hand December 31, 1908, was $3,723.42,
and on the same date in 1909 was $7,100.39.
The actual cost for the maintenance of the Home and family
for the year 1907 was $9,474.47; for 1908, $10,848.99, and for 1909,
$12,761.58. The average number in the family during the years
was: 71 in 1907, 76 in 1908, and 79 in 1909; and from these figures
it appears that the per capita cost of maintenance of the family was
$133.44 in 1907, $142.75 in 1908 and $161.54 in 1909. This increase
was occasioned by added expense of heat, labor, etc., in° caring for
the property as enlarged by the splendid addition erected last year,
together with the continued increase in cost of all articles of food
and clothing used. From a careful analysis of the conditions, it
will be found a special matter of congratulation that the increased
per capita cost was not much greater than shown a.^. above. There
is, however, no cause to fear that the increased cost of maintenance
will exceed the revenue assured. The Home, as now constructed,
will accommodate the probable increase of the membership for
several years to come, and the fixed charges will not materially
increase. The receipts from Grand Lodge, Grand Chapter 0 . E. S.,
and interest for 1909 was $19,660.52, leaving an actual margin over
the expense of maintenance of $6,898.99, so that with the increase
of membership in constituent lodges and chapters O. E. S. and the
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growing endowment fund, there seems no probability that the

expense of maintaining the Home will ever exceed the revenue.
The report of the Superintendent shows the number of mem-
bers January 1, 1909, to have been 74, and J a n u a r y 1, 1910, 87.
Upon recommendation of the Superintendent, five members of
the family were formally discharged by the Board of Directors at
its recent meeting, leaving a present membership of 82, aU amply
provided with the necessities and comforts and many of the luxuries
of life, and all apparently happy and thankful for the splendid
beneficence of this, the most distinctive epitome of masonic charity
and brotherhood in Kansas.
CONCLUSION.
The year's work, being finished, is now submitted for your con-
sideration. If in aught it shall be found worthy of your approval,
the credit is due to the unfailing support which the Craft in general,
and the associate officers in particular, have on all occasions so
loyally accorded to the administration. It is with deep and heart-
felt gratitude that your Grand Master here makes most sincere
and thankful acknowledgment of all the many kindnesses and
courtesies showered upon him personally, not only during the clos-
ing year, but in all the years of his official connection with the
Grand Lodge. In a few hours his official career will be ended;
and, while it has been fraught with many cares, anxieties and
vexations, all sink into utter insignificance as memory contemplates
the many happy hours spent in the work with those who, by such
association, have become true and tried friends of a lifetime; and
the crowning glory is in the thought that, with the passing of the
dignity of power and place, these splendid masonic friendships will
continue down the coming years, a priceless jewel of pleasure and
happiness, even unto the end.
F R E D WASHBON,
Grand Master.
36 PROCEEDINGS OF TBE February,
GRAND TEEASUBER'S REPORT.

E.-.W.-.WILLIAM FRANK MARCH, Grand Treasurer, presented
t b e following r e p o r t :
To the M.:W.\ Grand Lodge of A. F. & A. M. of Kansas:

The following report of t h e late A L B E R T S A R B A O H , Grand
T r e a s u r e r from F e b u r a r y 18, 1909, to September 11, 1909, prepared
by A L B E R T K . W I L S O N , Grand Secretary, is herewith s u b m i t t e d :
A L B E R T S A R B A O H , Grand Treasurer,
In account with the M.-. W.'. G R A N D L O D G E O F K A N S A S :
GENERAL FUND.
X90g_ Meceipts.
Feb. 18.—Balance cash on h a n d $36,058 64
Feb. 23.— Received from Grand Secretary 610 90
Apr. 9.— Received from Grand Secretary 20 00
Apr. 17.— Received from Grand' Secretary 4 00
May 1.— Received from Grand Secretary 20 00
May 25.— Received from G r a n d S e c r e t a r y . . . . . 34 00
Total .$36,853 64
OHABITY FUND.
-I ana Seceipts.
Feb. 18.— Balance cash on h a n d $ 4,824 75
Sept. 11.—Transferred ten per cent, of General F u n d
receipts.. • 58 20
Total $ 4,882 95
GENERAL FUND."
Disbursements.
W a r r a n t s issued as shown by Grand Secretary's report, a n d
paid since F e b r u a r y 18, 1909:
1909. W a r r a n t s N o s . 1 to 160 inclusive, except
Nos. 21. 127, 146 and 160 , $24,774 30
Paid a c c o u n t Grand Secretary's salary 150 00
P a i d a c c o u n t salary C h a i r m a n Committee
on Correspondence 76 00
Transferred to C h a r i t y F u n d 58 20
Balance cash on hand 11,796 04
Total $36,853 54
OHABITY FUND.
Disbursements.
1909. W a r r a n t No. 21 $ 320 00
Balance cash on hand 4.562 96
Total .•....$ 4,882 95
L A W ' K B N C B , K A N S A S , J a n . 27, 1910.

To the M.: W.: Orand Lodge of Kansas :
The following report of receipts and disbursements of Grand
Lodge funds is fraternally submitted :
W . F . M A B O H , Orand Treasurer,-
In account ivith the M.-.W.'. G B A N D I J O D G B O F K A N S A S .
GENERAL FUND.
1909. Meceipts.
Sept. 18.-Received from Grand Secretary , $ 2,000 00
Sept. 21.—Received from Grand Secretary 10 00
Sept. 28.—Received from Grand Secretary 14 60
Nov. 1.—Received from Grand Secretary 4 50
Dec. .2.—Received from Grand Secretary 20 00
Dec. 4.—Received from Grand Secretary 4 00
Dec. 11. —Received from Grand Secretary 1,000 00
Dec. 31.—Received from Grand Secretary 16,358 99
1910.
J a n . 5.—Received from Grand Secretary 4,046 00
J a n . 18.—Received from Grand Secretary 486 00
J a n . 26.—Received from Grand Secretary 902 00
Total $63,844 83
CHABITY FUND.
•\Q\(\, Receipts.
J a n . 27.—Transferred from General F u n d t h e a m o u n t
belonging to Charity F u n d in the s u m paid
by Bond Co., I>ec. 31, 1909 $ 4,562 95
J a n . 27.—Transferred from General F u n d ten per cent.
of revenue of Grand Lodge, 1909 1,708 83
Total $6,271 78
38 PROCEEDINOS OF THE February,
GENERAL FUND.
Diebursements.
1909-10. W a r r a n t s Nos. 127, 146 a n d ' N o s . 160 to 218 in-
clusive, and Nos. 220 to 259 inclusive, arid
Nos. 261 to 273 inclusive 6,819 37
Transferred to Charity Fund 6,271 50
Balance cash on hand 40,753 78
Total $53,844 83
OHARITY FUND.
Dieburaemettts.
1909-10. W a r r a n t No. 219 $ 50 00
W a r r a n t No. 260 519 00
Balance cash on hand ; 5,702 78
Total] .* $ 6,271 78
F r a t e r n a l l y submitted,
" - W . F. M A R C H ,
Orand Treasurer.
i909-[o. GRAND LODGE OF KANSAS. 39
G R A N D SECRETARY'S REPORT.
R.-. W.-. A L B E R T K . WILSON, Grand S e c r e t a r y , p r e s e n t e d t h e
following r e p o r t :
To the M.: W.\ Grand Lodge of A. F. & A. M. of Kansas :
The Grand Secretary herewith submits a report relative to
such m a t t e r s as are required under our laws, and other details
for the general information of the Craft:
VOLUME XIV.
The Proceedings of the last Annual Communication com-
pleted Vol. X I V , comprising the Proceedings of 1907, 1908 and 1909,
and which, under Section 63 of the Grand Lodge By-Laws, were
bound in uniform style and distributed according to the provi-
sions contained in the above section of the laws.
OHARTBBS.
Charters were granted a t the last A n n u a l Communication to
the following lodges, which were regularly constituted in t h e
following o r d e r :
White City Lodge No. 380.—On March 12, 1909, W.-. M Y B O N
E. C A L K I N S , Special Deputy Grand Master, instituted the lodge
with the following officers :
George B. Sanford Master.
Olof H. Nelson Senior W a r d e n .
Rolla G. H a l a d a y Junior Warden.
Charles S. Webster Treasurer.
Bollin J. Herhold Secretary.
William B. Gruber Senior Deacon.
Vernon F. H a r r i s J u n i o r Deacon.
J a m e s M. B a k e r Senior Steward.
Peter A. Nelson : .... JuniorSteward.
Robert L. Herhold Tyler.
Orainfleld Lodge No. SSI.—On March 5, 1909, W.-. D A V I D M . '
S M I T H , Special Deputy Grand Master, instituted the lodge w i t h
the following officers:
J o h n W. H o p k i n s Master.
George W. Smith Senior W a r d e n .
Levi H. Johnson Junior Warden.
I s a a c B. Peck Treasurer.
Fred O. H a n s o n Secretary.
Harr.y Johnson Senior Deacon.
Robert L. Stubbs •... .Junior Deacon.
William W. Carter Senior Steward.
J a m e s W. A. W a l k e r J u n i o r Steward.
E l m e r B. Main Tyler.
40 PROCEEUIHOS OF THB. February,
Wilsey Lodge No. 552.—On March 13, 1909, W.-. H U G H

S T E W A R T , Special D e p u t y Grand Master, instituted the lodge
with the following officers:
Frederick T. Brown Master.
I r v i n L. Croner Senior W a r d e n .
Cornelius R. F r a n c i s Junior W a r d e n .
J a c o b H.' G a r v e y Treasurer.
Cecil B. Piaster Secretary.
B e r t H. Paj- : Senior Deacon.
F r a n k l i n S. Riegel , Junior Deacon.
J o h n L. Adams. Senior Steward.
Clarence R. H e p l e r J u n i o r Steward.
W i l l i a m McUlurg Tyler.
McDonald Lodge No. 383.—On March 16, 1909, W.-. P R A N K B .
R O B I N S O N , Special Deputy Grand Master, instituted the lodge
with the following officers:
W i l l i a m A. Pegg Master.
Otis Archer Senior W a r d e n .
H a r r i s o n H. J o h n s o n Junior Warden.
D a n i e l S. MoGreery Treasurer.
Charles B. H o w a r d Secretary.
Hollis L. Caswell Senior Deacon.
J e s s e A. Wilson J u n i o r Deacon.
J a m e s M. Copper Senior Steward.
Oscar A. Brown , J u n i o r Steward.
N a t h a n H. Lewis Tyler.
Protection Lodge No. S84.— Oa March 18, 1909, W.-. C A L H W .
CARSOLV, Special D e p u t y Grand Master, instituted the lodge with
the following officers :
Joseph H. Cogswell. Master.
T h o m a s W. Myers Senior W a r d e n .
Robert N. Mark Junior Warden.
E z r a M. Blue Treasurer.
William W. B a x t e r Secretary.
George R. S m a r t Senior Deacon.
Manfred B. Denney J u n i o r Deacon.
W i l l i a m U. Keltner Senior Steward.
Benjamin U. Towner J u n i o r Steward.
J o h n Taylor Tyler.
Piper Lodge No. 385.—On April 2, 1909, W.-. R O B E R T J. M o -
F A B L A N D , Special D e p u t y Grand Master, instituted the lodge
with the following oflicers :
.Joseph J. Stotler Master.
R o b e r t McKenzie Senior W a r d e n .
Ripley M. P e t h e r b r i d g e Treasurer.
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J o h n W. B l a n k e n s h i p Secretary.
I r a J . McCalman Senior Deacon.
Albert C. Bettis J u n i o r Deacon.
W i l l i a m C. Tanner .. •. Senior Steward.
Floyd C. Ellis J u n i o r Steward.
J a c o b A. Frisch Tyler.
Tyro Lodge No. 556.—On March 12, 1909, W.-. B E R T R A N D S .

A Y R B S , Special Deputy Grand Master, instituted the lodge w i t h
the following oflBcers :
I r a B. Chadwick •... Master.
David Mahafly Senior W a r d e n .
Benjamin Tinkle Junior Warden.
J o h n Allen Treasurer.
Albert D. J o r d a n Secretiiry.
Joseph L e n h a r t Senior Deacon.
J o h n H . Criswell J u n i o r Deacon.
F l a v i u s O. Orr Senior Steward.
J e r r y Beard J u n i o r Steward.
Aaron B . Tinkle Tyler.
Emmett Lodge No. 387.—On March 13, 1909. W.-. A R O H I E W .

DONG, Special Deputy Grand Master, instituted the lodge w i t h
the following offloers:
A r t h u r M. F a i r b a n k s Master.
George H . Perry Senior W a r d e n
J o h n D. Smith J u n i o r Wa;rden.
Vernon B. Lunger Secretar.y.
T h o m a s J. Abel Senior Deacon.
Burton K. Kilbourne J u n i o r Deacon.
J a m e s L. DevoUd Senior Steward.
H e n r y Trezise Tyler.
Spearville No. 3SS.— On March 11, 1909. W.-. W I L L I A M A .

D O W N E Y , Special Deputy Grand Master, instituted the lodge
with the following oflficers:
J o h n R. Baird . . . .• Master.
H a r r y A. Davis Senior W a r d e n .
J. H a r r y Leidigh Junior Warden.
E d w a r d D. Mace Treasurer.
George F . Weyarid Secretary.
Albert J. Seltsam Senior Deacon.
Claude W. W e s t J u n i o r Deacon.
Roy C. H a r v e y Senior Steward.
W a l t e r E . Phillips J u n i o r Steward.
F r a n c i s M. B a n d y Tyler.
42 PROCEEDisas OF THE February,
Freeport Lodge No. S89.—On March 9, 1909, W.-. H A B V B Y O .

D A V I S , Special D e p u t y Grand Master, instituted the lodge with
t h e following officers:
H a r v e y A. T h o m a s Master.
Loftis H . Farrington Senior W a r d e n .
A l b e r t P. K e m p e r Junior Warden-
J a m e s A. Hazle ' Treasurer.
Charles A. Gwinn Secretary.
George L. Cooke •... Senior Deacon.
Allen F . Duncan , J u n i o r Deacon.
Fred Scovill , Senior Steward.
Charles P. A d a m s J u n i o r Steward.
W i l l i a m L. K n o x . . . .i : .Tyler.
LODGES UNDER DISPENSATION.

The following dispensations were issued by the M.;.W.'. Grand
Master:
Marquette Lodge, a t Marquette, McPherson County ; dispen-
sation issued F e b r u a r y 26,1909. Officers : Carl W. Debitt, Master;
E r i c E r i c k s o n , Senior W a r d e n ; Charles R. Norton, J u n i o r W a r d e n .
N a t o m a Lodge, a t N a t o m a . Osborne C o u n t y ; dispensation
Issued N o v e m b e r 29, 1909. Officers: A r t h u r E . H a w k , M a s t e r ;
George E . Craig, Senior W a r d e n ; J o h n W. Smith, J u n i o r W a r d e n .
DISTRICT DEPUTY GRAND MAS'JDERS AND CHANGES I N DISTRICTS.

During t h e past year the following changes were made nec-
essary in t h e offices of District Deputy Grand Masters for the
reason t h a t some of the brethren appointed (and as t h e n a m e s
a p p e a r on page 573 Proceedings 1909) found it practically impos-
sible to perform the duties of the office :
W.-. J. P E T E R A D A M S , of Atchison, for D i s t r i c t No. 1, to suc-
ceed W.-. W A L T E R G . B B I T Z B L , of A t c h i s o n .
W.-. J A M E S B . H O L M E S , of P l e a s a n t o n , for D i s t r i c t No. 7, to
succeed W.-. W I L L I A M C . B L A K E R , of P l e a s a n t o n .
W.-. F R E E M A N V I C O R Y , of Greenleaf, for D i s t r i c t No. 20, to
succeed W.-. E L M E R E . F O R E M A N , of Greenleaf.
W.'. J E S S E E . S M I T H , of Moline, for D i s t r i c t No. 28, to suc-
ceed W.'. F R A N K L . W A D M A N , of Moline.
W.'. D E L B E R T O . B Y E , of Atwood, for District No. 63, to suc-
ceed W.-. F R A N K E . R O B I N S O N , of A t w o o d .
• For convenience and other good reasons, the following changes
were m a d e in the Districts :,
S h a w n e e Lodge No. 54 and Lenexa Lodge No. 135 were trans-
ferred from District No. 4 to District No. 5.
D w i g h t Lodge No. 374 was transferred from District No. 26 to
District N o . 32.
igog-io. dRAND LODGE OF KANSAS. 43
GBAND REPBESENTATIVE8.
By direction of t h e M.-.W.*. Grand Master commissions were
engrossed, and after approval, were sent to t h e following b r e t h r e n
as representatives of this Grand Liodge near other Grand Lodges.
Manitoba EDWABD L . WALKER Winnipeg.
Oklahoma S H E R M A N P. L A B O H TecumsSh.
Saskatchewan G A B N B T COOMBS Prince Albert.
South Carolina M. B U T L E D G E E T V E B S Charleston.
Wisconsin JAMBS E . DUBGIN Racine.
The following brethren were commissioned a s Grand Repre-
sentatives near our Grand L o d g e :
Louisiana CHAELES H . CHANDLEB Topeka.
Oklahoma CHABLES B . LOBDELL Larned.
Saskatchewan CHABLES L . BBAMWELL Anthony.
BESTOBATION AND PBESEBVATION OP OLD OHABTEBS.

This subject h a s been given more or less consideration b y
your Grand Secretary for a number of years, and especially dur-
ing the past two years the attention of the Grand Lodge has been
called to tills i m p o r t a n t subject through h i s report. I t seems
from a careful investigation and Inquiry among the m e m b e r s of
the older lodges t h a t some of thein are disposed to be indifferent
to the proposition of having restored t h a t portion of these docu-
ments which a r e fading verj- rapidly, and indeed in some cases
the engrossed p a r t of these charters h a s entirely disappeared.
Your Grand Secretary reported two years ago t h a t an institution
in the eastern part of t h e country made a business of restoring
the writing on old a n d rare documents which had practically
faded out of sight, and t h a t he had submitted to them a test case,
being one of our old charters, which, when the work was com-
pleted, was returned in almost as good condition a s when t h e
p a r c h m e n t was first issued.
I t seems there are but two methods of h a n d l i n g this proposi-
tion with our lodges interested, the first of which is to m a k e it
mahdatory upon them to return to the Grand Secretary, when re-
quested so to do, their charter, and second, t h a t of recommend-
ing to tliem through an official communication t h e advisability
of having these documents restored a t the earliest possible date,
giving t h e m the address a n d p o s s i b l e expense of having this work
done direct with t h e parties referred to above. T h e subject is
therefore submitted for such action as m a y be deemed best.
REGISTRY AND ABSTRACT.

The historical registry and abstract of lodges was posted u p
as promptly as possible after the close of t h e year 1908.
44 FnocEBDIlâs OF TUB February,
BOOKS OF ANNUAL RETURNS.

T h e y e a r 1908 c o m p l e t e d t h e t h i r d flve-year p e r i o d for r e t u r n -
i n g t o t h e G r a n d S e c r e t a r y t h e b o o k s of a n n u a l r e t u r n s for v e r i -
fication a n d c o r r e c t i o n . N o t i c e r e q u e s t i n g t h e r e t u r n of t h e s e
b o o k s w a s s e n t all l o d g e s a t t h e t i m e of s e n d i n g o u t t h e b l a n k a n -
n u a l r e p o r t s a n d i n s t r u c t i o n s to S e c r e t a r i e s , a t t h e c l o s e of t h e
y e a r 1908, w h i c h t o a v e r y g r e a t e x t e n t w a s p r o m p t l y c o m p l i e d
w i t h , a n d a s soon a s p o s s i b l e t h e s e b o o k s w e r e e x a m i n e d a n d r e -
t u r n e d to t h e v a r i o u s l o d g e s .
A l a r g e m a j o r i t y of t h e s e b o o k s w e r e w e l l p o s t e d a n d h a d
t h e a p p e a r a n c e i^f b e i n g p r o p e r l y c a r e d for, a n d f r o m a m a t e r i a l
s t a n d p o i n t w e r e in v e r y g o o d c o n d i t i o n . I n o r d e r , h o w e v e r , t h a t
e a c h l o d g e m a y be g i v e n p r o p e r c r e d i t for t h e c o n d i t i o n of t h e i r
p a r t i c u l a r b o o k of a n n u a l r e t u r n s , a d e t a i l e d r e p o r t is h e r e w i t h
s u b r n i t t e d . Y o u r G r a n d S e c r e t a r y , h o w e v e r , w o u l d s u g g e s t to
p r a c t i c a l l y a l l of t h e S e c r e t a r i e s t h a t m o r e c a r e b e t a k e n i n t h e
m a t t e r of m a k i n g t h e s e r e c o r d s a b s o l u t e l y c o m p l e t e , b y filling i n
a l l b l a n k s t h a t h a v e b e e n p r o v i d e d for t h e n a m e s , n u m b e r s , a n d
filing d a t a , a n d w h i c h , a s w i l l be s e e n f r o m t h e d e t a i l e d r e p o r t
. d e p r i v e d m a n y l o d g e s f r o m b e i n g i n c l u d e d in t h e a b s o l u t e l y cor-
r e c t list.
A b s o l u t e l y c o r r e c t : N o s . 1, 3. 6, 27.,38, 42, 50, 69, 85, 90, 103, 114,
119, 130, 155, 164, 169, 211, 217, 243, 266, 271, 272, 289, 296, 298, 299, 828,
333, 363, 369, 374.
I n t h e m a i n c o r r e c t , b u t w i t h a n o c c a s i o n a l o m i s s i o n of n a m e
a n d n u m b e r of t h e l o d g e , o r s o m e m i n o r d e t a i l , in p r o p e r s p a c e :
N o s . 2, 5, 8, 9, 10, U, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 19, 20, 21, 23, 24, 30, 31. 32, 33; 34,
35, 36, 39, 40, 41, 47, 48, 51, 52, 53, 55, 56, 60, 61, 62, 64, 66, 68, 70, 71, 73,
75, 76, 77, 78, 79. 83, 88, 89, 91, 98, 99, 101, 104, 105, 106, 107, 109, 112, 113,
117, 118, 120, 122, 124, 125, 126, 127, 128. 132, 134, 136, 189, 141, U 2 , 145
146, 147, 148, 149, 150, 151,152,153,154,158,159, 161. 162,163,165,167,168,
170, 171, 172, 174.176,177,178,179,180,181, 182, 184, 187,188,190,191, 192,
198, 194, 196, 199, 201, 203, 204,205,206,207, 209, 210, 216, 218, 219. 220, 221,
224, 228, 229, 230, 231, 232,233,234, 236, 237,239, 241, 244, 245, 246, 247, 249,
250, 251, 254, 255, 259, 260, 263, 265, 267, 268, 269, 273, 274,275,279, 285,286,
288, 292, 297, 301, 302, 803, 304,805,807,809, 310, 311, 312, 314, 815,316, 318,
319, 820, 321, 322, 328, 324,325,327.329, 331,382,835, 386, 337, 388, 340,341,
343, 344, 345. 346,348, 349.351,354,856,357, 359,360, 861, 362, 364. 866,368,
375, 376,377, 378, 379.
O c c a s i o n a l l y f a i l e d to g i v e d a t e s of m a k i n g a n n u a l r e p o r t s :
N o s . 37, 43, 46, 46, 71, 80, 82, 93, 95, 110.
O c c a s i o n a l l y o m i t t e d s i g n a t u r e s of o f f i c e r s : N o s . 7, 18, 25, 25,
37, 43, 45, 57, 68, 65, 67, 72, 74, 82, 84, 87, 92, 93, 94. 97, 111. 121, 157, 160,
212, 213, 225, 227, 235, 242, 244, 255, 261, 287, 288, 290, 291, 293, 294, 330,
334, 353.
Occasionally omitted signatures, recapitulations and d a t e s

of m a k i n g r e p o r t : Nos. 7, 25, 29, 37, 45, 49, 54. 57, 63, 65, 67, 74, 81, 82,
92, 97, 100, 102, 108, 111, 115, 116, 121, 129, 135, 137, 140, 143, 144, 156, 157,
166,173,175, 183, 185.189,195,197,198, 202, 208, 214. 215, 222, 223, 226,227,
238, 242, 248, 252, 253, 256. 257, 258, 261, 262, 264, 270, 276, 277, 278, 280,
281, 283, 284, 308, 326, 334, 339, 347, 350, 358, 366, 371, 372, 373.
Occasionally omitted list of officers, signatures and dates of
m a k i n g reports ; Nos. 7, 10, 26, 29, 44, 57,67, 82,92, 94, 97, 111, 121,123,
277,290,295.
Occasionally submitted only partial list of officers : Nos. 7, 26,
35, 65, 67, 74, 82, 84, 95, 97, 111, 112,121.186,192,195,200,212, 278, 282, 290,
293, 300, 313, 317, 334, 368, 295, 353.
Made up hastily and carelessly, showing omissions of n a m e s
and number of lodge, names of officers, date of reports and signa-
tures : Nos. 22, 28, 97, 240, 290, 295, 342, 355.
Lodges Nos. 12 and 34 failed to record the membership for 1908.
Lodge No. 133 omitted membership of 1906 and 1907.
Lodge No. 58 sent in a report in such a deplorable condition
t h a t it was returned to the Secretary with instructions to post t h e
same up to date and return to the Grand Secretary for e x a m i n a -
tion. This was done. However, the reports of the several y e a r s
were entered on the wrong pages, and the reports in general were
badly mixed up.
Lodges Nos. 76 and 96 by changing dates of reports leaves their
records in a very unsatisfactory shape.
Lodge No. 15 in several instances has the list of officers in-
serted by the use of newspaper clippings instead of recording the
same in ink, as it should have been done.
Lodge No. 52, the n a m e of which is P o t t a w a t o m i e Lodge,
seems to be an annoyance to the Secretary in writing the s a m e ,
as he abbreviates his records where the name of the lodge should
be inserted by writing the name "Pott."
Lodge No. 367 had no report for 1905 entered in their book, a n d
part of the report for 1907 was written in pencil and two colors of
ink.
Comanche Lodge No. 295 prepared their book bj' using green,
blue and black ink, as well as the application of an indelible
pencil.
Maple H i l l Lodge No. 370, after a diligent search, was unable
to locate its book of a n n u a l returns. The immediate predecessor
of the present Secretary claims t h a t the book was never turned
over to him by his predecessor. The search, however, was con-
tinued, and on December 8th the book was received by the G r a n d
Secretary, and after examination returned to the lodge for future
use. The book, after being discovered, was properly posted up
by the Secretary and found to be in a very creditable condition

when e x a m i n e d .
Dover Lodge No. 138 submitted the most incomplete book in
the jurisdiction.
The original issue of the books of a n n u a l returns having been
entirely exhausted, and after consulting the M.-. W.-. Grand Mas-
ter, it was deemed advisable to h a v e a n e w supply printed. This
was accordingly done, and s o m e c h a n g e s in the form were made
wherein the space allotted for the. various transactions was con-
siderably increased, making t h e books more desirable than the
original copies.
For various reasons it was found necessary to supply the fol-
lowing lodges with new books:
L e a v e n w o r t h No. 2. W y a n d o t t e No. 3.
L a w r e n c e No. 6. . . W a s h i n g t o n No. 5.
K i n g Solomon's No. 10. Rising Sun No. 8.
Council Grove No. 36. O t t a w a No. 18.
Salina No. 60. ^ Holton No. 42.
Z e r e d a t h a No. 80. H i r a m No. 68.
H a r m o n y No. 94. Sunflower No. 86.
W i c h i t a No. 99. P a t m o s No. 97.
K e y s t o n e No. 102. F o r t i t u d e No. 107.
P a r s o n s No. 117. Crescent No. 133.
Beno No. 140. Mount Vernon No. 145.
Wellington No. 150. L a r n e d No. 167.
Sterling No. 171. McPherson No. 172.
A n t h o n y No. 200. St. Bernard No. 222.
Tyrian No. 246. , Apollo No. 297.
K a n s a s No. 307. - H a n c o c k No. 311.
Goodland No. 321. H o r t o n No. 326.
MAOKEY'S ENOYOLOPEDIAS.
At the last Annual Communication an appropriation of $200.00
was m a d e for the purchase of a sufHcient n u m b e r of Mackey's E n -
clycopedias to furnish each D i s t r i c t D e p u t y Grand Master with
one copy. Subsequent to the close of the Grand Lodge it was
found t h a t the amount appropriated was by no means sufficient
for the p u r c h a s e of the required n u m b e r of books, and the Council
of A d m i n i s t r a t i o n deemed it i n e x p e d i e n t to increase the appro-
priation, a n d no books were therefore purchased. Your Grand
Secretary would therefore recommend t h a t S t a n d i n g Eegulation
No. 30 be amended by eliminating t h a t portion referring to
Mackey's Encyclopedias.
APPEAL PROM ORIENT lyODGE NO. 51.

A transcript in regular form in t h e case of Orient Lodge versus
ISAAO M. B L I T Z was received and placed in the hands of the Com-
mittee on Jurisprudence.
LIST OF MASONIC LODGES OF THE WORLD.

The Pantagraph P r i n t i n g and Stationery Company, of Bloom-
ington, Illinois, are, so far as your Grand Secretary has a n y
knowledge, t h e only publishers of a complete list of regular m a -
sonic lodges of the world, which is published in pamphlet form.
This list is constantly corrected, and additions and changes m a d e
thereto, so t h a t it is practically u p to date a t all times.
Upon the recommendation of your Grand Secretary in 1907,
each lodge in this jurisdiction w a s supplied with a copy of t h i s
work. I n view of a great m a n y changes having been made since
t h a t time, and this being a most desirable record for all lodges to
have, it is recommended t h a t an appropriation of $145.00, or so
much thereof as m a y be necessary, be made for t h e purpose of
supplying each lodge with a copy of this book.
The Grand Secretary further recommends t h a t the game r e -
quirements be made for t h e care a n d preservation of this pam-
phlet as t h a t of other important documents entrusted to. each
lodge, and t h a t the Secretary be required to submit this book to
the District Deputy Grand Master upon each official visit to t h e
lodge.
I t is further recommended t h a t Standing Regulation No. 30
be amended by including therein t h e name of this pamphlet, in
order that it m a y be obligatory upon each lodge to see t h a t t h e
same is kept on file in t h e lodge room a t all times.
NAME OF SHERMAN LODGE NO. 369 CHANGED.

As a m a t t e r of p e r m a n e n t record the Grand Secretary would
report t h a t in accordance with the action of the Grand Lodge one
year ago, upon a petition from S h e r m a n Lodge No. 369, t h e nec-
essary certificate w a s engrossed upon t h e charter of this lodge
changing the name to Roger E . S h e r m a n Lodge No. 369, u n d e r
date of March 4, 1909.
ENTERPRISE LODGE NO. 353.

B y order of t h e M.-.W.-. G r a n d Master, W.-. M Y R O N E . C A L K -
I N S , District D e p u t y G r a n d Master for t h e thirty-second district,
arrested the c h a r t e r of E n t e r p r i s e Lodge No. 353 on October 14,
1909, and in due time t h e records, seal, charter a n d $66.64 were
forwarded to the Grand Secretary.
48 PROCEEDlNOS OF THE February,
GRAND LODGES OF SASKATCHEWAN AND WESTERN AUSTRALIA.

I n accordance with the action of the Grand Lodge one year
ago, wherein fraternal recognition was extended to the Grand
Lodges of Saskatchewan a n d W e s t e r n Australia, communica-
tions were addressed to these G r a n d Bodies, and in due time
proper representatives were commissioned to and from the re-
spective G r a n d Jurisdictions.
BEQUESTS FOR FRATERNAL KEOOGNITION. ^
F u r t h e r time was granted, upon request of the Committee on
Correspondence one y e a r ago, relative to applications for ifrater-
n a l recognition from the following Grand B o d i e s :
Grand Lodge of S t a t e of N e w Leon.
U n i t e d Grand Lodge of the F e d e r a l District.
Grand Lodge Cosmos of the S t a t e of C h i h u a h u a .
Grand Lodge of Chile.
Grand Orient of Brazil.
Grand Orient of the Republic of P a r a g u a y .
Grand Orient of I t a l y .
G r a n d Lodge of Sweden.
Grand Lodge of N o r w a y .
Grand Lodge' of D e n m a r k .
Grand Orient of Greece.
Grand Lodge of the Republic of G u a t e m a l a .
Grand Orient of Belgium.
, Grand Lodge'of Salvador.
Grand Lodge Swiss Alpina.
GRAND S E 0 R E T A , R Y " S OEBTIFICATES.
The following certificates were issued during the past year :

No. 575. Daniel M. E a s t e r , late m e m b e r of Perfect Square
Lodge No. 220.
No. 576. J a m e s Taylor, late m e m b e r of Perfect Square Lodge
No. 220. ;
No. 577. Asa Elliott, late m e m b e r of Richfield Lodge No. 303.
No. 578. F r a n k L. Darling, late m e m b e r of Great Light Lodge
No. 34. ' •
No. 679. John H. Linn, late m e m b e r of Perfect Square Lodge
No. 220.
No. 680. William P. Colvin, late m e m b e r of A r k Lodge No.
243.
No. 581. Frederick L. Glover, late m e m b e r of Lincolnville
Lodge No. 315.
No. 582. John G. Diehl, late m e m b e r of Loulsburg Lodge N o .
180.
No. 583. . J o h n T. V a u g h n , late m e m b e r of Astra Lodge No.
363.
lyog-io. GRAND LODGE OF KANSAS. 49
No. 584. I v a n Ii. Calkins, late m e m b e r of A s t r a Lodge No. 363.

No. 585. William Dahl, late m e m b e r of A s t r a Lodge No. 363.
No. 586. J. C. Coen, late m e m b e r of Lyons Lodge No. 192.
No. 587. F. P. Singer, late m e m b e r of Bluff C i t y Lodge No. 325.
OFFICIAL OIROULABS..
No. 556. Postal card requesting information concerning rail-
road fare to Hutchinson.
No. 157. Postal card to Masters of lodges whose Secretaries
failed to respond to first request.
No. 158. Usual notice to Secretaries concerning time for
transmitting annual reports and paying Grand Lodge dues.
ESTIMATED REVENUE AND EXPENSES FOE THE ENSUING YEAB.
The probable income to the Grand Lodge for the ensuing
year will be as follows:
Fifty cents per capita on 33,657 $16,828 50
Charter fees 40 00
Miscellaneous 250 00
Total .$17,118 50
Probable receipts from Grand Chapter, Grand Council
and Grand C o m m a n d e r y towards maintenance of
ofHce and library building •.. 450 00
$17,568 50
EXPENSES.
The expenses for the ensuing year, as provided by law, a n d
for which appropriations should be made a t this Communication,
are as follows:
Assistance to Grand Secretary $ 900 00
Committee allowances (By-Law 54) 450 00
Expenses Grand Lodge Communications lUO 00
Expense Directors Masonic H o m e Board 25 00
Grand Secretary's incidentals 300 00
Grand Treasurer's bond p r e m i u m 87 50
Grand Secretary's bond p r e m i u m 10 00
Grand Master's contingent fund 500 00
Grand Master's salary 800 00
Grand Treasurer's salary 100 00
Grand Secretary's salary 1,800 00
Grand Master's apron " 20 00
Grand Officers' portraits 75 00
History and museum 50 00
Library books 100 00
Mileage to representatives ( B y - L a w 56) 1,700 00
Mileage and expenses (By-Law 65) 1,000 00
Minor salaries (By-Law 53) 100 00
Office and library building m a i n t e n a n c e 850 00
Office and library building interest 600 (X)
P r i n t i n g Annual Proceedings 1,450 00
Postage and express : , 300 00
Private secretary 300 00
Stationery and printing 500 00
Special appropriation Grand Lodge, tableau of l o d g e s . . . 145 00
Total ." $12,262 50
ANNUAL BBPOBTS.
A complete synopsis of all reports shows a total membership
a t the close of the year 1909 of 33,657, a net increase d u r i n g t h e
y e a r of 1,585, but 19 less t h a n t h a t of the preceding year.
The following ten lodges did not comply w i t h the l a v in re-
gard to t r a n s m i t t i n g their a n n u a l report on or before J a n u a r y 10th,
a n d were therefore denied credentials :
M c K i n l e y No. 41 Pomotia.
X e n i a No. 47 : Xenia.
Coyville No. 57 Coyville.
Mt. Vernon No. 145 Beloit.
N e w a h c u b a No. 189 .Stockton.
I o n i c No. 254 St. John.
W e b b No. 276 Meade.
Olive No. 350 Elgin.
Morrill No. 373 , Morrill.
Spearville No. 388 •. .Spearville.
The following lodges failed to pay their Grand Lodge dues on
or before J a n u a r y 20th, as required by S t a n d i n g Begulation N o . 11:
M t . Moriah No. 79. Kinsley.
B o g e r E . S h e r m a n No. 369 Q,uindaro.
The fallowing is a list of lodges which had a net g'ain of ten
or more, or raised ten or more d u r i n g the past yea-r:
igog-io. GBAND LODGE OF KANSAS. 51
Member-
Name. Net Gain. liaised. ship.
2 Leavenworth . . . 11 189
3 Wyandotte 20 27 487
7 Union 11 205
10 King: Solomon's 14 16 217
12 Emporia 10 14 311
15 Great Bend U 185
16 Lafayette 27 22 208
17 Topeka 27 35 433
18 Ottawa 15 297
38 lola 13 21 237
40 DeSoto 16 14 70
51 Orient 37 43 553
60 Salina 13 306
75 Wamego 12 106
86 Sunflower 22 26 244
90 Golden Rule, .. 13 200
99 Wichita 50 47 569
102 Keystone 15 12 213
103 Cedar 15 311
107 Fortitude.- 15 17 335
109 Americus 10 53
110 Winfield 16 268
113 St. John's 13 134
117 Parsons 21 22 323
120 Halcyon 14 163
128 Munden 10 37
133 Crescent 14 ie' 222
137 Cherryvale 10 11 144
140 Reno 21 25 348
142 Newton 16 26 388
145 Mt. Vernon 11 138
147 Center 26 24 125
160 Wellington 18 14 164
154 Lincoln 10 108
162 Sabetha 11 108
172 McPherson '27' 160
27 13
184 Phillipsburg.... 115
187 Pittsburg 24 30 323
193 Hartford 15 17 58
197 Canton 17 19 108
207 Occidental 11 53
218 Landmark 14 10 51
222 St. Bernard 13 14 174
225 Siloam 29 35 384
232 Greenleaf 10
17 95-
246 Tyrian 16 10 126
258 Morton 13 76
265 Kilwinning. . . . . 16 12 90
271 Armourdale . . . . 11 188
272 Kaw 11 206
287 Oak 10 81
289 Emerald 13 74
290 Paradise li' 61
295 Comanche 12 11 68
52 PROCEEDINQS OF THE February,
No. Name, . Net Gain. Raised. Member'

ship.
300 Fargo 12 10 70
303 Albert Pike 94 79 689
311 Hancock •18 182
322 Ben Hur 19 19 211
324 Caney 10 112
326 BTorton 13 143
333 Rosedale 11 • 12 89
346 Moundridge 10 47
358 Turon 10 10 75
367 O w e n A. B a s s e t t 15 16 144
383 McDonald 11 11 34
384 Protection 10 28
385 Piper ;... 11 34
u.D. Marquette 29 29 52
The foregoing s t a t e m e n t shows a remarkable growth during

the p a s t year and reflects great prosperity among the Craft.
\. The record of Albert P i k e Lodge No. 303 exceeds t h a t of a n y
lodge in this jurisdiction. The n u m b e r raised, net gain a n d
m e m b e r s h i p , stands alone in the history of Masonry in K a n s a s .
W i t h a membership of 689 it is certainly remarkable considering
the fact t h a t this lodge was not chartered until F e b r u a r y 20, 1895.
W i c h i t a Lodge No. 99 Is second in both number raised a n d
net gain.
Orient Lodge No. 61 occupies third place, and is third in point
of membership, W i c h i t a Lodge No. 99 being second.
SUMMARY FOR 1909.

N u m b e r of members December 31, 1908 , 32,072
Increase.
Number initiated 2,668
Number passed 2,472
Number raised \ • 2,395
Number admitted : 704
Number restored 172
Number members lodges U. D 37=3,308
Decrease.
Number dimitted 897
Number died 484
Number suspended 314
Number expelled 4 '
Number members E n t e r p r i s e Lodge No. 353 24=1,723
Net gain 1,585
N u m b e r of members December 31,1909 33,657
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222 87 00 87 00 174 00 279 21 00 21 00 42 00
223 18 50 18 50 37 00 280 9 50 9 50 19 00
224 24 50 24 50 49 00 281 49 50 49 50 99 00
225 192 00 192 00 384 00 282 13 00 13 00 26 00
226 20 00 20 00 40 00 283 16 50 , 15 60 31 00
227 29 50 29 50 • 59 00 284 18 50 ' 18 50 37 00
228 14 50 14 50 29 00 285 10 50 10 50 21 00
229 39 00 39 00 78 00 286 19 00 19 00 38 00
230 43 00 43 00 86 00 287 40 50 40 50 81 00
231 29 00 29 00 58 00 288 26 50 26 60 53 00
232 47 50 47 50 95 00 289 37 00 37 00 74 00
233 24 50 24 50 49 00 290 30 50 30 50 61 00.
234 39 50 39 50 79 00 291 23 00 23 00 46 00
235 19 50 19 50 39 00 292 26 50 26 50 53 00
236 15 50 15 50 31 00 293 24 00 24 00 48 00
237 31 50 31 50 63 00 294 19 50 19 50 39 00
238 45 00 45 00 90 00 295 33 50 33 50 67 00
239 11 50 11 50 23 00 296 17 50 17 50 35 00
240 26 00 26 00 52 00 297 62 00 62 00 124 00
241 21 00 21 00 42 00 298 26 50 25 50 51 00
242 28 50 28 50 57 00 299 37 50 37 50 76 00
243 40 50 40 50 81 00 300 35 00 35 00 70 00
244 28 00 28 00 56 00 301 11 50 11 50 23 00
245 26 00 26 00 52 00 302 25 00 26 00 50 00
246 63 50 63 50 127 00 303 344 50- 344 50 689 00
247 18 00 18 00 36 00 304 22 50 22 50 46 00
248 19 00 19 00 38 00 305 24 00 24 00 48 00
249 26 00 26 00 52 00 306 35 00 35 00 70 00
250 26 00 26 00 52 00 307 63 60 63 50 127 00
251 • 20 00 20 00 40 00 308 19 00 19 00 38 00
252 54 50 54 50 109 00 309 41 00 41 00 82 DO
253 18 50 18 50 37 00 310 31 50 31 50 63 CO
254 55 00 55 00 110 00 311 91 00 91 00 182 00
255 14 60 14 50 29 00 312 14 00 14 00 28 00
256 31 50 31 50 63 00 313 14 00 14 00 28 00
257 42 00 42 00 84 00 314 15 00 15 00 30 00
258 38 00 38 00 73 00 315 36 00 36 00 72 00
259 17 50 17 50 35 00 316 17 50 17 50 35 00
260 24 00 24 00 48 00 317 16 50 16 50 33 00
261 29 50 29 50 59 00 318 18 50 18 50 -37 00
262 24 50 24 50 49 00 319 18 50 18 50 37 00
263 29 00 29 00 58 00 320 21 50 21 60 43 00
264 27 50 27 50 55 00 321 59 50 69 50 119 00
265 45 00 45 00 90 00 322 105 50 105 50 211 00
266 28 00 28 00 56 00 323 12 00 12 00 24 00
267 38 00 38 00 76 00 324 66 00 66 00 112 00
268 31 50 31 50 63 00 325 46 00 46 00 • 92 00
269 46 50 46 50 93 00 326 72 00 72 00 144 00
270 28 00 28 00 56 00 327 33 00 33 00 66 00
271 94 00 94 00 188 00 328 18 00 18 00 36 00
272 103 00 103 00 206 00 329 42 00 42 00 84 00
273 19 50 19 50 39 00 330 15 00 15 00 30 00
274 50 50 50 50 101 00 331 49 50 49 50 99 00
275 37 00 37 00 74 00 332 15 00 15 00 30 00
276 12 50 12 50 25 00 333 44 50 44 50 89 00
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Being the a m o u n t returned by subordinate lodges for the y e a r
ending December 31. 1908:
NO. Name. '^T.^'""''' ^Hê!' ôtal.
44 Delphian $ 5 0 00 $ 5 0 00 $100 00
101 Euclid 28 00 28 00 56 00
184 Phillipsburg 53 00 53 00 106 00
244 W a v e r l y :-<2 00 32 00 64 00
260 Medicine Valley 20 50 20 40 40 90
350 Olive 17 00 17 00 34 00
353 Enterprise 12 00 12 00 24 00
Total $212 50 $212 40 $424 90
SCHEDULE " C . "

A m o u n t dispensation fees received during year ending De-
cember 31, 1909:
U. D. Name. ^ Location. Ainount.
U. D. Marquette Marquette $20 00
TJ. D. N a t o m a Natoma 20 00
Total $40 00
SCHEDULE " D . "

A m o u n t received on account of charter fees for y e a r ending
December 31, 1909:
No. Name. Amount.
380 White City $20 00
381 Grainfleld 20 00
382 Wilsey 20 00
383 McDonald 20 00
384 Protection 20 00
385 Piper 20 00
386 Tyro 20 00
387 Emmett 20 00
388 Spearville 20 00
389 Freeport 20 00
Total $200 00
ToPEKA, J a n u a r y 26,1910.
A L B E B T K . W I L S O N , Grand Secretary,
In account with the M.-.W.-. G E A N D L O D Q E O F K A K S A S .
2) CASH ACCOUNT.
Eeceived from lodges, as per Schedule " A " $33,446 10
Eeceived from lodges, as per Schedule " B " 424 90
Received from lodges, as per Schedule " C " 40 00
Eeceived from lodges, as per Schedule " D " 200 00
Eeceived account special dispensation fees, 1908 20 00
Eeceived account special dispensation fees, 1909 245 00
Received from Grand Chapter, E . A. M., account main-
tenance of office and library building 250 00
Eeceived from Grand Council, E. & S. M., account main-

tenance of office and library building $ -50 00
Eeceived from Grand Commandery, K. T., account main-
tenance of office and library building 160 00
Eeceived cash from late Enterprise Lodge No. 353 . . . . . . 66 64
Received from A l b e r t Sarbach account Gr. Sec'y salary 150 00
Eeceived from-Albert Sarbach'account c h a i r m a n Coni-
mittee on Correspondence. 75 00
Eeceived account miscellaneous 163 10
Eeceived account loan from The Merchants National
Bank of L a w r e n c e 2,000 00
Eeceived account loan from The Merchants National
B a n k of L a w r e n c e 1,000 00
Eeceived from the Fidelity and Deposit Company of .
Baltimore, Maryland, a c c o u n t late Albert Sarbach,
Grand Treasurer ., 16,358 99
Total $54,639 73
TOPEKA, K A N S A S , J a n u a r y 25, 1910.

M.-.W.-. G B A N D L O D G B O F K A N S A S ,
In account with AI.,BBBT K . WiCiSON, Grand Secretary.
1909.
Feb. 23.—Paid A l b e r t Sarbach, Grand Treasurer $ 510 90
Feb. 25.—Paid Albert Sarbach, Grand Treasurer 100 00
Feb. 27.—Paid Albert Sarbach, Grand Treasurer. .; 20 00
Apr. 9.—Paid A l b e r t Sarbach, Grand Treasurer 20 00
Apr. 15.—Paid A l b e r t Sarbach, Grand Treasurer 46 00
Apr. 15.—Paid A l b e r t Sarbach, Gi-and Treasurer 20 00
Apr. 17.^Paiid Albert Sarbach, Grand Treasurer 4 00
Apr. 22.—Paid Albert Sarbach, Grand Treasurer 20 00
May 1.—Paid Albert Sarbach, Grand Treasurer 20 00.
Mav 25.—Paid Albert Sarbach, Grand Treasurer 34 00
Sep't. 18.—Paid W. F. March, Grand Treasurer 2,000 00
Sept. 18.—Paid W. F . March, Grand Treasurer 10 00
Sept. 28.—Paid W. F. March, Grand.Treasurer 14 60
Oct. 30.—Paid W. F. March. Grand Treasurer 4 50
Nov. 29.—Paid W. F. March, Grand Treasurer 4 00
Nov. 30.—Paid "W. F. March. Grand Treasurer 20 00
Dec. 4.—Paid \V. F . March, Grand Treasurer 66 64
Dec. 10.—Paid W. F. March, Grand Treasurer 250 00
Dec. 11.—Paid W, F . March, Grand Treasurer 1,000 00
Dec. I.B.—Paid W. F. March, Grand Treasurer 50 00
Dec. 16.—Paid W. F. March, Grand Treasurer. 150 00
Dec. 30.—Paid W . F . March, Grand T r e a s u r e r . . . ' 16,358 99
1910.
J a n . 4.—Paid W. F. March, Grand Treasurer 4,046 00
J a n . 6.—Paid W. F . March, Grand Treasurer 3,701 00
J a n . 8.—Paid W. F. March. Grand Treasurer 3.462 00
J a n . 10.—Paid W. F . March. Grand Treasurer 5,781 10
J a n . 12.—Paid W. F. March, Grand Treasurer • 4,567 00
J a n . 14.—Paid W. F. March. Grand Treasurer 6.170 00
J a n . 17.—Paid W. F . March, Grand Treasurer 2,563 00
J a n . 17.—Paid W. F. March, Grand Treasurer 486 00
J a n . 20.—Paid W. F. March, Grand Treasurer 2,238 00
J a n . 24.—Paid W. F . March, Grand Treasurer 902 00
Total $54,639 73
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lilOO 16,555 45 16,765 94 1,093 92 5.401 00 10,271 02 7,908 83 073 75 72 97 K,055 55 1,615 47
IIIOI 18.411 17 17,550 99 1,1,35 19 5,587 75 10,834 05 7,868 12 502 57 6 40 8,377 09 2,450 96
1902 21,054 88 24.(Ki9 32 1,239 18 11,754 75 11,075 39 8,979 02 1,408 17 2,020 00 12,473 79 1,398 40 • o
1903 27,001 66 20,154 79 J 2,447 21 12,292 60 11,8;W 08 10,0,54 64 1,674 74 458 54 12,187 92 351 84 to
1901 525,587 311 20,008 03 1,300 47 12.948 75 12.244 31 9.320 81 1,072 26 144 72 10,537 82 1,706 49
J90D 28,004 63 *»43,473 74 1,440 09 13,584 75 1133,418 90 9,473 80 10,450 01 11,181 49 37,105 30 3,650 40
lOOti 25,431 23 32,407 82 1,685 15 14,329 60 10,483 17 10,402 14 3,097 95 385 00 13,945 00 2,538 08
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1908 32.734 62 32.795 88 1.052 84 15,1137 80 15.419 14 9,284 46 232 50 1,040 50 10,5i;3 52 4.855 02
1009 36,058 64 *64,639 73 1.767 03 i n 6.804 50 10.709 21 »28.'-45 53 3,(37 27 32,482 60 2,V98 14
" T h i s a m o u n t i n c l u d e s an a o p r o p r i a t i o n from t h e G e n e r a l F u n d to t h e M a s o n i c H o m e of $5,000.00.
+ These a m o u n t s were first t r a n s f e r r e d to t h e C h a r i t y F u n d , a n d s u b s e q u e n t l y to t h e Masonic H o m e F u n d , t o g e t h e r w i t h $2,429,89
from t h e C h u r l t y F u n d , m a k i n g e n t i r e a m o u n t u p to t h a t d a t e J34,060.41 t r a n s f e r r e d to t h e H o m e .
t i n a d d i t i o n to t h i s a m o u n t $2,353.91 was t r a n s f e r r e d to t h e C h a r i t y F u n d from t h e G e n e r a l F u n d d u r i n g 1903, by o r d e r of t h e
Council of A d m i n i s t r a t i o n .
ViThls a m o u n t i n c l u d e s $2^53.91 r e t r a n s f e r r e d from C h a r i t y F u n d to G e n e r a l F u n d , by o r d e r of G r a n d L o d g e . (See p a g e 158, P r o -
c e e d i n g s 1904.)
IIThls a m o u n t i n c l u d e s $5,000.00 t r a n s f e r r e d from C h a r i t y F u n d to G e n e r a l F u n d . (See P r o c e e d i n g s 1905, p a g e 348.)
ifThis a m o u n t i n c l u d e s .$81.50 d u e t h e H o m e for 1909, liut n o t paid a t t i m e of closing report.
*<'Thls a m o u n t I n c l u d e s ,$10,000.00 borrowed from t h e Masonic H o m e , a n d $.5,000.00 donated, by t h e Masons of T o p e k a .
* T h l s a m o u n t I n c l u d e s t h e r e c e i p t of a n d t h e p a y m e n t t o t h e G r a n d T r e a s u r e r of $3,000.00 b o r r o w e d d u r i n g s e t t l e m e n t of
a c c o u n t s of t h e l a t e A l b e r t S a r b a c h , a n d $10,358.90 paid by T h e F i d e l i t y a n d Deposit C o m p a n y , of B a l t i m o r e , M a r y l a n d .
Total n e t receipts for ten y e a r s $210,696 46
Total expenditures $200,155 38
Total net income 7,441 08
Total $210,596 40 $210,506 46
A L B E R T K. W I L S O N , Grand Secretary.
W A R R A N T ACCOUNT.
•8?i.5
Date.
1909. ,
F e b . 18
No. In favor of
F r a n k E . Davis, committee allowances

W I l H a m L. Ma.fwell, c o m m i t t e e a l l o w a n c e s
11
25 00
10 00
P H II 1^
F e b . 18
F e b . 18 W . F. M a r c h , c o m m i t t e e a l l o w a n c e s 76,00
F e b . 18 S a m u e l E. P e t e r s , c o m m i t t e e a l l o w a n c e s 4(700
F e b . 18 Harry E.Best, committee allowances 26' 00
F e b . 18 6 M a t t h e w M. Miller, c o m m i t t e e a l l o w a n c e s 50 00
F e b . 18 7 Bertlne P. Walker, committee allowances 2B 00 o
F e b . 18 8 George M. Coplln. C u s t o d i a n 50 00
F e b . 18 0 George M. U l x o n , C u s t o d i a n 50 00
F e b . 18 10 W. A m e r B u r n e t t , G r a n d Tyler 80 00
20 00 to
F e b . 18 11 .Morgan Cox, a s s i s t a n t G r a n d Tyler
F e b . 18 12 Charles H. Roger9,Grand Chaplain 25 00 !?!
F e b . 18 13 Blrlck C.Cole.Grand Orator 25 00
F e b . 18 14 J . C. P o s t l e t h w a l t e . T r e a s . M a s o n i c H o m e F u n d $15,723 90
F e b . 2.S 15 M. C. Lllley & Co., G r a n d Master's a p r o n 20 00
F e b . 2X 16 C r a n e & Co $19 05
F e b . 23 17 Pacific E x p r e s s Co t 1 00
F e b . 23
F e b . 23
F e b . 23
F e b . 23
18
10
20
21
22
Wei is F a rgo & Co
U. f5. E x p r e s s Co
A. K. Rogers
J.C. Postlethwalte,Charity Fund .320 00
2 29
1 40
100 00
i
F e b . 23 23 W e s t e r n U n i o n T e l e g r a p h Co 5 22
F e b . 23 24 Al bert K. Wl Ison 4 60
F e b . 28 25 The Missouri & K a n s a s Tel. Co 1 00
F e b . 23 26 W i l l i a m G r e e n * Son 65
F e b . 23 27 M u t u a l I c e Co i 1 10
F e b . 23 28 M rs. K. R. B b e y . a s s i s t a n c e to G r a n d S e c r e t a r y 52 75
F e b . 23 29 C h a r l e s W. B i t t i n g , exp. Gr. L o d g e C o m m u n i c a t i o n . 150 00
F e b . 23 30 Carl W . Nellls, ofllclal s t e n o g r a p h e r G r a n d Lodge .. '35 06
F e b . 25 31 P e r r y Oden 17 00
F e b . 25 32 M a r l o n K. B r u n d a g e , S e c , Office a n d Lib. Bldg. I n t . . 36606
Mar. 8 33 Wei Is F a r g o & Co 2 48-
Mar. 6 34 Pacific E x p r e s s Co 1 40
Alar. 6 U. S. E x p r e s s Co
Mar. 6 36 A l b e r t K. Wilson, G r a n d S e c r e t a r y 2 IS
Mar. 6 3(S H a l l S t a t i o n e r y Oo 1 25
Mar. « 37 R e m i n g t o n T y p e w r i t e r Co 76
Mar. « 38 C r a n e & Oo 47 00
Mar. 6 • 89 M u t u a l I c e Oo 85
Mar. 40 T o p e k a E d i s o n Go ." 41 40
Mar. »
B 41 T o p e k a E d i s o n Oo 3 00
Mar. 6 42 . T h e City W a t e r W o r k s 1 30
Mar. 22 43 K e t c h e s o n P r i n t i n g Co., p r i n t i n g A n n u a l P r o c . .. 1,312 55
Mar. 2H 44 Grace M i l l e r , a s s i s t a n c e to G r a n d S e c r e t a r y 45 00
Mar. 23 4S Mrs. K. R. Ebey, a s s i s t a n c e to G r a n d S e c r e t a r y . . . 63 00
Mar. 2H 40 E t h e l B. P o l l a r d , a s s i s t a n c e to G r a n d S e c r e t a r y .. 17 50
Mar. 28 47 S u s a n D o w n l e , a s s i s t a n c e to G r a n d S e c r e t a r y 11 00
Mar. 26 48 K e t c h e s o n P r i n t i n g Co'. '.
Mar. 139 21 55
Apr. 27 49 Coler L. Slni & Co., Gr. Treas. b o n d p r e m i u m 87 50 SJ
Apr. B BO W i l l i a m G r e e n & Son 80 111.
Apr. 5 SI T h e MIlls Co 1 76
Apr. .1 52 M u t u a l I c e Co 1 05 fa
Apr. B 63 T o p e k a E d i s o n Co ! 22 05
Apr. 5 54 T o p e k a E d i s o n Co ' 2 34
Apr. B B5 O. M . H l l l 61-30 o
Apr. S 50 Mood P l u m b i n g Co 7 96 fa
Apr. B 57 T h e City W a t e r W o r k s 60 o
Apr. S 58 D. W . & 0 . W. Nellls : 3 00
Apr. B 59 The Missouri & K a n s a s Tel. Co 2 75 o
Apr. B 60 T h e T o p e k a I n d e p e n d e n t Tel. Co 8 16
Apr. B 61 Z e r c h e r Book & S t a t i o n e r y Co 65
Apr. B 62 Library Bureau 17 50
Apr. S 63 H a l l S t a t i o n e r y Co 2 05
Apr. B 04 C r a n e &Oo 13 26
Apr. S 6S P o l k - R a d g e s D i r e c t o r y Co., l i b r a r y books ill.
Apr. 6 66 G r a c e Miller, a s s i s t a n c e t o G r a n d S e c r e t a r y 39 00
Apr. B 07 U. S. E.xpress Oo '. 90
Apr. B 68 W e l l s F a r g o & Oo 4 11
Apr. B 69 P e r r y Oden : 17 00
Apr. S 70 Mrs. K. R. E b e y , a s s i s t a n c e to G r a n d S e c r e t a r y . . . 15 50
Apr. (i 71 T o p e k a Spice Mills -. "2'26
Apr. 7 72 Pacific E x p r e s s Co 2 94
Apr. 73 T h e Missouri & K a n s a s Tel. Co 12 20
Apr. s>
10 74 C r a n e & Co 99 00
Apr. 17 75 H a l l S t a t i o n e r y Co 9 00
Apr. 20 76 Rufus R. B u r b a n k , p r i n t i n g A n n u a l P r o c e e d i n g s , 30 00
Apr. 20 77 S u s a n Downte, a s s i s t a n c e to G r a n d S e c r e t a r y 25 00
Apr. 20 78 K a t e R. E b e y , a s s i s t a n c e to G r a n d S e c r e t a r y 24 00
Apr. RO 79 P e r r y Oden 17 00
30 80 City W a t e r W o r k s 66
W A B E A N T ACCOUNT—Continued.
Date.
1809.
No. In Favor of
^.
s
^
I.1 I
W 1 I!
Apr 81 A l b e r t K. W i l s o n $1 39
May 82 S u s a n D o w n l e , a s s i s t a n c e to G r a n d S e c r e t a r y $30 00
May 13 T o p e k a T e n t & A w n i n g Co $3 00
May 84 City W a t e r W o r k s 2 00
May
May
May
85
80
87
T o p e k a P u r e W a t e r Co
M u t u a l I c e Co '
50
1 10 5
T o p e k a E d i s o n Co 90 o
May 88 T o p e k a E d i s o n Co 18 46
May 8 89 A. A. R o d g e r s & Co 40 00
May 8 90 Wells F a r g o & Co $4 54 b
May 8 91 Pacific Express Co 2 40
May 8 92 U. S. E x p r e s s Co 2 56
May 8 93 James Hayes $5 00
M a y 16 94 Fred Washbon, Grand Master 20O00
M a y ]5 95 A l b e r t SarBach, G r a n d T r e a s u r e r 25 00 o
M a y !5 9B
A l b e r t K. W i l s o n , G r a n d . S e o r e t a r y 460 00
M a y 19 97
C r a n e & Co $08 00
M a y iO 98
M a y 24 »9 The C a p i t a l I r o n W o r k s . .• 79 90
M a y 27 100 K e t c h e s o n P r i n t i n g Co 18 40 t5
M a y 31 101 Marlon K. B r u n d a g e , Sec'y M a s o n i c H o m e F u n d . $212 40
May 31 102 K e t c h e s o n P r i n t i n g Co 5 15
May 31 103 P e r r y Oden 17 00
M a y 31 104 T o p e k a P u r e W a t e r Co 75
M a y 31 105 City W a t e r W o r k s 00
M a y 31 10(1 A l b e r t K. W i l s o n 3 83
May 31 107 S u s a n Ijownle, a s s i s t a n c e t o G r a n d S e c r e t a r y 32 00
June 3 108 A l b e r t K. W i l s o n 7 25
June 3 109 A l b e r t K. Wilson 8 84
J u n e 8 . 110 T r e a s u r e r City of T o p e k a , paA'ing 224 52
re
June 8 111 W i l l i a m M. S h a v e r - 4 00 a-
June 8 112 The M i s s o u r i * Kan.Tel.Co 1 20
June 8 113 W e l l s F a r g o & Co 87 P
June 8 114 T o p e k a E d i s o n Co 3 37
T o p e k a E d i s o n Co 1 26
June 8 116 1 30
June 8 116 J.O. Darling Co 85
June l.'i 117 1,684 78
June
June
Ifi
16
118
11«
A l h e r t H a r b a o h , G r . T r e a s u r e r , m i l e a g e a n d e x p e n s e ..
W. E. Culver
834 16
1 10
1
June m 120 83 34 o
June 1« 121 76 00
June 28 122 Library Bureau, library furniture, binding, etc 7 60
June '28 123 17 00
June 28 124 60 00
June 28 125 City W a t e r W o r k s 50
June 28 126 60
July 6 127 Albert K. Wilson . . 2 33
128 1 30
July
.luly
«(i 129 1 35 i+5
130 Olty W a t e r W o r k s 45
July () 131 7 50
July
July
«tl 132 1 44
July 7 133 7 85
July 7 13J 2 53
July iV 135 50 00 o
July 24 136 60 00 fa
July 24 137 17 00
July 24 138 7 60
Aug. 6 139 B o o t h - S i m p s o n P r i n t i n g Co., b i n d i n g P r o c e e d i n g s 377 00
Aug. 11 140 200 00
Aug. y 141 25 00
Aug. 142 450 00
(» 143 Phil. Sauer . . 36 00
Aug. » 144 3 60
Aug. u 145 Wells Fargo &Co 1 04
Aug.
Aug.
»H 146 Wells Fargo & Co. 2 65
117 6 00
Aug. » 148 1 05
Aug.
Aug. «
» 149 60
Aug. It 160 75
151 T h e W i l s o n Offlce S u p p l y C o 75
Aug. « 152 2 25
Aug.
Aug.
u
9 163 . O l t y W a t e r W o r k s 50
154 1 30
Aug.
A u g . IV
» 155 24 36
Aug. 17 156 Mills D r y Goods Co. 1 50
Aug. 18 157 54 05
Aug. 30 168 60 00
Aug. 30 169 17 00
Sept. 4 160 W e l l s F a r g o & G o 50 20
WAEEANT AaooTJNT—Continued.
Date.
1909.
JSTO.
S e p t . 25 161 M a r l o n K. B r u n d a g e
Alex. A. S h a r p
In Favor of
I 11
.$15 25
14 15
HI 111
ISI
Sept. •2i> 162
Sept. » 103 William Easton Hutchison 20 65
Sept. if, •164 B e a n j ' E . P r u e s s n e r , a s s i s t a n c e t o Gr. Sec
Sept. 25 1H5 P e r r y Oden $17 00
Sept. 2b 166 F r e d W,a9hbon 32 69
Sept. ah m Fred Washhon, private secretary 75 00
Oct. ft 168 A I b e r t K. W i l s o n .$4 67
Oct. 5 169 A l b e r t K. W i l s o n 32 50
Oct. 5 170 Coler L. S i m & Co., G r . S e c r e t a r y ' s bond p r e m i u m $10 00 b
Oct. R 171 C r a n e & Co $23 90
Oct. 5 172' Z e r c h e r B o o k & S t a t i o n e r y Co 1 20
Oct. ft 173 Cl ty W a t e r W o r k s . . . . : 95
Oct. 5 174 T h e T o p e k a I n d e p e n d e n t Tel. Co 7 50
Oct. ft 175 Cowell B r o t h e r s 4 74 o
Oct. ft 178 M u t u a l I c e & Cold S t o r a g e Co 2 60
Oct. ft 177 T o p e k a E d i s o n Co 1 60
Oct.
Oct.
Oct.
Oct.
5 178
ft 179
ft 180
(i 18!
T o p e k a P u r e W a t e r Co
P o s t a l T e l e g r a p h Cable Co
M a r l o n K. B r u n d a g e , Sec.ofBce a n d l i b bldg. I n t e r e s t .
T h e Missouri & K a n s a s Tel. Co
300 00
4 45
11 65
1 06
i
Oct. 0 182 W i l l i a m G r e e n & Son ." 1 55
Oct. • H 183 W e l l s F a r g o & Co $1 50
Oct. H 184 Pacific E x p r e s s Co . 41
Oct. H 185 A l b e r t K. W i l s o n 100 00
Oct. IH 186 E. P . J o r d a n 18 55
Oct. li) 187 A l b e r t K. W i l s o n
Oct. 19 188 G a r v e r & G a r v e r , a t t o r n e y s , t a x case 166 10
Oct. 20 189 W. F. March 4 66 a
Oct. as 190 C r a n e &.Co 100 00. a-
N o v . 1 191 D e a n y E . P r u e s s n e r , asslstonce t o Gr. S e c r e t a r y 60 00
N o v . 1 192 P e r r y Oden '. .' 17 00 c
N o v . 1 193 T o p e k a P u r e W a t e r Co • 35
N o v . 1 191 C r a n e & Co". 17 85
Nov. 1 195 Fred Washbon ,61 !7
Nov. 1 196 1 50
Nov. 1 197 12 73
Nov. 1 198 T h e M111 s C o 3 00
Nov. 1 199 1 30
Nov. 1 200 55
Nov. IS 201 200 00
Nov. 15 202 25 00
Nov. If) W(i 450 00
Nov. 15 201 A l b e r t K. Wilson ' 90
Nov. 15 205 6 40
Nov. 15 200 0 . M. HIU'&OO 20 68
Nov. 15 207 .1. N. B u t l e r ..; 2 00
Nov. 15 208 1 00
Nov. 15 209 70 to
Nov. W 210 5 20
Nov. 1!7 211 60 00
Nov. 27 212 17 00
Nov. 27 213 .2 50
Nov. 27 214 5 50
Nov. 27 215 1 29 O
Nov. 27 218 W e l l s F a r g o & Co 1 02
Nov. 80 • 217 T h e W i l s o n Offlce S u p p l y Co 1 25 b
Nov. SO 218 200 00
Dec. 1 219 Fred Washbon, Charity F u n d 50 00 o
Deo. I 220 J. A. K e l l e y & B r o 25 00 "a
Dec. it 221 ' 1 88
Dec. 222
s 223 1 00
Dec. sR 224 1 60
Dee. H. B. H o w a r d 75 Si!!
Dec. .S 225 1 50
Dec. ,S 22(S 15 00 &5
Dec. 227 47 60
Deo. 8a 228 1 17
Doc. H 229 43 25
Dec. A l b e r t K. WtIson 1 71
Dec. «4 230
231 2 84
Dec. 10 232 40
Dec. 10 233 Olty W a t e r W o r k s 60
Dec. 10 234 35
Dec. 10 235 2 00
Deo. 13 23« A l b e r t K. W i l s o n 16 32
Dec. 15 237 15 77
Deo. 15 23H Fred W a s h b o n , p r i v a t e s e c r e t a r y 75 00
Deo. 15 239 27 00
Deo. 21 240 1 20
WARBANT AOOOUNT—Coniinwed.
•9
"0 •8.;
Date. No. In Favor of '

•0
1
111
1 93 ^
1909.
Dec. 21 241 $8 00
Dec. 29 242 75
Deo. 29 213 $ 60 00
Dec. 30 244 $ 7 50
1910.
245 30
246 1 60
247 46 38
248 • 1 47 h3
i!49 . 1 50
250 «0 o
251
252 Wells F a r g o <fe Co.
40
$2 65
g
253 7 50 t
254 2 46
Jan. 18 255 $3,000 00
Jan. 18 250 46 65
Jan. 18 257 A l b e r t K. W i l s o n 40 97
Jan. 18 258 17 00 o
Jan. 18 259 TheMlllsOo 7 00
Jan.
Jan.
Jan.
Jan.
Jan.
18
18
18
18
18
200
201
262
263
264
A l b e r t K. W i l s o n
519 00
5 20
$10 62
1 0« i
1 26
Jan. 18 205 D e a n y E . P r u e s s n e r , a s s i s t a n c e t o Gr. Sec'y - 60 00
Jan. 18 200 66 25
Jan. 18 267 200 00
Jan. 18 208 25 00
Jan. 18 209 450 00
Jan. 18 270 33 60
Jan. 18 271 C a p p e r p j n g r a v l n g Co., G r a n d Officers' p o r t r a i t s 29 75
Jan. 21 272 75 00 a
27.1 65 00 a-
•-t
$25,666 01 $4386 00 $362 78 $242 60 $413 60 $516 21 $896 62 c
A m o u n t a p p r . Gr. L o d g e o r o t h e r legal a u t h o r i t y 22,028 74 4,585 00 500 00 400 00 500 00 620 00 850 00
$983 00 $200 00 $137 24 $157 50 $86 60 $103 79
$46 62
A m o u n t a u t h o r i z e d by C o u n c i l of A d m i n i s t r a t i o n 3,637 27
igog-io. OBAND LODOB OF KANSAS. 67
R E P O B T OF L I B R A R I A N .
E.-. W.'. ALBERT K. WILSON, L i b r a r i a n , submitted the follow-

ing report:
To the M.: W.: Orand Lodge of A. F. & A. M. of Kansas:
The Librarian one year ago recommended that no great
a m o u n t of binding be done owing to the increased cost of this
character of work during the past few years. I t was suggested,
• however; t h a t an appropriation be made for binding some of the
masonic magazines and other publications. I t was subsequently
found t h a t the a m o u n t appropriated was not sufficient to have
any considerable amount of this work done, and it was therefore
deemed best to defer all work of this kind for the time being.
The first lodge in Colorado, now Denver Lodge No. 5, received
its dispensation from the Grand Lodge ot K a n s a s . The fiftieth
anniversary of this lodge was celebrated on October 1, 1909. I t
was the pleasure of your Grand Secretary to be present at this
celebration, as the representative of the M.-. W.". Grand Master on
behalf of the Grand Lodge. He was most cordially received and
hospitably entertained by the officers and members of Denver
Lodge No. 5. Subsequent to this celebration the proceedings
were published in a most artistic manner, a copy of which was
specially bound in flexible leather, with the n a m e of the M.\W.".
Grand Lodge of K a n s a s stamped thereon in gold, with the compli-
m e n t s of Denver Lodge No. 6.
This volume is an important addition to the history and rec-
ords of our Grand Lodge, as it places upon p e r m a n e n t record the
establishment of the first lodge in t h a t Territory now known as
Colorado.
We are under obligations for the following additions to our
library, received since the last report was s u b m i t t e d :
Freemasonry in Pennsylvania, 1727-1907, Lodge No. 2, 1757-1781.
Proceedings of a Conference of Grand Masters of Masons held in
Philadelphia, 1909.
Souvenir Album. Places of Meeting Grand Lodge of Pennsyl-
vania.
Proceedings Council of Deliberation, A. A. S. R., N e w York.
Proceedings Supreme Council A. A. S. R., N o r t h e r n Jurisdiction,
1908.
Proceedings Supreme Council A. A. S. R., N o r t h e r n Jurisdiction,
1909.
Transactions Supreme Council, A. & A. S. R., Southern Jurisdic-
tion, 1907.
Description of Decorations Masonic Temple, Philadelphia.
Old North Church, Boston, Massachusetts.
Berkshire Lodge, Adams, Massachusetts, 1907.
Admission into Masonic F r a t e r n i t y , William H o w a r d Taft, 1909.

Making Masons at Sight. By George Fleming Moore, 1909.
Masonic H a l l , N e w York City, 1909.
St. J o h n ' s D a y Sermon. B y H e n r y C. DeLong, Mt. H e r m a n
Lodge, Massachusetts, 1909.
M a k i n g Masons at Sight, Texas, 1909.
Grand Oration, by B e n j a m i n F . Bledsoe of California, 1909.
F r e e m a s o n r y in Biissia and Poland, 1908.
Miscellany of the I o w a Masonic Library, 1909.
One H u n d r e d and Seventy-Fifth Anniversary St. J o h n ' s Lodge,
Boston, Massachusetts, 1908.
Poems, F a y H e m p s t e a d , Poet L a u r e a t e of Freemasonry.
Masonic Teaching, Bible T r u t h . Rev. George R. V a n De W a t e r ,
before N a p h t a l i Lodge No. 752, New York.
Centennial Celebration Vincennes Lodge No. I, Vincennes, I n -
diana.
Address, M.-.W.". W i l l i a m D. Wolfskeil, Grand Lodge N e w Jersey,
1909.
Masonic Y e a r Book, 1909-1910.
A n n u a l Calendar, 1909.
R e m a r k s on some Masonic Bookplates and their Owners. A.
W i n t h r o p Pope, 1908.
Address M.'. W.". J. Ross Robertson, before the P a s t Masters As-
sociation, 1908.
History of t h e Laureation. B y B.". W.'. F a y H e m p s t e a d .
Webb's Monitor 1884. Presented by Bro. W. J. Bond.
Freemason's Monitor 1846. Presented by Bro. W. .1. Bond.
Masonic M a n u a l , A l a b a m a , 1908.
Report of Masonic H o m e of California.
Report of Masonic H o m e of Massachusetts.
Report of Masonic H o m e of N e w Jersey.
Report of Masonic Ho:Tie of.Nebraska.
Constitution and By-Laws Grand Lodge of Cuba, 1908.
Constitution and By-Laws of Grand Lodge of Missouri, 1908.
Constitution and By-Laws of Grand Lodge of N e w York, 1909.
H i s t o r y of F r e e m a s o n r y in Ohio from 1791, by W. M. Cunning-
ham.
Monitor and Ceremonies, Nebraska, 1909.
Fiftieth A n n i v e r s a r y of Denver Lodge No. 5, Denver, Colorado.
A L B E R T K. W I L S O N ,
Librarian.
On motion of M.-.W.-. P E R R Y M . HOISINGTON, t h e a d d r e s s of

the G r a n d Master a n d t h e r e p o r t s of the G r a n d Officers w e r e
referred to the C o m m i t t e e on E e p o r t s of G r a n d Officers:
igog-io. GRAND LODOB OP KANSAS. 69
R E P O R T O F T H E C O U N C I L OF A D M I N I S T R A T I O N .
E.-. W.-. W I L L I A M EASTON HUTCHISON, G r a n d J u n i o r War-

den, p r e s e n t e d t h e following report, which, on motion, w a s
adopted:
To the M.\ W.\ Orand Lodge of Kansas :
The Council of Administration has held t w o meetings d u r i n g
the past year, the first one a t W i c h i t a on the 18th day of February,
1909, immediately after the Grand Lodge closed, at which time the
Council was organized by selecting M.-. W / . F B ? : D W A S H B O N ,
president, and R.-.W.-. W I L L I A M E A S T O N H O T O H I S O N , secretary.
M.'.W.-. T H O M A S G . F I T O H was reelected a director of t h e Ma-
sonic H o m e Board for another term of four years to succeed him-
self.
On motion the Board of Directors of t h e Masonic H o m e was
authorized and empowered to look after t h e matters of charity for
the Council of Administration for the ensuing year.
The other meeting of the Council was held in the office of the
Grand Secretary a t Topeka on S a t u r d a y , t h e 18th day of Septem-
ber, 1909, all members being present. The special purpose of the
meeting was to look after the collection of the funds in the h a n d s
of t h e late Grand Treasurer, A L B B B T S A R B A O H . T h e action of
the Council of Administration in regard to this m a t t e r h a v i n g
been fully and completely set out in detail in t h e address of the
M.'. W.'. Grand Master, it will be unnecessary to further recite or
refer to t h e same in-this report.
The Grand Master announced the appointment of W*. W I L -
L I A M F B A N K M A B O H as Grand Treasurer, to fill t h e v a c a n c y
caused by t h e d e a t h of R . - . W . - . A L B E R T S A B B A O H , and t h e Council
fixed the a m o u n t of the bond of the newly appointed Grand Treas-
urer a t $35,000.
A r r a n g e m e n t s were made by the Council for necessary funds
to meet the current expenses until such time a s the General F u n d
of the Grand Lodge should be regularly replenished.
The Grand Secretarj' was authorized to purchase an a d d i n g
m a c h i n e for the use of his ofiBce for t h e s u m of $200 if one in good
•condition could be purchased for t h a t amount.
WILLIAM EASTON HUTCHISON,
Secretary.
70 ^ PBOCEEDINGS OF THE February,
R E P O R T OP C O M M I T T E E ON R E P O R T S O F G R A N D
OFFICERS.
W.-. CHARLES H . CHANDLER, c h a i r m a n , p r e s e n t e d the fol-

lowing report, wliioh, on motion, was a d o p t e d :
To the, M.\ W.\ Grand Lodge of Kannas :
Your Committee on Reports of Grand Officers have carefully
read the address of the Most Worshipful Grand Master, and the
reports of the Grand Treasurer, Grand Secretary and Librarian,
and beg leave to report as follows:
Your Grand Master suggests in the opening paragraph of his
address t h a t it is with a sense both of regret and relief " t h a t he
subinits to tliis Grand Body his report of the past year's masonic
activities in the Grand Liodge."
I n the light of the information contained in his splendid ad-
dress, the happy and successful solution of t h e m a n y difficult and
i m p o r t a n t problems submitted to him, render it permissible for
this coinmittee to express regret t h a t his active official duties to
this Grand Body are about to cease; and reUefthut the official re-
sponsibilities will fall on equally worthy shoulders.
"We heartily congratulate the Grand Lodge upon the bountiful
measure of prosperity .which it now enjoys, the reports for the
y e a r 1909 showing the largest number raised during any year in
the history of the Grand Lodge, which shows t h a t Masonry is
reaping its portion of tlie general prosperity of our people.
Segregation of the Orand Master''s A ddress :
T h a t t h a t portion of the Grand Master's address which needs-
no other reference m a y be disposed of, we recommend the adop-
tion of the following subjects:
Corner Stones,
Official Visits,
Grand Chaplain,
Grand Treasurer,
Chartered Lodges,
D i s t r i c t Deputy Grand Masters.
W e heartily commend the Grand Master's action in refusing-
to g r a n t special dispensations excejjt when circumstances fully
justified the same, and the language of the Grand Master " T h e
c i r c u m s t a n c e s and reasons assigned did not justify, if in fact any
reason can justify, the curtailing of the safe-guards wisely thrown
around the selective process of electing members of the Craft," is-
w o r t h y of repetition, and is^commended to t h e careful considera-
tion of the Craft.
W e heartily approve the course pursued by the M.'.W.-. Grand
Master in regard to declining to grant the special dispensations-
igoQ-io. GRAND LODGE OF KANSAS. 71
asked for by "Wichita Lodge No. 99 and Albert Pike Lodge No. 303,
and under the circumstances set forth in his address, we unre-
servedly sanction and approve the action taken, and while the
final decision in this m a t t e r will rest with the Grand Lodge, your
committee t h i n k s tlie gravity of the offense is suiHcient to w a r r a n t
its .reference to the Committee on Jurisprudence for recommenda-
tion as to the proper disposition of the matter.
W e would further recommend to the Committee on J u r i s p r u -
dence the following:
Decisions,
Dissemination of the ritual,
Official cipher.
And all recommendations and suggestions covering points
of law or procedure under the head of "Foreign Eela-
tions."
And all other portions of the report under the head of " F o r e i g n
Relations" is referred to the Committee on Correspondence.
To the Committee on Chartered Lodges and Lodges U n d e r
Dispensation is referred t h a t portion of the address under the
heading, "Lodges U n d e r Dispensation."
While there is nothing in the Grand Master's address requiring
a special reference of t h a t portion relating to the Masonic H o m e ,
yet we feel t h a t the report is deserving of special mention. I t is
a subject for sincere congratulation t h a t in these times of a d v a n c -
ing prices, the maintenance of the Home is well within the regular
income, and t h a t with the additions already provided, the H o m e
will meet all d e m a n d s for a long time to come without extraordi-
nary expense to the Craft.
GRAND T B E A S U R E B ' S REPORT.

The Grand Treasurer's report, being a compiled s t a t e m e n t of
receipts and expenditures, is referred to the Committee on F i n a n c e
and Propertj'.
GRAND SECRETARY'S REPORT.

The Grand Secretary's report is a very clear, plain and detailed
s t a t e m e n t of all the work performed in the Grand Secretary's
office during the past year. The subjects treated have been pre-
sented in m i n u t e detail and contain a great deal of valuable in-
formation, and we recommend tliat this portion of the printed
Proceedings be carefully read by every member, of the Craft.
Segregation of the Orand Secretary's Report.
To the Committee on Jurisprudence we refer the appeal from
Orient Lodge No. 51, also the restoration and preservation of old
charters.
72 PnoCEEUlNOS OF THE February,
To the Committee on Finance and Property we refer the fol-

lowing:
List of the masonic lodges of the world.
The tabulated statement of expenses.
And all other tables covering matters of receipts and ex-
penditures.
To the Committee on Chartered Lodges is referred:
Enterprise Lodge No. 353, and
Annual Eeports.
Bequests for fraternal recognition we would refer to the Com-
mittee on Correspondence.
All matters contained in the Grand Secretary's and Librarian's
report not otherwise disposed of is recommended for approval.
CHABi.iss H. CHANDLER,
EDW. W . WAYNANT,
F R E D H . STUOKEY,
Committee.
EEPORT OF COMMITTEE ON NECROLOGY.
W.-. BLBICK C. COLE, chairman, presented the following re-

port, which, on motion of W.-. JOHN A. FERRELL, of No. 136,
was unanimously adopted by rising vole:
To the M:. W.'. Grand Lodge of Kansas :
"As one who cons a t evening
•O'er an album all alone,
And muses on the faces
Of the friends that he has known,
So we turn the leaves of memory,
And again seem to discern .
The faces of our brethren
Who can nevermore return."
'Tis passing strange, that ever as we ponder on the mystery of

Death, we find ourselves confronted with that greater mystery of
Life. Its unsought coming and its mandatory departure; its
strange vicissitudes, bewildering crises; its hours so fraught with
the brightness of success and darkened with the shadows of
failure. All the wisdom of all the sages of the past and present
avails us nothing in the solution of the problem, nor gives us
further gleam of light to pierce the veil of that future which faces
us, curtained and unknown.
But this we know, that what we call today, is ours. Its duties
plainly traced upon the trestle-board for our guidance, its labors
awaiting individual effort and present action.
igog-io. GRAND LODGE OF KAMSAS. 73
The past we cannot alter. I t s errors both of omission and of

commission have been recorded, and no vain regret can change
t h a t which has been written.
The greatest tribute, theTi, which we can pay the memory of
those who but yesterday were here but now are gone, is to brighten
some other life with helpful word and kindly thought borrowed
from the friend who was, and in the blossom of the flower plucked
from that past, add beauty to the present. Thus shall the sprig
of acacia prove immortal as the lives of those who sleep are
blended for good with the living of today.
"Not only when my shuddering heart shall faint,
When Death's last arrow shall my flesh assail,
But when I face the strong demand of Life,
Let me not fall.
"When, blurred by greed, my eyes are beauty-blind,
And glided prizes lofty alms efface.
Or for low gains 1 barter my high hopes
" I n niarliet place.
When my soul swoons, when my Ideals fade.
Strength of my strength, come then unto my aid."
Since last we gathered for our a n n u a l meeting, through win-

ter's storm and blossoming of springtime, through summer's h e a t
and a u t u m n ' s garnering of sheaves, the scythe of Time h a s
thinned our ranks, and 484 of our brethren have entered the Grand
Lodge above. Their virtues stand as beacon lights for our guid-
ance', their mistakes as warnings for our future. To every home
and lodge where sorrow dwells because of ties thus broken, we
extend our wfirmest s y m p a t h y .
Your committee has attached to this report a list of Grand
Officers of other jurisdictions who have passed away since our
last report. B a c h of these will be missed in his accustomed place;
but we specially note t h a t a number of the older brethren w h o
have borne t h e heat a n d burden of the d a y have gone to rest. Of
these we note the following:
, J A M E S L E W I S G O U L D , senior P a s t Grand Master of Connec-
ticut, who died Janu.ary 26, 1909, in his seventy-ninth y e a r ; W I L -
L I A M M O O R E C U N N I N G H A M , senior P a s t Grand M a s t e r of Ohio,
whose death occurred August 16, 1909, a t the age of e i g h t y ; a n d
FRANK DANA W O O D B U R Y , G r a n d S e c r e t a r y and Past Grand
Master of New H a m p s h i r e , who died November 19, 1909. B r o .
W O O D B U R Y was one of the most distinguished craftsmen of N e w
England, a n d his familiar face will be missed by all t h e Craft
who knew him.
And so again t h e record closes. Year b y year t h e same
wreath of memory is left by tender hands a n d loving hearts to
mark t h e passing of our departed brethren. W e pause in our
labors and for these m o m e n t s our thoughts dwell with t h e m ; a n d
then the busy h u m of life again engulfs us. Yet in our hearts the
m e m o r y still dwells, and as the s h a d o w s gather, when the sun
has gone to rest and, seated by our various flresides, the busy
cares of life are for a lime forgotten, that memory, full of tender-
ness, rests as a benediction upon the living.
Fraternally s u b m i t t e d ,
E L B I C K G. C O L E ,
Committee.
R E P O R T OF C O M M I T T E E ON C H A R T E R E D L O D G E S
AND LODGES U N D E R D I S P E N S A T I O N .
W.-. H A K R Y E . BEST, c h a i r m a n , presented t h e following

r e p o r t , whicii was, on motioo, adopted :
To the M.\ W.\ Orand Lodge'of Kansas:

T o u r Committee on Lodge R e t u r n s beg to report as follows:
Of the 388 lodges in this Grand Jurisdiction, only twelve have
failed to transmit their a n n u a l reports or pay their annual dues
•within the time required by law. This is encouraging as the pre-
ceding y e a r shows nineteen lodges had committed a like offense.
A t this s a m e rate of improvement, two-years hence will show a
clean report in this respect, when every lodge in K a n s a s will'com-
ply with S t a n d i n g Regulations Nos. 11 and 16 in m a k i n g returns
to this Grand Lodge. L e t us all work together to this end.
Those failing in S t a n d i n g Regulation No. 16, requiring the
a n n u a l report to be sent on or before J a n u a r y 10th are Nos. 41, 47,
57,145, 189, 264, 275, 350, 373 and 388.
Those failing in Standing Regulation No. 11, which requires
t h a t the annual dues be sent on or before J a n u a r y 20th are Nos.
179 and 369. These, together with the-above mentioned lodges, are
denied representation.
The following have a t t a c h e d the seal of the lodge to their
reports in violation of instructions : Nos. 34, 39, 45, 57, 82, 86, 124,
125, 126, 173, 179, 182,186,197,199, 216, 224, 227, 251, 265, 282,327, 337,360,
and 365. Of these Nos. 124, 199 and 290 m a k e a specially strong
impression and badly dilapidate the report.
Those sending an incomplete list of oftlcers are Nos. 7,16, 18,
48, 47, 56, 134, 147, 163, 183, 202, 231, 253, 281, 283 and 286.
Reports with more or less initials only are Nos. 38, 97, 189, 221
and 275.
. Lodge No. 170 sends in its report using initials entirely. W e
recommend t h a t this report be returned and a new report made,
supplying the names of the b r o t h e r s .
Report No. 157 is not arranged in alphabetical order.

Nos. 13, 32, 79,123, 126,159, 221 ( p a r t l y ) , 292 and 339 have written
the names in their reports backwards. This having occurred two
years in succession with Nos. 13 and 292, and was reported to this
Grand Lodge, the penalty does not seem to have been severe
enough to remedy the evil. W e therefore recommend t h a t these
reports be returned and new reports be required from the respec-
tive Secretaries.
Reports from the following lodges were not signed by the
Secretaries: Nos. 7, 96, 157, 228, 277, 314, 338 and 356.
Those signed by the late Secretary and not by the present
Secretary: Nos. 27, 33, 278, 342, .366 and .882.
Nos. 69, 102, 224, 234 and 323 have been fortunate in securing all
the members in this Grand Jurisdiction by the name of ' - D i t t o ; "
strange as it may seem none b j ' t h a t n a m e belong to any other
lodge. Now, Brother Secretaries, don't you think this is just a
little carelessness on your p a r t ? Don't you owe to the brethren
and to your Grand Secretary the courtesy of writing the names of
the brethren correctly in your r e p o r t ?
Lodges using abbreviations in their reports a r e : Nos. 10, 42,
46, 50, 74, 79,80, 95. 97. 112, 117, 162, 176, 189, 193, 221, 228, 235, 261, 290,
335 and 371. Of these, Nos. 176 and 3.85 are very bad.
The above abbreviations referred to are in writing the names
such as JAS., J N C , etc.
I t appears t h a t the Secretary of No. 92 was desirous of being
distinguished from all the other lodges and sends in his report
written with lead pencil.
The following lodges send in their reports with the names dis-
organized. Not conforming to previous reports: Nos. 48, 79, 94,
103, 212 and 303.
Those differingfrom previous reports in names and initials are:
Nos. 13, 15, 19, 24, 49, 53. 68, 71, 86,94, 95, 103, 109, 112, 116, 154, 167, 183,
186, 193, 222, 225, 230, 254, 272, 281, 305, 829, 335, 338, 347 and 348. Of
these Nos. 254 and 335 have m a n y differences.
Filing space left blank : Nos. 7, 338 and 356.
No. 170 sends an incomplete report.
76 PROCEEDINGS OP THE February,
W h i l e these errors above mentioned are many, the lodges

m a k i n g the errors in t h e i r r e t u r n s are numerous, y e t your com-
mittee feel encouraged by the fact t h a t the grand total of lodges
m a k i n g errors in their r e t u r n s this year is less than last year.
W e especially r e c o m m e n d and beg t h a t the lodges exercise more
care in making- t h e i r r e t u r n s , seeing to it that they are correctly
made and neatly written, as these returns are permanent records
and i m p o r t a n t a n d valuable history of K a n s a s Masonry. F u r t h e r ,
in doing this a g r e a t deal of unnecessary work is saved the Grand
Secretary and a n n o y a n c e to the m e m b e r s attending this Grand
Lodge.
Your committee approves t h a t portion of your Grand Secre-
tary's report with reference to the p a m p h l e t published by the
P a n t a g r a p h Printing and Stationery Company, of Bloomington,
Illinois, and recommends t h a t this subject be referred to the Fi-
nance Committee.
liODGES UNDER DISPENSATION.

During the p a s t year only two dispensations have been granted
by your M.-. W.-. Grand Master.
Marquette Lodge U. D.
F e b r u a r y 26, 1909, dispensation was granted to 18 brother
Master Masons r e s i d i n g in and in the vicinity of Marquette, K a n -
sas, to form and open a lodge, to be known as Marquette Lodge
,U. D. - Five names were afterwards added to the dispensation.
They began work March 2d, ceased J a n u a r y 10, 1910; held 53
meetings. Initiated 29, passed 29, and raised 29, m a k i n g their
present number 52.
A discrepancy appears to have occurred in adding the five
names to the dispensation. Four names having actually been
added, and their transcript shows t h a t request was made to the
M.'.W.*. Grand Master to authorize t h e m to add the four names,
but nothing is shown r e g a r d i n g the fifth name. Also nothing is
shown in the transcript t h a t a u t h o r i t y had been given them to
add a n y of the five names. However, your committee is of the
opinion t h a t such a u t h o r i t y was given, and this was simply an^
oversight on the p a r t of the Secretary.
The financial condition is good, considering the fact t h a t this
lodge seems to h a v e had two finance committees; one usually
can dispose of all the money. T h e y having received from all
sources $1,257.75 a n d paid o u t for furniture, fixtures, etc., $1,190.04,
leaving a balance cash on hand of $67.71, with no liabilities.
Their transcript is a n e a t typewritten piece of work, and de-
serves special praise for t h e exactness In which it was written.
Your committee h a s tried hard to discover errors in their w o r k '
b u t with no results, except t h a t they have fallen into the habit as
Is practiced by a large number of older and chartered lodges of

n u m b e r i n g the degrees first, second and third, rather than Entered
Appi^ntice, Fellow Craft and Master Mason. I n some cases the
lodge was called to refreshment and resumed labor on the third
degree ; or a lodge of Master Masons was opened in form and
closed on the third degree. I n one instance the lodge was opened
on the Fellow Craft degree and a brother was examined on the
work-lecture of the "Sec." degree. W e presume t h a t m e a n t the
Fellow Craft lecture.
So far as your committee is informed, the record of Marquette
Lodge for number raised while working under dispensation, stands
alone. They also rank sixth among the chartered lodges of Kan-
sas this year.
Your committee predicts for Marquette Lodge a bright and
prosperous future, and cheerfully recommend a charter be granted
them as prayed for.
Natoma Lodge U. D.
November 29,1909, dispensation was granted to 14 brother Mas-
ter Masons residing in and in the vicinity of Natoma, to form and
open a lodge, to be known a,s N a t o m a Lodge U. D.
They began work December 6th ; ceased work J a n u a r y 10th ;
held five meetings. Initiated three, but on account of the short
life of their dispensation was prevented from conferring further
degrees.
They having received the sum of $60.00 for degrees and ex-
pened $122.50 for furniture, etc., leaves t h e m in debt to the extent
of $62.50, which indebtedness is held by the members, and assur-
ance is given by their Secretary t h a t enough work is in sight to .
more than pay them out.
Their transcript is neatly written with typewriter without
error, except they have reversed the general order of practice and
the lodge is "opened in form on the third degree," and " t h e lodge
of Master Masons is closed in form." Your committee 'does not
see the consistency of oalling it a lodge of Master Masons at one
end and a third degree lodge a t the other. The Secretary also
signs his initials in signing the minutes. I n a letter to your
Grand Secretary he apologizes for this error, and promises t h a t it
.will not occur again in future reports.
Their transcript shows a regular attendance of the officers,
and a sufficient interest among the m e m b e r s to warrant your
committee in the belief t h a t N a t o m a Lodge will grow into one
of the strong lodges of this Grand Jurisdiction, and we therefore
recommend t h a t a charter be granted them.
78 PJiOCEBDI-NQH OF THE February,
Your committee approve that portion of the M.-. W.-. Grand

Master's address, relative to revoking the charter of Enterprise
Lodge No. 353.
Our thanks are due the Grand Secretary and.his assistants
for the many courtesies.
HABBY E . BEST,
E . W . POINDEXTEB,
MOSES H . COLE,
Committee.
SPECIAL ORDER FOR ELECTION OF GRAND OFFICERS.'

The M.-. "VV.-. Grand Master announced that a special order
of business would be the election of Grand OflScers at 10 o'clock
tomorrow morning. ,
CALL TO REFRESHMENT.
The M.-.W.-. Grand Master called the M.-. W.-. Grand Lodge
from labor to refreshment until 9 o'clock tomorrow morning.
MORNING SESSION.
. THURSDAY, P e b r u a r j ' 17, 1910.

T h e M.-.W.-. G r a n d Master called the M.-. W.'. G r a n d L o d g e
from refreshment to labor at 9 A. M.
ORATION.
W.-. CHARLES E . LOBDELL, of L a r n e d L o d g e N o . 167, deliv-
ered the following oration, which, on motion of W.-. GEORGE
£>. ADAMS, of Salina Lodge No. 60, was ordered p r i n t e d w i t h
t h e A n n u a l P r o c e e d i n g s , and also additional copies p r i n t e d in
p a m p h l e t form a n d distributed to all lodges:
"The Rank is but the Guinea Stamp, The man's the 'Gowd' for
a' that," sang Scotland's greatest bard, and t h a t simple, homely
phrase has furnished more of inspiration to self-respect, is richer
in the true philosophy of human measurement than any other in
our mother tongue; and in speaking today to my theme, "The
Man and the Mason," it shall be my central thought.
A consideration of my subject it seems to me may be prop-
erly had from three viewpoints:
The "Man and the Mason" individually.
The "Man and the Mason" as a masonic factor; t h a t is, as
individual character gives quality to the whole body of Masonry
and multiplies or impairs its power for usefulness.
The "Man and the Mason" from the public viewpoint; that
is, as the personnel and conduct of our membership influences the
attitude of the public mind towards our Craft.
And in this range the subject assumes an aspect as deep and
broad and high as the whole masonic structure, nor am I sure that
it would be putting it too strongly to say that true manhood is a t
once the foundation stone and finished temple of speculative
Masonry.
Of course in speaking of The Man and the Mason individually,
the prime question must be what manner of man is he who
measures up to the masonic standard, and this again becomes an
individual question determined by individual conception and ap-
preciation of the Craft. What is Masonry? What does it mean to
us? An association of good fellows, a place to spend occasionally
a pleasant evening? A connection of more or less social and com-
mercial advantage? An opportunity for a more or less ostentatious
display of those fraternal virtues which the world applauds, and a
final guaranty of respectable burial and a good attendance iat the

funeral? I hope not, and yet are we not forced to the humiliating
confession that we come too frequently in contact with members
of the masonic lodge (I use the phrase advisedly, for one may be
a member of a masonic lodge and,not a Mason) to whom thesfe
things seemed the beginning and the end of Masonry? Unhappily
yes. W h a t is wrong with such an one? The first preparation for
Masonry was omitted.
It can be set down as true that a man may be a fairly
regular attendant at the communications of his lodge, master its
secret work, march in every funeral procession and give liberally
from his largess to the poor, and yet miss the high privilege of
Masonry and lose its symbolic value.
W h a t is Masonry? Masonry is the perfected fraternal out-
growth of the ages. Cradled in the land of the rising sun, its
origin resting in antiquity so remote that recorded history does
not find it out, its mysticism clustering about the characters and
events of sacred history. Its scope has become world wide. To
parapi.rase, its call of "High Twelve" as it follows the hour, en-,
circles the Globe, its purpose, fraternal devotion, charity, justice
and enlightenment, .^ its guiding principle, eternal t r u t h ; and he
has taken the degrees of Masonry, learned masonic precepts and
listened to masonic admonition in vain who has not felt a thrilling
inspiration to a higher manhood; and he has failed of apprecia-
tion, failed to catch the spirit of Masonry and missed the masonic
way who has not become by his association a better man, a more
considerate husband, wiser father, more useful citizen and more
zealous patriot.
He who measures to the full stature of Masonry, must come
endowed with the essential qualification of being a man,—pos-
sessed of real manhood,—and manhood is lodged where the prepara-
tion for Masonry begins. It has no audible voice, it assumes no
tangible form and yet we know it by sight and recognize it by
ear, and he who is lacking this first essential should never pass the
outer door. He who possesses it will recognize even before his
apprenticeship is served the unrivalled beauty of masonic symbol,
the loftiness of masonic teaching and the richness of masonic lore,
and to such an one when he has been raised to the sublime degree
of Master Mason his relation will afford a new field of usefulness,
righteousness and happiness. Such an one will come to the gather-
ings of his brethren in the house of Masonry as the pilgrim to the
shrine, and will respond from the heart when asked, What came
you here to do? Such an one will bathe the fevered brow of an
afflicted brother, guard faithfully the widow and orphan, give
cheerfully, though his store be scant, to the relief of those more
needy, caring not if the world shall see or know, content if his
efforts shall have brought comfort to an aching heart. Such an
one will be observing no meaningless form as with reverent hand
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he lays the evergreen sprig on the grave of a brother, for to him

the occasion will be forceful admonition of the frailty of human
life and beautiful token of the immortality of the soul; and when
his summons comes he will approach the end "as one who wraps
the drapery of his couch about him and lies down to pleasant
dreams," and of him his brethren shall say, a "faithful Mason,"
the world, "an upright man." Such a life and such an end is
the complete fruition of masonic purpose.
There is, unfortunately, the other side, to whom the language
of Masonry is but "sounding brass and tinkling cymbals," its
beautiful lectures but groups of words to be learned by rote, and
in whose breasts its sacred teachings fail to rouse the emotion
of human brotherhood.
These may be divided into three classes. The first, happily
small, is the really bad man who, conscious of his own wickedness,
seeks the shelter of masonic respectability as a cloak for his
iniquity and a shield behind which he may prey upon the gullibility
of others. He should of course have had no place amongst Masons,
but the cunning of such an one is often such as to well nigh deceive
even the very elect. What to do with him is always a problem.
Expulsion is a drastic remedy and should only follow overt acts
and after brotherly admonition has failed, for once given place
amongst us he is entitled to our best and united efforts to point
him and induce him to follow the true masonic way; but when
all other methods fail the final one should be applied with un-
shrinking hand. This much may be truly said, one who willfully
refuses to become at heart a Mason has no masonic claim upon
the Craft, for I am aware of no masonic obligation to a brother
which is not conditional upon finding him worthy. Masonry is not
a bond which binds the good man to the bad, the moral to the
immoral, the just to the unjust, except in that bond of human
charity which should exist between all men and which seeks to
turn the wrongdoer from the error of his way. Such a member
rarely becomes a Mason. He is a clog upon the wheels of Masonry,
often scandalizes the Craft in the public eye, and his lodge heaves
a sigh of relief when he is no more.
Then there is t h a t class of not really bad but selfishly ambitious
men, who, recognizing the great strength of our society, seek ad-
mission for the advancement of personal interests. This class are
usually regular in attendance, often proficient in ritualistic work,
generally seek office, and sometimes by force of effort and per-
severence attain it. They are sure to be active where their activi-
ties come under the public eye, and yet the chill of insincerity is
over it all, and from the lips of such a person the most beautiful
.and thrilling of masonic eloquence falls almost as meaningless as
the chatter of the talking bird. Deeds done to be seen of men
have their own indescribable but unmistakable identity and are
always so known and judged, and in such doing we deceive no one
82 FROCEEDINOS OF THE February,
but ourselves. If there be one inviolable rule in manhood and in

Masonry it is "ring true," be what you seem to be, and he who
fails in this misses the best of life and all that is worth while in
Masonry.
And there is still another class upon whom masonic teachings
ifall with but slight impression in the first instance, and who too
often fail in the end to attain full masonic stature. Good men
and true- are these, but unthinking. To them the central idea
of an initiation is to have fun with or at the expense of a candi-
date, than which there is no graver error, for there is in such
ceremonies no place for levity; and I have never seen it at-
tempted but it marred the beauty of the occasion and detracted from
the force of the lesson to be taught. To these the bond of Masonry
rests on their spoken obligations rather than in the mystic tie of
true masonic brotherhood. These brethren are worthy our most
thoughtful consideration and faithful attention, and may easily
by the efforts of their better informed brethren be usually brought
to a full realization and enjoyment of the real beauties of Masonry.
In such cases the error could largely be avoided in the first in-
stance. Popular illusions should as far as consistent be dispelled,
and the candidate should approach Masonry with less thought of
. what is going to happen to him and more of what he is going to
see and hear and learn; and no brother should ever recommend a
stranger to the Craft until he has talked with him and found him
possessed of as correct an idea as the uninitiated may have of the
purpose of Masonry, and with heart and mind ready in spirit
and in t r u t h to become a Mason.
I leave this branch of my subject, condensing all I have tried
to say into a single sentence. Masonry should embellish, enrich and
develop manly character, 6itt it is the inan that tnakes the Mason,
not Masonry the man.
What of the man and the Mason as the quality of our member-
ship gives character to our lodges? One of our great essayists,
EMERSON, if I mistake not, has said:
"Men of character are the conscience of the society to which
they belong," and while he was perhaps speaking in a broader
sense, from a masonic viewpoint I have never heard a more obvious
truth more plainly put. The character of its membership supplies
not only the conscience but the very life blood to each individual
.lodge. Is the membership self-seeking and ambitious? That lodge
will wither arid become a palsied limb on the body of Masonry,
for selfishness and masonic prosperity are irreconcilable. Is the
membership intemperate or immoral? Such will be the conscience
of the lodge, and it will exist as a reproach to Masonry. Is the
tmembership careless and indifferent, doing things in the easiest,
way and not doing them until the last day in the afternoon, and
not then if it can be avoided? They will impart this character to
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the lodge, for good red blood can not come from a sluggish heart.
Such a lodge will always have missing rituals, be one day late
with its reports, and never call for an instructor no matter how
badly needed. I might with propriety digress to say in passing,
that the misfortune of being late with reports is one which too
often befalls our better lodges to the great grief of the Grand Secre-
tary and the discomfiture of all concerned, and that this is one
place where there is no discretion, and promptness is indeed a
virtue. Is the membership truly masonic, moral, temperate and
active? The lodge will respond, and as a human being these
characteristics will be displayed in its every act.
Such a lodge will be a source of comfort and pleasure to its
members, a power for good in its community and a monument to
the Order. Yes, the man is indeed the essence of the Mason and the
conscience of his lodge.
Perhaps in no respect is the personnel of the Craft of greater
import than in its influence upon the public mind, and this is
especially true of an order such as ours, where solicitation is not
the order of things and our membership is. recruited from those
who seek our association of their own volition. It is hardly to be
expected that the temperate man will seek closer and more intimate
association with the reveller. Nor will it be possible for the man
of moral habits to conceive an advantage or improvement to be de-
rived from association with a body of men who give countenance
and fellowship to one whom he knows to be a libertine, and the
just man will be slow to believe in the fraternal sincerity of a
craft amongst whom are those whose daily lives are devoted to
taking advantage of their fellow *men. The Masonic Order poses
before the world as an exemplar of sobriety, truth and right living,
and that lodge will fail which does not acquire a membership awake
to this responsibility and capable each in his own sphere of such
exemplification.
Let us then, my brethren, today resolutely face the east and
press on to the high estate of manhood and Masonry whereunto
we are called, guarding well the outer door, searching each his
own conscience and casting out the evil, gentle but firm in ad-
monition to the erring brother, our motto ever being, "He builds
best for Masonry who builds for manhood best."
84 PHOCEEDINGS OE TBE February,
P B O P O S E D A M E N D M E N T TO S E C T I O N 3, OF A R T I C L E I I ,
OF T H E C O N S T I T U T I O N .
W.-. GEORGE M . B A R N S s u b m i t t e d t h e following, which was

referred t o t h e C o m m i t t e e on J u r i s p r u d e n c e :
All t h e officers of t h e Grand Lodge (excepting the Grand
Tyler) shall be chosen b y ballot, by a majority of all the votes
cast therefor, a t each A n n u a l Communication, and shall hold their
offices u n t i l their successors a r e installed. T h e Grand Tyler shall
be appointed by t h e Grand Master after his installation, and shall
hold his office during his pleasure.
ELECTION OF GRAND OFFICERS.

T h e hour having a r r i v e d for t h e special o r d e r for t h e elec-
tion of G r a n d OflScers, t h e M.-. W.-. G r a n d Master announced
t h e following tellers.: FRANK B . D A V I S , No. 5 ; SADLIER J.
HoDGiNS, ISIo. 2 2 5 ; THOMAS E . SUTTON, N O . 1 9 ; ALBERT E.
WHITAKER, NO. 243; F R E D H . STUCKET, N O . 303; JOHN W .
NEILSON, N O . 113; C A L E ^Y. CARSON, N O . 277.
T h e election resulted in t h e selection of t h e following
oflScers:
R.-.W.-. M A R I O N K . B B U N D A G E , N O . 146 .. .Grand Master.
R.-.W.-. A L E X A N D E R A. S H A R P , N O . 167 .. Deputy Grand Master.
R.-.W.-. W I L L I A M E . H U T C H I S O N , N O . 312. .Grand Senior Warden.
W . - . E L B I G K C . C O L E , N O . 15 ; . . . Grand Junior Warden.
R.-.W.-. W I L L I A M F R A N K M A R C H , N O . 9 . . .Grand Treasurer.
R.-.W.-. A L B E R T K . W I L S O N , N O . 51 Grand Secretary.
P R E S E N T A T I O N OF P A S T G R A N D M A S T E R ' S J E W E L .
M.-.W.-. THOMAS G . F I T C H , s p e a k i n g for a n u m b e r of personal
friends of t h e r e t i r i n g G r a n d Master, M.-. W.-. F R E D WASHBON,
p r e s e n t e d him with a P a s t G r a n d Master's jewel, a n d M.-.W.-.
E D W A R D W . WELLINGTON p r e s e n t e d him with a scroll, upon
w h i c h w a s engrossed an a p p r o p r i a t e poem a n d t h e names of
t h e d o n o r s of the jewel.
REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON CORRESPONDENCE.

M.-. W.-. M A T T H E W M . MILLER, chairman, presented his
formal r e p o r t in p r i n t e d iorm, w h i c h w a s ordered printed with
the Proceedings.
S P E C I A L R E P O R T O P T H E C O M M I T T E E ON C O R R E -
SPONDENCE.
M.-.W.-. M A T T H E W M . M I L L E R , c h a i r m a n , presented t h e fol-

lowing report, which, on motion, was a d o p t e d :
To the M.\ W.: Orand Lodge of Kansas :
The portions of the Grand Master's address under the.topic,
"Foreign Relations," having reference to the conferences at Phil-
adelphia and Baltimore, which have been referred to your Com-
mittee on Correspondence, have been duly considered, and your
committee begs leave to report thereon as follows:
T h a t in the opinion of your committee the Grand Lodge of Ma-
sons of Kansas will receive with concurrence and unqualified ap-
proval the unequivocal declaration t h a t there has been an absolute
lack of Intention t h a t such conference should lead to a n y t h i n g in
the way of a general governing masonic body ; and for the purpose
of placing on record the position of the Grand Lodge of K a n s a s in
regard to such matters, a n d in approval of Grand Master W A S H -
BON'S action thereon, recommend the adoption of the following
resolution :
Resolved, T h a t the Grand Lodgeof Ancient, Free and Accepted
Masons of Kansas heartily endorses, approves and adopts as its
own the declaration contained in t h e Baltimore (Maryland) Con-
vention of Grand Masters, held on t h e 16th and 17th days of
November, 1909, to-wit:
"We have no desire to see a National or Supreme Grand Lodge of An-
cient Craft Masonry In this country. I t could serve no useful purpose and
such an idea has no friend or supporter here." /
MATTHEW M. MILLEE,
Committee.
S P E C I A L R E P O R T O F T H E C O M M I T T E E ON C O R R E -
SPONDENCE.
M.-.W.-. M A T T H E W M . M I L L E R , c h a i r m a n , p r e s e n t e d t h e fol-
lowing report, which was, on motion, a d o p t e d :
To the M.\ W.\ Orand Lodge of Kansas :
The masonic bodies of San Salvador, in Central America, have
until recently been under t h e jurisdiction of t h e Supreme Council
of Central America, whose headquarters, place of business or "see"
is in Guatemala.
On J u l y 14,1908, the masonic lodges of San Salvador were duly
organized into a Grand Lodge, three lodges joining in the consti-
86 PnoCEEDlNQS OF THE February,
tution ; later two other lodges were organized and two lodges U. D.
•were authorized.
The Supreme Council above named acknowledged the inde-
pendence of Symbolic Freemasonry in the Eepublic of San Salva-
dor on September 9, 1908, when it issued a decree which surren-
dered the jurisdiction which it had held in the Republic of San
Salvador over the first three degrees of Freemasonry, and recog-
nized the Grand Lodge of San Salvador as an independent masonic
body with absolute sovereignty as a Grand Liodge of Symbolic
Masonry.
The Grand Lodge of San Salvador, as above shown, was of
Scottish Rite origin and antecedents.
It is now a regularly constituted Grand Lodge of Symbolic
Masonry. It has adopted the Constitution and laws under which
the Grand Lodge Valle de Mexico is working as a masonic Grand
Body, which is a sure guaranty as to their strength and conformity
to masonic regularity.
They state their masonic principles to be as follows :

" 1st. We recognize the landmarks as being the foundation of
Masonry, and that they are unalterable.
"2d. _ We require of candidates a belief in the true and living
GOD.
"3d. The Holy Bible is always on our altars in open lodge.
"4th. We have no relation with the Grand Orient of France
or other atheistical bodies.
"5th. Our Grand Lodge is a sovereign Grand, Lodge, and not
under the control of any other body."
If the showing made by the Grand Lodge of San Salvador is
vulnerable in any point, it must be upon the issue presented by
your committee, where'it states: "The Grand Lodge of San Sal-
vador, as above shown, was of Scottish Rite origin and antece-
dents."
Upon that issue about two-thirds of the Grand Lodges with
whom the Grand Lodge of Kansas is in fraternal relation have
decided in favor of the recognition of bodies of such origin and
antecedents, as has the Grand Lodge of Kansas heretofore.
Your committee therefore recommends the adoption of the
following resolution:
Resolved, That the Grand Lodge of Kansas hereby extends fra-
ternal recognition to the Grand Lodge of San Salvador as the
regular and legitimate Grand Lodge of Ancient, Free and Accepted
Masons within the autonomous territorial jurisdiction of'San Sal-
vador, and that an exchange of Grand Representatives is hereby
accorded and requested.
MATTHEW M. MILLER,
Committee
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R E P O R T OF C O M M I T T E E ON J U R I S P R U D E N C E .
M.-. W.-. THOMAS L . BOND, a c t i n g c h a i r m a o , presented t h e

following report, which was adopted by sections, and as a
wboie, the a m e n d m e n t s to the B y - L a w s receiving the neces-
s a r y two-thirds v o t e :
To the M.\ W.: Grand Lodge of Kansas:
Your Committee on Jurisprudence, to whom were referred
certain portions of the address of the Grand Master, beg leave to
report t h a t we cordially commend the action of the Grand Master
with reference to the conduct of Albert Pike Lodge No. 303 and
W i c h i t a Lodge No. 99, and hope t h a t the rebuke to said lodges by
the M.'.W.-. Grand Master will prevent an3' lodge within this jur-
isdiction of ever being guilty of a similar oflense;; and your com-
mittee takes this occasion to state t h a t it would have endorsed
more severe measures on the part of the M.-.W.-. Grand Master.
Your committee approves the two decisions made by th
Grand Master which were referred to it.
As suggested by the M.\W.'.Grand Master, j-our committee
recommends the a m e n d m e n t of By-Law No. 44 so that said by-law
will read as follows:
"44. The Grand Master sljall send a competent lecturer to a n y
lodge applj'ing to him for instruction, and mi\.y send such lecturer
to any lodge which he m a y determine requires instruction, and
such lecturer may hold a school of instruction for officers of the
lodges a t such times and places as m a y be convenient, for the sev-
eral lodges supporting such schools, as directed by the Grand
Master, and the Grand Master m a y adopt such other methods of
instruction as he may consider most efficient in disseminating the
work and establishing the greater uniformity in the ritual."
We recommend t h a t S t a n d i n g Regulation No. 25 be amended
so as to read as follows:
"25. Official Cipher.— The official cipher, prepared and pro-
mulgated by this Grand Lodge, is hereby declared to be the correct
cipher of the work of the three degrees of Ancient Craft Masonry,
including the lectures appertaining thereto, described in Section 7,
Article IV, of the Constitution, and every lodge shall practice the
same in all the ceremonies of conferring the several degrees; and
no new copy of the official cipher shall be issued to any lodge ex--
cept to replace those returned to the Grand Secretary on account
of their useless condition, or upon satisfactory evidence t h a t they
have been destroyed ; and when any lodge shall not be able to pre-
sent the copies of the official cipher with which it is charged,
whefi called for by the Grand Secretary or District Deputy Grand
Master, said lodge shall pay a penalty of $20.00 for each copy not
so presented ; and the deliberate continuance of the possession by
any brother of an official cipher after the same has been accounted
for to the Grand Secretary as lost or destroyed, shall be deemed
an offense against the Body of Ma'sonry and be punishable by ex-
pulsion from the fraternity."
Many of the recommendations of the Philadelphiaconference,

contained in the address of t h e M.\ W.\ Grand Master, are in
accord with the laws of this jurisdiction. As additional require-
ments, your committee r e c o m m e n d s t h a t a petition for the mys-
teries of Masonry shall state t h e occupation of the petitioner,
specifically and in detail, both with relation to himself a n d h i s .
employer, if a n y ; the residence of the petitioner, and when t h e
petitioner resides in a city, t h e n a m e of'the street and the number
of his house, if it be numbered ; and, if the petitioner has before
petitioned to be made a Mason, the petition should state the name,
number, location a n d jurisdiction of the lodge previously peti-
tioned, and the date, as near as m a y be, of such petition.
Your committee further r e c o m m e n d s t h a t the following renun-
ciation be required from a l l petitioners w h o have been identified
with clandestine bodies :
KENUNOTATION.
" K N O W A L L , M E N B Y T H E S E P B E S B N T S , t h a t I, ,
a citizen of Kansas, age .'... years, occupation , resi-
dence , aver a n d declare, on ray personal honor,
t h a t on t h e . . . . d a y of I became identified with a n
association of alleged F r e e m a s o n s known as ., u n d e r .
a m i s u n d e r s t a n d i n g as to its constitution and authority.and a sub-
sequent investigation has convinced m e t h a t it is a clandestine
body, w i t h o u t lawful a u t h o r i t y to confer a n y of the degrees of
Free a n d Accepted or York .Rite M a s o n r y ; therefore, I hereby, of
m y own free will a n d accord, a n d with full knowledge of the con-
sequences of m y act, freely, solemnly and sincerely renounce all
•obligations and allegiance to said unlawful and clandestine asso-
ciation ; a n d I further avow and declare t h a t I will not, in a n y
m a n n e r , directly or indirectly, have or hold any intercourse or
affiliation of a n y character/with said clandestine association.
"On t h e . . . . d a y of . ' . . : . , . . ..7."' I gave notice iii writing to
the officers of said association t h a t I have permanently severed
a l l relations and affiliations therewith and allegiance thereto."
Sighed in the presence of:
Your committee cordially approves all the efforts of the Grand

Secretary for the restoration a n d preservation of old charters.
THOS. L . BOND, DALLAS GBOVEB,
CHAS. B . LOBDBLL, O W E N J. W O O D ,
Committee.
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S U P P L E M E N T A L R E P O R T OF C O M M I T T E E ON
JURISPRUDENCE.
W.-. O W E N ' J . WOOD, for t h e c o m m i t t e e , s u b m i t t e d the fol

lowing r e p o r t :
To the M.\ W.: Grand Lodge of Kansas:
Your Committee on Jurisprudence, to whom was referred t h e
appeal of Bro. ISAAC M . B L I T Z , a Master Mason, and a member of
Orient Lodge No. 51, A. F . & A. M., located atTopeka, Kansas, beg
lea-ve to report t h a t we have carefully examined the transcript of
the record, as taken by a commissioner duly appointed by t h e
lodge, and reported to the lodge, and have considered all questions
raised therein. '
This was a proceeding against Bro. B L I T Z upon three specific
charges, a specification following each charge, the charges being:
1. T h a t of being guilty of unmasonic, indecent and immoral
conduct.
2. T h a t of violating his obligation as a Master Mason; a n d
3. "With conduct and behavior unbecoming a Mason, in t h e
presence and hearing of strangers not Masons.
The trial was had before t h e lodge a n d a conclusion of guilt
reached upon each charge, on the 18th d a y of June, 1909. Before
the lodge the accused was represented by his attorney, and t h e
lodge by its attorney. The questions a t issue, as shown by t h e
record, were fully discussed before your committee by the repre-
sentatives of the lodge a n d the accused. From the very nature of
the charges made, the case h a s caused your committee g r e a t
anxiety. H a v i n g in view the best interests of the lodge and t h e
Craft throughout this Grand Jurisdiction, as well as those consti-
tutional safeguards which are wisely thrown around the accused,
we have, upon a full and thorough examination of the entire pro-
ceedings, reached t h e following conclusions :
1. T h a t in so far as the second charge and the specification
following it are concerned, we are of the opinion t h a t the facts as
shown by the record did not justify the action of the lodge in find-
ing the accused g u i l t y ; and we recommend, therefore, t h a t t h e
action of the lodge upon this charge be not approved, but reversed.
2. I n so far as the third charge and t h e specification following
it are concerned, we are of the opinion t h a t t h e record discloses a
state of facts which did not justify the lodge in finding the accused
guilty. W e therefore recommend t h a t the action of the lodge
upon this charge be not approved, b u t reversed.
3. As to the first charge, v i z : t h a t of being guilty of unma-
sonic, indecent and immoral conduct, it is the opinion of your
committee, after a thorough and complete investigation of t h e
90 . PROCEEDINGS OF THE February
record, t h a t there was certain testimony introduced and read to

the lodge, which was improper on account of being entirely hear-
say. A portion of 'the testimony given by Bro. GORDON concern-
ing the m a i n questions involved in and pertinent to the charge
was hearsay pure and simple, and its admission was error.
However, your committee is of the opinion that, independent
of such improper testimony, there are facts appearing in the
record sufficient and ample, in our judgment, if believable, to jus-
tify the lodge in finding the accused guilty, and were it not for
the improper admission of this clearly hearsay testimony, we
would have no hesitancy in r e c o m m e n d i n g the affirmance of the
action of the lodge in finding the accused guilty. Your committee
is unable to say. however, t h a t this improper testimony did not
influence the lodge in r e a c h i n g the conclusion it d i d ; hence we
recommend that the action of the lodge be not approved, but re-
versed, and t h a t the t r a n s c r i p t and record be at once transmitted
to Orient Lodge No. 51 upon t h e first charge and specification men-
tioned therein — t h a t of being guilty of unmasonic, indecent and
i m m o r a l conduct—and t h a t this charge only be submitted to the
lodge upon the present record, a t a time to be fixed by the lodge,
e l i m i n a t i n g therefrom and not considering the liearsay testimony
of Bro. GoKDON, herein before referred to, and t h a t therefrom it, by
a vote, determine the guilt or innocence of the accused.
I t also appears from the record t h a t during the trial the cross-
examination of Bro. B l ITZ was w i t h d r a w n by the attorney repre-
senting the lodge. I t is tlie opinion of your committee, t h a t the
r i g h t to.use such cross-examination should be extended and per-
m i t t e d upon the r e h e a r i n g of this charge', should the lodge desire
to do so, and we so recommend.
THOMAS L. BOND, DALLAS GROVEB,
C ' H A E L E S E . LIOBDELL, OWEN J. WOOD,
Committee.
On motion of W.-. E L R I C K 0. COLE, t h e several r e c o m m e n d a -
tions of t h e committee were s e p a r a t e d , a n d those with reference
to c h a r g e s two and t h r e e w e r e a p p r o v e d and a d o p t e d ; t h e
r e p o r t of t h e c o m m i t t e e on c h a r g e one was non-concurred in,
• and t h e action of O r i e n t L o d g e No. 51 was sustained, a n d the
appeal dismissed.
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S U P P L E M E N T A L E E P O R T O F T H E C O M M I T T E E ON
JURISPRUDENCE.
M.-. W.-. THOMAS L . BOND submitted t h e following r e p o r t

r e l a t i v e to the proposed a m o n d m e n t to Section 3, Article I I , of
t h e Constitution, which, on motion, was adopted :
To the M.\ W.: Or and Lodge of Kansas:

Your committee, to whom was referred the proposition to
amend Section 3, Article I I , of the Constitution, would report t h a t
the present custom is an Immemorial one, if not absolutely one of
the inviolable landmarks of Masonry, and as the appointive oflEl-
cers are the especial, official household of the M.-.W.'. G r a n d
Master, upon whom he relies for the execution of his official
orders, we deem it masonically unwise to deprive him of the pre-
rogative of their selection, and recommend t h a t the resolution be
not adopted.
THOMAS L. BOND, DALLAS GBOVEB,
CHABLES E . LOBDBLL, O W E N J. W O O D ,
Committee.
G R E E T I N G S TO M.-. W.-. S A M U E L R. P E T E R S .
W.-. CHARLES B . LOBDELL presented the following p r e a m b l e
a n d resolution, which were u n a n i m o u s l y a d o p t e d :
W H E E E A S , This Grand Lodge has greatly missed the cheerful
presence and wise counsel of M.-.W.". P a s t Grand Master S A M U E L
E . P B T B E S , and has learned with deep regret t h a t he is detained
a t his home by illness; therefore be it •
Resolved, That we send to him a cordial fraternal greeting of
comfort and good cheer, and express our earnest hope for his com-
plete recovery and restoration to his place among us.
C A L L E D TO R E F R E S H M E N T .
T h e M.-.W.-. (a-rand Master called t h e M.-.W.-. G r a n d L o d g e
from labor to refreshment u n t i l 2:30 P. M.
AFTERNOON SESSION.
THUESDAY, February 17, 1910.
T h e M.-.W.-. G r a n d Master called t h e M.-.W.-. Grand L o d g e

from retroslnneot to l a b o r a t 2:30 p. si.
R E P O R T OF COMMITTEE ON F I N A N C E AND P R O P E R T Y .
W.-. AuaasTUS O. W E L L M A N , c h a i r m a n , presented the follow-
i n g r e p o r t , which w a s , on motion, a d o p t e d :
To the M.\ W.'. Orand Lodge of Kansax :
Your Committee on F i n a n c e a n d Property would respectfully
s u b m i t for your consideration t h e following report:
W e have made a n a u d i t of the Grand Treasurer's and Grand
Secretary's, accounts, a n d find t h e m correct and in harmony, re-
flecting the following e x h i b i t :
GENERAL FUND.
Grand Treasurer's balance, as of F e b r u a r y 18,1909 $ 36,058 64
Receipts d u r i n g 1909 1 54,639 73
L e s s a m t . paid tJy bond c o m p a n y . .$16,358 99
Less a m o u n t paid acct. salaries . . 225 00= 16,583 99— 38,056 74
$74,114 38
Disbursements during 1909 31,693 60
$42,520 78
Less a m o u n t transferred to C h a r i t y F u n d . . . . : 1,767 03
L e a v i n g in the hands of the Grand Treasurer a balance in
the General Fund of $40,753 75
OHABITY FUND.
Grand Treasurer's balance, as of Feb. 18, 1909.$4,824 75
Transferred from General F u n d '1,767 03
$6,591 78
Less W a r r a n t No. 21 $320 00
No. 219 50 00
No. 260 519 00= 889 00 '
Balance in Charity F u n d of $ 5,702 78
Total balance $46,466 53
F o r which h e has t u r n e d over to your committee certified check
on the M e r c h a n t s ' N a t i o n a l B a n k , of Lawrence, K a n s a s , dated
F e b r u a r y 11,1910, signed A. M O N B O E , president.
igog-io. CrRANv LODGE OP KANSAS. 93
Your committee have inspected a n d checked the equipment

and other property in the ofBce of the Grand Secretary, and find
the same correctly recorded in the invoice book as ordered by this
Grand Lodffe.
ESTIMATED BBVENTTE AND EXPENSES FOB T H E ENSUING YEAB.

The probable income to the Grand Lodge for the ensuing year,
as exhibited in the Grand Secretary's report, is shown to be
$17,568.50.
EXPENSES.
The expenses for the current masonic year, as providea O'^ law,
and for which appropriations should be made a t this Communica-
tion, are as follows ;
Assistance to the Grand Secretary $ 900 00
Committee allowances (By-Law 54) 450 00
Expenses Grand Lodge Communication 150 00
Grand Secretary's incidentals 300 00
Grand Treasurer's bond premium 175 00
Grand Secretary's bond premium 10 00
Grand Master's contingent fund 500 00
Grand Master's salary 800 00
Grand Treasurer's salary 100 00
Grand Secretary's salary 1,800 00
Grand Master's apron 20 00
Grand Officers' portraits 50 00
History and museum 50 00
Library books 100 00
Library furniture, binding, etc 300 00
Mileage to representatives (By-Law 56) 1,970 37
Mileage and expenses (By-Law 56) 812 79
Minor salaries (By-Law 53) 100 00
Office and Library Building m a i n t e n a n c e 850 00
Office and Library Building interest 300 00
Printing A n n u a l Proceedings 1,450 00
Postage and express 350 00
Private secretary 300 00
Stationery and printing 500 00
Special appropriation, tableau of lodges 145 (X)
Stenographer 36 00
AUGUSTUS O. W B L L M A N , MOSES H . COLB,
FBANK E . DEMUTH, CHABLES N . POWLEB,
RoBEBT T E E A T P A Y N E , (Jommittee.
VOTE OF T H A N K S .
On m o t i o n of W.-. E L R I C K C . C O L E , t h e t h a n k s of t h e G r a n d
L o d g e w e r e tendered t h e b r e t h r e n of H u t c h i n s o n for t h e i r en-
t e r t a i n m e n t a n d hospitality.
94 PROCEEDINGS OP THE February,
P L A C E O F M E E T I N G , 1911.
K a n s a s City, K a n s a s , w a s selected as t h e place for holding

t h e fifty-fifth A n n u a l C o m m u n i c a t i o n , c o m m e n c i n g W e d n e s -
day, F e b r u a r y 15, 1911.
INSTALLATION.
M.-."W.-. P E R R Y M . HOISINGTON, assisted by M . - . W . - . M A U R I C E
L. STONE, as G r a n d M a r s h a l , installed t h e following ofiicers:
M.-.W.*. M A B I O N K . B B U N D A G E G r a n d Master
Ellsworth Lodge No. 146. ( Residence, Russell.)
E.-. W.-. A L E X A N D E R A. S H A R P Deputy Grand Master
Larned Lodge No. 167. ( Residence, Topeka.)
B.-. W.". W I L L I A M B A S T O N H U T C H I S O N . . G r a n d Senior W a r d e n
Santa Fe Lodge No. 312. (Residence, Garden City.)
E.'. W.'. E L R I O K C . C O L E . Grand Junior W a r d e n
Great Bend Lodge No. 15, Great Bend.
E.-. W.-. W I L L I A M F R A N K M A R C H Grand Treasurer
Acacia Lodge No. 9. Lawrence.
E.'. W.". A L B E R T K . W I L S O N ' Grand Secretary
Orient Lodge No. 51, Topeka.
T h e M.-.W.-. G r a n d M a s t e r a n n o u n c e d t h e following a p -
p o i n t i v e officers:
*W.-. B B U O E G R I F F I T H Grand Chaplain
Albert Pike Lodge No. 303, Wichita.
W.-. C H A R L E S H . C H A N D L E R Grand Senior Deacon
Orient Lodge No. 61, Topeka.
W.-. J O H N C . E L Y Grand J u n i o r Deacon
.Newton Lodge No. 142,Newton.
*W.-. THOMAS C. B A B B Grand Marshal
Oonstellatlon Lodge No. 95, Fredonla.
W.-. H E N R Y C. MORDAUNT Grand Sword B e a r e r
King Solomon's Lodge No. 10, Leavenworth.
•W.-. C H A R L E S A. L O U O K S Grand Senior S t e w a r d
Emerald Lodge No. 289, Laklu.
W.-. ALEXANDER L. BROWNE Grand J u n i o r S t e w a r d
Russell Lodge No. 177, Russell.
W.-. ANDREW B. BLUE Grand Pursuivant
Armourdale Lodge No. 271, Kansas City.
W.-. W. A M E S BURNETT G r a n d Tyler
Mountain Slope Lodge No. 186, Oberlln.
*Owlng to the absence of Bros.GKiFPiTH and B A B B they were not Installed.
igog-io. OBAND LonOE OF KANSAS. 95
STANDING COMMITTEES.
T h e M.-.W.-. G r a n d Master a p p o i n t e d t h e following com-

mittees for t h e e n s u i n g y e a r :
On Credentials.—YnATSssi E. B A V I S , No. 5, A t c h i s o n ; A. S I D -
N E Y C H A S E , N O . 146, E l l s w o r t h ; J O S E P H T>. F E L L , No. 113, Con-
cordia; C H A R L E S E . H A L L , N O . 177, Russell; J O H N W . N E I L S O N ,
N O . 113, Concordia.
On Reports of Grand O n c e r s . — P E R B Y M . H O I S I N G T O N , N O .
142, N e w t o n ; E D W A R D W . W A Y N A N T , N O . 2, L e a v e n w o r t h ;
C H A R L E S L . B B A M W E L L , N O . 200, A n t h o n y ; G. S T A N L E Y M E D -
LiooTT, No. 90, Topeka; F R E D H . S T U O K E Y , N O . 303, Wichita.
On Finance and Property.—AUGUSTUS O . W B L L M A N , N O . 225,
Topeka; F R A N K E . D E M U T H , N O . 146, E l l s w o r t h ; R O B E R T T R E A T
P A Y N E , No. 297, E l l i s ; M O S E S H . C O L E , N O . 206, H a r p e r ; G E O R G E
W . SCOTT, N O . 272, K a n s a s City, K a n s a s .
On Jurisprudence.— S A M U E L R . P E T E R S , N O . 142, N e w t o n ;
B E S T O B G. B B O W N , N O . 225, T o p e k a ; T H O M A S L . B O N D , N O . 60,
Salina; C H A R L E S E . L O B D B L L , N O . 167, L a r n e d ; F R E D W A S H -
BON, N O . 206, residence Anthony.
On Chartered Lodges and Lodges U. D.— H A B B Y E . B E S T ,
No. 16, M a n h a t t a n ; E A R L Y W . P O I N D B X T E B , N O . 17, residence
K a n s a s C i t y ; W I L L I A M H . M I Z E , N O . 160, Osborne.
On Correspondence.—MATTHEW M . M I L L E R , No. 134, Clay
Center, residence Topeka.
On Necrology.— D A L L A S G B O V B E , N O . 298, residence Ells-
worth.
R E A D I N G OF T H E J O U R N A L .
T h e j p u r n a l was then read b y B r o . C A R L W . N E L L I S , official
s t e n o g r a p h e r , a n d adopted.
CLOSING CEREMONIES.
T h e M.-.W.-. G r a n d Master closed t h e M.-.TV.-. G r a n d L o d g e
in A m p l e Form, with p r a y e r b y the G r a n d C h a p l a i n , E e v .
JOHN E . EDWARDS.
ê--<—<—</»/*' ^(T:
Orand Master
ATTEST :
Orand Secretary,
MASONIC DISTRICTS, AND LIST OF DISTRICT DEPUTY GRAND

MASTERS FOR 1910.
LIST OF DISTRICT DEPUTY GRAND MASTERS.

District No. 1 OtiVBR C. M I L L B B Atchison
DlstrletNo. 2 WILLIAM F . SHALB Hiawatha
District No. S JoHM W. McCooL Leavenworth
District No. 4 ROBERT J. MOFABLAND Kansas City
District No. 5 THOMAS A. SITTTON Olathe
DlstrletNo. 6 ALBERT E . W H I T A K E B •. Loulsburg
District No. 7 JULitrs GOTTLIEB Pleasanton
DlstrletNo. 8 ROBERT J. W H I T F I E L D Fort Scott
District No. 9 HAKRY W . SHIDELBE Glrard
District No. 10 O L I V E R C. RUMMEL Baxter Springs
District No. 11 CHARLES W . HENDBRSHOT Wetmore
DlstrletNo. 12 P E R R Y BRUNSTETTBR . . . . . Norton vlUe
District No. 13 RuFus B. MBLVIN ........Lawrence
District No. 14 P I E R R E P. E L D E R f Ottawa
District No. 15 E D M U N D B . CUMMINGS Bronson
District No. 18 . . . S A M U E L G.'SIMPSON Parsons
District NO. 17 RUSSELL GARRISON Cherry vale
District NO. 18 C H A R L E S E . MUNSON CoffeyvUle
District NO. 19 ARTHUR HOHN Marysvllle
District NO. 20 F R E E M A N VIOORY Greenleat
District NO. 21 W I L L I A M S. E B K B L E Topeka
District No. 22 JOHN N . SHARP Carbondale
District NO. 23 CHARLES T. H I G H LeRoy
District No. 24 B B N S. P A U L E N . Fredonla
District No. 25 : A R O H I E W . LONG Manhattan
District No. 26 H U G H STEWART Council Grove
District No. 27 • J O H N M . PABBINGTON Emporia
District No. 28 J E S S E E . SMITH MoUne
District No. 29 B E N F . SADIL Wlnfleld
District No. 80 LEONID AS E. H I L L Concordia
District NO. 81 .'. . H K N E Y W. STAOKPOLE Clay Center
District NO. 32 JOSEPH E . KBBL Abilene
District No. 83 H. G B B E L E T K Y L E Marlon
District No. 34 W I L L I A M R . BROWN El Dorado
District No. 35 J O H N C. E L Y Newton
District No. 36 BRUOE G R I F F I T H Wichita
District No. 37 '. B E N F . ZOOK Wellington
District NO. 38 RUSSLB H . MAOOOLLOUGH Smith Center
District No. 39 J OSEPH W . S M I T H Minneapolis
District No. 40 GEORGE D . ADAMS Sallna
District No. 41 C. F R E D F E H R Arlington
District No. 42. GLODELL O. D A K I N Ashland
District No. 43 W I L L I A M F . COULSON Harper
District No. 44 W A L T E R A. SMITH Oberlln
District NO. 45 J O S E P H J. LANDES Klrwln
District NO. 46 C H A R L E S N . FOWLBB Ellsworth
District No. 47 DAVID LLOYD Scott City
District NO. 48 J. ELLSWORTH H U M P H R E Y Nlckerson
District NO. 49 ROBERT MEBTBN Great Bend
District NO. 50 E D W A R D S . LINDAS Larned
District NO. 51 JOHN W . HOPKINS Gralnflerd
District NO. 52 PAUL RICH Syracuse
District No. 53 D E L B E R T O. BYE : Atwood
98 PEOCEEDINOS OF THE February,
L I S T OP D I S T B I O T S .
DISTBIOT N o . I. D I S T R I C T N O . 8.
Location. N'ame, No. Location. Name. No.
W h i t e Cloud W h i t e C l o u d . . . . 78 Loulsburg Peace '. 243
Highland Smlthton 1 Paola Paola 87
Huron Huron 72 Osawatomle .....Osage Valley.... 24
Atchison Washington 6 Parker Parker 841
Atchison Active 158 Garnett D e l p h i a n ..-. 44
Doniphan Arcana 31 Greeley Greeley 211
Effingham Mackey 48 Lane Lane 389
D I S T R I C T N o . 7.
DISTEIOT N o . 2. Fontana Equity 181
Troy Troy 66 La Oygne .La Cygue ,.. 61
Wathena.... W a t h e n a .. 64 Pleasanton Eureka ..... 88
Severance Severance . 313 Mound City .Mound Olty.
Bobl nsou B o b l n s o n .. 159 Blue Mound Lotus
Hiawatha Hiawatha . 86 Klncald Klncald '.
Hamlin ; Hamlin 186
Morrill Morrill 878
Powhattan Powhattan 863 Garland Memphis 108
P a w n e e S t a t ' n . . . Godfrey 124
D I S T R I C T N o . 8. F o r t S c o t t . . . . . . . . B l s l n g Sun 8
Fulton Fulton 210
Leavenworth ....Leavenworth.... 2 Devon Devon 82
Leavenworth K i n g S o l o m o n ' s . 10 Mapleton Eldora 28
Leavenworth Hiram .68 Hlattvllle :. . H l a t t v l U e 218
Ft.Leavenw'th ..Hancock 311 Unlontown Excelsior 115
Lansing N i n e Mile 49
BoUng BoUng. 865 D I B T B I O T N O . 9.
Easton Easton 45 Arcadia Arcadia 829
Potter Klckapoo 4 Mulberry Gr've..Mulberry 261
Winchester Jefferson..... 84 Pittsburg Pittsburg 187
Tonganoxle Henri 190 Pittsburg '....Owen A.Bassett. 867
Glrard Glrard 98
D I S T R I C T N O , 4. Walnut Vulcan 229
Cherokee..._ Cherokee 119
K a n s a s City Wyandotte 3
Kansas City Armourdale 271 D I S T R I C T N O . 10.
Kansas City Kaw 272 Scammon Scammon 861
Bosedale Bosedale 833 Columbus Prudence 100
Qulndaro '-'B.E.Sherman... 869 Galena Galena 194
Argentine Ben Hur 322 Baxter Springs..Baxter 71
B o n n e r Sp'gs ...'.Bonner Springs. 866 W e i r City -.^Black D i a m o n d . 274
White Church...Delaware 96
Piper Piper 886
Helton Holton 42
*Boger E . S h e r m a n .
Whiting Whiting 250
Horton Horton 828
Netawaka Polar Star 180
Olathe , Olathe , 19 Wetmore Wetmore 58
Gardner Gardner — 65 Clrclevllle.. ClrcIevlUe 20
Spring HIU Spring Hill. 66 Soldier Soldier 340
Bdgerton Palestine ... 127 Havensvllle Haveusville 84
Wellsvllle Wellsvllle .. 358 Onaga Onaga 188
Shawnee Shawnee..,. 64 Muscotah Muscotah 116
Lenexa Lenexa 136 W e s t m o r e l a n d . . W e s t m o r e l a n d .. 257
igog-io. GRANV LODGE OF KANSAS. 99
DiBTBIOT N o . 12.- D I S T R I C T No. 18.
Location. Nayne. No. Location. Name. No,

Valley Falls Valley Falls 21 Edna Edna 346
Denlson Denlson 872 Coffeyvllle Keystone 102
Oskaloosa Oskaloosa.... 14 Liberty Liberty '... 123
McLouth Lyra 256 Caney .Caney 824
NortonvUle Mt. Z l o n 268 Sedan .Vesper 136
Elgin Olive 350
Cedarvale Chautauqua 355
DISTKIOT N o . 18. Tyro Tyro 386
Lawrence Lawrence.
Lawrence Acacia .... 9 DiSTKICT N o . 19.
De S o t o De S o t o . . . 40 Marysvllle Marysville 91
Linwood Llnwood .. 241 Oketo Oketo 25
Eudora Doric 83 Seattle Beattle 259
B a l d w i n ..• Palmyra.. 23 Sumraerfleld Summerfleld 384
Axtell Axteil 234
DiSTKIOT N o . 14. Seneca ...Seneca 89
Oneida Oneida 883
Ottawa Ottawa 18 Sabetha Sabetha 182
Williamsburg ...Anchor 224 Hanover Star 89
Waverly Waverly 244
Melvern Melvern 22 DI8TBI0T N o . 20.
Lebo.". Lebo 152
Pomona McKlnley 41 Watervllle Sutton 88
Blue Rapids Blue Baplds . ... 169
Irving Blue Valley 112
DlSTBIOT N o . 15. Frankfort Frankfort 67
Vermillion Vermillion 320
Moran Marmaton 245
Ceutralla Home 89
La H a r p La Harp 325
Corning Nemaha 18
lola lola 38
Linn Fraternal 170
Humboldt PaclHc 29
Greenleaf Greenleaf 232
Colony Olive B r a n c h . . . . 212
Washington Frontier 104
Bronson Bourbon 268
Xenla Xenla 47 DiSTBIOT N o . 21.
Topeka Topeka 17
DISTBIOT N o . 16. Topeka Orient 61
Chetopa Ohetopa 73 Topeka ^..Golden Rule 90
Oswego Adams 63 Topeka Slloafn 226
Parsons Parsons 117 Merlden Merlden 286
McCune Temple 237 Hoyt Hoyt 827
Savonburg Virginia 315 RossviUe Hesperian Ill
Erie Erie 76 Auburn Auburn 82
Urbana Urbana 239 Dover D o v e r .• 138
Ohanute Oedar 108 M a p l e HIU Maple Hill 870
Silver Lake Lake 60
DiSTBIOT N o . 17. DiSTKiOT N o . 22.

Independence ... Fortitude 107 Queuemo Quenemo 370
Mound Valley ... L a n d m a r k 218 Lyndon Euclid 101
Oherryvale Cherryvale 187 Osage C i t y Signal 141
Thayer „.Thayer 148 Burllngame Corinthian '.. 79
Altoona '... A l t o o n a 118 Carbondale Carbondale 70
Neodesha Harmony 94 Eskrldge Eminence SOS
HlkClty Carson 133 Overbrook Ridge way 62
100 PROCEEDINGS OF TBB February,
DiSTKIOT N o . 23. . D I S T R I C T No. 80.

Location. Name. Ifo, Location. Name. No.
Yatea Center Gllead 144 Concordia S t . J o h n ' s ... . 118
Neosho Falls Tuscan 82 Scandla Lebanon . 221
Le Roy Neosho 27 Bellevlllo Belleville... . 129
Grldley Hebron 814
Narka ....Narka . 849
Burlington Burlington 66
Cuba Cuba . 862
Westphalia Avon 805
Haddam Dlrlgo . 228
Toronto Woodson 121
Munden Munden . 128
Buffalo Buffalo 373 . 227
Jamestown Jamestown.
DISTBIOT N o . 24.
Fredonla Constellation 95 D I S T R I C T No. 81.
New Albany New Albany 81
Clay Center Clay Center. 184
Fall River Greenwood 1B3
Green Highland... 296
Severy Twin Grove 213
teonardvlUe Garfield 236
Eureka Fidelity 106
Mlltonvale Mlltonvate.. 242
Ooyvllle ..Coyvllle..., 57
Clifton Clifton . . . . . . . 122
DISTEIOT N o . 25. Clyde Prairie Queen... 17B
St. M ary's P o t t a w a t o m i e . . . 62 Oak Hill Oak Hill 884
Wamego Wamego 75
Manhattan Lafayette 16 D I S T R I C T No. 82.
Riley Ashlar 844
Randolph Farmers 168 Abilene Benevolent. 96
J u n c t i o n City Union 7 Hope Cyrus
Emmett Emmett 387 Herlngton Kansas 807
Delavan Delavan 875
DISTRICT No. 26. W h i t e City W h i t e City.
C o u n c i l G r o v e . . . C o u n c i l G r o v e . . 36 Dwlght Dwlght 874
ParkervlUe ParkervUIe 168
AltaVista AltaVista 367 D I S T R I C T No. 33.
Alma Alma 161
Allen Allen 335 Marlon Center 147
WUsey.... Wllsey 382 Canton Canton 197
Galva Galva 261
D I S T R I C T N O . 27. McPherson McPherson . 172
Emporia Emporia 12 Wlndom Wlndom 278
AmerlouB Amerlcus 109 Little River Corner Stone 219
Hartford Hartford 193
Madison Madison 196
D I S T R I C T No. 34.
VlrgU '. .VlrgU 301
Cottonw'd F a l l s . Z e r e d a t h a 80 Augusta Mj'stlc T i e . 74
Douglass Douglass... 151
DISTKICT N o . 28. Leon Joppa 223
Howard Hope 155 El Dorado Patmos 97
E l k Falls Meridian... 126 Towanda Towanda...
Longton Longton 26
Mollne MoUne 267 D I S T R I C T No. 86.
Grenola Canopy 248
Newton Newton 142
D I S T R I C T N O . 29. Halstead Halstead 48
Wlnfleld Wlnfleld .. 110 Sedgwick Sedgwick 189
Burden Clinton.... 233 White Water Bralnerd 280
Dexter Dexter 156 Moundrldge Moundrldge . 848
Maple City Maple City . 342 Peabody Halcyon 120
A r k a n s a s City. ..Crescent 133 Florence Advance...... 114
Oxford Oxford 186 Burrton Burrton 182
I y o g - 1 o. GRAND LODGE OF KANSAS. 101
DiSTBICT N o . 36. D I S T R I C T No. 41.

Location. Name. No. Location. Name. No.
Wichita Sunflower 86 Arlington Cable .: 299
Wichita Wichita 99 Turon Turon 358
Wichita Albert Pike 303 Preston Rob Morris 332
Mulvane .....Mulvaae 201 Pratt Kilwinning 266
Clearwater Unity 273 Greensburg Kiowa 293
C o n w a y Sp'gs . . . M i s t l e t o e 269 Meade Webb 275
V a l l e y C e n t e r ... VaJley C e n t e r . . . 364 Liberal Fargo 300
Mount Hope Mount Hope 288 Hutchinson Reno 140
Haven ....Friendship ..... 208 Bucklln Grand View 376
Cheney Morton 258
D I S T R I C T No. 42.
DiSTBiOT N o . 37.
Kingman Nlnnescah 230
Belle P l a l n e B e l l e P l a l n e ...... 173 Norwich Norwich, . 319
Wellington Wellington 150 Splvey Splvey. 347
South Haven Haven 157 Coldwater Comanche . 295
Caldwell Sumner 203 Ashland A s h l a n d .... 277
Milan Milan 255 Zenda Zenda 378
Argoula Chlkaskla '285 Protection Protection. 884
DISTRICT No. 88. DISTRICT No. 43.
Randall Randall... .. 304 Anthony Anthony... 200

J e w e l l City Jewell .. H Bluff City Stohrvllle 863
Mankato Mankato.. .. 87 Harper Harper 206
B u r r Oak Burr Oak .. 178 Attica Attica 262
Pormoso F o r m o s o ., .. 336 Hazelton Charity 263
Esbon Salem .. 228 Kiowa Cosmos 278
Lebanon Oak ... 287 Medicine Lodge.Delta 77
Smith Center....Western Star'.... 174 L a k e City Medicine Valley 260
Waldron Waldron 377
Freeport Freeport 389
DISTRICT No. 39.
Minneapolis Minneapolis 143 DISTRICT N O . 44.

Barnard Saltvllle 59 PhlUlpsburg Phllllpsburg 184
Delphos Delphos 202 Almena ...Naphtall 310
Glasco Glasco 292 Long Island Long Island 281
Simpson ...Sincerity 214 Norton Norton 199
Bennington Bennington 180 Norcatur _. Norcatur 817
Belolt Mt. V e r n o n 145 Oberlln M o u n t a i n Slope.. 186
ScottsvUle Scottsvllle 249 Jennings Jennings 360
DISTRICT No. 40. D I S T R I C T No. 45.
Bolomon City Solomon 105 Glen E l d e r Glen E l d e r 294

G y p s u m City . . . . G y p s u m C i t y . . . . 328 CawkerClty Cawker City 125
Sallna Sallna 60 Downs :...Downs 204
Lincoln Lincoln 154 Osborne Saqul 160
Sylvan Grove Sylvan Grove.... 359 Alton Occidental 207
Lucas Blue Hill 198 Stockton Newahcuba 189
Luray •. L u r a y 153 Gay lord Gay lord 183
BrookvlUe BrookvlUe 209 Klrwln Klrwln 175
Marquette Marquette 353 Logan Logan 264
Natoma Natoma 390 Lenora Lenora 181
102 PROCEEDINQS OF THE February,
DiSTttlOT N o . 46. DiBTKIOT N o . 50.

Location. Name. No. Location. Name. No.
Russell Bussell 177 Jetmore Alpha 282
Hays Hays 195 Kinsley Mt.Morlah 179
Ellis Apollo 297 Larned Larned 167
Ellsworth Ellsworth . . . . . . . 146 St. J o h n Ionic 254
Bunker Hill Beulah 291 Stafford Stafford 252
Wilson Samaria 298 Dodge City .St. B e r n a r d 222
Wa-Keeney Wa-Keeney 148 Macksvllle MacksvlUe 871
Holyrood Holyrood 343 Lewis Lewis 220
SpearvlUe Spearvllle 388
DiSTBIOT N o . 47.
DiSTEIOT N o . 51.
L a Gross's La C r o s s e . . . 330'
MoCracken McCracken . 58 Hoxle Hoxle 848
Scott Anthem 284 Colby... St. T h o m a s 806
Leotl Leotl 340 Goodland' Goodland 821
Horace Horace 352 Oakley Oakley 268
Wallace Wallace 318
D I S T R I C T No. 48. Gove City Gove City 802
Hill City Mlllbrook 281
Elllnwood Elllnwood . 217 Plalnvllle Paradise ^.. 290
Xlden Alden 308 Gralnffeld Gralnfleld .....~. 881
Sterling Sterling.... 171 Natoma Natoma 390
Lyons .Royal 192
Nlckerson NIckerson . 43 DISTKICT N o . 52.
Chase .-.Chase 247
CooUdge OooHdge 816
Geneseo .*—Geneseo .... 361
Syracuse Syracuse 309
Frederick ........Frederick,. 337
Lakln Emerald 289
DISTKIOT N o . 49. Garden Olty Tyrian 246
Santa Fe Santa Fe 312
Great Bend Great Bend 15
Cimarron Preston 288
Holslngton Holslngton. 331
R u s h C e n t e r . . . . . W a l n u t City 216 DiSTKiOT N o . 53.
Kess City....! W a l n u t V a l l e y . . 191 Atwood Atwood 164
Dlghton Barney ,279 McDonald McDonald 388-
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104. PROCEEDINGS OF THE February,
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De Soto DeSoto Oct. 1863 15 14 14 3 1 70 70 00
McKlnley Pomona Feb. 1905 2 2 2 2 38 38 00
Hoi ton Holton Oct. 1863 6 7 fi 1 3 2 4 174 174 00
Nlckerson Nlckerson Feb. 1862 . 8 6 3 3 1 1 2 81 81 00
Delphian Garnett Oct. 1865 8 6 0 2 5 2 100 100 00
Easton Easton Dec. 1864 6 4 5 1 2 2 3 46 46 00
Halstead Halstead Feb. 1882 1 1 28 28 00
Xeula Xenla Oct. 1866 1 1 1 1 30 30 00
M aokey Effingham Oct. 1866 7 7 2 2 2 2 62 ()2 00
Nine Mile Lansing Oct. 1866 8 5 4 1 61 61 00
L/ake Silver Lake Feb. 1882 1 2 4 1 • 1 3 55 56 00
Orient Topeka Oct. 1867 45 45 43 13 1 7 6 1 553 553 00
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1867 4 4 3 50 50 00
Wetmore Wetmore 1867 2 2 3 2 1 2 72 72 00
Sliawnee Shawnee Oct. 1867 6 2 1 1 2 .2 38 38 00
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Troy Troy Oct. 1867 5 2 2 1 1 1 1 N
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Spring Hill . . Spring Hill 1867 2 1 1 4 2 53 59 00
OoyvlUe Ooyvll'le Oct.
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McOrackon ... McCracken 1903 6 7 7 2 1 1 46 48 00
Feb. 2 48 48 00 Si
SaltvlUe Barnard .. .^. Oct. 1888 3 1 1 1 1
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La Cygne LaOygne Oct. 1867 7 7 6 1 1 58 00
Rklgeway Overbrook 187(1.. 3 3 3 3 1 76 00
Oct. .1 3 99 00
Adams Oswego Oct. 1868 8 6 9 1
Watliena Wathena Oct. 1868 5 5 6 1 1 2 47 /47 00
Gardner Gardner Oct. 1868 .. . 4 4 4 3 1 74 74 00
Burlington Burlington Oct. 1868 8 6 3 2 3 1 112 H 2 00
Franklort Frankfort ..: Oct. 1877 .. . 1 2 2 2 10 67 67 00
Hiram '. Leavenworth Feb. 1868 16 11 9 2 1 3 2 79 79 00
Star Hanover Oct. 1882 . 1 51 51 00
Carbondale ... Carbondale Oct. 1874 4 4 5 4 1 3 100 100 00
Baxter Baxter Springs... Oct. 1868 3 2 . 6 2 3 2 65 65 00
Huron Huron Oct. 1869 4 6 e 1 35 35 00
Chetopa Chetopa Oct. 1869 3 3 2 2 7 3 4 65 m 00
Mystic Tie Augusta : Oct. 1869 7 9 3 2 5 70 70 00
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Corinthian ... Burllnganie Oct. 1869 6 5 2 3 »9 99 00
Zeredatha Cottonwood Falls Oct. 1869 6 6 5 4 2 3 3 163 163 00
New Albany 4 6
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91 Oct. 20,1870 5 3 3. 1 2 104 104 00
92 Feb. 18,1897 5 5 5>
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99 Wichita Wichita Oct. 19,1871 59 47 17 2 9 569
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101 Euclid Oct. 19,1871 7 6 4 "i. 1 59
102 Coffeyvllle Oct. 19,1871 11 11 12 1 2 213 214 00
103 Oct. 19,1871 24 25 15 15 3 2 12 311
104 Oct. 19,1871 8 7 6 3 71
106 Solomon City 3 1 2 1 4 77
106 Fidelity Oct. 19,1871 11 5 5- '••4" 2 117
107 Fortitude Independence Oct. 19,1871 16 20 17 8 1 5 2 336
108 Feb. 18,1886 4 4 4 1 38 38 00
109 Oct. 19,1871 9 » 10 1 1 53 53 (10
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327 Hovt Hoyt Feb. 19,1890 2 1 1 1 . 3 66 66 00
328 Gypsum Feb. 19,1890 2 1 1 2 1 1 36 36 00
329 Feb. 19,1890 6 3 84 84 00
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331 Feb. 19,1890 5 5 6 4 1 2 1 99 99 00
332 Feb. 19,1890 0 4 2 1 30 30 00 O
333 Feb. 18,1891 9 9 12 1 89 89 00
334 Oak Hill Oak HIU 1 1 41 41 00
335 Allen Allen~ .'.... F e b . 18,1891 10 4 4 1 4 1 58
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337 Feb. 20,1895 1 1 25
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338 Feb. 18,1891 8 8 6 3 .1 47 00
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340 Leotl Feb. 18,1891 1 2 2 i 33 00
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342 Maple City Maple City Feb. 18,1892 2 2 . 2 1 1 47 00
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344 Riley Feb. 18,1892 2 2 2 .3 2 41 00
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346 Moundrldge '.. Feb. 18,1892 11 10 10 1 47 00
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348 Feb. 15,1893 4 6 5 1 1 61 63 00
349 Feb. 15,1893 3 3, 3 2 33 60 00
850 OUvo Elgin Feb. 15,1893 2 2 2 i 74 33 00
351 Scammon June 9,1892 7 5 5 1 1 1 . 4 40 74 00
352 Sept. 20,1892 3 • 3 3 . 2 34 40 00
354 Summerflelcl Feb. 19,1896 1 1 1 1 3 4 49 34 00
355 Cedar Vale Feb. 17,1898 3 • 6 5 1 1 1 1 51 49 00
356 Wellsvllle . . .. W e l l s v l l l e . ' . . 3 3 2 2 1 89 51 00
357 Alta Vista Alta Vista Feb. 17,1898 6 5 7 1 75 44 10
358 Feb. 15,1899 14 12 11 1 2 5S 75 00
359 Sylvan Grove S.ylvan G r o v e Feb. 15,1899 11 9 8 1 45 53 00
360 Jennings Jennings Feb. 21,1900 6 6 6 4 1 43 00
361 Geneseo Geneseo Feb. 1900. 4 4 2 1 i 42 42 00
862 Cuba Cuba Feb. 190O. 10 7 7 1 1 i 76 76 00
363 Powhnttaii Powhattan Feb. 1908. 5 6 8 1 36 36 00
364 Valley C e n t e r Valley C e n t e r .. Feb. 1902. 6 3 3 2 1 3 88 88 00
365 Bollng Bollng Feb. 1904. 3 2 3 1 28 28 00
866 Bonner Springs ... Bonner Springs Feb. 1904. 3 4 6 3 3 75 75 00
367 Owen A. B a s s e t t . . . Pittsburg Feb. 1904. 17 19 16 4 5 144 144 00
368 Stohrvllle Stohrvllle Feb. 1904. 3 2 2 2 2 1 18 16 00
369 Roger E. Sherman Quindaro Feb. 1904. 4 6 4 4 2 1 73 73 00
370 Maple Hill Maple Hill Feb. 1905. 5 6 5 1 1 1 46 46 00
371 MacksvUle MacksvUle Feb. 1905. 4 4 4 6 1 1 39 39 00
372 Denlson Denlson Feb. 1905. 1 1 1 1 25 25 00
378 Morrill Morrill Feb. 1905. 5 2 2 37 37 00
374 Dwlght Dwlght Feb. 1906. 5 8 7 68 68 00
375 Delavan Delavan Feb. 1907. 3 3 3 1 2 27 27 00 SB
376 Grand View Bucklln Feb. 1907. 17 12 8 1 42 42 00
377 Waldrou Waldron Feb. 1907 4 6 6 2 1 27 27-00
378 Feb. 2 ,35 35 00
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W h i t e City W h i t e City Feb. 1909.. 2 2 1 1 2 1 23 23 00
381 Feb. 1909.. 7 7 7 33
382 Gralnfleld Gralnfleld Feb. 5 27 33 00 O
Wllsey Wllsey 1909.. 6 5 1 3 27 00
383 Feb. 7 34 to
384 McDonald McDonald Feb: 1909.. 12 10 11 1 1 28 34 00
385 Protection Protection Feb. 1909.. 13 10 9 1 34 28 00
386 Piper Piper Feb. 1909.. 4 9 8 3 18 34 00 O
387 Tyro Tyro Feb. 1909.. 6 4 5 1 37 18 00 •si-
388 Emmett Emmett Feb. 1909.. 9 4 4 4 1 29 87 00
389 Spearvllle '.. Spearvllle Feb. 1909.. 5 8 6 3 3 25 29 00
Freeport Freeport 1909.. 29 9 9 52 25 00
U. D. M a r q u e t t e Marquette 3 29 29 14
U. D. N a t o m a Natoma
114 FROCEBDINOS OF THE February,
C O M P L E T E S U M M A B Y F O R 1909.
N u m b e r lodges working under c h a r t e r 1909 389

N u m b e r lodges chartered 2
Total 391
N u m b e r c h a r t e r s revoked, ( E n t e r p r i s e No. 353) 1
Total number lodges on roll 1910 390
N u m b e r of m e m b e r s December 81, 1908 32,072
Increase.
Number Initiated 2,668
Number passed 2,472
Number raised 2,395
Number admitted 704
Number restored ; 172
Number m e m b e r s lodges U. D 37=8,308
Decrease.
Number dimitted 897
Number died 484
Number suspended 814
Number expelled 4
Number m e m b e r s Enterprise Lodge No. 353 24=1,723
N e t gain 1,585
N u m b e r of members December 81,1909 88,657
E X P E L L E D , 1908.
Saqui No. 160.—Charles H . Nicholas, Oct. 26,1909.

Orient No. 51.—Clement R. G r a h a m , May 12,1909.
Lafayette No. 16.—Lee S. Clarke, September 3,1909.
W y a n d o t t e No. 3 . - W i l l i a m V. McConu, Mar. 5,1909.
S U S P E N D E D F O R U N M A S O N I C CONDUCT, 1909.
Orient No. 51.—Joe O. Howell, May. 12, 1909.

Delta No. 77.—Eugene E. Quertermous, Nov. 27, 1909.
Saltville No. 59.—Samuel E. Harper, Feb. 1,1909.
Sumner No. 203.—William H . Munger, J u n e 12, 1909.
NAMES OF LODGES, M A S T E R S AND S E C B E T A R I E S FOR T H E Y E A R E N D I N G DEC. 31, 1910.
No. Location, Name of Lodge, County, Stated Communications,' Master, Secretary,
(W Benevolent Dickinson First and third Monday...

SOS Alden First and third Saturday . James Murphy.
Xi^ Allon Allen Rice First and third Saturday.. John Gist* A. E. Ready. .
101 Wabaunsee ... 2d and 4th Saturday Jerry B. Fields.
810 Naphtall Norton First and third Tuesday... Richard W. Dole E.H.Powell.
S57 Alta Vista AltaVista....;.. Wabaunsee ... First and third Friday. ' Martin W. Blglln.
207 Occidental Osborne First and third Friday
118 Wilson 2d and 4th Saturday. ... r.. Michael F. Thorn Gllman D. Smith.
IIIUAinerlcus Auierlcus Tuesday on or before ® .. C. E. Button.
200
Anthony Anthony Harper Monday on or before ® .. Andrew Grleslnger L. G.Jennings.
829 Crawford 2d and 4th Tuesday W m. H.Shauger Charles L. Russell.
322 Argentine Wyandotte ... 2d and 4th Thursday o
iiNfi Chlkaskia Sumner Saturday on or before 1st ® Pleasant M. Jackman .. Sherman H. Shull.
133 Arkansas City .. Crescent Cowley First and third Wednesday Charles L. Llston. ftl
2»9 Arlington Cable First and third Friday
277 Clark 2d and 4th Saturday George W.McNlckle.
5 Atchison Washington Atchison First and third Monday... Oliver C. Miller.
J!i8
Atchison Active Atchison James W. George James G. Thayer.
2«2 Harper Thursday on or before ® ^
Alexander C.Mead Marcellus W. Short.
KM Rawlins First and third We'dnesday
82 Auburn Shawnee Tuesday on or before ® .. Edgar M. Stahl.
74 Mystic Tie Butler First and third Tuesday...
Howard E.Uncapher G. S.Harrington.
284 Axtell Axtell First and third Friday .... W. F. Rabe.
2;H Baldwin Wed. on or before ® ::;Wni.Bristow Wm. Huff.
fi9 Saltvllle Lincoln '... Monday on or before ®
71 Baxter Springs . Cherokee P'lrst and third Monday... Alex. L. Harvey.
S.'ifl Marshall 1st and 3d Wednesday Joseph Baer.
173 Belle Plalne .... Belle Plalne Sumner 1st and 3d Wednesday David O. Watts George W. Harrison.
129 Belleville Belleville 1st and 3d Wednesday Abbott B. Cheney Harry L. Smith.
14S Belolt Mt. Vernon Mitchell Austin B. C. Daugherty..
First and third Monday... Philip G.Chubbic.
180 Bennington John W. Kephart
2d and last Wednesday.... Joseph S. Boyle.
2K« Blue Mound Lotus Frank C. Libby.
1«9 Blue Rapids, Blue Rapids... First and third Monday... Samuel W. Gilson Clarence A. Hodges.
Bluff City Stohrville. Harper Wed.'on or before ® Wm.B. Robert McGaugh. 'n
SRS Bollng Bollng Leavenworth . 1st and 3d Saturday George Rowe*
P. Mitchell John F. Mitchell.
Sfifl Boh uer Springs. Bonner Springs. Wyandotte ... First and third Monday..
?«S
209
376
BrookvlUe
Bueklln Grand View
Bourbon
Ford
Wednesday on or before ®
Friday on or before ®
2d and 4th Thursday Clarence E. Smith
Wm. Campbell.
T.J. RoUman.
Cleveland W. Mills. I
S79 Buffalo Wilson First and third Thursday . Ben. O.Bond.. ..i Frank E. Long.
291 Bunker Hill ....Beulah Russell First and third Thursday.. John Hanimond* Wm. J. Strobel. o
Clinton Cowley 1st and 3d Thursday DeArmond Collins Richard A. Melone.
•m79 Burllngame Corinthian Osage Wed. on or before ® ^.. . Charles Cain E.J. Williams. I
86 Burlington . Burlington ... Coffey 2d and 4th Monday Richard «. Leftwich Henry L. Jarboe.
178 Burr Oftk Burr Oak Jewell 2d and 4th Tuesday James C. Mod 11 n Joel W. Green.
Burrton Harvey First and third Saturday.. J. Frank Remlck* Wm. D. Paine.
203 Caldwell Sumner Sumner Istand third Thursday Robert Davis Robert Clark.
3-^4 Caney Montgomery 2d and 4th Tuesday Sharon P. M alone Wade H. Briggs.
IH7 Canton McPherson . First and third Tuesday... Frank A. Kile J. Walter Coons.
70 Carbondale Carbondale ... Osage 2d and 4th Saturday J. C. Blood* Arthur Waetzig.
125 Cawker City Cawker City .. Mitchell B'lrst Wed. on or before ®. Harry E. Witham B. H. Hockett.
355 Cedar Vale Chautauqua .. Chautauqua B'lrst and third Tuesday... Emery E. Willson James H. Laughlin.
89 Centralla Home Kemaha 2d and 4th Saturday J. B. Lohmuller Samuel O. Smith.
103 Cedar Neosho •Second Saturday Wm. M. Gray Alvah C.Jones.
^47 Chase Rice First and third Tuesday... Kempton P. McFarland George Newton. to
'W Morton Sedgwick ... First and third Tuesday... Emmet C. Rltchey <)tto R. Senders.
119 Cherokee Cherokee Crawford First and third Saturday.. George E. Cummins John U. Tharp.
137 Cherryvale Montgomery 1st and 3d Saturday BenJ. M. Savage Charles Fletcher. §
73
Cherry vale Chetopa Labette 1st Sat. on or before Ql ^•• J.Scott Walker Eller.v McCormlck.
283 Cimarron Preston Gray 2d and 4th Wedjiesday Cary A. Nay lor San Francisco, O
20 Clrclevllle Clrclevllle .... Jackson 2d and 4th Monday James O. Roller S. H.Stauffer.
134 Clay Center Clay Center... Clay First and Third Tuesday .. Louis F. Valentine John A. Loader.
273 Clearwater Unity Sedgwick Tuesday on or belore ® :;; Earl A. Ross Thomas J. Macredie. to
I'ffl CUfton Clifton Clay First and third Wîdnesday Horace E. Potter DeWitt C. Tyler.
17(1 Clyde Prairie Queen Cloud First and third Tnursday.. J. A. Hawklnson Arlo F. Meckenstock.
102 Coffeyvllle Keystone Montgomery First and third Wednesday Charles E. Munson H. A. Cadwallader.
John R. Connelly. o
St. Thomas.... Thomas" First and third Friday .. Arch L. Ta.vlor Eynian Phebus.
295 Colby
Coldwater Comanche Comanche .. 2d and 4th Saturday Th<mias J. Force George W. Stephan.
Olive Branch . Anderson.... Friday on or before ® :=; David R. Day N.T. Allison. •
100 Columbus Prudence Cherokee First and third Tuesday. Joseph R. Carter Fred. W. Sturges, Jr.
113 Concordia St. Johns Cloud First and third Friday .. John H. Sheeley Henry L. Games. 05
269 Conway Springs Mistletoe : Sumner First and third Friday .. Ellis A. Evans Joseph H, Conard,
316 Coolldge Coolldge Hamilton ... 2d and 4th Saturday Frank Crittenden Louis S. Slocum.
13 Corning Nemaha Nemaha First and third Saturday James E. Woodworth Walter W. Austin.
80 CotCon'd Falls,. Zeredatha Chase First and third Friday .. Samuel E. Bailey Frank A. Robbins.
36 Council Grove.. Council Grove Morris First and third Wednesday Levi A. Moser J. S. Claiborne.
57 Coyvllie Wilson Wednesday on or before ® John W. Gorden .Joseph A. Kohout.
36? Cuba Republic 1st and 3d Wednesday Edward C. Preble Mllford Enyart.
375 Delavan Morris First and third Thursday Wm. T.Davis Wm. M.Porter.
202 Delphos Delphos Ottawa First and third Tuesday.. W m. S. Richards John W. Rogers.
37' Uenison Jackson 1st and 3d Saturday Grant Lamme Benlamln F. Snyder.
40 De Soto De Soto Johnson Saturday on or before ® . Andrew Wels W. W. Hall.
W Devon Bourbon Saturday on or before ® . George W.Slpe* Wm. M. Bolton.
15« Dexter Cowley First and third Tuesday.. Roy D.Williams John H. Schlereck.
279 Dlghton Barney Lane 1st and 3d Friday Herman Gillette
N A M E S OF O F F I C E R S A N D L O D G E S — Continued.
No. ivocaiion. Name of Lodge. County. Stated CoTUTnunications. Master. Secretary.
?9? Dodge City St. Bernard Ford Second and fourth Friday. Richard W. Evans, Jr.
31 Doniphan . . . . . . . Saturday on or before ® .. Coins B. Roundy* Matthew Skerrltt.
151 Douglass .... Douglass Butler Saturday on or before ® :::: Wm. C. Osborn P. E. Holmes.
13« Shawnee Frank Kenible.
204 Dover 2d and 4th Friday a. M.Dillon George M. Wilson.
874 Dwlght .. Dwlght Osborne 1st and 3d Thursday Wm. Moore John E.Olson.
4S Morris Thursday on or before ® . Christian Sass John A. Kelsey.
127 Edgerton Palestine. Leavenworth . Monday on or before ® .. Warren W. Cordell C M . I'lckson.
345 Johnson 2d and 4th Saturday David Blair J. Francis Holten.
48 Efllngham Labette First and third Monday...
»7 El Dorado Butler . • . . . . First and third Thursday . Wm. K.Brown H. T. Brown. ft:
asii Elgin Chautauqua... First and third Saturday.. Q
Olive
IS-? Elk City Montgomery . 2d and 4th Saturday R. S. Thornburgh.
1W Elk Falls Meridian Elk Friday on or before ® ... Newton Hill.
217 EUtnwood Elllnwood Saturday on or before ® .. DeWitt C.Johnson J. Howard Torrance.
Ellis Bills First and third Friday .... George A. Stebbins.
14(1 Ellsworth Ellsworth Ellsworth First and third Monday... Waldo F. Wellington.... James M. Wilson. 5
RH7 Emmett Pottawatomie First and third Saturday.. George Husted.f
]'f Bniporla E niporla First and thi rd Friday George W. Smith.
7ft Erie Neosho : ; 2d and 4th Wednesday O
SW Erie Saturday on or before ® . Edward Gronerholz F. OllfTord Kent
205 Eskrldge Eminence "Wabaunsee ... 2d and 4th Saturday Claude C.Chapman Elmer H. Rultson.
•Doric Douglas Tuesday on or before ® ;:; John E. Dollst Homer A. White.
KW Fidelity Greenwood ... First and third Tuesda.y...
IftS Pall Klver Greenwood Greenwood ... Saturday on or before ® ^ Charles D. Prltchard.
114 Florence Marlon Saturday on or before ® . Roy A. West.
131 Fontana 2d and 4tli Saturday
im Formoso 2d and 4th Thursday ..; Charles P. Randell
811 Ft. Leavenw'rth Hancock Leavenworth . First and third Tuesday... Ezra B. Fuller George A. Schlllo.t
8 Fort Scott Rising Sun First and third Friday.. .: Albert J. McLaughlin ... Robert J. Mniltfleld.
67 Frankfort.' Frankfort Marshall First and third Saturday.. Davis A. Brodbeck.
337 Frederick Frederick 1st and 3d Monday Harry E. Chase George F. McClelland.
flS Fredonla Constellation ... Rice
Wilson Firstand third Wednesday
380 Freeport •... Freeport Harper Thursday on or before ®.. Harvey A. Thomas.
'^10 Bourbon Edgar W.Inskeep* Charles S. Elliott; a-
194 1st and 3d Wednesday Oliver Miller
?f>l McPherson ... Saturday on or before ®... John Melsinger c
?4« Garden City. Finney Firstand third Friday ... Edward L. Wirt.... ;...
66 Gardner Gardner Johnson Wednesday on or before ® Frank B. Lyon Samuel E. Mott.
108 Garland Memphis Bourbon T u e s d a y o n or before ® :=. triysess G. Clary George W . M i l l i o n .
44 Garnett Delphian Anderson First and third Thursday. Wm. F. Perry L. D. W a l r a d .
183 Gaylord Gaylord Smith S a t u r d a y o n or before ® . Edward W. P u t n a m ... W m . D. L l o y d .
Sfil Geneseo Geneseo Rice 2d a n d 4tU W e d n e s d a y Barl P. Norrls F r a n k H. Norrls.
93 Glrard Glrard Crawford S a t u r d a y o n or before ® .. Gustav Goodklnd D a n i e l G. McGlffln.
292 Glasco Glasco .. Cloud First and third Friday B.D.Woodward SophuB N u t l a n d .
294 Glen E l d e r . . . . Glen E l d e r .. Mitchell First and third Thursday. R a l p h G. N e l s o n Clarence E. Granger.
321 Goodlaud Goodland.... Sherman First and third Wednesday Wm. H. Farrow J o h n J. K n i g h t .
302 Gove Gove City . . . Gove First and third Saturday . Clifton G . R h i n e H e n r y A. S p l h e r .
381 Gralnfleld Gralnfleld... Gove 2d a n d 4th S a t u r d a y George W. S m i t h Fred E. Benson.
IB Great' Bend ... Great Bend.. Barton Second a n d fourth F r i d a y Mayor Eppsteln William Torrey.
211 Greeley Greeley Anderson 1st a n d 8d S a t u r d a y L. G. H e l n l n g e r F r a n k W. J a c k s o n .
296 Green H i g h l a n d ... Clay S a t u r d a j ' o n or before ffi ;s L.J. Brethour Ernst Helnen.
282 Greenleat Greenleaf . . . W a s h i n g t o n .. 1st a n d 3d W e d n e s d a y F r e e m a n Vicory B e n j a m i n J. S h a r r o c k .
293 G r e e n s b u r g ... Kiowa Kiowa First and third Friday .... A. W. H a r s h b e r g e r Orley G. U n d e r w o o d .
W m . Y. W o o d y . to
248 Grenola Canopy Elk 1st a n d 3d W e d n e s d a y J a m e s M. Best
314 Grldley H e b r o n .• Coffey S a t u r d a y o n or before ® :s Clinton E. PUcher R a l p h D. J o n e s .
328 Gypsum G y p s u m City Saline First and third Tuesday... C h a r l e s B. M a n n i n g . . . C o r n e l i u s D. B a l e .
226 Haddam Dlrlgo W a s h i n g t o n .. 2d a n d 4th T u e s d a y George R . B o r l a n d J o h n J. M u t h .
46 Halstead Halstead Harvey 1st a n d 3d S a t u r d a y Edward E. W u t t k e .... Christian Oltmanus.
Hamlin Hamlin Brown 2d a n d 4th W e d n e s d a y E d w i n C. B l a n c h a r d . . . F.J.Smith.
Hanover Star W a s h i n g t o n .. 2d a n d 4th S a t u r d a y August Jaedlcke, J r J o h n O. C h a m b e r s . to
206 Harper Harper Harper 1st a n d 3d W e d n e s d a y BenJ. F . H a w k George P . M e l v l n .
193 Hartford Hartford .... Lyon 2d a n d 4 t h F r l d a y C h a r l e s R. B a y s l n g e r . . T h o m a s J. B a r b r e .
Haven Friendship.. Reno T h u r s d a y on or b e f o r e ® . . . F r a n k O. M o t t Wm. J.Waterbury.
208
J a m e s B . MoManls. o
34 H a v e n s v l U e .. HavensvlUe Pottawatomie First and third Saturday.. W m . H. Ooverdale Charles W. Reeder.
195 Hayb Hays Ellis First Monday C h a r l e s W . Miller, J r . . . W m . L. A y e r s .
283 Hazelton Charity Barber T u e s d a y o n or before ® ^ . . C h a r l e s A. P o n d A. M. C r a r y .
3OT Herlngton .... Kansas Dickinson First and third Wednesday Frank H.Olark J e s s e M. D r o l l l n g e r .
216 HlattvUle HlattvUle... Bourbon ... S a t u r d a y on or before ® ^2.. D o n e . Williams L. L. H a s s e n p f l u g ,
35 Hiawatha Hiawatha ... Brown S a t u r d a y o n or before ® .. A r t h u r D. B r o w n Allen J. T h o m a s .
1 Highland Smith ton Doniphan F r i d a y o n or before ® J a c y W . Doane Matthew W. Carney.
281 H i l l City MUlbrook ... Graham 2d a n d 4th T u e s d a y I v a n R. M o r t P r a n k A. S o d e r s t r o m .
331 H o l s l n g t o n ... Holslngton . Barton First and third Thursday. C. P u r c l l M u n n s Samuel H . Scott.
42 Holton Holton Jackson First and third Thursday . E d m u n d B. J o n e s W m . F. Jenlcek.
343 H o l y rood Holyrood ... Ellsworth First and third Tuesday... Louis S o u c h e h Martin Pease.
288 Hope Cyrus Dickinson First and third Thursday . Alfred A. P e t e r s o n . . . . S. R a t u s . t
352 Horace Horace Greeley First and third Tuesday... A r t h u r N. R o c h e s t e r * . .
326 Hortori Horton Brown 2d a n d 4th W e d n e s d a y Oscar L. K l s t l e r Charles W. Williams.
155 H o w a r d .: Hope Elk First and third Tuesday... Algle F . S i m s H i r a m A. G l l m o r e .
348 Hoxle Hoxle Sheridan 2d a n d 4th T u e s d a y E d m u n d M. Speer Miles J . G r a y .
827 Hoyt Hoyt Jackson First and third Thursday. J o h n T . Andrus A l e x a n d e r Lee.
29 Humboldt Pacific Allen First and third Tuesday... Oscar O. P a y n e J . E . Wakefield.
72 Huron Huron Atchison 1st a n d 3d M o n d a y J o h n W. W i l s o n O. M. A n d e r s o n .
140 H u t c h i n s o n .. Reno Reno First and third Thursday . H e n r y S. Z l n n W m . R. U n d e r w o o d .
107 Independence Fortitude ... Montgomery . 2d a n d 4tU T u e s d a y C h a r l e s 8. B l s d o n W m . H. Brown.
N A M E S O F 5Ft*ic)EBs A N D TIODGISS—Continued.
No. ' Location. Name of Lodge. County. Stated Comm.unications. Master. Secretary.
38 lola Allen ,.: 1st, 3d and 5th Tuesday .... T.E.OUlver J.B.Jones.
112 Blue Valiev 2d and 4th Saturday Alfred J. Piper John F. Hoyt.
227 Jamestown Cloud ., First and third Tuesday... Wm. K. Ansdall.
360 Jennings First and third Monday... Corbie E. Potts
282 Hodgeman ... First and third Monday... S. M. Holbrook, J r Walter S. Kenvon.
11 First and third Wednesday Burt Cluster Lewis S. Grimm.
7 Junction City... John D. Griffin David N. Hicks.
3 Kansas City Wyandotte ... First and third Thursday. Holmes W. Havlland*...Henry P. Ismert.f
271 Kansas City Armourdale Wyandotte ... First and third Friday James L. Johnson* John G. Poole.t
272 Kansas City Wyandotte ... 1st, 3d and 5th Thursday.. Robert J. McFarland.f
338 Anderson First and third Monday... Samuel S.Irwin Robert G. Splawn.
230 Kingman Kingman 1st and 3d Wednesday .... Augustus R. Hansman.. Norrls'H. Kilmer.
179 Mt. Morlah Edwards 2d and 4th Tuesday Frederick W, Ohelm Powell C. Class.
278 Barber 2d and 4th Saturday Myron J. Lane.
175 Klrwin Kirwiu Phillips Second and fourth Friday Herbert R. Hull C. P. Barber. b
La Crosse La Crosse 2d and 4th Thursday Wm. H. Lettler
61 La Cygne Linn,...' First and third Monday ... Thomas H. Cartmell Howard L. Clarke.
325 La Harp ist. 3d and 5th Thursday .. Samuel Mai comb Albert L. Waters. IS
Lalce City Medicine Vailey Allen Saturday on or before ®.. a,
289 Enierald Kearny First and third Saturday.. George F. Johnston Francis L. Pierce. o
339 Franklin First Thursday Thomas S. fjathen Claud F. Byrd.
49 Nine Mile 2d and 4th Thu rsdav Ernest M. Davis David A. Walker.
167
Lawrence
Lawrence
Leavenworth ...
Lawrence
Leavenworth
Pawnee
Douglas
Leavenworth ... Leavenworth
.
.
First and third Wednesday
Third Thursday..
First and third Monday...
Edward S. Lindas
Fred T.'Nye
L. T). Burgess.
Edward W.Osgood.
i
Leavenworth ... King Solomon's. Leavenworth . 2d and 4th Thursday
68 Leavenworth ... Leavenworth . First and third Thursday. Seth Bttenson
2Sr Oak Smith 1st and 3d Wednesday Prank W. Brady.
15'^ Lelio Coffey First and third Friday .... Edward B. Thorne Oliver M. Speer.
135 Johnson Saturday on ov before ®.. George Allen
181 Norton 2d and 4th Friday Robert A. Richmond Elwood .1. Muzzy.
223 Butler First and third Saturday.. Wm. J.Martin.
LeonardvlUe ... Biley Sat. on or before ® — Hv. Dlefendorf
340 Wichita 2d arid 4th Monday Louis S. Dickey. David .1. Davis. cr
27 First and third Saturday .. Gllck Fockele.
220 2d and 4th Wednesday Joseph W. Bridges Otis H. Crawford.
3U0 Seward;. .• First and third Monday... Ed. S.Irwin.
123 Liberty Montgomery.. Pearl F. Heckman Nelson A. Parker.
154 Lincoln Lincoln Lincoln 2d and 4th Saturday Arthur.T. Stanley Jacob D. Miller
170 Linn Fraternal ... Washington .. Saturday on or before ®... Alonzo Bickford A. L. Oliphant.
241 Llnwood Llnwood Leavenworth . Wiley C.Ward
Friday on or before ® •::;... Charles Robert L. Blggart.
219 Little River Corner Stone Rice .- O. Smith H. N. Morehouse.
264 Logan Logan Phillips Wednesday on or before © Dave G. Hansen Earl L. Daugherty.
26 Lougton Longton Elk Marlon M. Miller
First and third Saturday . Albert Francis H. Bailey.
231 Long Island Long Island , Phillips 1st and SdThursday W. Thomas Thomas V. Whltcomb
243 Loulsburg Peace Miami First and third Friday .. . A. L. Howard O.W. McNelly.
198 Lucas Blue Hill Russell First Sat. on or before ® .. Roy C. Fowler T. B. Dinsmoor.
153 Laray Luray Russell First and third Tuesday .. George W. Elliott Milton F. Fritts.
101 Lyndon Euclid First and third Saturday . Oscar B. Hartley Wni. A. Cotteman.
192 Lyons Royal Rice 2d and 4th Thursday Thomas Ainswortb Wm. T. Nicholas.
371 MaoksvlUe Macksvllle .. Charles L. Stark Benj. F. Glnzlo.
Stafford 2d and 4th Monday Joseph E. Fritchard.
196
16
Madison
Manhattan
Madison
Lafayette Greenwood ... Tuesday on or before ®-x.. Carl M. Barnard
Robert .T. L. Barnett ... George C. Wilder. !+3
87 Mankato Mankato Riley First and third Friday .... Ralph M. Canthorn W. S. Canan. to
.lames H. Brya.n.t !^
342 Maple City Maple City .. Cowley Saturdnv on oi* before ® .. .Joseph F. Thomas O. E. Bonecutter.
370 Maple Hill Maple H i l l . . Wabaunsee ... 1st and 3d Thursday .lacob W. Taylor J. Samuel Weaver.
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147
Mapleton Bldora Bourbon Saturday on or before ® ™ George
James M.
W. Coyan
Carter Wm. Shoneman.
Marion Center First Friday Joseph L. Gustafson.
353 Marquette Marquette ... Carl W.Debitt o
91 Marysvllle Marysvllle .. Marshall First and third Tuesday .. Henrv W. Hoyer Leon E. Davis.
58 McCracken McCracken ., J.W.Chenoweth Leroy C. Ward.
237 McCune Temple Crawford 1st and 3d Saturdav.. Franz E. Roese Henry M. Ford.
383 McDonald McDonald .. Otis Archer Oscar A. Brown.
256 Rawlins David Edmonds.
172 McLouth Lyra Jefferson Thursday on or before ® .. Elgie J. Jones Alex.C. Spllniiin.
275 McPlierson McPherson... McPherson ... First and third Frldav .... Joseph A. Davis Georue W Glllldett.
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77 Meade Webb Meade Saturday on or before ® .. Prank I.Bennett O. D. Rack ley.

22 Medicine Lodge Delta Barber Saturday on or before ® .. Samuel Griffin Frank U. Judd.
238 Melvern Melvern Guy F. Farley Philip Becker.
255 Merlden Meriden Jefferson First and third Thursday . Edward 51. Lalce George R. Waite.
242 Milan Milan......... Sumner First and third Thursday . R. W. Karnaham John S. Fleming.
143 MUtonvale
Minneapolis
MUtonvale ...
Minneapolis . Cloud First and third Friday .... George H. Palmer
Eli.jah K. Raper
L. A. Henry. Co
267 Ottawa 2d and 4th Wednesday F. L. Wadman.
245 MoUne Mollne Elk J. E. Smith Clark C. Thomas.
373 Moran Marmatou .. Allen Sat. on or before ® ~ Hendricks V. Adams .. Guthrie Keplinger.
33 Morrill Morrill Brown First and third Friday .... Eugene Fletcher P. S. Thorne.
346 Mound City Mound City. First and third Friday Charles A. McMullin... Peter W.Toevs.
318 Moundrldge Moundrldge. McPherson ... First and third Monday... Wm. P. Cassler R. J. Condernian.
238 Mound Valley .. Landmark .. Labette Wed. on or before ® ^ ... Theodore S. Klaus W. E. Mattlson.
261 Mount Hope Mount Hope Sedgwick Wed. on or before ® ^ ... August Vollwelder C. L. Bumgarner.
201 Mulberry Mulberry Crawford 2d and 4th Tuesday Thomas W. Piorson A. A. Rucker. •
128 Mulvane Mulvane Sumner 1st and 3d Wednesday Isaac E. Thompson Clark A. Baird.
116 Munden Munden Republic 2d and 4th Wednesday... . W. Harry Bobenhouse. Ira E. Graves.
349 Muscotah Muscotah ... Atchison First and third Saturday.. George Peabody Wm. H. Shoemaker.
Narka Narka Republic First and third Saturday.. W m . H . McCurdy
N A M E S OP O F F I C E R S A N D LODGES—Continued.
No. Location, Name of Lodge. * County. Stated Communications. Master. Secretary.^
390 V i c t o r L. Owens.
04 Neodeslia Harmony Wilson First and third Saturday.. W m . S. P e t t l t .
Neosho Falls Woodson First and third Tuesday... O.C.McKlnley O. S. W o o d w a r d :
Ness City W a l n u t Valley . 2d a n d 4th S a t u r d a y Hayes Floyd.
ISO N e t a w a k a Jackson T h u r s d a y o n o r before ® . . C h a r l e s D. L u e c k .
81 N e w A l b a n y New Albany Wilson S a t u r d a y o n o r after ® tr. . George M. B r a c k e n H . W. F o r s y t h e .
142 Harvey'; Second Wednesday .lohn C. E l y .
43' Nlckerson R e n o /(.. F i r s t a n d t h i r d F r i d a y . . . . P . D. T h o r p C. W . A r n o l d .
317 N o r c a t u r Norcatur; Decatiir ! T h u r s d a y o n or before ® .
199 N o r t o n Norton R o b e r t W. H e m p h i l l . . . . Thomas W. Simmons.
N o r t o n vUle Mount Zlon Jefferson 1st a n d 3d T h u r s d a y
319 Norwich Norwich Kingman Second a n d f o u r t h F r i d a y George F . W a s h b u r n . o
334 Oak H i l l Oak H i l l Clay M a t t h e w H. P a n t o n H . B . Gordon. . Si
253 R i c h a r d S. W l n s l o w . , Nelson W o l c o t t .
186 Oberlln M o u n t a i n Slope D e c a t u r 2d a n d 4th W e d n e s d a y b
25 Ol£eto Oketo Marshall First and third Monday... J o h n W. C h a m b e r s .
18 Olathe Olathe Johnson Wm. H.Hver J a m e s D. D e n t .
188 P o t t a w a t o m i e 1st a n d 8d W e d n e s d a y . . . W a r r e n S. P l u m m e r . 53
323 Nemaha First and third Friday .... F r a n k E . Wlkoff. Hi
141 Osage City Signal First and third Wednesday W m . L.McBlfresh. O
24 Osawatomle Osage V a l l e y First and third Thursday . C. S. Blxby.
IfiO Osborne F r a n k P . Wells.
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62
Oskaloosa Oskaloosa
Rldgeway
Jefferson
Labette
Franklin
S a t u r d a y o n o r before ® ..
T h u r s d a y o n o r before ® . W m . S m i t h
First a n d third Friday .... Plere P. Elder
2d a n d 4th T u e s d a y
Richard H . Delbert.
George S. L i g g e t t .
David L. T y n e r .
i
165 Sumner S a t u r d a y o n o r before ® ;=;
87 F i r s t a n d t h i r d M o n d a y . . . George M. D u r k e e George M. Coplln.
341 First and third Saturday.. Wm. H.Campbell.f
168 P a r k e r v l l l e Parkervllle . T u e s d a y o n o r before ® .. A l e x a n d e r G. Leltoh D. Dllley.
117 H . S. F i t c h .
1^4 P a w n e e S t a t i o n Bourbon S a t . o n o r before ® -s. W m . E. Culllson.
120 Halcyon '... M a r l o n First and third Monday...
184 P h l l l i p s b u r g . . . . Phlllipsburg Phillips T h u r s d a y o n o r before ® .. 'n
385 P i p e r Wyandotte ... F i r s t a n d t h i r d F r i d a y : . . . J. W. B l a n k e n s h l p *
187 Crawford J o h n A. W a t k l n a W m . W.Belne.
367 P i t t s b u r g Owen A. B a s s e t t Crawford .' First and third Monday... Edward E. Lang.
290 P l a l n v l l l e Paradise I9t;and 3d S a t u r d a y W m . L. Glggy
88 P l e a s a n t o n Linn First and third Tuesday... W m . C. Blaker..
41 Pomona McKlnley F r a n k l i n .. First and third Tuesday... Oharles L. D u v a l l J. H . P a r k i n s o n .
4 Potter Kickapoo A t c h i s o n .. S a t u r d a y on or before ® . C a r l e n u s A. D u n c a n * . . I. W. Robinson.t
363 Powhattan Powhattan Brown .:... 2d a n d 4th S a t u r d a y R a y m o n d R. P o t t e r N e l s o n G. R a r d l n .
•285 Pratt Kilwinning Pratt S e c o n d a n d f o u r t h Monda.y W n i . B . Hess O h a r l e s R. M a w d s l e y .
332 Preston Rob Morris Pratt First and third Tuesday... Ralph B Haines G. B. W i l l i a m s .
384 Protection Protection Comanche 2d a n d 4th T h u r s d a y Thomas W.Myers Wm. W. Baxter.
270 Queuemo Quenemo First and third Thursday.. J o h n N. C r a d i t Early Carder.
389 Qulndaro R. E. S h e r m a n . Wyandotte . 2d a n d 4th S a t u r d a y C l a r e n c e C. H e d r l c k * .. F r e d H . Mertel.f
304 Randall .'... Randall Jewell 2d a n d 4th S a t u r d a y Wm. O.Thornton V i c t o r R. G o r d o n .
•168 Randolph Farmers Riley S a t u r d a y o n or before ® ^ J a m e s F. C o p e l a n d J o h n A. H o l m s t r o m .
344 Riley Ashlar Riley First and third Saturday.. J oseph K l e i n e r Alvin G a t e s .
159 Robinson Robinson Brown T u e s d a y o n or before ® r . . Nelson B . J o h n s o n M. C. H a t h o w a y .
333 Rosedale Rosedale Wyandotte . First and third Friday .... W m . S . Smith* J . H a r r y Blanford.f
ill Rossvllle Hesperian Shawnee F r i d a y o n or before ® r . . . . W m . S. A t t e b u r y R e u b e n L. W i l t .
215 Rush Center... W a l n u t City... Rush 2d a n d 4th W e d n e s d a y W m . 0. H o l m e s R.A.Russell.
177 A u r e l l u s L. V o o r h l s . ts
Russell Russell Russell First and third Tuesday... A l e x a n d e r L. B r o w n e . . Henry E. Burke.
162 Sabetha Sabetha Nemaha 2d a n d 4th W e d n e s d a y E d w i n L. B u r n e r C h a r l e s D. S o r t e r . .Is:
60 Sallna Sallna Saline First and third Monday... P e t e r C. H i l l J o h n J. Miller. t)
3i2 Santa Fe Santa Fe Haskell 2d a n d 4th S a t u r d a y Vlrglnlus L.Bethel W y a t t Shlpp.
315 Savonburg Virginia Allen S a t u r d a y o n or before ® :^ Roy W . C o x * Robert Lamb.
351 Scanmion Scammon Cherokee Second a n d f o u r t h F r i d a y . W m . Grady H . S. Cooper. o
221 Soandla ".. Lebanon Republic First and third Monday... Axel E l l i n g s o n Albert E. Fllson. b
284 S c o t t City Anthem Scott 1st a n d 3d W e d n e s d a y D. S. F a r m a n Wm. H. Freas.
249 ScottsvlUe ScottsvlUe Mitchell 2d a n d 4th T u e s d a y J o h n L. R h o d e s Clyde H . K n o x .
136 Sedan Vesper : Chautauqua S a t u r d a y o n or before ®::; N a t h a n B. W a l l Michael B a r t l e y . O
139 Sedgwick •.. Sedgwick Harvey F i r s t a n d t h i r d T u e s d a y .. S a m u e l R. A r m o u r W m . B. Puller.
39 Seneca Seneca Nemaha Second a n d f o u r t h Wed. .. J o h n C. G r l n d l e T.H.Franklin.
313 Severance Severance D o n i p h a n ... S a t u r d a y o n or before ® :s E u g e n e A. K i n s l e y * B u r n s B. F i n c h .
213 Severy T w i n Grove Greenwood.. F irst and third Saturday.. George E . Grl mes J a m e s M. Campbell.f
54 Shawnee Shawnee Johnson W e d n e s d a y o n or before ® Sullivan Campbell* George B. H a r p e r .
50 Silver L a k e Lake Shawnee T h u r s d a y o n or before ® .. W m . A. L.uthye E l z a R. L o u t h a n .
214 Simpson Sincerity Mitchell .... First and third Thursday . C h a r l e s R. H a w k i n s . . . George H . M a r t y .
174 Smith Centre.. Western Star.. Smith F i rst and third Saturday.. H e n r y R. S t o n e C. E . M c K l b b i n .
240 Soldier Soldier Jackson 2d a n d 4th S a t u r d a y Joshua C.Early Jay Spauldlng.
106 Solomon Solomon City.. Dickinson... 2d a n d 4th T u e s d a y Alva C a r p e n t e r C l a r k D. W i l s o n .
157 S o u t h H a v e n .. Haven Sunmer S a t u r d a y on or before ® .. B. W . R u t h r a u f l T h o m a s J. S t l n s o n .
388 SpearvlUe SpearvlUe Ford First and third Thursday . H a r r y A. D a v i s W m . H . Freels.
347 Splvey Splvey Kingman . . 1st a n d 3d W e d n e s d a y Ernest T.Mitchell Robert 0. Post.
56 Spring Hill Spring H i l l . . . . Johnson S a t u r d a y o n or before ® .. V e r n o n T. N i c h o l s o n .. Alvin H. Watson.
252 Stafford Stafford Stafford First and third Thursday . Bmll R.Brown J o s e p h T. T y r r e l l .
171 Sterling Sterling Rice First Thursday F r a n k N. M a s e m o r e . . . R. B. M c K a y .
254 St. J o h n Ionic 1 Stafford . . . . First and third Monday... S t e p h e n M. H a u g h t H a r r y G. M c P h e r s o n .
52 St. M a r y s Pottawatomie. Pottawatomie First Wednesday Henry Heynen M. S. C o o l b a u g h .
189 Stockton Newahcuba Rooks ..:... First and third Friday .... Henry A.Butler J a m e s A. H a m l e r .
354 Summerfleld... Summex'fleld .. Marshall ... First and third Saturday.. Wm. Johnston H a n s Peterson.
359 Sylvan Grove.. Sylvan Grove.. Lincoln T h u r s d a y o n or before ® . . S i d n e y R. L a w s o n
N A M E S OF O F F I O B E S A N D L O D G E S — Conimwed.
No. Location. Name of Lodge. •'S-J'.County.' Stated Conmnunications, Master. Secretary.
309 Syracuse Syracuse First and third Thursday . Harry E. Walter

149 Neosho 2d and 4th Friday Win, C. Pownall A. D. Lowranoe.
190 Tonganoxle Henri Sat. on or before ® :s; . •.
Leavenworth . 1st M. C. Harris.
17 and 3d Wednesday .] nmes B. Doncyson Carl W.Nellls. •
Bl Orient First and third Friday .... Prank E. McFarland Evan Davis.
90 Topeka (North). Golden Bule 2d and 4th Thursday
225 First and third Thursday . George W. Bainter.
121 Woodson Woodson Wed. on or before ® n . .. Luther L. Byington Ibri G. McLaughlin.
30 Towanda Towanda Butler First and third Saturday.. Andrew J-. Ralston S. G. Hudelson '
55 Doniphan Frederick H Large G. H. Burckhalter.
358
Troy Turou 2d and 4th Saturday Bads E. Shive '... Ras A. Eli.
386 Montgomery . 2d and 4th Friday David Mahaffv Ira B. Chadwick.
115 Unlontown Excelsior First Saturday alter ® Henry M. Grifflth C. H. Eonantz.
239 Neosho Christopher G. Yockey .. Harry D. Baldwin.
Valley Center... Valley Center... Sedgwick Monda.v on or before ®.... Eugene S. Talcott.
21 Valley Falls .... Valley Falls .... Jefferson First and third Saturday.. .George Harman Virgil P. Murray,
320 VermilUon Vermillion First and third Thursday . .lohn E. McMlchael .loseph H. Johnson.
301 Virgil Greenwood ... 2d and 4th Saturday James L. Sharp Wni. Bays.
148 Wa-Keeney ..'.. Virgil
Wa-Keeney , , Wm. J.Beardwell
377 Saturday on or before ® • • • Richard Setlinian Dean H. Knapp. o
318 Saturday on or before ® x . James H. Barrett* '.. J. Clark Page.
229 Saturday on or before ® ..
76 Wamego
85
84
Washington
Watervllle
Wathena
Wamego
Frontier
Wathena
Pottawatomie 1st and 3d Wednesday
Washington .. First and third Monday ..
Marshall First and third Saturday..
Angus T. McMillan
Saturday ohôr before ® x .lames T. Mathews

Maurice L. Stone.
August Soller.
Henry 0. Willson.
M. Bauer, Jr.
i
Waverly Waverly Coffey...' First and third.Tuesday... Edward C. Pocock
274 "Weir . .. Black Diamond. Cherokee 2d and 4th Thursday George E. Dlion
150 Welllrigtou Wellington Sumner.' David H. Kurtz.
358 Wellaville . Wellsvllle Franklin First and third Monday ...
257 Westmoreland . West:noreland . Pottawatomie Warren Anthonj'.
306 Westphalia ...... Anderson Tuesday on or before ® Wm. H. Bell.
53 Wetniore Wetmore Nemaha! Saturdaj' on or before ® -s. Claude J. Wood E. Jav Woodman.
White Church .. Delaware Wyandotte ... First and third Saturday.. John A. Wolfe* Charles V. Sass.t
380 White City ... White City , . 2d and 4th Friday Rolllu J. Herhold.
78 White Cloud.... White Cloud.... Doniphan 1st and 3d Wednesday Edward C. Blrchfleld .... G. Van Valkenburgh.
280 Whitewater... Brainerd Butler ..;'. Tuesday on or before ® s.
Whiting Whiting Sat. on or before ® ::. George B. Conklln
86 Wichita Sunflower Sedgwick 2d and 4th Tuesday Guy Wlnfleld Kyle Ben F.Hull.
M Wichita Wichita Sedgwick . First and third Monday... J o h n J. Fegtly.
Rns W i c h i t a Albert Pike Sedgwick 2d a n d 4th W e d n e s d a y ,, Ralph F. Martin .
'^'^4 WUllamsbiLrg .. Franklin 2d a n d 4th W e d n e s d a y
R8-1 W l l s e y Wllsey Morris S a t u r d a y o n or before ® r::. Lewis A. Coffin.
9m W i l s o n Samaria Ellsworth FIrstand third Wednesday A r t h u r E. O'Donnell , , F r e d e r i c k Delssroth.
84 W i n c h e s t e r Jefferson Jefferson ; T h u r s d a y o n or before ® . Ralph H. Shove.
Wlndom M c P h e r s o n .., First and third Saturday..
iin Wlufleld Wlnfleld Cowley First and third Thursday .
47 Bourbon S a t u r d a y o n or before ® .. W a l t e r E . Buell
144 Y a t e s C e n t e r GHead Woodson First and third Friday Robt.C. Ellis J o h n W. Depew.
378 Z e n d a Zenda K i n g m a n ...;. 2d a n d 4th W e d n e s d a y W r a . Leslie.
L And two weeks thereafter.
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MASTERS. MASTERS. SECRETARIES.

*Posto;fflce Addresses. ^Posiofflce Addresses. •^Postojjfice Addresses.
No. 8—1504 C e n t r a l Ave. No. 291—Dorrance. N o . 3—924 Cleveland;Ave. c
No. 4—Easton, R. F . D. No. 1. N o . 313—Leona. N o . 4—Loweniont., a
No. 31—Wathena, R. R. No. 315—Elsmore. N o . 47—Bronson, R. R. No. 2. 5?
No. 64—Merrlani. N o . 318—GUI. N o . 54—Merrlam. o
No. 70—Wakarusa. N o . 333—No. 21 N. W y a n d o t t e . No. 9 6 - B e t h e l . •^
No. 90—Station " A," T o p e k a . N o . 271—966 C e n t r a l A v e .
No. 92—Fort S c o t t , R. R.
N o . 335—Bushong.
No. 352—Tribune. N o . 272—City H a l l .
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No. 96—Bethel. No. 368—Freeport. No. 311—Leavenworth, Box 160.
No. 124—Arcadia, R. R. 2. N o . 369—Kansas City, K a n . , No. 2601 N . N o . 333—No. 47 H e n n l n g Ave. tu
No. 182—Halstead. 18th St. N o . 341—Goodrich.
No. 210—Richards, Mo. N o . 385—Bethel. N o . 342—Dexter.
No. 271—1311 Y e c k e r A v e . N o . 389—Argonla. No. 852—Tribune.
No. 272-2026 N. S i x t h St. N o . 369—Kansas City, K a n . , N o . 2809
N. 20th St.
N o 387—St. M a r y s .
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ALPHABETICAL LIST OF LODGES.
Name, No, Location. Name, No, lyQcation.

Acacia 9 Lawrence. Constellation... 95 Fredonla.
Active 168 Atchison. CooUdge 316 CooUdge.
Adams 63 Oswego. Corinthian 79 Burllngame.
Advance 114 Florence. Corner Stone... 219 Little filver.
Albert Pike 303 Wichita. Cosmos 278 Kiowa.
Alden 308 Alden. Council Grove.. 38 Council Grove.
Allen 335 Allen. CoyvlUe 57 CoyvlUe.
Alma 161 Alma. Crescent 133 Arkansas City.
Alpha 282 Jetmore. Cuba 362 Cuba.
AltaVista 357 Alta Vista. Cyrus 288 Hope.
Altoona 118 Altoona.
Americas 109 Amerlcus. Delavan 375 Delavan.
Anchor 224 Williamsburg. Delaware 96 White Church.
Anthem 284 Scott. Delphian 44 Garnett.
Anthony 200 Anthony. Delphos 202 Delphos.
Apollo 297 Ellis. Delta 77 Medicine Lodge
Arcadia 329 Arcadia. Denlson 372 Denlson.
Arcana 31 Doniphan. DeSoto 40 De Soto.
Armourdale 271 Kansas Olty. Devon 92 Devon.
Ashland 277 Ashland. Dexter 156 Dexter.
Ashlar 344 Riley. Dlrlgo 226 Haddam.
Attica 262 Attica. Doric 83 Eudora.
Atwood 164 Atwood. Douglass 161 Douglass.
Auburn 32 Auburn. Dover 138 Dover.
Avon 306 Westphalia. Downs 204 Downs.
Axtell 234 Axtell. Dwlght....; 374 Dwlght.
Barney 279 DIghton. Easton 45 Easton.
Baxter 71 Baxter Springs. Edna 345 Edna.
Beattle 259 Beattle. Eldora 28 Mapleton.
Belle P l a l n e . . , . 173 Belle Plalne. EUlnwood 217 EUlnwood.
Belleville 129 Belleville. Ellsworth 146 Ellsworth.
Benevolent 98 Abilene. Emerald 289 Lakln.
Ben Hur 322 Argentine. Eminence 206 Eskrldge.
Bennington 180 Bennington. Emmett 387 Emmett.
Beulah 291 BunkerTaUl. Emporia 12 Emporia.
Black Diamond 274 Weir City. Equity 131 Fontana.
Blue Hill 198 Lucas. Erie 76 Erie.
Blue Eaplds .... 169 Blue Rapids. Euclid 101 Lyndon..
Blue Valley 112 Irving. Eureka 88 Pleasanton.
BoUng 365 Bollng. Excelsior 115 Unlontown.
Bonner Springs 366 Bonner Springs.
Bourbon 268 Bronson.
Bralnerd 280 White Water. Fargo 300 Liberal.
BrookvUle 209 BrookvUle. Farmers 166 Randolph.
Buffalo 379 Buffalo. Fidelity 106 Eureka.
Burlington 66 Burlington. Formoso 386 Formoso.
Burr Oak 178 Burr Oak. Fortitude 107 Independence.
Burrton 182 Burrton. Frankfort 67 Frankfort.
Fraternal 170 Linn.
Cable 299 Arlington. Frederick 337 Frederick. •
Caney 324 Caney. Freeport 389 Freeport.
Oanopy 248 Grenola. Friendship 208 Haven.
Canton 197 Canton. Frontier 104 Washington
Carbondale 70 Carbondale. Pulton 210 Fulton.
Carson 132 Elk City.
Cawker City.... 126 Cawker City. Galena 194 Galena.
Cedar 103 Chanute. Galva 251 Galva.
Center 147 Marlon. Gardner 65 Gardner.
Charity 263 Hazelton. Garfield . 235 LeonardvlUe.
Chase 247 Chase. Gaylord 183 Gaylord.
Chautauqua 355 Cedar Vale. Geueseo 361 Geneseo.
Cherokee 119 Cherokee. Gllead 144 Yates Center.
Cherryvale 1S7 Cherryvale. Glrard 93 Glrard.
Chetopa 73 Chetopa. Glasco 292 Glasco.
Chlkaskla 285 Argonla. Glen Elder 294 Glen Elder.
Clrclevllle 20 Clrclevllle. Godfrey 124 Pawnee Station.
Clay Center 134 Clay Center. Golden Rule 90 North Topeka.
Clifton 122 Clifton. Goodland 321 Goodland.
Clinton 233 Burden. Gove City 302 Gove City.
Comanche 295 Coldwater. Gralnffeld 381 Gralnfleld.
128 PliOCEEDItiGS OF THE February,
Najne. No. Location, Name, No. Location.

G r a n d View .... 376 Bucklln. Macke.v 48 Efflngham.
Great Bend 15 Great Bend. MacksvlUe 371 Macksvtlle.
Greeley 211 Greelej'. Madison 196 Madison.
Greenleaf 232 Greenleaf. Mankato 87 Mankato..
Greenwood'..... 163 P a l l River. Maple City 342 Maple City.
G y p s u m O l t y ... 328 G y p s u m Olty. Maple HlU 370 Maple Hill.
Marmaton 248 Moran.
Halcyon 120 Peabody. Marquette 363 Marquette.
Halstead 46 Halstead. Marysvllle 91 Marysvllle.
Hamlin 185 Hamlin. McCracken 58 McCracken.
Hancock 311 F t . Leavenw'.rth. McDonald 383 McDonald.
Harmony 94 Neodesha. McKlnley 41 Pomona.
Harper 206 Harper. McPherson 172 McPherson.
Hartlord 193 Hartford. M e d i c i n e V a l l ' y . 260 L a k e Olty.
Haven.; 157 South Haven. Melvern 22 Melvern.
HavensvlUe 34 HavensvlUe. . Memphis 108 Garland.
Hays 195 Hays. Merlden 236 Merlden.
Hebron 314 Grldley. Meridian 126 E l k P'alls.
Henri 190 Tonganoxle. Milan 256 Milan.
Hesperian Ill Rossvllle. Mlllbrook 281 HlU City.
Hlattvllle 216 Hlattvllle. MUtonvale 242 MUtonvale.
Hiawatha 35 Hiawatha. Minneapolis 143 Minneapolis.
Highland 296 Green. Mistletoe 269 Conway Springs
Hiram 68 Leavenworth. MoUne 267 MoUne.
Holslngton 331 Holslngton. Morrill...... 373 Morrill.
Holton 42 'Holton, Morton 258 Cheney.
Holyrood 343 Holyrood. M o u n d City 33 Mound City.
Home 89 Centralla. Moundrldge 346 Moundrldge.
Hope 1.56 Howard. M o u n t a i n S l o p e 186 Oberlln.
Horace 352 Horace. M o u n t H o p e . . . 238 Mount Hope.
Horton ' . . . 326 Horton. M o u n t M o r l a h . 179 Kinsley.
Hoxle 348 Hoxle. M o u n t V e r n o n . 145 Belolt.
Hoyt 327 Hoyt. M o u n t Z l o n . . . . 288 NortonvlUe.
Huron 72 Huron. Mulberry 261 Mulberry Grove.
Mulvane 201 Mulvane.
Ionic 254 St. J o h n , Munden 128 Munden.
lola... 38 lola. Muscotah 118 Muscotah.
M y s t i c Tie 74 Augusta.
Jamestown 227 Jamestown.
Jefferson 84 Winchester Naphtall 310 Almena.
Jennings 360 Jennings. Narka 349 Narka.
Jewell 11 Jewell City. Natoma 390 Natoma.
Joppa 223 Leon. Nemaha 13 Corning.
Neosho 27 LeBoy.
Kansas 307 Herlngton. Newahcuba 189 Stockton.
Kaw 272 K a n s a s Clt.v. New Albany 81 New Albany.
Keystone 102 Goffeyvllle. Newton -.-142 Kewton. - -
Klckapoo 4 Potter; Nlckerson 43 Nlckerson.
K i l w i n n i n g . . . . 265 Pratt. N i n e Mile 49 Lansing.
Klncald 388 Klncald. - Nlnnescah 230 Kingman.
K i n g S o l o m o n ' s , , 10 Leavenworth. Norcatur 317 Norcatur.
Kiowa 283 Greensburg. Norton 199 Norton.
Klrwln 175 Klrwln. Norvv'lch 319 Norwich.
LaOrosse 330 LaOrosse. Oak 287 Lebanon.
LaOygne 61 LaCygne. Oak H i l l 334 Oak HlU.
Lafayette 16 Manhattan. Oaklev 253 Oakley.
LaHarp 825 LaHarp. Occidental 207 Alton.
Lake 50 Silver Lake. Oketo 25 Oketo.
Landmark 218 Mound Valley. Olathe 19 Olathe.
Jjane ' 339 Lane. Olive 350- Elgin.
Larned 167 Larned. ' Olive B r a n c h . . . 212 Colony.
Lawrence 6 Lawrence. Onaga 188 Onaga.
Leavenworth... 2 Ijeavenworth. Oneida 323 Oneida.
Lebanon 221 Scandla. Orient 61 Topeka.
Lebo 152 Lebo. O s a g e V a l l e y . . . 24 Osawatomle.
Lenexa 135 Lenexa. Oskaloosa 14 Oskaloosa.
Lenora 181 Lenora. Ottawa 18 Ottawa.
Leotl 340 Leotl. O w e n A. B a s s e t t 367 Pittsburg.
Lewis 220 Lewis. Oxford 166 Oxford.
Liberty 123 Liberty.
Lincoln 184 Lincoln. Pacific 29 Humboldt.
Llnwood 241 Llnwood. Palestine 127 Edgerton.
Logan 264 Jjogan. Palmyra 23 Baldwin.
Long Island 231 Long Island. Paola 37 Paola.
Longton 26 Longton. Paradise 290 PlainvlUe.
Lotus 286 Blue Mound. Parker 341 Parker.
Luray 153 Luray. Parkervllle 168 Parkervllle.
Lyra 256 McLouth. Parsons 117 Parsons.
Name. jVo. Location. Name. No. Location.

Patmos 97 El Dorado. Sunflower 86 Wichita.
Peace 243 Lioulsburg Sutton 85 Watervllle.
PhllUpsburg.... 184 PhlUlpsburff. S y l v a n G r o v e . . . 359 Sylvan Grove.
Finer 385 Piper Syracuse 309 Syracuse.
Pittsburg 187 Pittsburg:
Polar Star 130 Netawaka. Temple 237 McCune.
Pottawatomie.. 52 St. Marys. Thayer 149 Thayer.
Powhattan 363 Powhattan. Topeka 17 Topeka.
• Prairie Queen.. 176 Clyde. Towanda 30 Towanda.
Preston 283 Cimarron. Troy 55 Troy.
Protection 384 Protection. Turon 358 Turon.
Prudence 100 Columbus. Tuscan 82 Neosho Falls.
Twin Grove 213 Severy.
Quenemo 270 Q u e n e m o . Tyrlan 246 Garden City.
Tyro 386 Tyro.
Randall 304 Randall.
Reno 140 Hutchinson. Union 7 J u n c t i o n City.
Rldgeway 62 Overbrook. Unity 273 C l e a r W a t e r .
Rising Sun 8 F o r t Scott. Urbana 239 ( J r b a n a .
Robinson 159 Robinson.
Rob Morris 332 Preston. V a l l e y C e n t e r .. 364 Valley C e n t e r .
Rosedale 333 Rosedale. Valley F a l l s . . . . 21 Valley Falls.
Royal 192 Lyons. Vermillion 320 Vermillion.
Russell 177 Russell. Vesper 136 Sedan.
Virgil 301 Virgil.
Sabetha 162 Sabetha. Virginia 315 Savonburg.
Salem 228 Esbon. Vulcan 229 Walnut.
Sallna 60 Sallna.
Saltville 59 Barnard. Wa-Keeney 148 Wa-Keeney.
Samaria 298 Wilson. Waldron 377 Waldron.
Santa Fe 312 Santa Fe. _ Wallace 318 Wallace.
Saqul 160 Osborne. Walnut Oltv... 215 Rush Center. .
Scammon 351 Scammon. W a l n u t Valley. 191 Ness City.
Scottsvllle 249 Scottsvllle. Wamego 75 Wamego.
Sedgwick 139 Sedgwick. Washington 5 Atchison.
Seneca 39 Seneca. Wathena 64 Wathena.
Severance 313 Severance. Waverly 244 Waverly.
Shawnee 54 Shawnee. Webb 275 Meade. .
Sherman 369 Qulndaro. Wellington 150 Wellington.
Signal 141 Osage O l t y . Wellsvllle 356 WellsvlUe.
SUoam 225 Topeka. Western Star... 174 Smith Center.
Sincerity 214 Simpson. Westmoreland. 257 Westmoreland
Smlthton 1 Highland. Wetmore 53 Wetmore.
Soldier 240 Soldier. WhIteClty 380 W h i t e City.
Solomon 105 S o l o m o n Olty. White Cloud.... 78 W h i t e Cloud.
SpearvlUe 388 SpearvlUe. Whiting 250 Whiting.
Splvey 347 Splvey. Wichita 99 Wichita.
Spring Hill 56 Spring Hill. Wllsey 382 Wllsey.
St. B e r n a r d 222 Dodge City. Wlndom 276 Windom.
St. .Johns 113 Concordia. Wlnfleld 110 Wlnfleld.
St. T h o m a s 306 Oolby. Woodson 121 Toronto.
Stafford 252 Stafford. Wyandotte 3 K a n s a s Olty.
Star 69 Hanover.
Sterling 171 Sterling. Xenla 47 X e n l a ,
Stohrvllle 368 Bluff Olty.
Sumner 203 Caldwell. Zenda 878 Z e n d a .
Summerfleld ... 354 Summerfleld. Zeredatha 80 C o t t o n w ' d F a l l s
L I S T OF L O D G E S B Y COUJS^TIES.
County. Location. Name. No.
Allen Paclflc 29
lola 38
325
246
316
212
4i
211
Klncald 338
805
6
168
48
72
Potter 4
118
Charity •.. 263
278
Medicine Valley 260
77
Delta
217
15
331
268
92
Fort Scott Rising Sun 8
Fulton Fulton 210
108
Hlattvllle Hlattvllle 216
28
Pawnee Station Godfrey 124
115
47
185
35
Horton 326
Morrill Morrill 373
363
159
Butler Mystic Tie 74
151
97
223
30
White Water 280
Cottonwood Falls 80
355
Elgin Olive 350
136
Cherokee 71
100
194
361
Weir City Black Diamond 274
Clark 277
Clay Clay Center 134
Highland 296
Oak Hill Oak Hill 334
L I S T OF LODGES BY COUNTIES—Continued.
County, Location. Name, No.
Cloud Clyde Prairie Queen .. 176

Concordia St, John's 1!3
Glasco Glasco 292
.lamestown Jamestown 227
M iltonvale Miltonvale 242
Coffey, BnrHngton Burlington

Gridiey Hebron 314
Ijobo Lebo 152
LeRoy Neosho 27
Waverly. Waverly 244
Comanche . O lid water Comanche 285

Protection Protection 384
Cowley Arkansas City.. Cre.seent 138
Burden Clinton 283
Dexter Dexter 156
Maple City Maple City 342
Winfleld Winfleld 110
Crawford. ."Vrcadia Arcadia 829

Cherokee Cherokee 119
Girard Girard .-r.. 93
McCune Temple 237
Mulberry Grove Mulberry 261
Pittsburg Pittsburg 187
Pittsburg Owen A. Bassett 367
Walnut Vulcan 229
Decatur . Jennings Jennings 360

Obcrlln Mountain Slope 186
Norcatur Norcatur 317
Dickinson . Abilene Bene%'0lent

Herington Kansas 307
Mope Cyrus 288
Solomon City .. Solomon 105
Doniphan. Doniphan Arcana 31

Highland Smlthton 1
Severance Severance 313
Troy Troy 65
Wathena Wathena 64
White Cloud . . . . White Oloud.... 78
Douglas . Baldwin Palmyra 23

Eudora Doric
I<awrence Lawrence
Iâwrence Acacia
Edwards Kinsley Mt.Morlah 179
Lewis Lewis 220
Elk Elk Falls Meridian 126
Grenola Canopy 248
Howard Hope 155
Ijongton Longton 26
Moline Moline 267
Ellis Ellis Apollo 297
Hays Hays 195
Ellsworth Ellsworth Ellsworth 146
Holyrood Holyrood 343
Wilson Samaria 298
Finney. .. Garden City Tyrian 246
Ford Bucklin Grand View 376

DudgeClty St. Bernard 222
Bpearvllle Spearville
•132 PROCEEDINOS OF THE February,
L I S T OP LODGES BY COUNTIES—Continued.
County. Location. Narne. No.
Franklin Lane 330

18
41
WellsvlUe WellsvlUe 366
224
7
Gove C i t y Gove City 302
Hill City Mlllbrook 281
283
862
Fidelity 106
Fall River 163 •
106
Twin Grove 213
Virgil Vlrgll.fr 301
Coolldge '. 316
300
200
Attica 262
Bluff C i t y Stohrvllle 368
389
206
377
182
Halstead 46
142
Sedgwick 139
Haskell 312
282
Cfrclevllle Circlevllle 20
372
Holton 42
Hoyt Hoyt 327
130
Soldier 240
Whiting Whiting 250
Jefferson 236
Mt. Zlon 266
14
266
Valley F a l l s Valley Falls 21
Winchester 84
Jewell Burr Oak B u r r Oak 178
228
336
Jewell City 11
87
304
Johnson DeSoto De S o t o , 40 •
127
Gardner 66
135
Olathe Olathe 19
64
1Spring Hill SprlngHUI 66
igog-io. GRAND LODOB OF KANSAS. 133
Kearny Lakln. Emerald

Kingman. Kingman , Nlnnescah . 280
Norwich.. Norwich 319
Splvey Splvey 847
Zenda Zenda 878
Kiowa... Greensburg . Klown
Labette . Chetopa Chetopa 73
Edna Edna 345
Mound Valley . Landmark . 218
Oswego Adams 63
Parsons Parsons .... 117
Lane Dlghton Barney . 279
Leavenworth. Bollng Bollng
Easton Easton 46
Fort Leavenworth . Hancock 311
Lansing Nine Mile 49
Leavenworth Leavenworth ... 2
Leavenworth King Solomon's 10
Leavenworth Hiram 68
Llnwood Llnwood 241
Tonganoxle Henri 190
Lincoln . Barnard Saltvllle 69
Lincoln Lincoln 164
Sylvan Grove. Sylvan Grove. 369
Linn. Blue Mound . Lotus
La Cygne La Cygne '..
Mound City.. Mound City
Parker Parker 341
Pleasanton... Eureka 88
Trading Post. Blooming Grove. 41
Tiogan. Oakley. Oakley. 253
Lyon .. Allen- Allen 835
Anierlcus Amerlcus 109
Emporia . Emporia . 12
Hartford . Hartford . 183
Marlon Florence , Advance. 11»
Marlon .. Center... 147
Peabody., Halcyon. 120
Marshall. Axtell Axtell 284

Beattle Beattle 259
Blue Rapids . Blue Rapids ., 169
Frankfort Frankfort 67
Irving Blue Valley.. 112
MarysvlUe ... MarysvlUe 91
Oketo Oketo 26
Summerfleld. Summerfleld 864
Vermillion... Vermillion... 320
WatervlUe ... Sutton 85
McPherson . Canton Canton 197
Galva Galva 261
McPherson.. McPherson .. 172
Moundrldge Moundrldge . 346
Wlndom Wlndom 276
Marquette .. Marquette ... 853
Meade. Meade Webb 275
Miami. Fontana Equity 181

134 PliOCEEDINaS OF THB February,
L I S T or LODGES BY COUNTIES—Continued.
Miami. Loulsburg Peace 243

Osawatomle ... Osage Valley... 24
Paola Paola 87
Mitchell... Belolt...., Mt. Vernon 145

CawkerClty .. Cawker City ... 125
Glen E l d e r . . . . Glen Elder 294
Simpson .. Sincerity 211
BcottsvlUe ScottsvUle 24»
Montgomery . Oaney Oaney 824
Coffeyvllle Keystone 102
Oherryvale Cherry vale 137
Elk City Carson 182
Independence Fortlluue 107
Liberty Liberty 123
Tyro Tyro
Morris. Council Grove Council Grove .
Delavan Delavan 375 .
Dwlght Dwfght 874
ParkervlUe ParkervlUe 168
Nemaha Oeutralla Home 8»
Corning Nemaha 18
Oneida Oneida 823
SJibetha Sabetha 162
Seneca Seneca ". 3&
Wetniore Wet more 68
White City White City 380
Wllsey Wllsey 382
Neosho Ghanute.'. Cedar 103
Erie Erie ..: 7ft
Tha.yer Thayer 149
Urbana Urbana 239
Ness ... Ness City W a l n u t Valley 191
Norton Almena Naphtall 310
Lenora TiCnora 181
Norton Norton 199-
Osage . Burllngame — "Corinthian 79-
Carbondale . . . . Carbondale 70
L.viidon Euclid 101
Melvern Melvern 2?
OsagM City Signal _.. 141
Overbrook Rldgeway ....*.. .62
Quenemo Quenemo 270
Osl>orne Alton Occidental 207
Downs Downs 204
Osborne Snqul 160'
Natoma Natoma 890
Ottawa. Bennington Bennington 180-
Delphos Delphos 202
Minneapolis ... Minneapolis ... 143.
Pawnee Larned Larned .' 167
Phillips Klrwln Klrwln 175.
Logan Logan 264,
Long I s l a n d . . . . Long Island 231
Phllllpsburg ... Phllllpsburg ... 184
Pottawatomie. Eniniett Eniniett 387'

HavensvUle.... HavensvUle 34
Onaga Onaga 188
St. Marys Pottawatomie . 52
Wanieg.o Waniego 75
Westmoreland Westmoreland 257
Pratt. Pratt Kilwinning . . . . 265
igoq-io. GRAND LODGE OF KANSAS. 135
County. Location. Name, No.
P r a t t ... Preston Rob Morris... 832
EawUns Atwood Atwood 164

McDonald McDonald 383;
Reno ... Arlington Cable 29»'
H aven Friendship... 20S
Nlckerson Nlckerson 43
Hutchinson.. Reno 140
Turon Turon 368
Republic. Belleville Belleville 129
Cuba Cuba 362
Munden Munden 128
Narka Narka . . . : 349
Scandla Lebanon 221
nice Alden Alden 308
Chase Chase 247
Frederick Frederick 337
Geneseo Geneseo 361
Little River.. Corner Stone 219
Lyons Royal 192
Sterling Sterling 171
Riley . Leonardvllle. GarHeld 235
Manhattan... Lafayette 16
Randolph Farmers 166.
Riley Ashlar 344
Rooks Plalnvllle .... Paradise 290

Stockton Newahcuba .. 189
Rush LaOrosse LaOrosse 330
McCracken .. McOracken .. 68
Rush Center . Walnut City . 215
Russell... Bunker Hill . Beulah 291
Lucas Blue Hill 198
Lurny Luray 153
Russell Rus.sell 177
Saline BrookvlUe ... BrookvlUe ... 209
Gypsum City Gypsum City 328
Sallna Sallna
Scott Scott City .... Anthem 284
Sedgwick Cheney Morton 258
Clearwater... Unity 273
Mount Hope . Mount Hope . 238
Valley Center Valley Center 364
Wichita Sunflower 86
Wichita Wichita 99
Wichita Albert P i k e . . 308
Seward... Liberal Fargo 300
Shawnee . Auburn Auburn

Dover Dover 138
Rossvllle Hesperian 111
Silver Lake .. Lake 60
Topeka Topeka 17
Topeka Orient 51
Topeka Golden Rule . 90
Topeka Slloam 225
Sheridan. Hoxle Hoxie 348
Sherman. Goodland . . . . Goodland 321

I J I S T OF L O D G E S B Y C O U N T I E S — C o n t i n u e d .
County. . Location. Name. No.
Smith 183
Onk 287
174
371
Stafford 252
• 254
285
Belle P l a l n e 173
203
269
Milan ... . ... 255
201
Oxford 165
157
Wellington 160
306
148
161
357
205
318
Clifton 122
232
Dlrlgo 226
Star 69
170
104
340
118
Buffalo 379^
57
95
94
New Albany 81
Neosho Falls 82
121
Gllead 144
322
Bonner Springs 366
3
271
272
Piper 385
369
333
White Church 96
D E F U N C T LODGES.
o
LODGES UNDEB DISPENSATION, BUT NEVER CHAKTEEED.
o
Disp. Disp. Disp.
Location. County. Name. Issued. BeCd. Bev^k'd. Remarks.
Master reported that no meetings had been held, and

Burlington 1863 1866 owing to absence of members, and need of suitable'
room, dispensation was returned.
Delaware.. 1857 • 1859
( Dispensation was returned to Grand Master, with a
Denver City . Denver 1860 1860 s statement that owing to the lodge being located so near
( Aurarla Lodge, it was deemed best to have but one lodge. to
Englevale Crawford Englevale. 1899 1900
Leavenworth. 1 No meetings were held, and dispensation was returned
Leavenworth . Adelpha... 1868 1868 t to the Grand Master. t
Lecompton ... Douglas Geary 1857 1858
Leota Norton Leota 1878 1881
Llndsborg McPherson Ijlndsborg. 1884 1884 c
Lindsay Ottawa Friendship 1868 1870
Opolls Crawford Opolls 1885 1887 c
Powhattan ... Brown Buckeye... 1896 1898
Wheaton Pottawatomie Wheaton.. 1903 1904 c
OHAETEBBD LODGES ( D E F U N O T ) .
Charter Charier
Location. County. Name^ No. Chartered. Surrendered. Revoked.. liemarks.
Amerlcus .. Lyon Amerlcus Oct. 15, 1867 Oct. 21, 1869.

I Consolidated with Mt. Hope Lodge No.
Andale Sedgwick , Andale ... Feb. 18, 1891 f 238, Feb. 2,1894.
Atchison ... Atchison . St. Johns . Oct. 18, 1859 Oct. 14, 1861.
Aubry Johnson.. Aubry Oct.' 16,1860 Oct. 21, 1863.
I Dropped from roll account organlza-
Aurarla Aurarla .. Oct. 15, 1861 I tlon Grand Lodge of Colorado in 1862.
Oct. 19, 1857 I Disp. issued as Big Springs Lodge, but
Big Springs Shawnee , Shawnee . Oct. 16, 1867 ' name afterwards changed lo Shawnee.
I Consol. with Westmoreland Lodge No.
Blaine Pottawatomie Blaine'.... Feb. 18, 1891 I 257, May 18,1894.
Bluff City ... Harper Bluff City Feb. 20,1889 Feb. 18, 1897
C H A B T E B E D L O D G E S ( D E F U N C T ) —Conimwed.
County. Charter Charter Remarks.

Location. Name. No.: Chartered. Surrendered. Revoked.
Harper I C h a r t e r Is-sued d i r e c t b y G r a n d L o d g e
Bluff C i t y . . . . Bluff City ... F e b . 17, 1898 F e b . 19, 1903 I F e b r u a r y 17,1898.
Bucklln Ford Bucklln F e b . 19, 1890 Sept. 21, 1896.
Crawford Cato Oct; 22, 1874 j C o n s o l i d a t e d w i t h Godfrey L o d g e N o .
Oato I 124. M a r c h 26,1894.
C e d a r V a l e ... Chautauqua . Cedar Vale.. Oct. 18, 187B - , 1883.
C e d a r V a l e ... C h a u t a u q u a .. Myrtle F e b . 18, 1886 J a n . 17, 1894.
Clifford Butler Whitewater. Oct. 21, 1874 ( Consolidated with H a l c y o n Lodge No.
j 120, Oct. 18,1876.
Clinton Douglas Ashlar Oct. 20, 1870 M a r . 22, 1879.
Brtwardsvllle Wyandotte , C o m p o s i t e .. 1.521 Oct. 22, 1874 Oct. 15. 1879
E n t e r p r i s e ... D i c k i n s o n ., E n t e r p r i s e .. 353 F e b . 21,1894 F e b . 10, 1910 o
Records fail to s h o w c o u n t y in w h i c h o
E l k City E l k Creek.... Oct. 16, 1860 Oct. 21, 18(J3 lodge w a s l o c a t e d , b u t supposed t o be
In J a c k s o n . ' to
Frankfort .... Marshall . Frankfort... Oct. 20, 1868 Oct. 18, 1876
Freeport Lily F e b . 15, 1888 C o n s o l i d a t e d w i t h Bluff City L o d g e N o .
Harper ... .^13, J u n e 18,1892.
C o n s o l i d a t e d w i t h B o u r b o n L o d g e No.
F o r t S c o t t .. Bourbon Rising Sun.. Oct. 17, 1865 8. a n d n a m e c h a n g e d to Rising. S u n
Lodge N o . 8.
Fort-Glbsoii ., Alpha Oct. 16, 1872 D r o p p e d from roll a c c o u n t o r g a n i z a -
tion G r a n d L o d g e I n d . Ter. In 1878.
G o l d e n City . Golden C i t y . Oct: 16, 1860 D r o p p e d from roll a c c o u n t o r g a n i z a -
tion G r a n d L o d g e C o l o r a d o in 1862. IS
H i a w a t h a ... Brown Triune Feb. 22, 18«3 Dec. 17, imi.
High Prairie Leavenworth High Prairie Oct. 18, 1859 Dec. 17, 1892.
Ida Republic Ida Oct. 18, 1876 Dec. 17, 1881,
L o c a t i o n c h a n g e d to Sliver L a k e . Oct.
Indlanola Shawnee . Indlanola... Oct. 21, 1862 Oct. 17, 1877 21.1868. N a m e c h a n g e d t o G r e a t L i g h t
Oct. 20,1869.
Oonsol.wlth K i n g S o l o m o n ' s Lodge N o .
Leavenworth Leavenworth Calvary 50 Oct. 16, 1866 10, Oct. 18.1876.
Disp'n Issued as L a n d m a r k Lodge, b u t a>
Leavenworth Leavenworth Landmark.. Oct. 16, 1867 Oct. 19. 1870 c h a r t e r Issued In n a m e of S t . J o h n ' s
L e c o m p t o n ,. Douglas , Lecompton . Oct. 18, 1858 Oct. 17,
Lodge.
s
Llncolnvllle . Marlon.. Llncolnvllle F e b . 20, 1889 J a n . 1, 1896
Llndsborg Phoenix F e b . 19, 1885 Dec. 6, 1888 j F i r s t disp'n issued A p r . 7, 1864. w a s re-
M c V h e r s o n ,. I c a l l e d b y G.-. M.-.; s e c o n d , Sept. 27,1864.
Loulsburg Miami .. Loulsburg... Oct. 16, 187B Dec. 6, 1894
Lyons Rice Lyons Feb. 17, 1881 Feb. 21, 1895
Montana Labette... Evergreen .. Oct. 19, 1871 Jan. 13, 1888
Montlcello . Johnson .. Montlcello .. Oct. IB, 1866 Oct., 20, 1875,
Mt. Pleasant.., Atchison . Mt. Pleasant Oct. 17, 1867 Feb. 15. 1888
Neosho Rapids Lyon Neosho Rapids Oct. ai, 1869 Oct. 18, i879. Name changed in 1870 to Ionic Lodge.
j Dropped from roll account organlza-
Nevada City .. Nevada Oct. 15, 1861 I tlon Grand Lodge of Colorado in 1862.
S Consolidated with Newton Lodge No.
Newton Harvey.. Magnolia Feb. 20, 1884 i 142, June 28,1901.,
Douglas j Consolidated with Lawrence Lodge No.
N. Lawrence . Valley Oct. 16, 1867 I 6, Oct. 18,1876.
N. Lawrence . Douglas Valley Feb. 16, 1882 M a r . 5, 1887
Olivet Osage ... Astra Feb. 20, 1902 Feb. 20, 1908
Osage Mission Neosho . Mission Oct. 20, 1870 Jan. 19, 1897
Miami.. j Dlsp'n issued as Osawatomie Lodge,
Osawatoniie .. Osage Valley Oct. 18, 1859 Oct. 21, 1863 1 but chartered as Osage Va.lley Lodge. tea
128 Oct. 17, 1872
Consolidated with Franklin Lodge No.
Ottawa Franklin . Ottawa I 18, Nov. 24,1906, a.s Ottawa Lodge No. 18.
Charter was revoked Oct. 21,1863, but re-
Ottuniwa, Coffey Ottumwa Oct. 18, 1858 Oct. 18, 1871 ( stored Oct. 16,1866.
) Consolidated with Paola Lodge No. 37,
Puola Miami Miami 6!) Oct. 21, 1874 i Oct. 18,1876.
j Dispensation issued as Lincoln Lodge,
Pardee Atchison . Lincoln Oct. 21, 1868 Oct. 17, 1871 i but chartered as Center Lodge.
Paris Linn Paris Oct. 21, 1862 Oct. 18, 1871,
Perry^llle. Jefferson . Perry Oct. 16, 1867 Oct. 17, 1877
Ptmiona... Franklin . Pomona Oct. 16, 1872 N o v . 16, 1901.
Biclifleld . Morton ... Rluhfleld .... Feb. 15, 188' Feb. 17, 1892
Sallna. Saline .... John H.Brown I Consolidated with Sallna Lodge No. i,0
Feb. 22, 1894 I April ^9,1907.
Mt. Moriah.... I Dropped from roll account organiza-
Salt Lake City Oct. 21, 1868 ! tlon Grand Lodge of Utah in 1872.
Saratoga Pratt Saratoga Feb. Feb. 17, 1892
Scranton ... . Osnge Perfect Square Feb. Feb. 20, 1!X)8
Seneca Nemaha Seneca Oct. 1863 Oct. 20, 1876
Sprlngdale Leavenworth Sprlngdale Feb. 188: Sept. 3, 1887,
Stanton Miami Stanton Oct.. 1859 Oct. 21, ; No record of dlsp'n having been Issued.
Stanton Miami Zion Oct. 1871 Sept. 15, 1883.
Tecumseh Shawnee Tecumseh Oct. iai8 Oct. 21, 1874,
Timber Ridge Jjeaveuworth Dick Rees Oct. 1867 Jan. 6, 1887.
Trading Post. liina Bloom'g Grove Oct. 1863 Dec. 10, 1905
Twin Falls.... Greenwood... Olive Oct. 1879 Feb. 18, 1885
Valley Center Sedgwick Ark Feb. 1885 'Jan. 24, 1902.
Virginia City., Virginia City . Dec. 20, 1864
Dropped from roll account organiza-
[ tlon Grand Lodge of Montana in 1866.
Walton Harvey. Walton Feb. 18, 1890 A u g . 5, 1895.
Wlnfleld Oowley . Wlnffeld 58 Feb. 20, 1889 Oonsol. with Adelphl Lodge No. 110,
' Feb. 19,1903, as Wlnfleld Lodge No. 110.
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G R A N D LODGES I N C O R R E S P O N D E N C E AVITH T H E G R A N D
L O D G E O F K A N S A S ; AUSO, T H E N A M E S A N D ADDRESSES
OF GRAND SECRETARIES.
Alabama GEORGE A. B E A U C H A M P .\rontgomery.

Alberta GEORGE MACDONALD Calgary.
Arkansas F A Y HEMPSTEAD Little Rock.
Arizona G E O R G E J . ROSKRUGE Tucson.
British C o l u m b i a ."KOBERT E . BRETT Victoria.
California .JOHN W H I C H K R San Francisco.
Canada RALPH LEEMING G U N N Hamilton.
Colorado CHARLES H . JACOBSON Denver.
Connecticut FRANK VV. HAVE.VS Hartford.
Delaware. V I R G I N I U S V . HARRISON '..Wilmington.
District of Columbia ARVINE W . JOHNSTON Washington.
Florida W I L B E R P. W E B S T E R Jacksonville.
Georgia Wsi. A. W O L I H I N .Macon.
Illinois ." ISAAC CUTTER Camp Point.,
Idaho..... THEOPHILUS W . RANDALL Boise City.
Indiana CALVIN W . P R A T H E R Indianapolis.
Iowa NEWTON R. PARVIN Cedar R a p i d s .
Kansas ALBERT K . W I L S O N Topeka.
Kentucky HENRY B . GRANT Louisville.
Louisiana RICHARD LAMBERT NVw Orleans.
Maine S T E P H E N BERRY Portland.
Manitoba IAMES A. OVAS Winnipeg.
Massachusetts THOMAS W . D A V I S Boston.
Maryland '. WILLIAM M . I S A A C . Baltimore.
Mexico (ValUj de Mexico) ALBERT P R O Mexico City.
Michigan L o u B . WINSOR Reed City.
Minnesota JOHN F I S H E L St. Paul.
Mississippi FKEDBRIO S P E E D Vicksburg.
Missouri JOHN R . PARSON .St. Louis,
Montana CORNELIUS H E D G E S , J r Helena.
Nebraska FRANCIS E . W H I T E (^maha.
Nevada CHAUNCEY N . NOTEWARE Carson City.
New Brunswick .1. T W I N I N G H A R T T St. l o h n .
New Hampshire HARRY M . C H E N E Y , acting Lebanon.
New Jersey BENJAMIN F . W A K E F I E L D Trenton.
N e w Mexico A L P H E O S A. K E E N Albuquerque.
New Y o r k E . M. L. E H L E R S '. New York City.
N o r t h Carolina JOHN C. DBEWRY I-i«leigh.
North Dakota .
N o v a Scotia THOMAS MOWBRAY Halifax.
Ohio : J . H . BROMWELL Cincinnati.

Oklahoma W M . M . ANDERSOX Waurika.
Oregon. J A M E S F . ROBINSON Portland.
PenQsylvania W I L L I A M A. S I N N Philadelphia.
Peru J . B. CHOZA , Lima.
P r i n c e E d w a r d I s l a n d . . . . N E I L MACKBLVIE Summerside.
Quebec WILL H . WHYTE Montreal.
R h o d e Island S. PENROSE W I L L I A M S Providence.
South Carolina .JACOB T. BARRON „.Columbia.
S o u t h Dakota GEORGE A. PETTIGREW Sioux Falls.
Tennessee JOHN B.GARRETT Nashville.
Texas J O H N WATSON Waco.
Utah.... CHRISTOPHER D I B H L Salt Lake City.
Vermont...! H E N R Y H . ROSS.-. Burlington.
Virginia G E O . W . CARRINGTON Richmond.
Washington HORACE W A L T E R TYLER Tacoma.
W e s t Virginia H I R A M R . HOWARD P o i n t Pleasant..
Wisconsin W M . W . PERRY Milwaukee.
Wyoming W . L. KUYKENDALL Saratoga.
FOREIGN G R A N D LODGES.
„ ^ „•/-, . TT' r. IT / C a s t i l l a No. 308,

Costa Rica, C. A E . D E MEZERVILLE <. ^^^ j ^ ^ ^
Cuba CARLOS G . C H A R L E S Havana.
England E D W A R D LBTCHWORTH ...Freemason Hall, L o n d o n ,
Ireland H . E . FLAVELLE F r e e m a s o n Hall, D u b l i n .
New South Wales ARTHUR H . BBAY' Sydney.
N e w Zealand MALCOLM NICCOL Auckland.
P u e r t o Rico JOSE G . TORRES San J u a n .
Queensland CHARLES H . H A R L E Y . . . . . . B r i s b a n e .
Salvador, C. A. JERONIMO P H E N T E San Salvador.
Saskatchewan JOHN M . S H A W Regina.
Scotland DAVID R E I D Edinburgh.
South Australia .
Tasmania J O H N HAMILTON Hobart.
Victoria J O H N BRAIM •: Melbourne.
W e s t e r n Australia J . D. STEVENSON Perth.
GRAND REPRESENTATIVES O F T H E GRAND LODGE OF

KANSAS N E A R O T H E R G R A N D LODGES.
Alabama R . ' . W / , SAMUEL W . T A T J : Anniston.

Alberta R.-. VV.- . S . J . B L A I R Calgary.
Arizona R.'. W.", DEMETRIUS G I L J I O N BEALS..Phoenix.
Arkansas R . \ W . ' . J O H N M . OATHOUT Booneville.
British C o l u m b i a R.'. W.- S. N. J A R R E T Vancouver.
Canada R.-.W.- , W . G . R E I D Hamilton.
Colorado R.-. W.-, W I L L I A M H . SANFORD Denver.
Connecticut R.-. W.- I S A I A H B A K E R , J r Hartford.
Costa Rica R.-.VV.-, GiPRiANO SOTO San Jose.
Cuba. R.-.W.-, FELI.X; V. P R E V A L Havana.-
. Delaware R.'. W.- R. H E N R Y Y O U N G Wilmington.
Districtof Coluinbia...R.-. VV.-, T. J O H N NBVVTON Washington.
England
Florida M.-.W.- SAMUEL PASCO Monticello.
Georgia R.-. W.-, H E N R Y B A N K S . . . . . La Grange.
Idaho R.-. W.- C H A R L E S H I M R O D Boise City.
Illinois ". R.-. W.- G E O R G E M . MOULTON Chicago.
Indiana R.-. W.-, W I L L I A M R I D L E Y Corydon.'
Ireland R.-.W.-, F R A N C I S E . C L A R K E Dublin.
Louisiana R.-. W.-, M A T H E W L . SCOVELL ...S,hreveport.
Maine R.-.W.-, A R C H I E L . TALBOT Lewistou.
Manitoba R.-. W.-. E D W A R D M . WÂLKBR Winnipeg.
Maryland R.-. W.-.A D O L P H U S F E A R H A K E Frederick.
Mexico (Tallej de Meiico) ..M.-.W.-, J O H N C . MOHDOUGH City of .Mexico.
Michigan.. M.-.W.- JA.MES H . F A R N A M Cassopolis.
Minnesota R.-. W.- C A L V I N L . BROWN St. P a u l .
Mississippi M.-.W.-, E . G E O R G E D E L A P Natchez.
Missouri M.-.W.-, W I L L I A M F . K U I I N K a n s a s City.
Montana .' R.-. W.-, SAMUEL M . N Y E . . , Livingston.
Nebraska R.-. VV.-,JA.MES P . A. B L A C K .....Hastings.
Nevada ....- R.-.W.-, TuoM AS NELSON . S t o n e House.
New B r u n s w i c k R.-. W.',G E O R G E R . SANOSTBR Moncton.
New H a m p s h i r e R.'. W.-, M I L L A R D F . Y O U N G Littleton.
New Jersey R.-. W.-. C H A R L E S P E R K I N S R U S S . . . E l i z a b e t h .
N e w S o u t h Wales R.-.W.-. A L F R E D J . BURBIDGB Sydney.
New York R.-. W.-. A R T H U R W . HiLLEBRAND..New Y o r k City.
New Zealand R.-.W.-. H E N R Y I N I G O HOBDEN Christchurch.
N o r t h Carolina R.-. W.- M. C. S. NOBLES Wilmington.
N o r t h Dakota ^ R.-. W.-, F R A N K A. COUSINS Jamestown.
Nova Scotia R.-.W.-, THO.M.iS McCoNKEV Halifax.
Ohio R.-.W.-. W . H . STOUTT.. Uhrichsvtlle.
Oklahoma .' R.'. W.'. SHERMAN P . L A R C H Tecumseh.

Oregon R.'. W.-. W I L L I A M A. CLELAND Portland.
Pennsylvania M.'.W.'.SAMUEL B . DICK Meadville.
Prince Edward Is......R.". W.'. N . M A C L A R E N Montague.
P u e r t o Rico R.". W.'. FEDERICO VALL-SPINOSA ...San J u a n .
Quebec R.'. W.-. E D W A R D A. E V A N S Quebec.
Queensland R.'. W.'. A. 0 . J E F F R E Y Brisbane.
Rhode I s l a n d R.'. W . \ D A N I E L BABCOCK Phcenix.
Saskatchewan R . . W . . GARNET COO.MBS Prince Albert.
Scotland R.-.W.'. W I L L I A M BLACK Wellside, Falkirk.
South Australia R.'. W.'. FREDERIC C . BOWEN Adelaide.
S o u t h Carolina R.'. W.'. M. EUTLIDGE RIVERS Charleston.
South Dakota R.-. W.'. BROCE M . ROWLEY Huron.
Tennessee M.'.W.'.C. A. GOODLOE Alamo.
Texas R.'. W . \ W I L L I A M CLARK Jefferson.
Utah R.-.W.-. W I L L I S 0 . BRIDGMAN Salt Lake City.
Vermont R.-.W.-. H E N R Y H . Ross Burlington.
Victoria R.-. W.-. ARCHIBALD A I T K E N Armadale.
Virginia R.-. W.-. H E N K Y M . B O Y K I N Richmond.
VVashington M.-.W.-. JOSEPH SMITH Kalama.
Western Australia ....R.-.W.-. F R E D . S . F I N C H Guildford.
West Virginia R.-.W.-. J O H N M . COLLINS Marmet.
Wisconsin M.-.W.-. JAMKS E . DURGIN Racine.
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146 PROCBEDINOS OF THE February,
G R A N D R E P R E S E N T A T I V E S O F O T H E R G R A N D LODGES N E A R
T H E GRAND LODGE OF KANSAS. '
Alabama W.' . T H O M A S J . ANDERSON Topeka.

Alberta W .-. G E O R G E D . A D A M S Salina.
Arkansas W .• . F R E D . H . S T U C K E Y Wichita.
Arizona W ; . W. A M B R B U R N E T T Oberlin.
British Columbia W . . A A R O N H . CONNETT Great Bend.
California ....R/. W. -. W M . EASTON H U T C H I S O N . . . G a r d e n City'.
Canada ..77 W . . J O H N C . KBTCHESON Leavenworth.
Colorado ; W . '. E L M E R E . BLECKLEY Wichita.
Connecticut M.-.W. . T H O M A S L . BOND..! „...Salina.
Cuba VV. ' . C H E S T E R B . R E E D Topeka.
Delaware W." . C H A R L E S A. V A N VELZER..Fort Scott.
District of Columbia..M.-.AV.- . E D W . W . WELLINGTON Ellsworth.
England R.-. W. . A L B E R T K . W I L S O N Topeka. ,
Florida '. AV.' . W M . S . BERGUNDTHAL Topeka.
Georgia W.' . H A R R Y E . B E S T Manhattan.
Idaho..... W .- . S I M E O N M . F O X Manhattan.
Illinois M.-.W.- . M A T T H E W M . M I L L E R Topeka.
Indiana M . . W . '. F R E D W A S H B O N Anthony.
Ireland M.-.W. . J O H N C . P O S T L E T H W A I T E . . . J e w e l l C i t y .
Louisiana W . . C H A R L E S H . CHANDLER Topeka.
Maine M.-.W. ' . D A V I D B . F U L L E R Eureka.
Manitoba W. . W M . A.DOWNEY St. J o h n .
Maryland.....' W . . W M . R . UNDERWOOD Hutchinson.
Mexico (VallejdellBiico)..M.-.W. . M A T T H E W M . M I L L E R Topeka.
Michigan M.-.W. ' . J . J A Y BUCK Emporia.
Minnesota W . '. A R T H U R M . JACKSON Leavenworth.
Mississippi W . '. W I L L I A M L . MAXWELL Paola.
Missouri M.-.W.' . P E R R Y M . HOISINGTON Newton.
Montana W.- . L O U I S E . COUNTRYMAN Phillipsburg.
Nebraska W.' . C H A R L E S E . CORY F o r t Scott.
Nevada W .-. W I L L I A M H . V O E T H Pittsburg.
New Brunswick W. . HARKY E . PEACH Emporia.
-New H a m p s h i r e W.' . A . S I D N E Y C H A S E Ellsworth.
New J e r s e y W.' . C H A R L E S E . H A L L Russell.
New South Wales .• W .-. C H A R L E S H . L A W R E N C E Hiawatha.
New Y o r k M.-.W.' . M A U R I C E L . STONE Wamego.
New Zealand W.- . F R A N K E . D A V I S Atchison.
N o r t h Carolina R.-.W.- . A L E X . A. S H A R P Larned.
N o r t h Dakota W . '. M A R V I N L . T R U B Y Independence.
Nova Scotia W.' . J O H N M C C U L L A G H " Galena.
APPOINTIVE OFFICERS, 190\1.
( I ) JOHN R . EDWARDS, Grand ChaplaIn; ( 2 ) WILLIAM I•. MAXWELL, Grand
S e nIor De acon; ( 3 ) EARL E. FAW CETT, Grand Jnnlor D eacon; ( 4 1 THOMAS
B. HISKEY, Grand Marshal; ( 5 ) JOHN C. ELY. Grand S word B e arer; ( 6 )
O H ARLES A. LOUOKS, Grand Senior Ste ward; ( 7 ) SAMUEL L. SMITH, Grand
Jnnlor Steward; (8) GEORGE A. STEBBINS, Grand Pnrsnlvant; ( g ) W. AMER
BURNET'!" Grand Ty le r.
igog-io. OsAND LODGE OF KANSAS. 147
Ohio M.-.W.- . S A M U E L R . P E T E R S Newton.

Oklahoma W: . C H A R L E S E . LOBDELL Earned.
Oregon VV.' . ALBERT H . W H E E L E R Marion.
Prince E d w a r d I s l a n d W . '. LUTHER M . N E L L I S Topeka.
Puerto Rico W. . W I L L I A M L . BURDICK Lawrence.
Quebec W.' . G E O R G E M . DIXON K a n s a s City.
Queensland W." . ELRICK C . COLE Great Bend.
Rhode Island VV.- W M . F . M A R C H Lawrence.
Saskatchewan W.-. CHARLES L . BRAMWELL Anthony.
Scotland M.-.W.'.. W M . M . SHAVER Topeka.
South Australia VV. . BENJAMIN 0 . HAGE.V Newton.
South Carolina W.' .ROBERT J . M C F A R L A N D K a n s a s City.
South Dakota W.- . C H A R L E S A. LOUCKS Lakin.
Tennessee M.-.VV.- . BESTOR G . BROWN Topeka.
Texas W.' . C H A R L E S W . KOUNS Topeka.
Utah W.' . H A R V E Y C . LIVERMORE Olathe.
Vermont M.-. W.- . HENRY F . MASON G a r d e n City.
Victoria W. •. A L F R E D A. RODQERS Topeka.
Virginia M.-.W." . CHARLES J W E B B Topeka.
Washington....... W.' . AUGUSTUS O . W E L L M A N . . . T o p e k a .
Western .iustralia M.-.W.-.THO.MAS G . F I T C H Wichita.
West Virginia W.' . J O H N W . NEILSON Concordia.
Wisconsin R.-. W .- . M A R I O N K . BRUNDAGB Russell.
BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH
— OF —
M.-. W.-. F R E D W A S H B O N ,
GRAND MASTER, 1909.
B Y THOMAS G. FITOH, P A S T G R A H B MASTKB.
It is a pleasinfj a n d comparatively easy task to write a few

words in praise of a.living brother. I t is not difflcult to recite the
usual facts with reference to his birth, his early life, his achieve-
ments in social, professional and masonic life, nolwithstandinj^ t h e
fact t h a t he muy have attained pleasure, success a n d distinction.
B u t it is extremely difficult to phrase words to adequately express
an opinion of him as a man, a friend, a brother, a n d of his work
for the b e t t e r m e n t of mankind.
A m a n ' s record is made by himself. The measure of his suc-
cess in m a k i n g a creditable record is usually determined by the
esteem in which he is held by h is friends and fellow citizens. T h e
measure of his success in making- a creditable masonic record is
determined b y the appreciation of his brethren.
Need there or can there more be said ?
One personal tribute is due to the man who, having been tried,
has proven t r u e ; true to himself, true to his country, a n d true to
Masonry ; a pure, high-minded gentleman, one of noble impulses
and high ideals ; one who, from his ancestry and his personal char-
acter, could not be other than a dependable friend, citizen a n d
Mason. •
F R E D W A S H B O N was born on the 23d d a y of J a n u a r y , 1867, a t
Morris, Otsego County, New York. H e was educated in the union
schools of t h e State of New York, and was admitted to practice
law at Syracuse in J a n u a r y , 1890.
In t h e same year he came to Kansas, established his residence
in Harper, a n d with no o t h e r a d v a n t a g e s than his good health a n d
good education, commenced the practice of law, in which profes-
sion he is now engaged, a n d in-which he h a s been eminently suc-
cessful. I n 1897 he removed to Anthony, K a n s a s , where he now
resides. .
150 PROCEEUiiras OF THE February,
M.'. W.'. Bro. W A S H B O N was m a d e a Mason in H a r p e r Lodge

No. 206: A. F. & A. M.. in 1890-189L. I n 1892 he received his Capitu-
lar degrees in H a r p e r Ohapter No. 61, R. A. M. I n 1902 he received
the Cryptic degrees in Zabud Council No. 4, R. &S. M. In 1897 he
was made a K n i g h t Templar in A n t h o n y C o m m a n d e r y No. 37,
K n i g h t s Templar.
I n 1901 he became a member of the Ancient and Accepted
Scottish Rite in W i c h i t a Consistory No. 2.
H e was elected and served as Master of H a r p e r Lodge No. 206
in 1901, H i g h Priest of H a r p e r C h a p t e r No. 61, both of Harper,
K a n s a s , and E m i n e n t Commander of A n t h o n y C o m m a n d e r y No.
37, of A n t h o n y , K a n s a s .
I n the Grand Bodies he has served long and faithfully; his
valuable and intelligent work on committees and as District
D e p u t y G r a n d Master for many years evidenced his interest in
and liis df^votion to Masonry.
I n 1904 he was Grand Orator of t h e Grand Lodge and delivered
an oration which was a masterpiece of eloquence, logic and dic-
tion.
I n 1905 he was appointed Grand Senior Deacon of the M.'.W.'.
Grand Lodge, and advancing regularly u n t i l in 1909 he was ele-
vated to the most distinguished position of Grand Master of Ma-
sons of K a n s a s .
, I n 1906, upon his election as Grand J u n i o r W a r d e n , he became
a member of the Board of Directors of the K a n s a s Masonic H o m e ,
and continued a member tliereof until 1909, during which year he
officiated as president of the board.
I n the M.-. 33.•. Grand Chapter, after several years of brilliant
service as m e m b e r and chairman of committees, he was in 1904
appointed Grand Marshal and ad vanced regularly, and in 1910 was
elected Most E x c e l l e n t Grand High Priest.
I n the M.-. 111.-. Grand Council of R o y a l and Select Masters, he
served as c h a i r m a n of the Committee on Grievances and Appeals
in 1904.
I n 1903 he was tendered and accepted m e m b e r s h i p in the I m -
perial, Ecclesiastical and Military Order of the Red Cross of Con-
stantino in Beataj Crucis Conclave a t Topeka.
The foregoing is a recital of some of the many distinguished
honors t h a t have been conferred on M.-.W.". Bro. W A S H B O N , and
during the years of his work he has m a d e a record of which any
man or Mason m i g h t well be proud.-
H i s genial, modest and gentlemanly m a n n e r has endeared him
to all with w h o m h e has been brought in contact, whether Mason
or profane, and although he will be known in the future as having
been a most brilliant and accomplished G r a n d Master, he will be
known to his most intimate friends as P B B D W A S H B O N of An-
thony.
In nicntoriditi*
Sacred to the unemory
of
<]Dur :Beloved Bead witlîn
this 3iurisdiction.
Deaths During tbc Vcar 1909.
Smlthton No. 1.—James L. Thorp, Sept. 12.

Leavenworth No. 2.—George Dunnett, May 17; H. Miles Moore, Aug.7;
James W. Prather, Oct. 2fl; Joseph O. Walklnshaw, Dec. 18; Ed-
ward N. Freeman, Dec. 18.
Wyandotte No.3.—Edward T. Hovey, Jan. 23; Asa P.Tenney,Mar.20;
Henry Klemann, Apr. 2«; Thomas J.Everest, June 1: Burton L.
Short.July 5; John Wherrell, Aug.l2; Prederlck8hyers,Sept.21;
George Van Cleave, Nov. 1; Marshall M. Weir, Nov. 11; Wm.
Pray,Nov. 12;.loseph L.Brown, Aug. 13; Wm. L.Clawson,Dec. 12;
J. H. Clotfelter, Dec. 23.
Washington No. 5.—Wm. L. Challls, Apr. 23; Rufus B. Spltler, July 9;
Frank Grady. July IS; Fred Hartman, Oct. 20.
Lawrence No. 6.—Alfred H. Buck, Jan. 10; Philip Olmstead, Feb. 2;
Wm. W. Fluke, Apr. 22; Adolph C. Grlesa, July 7; John Devel-
bess, Dec. 28.
Union No. 7.—Loyd M. Greeno, Apr. 27; William H. Guthrey, July 30.
Rising Sun No. 8.—Benjamin P. McDonald. Feb. Id; Fredrlc P. Carl,
Apr. 11; Charles D. Hanes, May 10; Orlando A. Cheney, May 27;
Henry H. Henderson, July 8; .John J. Stewart, July 26.
Acacia No.9.—Bobert B. Allen, Apr. 23; Herman W. LIshner, June 16;
George F. Soxman, Oct. 17.
King Solomon's No. 10.—John E. Carr, Feb. 11; Pedro 0. Meyrelles,
May 29; Burr ^foble, June 10; George Oook, Nov. 2.
Jewell No. ll.--Joseph N. Keith, May 22; Ammon Kuns, Oct. 11.
Emporia No. 12.—George A. Biddle, March 13; John W. Parrlngton,
Apr. 7; Robert T. Miller. Apr.O; Hugh F.Holmes,May 29; Howell
E. Davles, Aug. 31; Thomas M. Jones, Nov. 5.
Oskaloosa No. 14.—John O. W. Davis, Aug. 2; David Housh, Aug. 26;
Daniel L. Stanley, Nov. 26.
Great Bond No. 15.—George Washington Green, sr., Apr. 4.
Lafavette No. 16.—Holmes J. Barnhouse,- ; William F. Parker,
",lan.4; John M. Whitehead, Mar. 8; Orrln L. Hill, May 12; Floyd
P. Baker, May 27.
Topeka No. 17.—Jamen Wilson, June 19; P. J. M. Burkett; July 3; Ed-
win C. Nichols. July 4; Henry G. Knowles, July 7; Amos P.
Goodhue, Nov. 18; Robert Hughes, Dec. 15.
Ottawa No. 18.—Edwin A. Forman, Mar. 12; Christopher P. Sherman,
Apr. 13; Robert C. Campbell, June 3; John E. Hornsby, Aug. 12.
Olathe No. 19.—Charles H. Nichols, Jan. 21; Wm. L. Brownlee, Apr. 9;
George B. Hornbaker, June 5; John M. Had ley, June 20.
Melvern No. 22.—Arthur H. McMuUln, July 25; Charles A. Vanhorn,
Aug. 27.
Palmyra No. 23.—George Miller, July 5.
Osage Valley No. 24.—Henry B. Smith, Aug. 18; Thomas C. Patterson,
Nov. 6.
D E A T H S —CONTINUED.
Oketo No. 25.—Oharles J. Potter, Apr. l.S.

NeoshoNo. 27.—William E . g . Hlldreth, May 17.
Eldora N0..28.—John Barrltt, Nov. 25.
Pacific No. 2».—John S. Perkins, Mar. 16; James H. Wilson, May 11.
Towanda No. 30.—John W. Collins. July 17; Isaac L. Hammond, Aug.
27; Franklin Newman, Aug. 31.
Mound City No. 33.—Wm. H.OIanton, Apr. 9; Isaac N. Bay, May 13.
Hiawatha No. .35.-Oliver Dlmmock, Feb. 15; Edmond N. Morrill,
Mar. 14; Alpheus M. Bnttplle, Mar. 18.
Council Grove No. 3t!.—Ell S. Bertram, Dec. 10.
Paola No. 37.—Wlnfleld H. Sheldon, May 22; George W. Stevenson,
June 30; Thomas Akers,Sept. 5; Ernest T. Lowe, Nov. 29.
lola No. 38.—Walter S. McNeil, Mav 14; Charles E. Tlbbets, Aug. 6;
Omar T. Burch, July 18; A. Ralph Everllne, Dec. 26.
De Soto No. 40.—Robert E. Swanstrom, Nov. 12.
McKlnley No.41.—John Watt.s, Apr. 26: John J. Whetstone. Sept. 13.
Holton No. 42.—Thomas P. Moore. ,Iune •'i; .\lbert Sarbaeh, Sept. 12;
Thomas J. Chevis, Nov. 20; Wni. A. Smythe. Dec. 15.
Nlckerson No. 43.—James J. O'Rourk, Nov. 10; George H. Arnold,
Nov. 27.
Delphian No. 44,—Bert J. Lavo, .Inn. 13; Albert L. Black, July 7; John
J Anderson, Oct. 5; Jacob F. Shull, Dec. i4; Park E. Keenev,
Bee. 26.
Easton No. 45.—Robert F'evurly, Mar. 26; James E. Hall, Mar. 27.
Halstead No. 46.—Maurice S. Ingalls, Jan. 17.
Xenla No. 47.—Perr.v Huffman, Apr. 13.
Muckey No. 48.—Charles H. Ellsworth, Feb. 27; George W. Hilton,
Nov. 23.
Lake-No. 50.—Amos ,D. Holllster, Feb. 25; Charles W. Edson, Mar. 16;'
Wm. H. Forbes, Dec. 3.
Orient No. 51.—Thoniiis V. Codington,-May 2; George W. Gurrler,-
Jan.l5; George D. L.vtie. Sept.6; Wallace McGrath, Dec.5; James
D. Thompson, Dec. 19; Orvln T. Welch, Apr. 25.
.Shawnee No. 54.—Samuel S. Hallatii, F'eb. 4; Benjamin Earnshaw,
Mar. 20.
Troy No. 55.—Henr.v Boder. .ir., Jan. 24.
Spring m i l No. 66.—Cornelius A. Bloomer, Feb. 12; Preston Chris-
man. Dec. 7. . '
Salinn No. 6'o.—James M. Bent. Mar 21; B. F. Robinson, ; H. E.
Peck, .Sept.—; Robert M..Smith, Oct. 2; Thomas H. Lucas, Dec.31;
Rolla J. Stevens, ; Joseph B. Hutchinson, .
LaOygne No. 61.—Richard G. Green, Sept. 2.
Rldgeway No. 62.—Charles O'Sulllvan, Oct. 9.
Adams No. 63.— M. F. Sullivan. Jan.3; John E. Monroe, Mar. 1; James
Pa.\ton, Mar. 18.
Wathena No. 04.— Robert S. Myers, Nov. 24.
Burlington No. 66.—Charles Conrad, Mar. 16.
Hiram No. 6S.—Henry Seller.", Feb. 24; Bernard Flesher, Apr. 12;
Humphry BIddle Nov. IS.
Baxter No. 71.—Wm. R. Fox, Feb. 18; John McBaln, Aug. 8.

Chetopa No. 73.—Henry J. Shock, Mar. 19; William P. Hazen, Apr. 4;
David O. Wagoner, June l(i.
Wamego No. 75.—Jacob L. Foggle, Dec. 12.
Erie No. 76.—Ira Stelnberger, Apr. 8.
Delta No. 77.—J. N. Titus, Apr. 24; J. D. Fair, July 20.
White Cloud No. 78.—Joseph H. Hobson, July 29.
Corinthian No. 79.—Albert, M. Miner, Mar. 22; Irving Haller, Sept. 17;
John F. Hepworth.Oct. 13.
Zeredatha No. 80.—David Blggam, July 31; ."John D. Mlnnlck, Apr. 16;
Asbury P. Gandy, .
Tuscan No. 82,—J. H. Fry, Mar. 18; J. C. Stratton, Aug. 4.
Sutton No. 85,—Matthew H. Gilbert, Oct. 25.
Sunflower No. 86.—Hanson K. Pritchard, J a n . 21; Mont E. Dennis,
Oct. 24; Ernest L. Post, Nov. 18.
Mankato No. 87.—Nels C. Soren. Nov: 17.
Eureka No. 88,—Robert Klnnedy, May 2.
Home No. 89.—Albert J. Best, Mar. 12.
Golden Rule No. 90.—Morris S. Evans, Mar, 4; James M. Campbell,
May 28; Samuel H. Ogden. Nov. 24; Edward T. Scott, Dec. 2.
MarysvlUe No. 91.—Ellas L. Miller, Oct. 6.
Harmony No. 94,—Robert Hays, Apr. 18; Algernon L. Murphy,May 11;
George N. Kirby, Jan. 12.
Delaware No. 96.—Robert O'Donnell, Mar. 18.
Patmos No. 97.—John W. Helser, July 24; Alford Clayton, Oct. 17.
Benevolent No. 98.—Hal stead R. Weyant, Apr, 23; Wm. H. Elcholtz,
Sept. 21; John Johntz. Sept. 27.
Wichita No. 99.—Jacob M. Baldertson, Feb. 24; John M. Shoemaker,
Mar. 14; Samuel Bishop, Apr, .S; Phllo D. St; John, May 28; iVI.T.
Wallace, May 26; Joseph F, Padfêtt, July 4; Milton S. Sldener,
May 25; Charles M. Socwell, Oct. 10; Charles Eugene Young,
Dec. 15.
Prudence No. 100.—Chas. W. Lopp, May 2.
Euclid No. 101.—Wm. Haas, Feb. 27.
Keystone No. 102.—Peter H. Fox, Aug. 2.
Cedar No. 103.—John Buswell, Apr. 21; John Donaldson, May 15.
Frontier No. 104.—Wm. Reed, Jan. IB; Samuel H. Maunder, Sept. 6;
Fred Powell, Oct. 4.
Fidelity No. 106.—Nelson D. Durham, Mar. IS; John T. Hellman,
Oct.9; Edward Melbourn, Dec. 8; Abram R. Peters, Dec. 30. -
Fortitude No. 107.—Jonas Beckman, Jan. 28; Austin B. Yeager, Aug. 19;
Hugh Huston, Sept. 18; Thomas Calk, Nov. 5; Thomas OverHeld,
Dec. 8.
Memphis No. 108.—H. G. Rodney, Apr. 5.
Amerlcus No. 109.—Allen E. Jaquith, Feb. 26.
Wlnfleld No. 110—Alonzo Howland. Jan. 27; Harley A. Tonklnaon,
Mar. 6; Mathew J. Williams, May 23; James S. Burney, July 1;
Edwin G. Irwin, June 6.
St. Johns No. 113.—Martin V. B. Sheafor, J a n . 15; Joshua Seyster,
May 17.
' D E A T H S —CONTINUED.
Advance No. 114.—Jesse J. Heath, J a n . 1; Warren Gleason, Oct. 22.

Muscotah No. 116.—Elliott Burgess, Nov. 8.
Parsons No. 117.—Jl 1). Scott. Mar. 10; H. A. Wade, Mar. 20; J. D. Gil-
bert, Nov. 4; R. Baklrldge, Dec. 1; C. W. Keyser, Apr. 1.
Cherokee No. 119.—Horace H. Bishop, Nov. 16.
Halcyon No. J20.—Bertlne Plnkneyr Dee. 26.
Woodson No. 121.—Oomellus Yetnian, Sept.'l.
Clifton No. 122.—Wni. Wyatt, J a n . 13.
Palestine No. 127.—Arthur A. Fuller, June 23.
Belleville No. 12fl.—George W. Nelson, Mar. 9; "Almond Shaw May 8;
Solomon Kindt, Oct. 25. ,
Polar Star No. ISO.—William D. Thomas, Jan. 28.
Carson No. 132.—Robert McKenzle, Aug. 31: Andrew J. Davidson, sr.,
Sept. 14. . .
Crescent No. 133.—Asa S. Bi'ecount, Jan. 6; psborn Penrose, Feb. 21;
Isaac H. Bonsall, Oct. 3.
Clav Center No. U^4.—Leauder McOhesney, Nov. 15; Clark M.Anthony,
D e c . 30. • * •
Vesper No. 136.—Joseph Lonsdale, .fuly ID.
Cherryvale No. 1:57.—Thomas .1. Whalen, Jan. 15; .lesse Snyder, Jan.25.
Reno No. HO.—Elgin O. Benedict. Jan. 19; James B. Wood; Mar. 5;
Felix French, .Mar. 21; Henry C. Barrett, Sept. 7; J o h n H.
Elward, Dec. 80.
Signal No. HI.—August Bowman. July 19; George C. May, Dec. 3;
Armor P. Shaw, Jan. 25.
Newton No. l4i.~K.ober( Collins, May 5; Charles A. Swenson, Sept. 22;
Alex. Winton. Nov. 22.
Minneapolis No. 143.—Wm. Purrel, Jan. 16; Israel Markley, Feb. 12;
George E. Burnham, July S6.
Gllead No. 144—Richard Kimball, May 13; Harrison C. Rollins,
IJec. 27. . _
Mt. Vernon-No. 145.—.Samuel M. Ewlng, Feb. 8;'Walter'B; TahqViary,'
Aug. 16; Ernest Harrington, Dec. 5;
Ellsworth No, 146.—John O. Parker, J uly 9.
Center No. 147.—William W. Loveless, Jan. 27.
Wa-Keenev No. 148.—Charles J. Ferris, Mar. 22; Gregg G. Marshall,
J uly 14.
Wellington No. 1.50.—Oscar C. Kiiowles, Dec. 15.
Leho No. 1.52.—Goldsmith Chalmers. Apr. 2.
Luray No. 153—Jacob A. Reynolds, Aug. 17; Jonathan W.VanScovoe,
Sept 28.
Hope No. 155.—John Karr, J u n e 23; Aaron H. Falrchlld, June 3.
Active No. 1.58.—William A. Kalat, Aug. 2ii; John Evans. Apr. 18;
J o h n H. Evans, May 22; Janies J. Kelley. Sept. 11.
Robinson No. 159.—Caleb,M.,Truex, Aug. 31; Hiram Crouns, Nov. 27.
Saqui No. 160.—Millard F. Hudson, Aug. 12.
Sabetba No.-1()2.—Jacob Meisner, Feb. 19. '•
Greenwood -N'o. 103.- Wm. McBrown, Apr. 5.
Atwood No. 161.—Albert Hemming,'Mar. 4.
Oxford No. 165.—Wm. Sherburne, May 11.

Larned No. 167.—Michael R. Landaner, Feb. 18; John J. Fields, .
Parkervllle No. 168.—Charles E. Homans, Mar. 5.
Fraternal No. 170.—S. J. Flsk, May 5; B. H. Hayworth, .
Sterling No. 171.—Frank L. Goodaon, Feb. 0; Wm. H. Llbby, Apr.7-
Robert Flndley, June 17; Samuel P. Di.t, Sept. 8; Wm. H. Higcs,
Oct. 6. * '
Western Star No. 171.—John E. Harper, Mar. 21; Andrew H. Black,
Jan. 16; Ray B.Olark, Dec. 11.
Kirwin No. 175.—John Strain, Mar. 9.
Prairie Queen No. 178.—Thomas Uurant, Feb. 2; Wm S. Crump.
Apr. 21.
Russell No. 177.—James Jones, Jan. 24.
Mt. Morlah No. 179.—James B. Manuel, Feb. 15.
Lenora No. 181.—Joseph R. Gunston, Feb. 11.
Burrton No. 182.—David J. Davis, Apr. 12; Charles Hughes, June 23; D.
M. McElwain, Nov. 24.
Phillipsburg No. 184.—Simeon B. Stapp, Oct. 22.
Hamlin No. 185.—Edwin T. Blanchard, Mar. 18; Amos R. Smith,
Mar. 30.
Mountain Slope No. 186.—John W. Norris, Sept. 29; Franklin Deuell,
Dec. 25.
Pittsburg No. 187.—Floyd W. Ourr.y, Feb. 15; Frank A. Porter, Mar. 5;
Ansil H. Gardner, Apr. 21; Henry IJ. Knight, Nov. 6.
Newahcuba No. 189.—Samuel A. Hebrew, Mar. 14; Joseph McNuIty,
Aug. 7.
Walnut Valley No. 191.—Harry M. Thompson, June 25.
Royal No. 192.—Frank P.Davis, Nov.5; Frank H.Foster, May 30; Irani
Hinshaw, Feb. lli.
Galena No. 194.—Wm. Eckles. May 9; BenJ. G. Sweet, Dec. 14; James
M. Watts, Dee. 3; Gordon H. Boughton, Feb. 23.
Madison No. 196.—Wm. Martindale, Nov. 7.
Canton No. 197.—Frank Myers, May 18.
Anthony No. 2no.—Wm.E. Pursell.June 12; H.Alex. Bolton,unknown;
Wm. A. McFarland, June 11.
Mulvane No.201.—Ben.iamin P. Harris, May 23; Wm. H. Egan,Dee. 23.
Sumner No. 203.—John P. McKlernan, June 17.
Downs No. 204.—Milton J. Utt, Deo. 19.
Harper No. 206.—Cecil F. Stewart, July 13.
Brookville No. 209.—Nelson Harris, Jan. 16; William Dinkier, Feb. 6;
Joseph M. Arnold, Apr. 20.
Fulton No. 210.—Wllltam S.-Dall. June 12; Timothy Hackett, July 28;
Randal R. Hunter, Oi-t. 14.
Olive Branch No. 212.—Daniel W. Yokum, Mar. 16.
Twin Grove No. 213.—Flavins N. Carrlthers, Apr. 15.
Hlattvllle No. 216.—Rice S. Williams, Nov. 20.
ElUnwood No."217.—Julius R.Johnson, Jan. 15; Oscar P. Scearce, Feb.
8; Frank H.Ohlsholm, Nov. 25.
Corner Stone No. 219.—Solomon B. Meyers, July 19.
St. Bernard No. 222,—Edward Stuhbs. Jan. 4; John K. Patton, Apr. 16;
Walter H. Chapman, May 8; Peter J. Zumwalt, Sept. 10; Charles
Eckley, Dec. 5.
Anchor No. 224.— W. Asa Lomas, Jan. 9.
Slioam No. 22.').—Walter J. Burgess, Feb. 2; John 0. Payne, Feb. 23;
Frederick K. Brown, Apr. 14; Charles .). Bell, Apr. 17; F r a n k .
R. Gammon, May II; Silas F. Wright, June 26; Charles H.
Sampson, Sept. 19; Blunchard E. Pitts, Nov. 12.
Nlnnescah-No. 230.—Cyrus C. Van Deventer, Mar. 27.
Long Island No. 231.—Thomas J. Whltcomlr, Mar. 29. •
Greenleaf No. 232.—William G. Weaver, Oct. 14;
Temple No. 237.—Thomas W. Stutterd, Aug. 1.5.
Soldier No. 24U.—Tobe Brenner, Aug. 4.
Llnwood No. 241.—James Plckens.Juiy 30.
Waverly No. 244.—George Walker, May 26; Charles W. Whorrall,
Dec. 12.
Marmaton No. 245.—Corwln B. Keith, Apr. 21.
Tyrian No. 246.^011ver W. Crow, Aug. 11; George W. Alblu, Sept. 15.
Canopy No. 248.—Nelson Utiey, Feb. 14.
Scottsvllle No. 249.—Wm. Birch, Aug. 12.
Whiting No. 250.—Frank M. Green, Dec. 1; Henry J. Hollis, May 13.
Oakley No. 253.—.Jacob R. Chambers. Mar. 13.
Ionic No. 2.54.—Isaac S. Lewis, Mar. 9; Henry B. Stalker, Apr. 28;
George Budge, May 12; Ward L. Hoaglln, June 10; Charles L.
Holmes. Oct. 4..
Milan No. 255.—Samuel Rochett, Mar; 8.
Lyra No. 2.50.-Charles M. Rankin, Jan. 28; John L. Bobb, July 31.
Morton No. 258.—John D. Pipkin, Oct. —.
Mulberry No. 261.—Jurgen Toth, Dec. 9.
Charity No. 263.—Edgar E. Webb, Mar. 30.
Mount Zlon No. 266.—Graiit G. Kihman, Nov. 5.
Mollne No. 267.—Benjamin F. Davis, Dec. 26.
Q,uenemo No. 270.—John M. Hlllmon, Apr. 29.
Armourdale No.271.—George J. Bernard, June 4; Lehigh Owen, Aug. H.
Kaw !Sfo. 272.—James White, Mar. 31; Wm. J. Campbell, July 6; Harry
Trower, Aug.23; Arthur'D.Oozad,Sept. 28; Joslah M.Thompson,
Oct. 11.
Black Diamond No. 274.—W. W. Franks, Mar. 22; Harry F. GalUgan,
Aug. 17; Roger Price, Sept. 18.
Webb No. 275.—E. E. Bucheoker, Oct. 21.
Barney No. 279.—John L.Jackson, Mar. 12.
Mlllhrook No. 281.—Amos-H. Bell, Sept. 10.
Preston No' 2S3.—W. Bake Brown, Aug. 23.
Anthem No. 284.—Joslah W. Lynch, Nov. 13.
Oak No. 287.—Perry 0. Glenn, Feb. 21; Hart M. Lull, .
Cyrus No. 288.—Henry F. Brlnkman, Mar. 8; Henry Nlckles, Oct. 8.
Emerald No. 289.—Clarence C. Parcells, Mar. 24.
Paradise No. 290.—Charles Hllgers, sr., Aug. 17.
Beulah No. 291.—John M.Bradbury, May 7.

Kiowa No. 293.—Wm. B. Bolton, Dec. 13; Merwln B. Bangs, Dec. 2.i.
Highland No. 2911.—Dennis Bergln, July 28; Oscar C. Adams, Dec. 18.
Apollo No. 297.—John D. Hall, Feb. 28.
Oable No. 299.—Layman Preston, Nov. 27.
Fargo No. 300.—Charles R. Wright. Dec. 18.
Virgil No. 301.—John D. Brown, Feb. 20.
Gove City No. 302.—Martin V. Hampton, Dec. 10.
Albert Pike No. 303.—Robert T. Bodkin, I3ec. 13; Louis D. Button,
Jan. 8; Albert M. Forney, Apr. 15; Wm. O. Rebsteln, Nov. 23;
Jeremiah Jlles Smith, Jan. 13; Edward S. Magill, Nov. 6.
Syracuse No.309.—Wm.C.Sohafler, July 9; John A.Carrithers,Sept.l6.
Hancock No. 311.—George C. Burnell, Apr. 22; J o h n T. French, Jr.,
Aug. 10; Sidney L. Hunter. Feb. 27; Eben Husklns, Mar. 29;
John Reynolds Sept. 13; Wm. C. Wren, Aug. 10.
Virginia No. 315.—Michael Solomon, Oct. 21.
Ooolidge No.318.—Stgmond Schaul, Mar. i.
Norcatur.No. 317.—James Galey, Apr. 28.
Norwich No. 319.—Peter Wilson, Mar. 3.
Vermillion No. 320.—B. F. Johnson. July 4; Peter W. Mesmer, Nov. 21
Goodland No. 321.—Wallace Filer. May 9; Joseph W. Gandy, Aug. 1.
Ben HurNo.322—George W. Brown, Aug. 14; Wm. H. Morris, Nov. 14
LaHarp No. 325.-Guy E. Kelley, Mar. 3.
Hoyt No. 327.—Louis W. Whittelsey, July 29; Winfleld Sharp, Aug.28;
James B. Douglas, Oct. 18.
Arcadia ^To.329.—John W. Wallace July 14; Wm. W.Schenck, Aug.30;
James S. Baldwin. Dec. 27.
Holslngton No. ,331.—Charles W. Phillips, Nov. 9.
Oak Hill No. 334.—Morgan Williams, .
Allen No. 335.—Wallace D. Mclnnes, Nov. 12.
Lane No. 839.—R. T. McOllntock. Apr. 6.
Parker No. 341.—Martin K. Nolan, Mar. 6.
Maple City No. 342.—Frank J. Bowman, Dec. 25.
Ashlar No. 344.—S. F. Deputy. Apr. 19; Azarlah Reding, May i, 1908.
Hoxie No. 348.—Grover Walker, Apr. 11.
Olive No. 350.—Jolin A. Bowman, Mar. 24.
Scammon No. 351.—Richard Loose, Aug. 22.
Chautauqua No. 3.55.—Clinton D. Murphy. Sept. 2.
Wellsville No. 356.—H.M. Baumann, Oct. 31.
AltaVista No. 357.—Charles L. Hull, July 2.
Powhattan No. 363.—Henry Frazler, July 31.
Valley Center No. 361.—Samuel Mi Belden, Oct. 31.
BoUng No. 365.—Richard H. Mulllns, Jan. 12.
Sherman No. 369.—John W. Simmons, Mar. 23.
Macksvllle No. 371.—John W. Altord, Oct. 10.
Waldron No. 377.—Charles A. Soper, Dee. 13.
White City No. 380.—David H. Hazzard, J a n . 14.
Tn mcmoridtti*
jf rancis imarion ZwcK

HAST 6KAND MASTER OP ARIZONA.
DIED June 16, 1909.
ITames Ucwis (3oulcl»

PAST (iRAND MASTER OP CONNKCTICDT.
D I E D J a n u a r y 3 6, 1 9 0 0 .
IHenry (Drange IBJlarner,

PAST GRAND MASTER OP COXNECTICUT.
D I E D M a y 8, 1909.
nmuiiam J6. Bndcrson^

PAST GRAND MASTER OP FLORIDA.
DIED November 13, 1908.
Tn memorlam.
Uoval %. imunn,
PAST GRAND SECRETARY OF ILLINOIS.
Ifosepb 1Robbins»
PAST GRAND MASTER OP ILLINOIS.
DIED July 19, I90».
^tmwn ^tûpna Snifnann,

PAST GRAND MASTER OP INDIANA.
DIED January 19, 1909.
ifcllx im, Uglesias*

PAST GRAND SECRETARY,
GRAND LODGE VALLE DE MEXICO.
D I E D J a n u a r y 7, 1 9 0 9 .
Tn memoriatit.
URufus J6. Bnderson,

PAST GRAND JIASTER OP MISSOURI.
DIED July 37, 1909.
Bnsalctn J, Davidson,
PAST GRAND MASTER OP MONTANA.
D I E D Octolaer 3 4 , 1 9 0 9 .
IHenry tBrown,
PAST DEPUTY GRAND MASTER OF NEBRASKA.
DIED April 4, 1909.
:S3radner !)• Slaughter,

PAST BRAND MASTER OF NEBRASKA.
D I E D May 8, 1 9 0 9 .
Tn ntemoriam.
mifcbael B , HHurpby,
PAST GRAND MASTER OF NEVADA^
DIED October S6, 1909.
iFrank 2)ana TOloodburv»

GRAND SECRETARY OP NEW HAMPSHIRE.
iHfosepb 3J. Coucb,

PAST GRAND JIASTER OP NEW.YORK.
DIED Eebruary 10, 1909.
milliam Hloore c;unningbam,

PAST GRAND MASTER OP OHIO.
DIED August 16, 1909.
Tn memorlam.
Jacob flWaycr,
FAST GRAND 31ASTER OF OREGON.
DIBD December 31, 1008.
Umuiam 1H; imfUcr, Sr.,

FAST DEPUTY GRAND MASTER OF SOUTH DAKOTA.
DIED October 3, 1 0 0 9 .
mWQh JS. IKIlood^

FAST SENIOR GRAND WARDEN OF SOUTH DAKOTA.
DIED October 17, 1909.
jSclmund ip. imc<Siuccn,

FAST GRAND MASTER OF TENNESSEE.
DIED August 14, 1909.
Tn memoriam.
John S>. Slaylor^

DEPUTY GRAND MASTER OF WYOMING.
DIED December 3 1 , 1908.
John Charles 2)avi8»

PAST GRAND MASTER OK WYOMING.
DIED January 15, 1909.
PROCEEDINGS
OF T H E
ASSOCIATION OF PAST GRAND MASTERS

OF T H E
M - . W . . G R A N D LODGi:, A. F. & A. M., OF K A N S A S .
HUTCHINSON, KANSAS, F e b r u a r y 15, 1910.

As previously a n n o u n c e d the Association of P a s t G r a n d
Masters of the M.-. W.-. G r a n d Lodge of Ancient, Free and
Accepted Masons of K a n s a s convened at 7 o'clock p. M., this
date, for dinner a n d ceremonial session in a private room in
the Elks Building, with the following members present:
M.-. W.-. M A T T H E W M . M I L , L E B , Grand Master February, 1885, to
February, 1886.
M.-. W.-. D A V I D B . F U L L E R , Grand Master February, 1892, to Feb-
ruary, 1893.
M.-. W.-. J A M E S H . M C C A L L , Grand Master February, 1895, to Feb-
ruary, 1896.
M.-. W.-. M A U R I C E L . STONE, Grand Master February, 1898, to' Feb-
ruary, 1899.
M.-. W.-. P E R R Y M . H O I S I N U T O N , Grand Master February, 1901, to
February, 1902.
M.-. W.-. THOMAS G . F I T O H , Grand Master February, 1904, to Feb-
ruary, 1905.
M.-. W.-. THOMAS X.. BON^D, Grand Master February, 1906, to F e b -
ruary, 1907.
M.-. W.-. E D W A R D W . W E L L I N G T O N , Grand Master February, 1907,
to February, 1908.
M.-. W.-. H E N R Y F . MASON, Grand Master February, 1908, to Feb-
ruary, 1909.
M.-. W.", F B B D W A S H B O N , Grand Master February, 1909, to Feb-
ruary, 1910.
Under the eflScient arrangement of the Steward, M.-. W.-.

Bro. WELLINGTON, an excellent dinner was served, and the
Table Lodge opened with Bro. DAVID B . FULLER as Venerahle
President. Following this, Bro. FRED WASHBON was unani-
mously chosen to membership and the attributes duly com-
municated to him.
Bro. MILLER then presented in outline a very itjstructive
and interesting paper on "The Influence of Freemasonry in
the American Eevolution," the dominant thought of which was
that a very large proportionate number of the leaders in that
movement were also prominent Masons of that time. During
the discussion which followed, the interesting fact was brought
but that at least one of the present company was descended from
a Tory ancestry, thus serving most forcibly to illustrate that the
' principles of Masonry in the hearts of men survive, outlive and
dominate the strongest personal and political associations.
, Bro. JAMES H. MCCALL, being next in succession, as provided
by the By Laws, was duly chosen as Vênerable President for
the ensuing year.
On motion of Bro. WELLINGTON, and following th'e ancient
custom, Bi-o. FRED WASHBON, the youngest member, was chosen
as Steward for the ensuing year. Bro. HOISINGTON was re-
elected Secretary.
Upon motion, the Association closed until the next Annual
Assembly, unless sooner convened.
Worshipful Secretary.
APPENDIX.
REPORT ON CORRESPONDENCE.
B Y MATTHEW M. MILLER P •. G.-. M.-.
To the M.: W.: Orand Lodge of Kansas, A. F. & A. M.:

Herewith we submit our eighth review of the Proceedings a n d
Correspondence Reports of the Masonic Grand Lodges in fra-
ternal correspondence with the Grand Lodê of K a n s a s .
ALABAMA — 1908.
The portrait of Grand Master HUGH S. D . MALLORY makes an
elegant frontispiece for the Alabama volume. This is inclusive of the
historic statement on the opposite page, which substantiates the
good impression made by the picture.
Mourning pages containing records of special communications
of Grand Lodge for the burial of JOSEPH HUGHES EDWARDS, Senior
Grand Deacon, and M.-. W.'. JOHN GIDEON HARRIS, Past Grand Mas-
ter precede the record of the Annual Communication.
Six Past Grand Masters and R.". W.\ SAMUEL, W . TATE were
present when Grand Master MALLORY opened Grand Lodge. The
address of the Graiid Master demonstrates that his administration
has been essentially a business one, the details of which would be
too numerous to mention. Seventeen lodges were set to work and one
lodge reorganized, numerous official visits were made, thirteen Spe-
cial Communications for dedication ceremonies and corner-stone lay-
ings were held.
The Grand Master cut out considerable work for the consider-
ation of the Jurisprudence Committee in the sixty-seven decisions
reported to Grand Lodge in his address. The Committee found twelve
of the decisions vulnerable, in which opinion Grand Lodge coincidedj
4 CORRESPONDENCE—ALABAMA. February,
We concur with the judgment of the Committee generally; citing,

however, t h e record of decision eighteen for peculiar features:
"Decision number eighteen reads as follows:
"A brother was tried by his lodge on a charge of drunkenness, was found guilty
and suspended for two years. On appeal to the Grand Lodge the case was reversed
for errors in trial and remanded to subordinate lodge for new trial, and after lapse of
fourteen months there had been no new- trial. In answer to certain questions pro-
pounded held,
(a) The effect of the reversal by the Grand Lodge was to restore the brother
to the rights and privileges of Masonry, but not to lodge membership.
(b) The suspended brother could petition the lodge for restoration to member-
ship, and the procedure in such case would be similar to that in case of application
of an unafBliated Mason. - . .
(c) Restoration to membership would require unanimous affirmative vote by
the members present; that is, one adverse vote would prevent restoration.
(d) If restored to membership the lodge could proceed to dismiss the charges
it good reason was shown therefor, aiiU this would require only a majority vote of a
quorum. . .... . .,-..,
(e) The lodge should not have delayedfor so long a time' after the case was
reversed and remanded before taking proper action. When appeal cases are re-
manded by the Grand Lodge to a subordinate lodge for further action, the latter
should proceed within a reasonable time to dispose of the same." ' "'
Your Committee concurs with the Most Worshipful Grand Master that the
subordinate lodge should proceed within a reasonable time to dispose of the case
after the reversal by the Grand Lodge, but your Committee does not concur with the
Most Worshipful Grand Master in his other conclusions. Rule 19 of Article 7 of the
Constitution reads as follows:
"The Grand Lodge may reverse the decision of a subordinate lodge whereby a
brother is suspended or expelled, but such reversal shall in no case restore the accused
to membership in the lodge from which he was suspended or expelled without the
unanimous consent of the members present at a regular communication."
In the case referred to by the Most Worshipful Grand Master, the brother was
suspended for two years- -" • '
Edict No. 581 reads as follows: .. . ;. - •• i.- ,
"When one is suspended for a definite length of time and his term of suspen-
sion expires, he is eo instante restored to all the rights and privileges of Masonry, aa
well as to lodge membership.' .. - . ....•-
The Committee said: , .
It would seem that the Most Worshipful Grand Master overiooked.the fact .that
the suspension in this case wa,s for a definite period., After the reversal by, the Grand
Lodge it was the duty of the subordinate lodge to proceed to try tlie brother again,
or else to dismiss the proceedings. If neither'was "done," thefi,' when the two'years
expired, the brother'became eotns(an<e'a member of the lodge"; his rights and privi-
leges of Masonry having been restored by: the reversal.by the Grand Lodge ,,-.. /: ;
W e c o m m e n d t h e a c t i o n of the' Coiiimittee in b a s i n g - t h e i r i u d g -
m e n t u p o n E d i c t N o . 5 8 1 , b e c a u s e it s t a t e s a general principle of law,
wMle R u l e No. 19 of A r t i c l e 7'of t h d ' C o n s t i t i i t i b n is in"vic)lation^6f
t h e basic principle of l a w t h a t " w h e r e t h e f o u n d a t i o n ' f a i l s a U ' g o e s
t o t h e g r o u n d . " I t is n o t in t h e power of a G r a n d Lodge'lawfuUy t o
p l a c e in its C o n s t i t u t i o n aii a r t i c l e ' t h a t ' i s r e p u g n a n t t o ' j u s t i c e , t o say
n o t h i n g a b o u t e q u i t y o r c o m m o n sense. . • • - -• -• '
Masons u n d e r Masonic Constitutions a r e a t ' t h e v e r y l e a s t e'n^
t i t l e d t o t h e e q u a l r i g h t s g u a r a n t e e d t o t h e m u n d e r t h e law of t h e
1909-10. CORRESPONDENCE — ALABAMA. 5
land, and one. of these is that no man shall be deprived of life, liberty
or-property exceptby a final judgment of a Court of competent juris-
diction, t h e right of appeal to the Court of last resort being safe-
guarded to himi in the most sacred and binding manner.
A Mason's right of membership in the lodge is never determined
until finally determined, and no constitutional provision can deter-
mine, or put an end to that right prior to such final determination in
Grand Lodge where an appeal has been taken from action by Lodge;
and a reversal or remanding of the case for retrial by Grand Lodge
sets aside all previous action and makes the matter a trial de novo.
Rule 19, cited above, cuts off from affiliation and from lodge
membership one who has never been lawfully tried, a statement of
fact alone sufficient to demonstrate its illegality. •
We notice that the Grand Lodge is supplying filing cases and
other conveniences for the safe keeping of its records and books. I t
also made an, appropriation of $100.00 for t h e uses and purposes of
the Correspondence Committee, in addition to the annual allowance
to that Committee, following the example of those considerate jur-
isdictions that provide for stenographic and other expenses and out-
lay attendant upon translations and correspondence. It looks munifi-
cent—but by the time the Alabama Committee has wrestled with t h e
thousands of pages of Spanish, German; French, Italian, Modern
Greek,- Swedish, Norwegian, Dutch and Belgian, that are now being
presented for consideration • as a basis .for recognition, it will prove
to be far. short of a fair return for the merely clerical part of the labor
involved, even though the chairman be a polyglot, as we trust Bro.-
T. is. . .
The Report on Correspondence is by R.\ W.'. Bro. W. Y. T I T -
COMB and consists of 269 pages of carefully prepared review; that for
Kansas, for 1908, covering five pages. The following about Grand
Master WELLINGTON indicates careful consideration and good judg-
ment: "The Grand Master's, address was scholarly, forceful and busi-
"ness-like. His training at Harvard was not lost upon him But,
"of far greater importance, his conception of true Masonry, his high
"tone, both mental and moral, and, his ability to separate the wheat
"from the chaff, are all conspicuous. He characterized chain let-
"ters as graft propositions."
What Grand Master WELLINGTON said about District Deputy
Grand Masters and his three decisions are excerpted. Grand Secre-
tary .WILSON is denominated " a veritable treasure." A bouquet
is handed the Council of Administration;to wit.that it "looks jealously
after the interests of the Craft." The special and regular reports of
the Kansas Committee on Correspondence are presented for consider-
ation in flattering terms. .What we said about Bro. JACOBS and also
the Alabama Masonic Home are copied.
Brother T. sees a gazelle in our reply to his Scottish Rite sugges-
tion. Suppose, Bro. T., that instead,, of the "very neat phrase," we
6 ConilESPONDENCE — ALABAMA. February,
had said the following: "Whenever the Committee can show a better
basis of authority for his 'York Rite' Masonry than 'immemorial
usage,' then we will disagree with the tentative concession of the Com-
mittee—and the relative question of authority would be a legitimate
one—would not the issue be the same as the one suggested in our
former statement? We hold that the issue is not relevant, until it
can be demonstrated by better authority than now exists that previous
to 1813 there was a more legitimate ancestry for English Masonry
than "immemorial usage." We hold that our brethren of that day
in France, Germany or any other country, had just as good right to'
take its Masonic germs as they had them, and develop a Masonry
of their own, as England and Scotland had to tinker with the Entered
Apprentice degree or Fellow Craft degree, or make from the two a
Masonry of three degrees.
In answer to our statement on another topic, Bro. T. says: " I f
a Grand Lodge should do things which are contrary to the spirit and
essence of Masonry, t h e Craft would as speedily as possible change
the complexion of that Grand. Body, in order to remedy the evil.
So, there you are!" Yes, here we are. Bro. T. Several Grand Lodges
are publishing rituals, and notwithstanding the fact that every Grand
Lodge in the country approved'the action of the Grand Lodge of Mas-
sachusetts, only a few years since, for expelling ritual makers and
mongers, there does not seem to be any great rush "to change the com-
plexion" of t h e Grand Bodies that are doing the same thing, and
" t h e conundrum remains unanswered," because "the Grand Lodge
is a law unto itself, and whatever the Grand Lodge enacts is the su-
preme law;" and there is where we both are, Bro. T.; and we rise to
remark, what are you going to do about i t ? As for the writer, he
enunciates the old Henry Clay principle, "My country—right -or
-wrong," .adding thereto—reserving the right of • personal criticism
when t h e Grand Lodge gets off on the wrong foot.
Brother T. returns thanks for "Quabbalah," approves what we
said under Arizona in re Lodge vs. Grand Lodge, and of our opinion
on the right of a blind E. A. to advancement he says "the sentiment
does our brother honor." We are glad to note that Bro. T, does not
line up with the "unco righteous" idea that Mexico is open territory
for the exploitation'of those afflicted with "Holy Empiritis."
Brother T. expresses encouragement at our agreement—we will
get together entirely some of these days, Bro. T. It is a good sign—
from the' view-point of our present environment—that we are not
quite ready for it yet; still, after all, the things that count are the moral
questions—the questions with a right and a wrong to them, and on.
these the writer is gratified at our general concurrence.
M.-.W.-. HUGH S. D . MALLORY, Grand Master.
R.-.W.-. GEORGE A. BEAUCHAMP, Grand Secretary.
R.-. W.-. WILLIAM Y . .TITCOMB, Correspondent.
Next Annual at Montgomery, December 7, 1909
Igog-IO. COBRBSPONDElfCE — ARIZONA.
ALBERTA — 1 9 0 9 .
A portrait of Grand Master G. H. HOGBIN appears as a frontispiece
to the volume.
Grand Lodge convened at Lethbridge, June 9, 1908, in special
communication, and laid the corner-stone of the Lethbridge Public
School, Grand Master HOGBIN in the Grand East. Another special
was held at Frank, April 25, 1909, when the remains of M.-. W.*.
Bro. THOMAS A. MCLEAN, Past Grand Master of Grand Lodge of Prince
Edward Island, were laid away with the Grand Honors of Masonry;
R.". W.\ Bro. J. T. MACDONALD, who presided as Grand Master, de-
livering a touching tribute to the character of the departed brother.
Grand Master G. H. HOGBIN assembled Grand Lodge at Calgary
April 26, 1909, and dedicated the Masonic Temple of Perfection Lodge
No. 9 to Masonic uses. The Fourth Annual Communication of the
Grand Lodge of Alberta was held May 26, 1909, at Lethbridge. In
his address M.-. W.-. Bro. HOGBIN notes with reference to the condition
of Masonry a "sense of the approach of a grave and serious danger."
He said: "The spirit of magnitude is the spirit of the age, and the
danger lies in the possibility of magnitude being our sign instead of
the true ones for which our institution has existed from time imme-
morial."
Fourteen lodges were reported duly constituted and consecrated.
Dispensations for six new lodges were granted. Official recognitions
from California, Indiana, Quebec and Queensland were acknowledged.
A resolution of thanks to the Grand Lodge of Manitoba—the Mother
Grand Lodge—for its donation of $1,000 to the Grand Lodge of Al-
berta was adopted. There is no Report on Correspondence.
M.-.W.-. J. T. MACDONALD, Grand Master.
P.-.G.-. M.-. GEORGE MACDONALD, Grand Secretary.
P.-.G.'. M.-. B . A . BBAITHWAITB, Correspondent.
ARIZONA — 1908.
Arizona is considered the natural habitat for the ostrich and the
camel, and we are not surprised to see the symbol of the water tank
displayed on the lapel of the retiring Grand Master, whose portrait
forms the frontispiece of the volume.
Nine Past Grand Masters graced the occasion, among them be-
ing several old familiar names.
The address of the Grand Master, C. G. JONES, contains several
valuable suggestions on the topics—the use of.the cube in ballotting;
the recommendation of the identification card system; protection
against clandestine frauds; and the following, which we excerpt un-
der the topic "Temperance:" "I would also earnestly recommend
'that from and after the close of this present session the use of any
8 CoBRESPONDENCB —ARKANSAS. February,
"kind of intoxicating liquors at banquets, either by the Grand or Sub-

"ordinate Bodies, in this Grand Jurisidiction, be strictly prohibited."
We are glad to note that the Committee on Jurisprudence, through
P.*. G.'. M.-. GROW, reported resolutions embodying each of above
recommendations b y the Grand Master, which were adopted.
The Grand Lodge listened to the Tennessee address on the sub-
ject of cipher rituals, read by Past Grand Master MORRIS GOLDWATEB;
and, later in the session, the resolutions of Bro. GOLD WATER, that
Grand Lodge rescind its action of the year before for the publication
of a cipher ritual, and place itself on record as endorsing the Tennes-
see resolution, all of which were referred to the Special Committee ap-
pointed to prepare a ritual, which reported endorsing the Tennessee Ad-
dress, and further reported in favor of the preparation of two copies of a
ritual, one to be placed in the hands of the Grand Lecturer, the other
to remain in the possession of the Grand Secretary; which report was
duly adopted. The Grand Master duly welcomed the Grand Repre-
.Bentatives (Kansas Representative was too busy to attend—cultivat-
ing his thornless cactus field), and the Grand Representative of Egypt,
B..'. W.". Bro. F. M. DOAN, made the usual suitable reply.
The Grand Master was duly jeweled.
Photogravures of the Masonic Hall a t Prescott, giving interior
and exterior views, are published in the volume. The Grand Lodge
Cosmos of Chihuahua, Mexico, sought recognition; matter referred to
Correspondence Committee, which asked for further time.
Grand Lodge by a five-sixths vote changed its Constitution,
adopting an amendment, by which its time of meeting was changed
from November to February, and its next meeting will be the second
Tuesday in February, 1910.
No Report on Correspondence.
M.-.W.'. FLETCHER M. DOAN, Grand Master.
R.-.W. . GEORGE J. ROSKRUGE, Grand Secretary.
Next Annual, February 11, 1910.
ARKANSAS — 1908.
The Annual Report for 1908 is an unusually interesting one by
reason of the very full record of proceedings attending Bro. HEMP-
STEAD'S crowning as Laureate. We are led to anticipate a Correspond-
ence Report, b u t it failed to materialize; there is hope, however, of one
next year.
The address of Grand Master W. M. GRUSON shows careful at-
tention to duty. An excess of decisions gave the Law Committee
chance for criticism of a few, the many passing muster.
Grand Lodge had a large representation of Past Grand Masters,
though the Dean of that body, M.-.W.-. Bro. G. A. DANNELLT, was
prevented by infirmity and age from being present. We are glad to
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note that Grand Lodge remembered him and his wife in their trouble,
and distress, which he acknowledged in a letter of heartfelt gratitude.
Well done, brethren! The address of the Grand Lodge of Tennessee
on the subject of Ciphers was presented for consideration, and a reso-
lution introduced forbidding the purchase, sale or use of anything pur-
porting to be a cipher ritual, or written, printed, or otherwise delineated
ritual or exposition of Masonry, under penalty of expulsion. All of
which was referred to the Law Committee, which will meet in November,
1909, just prior to Grand Lodge, and formulate a report on same for
action of Grand Lodge.
Grand Secretary FAY HEMPSTEAD, in his report, tells in a modest,
but gratified, tone of expression, the story of his Coronation as Laure-
ate at Chicago. Illinois always does the thing in a handsome manner,
and this occasion was no exception. M.'. W.'. Bros. ROBBINS and
GoDDARD and GASH dignified the occasion by their presence. The
Grand Chapter of Kansas was represented and its Grand Representa-
tive in Illinois, M.'. E . \ P.-. G.-. H.'. P.-., and also Past Grand Master of
the Grand Lodge of Illinois, JOHN CORSON SMITH, made the address and
performed the ceremony of Coronation. Letters and telegrams of con-
gratulation were read or were noted.
In Brother JOHN'S address, he read a poem entitled "The Second
Burial of Payne" (the author of "Home, Sweet Home"), and then he
read the following letter to Bro. HEMPSTEAD:
AYLESBURY, MASS., 4 Mo., 14, 1883.
Dear Friend: Let me tlianlc tiiee for tlie beautiful verses in the Boston Tran-
script on the "Second Burial of Payne"—a fitting tribute to the author of "Sweet
Home" and to the liberal hearted gentleman who has given the poet a last "Home"
in his native land. JOHN G. WHITTIEB.
The addresses of Grand Orator BEACH; our own Dean of Corres-
pondents, M.-. W.'. Bro. ROBBINS, and the various other participants
were excellent, but the culminating complement of the occasion, as
it seems to us, was Whittier's letter following the reading of the poenij
"The Second Burial of Payne." We regret that in the "History of
the Laureation" the latter poem does not appear.
We note that our Grand Representative, JOHN M . OATHODT, in-
troduced a resolution calling for a single ballot for the three degrees
and providing for written objections (to be given the W.'. M.\) to ad-
vancement, which are to be referred to a committee of three to investi-
gate, who shall thoroughly investigate and report to lodge in writing as
soon as practicable, and if one-fourth of the members present shall vote
to sustain the objections, the candidate shaU be stopped untU the objec-
tions are withdrawn—the Committee on Law and Usage are incubat-
ing on this resolution.
There is no Report on Correspondence but one is promised for next
year.
10 CORRESPONDENCE — BRITISH COLUMBIA. February,
An excellent portrait of the Grand Master M.'. W.-. Bro. EDGAB

A. McCuLLOCH appears in the volume.
M.-.W.'. EDGAB A. MCCULLOCH, Grand Master.
R.'.W.". FAY HEMPSTEAD, Grand Secretary.
THOMAS C. M C R A E , Correspondent.
. Next Annual a t Little Rock, November 16, 1909.
BRITISH COLUMBIA — 1909.

"There is not a cloud on bur masonic horizon." So Grand Master
W. K. HOUSTON said in the opening part of his interesting address,
and we can well understand in great part why it was so, when we read
his conclusion: "More than ever during the past year have I learned
"to agree with that greatest of English poets, 'Howe'er it be, it seems
to me, 'tis only noble to be good. Kind hearts are more than coronets,
and simple faith than Norman blood.' "
^ The man who starts out in life looking out of the corner of his
eye for troiible is sure to find it. We must have faith in humanity, if
we expect others to have faith in our good intentions; and when we
have, the possibilities for inharmony and absence of brotherly love
are few and infrequent. M.'. W.-. Bro. HOUSTON'S address indicates
that he has faithfully and well performed his official duties.
An excellent address on the subject of "Prayer" was delivered
by the Grand Chaplain, V.'. W.-. Bro. Rev. H. G. FIENNES-CLINTON.
The Grand Representative of Kansas, R.'. W.-'. Bro. S. N. JARHETT,
was present for duty as Chairman of the Committee on Charity.
We note from the Report of t h e Grand Historian and Librarian
that during the year 120 volumes were added to the Library by pur-
chase. Bro. DEWOLFE-SMITH is Historian and Librarian, which will
be assurance that the money expended will be for masonic works of
interest to the Craft.
Among the books named we note three that doubtless will attract
the attention of the Craft of British Columbia. One is the "AthoU
Lodges by Bro. R. F. GOULD;" another, t h e "Life and Works of Sir
CHKISTOPHBR W R E N by C. W R E N , " and the third, "The Etiquette of
Free Masonry." .
The Report on Correspondence is, as usual, by Bro. DEWOLFE-
SMITH. Kansas receives three pages of review, one of which is devoted
to Grand Master MASON'S address and rulings, saying of the latter:
"All are sound, and we particularly call attention to No. 2." All the
decisions are given. The "highly interesting oration" by Bro. ELHICK
C. COLE is noted. The report on Foreign Correspondence is haloed
as follows: "Another Admirable Paper." What was said under
"Colorado" in regard to the tendency t o too much interference with
the private affairs of lodges, meets with his cordial agreement. He
sandwiches a Texas item in the Kansas review for Bro. MATTHEWS;
igog-io. COtdtESPONDEJfCa—CALIFORMIA. 11
of what we said under "Wyoming," referring to.Grand Master FULLER'S

decision, he comments that it "exactly expresses our views." Our
extracts from "STILLSON & HUGHAN'S History," and GRAHAM'S state-
ment referring to the "organization" he attempts to offset by a refer-
ence to the later addition of the lodges then out of the fold, but an
addition to a legitimate organization of years' standing is not the incep-
tion of an organization. Under "Alabama" Bro. WOLFE-SMITH says:
"Bro. TiTcoAiB is somewhat in error, too, in the statement that, 'Among
our British cousins no untitled Mason may attain the highest office
in the Grand Lodge;' " we think the error with Bro. WOLFE-SMITH. In
the "Proceedings of the United Grand Lodge of England," March 30,
1909, W.-. Bro. SEHVIS FERGUSON said to the Grand Master: "I may
point out that in connection with the office which you fill with so much
dignity and advantage to the Craft in general, it is provided by the
Book of Constitution that it should not be held by any one of less de-
gree than a Peer of the Realm." I t would seem that Bro. TITCOMB
has good authority for his statement. In his conclusion Bro. WOLFE-
SMITH properly characterizes the "extraordinary action" of the Grand
Master of Mississippi in breaking off fraternal relations with Grand
Lodge of New Jersey.
M.-.W.-. H. M. RICH, Grand Master.
R.'.W.'. W. A. DEWOLFE-SMITH, Correspondent.
CALIFORNIA — 1909.
Our report is in the hands of the printer; but, as last year, we can
not resist the temptation to make a hasty review.
We are pleased at the outset to note that our distinguished
Brother, M.-. W.-. WILLIAM A. DAVIES, still is the Dean of the Past
Grand Masters of California.
Grand Master OSCAR LAWLER delivered an able address, from
which it is evident that our Most Worthy Brother has had little time
for anything but the most exacting labor in his official position.
During his term of office, the Southern California Masonic Home
at San Gabriel in Los Angeles county, was tendered to the Grand Lodge,
and steps taken to effect a proper legal transfer of title. A segregation
of the inmates of the two Masonic Homes of the jurisdiction was effected
by which none but aged inmates are hereafter to be kept at the Northern
or Decoto Home; while all the children are hereafter to be kept at the
San Gabriel Home.
A Special Committee was appointed to consider all the questions
raised of any kind in reference to the management of the two Homes.
An excellent report was made showing careful consideration, for which
the Committee received the thanks of Grand Lodge by a rising vote.
Five Trustees are hereafter to have full control and management, and
12 CORRESPONDENCE—CALIFORNIA. February,
a d o p t s u c h by-laws a s t h e y m a y d e e m necessary for t h e g o v e r n m e n t of

the two Homes. - •
One of t h e r e c o m m e n d a t i o n s of t h e Special Committee was " t h a t
" s t e p s b e a t once t a k e n to raise a p e r m a n e n t E n d o w m e n t F u n d of
" O n e Million Dollars—this t o b e k n o w n as t h e ' ' P e r m a n e n t E n d o w m e n t
" F u n d of t h e Masonic H o m e s of California,' a n d t o be invested i n s u c h
" m a n n e r as m a y seem wise t o t h e Grand, L o d g e . " •; •
Nine m e m b e r s , c o m p o s e d of t h e m o s t able m e n suited t o t h e e n -
deavor, a r e t o b e a p p o i n t e d t o devise w a y s a n d m e a n s for t h e acquire-
m e n t a n d a c c u m u l a t i o n of t h e fund. •-
W e notice t h a t t h e G r a n d Master-elect, M.-. W.-. Bro. W. F R A N K
P I E R C E , is t h e C h a i r m a n of t h e E n d o w m e n t F u n d . If this is t h e p r o -
posed Million-Dollar F u n d , w e v e n t u r e t h e prediction t h a t t h e m e m b e r s
of t h e C o m m i t t e e will n o t d e v o t e m o r e t h a n eight hours a d a y t o r e -
f r e s h m e n t a n d sleep u n t i l after t h a t fund is a b a n k a b l e entity.
A m o n g t h e decisions passed u p o n b y t h e Jurisprudence Committee,
w e find t h i s : " A l o d g e m a y a c c o r d m a s o n i c burial t o o n e u n d e r s u s -
pension for n o n - p a y m e n t of dues, a g a i n s t w h o m n o o t h e r offense h a s
been established." ( C o n s t i t u t i o n , P a r t V, Article I I , Section 5; Manual,
Section 608.)
W e h a v e k n o w n t h a t t o b e d o n e i n K a n s a s w i t h o u t a n y Constitu-
tional provision to b a c k it.
U n d e r t h e h e a d of " C l a n d e s t i n e M a s o n r y , " G r a n d Master L A W L E R
well s a y s :
Like most things of base conception, they have, upon being brought to the
light, languished; and, languishing, will soon die. The promoters are frauds and
adventurers, compared to whom Benedict Arnold might bereckoned a patriot and
Judas Iscariot a Christian martyr. They and their efforts have been treated with
that silent contempt which was their due; and, while we have been advised that, in
a few instances, innocent and unsuspecting men have been imposed upon, paying
money for so-called initiation'under what must have been false pretenses, in the main
it is not believed that their efforts have entitled them to serious consideration.
T h e G r a n d Master t r a v e l e d c o n t i n u o u s l y for t h i r t y days m a k i n g

visitations, a n d w a s able t o visit only o n e - t h i r d of t h e lodges in t h e
jurisdiction. E v e n t h a t little j a u n t h a d a v e r y intoxicating effect o n
h i m , as witness t h e following:
Strong as is the temptation to do so, to detail our experience would unduly
prolong this document. To enjoy, however, for tour weeks continuously, the beauties
of our great State, and at the same time the open-hearted hospitality of the Masons
within her borders, is an experience which will always be recalled with pleasure and
gratification. To a Calitomian, no ocean is so beautiful as the great Pacific, whether
It be rolling with regular and rhythmic precision its lines of foam upon the sands of
San Diego, or dashing with resistless force against the cliffs of Mendicino; no flowers
BO beautiful as those which carpet bur valleys and crown our hill-tops; no mountains
so magnificent as our rugged Coast Range and towering Sierra Nevadas, upon whose
beads there rests the crown of ever-present snow, and down whose sides there dance
the myriad streams of crystal fluid which is the life-blood of our State.
These are the gifts of Nature and of Nature's GOD, and as one who
has broken bread with those who live along and sail that ocean; who contemplate
and enjoy association with those flowers, or delve into and take the precious metals
I90g-I0. COnRESPONPENCE.— CALIFORNIA., 13
from those mountains, a,nd harness and distribute the energy-producing and Ufe-
givlrig products of those streams; and with others yet who throng the busy thorough-
fares of our great municipal centers, where throb and pulsate the arteries of com-
mercial enterpnses, I can testify that.they.are.Nature's Noblemen, and the noblest
of GOD'S creatures. . .
We n o t e a decision b a s e d u p o n a K a n s a s dijnit, as follows: . " A

"Mason holding a d i m i t t w e l v e y e a r s old from a K a n s a s lodge occupies
" t h e p o s i t i o n o f a M a s o n s u s p e n d e d for n o n - p a y m e n t of dues, a n d is n o t
"entitled t o visit a lodge in California," wa^ held b y t h e Jurisprudence
C o m m i t t e e t o be erroneous, unless such Mason h a d resided in Cali-
fornia for six m o n t h s a n d h a d failed t o m a k e application for m e m b e r -
s h i p t o s o m e lodge in California. In -this case t h e papers filed w i t h t h e
decision showed he h a d j u s t a r r i v e d from N e v a d a , a n d h a d h o t lived
in California six m o n t h s . . . " , .
A special Memorial Service in h o n o r of P a s t .Grand Master G I L B E E T
B. CLAIBORNE, P a s t D e p u t y G r a n d M a s t e r R. H . LLOYD, a n d P a s t
J u n i o r G r a n d ' Wa.rdeh' J A C O B H . NBrp, w a s held. An invocation b y
t h e G r a n d Chaplain, niusic b y a q u a r t e t , a n d a n address b y Grand C h a p -
lain B A K E R on t h e lessons- of t h e lives a n d .characters of Bros.- C L A I -
B O R N E a n d LLOYD, emphasizing t h e c e n t r a l t h o u g h t of his discourse
t h a t those men stood for t h e b e s t aristbcracy—^that of character. The
G r a n d Organist, S A M U E L D., M A Y E R , forty-one years in d u t y as G r a n d
organist, assisted b y t h e choir, t h e n s a n g " T h e y ' r e Gathering H o m e -
ward." • •• • • • • .•
M.'. W.'. EDMtjND'C. AT:ÎNSON, t h e n delivered a beautiful t r i b u t e
t o P a s t G r a n d J u n i o r W a r d e n N E P P , w h i c h was followed b y " G o o d
N i g h t ^ I Am Going H o m e , " b y t h e choir, a n d t h e Benediction b y t h e
G r a n d Chaplain closed t h e services. P a s t G r a n d Master A T K I N S O N
t h e n presented to G r a n d Lodge w i t h t h e c o m p l i m e n t s of Bro. H E N R Y
DiSQUE a splendid oil p o r t r a i t of B r o . NEfF. "• ' .
Pacific Lodge of Honolulu, b y u n a n i m o u s vote; expressed a desire
t o surrender-its Scottish c h a r t e r a n d c o i n e ' u n d e r t h e G r a n d Jurisdic-
tion of California.. T h e C o m m i t t e e on J u r i s p r u d e n c e , to w h o m i t
was referred, reported t h a t t w e l v e or m o r e o f t h e s e b r e t h r e n could or-
ganize a new l o d g e ' a t a n y t i m e b y a p p l y i n g t o t h e Gralnd Master for a
dispensation. ' ' •
P r i n t e d copies of t h e r e p o r t of t h e C o m m i t t e e o n Correspondence
h a v i n g been supplied t o t h e m e m b e r s p r e s e n t , i t was accepited w i t h o u t
reading.
A lodge hall h a v i n g ' b e e n d e s t r o y e d b y fire, t h e b r e t h r e n peti-
tioned for a dispensation t o hold lodge o n t h e brow of a hill a half mile
d i s t a n t . T h e C o m m i t t e e on J u r i s p r u d e n c e did n o t s a y so,'but we h a v e
a n idea t h a t possibly t h e y h a d seen t h e picture' of t h e Kansas lodge
w i t h its ferocious c a v a l r y tyling in t h e ' b r u s h on t h e ' t o p of a high hiU in
pioneer d a y s ; a n d t u r n e d t h e proposition down, telling t h e b r e t h r e n " g o
a n d — b u U d a h a l l , " or words t o t h a t efifect.
An admirable a d d r e s s — t h e a n n u a l o r a t i o n — w a s delivered b y
14 CORRESPONDENCE—CALIFORNIA. February,
W . \ B E N J A M I N F . B L E D S O E . W e find i t h a r d t o detach a p a r t w i t h o u t
i n j u r y t o t h e p a r t , a s well a s t h e whole; b u t h e r e is a n e x t r a c t :
Temples such as those our Ancient Brethren contrived to erect, beautiful and
artistic though they were, were but cold and inanimate objects whose existence was
but ephemeral. The living temples which it is our province to adorn are warmed
by the breath of the Eternal Spirit, which will never perish. On yesterday we
wended our way to the site of the new Scottish Rite Temple in this city and wit-
nessed the solemn and inspiring ceremonies whereby its comer-stone was lowered
into place; in a short while the Craft of our entire great State will unite in the erect-
ing of a new home for this Grand Lodge and its kindred bodies. The architectural
splendor of these well proportioned edifices soon-to-be will no doubt bespeak the
praise of men throughout all time to come_. The grandeur of the Temple of Solomon
on Mount Moriah, never excelled by human effort, a thing of the past though it is,
has been the theme and admiration of all successive ages. -- But the most enduring
grandeur, next to that which flows from the Almighty throne itself, is the grandeur
of a noble and well-spent life, wrapping itself in benediction round the destinies of
its fellowmen and finally reaching its eternal home in the blessed bosom of the ever-
lasting GOD. •
Tradition tells us that when Cornelia, thejnoble Roman matron, was called
upon to exhibit her most precious possessions, she pointed to her two sturdy sons,
known in history as the Gracchi, the Tribunes of the people, who gave their lives
"that Rome might .not .perish, and. proudly-said, I'These are my jewels."
Let it be our constant endeavor, my brothers, so to live and act as operative
Masons that when called upon to render an account of our stewardship to our Su-
preme Grand Master above, we rnay point with pride not only to the halls and temples
and similar edifices erected under our direction and supervision, but also to a galaxy
of men—noble men—whose hearts have been caused to respond to the eternal truths,
whose tongues have been taught to proclaim the living principles, and whose hands
have been guided to perform the glorious deeds that go to make up practical, opera-
tive Fraternity.
A t r i a l of a M a s o n — a n a g e n t for a masonic paraphernalia s u p p l y
c o n c e r n — d e m o n s t r a t e d t h e fact t h a t a bill of goods costing a C h a p t e r
$987.95, w a s l i q u i d a t e d b y a n a c t u a l p a y m e n t t o h i m a n d t h e com-
p a n y of $750.75. A n o t h e r bill r e n d e r e d for-$1862.25, for which ,he-
receipted, t h e a m o u n t a c t u a l l y received b y h i m w a s $1401.00. T h e
• a g e n t w a s t r i e d for false r e p r e s e n t a t i o n s . T h e agent w a s a c q u i t t e d , '
b u t t h e local m e m b e r w h e r e t h e m o n e y is supposed to h a v e been
s t o p p e d i n t r a n s i t does n o t s e e m t o h a v e been tried; $461.25 seems
t o b e a p r e t t y large comriiission t o a local m e m b e r on a n $1862.25 p u r -
chase. If t h e r e is a long bill r e n d e r e d containing a 25 per cent, b o n u s
t o a local grafter, i t would s e e m t h a t t h e " M a s o n i c " supply c o m p a n y ' s
m a r g i n of profit w a s sufficient for a f u r t h e r r e b a t e to its " M a s o n i c "
customer.
C h a r t e r s were g r a n t e d for six n e w lodges.
T h e R e p o r t on Correspondence is b y P a s t Grand Master E D W A R D
H . H A E T , covers 2 0 0 pages, a n d a s f a r as o u r " d i s c e r n a t i o n " goes, is
t h e work of one long a c c u s t o m e d t o t a s k s of like character.
U n d e r " A l a b a m a , " w h e r e t h e b r e t h r e n h a v e laid aside t h e Jewish
half-sheckel idea, in favor of t h e progressive idea of t r u ^ masonic love,
involved i n t h e building a n d m a i n t e n a n c e of a Masonic H o m e , B r o .
H A R T t a k e s t h e l a t t e r as a t e x t for a good, strong, vigorous hopiily i n
s u p p o r t of t h e " p r o g r e s s i v e s c i e n c e " theory, giving t h e A l a b a m a
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brethren a warming up, by telling them of California's loyalty in the

same cause.
Under "Indiana" (open territory for missionary effort) he touch-
ingly alludes to the Home as follows: "Bro. MCDONALD is not a friend
'of the Masonic Home proposition (Indiana's hope in this direction is
'yet to be realized), because his knowledge of Masonic homes, like
'that of the ancient maiden lady concerning the marriage relation,
'which she declared to be a failure, is based upon 'information and
'belief.' With a deeper insight, born of actual experience, he will
'see the grandeur and the beauty and the glory of the greatest of all
'our Grand Lodge charities."
When Brother HART gets down to a reviev/ of Kansas, his first
excerpt, taken from Grand Master MASON'S address, is the one that
has attracted the attention of all the reviewers, and which tells the
Kansas Home story in fewer words, and better than it has ever been
told, and which begins, "The cap sheaf of Masonic achievement in
"this State, its crowning glory, is the Fraternity's Home here in Wich-
ita." A complete synopsis of the Grand Master's address is given, the
decisions cited, and one given in full.
Of Brother COLE'S oration he comments: "Development of the
soul within, the expansion of the Divine touch received at birth from
the finger tips of the Almighty, is evidently the essence of the com-
mand, "Let there be light."
"The orator truly observes" is his preface to an excellent ex-
cerpt. The work of the Correspondence Committee is so highly com-
plimented that innate modesty of the Chairman will not permit
an excerpt. We content ourself with a hearty welcome to the new cor-
respondent and tender our consideration and esteem.
M.'.W.-. W. FRANK PIERCE, Grand Master
R..W.". JOHN WHICHER, Grand Secretary.
P.'.G.'.M.-. EDWARD H . HART, Correspondent.
Next Annual at San Francisco, October 11, 1910.
CANADA, ONTARIO — 1909.

The volume opens to a fine portrait of Grand Master DANIEL
FRAZER MACWATT, arrayed in the "garments," as they used to be
termed in the province of Detroit, and in the stunning regalia befitting
the rank and office of Grand Master in Canada. Our Most Worship-
ful Brother looks every inch the Ruler, and we opine from his work
on committee that our Canadian brethren are proud of him.
A number of Especial Communications for laying corner-stones
were held by Grand Lodge.
The address of Grand Master A. T. FREED is an able one. It shows
that our Canadian brethren contributed promptly and generously to
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the earthquake sufferers in Italy^ An acknowledgment from the

Grand Master of Italian Masonry appears in the record. It is highly
grateful and complimentary. Grand Master FREED is "formerly of
Kansas." . .
The Grand Master thought that the use of lodge rooms could not
be permitted, to Eastern Star ladies, and the Special Committee on
Grand Master's Address affirmed his position, for the reason that they
"could not be used by bodies other than masonic." Only a question
of time, brethren, until you come to it. Under "Iowa" read what
Grand Master MARTIN says on. this topic. Past Grand Master. J. R.
ROBINSON received a cordial vote of thanks for his characteristic gen-
erosity in presenting a full set of inasonio clothing for the use of all
officers of Grand Lodge.
A beautiful report on our Fraternal Dead was presented by Dep-
uty Grand Master D. F. MAC WATT and read by Bro. H. T. SMITH.
The Report on Correspondence by Bro. HENRY ROBERTSON be-
gins with an interesting account of Masonry in Russia, from which
we .take the following notes: He says: "The orthodox party of
"the Greek Church were its enemies, and their methods of persecution
"differ but little from those of the Clerical party in Roman Catholic
"countries.". The first Lodge organized in Russia was in the reign of
CATHERINE .the Second, Marc.h_27, 1771. The prime mover was a Ger-
man, Brother VON REICHELL, the principal" of the National Military
School. In_1777 there.were eighteen lodges working under the Pro-
vincial Grand Lodge o.f St. Petersburg, according to the Swedo-Berlin
System. In 1794 Empress. CATHERINE closed the lodges by decree. In
1810, under Alexander I., official recognition and confirmation was
given to lodges. Then ensued a,,revival, and in ten years there were,
thirty-one lodges. In August, 1822, an edict closed them all,-and they
have not since been opened.
The Kansas volume for.1909 was drawn upon heavily. . The open-
ing of Grand Master H. F. MASON'S address is taken bodily. Our
Special Report recognizing Saskatchewan and Western' Australia,
he says, "contains an able dissertation on Grand Lodge sovereignty".
The conclusion of our general report is taken, making in all over
two pages of excerpts.
Under "Mississippi" we find a complete history of the Mississippi
secession from New Jersey, which.he comments upon significantly, as
follows: "This matter was referred to a Special Committee, who are
'presumably still considering, as they made no report at this session.
'There are many other regular lodges in the world having negro mem-
'bers, and that Committee might make some inquiries of the Grand
'Lodge of England as to their lodges in the West Indies." The point
is well taken! We rise also to suggest that they heave Scotland over
into the rubbish heap for instituting that negro lodge in an American
jurisdiction—in Panama. • Under "Montana" he says of CORNELIUS
HODGES, Sr.: . "The death of their Grand Secretary removes a promi-
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''nent figure from Masonic circles. He was a man of wide attainment,

"and his reports were of the best quality. He will be greatly missed,
"and his memory will long be cherished by his Masonic brethren."
A valuable and comprehensive "Report of the Board of the Con-
dition of Masonry," was presented by Deputy Grand Master D. F;
MAC WATT, which is based upon a summing-up of t h e reports of t h e
District Deputy Grand Masters of the Jurisdiction. Under the topics,
"The Work," "Material," "Harmony," "Finances," "Secretaries,"
"Insurance." "Lodges of Instruction," "Benevolences," "Semi-
centennial Fund," and "Church," a complete showing is made of t h e
Masonic Condition. We think the system well worthy of adoption
by all Grand Lodges that have adopted t h e Deputy Grand Master's
method of inspection and instruction.
M.-. W.-. DANIEL P. MACWATT, Grand Master.
R.-. W.-. R. L. GtJNN, Grand Secretary.
HENKY ROBERTSON, Correspondent.
Next Annual at Belleville, July 21, 1910.
COLORADO — 1909.
Fourteen Special Communications of Grand Lodge for purpose
of Constitution, Consecration or Laying corner-stones were held.
Grand Master JOHN B . HAFFY in the Grand East,
A portrait and biographical sketch of the incoming Grand Master,
GEORGE W . MUSSER, precede the record of Grand Lodge Proceedings.
M.'. W.'. Bro. MUSSER was born in California, educated in Indiana, mar-
ried in Illinois and is Judge of the Supreme Court of Colorado. [Twenty-
three Past Grand Masters answered to roll-call. The address of Grand
Master HAFFT is a faithful presentation of the prosperity and harmony
that prevailed in t h e jurisdiction during his administration. Bro.
GREBNLBAF'S Report on Necrology records the great loss sustained
by the jurisdiction in the death of Grand Lecturer MBLVUST EDWARDS,
who was Grand Orator at the previous Communication, and whose
address on that occasion was of such singular form and beauty that we
took it in its entirety for our Kansas readers.
Grand Orator WILLIAM S. PICKBRILL delivered a choice and con-
cise address. The question of liquor legislation was referred to t h e
Committee on Jurisprudence, to report next year, "such legislation
and recommendations as in their judgment may seem best." A com-
mittee of seven, with Grand Master as Chairman, was appointed to
carry out in a fitting manner the celebration of the Grand Lodge's
Fiftieth Annual Comndunication. Past Grand Master HAFFY, imme-
diately after installation of his successor, was appropriately jeweled
by Past Grand Master JOSEPH A. DAVIS, after a fitting address.
Past Grand Master LAWRENCE N . GREBNLEAF furnishes his
twenty-fifth Report on Correspondence. The review of Kansas for
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1909 is very complete, as well as complimentary. He considers a t

length Grand Master MASON'S "Taxation of Lodge Property and
Masonic Home," giving a history of the matters at issue, and copying
what Bro. MASON said in regard to an appeal to the Supreme Court.
He also excerpts the three decisions, and what Grand Master MASON
said about "Chain Letters." He comments thus: "Bro. ELBIOK
C. CODE, Grand Orator, took for his theme t h e old subject, 'Let There
Be Light,' which he handled in a most interesting way, with some new
and apt Illustrations."
Our remarks upon the rights of lodges, and Grand Lodge paternal-
ism, raising "his contributions on the same topic, are copied in full with-
out dissent. '
As a conclusion to his able review, Bro. GBBENLEAF takes a gen-
eral survey of the masonic world weU worthy of reproduction here, b u t
which we omit, giving preference to a poetic gem, the product of his
heart, mind and hand, which we believe will command the highest.
admiration of all who read it:
THE PERFECT WORK AND TRUE. . '

The tracings on the trestleboard
Of angle, curve and line.
With figures plain or intricate,
All form one grand design.
But ere the temple stands complete,
Resplendent to the view,
' " There must be wrought with patient toil
• The perfect work and true.
There must be laid foundations deep.
There must be walls secure, •• '
-. -.* ".- . , , - With stone..to stone so deftly joined, _ .,. ,. _ _ , _ ,_ . ,
Time tested—they endure.
From vaulted depth to turret tall.
Outlined against the blue,
In hidden nook or sculptured front—-
The perfect work and true.
Such was the temple famed of old.
Which crowned Moriah's height.
Whose story in tradition lives
Among the Sons of Light.
And such, today, cathedrals grand
In lands the Craftsmen knew,
Whose wondrous art still sheds its glow
In perfect work and true.
Such faithful toil—what meaneth it.
With never sign of slight.
From solid base to pinnacle.
In view, or out of sight?
They had an Holy House to build,
A glorious task to do,
To shape 'neath God's all-seeing eye
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We have an Holy House to build,

With love its corner-stone,
'Tis built ot deeds for human needs,
• With acts of kindness shown.
Within the heart our mystic art
Steadfastly we pursue,
Till stands revealed by virtue's square,
M B L V I N E D W A R D S , G r a n d Orator a n d G r a n d L e o t u m r
"Life's struggle is now ended, and in the light
Ineffable may he have found rest, and a joyous awakening
M.-. W.-. G E O R G E W . M U S S E R , G r a n d Master.

R.'. W.'., C H A R L E S H . JACOBSON, G r a n d S e c r e t a r y .
P.-. G.\ M.'. L A W R E N C E N . GREENLEAF, Correspondent.
N e x t A n n u a l a t Denver, September 28, 1910.
CONNECTICUT — 1909.
E m e r g e n t C o m m u n i c a t i o n s were held a t Stamford F e b r u a r y 2 4
1908, for burial of P.-. G.-. M.-. D W I G H T W A U G H ; a t D e r b y J u n e 19,
1908, for funeral of M.". W . \ B r o . J O H N H . B A R L O W , a n d a t Hartford
October 8, 1908, for l a y i n g t h e final stone of H a r t f o r d bridge.
T h e l a s t e v e n t w a s graced b y t h e presence of M . \ W . \ B r o . W M .
L. CHATTBBTON, G r a n d Master of Masons in R h o d e I s l a n d a n d t h e
p l a n t a t i o n of P r o v i d e n c e , a n d five P a s t G r a n d Masters of C o n n e c t i c u t .
Two pages of t h e v o l u m e a r e devoted t o a list of t h e valuables placed
in t h e b o x u n d e r t h e final stone. A m o n g t h e m w e n o t e t h e following:
P o r t r a i t s of t h i r t e e n P a s t G r a n d Masters; G r a n d Lodge Proceedings
for 1 9 0 5 - 6 - 7 a n d 1908; copies of t h e Courant, Times, a n d Post of
H a r t f o r d ; p o r t r a i t of S e n a t o r M. G. B U C K E L E Y , P r e s i d e n t of t h e B r i d g e
Commission, a n d a silk U n i t e d States flag containing forty-six star's.
T h e e v e n t w a s a g r e a t one for t h e Masons of Connecticut, t h o u -
sands of Masons being in a t t e n d a n c e ; every Lodge in t h e S t a t e b u t t w o
being r e p r e s e n t e d , a n d nearly all largely r e p r e s e n t e d — t h e line of p a -
r a d e being m o r e t h a n t w o miles in length.
F u r t h e r E m e r g e n t Communications were held, as follows: O n e a t
N a u g a t u c k t o d e d i c a t e a n e w Masonic haU, a n d one a t W a s h i n g t o n t o
l a y a corner-stone—of w h a t , t h e record, fails to disclose.
T h e o n e h u n d r e d a n d twenty-first A n n u a l C o m m u n i c a t i o n of
G r a n d Lodge w a s held a t N e w H a v e n , J a n u a r y 20, 1909. G r a n d
Master E . E . F U L L E R i n t h e G r a n d E a s t . T e n P a ^ t G r a n d M a s t e r s
were p r e s e n t ; also R.-. W . ' . B r o . ISAIAH B A K E R , jr., t h e K a n s a s Pleni-
p o t e n t i a r y . O n l y o n e lodge Was n o t represented. M.". W.-. B r o . H A M -
ILTON W A L L A C E , P a s t G r a n d Master of New Jersey, w a s received w i t h
t h e c u s t o m a r y G r a n d H o n o r s . G r a n d Master F U L L E R said t h i s of
20 CORRESPONVENCE—CONNECTICUT. February,
the lamented JOHN H . BARLOW: " B r o . B A R L O W w a s a m a n of d e e p a n d

e a r n e s t religious faith, w h o m a d e his belief a p a r t of his daily walk
in life. Genial i n t e m p e r a m e n t a n d q u i e t i n d e m e a n o r , w i t h a sincere
a n d p l e a s a n t g r e e t i n g for all, h e m a d e a n d r e t a i n e d a h o s t of friends
w h o will h o l d h i m i n grateful m e m o r y a s a t r u e m a n a n d Mason, a n d
o n e w h o lived u p t o t h e high teaching of t h e O r d e r a n d t h e principles
o n which i t is founded.
G r a n d M a s t e r F U L L E R "visited a n d a d d r e s s e d t h e Y a l e Masonic
Club of Y a l e U n i v e r s i t y . T h e m e m b e r s h i p of t h e club e m b r a c e s a n y
Y a l e m a n , w h e t h e r a n u n d e r - g r a d u a t e , a n alumnus, or a n y m e m b e r of
t h e F a c u l t y o r corps of i n s t r u c t o r s , w h o is a Mason. T h e object of t h e
Club is t o perfect t h e m s e l v e s in Masonry a n d p r o m o t e sociability a n d
good-fellowship a m o n g t h e m e m b e r s . T h e r e a r e a t t h e p r e s e n t t i m e
s o m e s i x t y m e m b e r s , e m b r a c i n g Masons from n e a r l y every S t a t e a n d
Territory in t h e Union."
R e p r o d u c t i o n is m a d e in t h e G r a n d M a s t e r ' s address of a n a d -
v e r t i s e m e n t i n a N e w H a v e n paper calling for suckers w h o w a n t e d
Masonic degrees a t r e d u c e d r a t e s b y w a y of t h e clandestine r o u t e .
T h e G r a n d Lodge d i d n o t deem t h e m a t t e r w o r t h y of consideration
or notice.
A g r o u p p i c t u r e of t h e G r a n d Lodge officers for 1908 a p p e a r s i n
the volume. P o r t r a i t s of P a s t G r a n d M a s t e r s J O H N H . B A R L O W ,
DwiGHT W A T J G H a n d J A M E S L E W I S G O U L D a p p e a r o n t h e o b i t u a r y
pages.
Thfe following prefaces . t h e R e p o r t o n Correspondence: " I n t h e

person of B r o . B A R L O W t h e Craft loses o n e of i t s m o s t enlightened
y e t t h e m o s t conservative of masonic w r i t e r s . H e w a s able a n d
clea.r-headed, a n d his p e n never r u n g o u t a false n o t e . "
I n l o v i n g m e m o r y of M.'. W . \ J O H N H E N R Y B A R L O W , w h o for four-
t e e n years reviewed t h e Proceedings a n d w r o t e w i t h unfeigned w i s d o m
t h e s e pages of F r a t e r n a l Correspondence.
H e fell asleep J u n e 16, 1908, full of years a n d crowned w i t h
honors. .^^_^^_^^^^
I t is h a r d for his B r o t h e r Correspondents t o realize t h a t t h e r e h a s

gone o u t from e a r t h l y life t h e gentle a n d loving personality k n o w n t o
his b r e t h r e n as J O H N H . B A R L O W .
E v e r y m a n h a s a world of his o w n , peopled in g r o u p s a r r a n g e d
according t o his special classification. W h i l e i t is a far c r y from Con-
n e c t i c u t t o K a n s a s , w e h a v e always felt t h a t J O H N H . B A R L O W w a s i n
o u r m u n d a n e vicinage. W e h a v e h a d n o t o n l y a sense of s p i r i t u a l
accord w i t h t h e t h o u g h t a n d u t t e r a n c e e m a n a t i n g from o u r b r o t h e r ,
b u t n e i g h b o r l y association as well.
T h e r e w a s a r a r e sweetness i n his life t h a t w a s i n perfect h a r m o n y
w i t h t h e t h o u g h t conveyed i n his w r i t t e n w o r d . T h e a b o v e expression,
" u n f e i g n e d w i s d o m " fitted h i m well, t h o u g h i n c o m p l e t e ; i n B r o . B A R -
1909-10. CORRESPONDENCE—CUBA. 21
LOW wisdom, courtesy and love combined in a rare product, always

fragrant with the perfume of a spotless life.
Past Grand Master FRANK W . HAVENS succeeds Bro. BABIÔW as
Correspondence Reviewer, the volume under review containing his
first report, he giving credit to his predecessor for half a dozen of the
reviews of jurisdiction in the report. Kansas for 1908 is reviewed,
what Grand Master WELLINGTON said about the Masonic Home in
regard to maintenance and Home family is copied, as also the regula-
tion adopted concerning salaries.
The essential questions from our report on recognition are ex-
cerpted, as well as copious extracts from the Kansas General Corre-
spondence Report, from the introduction, reply to Bro. S.MITH of British
Columbia on Mexican Masonry, and from our review of Mexico.
We welcome our M.-. W.-. Bro. HAVENS to his new duty as
Correspondent and trust that he may attain a like high place in t h e
regards of his brother reviewers to that held by his predecessor.
M.-. W.-. WESTON G . GRANNLSS, Grand Master.
P.'. G.'. M.-. FRANK W . HAVENS, Grand Secretary.
P.-. G.'. M.-. FRANK W . HAVENS, Correspondent.
Next Annual January 19, 1910, at Hartford.
CUBA — 1908-1909.
By the courtesy of Grand Secretary WILSON, who brought with
him from Habana a copy of the last Proceedings of the Grand Lodge
of Cuba, we are enabled to make a hurried and brief review in time to
have it take its place and form part of this report.
Tt is impossible to excerpt from, and at the same time do justice
to, the excellent address of Grand Master FAJARDO. I t should be read
as a whole to get an approximate idea of what Liberty means to a loyal
Cuban, and the extent of the devotion Cuban Masons have for Masonry.
In opening he says:
"To-day, more than ever, should the beautiful words well known
{'to you all, 'Glory to GOD in the Highest, on earth peace and good will
"towards men,' issue from our lips; because these would give t h e
"most exact and opportune expression to the sentiments which gov-
"ern us all.
"The past year has been full of severe tests, not only for the Cuban
"people, for our beloved Country, which we should place above aU,
"but also for that Masonic Association which all we here gathered to-
"gether so heartily love.
"In spite of all, however, in this solemn moment when we, t h e
"Masons of Cuba, meet for the fiftieth time during our national exist-
f'ence, t o commence a new journey in the way of the Institution, all
22 CORRESPONDENCE—CUBA. February,
"seems b r i g h t as citizens of a free c o u n t r y a n d a s m e m b e r s of t h e g r e a t

"Masonic family."
Referring t o t h e fact t h a t n o t w i t h s t a n d i n g their political contests
" t h e r e h a s n o t been a single case of e n m i t y , o r even of b a d feeling i n
" o u r lodges, or i n t h e friendship of o u r b r e t h r e n ; which proves t h a t
" t h a t v i r t u e which is a n d should b e considered t h e first a m o n g Masons
" a n d which I h a v e so r e c o m m e n d e d in m y writings, h a s prevailed;
" T o l e r a n c e , w h i c h impels a n d compels u s t o respect opinions of o t h e r s ,
" a n d t o believe t h a t , however m u c h they- m a y differ from o u r own,
" t h e y a r e a l w a y s inspired b y s e n t i m e n t s of sincerity a n d honor "
" M a s o n r y is a cult of tolerance a n d progress. I t s mission is t o
" s w e e t e n life, building, never demolishing. I t s l a b o r is n o t only t o
" p r e a c h b r o t h e r l y love, b u t t o s p r e a d ' t h e Light, toi'dissipate t h e shad-
" o w s of i g n o r a n c e a n d s u p e r s t i t i o n . "
" T h e p r a c t i c e of Tolerance affirms in us t h e belief t h a t none of u s
" s h o u l d consider himself wiser, m o r e v i r t u o u s n o r w o r t h i e r t h a n t h e
" r e s t ; t h a t w e should believe t h a t all w h o h a v e t a k e n t h e solemn o b -
" l i g a t i o n before t h e a l t a r of our T e m p l e s a r e equally v i r t u o u s , equally
" i n t e l l i g e n t a n d equally h o n e s t . "
H i s record of Masonic feasts a n d festivals of n e w lodges a n d of
lodges r e v i v e d indicates t h a t e n t h u s i a s m p e r v a d e s t h e lodges a n d b r e t h -
ren, a n d t h a t progress is t h e w a t c h w o r d of t h e d a y in Cuba.
H e r e c o m m e n d s as o n e of t h e c o n t r i b u t i o n s t o t h e i r semi-centen-
nial (in 1909) " t h e d r a w i n g u p b y c o m p e t e n t b r e t h r e n of a detailed
" n o t e o n o u r Masonry since 1859, in w h i c h w e could show t o Masons
" a n d profanes t h e brilliant history of t h e l e g i t i m a t e C u b a n Masonry,
" t h e difficulties i t h a d t o overcome t o o b t a i n i t s C o n s t i t u t i o n in Santi-
" a g o d e C u b a , t h e dangers i t e n c o u n t e r e d , t h e infamous persecutions
"of which i t was a victim, incurred b y m a n y of o u r b r e t h r e n , t h e glori-
" o u s b o d y of m a r t y r s of t h e c o u n t r y , a n d t h e suprerhe efforts realized
" b y all in order t o a r r i v e a t t h e b r i l l i a n t s t a t e in w h i c h w e n o w find
" o u r s e l v e s . T h e divulgation of t h i s h i s t o r y will b e t h e strongest
" a r g u m e n t w e could offer t o s u s t a i n t h e g o o d relationship which this
" G r a n d L o d g e sustains t o d a y w i t h all r e g u l a r Masonic powers t h r o u g h -
" o u t t h e globe."
After s p e a k i n g of t h e g r e a t v a l u e d e r i v e d from t h e extension of
Foreign R e l a t i o n s he p a y s a high t r i b u t e t o o u r v e r y l e a r n e d a n d w o r t h y
Bro. RoDsiGUEZ, which is well d e s e r v e d , in t h e following: " A n d w i t h
" p r i d e w e c a n assure t h a t t h e G r a n d L o d g e of t h e I s l a n d of C u b a is a t
" t h e v a n g u a r d i n t h i s order of labor. All d u e t o t h e meritorious R.'.
" W . ' . B r o . F R A N C I S C O D B P . R O D R I G U E Z , P r e s i d e n t of t h e C o m m i t t e e
"for Foreign Affairs. I v e n t u r e t o s t a t e t h a t i n n o G r a n d Lodge of
" t h e world could a b r o t h e r b e found m o r e intelligent or m o r e e n t h u s i -
" a s t i c i n t h e s t u d y of Masonry t h a n o u r R.-. W . ' . B r o . R O D R I G U E Z . "
B r o t h e r W I L L I A M H . T A F T a n d t h e n e w P r e s i d e n t of t h e Cuban
R e p u b l i c a r e joined in personal tributeB a s b r e t h r e n of t h e Masonic
Institution.
igog-io. CORRESPONDENCE— OvBA. ' 23
In his conclusion Brother FAJARDO begs his brethren "to join him
"whole heartedly to raise Cuban Masonry to the height to which it is
"entitled from its history, from the culture of the society in which it
"lives, and from the altruistic and generous sentiments with which its
"loyal defenders are inspired."
In the opening of his Report on Correspondence R.'. W.". Bro. F.
D E P . RODRIGUEZ refers tenderly to the many distinguished Masons
of the world who during the year have been called to meet death.
Discussing American topics he speaks of "The question of the
"races, the everlasting, gnawing worm of the American people, with
"its resultant torment to Masonry; the cause of differences of those
"brethren, as well as differences of opinion in other matters, causes of
"difficulty to them even as the liberalism of Arguelles has been against
"the Columns of Hercules, even so that of the neighbors of the Union
"has been against the bogey Negro. Lately the American Grand
"Lodges suspended their relations with the State of Washington be-
"cause that State was about to acknowledge a colored Grand Lodge;
"to-day Mississippi quarrels with New Jersey because it has one lodge
"composed wholly of individuals of color.
"The truth is there is much apathy in the charge, for it can not
"be denied on the part of Mississippi that it has no other cause and t h a t
"it has long known and was thoroughly acquainted with the existence
"of the lodge Alpha No. 166, which is very ancient.
"But yet that yonder is a little matter. In the zone of the Panama
"Canal are two lodges depending upon the Grand Lodge of Scotland,
"one composed entirely of Americans, Thistle No. 1013, and the other
"which has constituents of color. Sojourners No. 784. These neither
"communicate nor visit for that cause. May the Grand Architect of
"the universe enlighten and change these brethren concerning the
"truth."
Kansas for 1908 is reviewed thoroughly by Bro. RODRIGUEZ,
half of the review being devoted to the address of Grand Master W E L -
LINGTON, of which as well as the entire proceedings an excellent synop-
sis is given.
The address of "Et muy conocido y erudito hermano," (which, with
his name attached, means the Kansas Correspondent) is pronounced
excell ente, and of part of which he says, "With respect to the motive
"actuating the British Grand Lodges toward Queensland, Australia,
"he enlarges very considerably upon the considerations governing as
"to the right of a Grand Lodge to grant autonomous 'Uberty to an-
"other," and then says: "He is right and quite right. The Uberty
"is an innate right and not a concession." We are glad to have such
hearty endorsement from our distinguished brother, whose opinion is
highly considered by the best Masonic writers of the world. He says
further of the Kansas review: "Cuba is given good space and he re-
views carefully aU our sessions, praising highly our Grand Master on
24 • CORSESPONDBNCE—DELAWARE. February,
a c c o u n t of his address; likewise i n v e r y good expressions, which h e h a s

w r i t t e n , for which w e a r e all grateful, wishing t h e highest success for
his G r a n d L o d g e . "
CALIXTO FAJARDO Y ROSBLLO, Grand Master.
CARLOS G . CHARLES Y H U N T E R , Grand Secretary.
FRANCISCO D E P . RODRIGUEZ, Correspondent.
N e x t A n n u a l a t H a b a n a , M a r c h 27, 1910.
D E L A W A R E — 1908.
T h i r t e e n P a s t G r a n d M a s t e r s graced t h e G r a n d E a s t as M.-. W . - .
T H O M A S J. D A Y , Grand Master,' o p e n e d G r a n d Lodge. T h e a d d r e s s
of G r a n d Master D A T is a plain, p r a c t i c a l exposition of Masonry in h i s
jurisdiction a s i t has seemed t o h i m from his official view-point. W h a t
he said t o h i s b r e t h r e n on social conditions w a s well w o r t h y of their
consideration.
T h e G r a n d Lodge a t one fell s w o o p a d o r n e d nineteen P a s t G r a n d
M a s t e r s w i t h aprons a t a t o t a l o u t l a y of One H u n d r e d a n d Thirty-four
D o l l a r s . T h a t looks like a " r e b a t e " from s y n d i c a t e prices. E a c h
' P a s t G r a n d Master is also m a d e t h e recipient of-a P a s t G r a n d Master's
.jewel.
T h e R e p o r t on Correspondence b y R . ' . W . ' . Bro. L. H . J A C K S O N
^shows t h a t his condenser is still in good w o r k i n g order, in fact d o w n t o
s u c h a fine p o i n t t h a t we c a n h a r d l y find r o o m for our scissors. U n d e r
' ' A r k a n s a s , " however, we find he h a s m a d e a clipping from G r a n d O r a t o r .
C H A S T A I N of a very interesting b i t of A m e r i c a n Colonial history, which
is good e n o u g h t o t a k e second h a n d — h e r e i t is:
"When the delegates of our thirteen original colonies assembled in Fanenil
Hal fto pass on the resolution to cut loose from the Old Country in the search for
liberty and peace under western stars, JOHN MOKTON was the man who untied the con-
vention in favor of the resolution. The delegates of twelve of the Colonies had voted
and the convention was tied. Pennsylvania had five delegates who were left to vote.
Four of them went forward and voted—two in the negative, two in the affirmative—
stiU the convention was tied. .IOHN MOKTON alone was left to vote. All eyes were
turned upon him and he went forward amid that solemn stillness and cast his ballot,
saying as he did so, 'Sires, I cast my vote for independence and liberty!' He there
gave to Pennsylvania the name of Keystone State and opened the way to a new and
prosperous nation. He was a Mason." . E
K a n s a s for 1908 receives t h e m o s t favorable consideration. G r a n d

Master W E L L I N G T O N ' S q u e r y as t o c h a r a c t e r of o u r initiates is copied,
as also w h a t h e said a b o u t t h e K a n s a s H o m e . G r a n d Orator G R O V -
E R ' S r e m a r k s on t h e morals of M a s o n r y a r e e x c e r p t e d . Our last y e a r ' s
r e p o r t is t e r m e d " a n able, a n d i n t e r e s t i n g r e v i e w . "
Our D e l a w a r e b r o t h e r h a s dignified w i t h his consideration as a
reviewer a d i n k y district g a t h e r i n g of t w e n t y - t h r e e s u b o r d i n a t e lodges
belonging u n d e r t h e jurisdiction of E n g l a n d , t h a t h a v e no claim of
r i g h t w h a t e v e r to sovereignty, a n d each of t h e individual lodges is s u b -
igog-IO. CORRESPONDBNCE — DELAWARE. 25
ject to and must have specific authority from the Grand Lodge of Eng-
land before it can even call a meeting to discuss the question of the
welfare of the lodge or determine the preliminary question even whether
it may vote to help organize a Grand Lodge.
Delaware is a Sovereign Grand Lodge and has no business holding
relations with lodges or associations of lodges that are not in her class
as Sovereign Bodies.
M.-. W.'. HENRY I. BEERS, J R . , Grand Master.
R.\ W.-. V. V. HARRISON, Grand Secretary.
P.'. D.-. G.-. M.-. L. H. JACKSON, Correspondent.
Next Annual at Wilmington, October 6, 1909.
DELAWARE — 1909.
The volume opens to the genial, pleasant face of M.'. W.'. Bro.
HENRY I. BEERS, JR., whose term of office began in October, 1908,
and ended in October, 1909.
His address deals almost entirely with the routine of his official
duties. We are glad that we can record the fact that Grand Master
BEERS visited every lodge in his jurisdiction during the past year. In
addition thereto he found time to make a visit each in Annual Com-
munication to the Grand Lodges of Pennsylvania and New Jersey.
He also was present at the Sesqui-Centennial Celebration of Lodge
No. 2, the oldest lodge in Pennsylvania. R.'. W.'. L. H. JACKSON
presents the review as customary. Bsch topic receives brief mention,
and like nearly every other reviewer, Lo does not fail to take the-brief
but comprehensive sentence by M.'. W.'. Bro. MASON concerning the
Home, to wit: "The cap sheaf of Masonic achievement in the State,
its crowning glory, is the Fraternity's Home in Wichita." He also
adds what is said about it being a memorable year for the Home, and
notes the new addition and the Home statistics-.
Brother COLE'S address is styled an "eloquent oration," and it is
excerpted from with rare judgment.
The Kansas Report on Correspondence has a good word of apprecia-
tion from Bro. JACKSON, whose opinion we value highly. The con-
clusion is taken in full.
The foreign jurisdictions seem to be set off in a sort of separate
close communion style by themselves, in the Delaware volume. We
regret to note that Delaware classes as a 'Grand Lodge' a little dis-
trict association that has no more right to be considered a
Sovereign Jurisdiction than any of the District Deputy divisions in
our Grand Jurisdictions, of which Kansas has fifty-two. Forty-three
Grand Lodges, Bro. J., have recognized the Grand Lodge of Queens-
land, and if the Grand Lodge of England will take its "hands ofl,"
and show the "fair play" for which Englishmen used to be noted, per-
26 UORRESPOtfOENCE — DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA.. February,
mitting the lodges to vote on the question, the District ruler in Queens-
"land will not have a corporal's guard, in number of lodges, behind his
title, in less than one year. The moral support given England in
such a manner conforms neither to genuine Masonic nor even American
precedent or practice.
EDWARD B . MODE, M . \ W . ' . Grand Master.
ViRGiNiDS V. HARRISON, R . ' . W . \ Grand Secretary.
P.-. D.-. G.'. M.-. L..H. JACKSON, Correspondent.
Next Annual at Wilmington, October 5, 1910.
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA — 1908.

An excellent portrait of Grand Master A. B. GOOLIDQE precedes
the title page of the volume.
An interesting report from the Committee on Correspondence was
made by M.\ W.'. Bro. BAIRD, Chairman, recommending denial of
recognition to El Gran Logia Cosmos, Chihuahua; the recommenda-
tion was duly adopted; September 19, 1908, there was a special for tlê
purpose of dedicating the new Temple to Freemasonry. Thirteen
Past Grand Masters occupied reserved seats immediately in front of
the stage.
After a beautiful invocation by Bro. ABRAM SIMON, Rabbi of the
Washington Hebrew Congregation, music by an octette of the brethren
•and an address by Past Grand Master Trimble, the Temple \yas duly
dedicated by M.'. W.-. Bro. TRIMBLE,- after which a v6ry appropriate
address was made by Bro. J. H. NELMS, Rector of the P. E. Church of
the Ascension, and Grand Chaplain JOSEPH DAWSON paid an excellent
and touching tribute of farewell to the Old Temple, from which we
take the following: "Sentiment is thebasisof patriotism. Themateri-
"alist will tell you t h a t our flag is composed of so many colors and so
"much material, but Old Glory means more than that. I t is the flag
"that many have followed through the battle and brought back with
"honor, victory and a united country." Ah! Some one says "mere
sentiment." You might as well talk about "mere America," "mere
life," or "mere death." Sentiment is the restorer, the renewer, the
transformer. Sentiment is the secret of perennial youth, and the
Guardian Angel of Life. The President of the Temple Association,
M.-. W.'. Bro. JOHN H . SMALL, J R . , unable to be present, was wired
the congratulations of the Grand Lodge and Temple Association, upon
the realization of his hopes and labors, and their best wishes for his
speedy restoration to health.
September 26, 1908, occurred the last meeting in the old Temple,
on which occasion the Grand Master called upon Grand Chaplain
JOSEPH DAWSON to bid a formal farewell to the Old Temple, which he
igog-io. CORRESPONDENCE — DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA. 27
did in excellent manner in a brief discourse upon "Sentiment and

Sacrifice."
November 19, Grand Lodge laid the corner-stone of Wm. R.
Singleton Lodge No. 30, which we trust may have erected upon it a
beautiful and lasting structure to commemorate a beautiful character
and a noble life.
Fourteen Past Grand Masters answered roll call at the Annual
November 19, and assisted Grand Master COOLIDGE in opening Grand
Lodge.
Upon recommendation of Past Grand Master G. W. BAIBD, Chair-
man of Committee on Correspondence, recognition was accorded to
the sovereign Grand Lodge of Queensland. From Bro. BAIRD'S re-
port it is evident that the methods pursued by the English and Scot-
tish Constitutions in organizing lodges (in buckram) will make it im-
possible to obtain a larger number of lodges—ron paper. The E. C.
and S. C. methods of duplicating lodges, as shown in Bro. BAIKD'S re-
port, are strongly reminiscent of the immense shortage sustained by
the "Moderns" when called upon for a show-down of the lodges exist-
ing, as compared with those claimed.
The Jurisprudence Committee made a report on the right of any
brother to appeal from a verdict of acquittal by a lodge to the Grand
Lodge, sustaining the right and recommending amendment of the Con-
stitution so as to include appeals from cases of reprimand as well as
expulsion or suspension. The report was concurred in and proposed
amendments lie over to next stated Communication. Bro. KENTON
N. HARPER, Historian, submitted a prospectus of the general history
of the Grand Lodge prepared by him, which gives promise of a valuable
addition to the origin and early history of the Grand Jurisdiction. We
are glad to note this spirit of enterprise on the part of the Grand Lodge,
District of Columbia. What we wonder at, is the fact that each Grand
Jurisdiction in the country has not heretofore prepared such a history.
Past Grand Master GEO. W . BAIRD presented his ninth Annual
Report on Correspondence. In his comments under Canada he has
this to say of Chili: "Like all of the 'Latin' countries it has its con-
sistory and a number of thirty-third degree Masons. But unlike the
other Latin countries it got its first Masonry from the Grand Lodge of
Scotland, and its Grand Lodge has never been anything but sover-
eign."
An interesting review of "The Most Serene Grand Orient of
Greece," 1908, is given; Bro. BAIRD said, "It is, however, quite plain
"to us that these Greek Masons are trying to conform to our plan of,
"Masonry." To us it appears that they are making a heroic effort to
get on the right side. There are many Masons, and very good Masons,
who are almost drastic in their opinions that no lodge can be a proper
lodge if it has descended from a Supreme Council. These, however,
are in the minority.
Kansas for 1908 is briefly but fraternally reviewed. The decision
28 CORRESPONDENCE — ENGLAND. February,
of G r a n d Master W E L L I N G T O N i n reference t o receiving a p e t i t i o n for

a d v a n c e m e n t a c c o m p a n i e d b y a waiver of jurisdiction from former
lodge, is e x c e r p t e d , a n d specific m e n t i o n is given of t h e v a r i o u s i t e m s
of review m a d e b y t h e K a n s a s Correspondent of t h e District of Colum-
bia volume.
I n h i s conclusion B r o . B A I R D discusses t h e " C i p h e r R i t u a l " reso-
l u t i o n of B r o . I N G E R S O L L of Tennessee. H e says: " I t h a s long been a
" q u e s t i o n i n t h e m i n d of t h e writer, a s t o how a n y individual Mason,
" a n d m o r e especially a b o d y of F r e e a n d Accepted Masons, c a n recon-
"cile t h e i r first obligation w i t h t h e a u t h o r i z a t i o n of t h e Cipher R i t u a l . "
M.-.W.-. H E N R Y K . S I M P S O N , G r a n d Master. ,
R . ' . W . ' . A R V I N E W . J O H N S T O N , G r a n d Secretary.
GEORGE W . BAIRD, Correspondent.
N e x t A n n u a l a t W a s h i n g t o n , December 15, 1909.
U N I T E D G R A N D LODGE OF ENGLAND — A P R I L 38, 1909.
I n proposing t h e D u k e of C o n n a u g h t a n d S t r a t h e r n for re-election

as G r a n d Master, t h e L o r d M a y o r of London, Sir G E O R G E W Y A T T
T R U S C O T T , a m o n g o t h e r t h i n g s said: " H i s R o y a l Highness, Masonic
" c a r e e r is well k n o w n t o t h e b r e t h r e n : i t h a s e x t e n d e d over a period
''of over t h i r t y y e a r s . A t t h e p r e s e n t m o m e n t His R o y a l H i g h n e s s is in
" K h a r t o u m , a n d w e m a y b e well assured t h a t h e will receive a t t h e
" h a n d s of t h e Masonic b r e t h r e n in t h a t district a v e r y cordial a n d a
"very h e a r t y greeting.
" M a s o n r y is v e r y flourishing in E g y p t . T h e Sirdar S I R F R A N C I S
" R E G I N A L D W I N G A T E , is n o t o n l y t h e Governor of t h e Soudan, b u t
"also t h e District G r a n d M a s t e r of E g y p t . I believe t h e b r e t h r e n will
" b e e n t i r e l y i n a g r e e m e n t w i t h m e w h e n I s t a t e a s a fact t h a t n e v e r
" w a s B r i t i s h M a s o n r y m o r e flourishing t h a n i t is a t t h e present m o -
" m e n t , .and t h a t i t h a s b e e n u n d e r t h e rule of H i s R o y a l H i g h n e s s . "
T h e p r e s e n t G r a n d M a s t e r w a s first a p p o i n t e d such in 1901 u p o n
t h e accession t o t h e t h r o n e of t h e King, t h e n G r a n d Master.
T h e n o m i n a t i o n carried a n d t h e n o m i n e e was declared duly elected
b y a c c l a m a t i o n ; 1,000 p o u n d s were v o t e d b y G r a n d Lodge for t h e relief
of d i s t r e s s . occasioned b y t h e r e c e n t e a r t h q u a k e i n Sicily. U p o n a
m o t i o n b e i n g p u t t h a t t h e r e m u n e r a t i o n of t h e G r a n d R e g i s t r a r should
t a k e t h e m o r e satisfactory a n d regular form of a n a n n u a l r e t a i n i n g
fee of s u c h a n a m o u n t a s m a y fairly b e t e n d e r e d t o distinguished
counsel, t h e M.;. R . \ P r o . G r a n d M a s t e r declared t h e m o t i o n lost.
We n o t e t h a t t h e v o t e was. i n a d e q u a t e t o p r e v e n t t h e P r o . G r a n d
Master from r e a p p o i n t i n g t h e former G r a n d R e g i s t r a r t o t h e s a m e p o -
sition.
S e p t e m b e r 1, 1909, t h e r e w a s a q u a r t e r l y c o m m u n i c a t i o n presided
over b y G r a n d Master, t h e D u k e of Connaught, etc., etc. T w o cases
igog-io. CORRESPONDENCE — FLORIDA. 29
of s u m m a r y discipline c a m e u p o n appeal a n d were h e a r d before G r a n d

Lodge u p o n a s t a t e m e n t of each case b y t h e G r a n d R e g i s t r a r , u p o n
whose m o t i o n o n e case w a s dismissed in t h e d e f e n d a n t ' s favor, a n d i n
t h e o t h e r a resolution of suspension w a s affirmed. T h e English p r o -
cedure would n o t s t a n d for a m o m e n t in a n y G r a n d Lodge of this c o u n -
t r y . T h e P r o . G r a n d Master, Lord A M P T H I L L , t h e n expressed t h e a b -
solute a n d unqualified delight everyone felt over t h e fact t h a t t h e
G r a n d Master h a d a t l a s t condescended t o presi^de o v e r a q u a r t e r l y
session of G r a n d Lodge. T h e G r a n d Master expressed t h e g r e a t s a t i s -
faction h e h a d i n presiding a n d t h e w a r m t h a n d affection displayed
toward him.
D U K E OF CONNAUGHT, G r a n d Master.
EDWARD LETCHWOKTH, Grand Secretary.
FLORIDA — 1909.
F o u r specials t o l a y corner stones were held prior t o t h e a n n u a l

c o m m u n i c a t i o n a t Jacksonville, J a n u a r y 19, 1909. E i g h t P a s t G r a n d
Masters, one of w h o m w a s M.' W.-. B r o . S A M U E L PASCO, t h e K a n s a s
G r a n d R e p r e s e n t a t i v e , assisted G r a n d Master E . E . H A S K E L L i n open-
ing G r a n d Lodge.
T h e G r a n d Master p a i d a fitting t r i b u t e t o t h e c h a r a c t e r of M.-. W.-.
Bro. W M . E . A N D E R S O N ( G r a n d 'Master, 1881 a n d 1882), w h o died
N o v e m b e r 12, 1908,
F o u r t e e n lodges U. D. were g r a n t e d c h a r t e r s .
An excellent p o r t r a i t of P a s t G r a n d Master W . E . A N D E R S O N a p -
pears in t h e v o l u m e . T h e R e p o r t on Correspondence b y M.-. W . ' .
SILAS B . W E I G H T is u p t o his c u s t o m a r y s t a n d a r d of excellence, w h i c h
h a s heretofore m a d e t h e F l o r i d a v o l u m e o n e w o r t h y of t h e careful a t -
t e n t i o n of t h e reviewers.
T h e space a l l o t t e d t o t h e F l o r i d a C o r r e s p o n d e n t is h m i t e d , b u t h e
h a s n o t used t h e s p a c e allowed h i m .
B r o t h e r W E I G H T is one of t h e C o r r e s p o n d e n t s w h o s h o u l d n o t b e
b o u n d b y space r e s t r i c t i o n s — w h e n a q u e s t i o n arises d e m a n d i n g a m p l e
space h e should h a v e it.
C o m m e n t i n g on t h e W y o m i n g reviewer's s t a t e m e n t , " T h e r e is
no question a b o u t all legitimate M a s o n r y h a v i n g i t s s t a r t from t h e
G r a n d Lodge of E n g l a n d , " Bro. W R I G H T s a y s : " H e is i n error in s a y -
ing all l e g i t i m a t e M a s o n r y h a d i t s s t a r t from t h e G r a n d Lodge of
E n g l a n d . T h e r e were l e g i t i m a t e lodges i n E n g l a n d w o r k i n g in s p e c u -
l a t i v e M a s o n r y long before t h e G r a n d L o d g e of 1717 w a s organized,
a n d w e h a v e t h e diary of B L I A S A S H M O L E t h a t h e a t t e n d e d lodges i n
1646. T h e r e w e r e also lodges in S c o t l a n d w o r k i n g m o r e t h a n a h u n -
d r e d y e a r s before 1717, a n d t h e y h a v e t h e r e c o r d s of lodge m e e t i n g s
n 1591."
30 CORRESPONDENCE—FLORIDA. February,
T h e y a r e m o s t l y d e a d , Bro. W R I G H T , b u t a few still sing t h e 1717 ,

l e g i t i m a c y s w a n song, a n d from t i m e to t i m e a t t e n t i o n m u s t b e called
t o s e t t l e historical facts, t h o s e you h a v e given a n d further. T h a t t h e
1717 b o d y w a s o r g a n i z e d on t h e T o w n Meeting p l a n : n o r e p r e s e n t a t i o n
b y officers of a n y lodge, n o M a s t e r t o preside, no o p e n i n g of lodge, or
G r a n d L o d g e — s i m p l y a m e e t i n g of disgruntled Masons, tired of t h e
s u p r e m a c y of Y o r k as a g o v e r n i n g center, t i r e d of C H R I S T O P H E R W R E N
as a Masonic h e a d , a n x i o u s only t o h a v e - a n association of Masons for
L o n d o n a n d W e s t m i n s t e r , a n d " w i t h t h e oldest Mason n o t a Master of
a lodge p r e s i d i n g , " t h e y formed their association a n d for seven y e a r s
t h e y m e t a n d d r a n k a n d o r a t e d , a n d k e p t n o records.
A n d t h e n t h e y elected a G r a n d Master a n d called t h e m s e l v e s t h e
G r a n d L o d g e for L o n d o n a n d W e s t m i n s t e r , a n d untU t h e Y o r k b o d y
a s s e r t e d itself, it n e v e r dignified itself b y claiming jurisdiction else-
w h e r e ; a n d t h e claim is m a d e t h a t this w a s t h e l e g i t i m a t e b e g i n n i n g
of M a s o n r y , a n d t h i s h a s so often been r e p e a t e d t h a t it h a s b e e n a c -
c e p t e d . a s t r u e b y t h o s e w h o s e i n e r t i a has n o t p e r m i t t e d t h e m t o r e a d —
c o r r o b o r a t i n g t h e r e b y t h e old a d a g e , "A lie well s t u c k t 6 is j u s t as good
as t h e t r u t h . " T h e s t a t e m e n t as usually w o r d e d is " t h a t all legiti-
m a t e M a s o n r y h a d its s t a r t from t h e G r a n d L o d g e of E n g l a n d in 1717,"
from w h i c h i t follows i n e v i t a b l y t h a t General R O B E R T M O R A Y , t h e
first s p e c u l a t i v e M a s o n k n o w n t o h a v e been m a d e in E n g l a n d (May 20,
1641, a t N e w c a s t l e ) , a n d w h o s e m a k i n g w a s a p p r o v e d a n d he a d m i t t e d
t o m e m b e r s h i p b y t h e L o d g e of E d i n b u r g h t w o m o n t h s later, w a s n o t
legitimately m a d e a Mason: T h a t ELIAS ASHMOLE and COL. H E N R Y
M A I N W A R I N Q of E n g l a n d ( O c t o b e r 16, 1646), were also n o t l e g i t i m a t e l y
m a d e Masons.
T h a t t h e " L o d g e of Aberdeen, Scotland (1670), w i t h its 49 m e m -
bers, less t h a n o n e - f o u r t h of w h o m were o p e r a t i v e s , t h e r e m a i n d e r
c o n t a i n i n g a M a s t e r of g e n t l e b i r t h , a n d a m o n g t h e n u m b e r w e r e clergy-
m e n , s u r g e o n s m e r c h a n t s a n d t h r e e n o b l e m e n " {Gould), were likewise
illegitimate Masons.
T h a t "Admiral R O B E R T FAIRFAX, who was 'admitted and sworn
i n t o t h e H o n o u r a b l e .Society a n d F r a t e r n i t y of F r e e Masons' a t t h e
City of Y o r k on t h e 7 t h of August, 1713" (Gould), h a s t h e s a m e s t a m p
of illegitimacy.
Gould says: " M a n y p r o m i n e n t F r e e m a s o n s r a s h l y t o o k u p , a r m s
in t h e J a c o b i t e risings i n 1715 a n d 1716. Some were e x e c u t e d a n d
o t h e r s e m b a r k e d for t h e c o n t i n e n t , " a n d of t h e s e h e m e n t i o n s t h e
K E I T H S , J O H N C A M E R O N , G E O R G E S E A T O N , J A M B S R A D C L I F P B , all Scot-
t i s h n o b l e m e n , a n d m e n of gentle b i r t h . . O n e of t h e s e established
M a s o n r y in R o m e , a n o t h e r in F r a n c e , a n d a n o t h e r in R u s s i a ; all of
which a c t s , p r e s u m a b l y before 1717, if prior t o B r o . A N D E R S O N ' S
G r a n d L o d g e , were e q u a l l y illegitimate; a n d if later, m u s t perforce
h a v e e m a n a t e d from t h e Goose a n d t h e Gridiron to h a v e h a d t h e requi-
site s t a m p of legitimacy.
T h e r e i t e r a t i o n s of t h e unfounded a n d e x t r a v a g a n t claims of t h e
IQOg-IO. ' OOBRESPONDENCE—QBOBOIA. 31
1717 advocates has had a t least one beneiicial effect—it has established
clearly, as we think, the Scottish origin of Continental Freemasonry,
and if it has demonstrated anything beyond question, it is that specu-
lative Masonry was fully inaugurated in Scotland long prior to its in-
troduction in England by Scottish Masons, conceded to be the only
authentic and earliest known speculative Masonry in England.
The joke of the whole business is apparent in the fact that those
who agree to the 1717 formula almost invariably dub themselves
"York Rite Masons," and belong to American jurisdictions, which
either trace their genealogy to the Ancient Grand Lodge of England,
that never recognized the legitimacy of Bro. ANDERSON'S Grand Lodge
of London and Westminster, 1717; or else trace to the Ancient Grand
Lodges of Scotland, or Ireland; or the immemorial usage lodges of
North America; the sole undisputed progeny in the United States
of the 1717 body being the Grand Lodge of Rhode Island and Provi-
dence plantations organized by only two lodges.
The 1717 legitimates should study the origin of the British Grand
Lodges north of the St. Lawrence, and (when they have plenty of
time), those of the United States of Colonial days.
M.-.W.-. LOUIS C. MASSEY, Grand Master.
R.'.W.-. WiiiBTjB P. WEBSTER, Grand Secretary.
P.-.G.".M.\ SILAS B . WRIGHT, Correspondent.
Next Annual at Jacksonville, January 17, 1910.
GEORGIA — 1 9 0 8 .
The address of Grand Master T. H. JEFFRIES shows up in excel-
lent phrase and manner the condition of Masonry in Georgia. He
presented fully to the Craft the claims of the Masonic Home upon
their consideration, making a strong plea for the needed additions to
the buildings and support required to carry on successfully the work of
the Home.
Sixteen visitations to lodges have marked high tide in that work
by his predecessors. Forty visits were his high mark, and the record
shows unparalleled accounts of "barbecues," "bountous basket din-
ners," "banquets," "fatness of the land," "bountous dinners," "oyster
roasts," "sumptuous spreads," "repasts fit for the gods," "one of old
Cherokee's incomparable banquets," "a nice supper," "joyous ban-
quets," "barbecue and basket dinner," "sumptuous basket dinner,"
"an excellent barbecue," "a sea food dinner," "great feast," "a beauti-
ful maid laden with a mammoth bouquet of perfect roses," which she
presented to him. The above are only samples of the "banquets and
barbecues,"—we can not cite them aU. The Grand Master says noth-
ing about "possum" directly, still "repasts fit for the gods" might be
inclusive of the "Welcome dinner to President Taft."
32 COBRBSPONDBNCE—GEORGIA. February,
If o u r M . \ W.'. B r o t h e r is n o t a p r e s i d i n g elder, t h e n we miss our

guess.
On t h e r e p o r t of Bro. A. Q. M O O D Y , C h a i r m a n Correspondence
C o m m i t t e e , r e q u e s t for recognition of Swiss Alpina was indefinitely
p o s t p o n e d ; t h a t of G r a n d Orient of Greece denied, a n d t h a t of San Sal-
vador continued.
Sixteen c h a r t e r s were g r a n t e d n e w lodges.
Collection of $92.04 w a s t a k e n for t h e Georgia I n d u s t r i a l H o m e .
A T h a n k s g i v i n g dinner collection for t h e Masonic H o m e n e t t e d $66.85.
A resolution w a s passed t h a t a t e a c h a n n u a l election of lodge offi-
cers a v o l u n t a r y collection be t a k e n for t h e benefit of t h e Masonic
Home.
A b l i n d b r o t h e r engaged in selling c h a r t s was c o m m e n d e d t o t h e
consideration of t h e lodges of t h e S t a t e .
T h e R e p o r t o n Correspondence b y B r o . A. Q. M O O D T is a concise
synopsis of t h e G r a n d Jurisdictions reviewed; I t is m a i n l y t h a t , b u t
occasionally Bro. MOODY does a s t u n t o u t s i d e of t h a t line. U n d e r
Delaware, he has t h i s : " W e h a d said i n one of our reviews, 'If t o b e -
come a Mason, a m a n m u s t be p h y s i c a l l y perfect, t h e n , if h e h a s a
mole o n his nose, h e o u g h t t o be rejected.' " B r o . J A C K S O N says, " t h a t ,
of course, is o v e r s t a t i n g t h e case." W e t h i n k not. An a p p l i c a n t in
P e n n s y l v a n i a was rejected because h e h a d six instead of five toes
on his feet. W e agree w i t h our b r o t h e r t h a t " a b i l i t y t o conform t o all
r e q u i r e m e n t s " of t h e r i t u a l should m a k e a m a n eligible to m e m b e r s h i p
in a lodge. B u t t h e e x t r e m i s t s say n o t . A m a n m u s t b e physically
perfect, a n d a c a n d i d a t e who has a m o l e on h i s nose is t r o u b l e d w i t h
a defect i n a n a t o m i c a l construction, a n d , if h e has a physical defect,
he is n o t physically perfect. H o w is t h a t for logic, B r o . J A C K S O N ? "
W e h a v e n o t seen B r o . J A C K S O N ' S r e p l y , b u t so far as we h a v e studied
t h e P . P . p e c u l i a r i t y t h e question of-logic "is a n o t h e r s t o r y ; " t h e real"
q u e s t i o n ' i s how can t h e jurisdiction w h i c h m a d e t h e P . P . b l u n d e r let
go of i t gracefully a n d g e t b a c k to t h e r e s e r v a t i o n .
W e t h i n k Bro. G. W. B A I R D of D i s t r i c t of Columbia has formu-
l a t e d t h e best rule e x t a n t , t o w i t : " I n t h e District of Columbia we
d o n o t reject t h e m a n w h o can c o m p l y l i t e r a l l y w i t h t h e r e q u i r e m e n t s
of o u r r i t u a l . We do n o t reject a m a n w h o h a s b u t one eye, or b u t one
lung, or w h o is m i n u s a toe, b u t w e d o d r a w t h e line on a cork leg,
or a w o o d e n h e a d . We do not refuse t o p a s s an e n t e r e d a p p r e n t i c e
w h o h a s b e c o m e m a i m e d after initiation. W e essay t o regard t h e in-
t e r n a l qualifications first, t h e visible qualifications second. "Bro.
M O O D Y ' S review of K a n s a s for 1908 is v e r y fuU a n d complete. All
t h e business of t h e G r a n d Lodge is s h o w n . G r a n d Master W E L L I N G -
T O N ' S a d d r e s s is called u p o n for its conclusion, w h i c h he i n t r o d u c e s
as foUows: " T h e G r a n d Master concludes his fine address w i t h these
noble w o r d s . "
H e refers t o t h e " e l a b o r a t e special r e p o r t " of t h e K a n s a s Corre-
s p o n d e n c e C o m m i t t e e , s a y i n g : " H i s conclusion is t h a t a p e t i t i o n e r for
iqog-IO. CORRBSPONDENCB — IDAHO. 33
recognition must be able to answer four questions satisfactorily," and

then he quotes the questions. ,
He makes an extract from the address of Grand Orator DALLAS
GBOVBR on "Character of the Institution." He has a good word for
our general Correspondence report, copying our conclusion, "Masonic
Weather Bureau." Under "Louisiana," where Bro. DUNCAN charges
him with spending a good deal of time showing his veneration for t h e
"Ancient Landmarks," Bro. M. gently rejoins with the query, "WiU
Bro. DUNCAN kindly tell us what the 'Ancient Landmarks' are?
In his conclusion, Bro. MOODY considers the doctrine of "perpetua
jurisdiction," the "one disturbing element" in the Masonic World.
But just think, Bro. M., how much more liberal in that one particular
the Masonic World now is, to what it was forty or even thirty years
ago. I t moves—just like the other world.
M.'.W.". THOMAS H . JEFFRIES, Grand Master.
R.'.W.'. W. A. WoLiHiN, Grand Secretary.
R.'.W.'. A. Q. MOODY, Correspondent.
Next Annual at Macon, October 26, 1909.
IDAHO — 190S.
On the title page of the Idaho Volume we find the following:
"Ordered that the Worshipful Masters shall read the Proceedings of
"the Grand Lodge, or cause the same to be read, to their respective
"lodges, within three months from the receipt thereof, which fact
"the Secretaries are required to report to the Grand Secretary forth-
"with under the seal of the Lodge."
The Idaho regulation is a good one. It is surprising how few of
the members of the lodges ever have an opportunity to see the annual
proceedings of Grand Lodge. We are of the opinion that if the Dis-
trict Deputy Grand Masters were required to report upon the volumes
of annual proceedings that could be produced in the lodges of their
Districts upon demand in open lodge, it would be found that few, if
any, would be able to show a full set available for the use of the brethren
of the lodge. ,
Grand Master WILLIAM C. WHITWELL was in the Grand East.
Seven Past Grand Masters were present, one of whom, W.'. M.\ Bro.
CHARLES HIMROD, is the Kansas Grand Representative.
Grand Master WHITWELL paid a glowing tribute to Past Grand
Master FRANCIS E . ENSIGN, who died May 5, 1908.
The Correspondence Report is by Bro. GEORGE E . KNBPPER, and
is up to his former high standard.
Under "Kansas" for 1908 Bro. KNEPPER says: "Kansas always
"presents a fine appearing volume of Proceedings. The merit of t h e
"volume is not alone in its appearance, but it always impresses t h e
"reader when he takes up a nice, clean-looking book.
34 CORRESPONVBNCE —IDAHO. February,
"We have probably been a quibbler in the past in speaking of the

florid introductiops to Grand Masters' addresses, but the one before
us we approve;" and then he copies the brief and concise opening to
Grand Master WELLINGTON'S address:
"With devout acknowledgments of his Creator, and a paragraph
"showing t h e prosperity the year has brought, he remembers the de-
"parted;" and then he quotes what Bro.- W. said and did in memory
of the departed. .
The Hancock Lodge item is taken also..
Gf t h e Special Report of the Kansas Correspondence Committee
he says: "Through its Chairman made an exhaustive report on the
"absolute sovereignty of Colonial Grand Lodges. I t is a timely topic,,
"and the conclusion reached, advocating absolute sovereignty, as
f'above, seems to be the only doctrine tenable."
Brother GROVER'S oration-he pronounces "worth reading in its
"entirety, b u t the following paragraph is especially stimulating, and is
"a complete oration in itself; and then he takes the paragraph com-
mencing "Masons of Kansas." What we said in our Idaho review
about the Bishop Tuttle Church building. Grand Master, the Sisters,
and Cipher System, are all taken, a n d t h e Masonic Weather Bureau
idea is styled "an interesting page."
The photogravure of WILLIAM R . HAMILTON, Grand Master-
elect, faces the title page. 4 -
M.-.W.'. FRANK E . ENSIGN,

Grand Master 1881.
"A faithful and consistent Mason for over fifty years."
- Died May 5,. 1908.
M.'.W.- WILLIAM R . HAMILTON, Grand Master.

R.'.W.'. THEOPHILUS W . RANDALL, Grand Secretary.
GEORGE E . KNBPPEB, Correspondent.
Next Annual, at Boise, September 14, 1909.'
IDAHO — 1909.
M.\ W.-. Brother WILLIAM R . HAMILTON, Grand Master, pre-
siding in the Grand East. His address contains many items remind-
• ing us of our Kansas experience as a Grand Lodge. To a Grand Lodge
in our Western country the question of uniformity of work seems
to be the difficult one for many Grand Masters. Each has to go through
the same gamut of experience. The "weightier matters" are rele-
gated to the rear in the struggle for "letter perfect" work.
iqog-lo. CORRBSPONUENCB — lUAHO. 35
The Grand Master courteously refers to the making-a-Mason-

at-sight topic, as follows: "As Grand Master I offer no criticism of
my contemporary of another Jurisdiction. Much more learned writers
than I have argaed this case, for and against, but this I do say: ' Whilst
"Ohio has made Masons at sight, Idaho has not been left so far in the
"rear. My attention has been called to a case in which, so I am in-
"formed, only some ten days elapsed between the time of conferring
"the Fellow Craft degree and becoming a Shriner. In the slang of the
"day—this is going some."
We think the Grand Master has demonstrated the fact that the
"Gonfalon" of Idaho is well to the fore.
We don't remember anything in the way of "going some" to equal
it, except that delineated in the cartoon where a party had yoked
himself up with a very young steer and found himself run away with,
giving him hot foot, the cartoon labelling the expression issuing from
the party's mouth, "somebody stop this d -fool calf."
The Committee on Past Grand Master MIKEL'S National Grand
Lodge proposition sent in a communication to the Grand Master,
approved appointment of. a Representative to the convention, .at the
same time approving the statement of the Committee "that we are
not in favor of this Grand Lodge surrendering its independence to a
National Grand Lodge. Approved by Grand Lodge.
This is a parallel case to the old fellow who was "in favor of the
prohibitory law—but agin its enforcement."
The main object of interest in the Idaho volume consists in the
correspondence report by Bro. GEORGE E . KNEPPER. Kansas for
1909 is fully and ably reviewed. Grand Master MASON'S reference
to Bro. WADE and the three decisions reported by him are taken fully
and by running comment of approval he takes up for consideration the
•Grand Master's address quite fully.
Graand Secretary WILSON receives this bouquet: "The Grand Sec-
retary renders a splendid report. It is a storehouse of information
relative to the activities of Masonic interests in the State.
The report of the Jurisprudence Committee on the Washington
peace resolution is declared to be a "sit on the fence and wait argu-
ment." "Until the time comes we will fold our hands and do nothing,
but after the 'bear is killed' we'll be there."
Peace resolutions are aU very good as an expression of sentiment.
We have seen enough of war to fervently hope we may see no more,
but when war does come, we think the people of that one of the na-
tions involved in it that in time of peace prepared for war are more
likely to have peace of mind than those who trusted to the efficacy of
peace resolutions as a panacea against the evils or possibility of war.
Of course, Idaho and Kansas have as little to fear now as they had dur-
ing the Spanish fiasco, b u t we can not forget the unpreparedness and
apprehension of our entire coastline at that time, and those, whose
Belgian pot-metal rifles at the third discharge burst in their hands
36 . CORKESPONDENCE — ILLINOIS. February,
in t h e early d a y s of t h e Civil w a r h a v e as little u s e for peace resolutions

n o w as t h e y h a d for 'peace a t a n y p r i c e ' p a t r i o t s t h e n , a n d believe t h a t
A m e r i c a n D r e a d n a u g h t s a r e t h e b e s t t y p e of p e a c e m a k e r s y e t pro-
d u c e d . W e a r e for peace if w e h a v e t o fight for it, a n d even t h i n k t h a t
experience shows t h a t t h o s e a b l e a n d willing t o enforce peace very sel-
d o m a r e called iipon t o do so. W e r e g r e t t h a t t h e l a s t I d a h o r e p o r t
failed t o find a place in t h e K a n s a s r e p o r t . This one comes a t t h e
e l e v e n t h h o u r ; a n d w e h a v e a n o t h e r r e g r e t — t h a t o u r review of necessity
h a s b e e n a hurried one. T h e w r i t e r t h a n k s B r o . K. for t h e apprecia-
t i o n given his work.
M.- W . ' . G E O R G E F . G A G O N , G r a n d Master.
R . - . W . ' . THEOPHILTJS W . R A N D A L L , G r a n d Secretary.
Brother GEOEGB E . KNBPPBR, Correspondent.
N e x t A n n u a l a t Boise, S e p t e m b e r 13, 1910.
ILLINOIS — 1909,
One of t h e most a d m i r a b l e a d d r e s s e s i t h a s ever been o u r good

f o r t u n e t o r e a d is t h a t of M . \ W . ' . G r a n d M a s t e r A L E X A N D E R H . B E L L
of Illinois. I t gives a full a n d c o m p l e t e h i s t o r y of a n essentially
business a d m i n i s t r a t i o n .
I t records t h e i n s t i t u t i o n of seven lodges a n d t h e constitution of
n i n e . O n e of t h e l a t t e r , w e a r e g r e a t l y pleased t o note, carries t h e
w o r t h y n a m e of Gil W. B a r n a r d L o d g e No. 908 of Chicago. The
G r a n d M a s t e r advised t h a t t h e b y - l a w r e q u i r i n g t h e G r a n d Secretary
a n d G r a n d Treasurer t o furnish b o n d s i n a s u r e t y c o m p a n y b e so
a m e n d e d as to require t h e m t o give b o n d s w i t h good personal security.
O n e of t h e reasons given for t h e c h a n g e is t h e following:
" T h e o r d i n a r y s u r e t y c o m p a n y is m e r e l y a h a n d s o m e desk, in
a h a n d s o m e office, with a s m o o t h t a l k i n g g e n t l e m a n on one side
a n d a s u c k e r on t h e o t h e r . " I t is u n n e c e s s a r y t o refer t o his
o t h e r reasons. A by-law f o r m u l a t i n g t h e proposed a m e n d m e n t w a s
p r e s e n t e d a n d s t a n d s over u n t i l n e x t y e a r . A wise suggestion b y t h e
G r a n d Master is t o devote m o r e t i m e t o t h e s t u d y of Masonic l a w .
After referring t o t h e a t t e n t i o n p a i d t o t h e r i t u a l h e s a y s : " I t is of
" e q u a l i m p o r t a n c e , indeed of g r e a t e r i m p o r t a n c e , t h a t lodge officers
" h a v e a correct u n d e r s t a n d i n g of Masonic l a w . I t is really dishearten-
" i n g t o reflect u p o n t h e s t a r t l i n g w a n t of knowledge as t o Masonic l a w
" o n t h e p a r t of some of o u r lodge officers."
T h e m a n a g e m e n t of t h e t w o Masonic H o m e s d u r i n g t h e p a s t y e a r
he s t a t e s t o h a v e been s a t i s f a c t o r y . T h e G r a n d Master " f o u n d " a
real e s t a t e interest t h a t h a d been long lost, which w a s disposed of,
n e t t i n g G r a n d Lodge S233.99, w h i c h w a s t u r n e d in t o t h e G r a n d Lodge
T r e a s u r y , G r a n d Lodge r a t i f y i n g t h e a c t i o n t a k e n b y t h e G r a n d Mas-
ter.
igO^-IO. CORRBSPONDENCB — ILLINOIS. 37
A resolution to recognize the National Grand Lodge of Egypt was

referred to Correspondence Committee to report next year.
A resolution affecting the eligibility of applicants engaged in the
manufacture and sale of intoxicating liquors as a beverage lies over
under the rules until next year.
An amendment to the law, in regard to visitation which went over
to next year under the rule makes the amended law read as follows:
"Sec. 6.—No visitor shall be admitted to any lodge under the juris-
"diction unless lawfully vouched for as a Master Mason in good stand-
"ing, but if not so vouched for he shall be required to furnish docu-
"mentary evidence as to the name and number of his lodge, and to
"take the Test Oath in addition to 'strict trial' and due examination
"of his knowledge of Masonry."
A committee of three was appointed to properly mark the grave
of Bro. DAVID KENNISON, a veteran of the War of the Revolution, and
of the war of 1812, who died February 28, 1852, and now lies buried
in Lincoln Park. He was 115 years of age at time of his death. He
was the last survivor of the Boston Tea Party, having been one of the
Masons who disguised as Indians on the night of December 16, 1773,
threw the tea into Boston harbor. He fought at Bunker Hill,
White Plains, West Point and Long Island, and witnessed the sur-
render of Lord CoRNWALLis at Yorktown. He also served in the war
of 1812. He was born in Kingston, N. H., November 17, 1737; went
to Chicago in 1842, where he spent the last ten years of his life. It is
said he was made a Mason in a lodge in Maine, prior to the Revolution.
A proposed amendment to the Constitution provides for a yea
and nay vote upon demand of 100 representatives instead of 20 as now.
It goes to the lodges for action.
The Grand Lodge formally recognized the Grand Orient of the
Netherlands, alias Groot Oosten der Netherlander, alias Grand Lodge
of Holland, upon recommendation of the Committee on Correspondence,
.Bro. EDWARD COOK.
The report of the Special Committee on recognition of the Grand
Lodge Valle de Mexico made a divided report, as was anticipated; t h e
Chairman of the Committee, Dr. ROBBINS, fighter to the last, even in
a lost cause, for which trait we have always admired him, repeating
the arguments hitherto advanced by him against Mexican Masonry.
• Three members of the Committee concurred in his recommendation
"That the resolution does not pass." A separate minority report was
made by M.-. W.'. Bro. GEORGE M . MOULTON. The majority report
prevailed. There have been many objections made to Mexican Ma-
sonry at various times, and these from time to time have found their
way to the rubbish heap. The only one remaining upon which ob-
jectors seem to be insistent is'the one that the Grand Lodge Valle de
Mexico originally organized in 1825 was dormant part of the time,
through war and dissension, and had a feeble existence until about
1865. • The three lodges from which it was organized under the stress
38 CORRESPONDENCE — ILLINOIS. February,
of i n t e r n a l dissension a n d V a r , h a d u n i t e d i n one b o d y , a n d these u n -

der t h e protection of t h e Mexican R e p u b l i c h a d resolved themselves
i n t o t h e i r original c o n s t i t u e n t s a n d e n t e r e d u p o n a career of g r o w t h
a n d p r o s p e r i t y , in t i m e r e f o r m i n g t h e G r a n d Lodge Valle d e Mexico,
which e x c e p t when m e r g e d for a t i m e w i t h t h e G r a n d Dieta, h a s ever
since p r e s e r v e d its original n a m e a n d d i s t i n c t a u t o n o m y .
T h e conflicts b e t w e e n I m p e r i a l i s m a n d R e p u b l i c a n i s m i n Mexico
a n d t h e dissensions of civil strife a r e e n t i t l e d t o t h e same consideration
given t h e m in Great B r i t a i n a n d t h e U n i t e d States, whose laws h a v e
f o r m u l a t e d as their o w n a n d a d o p t e d t h e legal m a x i m , "Inter arma
leges silent." Masonry h a s recognized t h e s a m e principle w h e n t h e
lodges closed and ceased from t h e i r l a b o r s u n d e r t h e political stress a n d
f a n a t i c i s m of t h e M o r g a n e x c i t e m e n t , a n d even G r a n d Lodges h a d
i n t e r v a l s of years w h e n t h e y failed t o hold a lawful meeting, a n d
w h e n Civil W a r ceased, or political t u r m o i l n o longer interfered
with- sessions of lodge or G r a n d L o d g e , t h e b r e t h r e n m e t a n d r e s u m e d
l a b o r as n a t u r a l l y a n d a s r e g u l a r l y a s if n o h i a t u s h a d ever occurred.
Mexican Masonry h a s h a d t h e s a m e r i g h t t o t h e u s e a n d e n j o y m e n t
of t h e legal maxim, a n d i t h a s b e e n c o n c e d e d law there, as everywhere,
a n d M a s o n r y in t h a t c o u n t r y h a s a r i g h t t o t h e benefit of t h e s a m e
concession as elsewhere.
Mexico, with recognition from t w o - t h i r d s of t h e American a n d
B r i t i s h G r a n d Lodges, c a n well afford t o b i d e h e r time, her omnific r e -
liance i n t h e business consists in t h e fact t h a t fully one-half or m o r e
of t h e G r a n d Lodge of Valle d e M e x i c o — b o t h lodges a n d members—•
a r e American, English o r G e r m a n i n a n t e c e d e n t s o r origin.
T h e a n n u a l oration delivered b y G r a n d Orator E U C L I D B . R O G E R S
is o n e w o r t h y of a jurisdiction t h a t first listened t o S. A. D O U G L A S ,
a n d l a t e r w a s e n t e r t a i n e d b y J . M. P A L M E R , S T E P H E N A.- H U R L B U R T ,
E L Y S . P A R K E R , J O S E P H R O B B I N S , O W E N SCOTT, YATES, and LORIMER:
W e s t a r t e d ' t o n a m e a few, b u t t h e e n t i r e t h r e e score a n d nine are also
w o r t h y of specific m e n t i o n . W e w o u l d like t o publish t h e oration,
biit i t is long and we fear o u r s p a c e will n o t p e r m i t .
T h e commercial side seems t o h a v e been illustrated when t h e G r a n d
L o d g e u p o n t h e question, " H o w t o v o t e o n a m o t i o n t o suspend for
n o n - p a y m e n t of d u e s , " d e v i a t e d from t h e legislation a d o p t e d b y G r a n d
Lodge for its g o v e r n m e n t i n s u c h cases, a n d determined, t h a t t h o u g h
a v o t e t a k e n was t a k e n c o n t r a r y t o law, if t h e facts sustained t h e v o t e ,
a n d n o o n e objected, i t s h o u l d s t a n d . T h e r e should b e no swift j u d g -
m e n t or s h o r t shrift for o n e w h o s e p o v e r t y perchance is his only of-
fense, a n d i t is always wise t o follow t h e l a w until changed, t o say t h e
least.
T h e R e p o r t on C o r r e s p o n d e n c e goes o u t this year with t h e emblem
of sorrow in t h e foreground. O u r e m i n e n t brother, who for so m a n y
y e a r s h a s led and i n s t r u c t e d us t h r o u g h his c h a r m i n g reports, lies silent
in t h e t o m b . " W e a d m i r e d B r o . R O B B I N S for his splendid form, w e
r e s p e c t e d h i m for his p r o f o u n d intellect, w e loved h i m for his affec-
IQ09-IO.» OORBESPONDENCE — ILLINOIS. 39
t i o n a t e heart, a n d we m o u r n for his u n t i m e l y d e a t h . " So writes P a s t

G r a n d Master E D W A R D COOK, t h e new C o m m i t t e e on Correspondence,
in t h e i n t r o d u c t o r y to his report, which i n i t i a t o r y r e p o r t indicates a
w o r t h y successor t o t h e l a m e n t e d R O B B I N S . We e x t e n d to h i m t h e
h e a r t y welcome to w h i c h he is e n t i t l e d from t h e q u a l i t y of t h e w o r k
presented b y h i m for inspection, a n d safely predict a like reception
from t h e reviewers of t h e Craft generally. T h e c h a r a c t e r of t h e r e p o r t ,
ts size, its full a n d complete index, all i n d i c a t e t h a t it is e l a b o r a t e d
u p o n t h e lines heretofore followed b y his able predecessor. Kansas
receives ample consideration in his review of our 1909 proceedings.
T h e b e a u t y displayed on t h e page containing t h e v i g n e t t e s of n i n e a p -
pointive officers seems t o h a v e m a d e an i m p r e s s i o n — h e a r h i m : "All
looking so pleasant t h a t one is a t a loss w h e t h e r to say it is a h a n d s o m e
page, or a group of h a n d s o m e faces."
W h a t Grand Master M A S O N said a b o u t t h e " p r o s p e r i t y of t h e
Craft," m e t h o d s of disseminating t h e work in different jurisdictions,
a n d his "decisions" a r e all excerpted. T h e special a n d general re-
p o r t s on Correspondence are referred t o , a n d a s u m m a r y is given of,
our discussion w i t h B r o . R O B B I N S , a n d he t a k e s o p p o r t u n i t y t o ex-
press an opinion u p o n " w h a t entitles a b o d y claiming t o be a G r a n d
Lodge to Masonic recognition," t a k i n g t h e position heretofore assumed
b y Bro. R O B B I N S , a n d going a little f a r t h e r t h a n t h e l a t t e r ever did
in t h e following:
We do not overlook the quiet little thrust our good brother gives us in men-
tioning the recognition of Cuba by the Grand Lodge of Illinois.
If it can be shown that the Masonry of Cuba does not strictly conform to the
standard- above set up, we can only reply that possibly a mistake was made, biit
if such is the fact it does not prove that we must for the sake of consistency keep
on in error, but rather shows that in 1898, the sympathy for the political wrongs
of Cuba and the enthusiasm aroused by the universal cry of "Remember the Maine"
and "Cuba libre" were strong enough to affect even so conservative a body as the
Grand Lodge of Illinois, and to induce it to act contrary to the advice of its Com-
mittee on Correspondence.
We are r a t h e r skeptical in r e g a r d to t h e e x p l a n a t i o n offered, if

for no o t h e r reason t h a n t h a t it did n o t w o r k as efficaciously in t h e case
of " P u e r t o Rico l i b r e , " which h a d t h e a d v a n t a g e of being American
t e r r i t o r y in addition to its direct descent from t h e Grand Lodge of
Cuba.
B r o t h e r COOK copies t h e correspondence in t h e Mississippi G r a n d
Master's controversy w i t h New Jersey a n d t h e n s a y s :
On this subject we do not here care to comment at any great length. We

freely concede to these Sovereign Grand Lodges the power and right to control,
each for itself, its own internal affairs, and we are willing' that they should settle
between themselves any differences which may arise, but when'the broad statement
is made that "we legislate for the race and not for the exceptions," we venture the
opinion that the ground is untenable from the view-point of those who teach that
**Masonry unites men of every country, sect and opinion."
We believe that applicants for Masonic preferment should be judged by their
Individual merits, and not by the faults or color of their race.
40 CORRESPONDENCE — ILLINOIS. February,
We concur i n t h e a b o v e a n d u n d e r "Mississippi" h a v e i n d i c a t e d
o t h e r difficulties likely t o arise if t h e G r a n d Master's position is con-
sidered t e n a b l e b y t h e G r a n d L o d g e of Mississippi.
" G O D buries his workers, b u t carries" on H i s w o r k . "

T h e G r a n d Lodge of Masons of Illinois m o u r n s t h e loss of t h r e e
of its m o s t delightful personalities, each of w h o m h a d won a n entirely
s e p a r a t e a n d crowning place in t h e affections of his b r e t h r e n b y reason
of some distinctive personal c h a r a c t e r i s t i c . Of R.'. W.'. Bro. R e v .
H I R A M W . T H O M A S , P a s t G r a n d M a s t e r GODDABD said: " O n e of t h e
p u r e s t m e n tliat 1 ever k n e w . " " A Mason because h e saw t h r o u g h
t h i s organization such possiblities of help for h u m a n i t y . " " T o m y
m i n d h e r a n k e d e q u a l w i t h t h e g r e a t e s t as a n e x p o n e n t of t h e higher
ideals of F r e e m a s o n r y , a n d i n giving i n words expression of i t s prin-
ciples, its teachings a n d i t s s p i r i t u a l t r u t h . " P a s t G r a n d M a s t e r '
(GEO. M . M O U L T O N said, " t h a t t o h i m t h e personality of H I R A M W .
T H O M A S c a m e nearer being like t h a t of t h e Christ t h a n a n y o t h e r m a n
w i t h w h o m h e h a d ever c o m e in c o n t a c t . " Of which B r o . GODDARD
w e l l s a y s , " C a n w o r d s express m o r e ? I s Vciere any higher tribute that
.can be given"!"
T o t h e good all t h i n g s a r e good, w a s well illustrated in t h e i n n e r

life as well a s t h e s u n n y disposition manifested t o w a r d all h u m a n i t y
b y LOYAL, L . M U N N . H i s life w a s a n open Gospel of-loving k i n d n e s s . ,
H e verified t h e saying of J. M. B A B B I E : " T h o s e who, bring s u n s h i n e
t o the lives of others c a n n o t k e e p i t from t h e m s e l v e s . "
Since t h e d e a t h of J D S I A H D R U M M O N D , J O S E P H R O B B I N S , of Illi-
nois h a s b e e n t h e d e a n of t h e corps of Masonic Correspondents. H i s
m i n d w a s of such v a s t a n d i m p e r i o u s mould t h a t h e d o m i n a t e d ,
b y t h e c o m m a n d i n g force of his intellect, n o t only t h e G r a n d Lodge of
Masons of Illinois, b u t certain o t h e r G r a n d Lodges as well. H e w a g e d
b a t t l e with a t e n a c i t y like t o t h a t of G r a n t , a n d w a s never s h a k e n
from his course o r p u r p o s e e x c e p t b y t h e resistless logic of e v e n t s .
P e r m e a t e d w i t h t h e i d e a . t h a t a n y t h i n g b e y o n d t h e t h i r d degree
of Masonry was superfluous h e w a s pertinacious in requiring t h a t all
a r g u m e n t concerning o t h e r forms of M a s o n r y b e s t a r t e d u p o n t h a t
as ail axiomatic f o u n d a t i o n . Like all good fighters, t h e fight e n d e d ,
he w a s t o his a n t a g o n i s t a k i n d l y disposed, generous friend a n d lovable
companion. Those w i t h w h o m h e h a s w a g e d b a t t l e m o s t s t r o n g l y
Igog-IO. COBRESPONDENCE — INDIANA. 41
always knew that when the call to refreshment was given, and the
mace and battle axe were laid aside, he was ready to taste the salt of
hospitality, to break the bread of nourishment, and drink the wine
of refreshment, with never a thought or harbor of ill will or resentment
over the scars or scores of the past.
Among his warmest friends were those with whom he had been
most actively engaged in discussion, and no one was more ready than
he to accord generous praise to the latter when he thought them en-
titled to the same.
His report's were models of .choice English diction, chaste liter-
ary production, and forcible argument, and they have done as much,
or perhaps more, than the work of the .other great Masons of Illinois
to give the great prestige and high standing attained by that Grand
Jurisdiction in the Masonic world.
But when all else is said, above all JOSEPH ROBBINS will be ad-
mired for the heart warmth, energy and power, the soul influence that,
dominating all else, bound to hina with hooks of steel the affection of
his brethren of Illinois, demonstrating as another has so well expressed
it, "The glory of our life comes not from what we do, or what we know,
but dwells forevermore in what we are."
M.-.W.'. ALBERT B . ASHLEY, Grand Master.

R.'.W.'. ISAAC CUTTER, Grand Secretary.
P.'.G.-.M.'. EDWARD COOK, Correspondent.
Next Annual at Chicago, October 11, 1910.
INDIANA — 1909.
The picture of the new Masonic Temple a t Indianapolis forms

' the frontispiece of the Indiana volume. It is undoubtedly the mag-
nificent structure our Hoosier friends claim it to be.
The dedication ceremonies of the Craft were followed by an elo-
quent address by Grand Master CHARLES N . MIKELS. We have tried
to make an extract, but justice would not be done the orator in any
excerpt permitted by our space.
Preliminary to the opening of Grand Lodge, W.'. Bro. ROBERT
J. ALEY delivered a brief, but excellent address on "The Real Struc-
ture of Masonry," and then M.-. W.-. LINCOLN V. CRAVENS, without
whose assistance any Masonic celebration in Indiana would be in-
complete, gave utterance to "the last word to be spoken in comple-
tion of the ever-memorable dedicatory ceremonies." All the addresses
were worthy of the great occasion.
A considerable portion of the address of the Grand Master is de-
voted to an argument in favor of a National Grand Lodge, and the
42 CORRESPONDENCE — INDIANA- February,
principal a r g u m e n t in favor of i t is t h a t of a desired result in uniform-

i t y of law.
This, of course, in sorae m a t t e r s would be desirable, b u t uniform-
i t y of law p r e s u p p o s e s t h e conference of powers of Sovereignty b y t h e
G r a n d Lodges to a N a t i o n a l G r a n d Lodge, t h a t shall t h e r e b y b e c o m e
t h e Sovereign G r a n d Lodge of t h e U n i t e d States, whose will p r o -
m u l g a t e d in law would b e sovereign a n d s u p r e m e .
T h e suggestion for " a c o n c e r t e d m o v e m e n t to assure t h e passing
of laws w h i c h will n i a k e it a felony t o publish an u n a u t h o r i z e d r i t u a l "
is p r e g n a n t w i t h difficulties a n d d a n g e r s of m a n y kinds.
T h e m e r e s t a t e m e n t of t h e s e , pro positions should b e sufficient t o
d e m o n s t r a t e their i m p r a c t i c a b i l i t y , if n o t their impossibility. The
C o m m i t t e e c a m e a n d m a d e r e p o r t on " T h e Nationalization of F r e e
a n d Accepted M a s o n r y . " T h e y a p p r o v e d t h e suggestion of t h e G r a n d
Master of P e n n s y l v a n i a for a conference of. t h e various G r a n d Mas-
ters for a discussion of d i s c o n c e r t i n g questions and of further A n n u a l
Meetings, in t h e h o p e i t m i g h t lead t o an evolution, i n t o a General
G r a n d Lodge.
I t seems to us t h a t t h e only possible evolution w i l l b e into an
e m a s c u l a t e d General G r a n d B o d y whose only a p p a r e n t reason,for ex-
istence will be t o m a k e one m o r e o p p o r t u n i t y for a j a m b o r e e (An-
n u a l or T r i e n n i a l , . a s t h e sufferance of t h e r a t e payers m a y concede),
a n d w h e r e possessing n o Sovereign power it will fail to e n a c t a n y -
t h i n g b i n d i n g u p o n t h e Sovereign G r a n d Lodges, and c o n t e n t itself
w i t h r e c o m m e n d a t i o n s — j u s t as G r a n d Masters now do.
W.". Bro. J O H N W . H A N A N , for G r a n d Lodge, presented to M.-;
W.-. B r o . C H A R L E S N . M I K E L , t h e retiring Grand Master, a P a s t G r a n d
Master's jewel. T h e addresses of p r e s e n t a t i o n a n d reception a r e
models of l i t e r a r y composition. T h a t of Bro. M I K E L , w h e r e he_,
alludes t o t h e love of wife a n d m o t h e r , a n d t h e regard of his b r e t h r e n .
as no less welcome b e c a u s e expected, is beautiful in t h o u g h t a n d
imagery, as well as choice in diction, a n d we opine n o n e t h e less en-
joyed b y t h e b r e t h r e n b e c a u s e of a m p l e p r e p a r a t i o n .
E l o q u e n t addresses were m a d e b y G r a n d Master M I K E L and^
P a s t G r a n d Master L I N C O L N V. C R A V E N S a t Vincennes, March 13,
1909, t h e one h u n d r e d t h a n n i v e r s a r y of t h e p e r m a n e n t i n t r o d u c -
tion of F r e e m a s o n r y in t h e N o r t h w e s t Territory.
W e find an a m e n d e d law a d o p t e d , which it seems t o us will solve
t o a g r e a t e x t e n t t h e q u e s t i o n of i n v o l u n t a r y non-affiliation. G r a n d
Lodges which h a v e n o s u c h r e g u l a t i o n could s t u d y it to a d v a n t a g e .
T h e R e p o r t on C o r r e s p o n d e n c e is b y M.-. W . \ Bro. D A N I E L M C -
D O N A L D as usual. K a n s a s receives brief review. G r a n d M a s t e r
H . F . M A S O N ' S second decision is excerpted. 'Reference is m a d e t o
t h e "fine o r a t i o n " delivered b y B r o . E L R I C K C. COLE, a n d a c k n o w l -
e d g m e n t m a d e of t h e K a n s a s review in t h e following: " I n d i a n a is
courteously n o t i c e d . "
1909-10. CORRKSPOUDKNCE — IOWA: 43
Under "Colorado" is an appreciative reference to ROBERT MOR-

RIS which meets our hearty concurrence.
Under "Missouri" and "New Zealand" Bro. MCDONALD discusses
the question of Landmarks, reaching a conclusion which historically
we consider very questionable, viz: "If there is a well defined Land-
mark of Masonry, it is the unanimity of the ballot."
That can hardly be a Landmark which is contrary to immemor-
ial usage to Mr. "ANDERSON'S Constitutions and General Regu-
lations of 1722-3," and which even since that date has not received
the sanction of general usage of Masonic Grand Bodies.
As we understand it, "the first requisite of a custom or rule of
action to constitute it a landmark is, that it must have existed from
'time whereof the memory of man runneth not to the contrary.' " The
"essential element of antiquity "(MACKBY) is wanting.
Indiana has made a great stride to the front in the past few years
as a Masonic Jurisdiction, as is well evidenced in the record of its Cen-
tennial observance of its Masonic beginning, and its Temple dedica-
tion.
M.-.AV.-. WM. H . MARKER, Grand Master.
R.'.W.'. CALVIN W . PRATHBR, Grdnd Secretary.
M.-.W.'. DANIEL MCDONALD, Correspondent.
Next Annual at Indianapolis, May 24, 1910.
IOWA — 1909.
It is seldom that the reviewer of Grand Lodge proceedings has
much trouble in making selections from the Grand Master's address;
but in Grand Master P. J. MARTIN'S address we are faced by this diffi-
culty. Seldom has it been our lot to find an address so full of rich
thought and wise suggestion so choicely expressed. His comments
on "weak lodges" would be of great service to any Grand Master en-
tering upon his official duties; though the writer enjoys his after "re-
freshment" cigar, he endorses heartily the comments on "smoking
in the lodge room," which Bro. MARTIN characterizes as "an offense
against common decency, a violation of the rules of good breeding,
and should be made a Masonic offense;" what he says about the "black
ball" is worthy of being engraved and hung up in every Iowa lodge
room, and other jurisdictions as well; he calls attention to the custom-
ary disregard to business principles in connection with Grand Lodge
funds in the Grand Treasurer's charge, and indicates that he is not
Masonically hide-bound by the following in reference to the Eastern
Star Chapter: "Without exception they prove a great help to
"Masonry. Lodge rooms are better kept, the social side of lodge
"life is improved, a more refined air prevails, and Masonry occupies
"a higher plane than it did before the Chapter was started."
44 CORRESPONDBNCB — IOWA. February,
T h e G r a n d M a s t e r visited 46 lodges a n d traveled 7,000 miles i n

t h e i n t e r e s t s of t h e f r a t e r n i t y . A good record, well done. F r o m
t h e r e p o r t of G r a n d L i b r a r i a n P A R V I N , w e n o t e he is anxious t o m a k e
t h e a c q u a i n t a n c e of t h e first I o w a Mason willing t o e m u l a t e t h e e x -
a m p l e of D r . L B R O Y M . T A Y L O R ; or even willing to give SI,000.CO for a
m e m o r i a l , also, i n t h e G r a n d Lodge L i b r a r y . We t r u s t h e m a y find
m a n y such, a n d t h a t t h e w o r k of t h e P A R V I N S in I o w a m a y e m u l a t e
o t h e r s t o i m i t a t e t h e i r e x a m p l e in every Masonic G r a n d Jurisdiction.
T h e features of G r a n d M a s t e r P . J. M A R T I N are r e p r o d u c e d i n a n
excellent e n g r a v i n g b y B A T H E R , which forms t h e frontispiece t o t h e
volume.
V e n e r a b l e B r o t h e r s N A T H A N S C O F I E L D a n d R. D. M I N A R D , b o t h
of w h o m were p r e s e n t a t j o i n t session of Grand Lodge a t D a v e n p o r t
fifty y e a r s previous, w e r e p r e s e n t e d b y t h e G r a n d Master t o t h e m e m -
bers of G r a n d Lodge. E a c h e n t e r t a i n e d G r a n d Lodge w i t h p l e a s a n t a n d
h u m o r o u s a c c o u n t s of M a s o n r y in I o w a a half c e n t u r y a g o . E a c h
b r o t h e r h a d e n t e r e d u p o n his 83d year.
M . \ E . ' . G r a n d H i g h Priest L o u i s B L O C K was presented t o G r a n d
Lodge b y t h e G r a n d M a s t e r a n d i m p r o v e d t h e o p p o r t u n i t y t o deliver
his little speech.
U p o n t h e a p p r o v i n g r e p o r t of t h e Correspondence C o m m i t t e e
fraternal recognition w a s a c c o r d e d t o t h e G r a n d Lodge Valle d e
Mexico a n d fraternal courtesies exchanged.
B r o t h e r J . W. J A M I S O N , t h e oldest living elective G r a n d Lodge
officer p r e s e n t , w a s w e l c o m e d b y G r a n d Lodge.
E x c e l l e n t p o r t r a i t s of H o n o r a r y S . \ G.-. W a r d e n W M . B . A L L I S O N
a n d S.'. G.'. Wârden C Y R U S H . S H A W a p p e a r in t h e proceedings, a n d
t h e Iowa v o l u m e i n e v e r y r e s p e c t is u p t o its usual high order of ex-
cellence. • "
T h e Correspondence r e p o r t for 1909 d e m o n s t r a t e s t h e fact t h a t
Bro. B L O C K , t h e n e w reviewer, has n o t fallen below t h e class of work
for which t h e I o w a c o r r e s p o n d e n t s h i t h e r t o h a v e been conceded e x -
cellence.
As w e belong n o t t o t h e " p o t e n t , or grave, or even r e v e r e n d
seigniors w h o grace t h e r o u n d t a b l e of Masonic Correspondence" we
m a y t a k e t h e liberty, w h i c h w e do heartily, of welcoming t h e newcomer,
who so far as we can perceive s t e p s off, on t h e proper foot, w i t h all
t h e ease, precision a n d confidence of a v e t e r a n .
T h e r e v i e w of K a n s a s is a n excellent one. I t s t a r t s o u t as fol-
lows: " W h o said, G O D help K a n s a s ? " a n d t h e n he p a y s a h a n d s o m e
c o m p l i m e n t to t h e K a n s a s v o l u m e , c o n g r a t u l a t i n g t h e K a n s a s b r e t h r e n
o n " h a v i n g a Secretary w h o k n o w s how t o t u r n o u t s o m e t h i n g in t h e
b o o k line t h a t reflects g r e a t credit u p o n his G r a n d L o d g e . " T h e n
t h e following: " T h e i l l u s t r a t i o n on t h e title page i s t h a t of H E N B T
" F . M A S O N , G r a n d M a s t e r for ] 9 0 9 . a n d reveals t h e features of a
" s h r e w d , genial g e n t l e i n a n of g r e a t force of character. W e feel sure
" t h a t his genial smile a n d e y e t h a t seem t o b e continually kindling
igog-io. CORRESPONDENCE — IOIVA. 45
" w i t h good h u m o r , h a v e m a d e h i m friends wherever he h a s gone.

" A good big nose, a well m o u l d e d a n d well c u t m o u t h , a n d a s q u a r e ,
"resolute chin, show us he can be v e r y firm w i t h all his k i n d n e s s . "
Quoting fully w h a t Bro. M A S O N said a b o u t " p r o s p e r i t y t o t h e O r d e r , "
h e adds, " Y o u will n o t e t h a t his ability is equaled only b y his m o d -
esty."
T h e lawyer comes to t h e surface w h e n h e says of G r a n d Master
M A S O N ' S second decision: " I t appeals to us as a carefully worded a n d
correct s t a t e m e n t of t h e rule t h a t should g o v e r n such cases."
Copying a full page of Brp. E L B I C K C . C O L E ' S o r a t i o n , which he
italicizes t h o u g h t f u l l y to emphasize its inner m e a n i n g , he t h e n s a y s :
" I t is t h e r e a d i n g of such beautiful passages as t h e s e t h a t m a k e s us
" r e g r e t t h a t t h e c u s t o m of h a v i n g a n a n n u a l o r a t i o n is n o t followed in
o u r own G r a n d Lodge.
" W e feel t h a t entirely too m u c h a t t e n t i o n is p a i d to a t t a i n i n g
"perfection in t h e letter of t h e ritual, a n d far too little t o t h e business
"of m a k i n g plain t h e helpful a n d inspiring teaching, a n d philosophy
" t h a t e v e r y w h e r e underlies t h a t letter. W e n e e d t h e s y m p a t h e t i c
"assistance of thoughtful, eloquent b r e t h r e n to open our eyes t h a t
" w e m a y see, a n d u n s t o p our ears t h a t w e m a y hear. W e believe
" t h a t t h e w o r k of t h e G r a n d O r a t o r is v e r y largely t h a t of a p r o p h e t
" w h o brings a new revelation, a r e v e l a t i o n t h a t we sorely need t o
" k e e p our M a s o n r y from becoming m e a n i n g l e s s . "
H e t h e n c o n g r a t u l a t e s G r a n d Lodges t h a t include in their pro-
g r a m " a n o r a t i o n b y a good, t r u e a n d t h o u g h t f u l m a n a n d m a s o n . "
U n d e r " Q u e b e c " we read: " W e concede Bro. C H A M B E R S ' good
t a s t e w h e n h e culls from t h e Proceedings of t h e G r a h d Lodge of K a n -
sas t h e following fine passage." A n d t h e n follows B r o . B O N D ' S " P e -
riod of Mental U n r e s t , " which Bro. B L O C K , w i t h a like good t a s t e , re-
produces.
T h e closing p a r t of Bro. B E R T I N E P . W A L K E R ' S necrology r e p o r t
is t a k e n in full.
B r o t h e r B L O C K reads us a homily on w h a t M a s o n r y now generally
s t a n d s for, in q u e s t i o n of w h a t h e conceives t h e o b j e c t t o h a v e b e e n
in t h e delivery of a paper before t h e K a n s a s P a s t G r a n d Master's
Association.
Out of deference to our good b r o t h e r , w h o m we h o p e m a y soon
b e eligible t o an I o w a P a s t G r a n d Master's Association, we rise to
s a y t h a t such a Body, while dignified, as becomes its c o n s t i t u e n t s ,
is entirely unwilling t o be responsible for a n y effusions from a n y of
its m e m b e r s , a n d t h a t when a n y one of its m e m b e r s a d v a n c e s t h e p r o p o -
sition t h a t t h e a n c i e n t m a n u s c r i p t s of M a s o n r y d e m o n s t r a t e t h e oldest
a n d m o s t i m p o r t a n t l a n d m a r k of Masonry t o h a v e been a belief in
GOD, t h e F a t h e r , Son a n d Holy Spirit, t h e y a r e willing t o listen to h i m
a n d place his m a n u s c r i p t a m o n g t h e archives, a n d a t their n e x t con-
clave listen w i t h like e q u a n i m i t y t o a p a p e r u p o n t h e a n c i e n t c o n u n -
d r u m p r o p o u n d e d b y THTJBLOW W E E D j u s t before t h e g u b e r n a t o r i a l
46 CORRESPONDENCE—IRELAND. February,
election i n New Y o r k : " W h a t b e c a m e of Morgan?!' W e believe

o u r good b r o t h e r confesses a s t o knowledge of t h e subject of t h e i n -
. q u i r y of t h e p a p e r w h e n h e said: " S u p p o s e t h e 'old fellows' did believe
in a T r i n i t y i n t h e early p a r t of t h e E i g h t e e n t h C e n t u r y . Is t h a t a n y
reason w h y w e of t h e T w e n t i e t h C e n t u r y should b e tied d o w n t o a b e -
lief in a s o m e t h i n g or o t h e r t h a t as far as we a r e concerned m u s t for-
ever r e m a i n a n e m p t y a n d meaningless phrase ?" T h a t is t h e n u b of
t h e p r o p o s i t i o n e x a c t l y . Are m o d e r n Masons, u n d e r a n y obligation
t o respect t h e a n c i e n t l a n d m a r k s ? Or, as t h e question h a s been b e t -
t e r s t a t e d , " I s it -within t h e power of a n y m a n , or b o d y of m e n , t o
m a k e a n i n n o v a t i o n in t h e B o d y of M a s o n r y ? " G O U L D said t h e
L o n d o n - W e s t m i n s t e r o r g a n i z a t i o n " d i d n o t h a v e t h e r i g h t or a u -
t h o r i t y t o d i c t a t e t o t h e M a s o n r y of t h e world w h a t its religion should
be." If a C o n s t i t u t i o n a l c h a n g e w a s n o t t h e n effected ( a n d w e s t a n d
w i t h B r o . G O U L D ) h o w , w h e n a n d where has i t since been m a d e ? "
U n d e r " A r k a n s a s " B r o . B L O C K voices t h e opinion of his " p o t e n t ,
g r a v e a n d r e v e r e n d c o l l a b o r a t o r s " in t h e following well considered
judgment.
We have always felt that there was a deplorable tendency in our Grand Lodges
to lay entirely too much emphasis on the perfection of the letter of the Ritual, to
the careless neglect of the promulgation of its meaning and spirit. Perfection in
the letter of the Ritual can never make an upright man and Mason out of the fel-
low who fails to grasp its inner meaning, and who tails to appreciate the beauties
of thought and sentiment that lie hidden behind the mystery of the symbol. '
T h e K a n s a s R e p o r t o n Correspondence receives a t t h e h a n d s of
B . ' . W.-. B L O C K t h e m o s t unqualiiied praise. W e m a k e o u r m o s t p r o -
found b o w , a n d t e n d e r in a c k n o w l e d g m e n t t h e assurances of o u r high-
est consideration a n d esteem.
M.-.W.-. D A V I D W . C L E M E N T S , G r a n d Master.
R.-.W.-. N E W T O N R . P A R V I N , G r a n d Secretary.
R.-.W.\ LOUIS BLOCK, Correspondent.
N e x t A n n u a l a t W a t e r l o o , J u n e 14, 1910.
IRELAND — 1908.
Sir J A M E S C R E E D M E R E D I T H , D e p u t y G r a n d Master, presided.

I n his a d d r e s s h e p a y s t r i b u t e t o t h e distinguished d e a d of his
own a n d o t h e r G r a n d Jurisdictions.
Referring to t h e v a c a n c y c r e a t e d b y t h e d e a t h of B r o . H O D D E R ,
t h e G r a n d R e p r e s e n t a t i v e n e a r G r a n d Lodge of Ireland, of t h e G r a n d
Lodge of C o s t a Rica, a n d w h i c h B r o . O K R h a s been r e c o m m e n d e d b y
t h e B o a r d of General P u r p o s e s t o fill as successor, h e said: " I h a v e
n o d o u b t t h e n o m i n a t i o n will b e a p p r o v e d b y G r a n d Lodge, a n d t h a t
in d u e t i m e h e will b e called t o t a k e his seat on t h e D i a s . " " W h y
n o t give like h o n o r t o A m b a s s a d o r s t o K a n s a s ? " T h e G r a n d Master
lyOg-IO. OOHRESPONDENCE—KENTUCKY. 47
said a word of congratulation and.honor to Bro. Major General WOOLSEY,

who has just completed sixty years of membership as a Mason in
Lodge No. 47, in Dundalk, and expresses the hope that he will con-
tinue to be a member of that lodge for a great many years to come.
"Upon the question of Masonic religious services M.-. W.'. Bro. MERE-
DITH said: " I think one very great advantage of these Masonic services
"is to emphasize to the outer world that Free Masons will not disas-
"sociate our worship of GOD Almighty from our Masonry; that we will
"not have among us Atheists. How we worship that GOD Almighty
"is a matter that each man must answer to his own conscience and to
"his GOD, but, brethren, especially in a country where we are sur-
"rounded by those who call us a secret society, and regard us with
"no friendly eye, we want it to be recognized that this is no secret
"as to the principles of our fraternity, and that we are always ready
"and willing to give account for the Faith that is in us."
Grand Master MEEEDITH devotes considerable space in his ad-
dress to a bequest of 32,000 pounds in consols, the interest of which was
to go to the daughter of the testator (a middle-aged woman), and a t
her death to go in equal shares to the two great Masonic Schools of
Ireland—the Masonic jewels, as our Irish brethren call them. The
testator was an Inspector General of Naval Hospitals. He was not
a Mason, but his father, about a century before, was Deputy Grand
Secretary of the Grand Lodge of Ireland. He stipulated that the
pupils that received benefactions were to be known as "Secretary
GRAHAME pupils," thus honoring for all time his father's name.
The records made by the pupils of the two schools are very notable,
as customary, and our Irish brethren have high reason to be proud of
the great work done in the schools.
Patron, His Majesty, The King.
Duke of AbQroorn, M.'. W.'. Grand Master.
Lord Castledown, R.'. W.". Grand Secretary.
Next Annual on St. John's Day (in winter), 1909.
KENTUCKY ~ 1908.
The Kentucky volume opens to a portrait of M.'. W.'. Bro. HENRY

P. BARRET, Grand Master, 1097-8, opposite to which is a fao-simile of
the two sides of the HIRAM BASSETT Memorial Prize Medal awarded for
the year 1907-8 to two of the Home children for the highest average
in scholarship and deportment CALLIE WILLIAMS and CHARLES T .
BowNY were the recipients of the medals.
The portrait of VIRGIL P. SMITH, Grand Master for 1908-9, is
also given. The Grand Lodge met in the Scottish Rite Cathedral,
possession of the auditorium of the Masonic Temple being refused by
the lessee. We note elsewhere that Grand Lodge had been awarded
possession by a United States Court against lessee. Grand Master
48 CORRESPONDENCE — KENTUCKY. February,
BAHRET voices the general experience in regard to the blessedness of

giving. After speaking of the Homes, he continues: "The great
"good and merciful benefits accomplished by these institutions in
"ameliorating the condition of our unfortunate brothers, and their
"widows and orphans, fortunately does not exhaust their power to
"bestow blessings. Invariably they have proven a means of grace to
"the body Masonic itself, and have without exception, been coexist-
"ent with prosperity and harmony wherever established and properly
"provided for. Ours certainly has been, and I do not hesitate to say
"that the Masonic Widows' and Orphans' Home and Infirmary is at
"once the source of our greatest pride and our greatest blessings."
The children in the Home family consist of 146 boys and 114
girls. The Mason's Home at Shellbyville has 21 aged Masons as in-
mates.
Our Kentucky brethren/are making strenuous efforts to increase
their endowment fund for this Home. Nineteen lodges, U. D., were
granted charters.
The Committee on the Henry Clay Monument reported an ap-
propriation by the legislature of $10,000—an amount sufficient to
properly repair the monument, for which faithful performance of duty,
the Committee received a vote of thanks of Grand Lodge
We regret to note the adoption of Rule 6, an appendix to the new
Constitution permitting the moving of the previous question when a
question is under debate. We think this appendix liable to be the
cause of inflammation and mortification, and think it wise to remove
it before it produces such trouble. No gag law and no restrictions
on debate have ever been recognized in Masonry, save those inter-
posed by the rules of the Masonic Body, Master'or Grand Master, and
in the interests of harmony; no change to other methods than those
known to the Craft should be made. The Report on Correspondence is
by Past Grand Master WILLIAM W . CLARKE and is up to his usual
high standard of excellence. Kansas for 1908 is reviewed. The ad-
dress of Grand Master WELLINGTON is pronounced "excellent;" an
excerpt is taken from it showing the Kansas prosperity. He also
prints what Bro. W. said about "Ciphers," the three decisions; and
then as he takes part of his conclusion, Bro. CLARKE says: "Just one
"paragraph from his conclusion, a paragraph we wish every Mason in
"the world could read, and read again until it becomes a part of his
"consciousness." Bro. CLARKE further said: "We quote in full the
"very able special report of the Committee on Correspondence sub-
"mitted by its Chairman on the question of recognition of Grand
"Lodges."
He also copies our comments on Kentucky lodges and the "de-
served tribute" to the late Past Grand Master STATON," and then
gives utterance to the following: "We have given so much space to
"Kansas that some things we would like to refer to and discuss must
"he omitted."
igog-io. CoHRESPOtfDENCB—KENTUCKY. 49
Our general report is said to be an "excellent review of the pro-

ceedings of Grand Lodges."
Under "Maine," discussing a resolution referred to the Juris-
prudence Committee, under which an E. A., or a F. C, leaving the
jurisdiction permanently should be entitled to a certificate of his
Masonic standing, Bro. C. says: "We suggest that it would be still
"in accord with correct usage to recognize Entered Apprentices and
"Fellow Crafts as Masons, and when they desired it grant them dimits.
"Candidly, we have never been able to understand why Masons of
"these degrees were prohibited by some jurisdictions from dimit-
"ting."
Masonry in the countries where first instituted and formalized has
always recognized an Entered Apprentice as a Mason. He is still
there recognized as such; and in the jurisdictions in this country which
do not follow the dictation of the self-created and self-styled Masonic
Congress of 1844, they have not yet eliminated from their work the
ancient claim, and right to consideration as a brother. It is the weak
spot in the Masonic organization and the proposed revolution is a step
in the direction of improvement. Either correct the error, or cut out all
the gush about a brother who is not a brother.
Under "Maryland," Bro. CLARKE gives a proper characterization
to the suggestion of the erection of another Grand Lodge within the
territory of Queensland. No, Bro. CLARKE, it is neither "fair nor hon-
est," and what is of supreme importance is the fact that it won't work.
M.-.W.-. VIRGIL P. SMITH, Grand Master.^
R.'.W.'. H. B. GRANT, Grand Secretary.
R.'.W.'. W. W. CLARKE, Correspondent.
^ Next Annual at Louisville, October 19, 1909
KENTUCKY — 1909.
Grand Master VIRGIL P. SMITH, in the opening of his address,

modestly says: "The administration of the affairs of this Grand Juris-
"diction has not been marked by any great or unexpected events.
"Our growth has been steady, peace has prevailed, harmony has been
"the watchword, and strength the result."
He pays a notable tribute to their "venerable, beloved Past Grand
Master, THOMAS TODD. For more than sixty years he has attended
every meeting of this Grand Lodge." He was born in Lincoln county,
Kentucky, December 1, 1820, and died April 30, 1909.
A Kentucky Mason living in Ohio, having been guilty while there
of the very grossest unmasonic conduct, charges were preferred against
him in Ohio, and the guilty party properly and promptly expelled—the
result reported by the Grand Master of Ohio to the Kentucky Grand
Master, and by the latter to the Grand Lodge of Kentucky.
50 GORRESPOlfDENCE—KENTUCKY. February,
K e n t u c k y h a s a penal section, N o . 175, of its laws concerning

trials, as follows:
Trial in Other States.—If a Mason, who is a member of a lodge under the

Jurisdiction of the Grand Lodge of Kentucky, shall make his residence or establish
permanent business in any other Grand Lodge juirsdiction, the lodge nearest such
residence or place of business may take penal jurisdiction over him by preferring
charges against him, before his own lodge brings formal accusations for the same of-
fense, and may reprimand, suspend or expel him, according to its findings and
sentence, after due trial had in accordance with the laws of the Grand Lodge under
which the trialiiis holden, and shall give to the Kentucky lodge of which the accused
was a member, prompt notice of the action taken. This privilege shall apply only
to such Grand Jurisdiction as shall accord to Kentucky lodges the same rights and
privileges over such' of their members as may come from their jurisdiction to that
of this Grand Lodge.
Ohio does n o t h a v e such a p e n a l section, .but " t o o k t h e action

w i t h t h e u n d e r s t a n d i n g t h a t K e n t u c k y lodges should h a v e penal
j u r i s d i c t i o n over Ohio Masons residing in K e n t u c k y . "
T h e C o m i n i t t e e on J u r i s p r u d e n c e a p p r o v e d t h e action of G r a n d
M a s t e r S M I T H , b u t a d d e d t o their r e p o r t as follows:
It does not appear that the Grand Lodge of Ohio has formally accepted Sec-
tion 175 of our Constitution governing this matter. We recommend that the
Incoming Grand Master take up this question with the Grand Lodge of Ohio and
get an acceptance of Section 175. We further recommend that the incoming Grand
Master submit the provisions of Section 175 of the Constitution to the proper au-
thorities of all the Grand Jurisdictions in the United'States, with the request that
they either accept or reject said provisions.
W e t h i n k t h e proposed submission can do n o h a r m ; a t t h e s a m e

t i m e w e t h i n k t h e settled c o m m o n l a w of M a s o n r y for, nearly, if n o t
fully, forty years p a s t , has been t h a t p e n a l jurisdiction accrues to t h e
lodge w h e r e t h e u n m a s o n i c c o n d u c t occurs, t h o u g h in an entirely _
different Masonic Jurisdiction, equally as it does to t h e lodge of which
t h e g u i l t y p a r t y is a member.
W i t h i n t h e p a s t s i x t y days t h e Alphonso a n d G a s t o n act h a s t a k e n
place b e t w e e n K a n s a s a n d a n o t h e r jurisdiction in which b o t h a r e
a n x i o u s t o a s s u m e jurisdiction, b u t e a c h equally courteous, one juris-
diction being t h e place where uninasonic c o n d u c t occurred, t h e o t h e r
t h e place of lodge m e m b e r s h i p .
T h e H o m e C o m m i t t e e m a d e a full r e p o r t , one sentence of. which
tells t h e s t o r y : " W e heartily agree w i t h t h e G r a n d Master t h a t
our H o m e is b e c o m i n g m o r e efficient for good e v e r y y e a r . " ^
T h e G r a n d Secretary, Bro. H. B . G R A N T , offered a prize to t h e
s e c r e t a r y whose lodge r e t u r n s for t h e y e a r 1909 should b e m o s t nearly
perfect. T h e C o m m i t t e e of t h r e e a p p o i n t e d t o a w a r d t h e prize m a d e
their r e p o r t , s h o w i n g w h a t t h e y did a n d how t h e y did it. T h e r e is
every evidence of a faithful a n d conscientious performance of d u t y ,
T h e y s a y : " F r o m t h e 547 r e t u r n s in t h e office of t h e G r a n d Secretary
w e selected 9 3 ; from this n u m b e r we selected 2 3 , a n d finally t h e con-
Igog-IO. COicRBSPONDENCB — KENTUCKY. 51
test was reduced to two." The concluding paragraph of the report

is as follows: "To Bro. CHARLES WURSTER of Covington Lodge No.
109 we have the pleasure of awarding the token of the Grand Secre-
tary,' with the hope that he may be- the Secretary of his Lodge for
many years." And then the record says: "The prize was placed in
the hands of Bro. ORIE S. WARE by Grand Secretary GRANT to be con-
veyed to Bro. WURSTEK," and still there is no suggestion of what
the prize was. Every paragraph save one refers to the manner of de-
termining how to award, and the awarding of the prize. Absolutely
nothing in the report to give a clue, unless in the opening sentence,
and we don't believe that Bro. GRANT—but here is the opening sen-
tence: "To the Grand Lodge of Kentucky: Your Special Com-
mittee to award the stimulant—a little token of the appreciation of
the Grand Secretary to Secretaries for duties peformed on time—
have the pleasure of presenting this report." Bro. GRANT, what was
the stimulant?"
M.\ W.-. Bro. VIRGIL P. SMITH went out of office with the high ap-
preciation of his brethren, and a well earned jewel.
Past Grand Master WILLIAM W . CLARKE furnishes the Repori, on
Correspondence. Under "Alabama," where it had been held that one
suspended by lodge, and for errors in trial, case was reversed and re-
manded for new trial by subordinate lodge, the brother thereby was
restored to Masonic rights and privileges, but not to lodge member-
ship. Bro. CLARKE very properly contends that an illegal conviction
and sentence by a lodge reversed and remanded for new trial, left the
brother just where he was before first trial. That is what it is in law,
Bro. C, and Masonry surely ought not to be harsher or more exact-
ing than the criminal law of our courts.
Brother CLARKE also shows up the jurisdictional inconsistency
involved in retaining jurisdiction over rejected material for three years,
at the same time declaring that one jurisdiction may receive rejected
appUcants from other jurisdictions. without getting the consent of
the rejecting lodge. Still, after all, Bro. C , it is an improvement over
perpetual local jurisdiction, closing the door of hope forever in many
cases to good men simply over a matter of spite. /
The review of Kansas is very considerate and complimentary.
Bro. C. says: "The first sentence of the Grand Master's address
sounds a note of optimism." The year, he declares, has been one of
continued prosperity. Bro. C. excerpts the three Kansas decisions.
The special report of the Kansas Committee recognizing Saskat-
chewan and Western Australia was copied in full by Bro. CLARKE,
in introduction of the same saying: "The remarks of the Committee
in regard to the last being so pertinent that we quote them." After
excerpting fully, he said:
"It has been a question in our mind whether the tripartite agreement entered
"into by the Grand Lodges of England, Scotland and Ireland was not. on the part
"of each, such surrender of sovereignty as to seriously compromise the standing
52 CORRESPONDENCE —LOUISIANA. February,
"of all of said Grand Lodges as sovereign bodies. Were it an original question,
"and were they, with such a compact existing between them, applying to the Grand
"Lodge of Kentucky for recognition, this Conimittee is inclined to the opinion that
"it could not recommend recognition, on the ground that neither was a sovereign
"body; that it could not act in one particular, essentially the act of any independent
"sovereign body, without the consent and permission of others.
"The excellent Report on Correspondence reviewing the Proceedings of other
"Grand Lodges is the work of Bro. MILLEB, and is his seventh review. We regre
"that Kentucky finds no place in it.
"We quote a part of his conclusion.
T h e K e n t u c k y v o l u m e contains t h e " M a s o n i c Code of P r o c e d u r e . "
W e n o t i c e t h a t i n a trial only M a s t e r Masons a n d Fellow Crafts a r e
p u t u p o n t h e i r Masonic honor in testifying. A n E n t e r e d A p p r e n t i c e
is required t o give t h e s a m e o a t h a s a p r o f a n e . W e also n o t e t h a t a
Mason, o t h e r t h a n a n E n t e r e d A p p r e n t i c e , m a y b e compelled t o
testify; while a n E n t e r e d A p p r e n t i c e o r a profane c a n n o t b e com-
pelled t o testify. W h y t h i s distinction, B r o . C , against t h e E n t e r e d
Apprentices ?
M.-.W.-. J O H N H . C O W L E S , G r a n d Master.
R.-.W.-. H . B . G R A N T , Grand S e c r e t a r y .
WM. W . CLABKB, Correspondent.
LOUISIANA — 1909.
T w o vacancies were created in t h e . office of G r a n d Master d u r i n g

t h e y e a r preceding a n d closing w i t h t h e Session of G r a n d Lodge,
G r a n d M a s t e r J. C. D R E W being compelled t o l e a v e t h e S t a t e b y reason
of c h a n g e in business relations a n d D e p u t y a n d Acting G r a n d Master
F R E D C . M A R C H d y i n g S e p t e m b e r 13, 1908, R . ' . W.-. B r o . N. B . N U L L ,
t h e Senior G r a n d W a r d e n , acting a s G r a n d M a s t e r for t h e r e m a i n d e r
of t h e t i m e .
I n h i s a d d r e s s t h e G r a n d M a s t e r refers t o a suit b r o u g h t against
G r a n d L o d g e for $50,000.00 for d a m a g e s for certain alleged libelous
a n d d e f a m a t o r y references m a d e i n a circular concerning a Cerneau
g e n t l e m a n n a m e d t h e r e i n . H e s a y s : " T h e case, of course, h a s t o b e
defended, b u t I a m advised t h a t i t n e e d n o t b e t a k e n seriously."
" I t seems t o u s t h a t 350,000.00 w o u l d b e a v e r y high appraise-
m e n t for a c o m p l e t e , fully developed Cerneau c h a r a c t e r , a n d t h a t such
a n e s t i m a t e u p o n t h e d a m a g e s s u s t a i n e d b y o n e is entirely b e y o n d a n y
r e a s o n a b l e conception of i t s m a r k e t v a l u e , either before or after, t h e
d a m a g e , or b o t h .
W e a r e afraid t h e Cerneau g e n t l e m a n h a s a n i d e a t h e G r a n d
Lodge is responsible t o h i m for t h e d a m a g e t o his business, a n d is
< e s t i m a t i n g h i s loss b y t h e f aUure t o h o o k t e n t h o u s a n d suckers a t $5.00
per, u p o n w h o m h e h a d c o u n t e d t o a d o r n his string.
T h e m o s t s u p r e m e c o n c e n t r a t i o n of cheek, a s s u m p t i o n a n d gall
t h a t w a s ever presented for consideration w a s a n d is t h a t c o n t a i n e d
IgOo-IO. GOBRBSPONDENCE — LOUISIANA. 53
in the claim from which is made up the alleged Masonic record and
history of JOSEPH CERNEAU.
If JULIUS CAESAR had made his division in CERNEAU'S day he
would have divided Gaul into four parts, instead of three, devoting
one part to that portion contained in the anatomy of JOSEPH CERNEAU
Born in Villableriu, France, he went to Port-au-Prince in Santo
Domingo claiming to be a French Masonic initiate and as such was
received in Lodge Reunion des Coeurs No. 47, his name appearing
in the Tableau of members for 1801, and where he signed the Tableau
in his own hand claiming that he was a'Royal Arch, Rose Croix Mason.
The Supreme Council of France and the Grand Orient of France
put a quietus on his French claim of Masonic origin by saying, "there •
is no such record." July 11, 1806, in Cuba CERNEAU received from
DupoNTET, a 25th degree Mason, a patent in French certifying that he
had received the degrees, from that of 4th to 24th inclusive; which is
the only patent, or written or record evidence of any kind, outside of
CERNEAU'S claim, that he ever was even a Mason. From this founda-
tion, and this alone, in 1806 he organized in New York City a consistory;
and later, without doubt in 1827, CERNEAU and his consistory organized
a Supreme Council. CERNEAU'S consistory was an alleged Sovereign
Grand Body, and when ^he Supreme Council assumed the same pre-
rogative, the latter body was quickly snuffed out of existence by the
consitory turning up its toes, to the daisies' in 1827. CERNEAU
then went to France, where he died in 1829. He left to t h e
objects of his creation a priceless legacy—his supreme gall, which is
in evidence upon the slightest provocation wherever such body exists.
The Grand Lodge of Louisiana since 1858 has"recognized the Supreme
Council of the Southern Jurisdiction of U. S. as legitimate, and all
other alleged Scottish Rite Masonry as clandestine, and its action in
declaring Cerneauism clandestine was affirmed by it at the present
communication.
R.'. W.'. Bro. HERMAN C. DUNCAN furnishes correspondence
review. He cjuotes from the Kansas Proceedings the encouraging
words with which Grand Master WELLINGTON felicitated Grand Lodge.
The oration of W.'.. DALLAS GBOVER was also called upon for a
liberal excerpt.
The question submitted by the Kansas Correspondence Committee
"to be satisfactorily answered by foreign Masonic organizations, asking
"fraternal relations," and approved by Grand Lodge, are published, and
excite the following comment: "In our opinion a very essential ques-
"tion is lacking: Are the lodges legitimately derived? There is prob-
"ably not one of the Clandestine Grand Lodges in the United States
"that could not meet the requirements of the Kansas questions. They
Tare proper as far as they go, but they certainly do not go far enough.
''They are by no means exhaustive of the investigation that ought to
be had before a foreign Grand Lodge is recognized."
54 CORRESPONDENCE — LOUISIANA. February,
A lawyer who would make a statement of his opponent's case in

a matter directed to the consideration or even discretion of the Judge
with an equal disregard of the record, would only have himself to blame
in future hearings if "His Honor" required profert to be made of the
record. Referring to the report of the Committee the sentence immedi-
^ ately preceding the questions and leading up to them in the Kansas
report, is as follows: "In its formulation of such reasonable basis,
"your Committee recommends that each Grand Lodge seeking recog-
"nition be required to furnish a statement of its Masonic antecedents
"and origin, and in addition thereto, make specific answers to the fol-
"lowing essential questions, viz:" (Here follow the questions.)
Now, suppose that in 1908, when- the criticism was written,
Louisiana had been asking for recognition, and t h e . question, "Are
the lodges legitimately derived?" should be asked, would the answer
"Yes" have been any more-satisfactory than a "statement of its Ma-
sonic antecedents and origin," and would either of them have satisfied
the Correspondents who trace everything Masonic to the year of
light—1177?
We are of the opinion'that a common basis of union is being rap-
idly reached; the strict constructionists who require a legitimate ori-
gin (from a body that never had a pretense of legitimate origin), are
few, and there is no hope for accretions to their number.
The action of the Grand Lodge Valle de Mexico, limiting its
jurisdiction to the Federal District and the Federal Territories, Bro.
DUNCAN says, removed the bars that had kept him back from recom-
mending recognition, and in presenting the resolution of recognition
he says: "We may add that we do so with much pleasure." We are •
gratified at the action taken by the Committee, and by Louisiana, in
the Mexico recognition. , , . . -
Under "New Hampshire," when the Grand Master decided in
effect that the presence of the Lodge was required in order for the
Master to perform the burial service, Bro. DUNCAN, quoting decision,
well says: "Of course, the above decision is correct, according to
"New Hampshire law. Yet, under great stress of circumstances,
"we can perceive no objection to the reading, by any Mason, of such
"portion of the service as may be proper or possible. Can there be
"any possible objection, upon the field of battle, or in the presence
"of some terrible epidemic, to placing his apron in the grave, or cast-
"ing therein a sprig of evergreen by the brethren?" The Alaskan
funeral, years ago, is an incident in support of Bro. DUNCAN'S views—
where there was no lodge, nothing but a chance gathering of brethren,
but who performed the Masonic service, and whose action was ap-
proved by Masonic writers, and the Masonic judgment in this country,
quite generally.
Renewal of exchange of representation was requested through
the Grand Master with four German Grand Lodges and the Grand
Lodge of Chili. Recognition was formally tendered to the Grand
Lodges of Germany at Berlin, the Grand Lodge "of the Sun" at Bay-
lyog-io. CORRESPONDENCE — MAINE. 55
reuth, the Grand Lodge "Zur Eintracht" of Hesse at Darmstadt, t h e

Grand Lodge of Sweden, the Grand Lodge of Norway, the Grand
Lodge of Denmark, the Grand Lodge Symbolic of Hungary, the Grand
Orient of the Netherlands at the Hague, the Grand Lodge of Puerto
Rico, the Grand Lodge of Valle de Mexico, the Grand Lodge of
Oaxaca, the Grand Lodge of Nueva Leon, the Grand Lodge Cosmos
of Chihuahua, and the Grand Lodge of Salvador.
We notice in the Proceedings of the Grand Lodge Valle de Mexico
the following in the Grand Master's address referring to the efforts
of the Grand Lodges of Nueva Leon and Cosmos of Chihuahua to
obtain recognition from Valle de Mexico, Grand Master ALBBKTO PRO
says: "The Grand Lodges here mentioned do not provide for the
"use of the Bible in their Constitution, and this deficiency is the prin-
"cipal obstacle to any satisfactory solution of tne difficulty, as our
"own Constitution clearly provides that the Bible shall be placed on
"the Altar of the Lodge. As this is a strictly necessary provision, it
"will not be possible for us to grant recognition to any body which
"does not accept that rule."
Mexico (Valle de) and Kansas agree in the prerequisite for rec-
ognition demanded by the second Kansas question, viz: "Are the
obligations of its initiates taken in the name of GOD, upon the Holy
Scriptures or Book of Faith, recognized by the candidate as the Word
of GOD?" And if Nueva Leon and Cosmos do not, they will find very
dry sledding on the road to recognition.
M.-.W.-. I. E. THOMAS, Grand Master.
R.'.W.-. RICHARD LAMBERT, Grand Secretary.
R.'.W.-. HERMAN C. DUNCAN, Correspondent.
Next Annual at New Orleans, February 7, 1910. "^
MAINE — 1909.
Brief but succinct reports of the work of the year were made by
the Grand Master and Grand Secretary. Twenty-five District Dep-
uty Grand Masters showed by their reports that they had oulived
the visitations, exemplifications, journeys and banquets incident
to the performance of their duties. One records of New Gloucester
the acquisition of the experience that " a hot oyster stew was a good
thing just before a cold moonlight drive of twelve miles."
Kansas for 1909 is ably and considerately reviewed by Bro.
ALBKO E . CHASE. Nearly two pages of choice selections are taken
from Grand Master MASON'S address. The "source of gratification
over the history of Kansas Masonry for the past twelve months,"
"Special Dispensations," "Needful Legislation Owing to Repeal of
the Custodian Law, ' "How the Ritualistic Work is Cared for in Other
Jurisdictions," and "Masonic Home Topics," furnished him with
copious excerpts.
66 OORRBSPONDENCE—MAINE. February,
The Librarian's recommendation for Library appropriations is

copied. From Bro. COLE'S oration he selected the choice paragraph
beginning, "Student of Masonry, know.thyself." He says: "Maine
for 1908 is ably reviewed," and he excerpted our homily on "The
Gentleman from Indiana in Kansas Masonry."
In his conclusion, Bro. CHASE says: "The situation at Queensland
"is gradually clearing, and in due time the brethren will have estab-
"lished their claim. Not through any special regard to England,
'Scotland and Ireland do we decline to recommend recognition
"of the Grand Lodge of Queensland, but we would like to see
"all differences settled without seemingly invoking aid from outside.
"The Masonic Fraternity is a peace-loving fraternity, and we believe
"that all troubles within its ranks should be settled therein. We wait
"to see sound coinrfion sense assert itself and harmony reign in that
"jurisdiction." Our good Bro. CHASE was Grand Master of Masons in
Maine in 1889 and 1890. We have no. knowledge what his life ex-
pectation would be under the American tables of mortality, but the
light from the lamp of experience shed upon us in the Quebec case
•would indicate that it will be reached, and passed, before those who
•deny Queensland's claim of sovereignty rnake pfofert of the desired
-"good common sense."
This fact, however, is beyond the need of concession, that there
is a Grand Lodge of Queensland, and that the "differences" which
have arisen are the creation of Grand Lodges outside of the jurisdic-
tion of the Grand Lodge of Queensland. The man, in his own "castle,"
Tv'ho is quietly and surely attending to his own business, should not
be charged with disturbing the peace and quiet of the community,
because brawlers are kicking up a bobbery at his castle gates.
I'he Common Law of Masonry—Immemorial Usage—declares,
in no uncertain terms, that there is a Sovereign Grand Lodge of Queens-
land, and any American Grand Lodge which declines to recognize
the accomplished fact casts an aspersion upon its own ancestry and
origin.
We stand with Bro. CHASE in his claim of the right of visitation
for any Mason, whether his Grand Lodge be recognized or not, whether
a Grand Orient or Grand Lodge; provided, only, that it has a legitimate
standing.
M.'.W.'. EDMUND B . MALLETT, Grand Master.
R.'.W.'. STEPHEN BERRY, Grand Secretary. /
M.'.W.'. ALBRO E . CHASE, Correspondent.
Next Annual at Portland, May 3, 1910.
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MANITOBA — 1909.
Grand Master HBNBY J. PUGH said of the Craft: "I believe it is
"not exceeding the truth to say that Freemasonry was never more
"flourishing in this jurisdiction than at the present time."
Masonry is keeping pace with the phenomenal growth of the West,
and it is fitting that adequate accommodation should be provided
for the scores of brethren seeking homes in this favored land. He
pays a splendid tribute to M.'. W.". Bro. JOHN LESLIE, by whose "per-
sistent efforts" another lodge at Winnipeg was instituted, whose mem-
bership consisted largely of brethren who had remained unaffiliated
since assuming citizenship in Winnipeg. Presentations were made
of handsome chain collars to Past Grand Masters JAMES SCROGGS
and S. P. MATTHEWS, and committee appointed to procure a suitable
testimonial for Past Grand Master HENRY J. PUGH.
There is no Correspondence report.
Past Grand Master THOMAS ROBINSON died August 10, 1909.

"His zeal and industry knew no limit, and he labored well and ear-
nestly for the good and welfare of the Order, sparing neither time
nor trouble in the cause."
M.'.W.'. JAMES B . BAINE, Grand Master.

P.-. G.-.M.-. JAMES A. OVAS, Grand Secretary.
Next Annual at Winnipeg, June 10, 1910.
MARYLAND — 1908.
The Maryland volume of Proceedings is neat, tasty and fault-
less. The Grand Lodge was without a home at its annual in May,
the Temple having been almost totally destroyed by fire on January
17, 1908. A picture taken while water was yet being poured upon
the fire by the firemen indicates an almost total loss. The insurance
and salvage from the damaged or destroyed property amoimted to
S264,051.17, which, after payment of the mortgage bonds to amount
of $105,605.53, left a balance to the reconstruction account of the
Masonic Temple of $158,445.64, which Grand Lodge further increased
by authorizing the Grand Master and Board of Managers to nego-
tiate a loan of S150,000.00, empowering the Grand Master to execute
the necessary conveyances by mortgage or otherwise, to secure the
repayment of the loan.
The new Temple will be erected entirely new, except the walls
and front of the building. All wood construction will be eliminated.
58 CORRESPONDENCE-^MARYLAND. February,
The whole interior wUl be of steel and marble, reducing possibility

of a fire hereafter to a minimum, and the Teniple will be'as nearly fire-
proof as it is possible to make a building.
Grateful acknowledgments were made by Grand Lodge to the
Grand Lodge of Independent Order of Odd Fellows, who furnished'
the elegant apartments of their Temple for their use, while the Masonic
Temple was in ruins and ashes.
The Grand Master, with the remarkable conception for which
he is noted, of the proper time and place, as well as the right thing
to. do, took occasion to say he believed it more commendable to show
proper respect to a worthy person while living than to wait until after
death to show tardy recognition for invaluable services. He then re-
called some of the many services of R.". W.'. Past Senior Grand
Warden E. T. SCHULTZ, now totally blind, but still performing won-
derfully fine work as Chairman of the Committee on Correspondence.
He asked an appropriation to have painted, for the- embellishment
of the walls of the reconstructed Temple, a portrait of our much-
beloved brother. After eulogistic remarks by Bro. DANIEL AMMBR
and Rev. HENKY BRANCH, the motion to have the portrait painted
and hung under the authority of the M.'. W.'. Grand Master, was
unanimously adopted.
A worthy tribute to an eniinently deserving brother was never
more worthily bestowed.
Two other veteran workers for Masonry were also remembered:
R.". W.'. Past Grand Secretary JACOB H . MBDAIRY and R.-. W.'.
Past Grand Treasurer WILLIAM HENRY SHRYOCK; Maryland's silver-"
tongued Masonic Grand Orator Past Grand Master CARTER, making,
a speech of loving remembrance to the worthy brethren. Memorial -
windows or some other monument in permanent form will be selected. ,
Bro. JAMBS E . GREEN subrhitted special Report of Correspondence"
Committee recommending recognition of Saskatchewan.
R.'. W.-. Bro. EDWARD T . SCHULTZ submitted his twenty-second
annual review of correspondence.
Kansas for 1908, as always, has received very favorable consid-
eration. What Grand Master WELLINGTON said about care in ad-
mitting candidates is approvingly excerpted, " t h a t . a b o u t ciphers
taken without comment."
Kansas is approved in the reference to the eight special communi-
cations held, in the following: "On each occasion the Grand Lodge
was opened on the Entered Apprentice degree, which, as we have
frequently stated, is in our opinion a correct procedure." .
From the Kansas Report on Correspondence, Bro. S. excerpts
freely from our opening concerning Queensland, and from our review of
Maryland the reference to Grand. Master SHRYOCK and the Masonic
Home.
He also excerpted what we said in regard to the funeral ceremony
being performed while lodge is at refreshment, to which Bro. SCHULTZ
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a d d s t h e following: " T o those w h o h a v e r e a d o u r views for t h e past few

y e a r s , i t is n o t necessary for u s t o s a y t h a t w e fully concur with B r o .
M I L L E R t h a t in laying corner-stones, b u r y i n g t h e dead, etc., t h e
b r e t h r e n a r e n o t a t refreshment; t h e y a r e a t l a b o r — t h e y a r e perform-
ing masonic w o r k . "
H e also quotes fully w h a t w e said in .comment o n t h e s t a t e m e n t
from B r o . STRACHEN, t a k e n from B r o . G R E E N ' S review, as well as o u r
e x c e r p t from B r o . C H E T W O O D C R A W L E Y , i n s u p p o r t of o u r contention.
W e a r e pleased t o n o t e t h a t B r o . S. writes w i t h his c u s t o m a r y
clearness a n d precision of s t a t e m e n t , a n d t h a t his disability .is n o t
a p p a r e n t in t h e work s h o w n in his r e p o r t . W e a r e highly pleased
a t t h e compliment p a i d h i m b y his G r a n d Lodge, a n d extend t h e
sincere hope t h a t his b r e t h r e n m a y long h a v e t h e benefit of his skill
a n d u n d e r s t a n d i n g as a Master W o r k m a n , a n d t h a t w h e n t h e call
comes; it m a y b e said of h i m : " H e died a t his post, a n d in t h e service
of his b r e t h r e n . "
M.-.W.'. THOMAS J. SHRYOCK, G r a n d Master.
R.-. W.'. W I L L I A M H . ISAAC, G r a n d Secretary.
R.'. W.'. EDWARD T . SCHULTZ, Correspondent.
N e x t A n n u a l a t B a l t i m o r e , N o v e m b e r 15, 1909.
MASSACHUSETTS — 1908.
T h e record presented t o u s begins March 11, 1908, a n d t e r m i n a t e s

December 29, 1908. A t t h e q u a r t e r l y c o m m u n i c a t i o n held March
11, several historical sketches of M a s s a c h u s e t t s Masons, whose life
records h a d been completed, were r e a d . A b a t c h of recognition r e -
q u e s t s from a y o u n g G r e e k — e v i d e n t l y a r e i n c a r n a t i o n of Mr. Cer-
n e a u — i n behalf of a couple of his G r a n d Lodges (one p u r p o r t i n g to b e a
G r a n d Lodge of Greece, t h e o t h e r a G r a n d Orient of Argentine)—were
h a n d e d in for consideration. T h e p a p e r s h a d b e e n presented in Decem-
ber, 1907, a n d pending recognition, t h e g e n t l e m a n from Greece, Argen-
t i n e or Santo Domingo s t a r t e d a b o g u s Constitution, ostensibly hailing
from Argentine. As t h e p a p e r o n which his a u t h o r i t y w a s w r i t t e n
gave intrinsic evidence t h a t i t w a s n o t w o r t h fifty-three cents on t h e
dollar, t h e y were found t o b e u n a v a i l a b l e for use, a n d incontinently
declined.
Incidentally, w e n o t e later in t h e record a copy of bill passed b y
t h e Massachusetts H o u s e of R e p r e s e n t a t i v e s e n t i t l e d : " A n A c t
R e l a t i v e t o t h e F r a u d u l e n t Use of t h e N a m e , T i t l e or C o m m o n Desig-
n a t i o n of F r a t e r n i t i e s , Societies a n d U n i o n s , " a n d n o t e a conviction
u n d e r i t for t h e f r a u d u l e n t u s e of t h e n a m e a n d c o m m o n designation
of t h e Masonic F r a t e r n i t y . T h e Massachussetts S t a t u t e seems t o d o
t h e work.
G r a n d Master B L A K E , M a y 30, .1908, laid t h e corner-stone for a
Soldier's M o n u m e n t t o b e e r e c t e d b y t h e City G o v e r n m e n t of Somer-
60 CORRESPONDENCE —MASSACHUSETTS. February,
villa. The Master of one of t h e three local lodges of the city, W.".
Bro. R. W. OLIVER, in his address of welcome to Grand Master BLAKE,
alluded eloquently to the fact that Bro. BLAKE was a veteran, who,
at eighteen, after working one year to gain his mother's consent,
entered the navy, further saying: "Leaving .home and an invalid
mother, and in speaking of the mother, allow me to honor her who
with true womanly nobility, willingly sacrificed her love and happi-
ness for duty. All honor to such women."
We count it one of the chief glories of the republic that in those
days that tried them so sorely there were such numbers of noble
women who stifled the cry of anguish from the mother heart as they-
let their boys go to battle for the integrity of their country. It is
• refreshing to note occasionally a recognition of the- nobility of char-
acter and patriotism of those who suffered the most in that great
struggle for national life.
Special Communications were held for the • fiftieth anniversary
of-a lodge; laying corner-stone of a church; and one for the fiftieth
anniversary of another lodge whose name, "Trinity," indicates that
it has respect for the "Ancient" foundation of Masonry in Massachu-
setts. We note an excellent address by the incoming Grand Mas-
ter, M.". W.'. Bro. DANA J. FLANDERS, which we regret we can not
excerpt from liberally.
At the Quarterly Communication, September 9, 1908, R. •. W.'.
Bro. T. L. DAVIS, for the Masonic Home Committee, reported pledges
to the amount of $47,796.00 of which $23,250.00 was received in cash.
Later (December 7, 1908), the committee reported S40,025.41 in
cash, and $.36,000.00 additional in pledges; and, on their report, 397
acres in the town of Charlton, with the buildings known as "Over-
brook," were purchased for a Masonic Home, and the Grand Old
Commonwealth aligned herself in the ranks of "Organized Masofiic
Charity," and now the entire Craft of the State, with the dependent
representatives of those departed, and those destitute, can all join in
singing, "Praise GOD from whom all blessings flow." As we look
back and remember how M.-. W.'. Bro. CHARLES LEVI WOODBURY
presented to his brethren the duty resting on them of the foundation
of such a benefaction—we wonder if he does not know—and rejoice.
Several Special Communications are noted,- at one of which—
dedication of a lodge at Marion—Grand Chaplain W M . H . RIDER
delivered an address that in every respect was a gem. An excellent
engraving of Grand Master BLAKE by BATHER recalls at once the
Kansas Visitor of 1894 at General Grand Chapter, notwithstanding
the silver sheen on hair and mustache.
Past Grand Master GALLAGHER presented a complete and care-
fully prepared report upon the application for recognition- of the
Grand Lodge of France, which we think the best exposition of the
French situation that has yet appeared. While the request was "re-
spectfully declined," the committee say: "We hail with delight the
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apparent awakening and secession of such a large number of French

Masons from the unmasonic traditions of the Grand Orient, and hope
that these men now in a minority in their new Grand Lodge will, by
obtaining a further light, both in spirit and in numbers, be so far able
to direct legislation in their Grand Lodge as to come within those
principles of Freemasonry which we have been taught are agreeable
to the laws of our ancient institution, and are exacted from brethren
as a pre-requisite to their masonic existence."
In Grand Master. BLAKE'S annual address, December 9, 1908,
he refers to funds for the Masonic Home paid over by the executors
of the WILLIAMS estate, upon which a tax was levied by the City of
Boston. It was paid under protest, and suit brought for its recovery.
The Grand Lodge won in the Superior Court on the ground
that the Grand Lodge was a charitable or benevolent institution in
the eye of the law, and the case was reported to the full bench of
the Supreme Court, where it has been argued and decision reserved.
December 29, 1908, the Grand Master-elect, DANA J. FLANDERS,
and other General Officers were installed. The golden urn, fashioned
by PAUL REVERE, containing a lock of GEORGE WASHINGTON'S hair,
presented to Grand Lodge by his widow, was brought forth and sol-
emnly and sacredly confided by the retiring GrSnd Master to his suc-
cessor, who received the sacred charge with a pledge to entrust the
same by like ceremonial to his successor.
The Grand Feast was celebrated December 29, 1908, the ancient
toasts observed, among them, that to WASHINGTON. Grand Master
FLANDERS, Bro. SERENO, Grand Chaplain RIDER and others con-
tributed to the pleasure and gayety of the occasion and the event
compared favorably with any of the 175 which preceded it.
M.'.W.'. JOHN ALBERT BLAKE, Grand Master.
P.'.G.'.M.'. SERENO D . NICKERSON, Grand Historian.
M.-.W.-. DANA J. FLANDERS, for 1909.
R.'.W.". THOMAS W . DAVIS, Recording Grand Secretary.
Next Annual at Boston, December 27, 1909.
MEXICO (VALLE D E ) — 1909.

Grand Master ALBERTO PRO, in his address, shows that great
progress has been made by Grand Lodge in various ways, but more
especially in t h e matter of extending fraternal relations with other
Grand Lodges. He reports recognition by the Grand Lodges of West
Virginia, Minnesota and Louisiana of the United States; the Grand
Lodge of Cuba, the Grand Lodge of Vera Cruz in Mexico and the
Grand Lodge of Ireland.
Applications had been received from the Grand Lodges of Nueva
Leon and Chihuahua for fraternal relations, but the Grand Master
says:. "The Grand Lodges here mentioned do not provide for the
62 OORRESPOlfpENCE—MEXICO. (VALLE DB) February,
" u s e of t h e Bible in t h e i r C o n s t i t u t i o n s , a n d this deficiency is t h e

" p r i n c i p a l obstacle t o a n y • satisfactory solution of t h e difficulty, a s
" o u r o w n C o n s t i t u t i o n clearly provides t h a t t h e Bible shall b e placed
" o n t h e a l t a r of t h e Lodge. As t h i s is a strictly necessary provision,
" i t will n o t b e possible for us t o g r a n t recognition t o a n y b o d y which
"does n o t accept t h a t r u l e . "
T h e G r a n d M a s t e r acknowledges in grateful t e r m s t h e m a n y
a n d m e r i t o r i o u s services of t h e l a t e G r a n d Secretary, F E L I X I G L E S I A S ,
whose d e a t h t h e Craft of Mexico deplores
T h e services of t h e A s s i s t a n t G r a n d Secretary, Bro. W M . T H O M P -
SON, receives his publicly e x p r e s s e d t h a n k s coupled w i t h a r e c o m m e n -
d a t i o n t h a t h e be recognized a n d accorded t h e rights of a P a s t G r a n d
S e c r e t a r y . T h e record c o n t a i n s an interesting l e t t e r from G r a n d
S e c r e t a r y T H O M P S O N to R.'. W.'. Bro. H E R M A N C . D U N C A N of Lou-.
isiana, C o r r e s p o n d e n t , giving a, full history of t h e Valle de Mexico
a n d t h e " G r a n d Lodge of t h e F e d e r a l D i s t r i c t . "
A n excellent R e p o r t o n Correspondence, covering s i x t y pages,
five of w h i c h are d e v o t e d .to K a n s a s , is furnished b y R.'. W.'. B r o .
H-. W. S E E O V E B . A full synopsis of t h e proceedings for 1908 is given
winding u p with a n e x c e r p t from Bro. W E L L I N G T O N ' S a d d r e s s — w h a t he
said in h i s conclusion o n " P r a c t i c a l F r e e m a s o n r y . "
W h a t w e said u n d e r Mexico in 1908, as to t h e necessity for a
G r a n d L o d g e to b e a Sovereign G r a n d Body,' is copied fully a n d t h e n
c o m m e n t e d u p o n , as follows:
Now, there's the whole thing in a nut-shell. The Grand Lodge Valle de Mex-
ico IS FREE AND INDEPENDENT OF THE CONTROL OF ANY SUPREME
COUNCIL, AND HAS ONLY TO DO WITH THE FIRST THREE DE-
GREES OF MASONRY. We wish we could make some o£ our brethren in the
States understand this fact. It is true that for many years the Supreme Council
of Mexico claimed and exercised jurisdiction over Symbolic Masonry in Mexico. But
" of its own free will' and accord the Supreme Council relinquished its claim and the
Grand Lodge Santos Degollado of the Federal District, working under authority
of the Supreme Council, and by the advice of the Supreme Council, surrendered
its charter and fused with us. The result has been a wonderful and healthy growth
not only for our Grand Lodge, but for the higher degrees of the Scottish Rite Bodies •
as well, and the Supreme Council now counts a number of Americans among its
members, while the degrees, from the 4th to the 32d, include many more. As to
our pedigree, we have settled that' to our own satisfaction, and if we can not sat-
isfy some of our brethren at home, it is mainly because they do not want to be.
WE KNOW that our Masonry is pure; we are always willing to do what-we
can to demonstrate this to the "Doubting Thomcises" who will take the trouble
to come and see. We count among our members Past Masters and Past Grand
Masters who know what pure Masonry is, and who have afliliated with us after
having made searching investigations. The writer considers it high time to stop
crawling on hands and knees before such Grand Bodies as have not recognized us,
whining for their recognition. If they would take the trouble to find out what they
want to know, or take as sensible a view of our case as Bro. MILI,ER, a lot of rubbish
which is published against us would never reach the printer's hands. Sixteen of
our thirty-three Lodges are American. About 75 per cent of our membership is
American, and about 25 per cent, of our membership consists of members who have
affiliated with us from every quarter of the globe. WE ARE OF AMERICAN
ORIGIN. What more does any one want to know?
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U n d e r " N e w Mexico," when Bro. W B O T H refers t o t h e Mexican

disinclination for E a s t e r n Star Lodges, Bro. S E L O V E R s a y s : " O u r
'reasons seem j u s t a n d fair t o us; we d o n ' t w a n t t o t a k e a n y chances
'on h a v i n g t h e bug-a-boo of 'women Masons' b r o u g h t u p again.
' W h e n t h a t q u e s t i o n was settled it was b u r i e d as a certain widow
'requested h e r h u s b a n d should be—face d o w n w a r d , so t h a t if h e
'should come t o life, t h e h a r d e r he. scratched t h e deeper h e ' d g e t . "
T h e C o m m i t t e e o n F r a t e r n a l Relations, M.". W.", F . E . Y O U N G ,
Chairman, r e c o m m e n d e d deferring for further i n v e s t i g a t i o n t h e re-
quests for recognition b y t h e Grand Lodges of F r a n c e a n d Belgium,
a n d o n its r e p o r t t h e G r a n d Lodge of El. Salvador w a s recognized.
U n d e r Scotland, Bro. SELOVER, n o t i n g in t h e G r a n d Lodge call
for a C o m m u n i c a t i o n t h e r e c o m m e n d a t i o n of t h e G r a n d C o m m i t t e e
t h a t Masters a n d W a r d e n s of t h e various lodges " s h a l l a p p e a r in t h e i r
own clothing a t G r a n d Lodge C o m m u n i c a t i o n s , " m a k e s this guess
as t o w h a t i t m e a n s : "Suffering H a g g i s ! Are o u r Scottish b r e t h r e n
given to a p p e a r a t such gatherings in o t h e r people's c l o t h i n g ? " Y o u
forget t h e old Scotch p r o v e r b , . Bro. S.: " I t ' s ill t a k i n g t h e hreehs
oflf a H i g h l a n d m a n . " T r y again.
Mexican M a s o n r y is established u p o n a firm a n d solid masonic
foundation; it is s e t t i n g a good e x a m p l e a n d giving s o u n d masonic
i n s t r u c t i o n t o t h e o t h e r Masonic G r a n d Bodies in Mexico, bringing
t h e m u p t o t h e s t a n d a r d of t h e jurisdictions of t h e U n i t e d S t a t e s
g r a d u a l l y — a s t a n d a r d which it is now generally conceded Mexico
h a s a t t a i n e d , a n d w h i c h h a s b r o u g h t her general recognition. We
c o n g r a t u l a t e B r o . S. o n his r e p o r t a n d his exposition of Mexican
Masonry as s h o w n in it. W e are glad t o see his claim, " W e a r e of
American origin," b e c a u s e it is w h a t we h a v e always claimed for
Mexican Masonry.
M.-.W-.'. J. C. MooRHBAD, G r a n d Master.
R . ' . W . ' . W M . T H O M P S O N , G r a n d Secretary.
R . ' . W . ' . W M . T H O M P S O N , Correspondent.
N e x t A n n u a l , April 8, 1909.
MICHIGAN — 1909.
T h e v o l u m e opens t o p h o t o g r a v u r e s of t h e Officers of t h e G r a n d
Lodge, showing a g r o u p of h a n d s o m e , dignified a n d intellectual
appearing gentlemen.
All seem t o b e of p r o p e r age for t h e positions t h e y hold, e x c e p t
one, a n d t h e only " w a y o u t " to a c c o u n t for his y o u t h f u l a p p e a r a n c e
necessarily m u s t b e t h a t t h e picture s h o w n is from one t a k e n in t h e
d a y s of his p r i m e — a t least sixty-six years ago. I t is a h a n d s o m e
face, y o u n g e r t h a n t h e silvery hair a b o v e it would indicate, a n d a
g r e a t deal y o u n g e r t h a n a n y of his colaborators wUl b e w h e n t h e y
c a n t r u t h f u l l y r e p o r t : " I herewith s u b m i t m y s i x t y - s i x t h A n n u a l
64 _ OORRBSPONDENCB — MICHIGAN. February,
Report on Correspondence." No wonder Michigan makes "rapid

strides." PONCE DE LEON should have gone to Michigan instead of
Florida.
Grand Master HBRBEET MONTAGUE was in the Grand East when
Grand Lodge was opened. The Roll of Honor of the departed Grand
Masters from LEWIS CASS to CHARLES L . STEVENS was called. It had
one addition since last annual.
M.\ W.". Brother MONTAGUE, in the opening of his address, said:
"Although many of the master-builders of old are now resting from
their labors, there still remain some who have grown gray in the ser-
vice of this Grand Lodge, and whose lives are an epitome of its history;
and to them we bow our heads with reverence and esteem, and hope
that they may still be spared to us for many years to come."
Our M.-. W.-. Brother laid the corner-stone at Grand Rapids of the
new Post Office building. As the event occurred during Bro. ROOSE-
VELT'S administration, the courtesy was extended to his daughter, ,
Mrs. LoNGwoRTH, of spreading the cement and applying the three
strokes of the gavel upon the stone after it was in place. An immense
throng was present and demonstrated great enthusiasm.
Grand Master MONTAGUE made quite an extended and pleasant
account of his trip to Cincinnati to see WILLIAM TAFT made a Master
Mason. The account is the best we have read.
We enjoyed his account of Special Visitations at Menominee,
Bangor and Ionia, and particularly his visits to the widow of P.'. G.'.
M.-. W M . H . PHILLIPS at Menominee; to the .widow of P.'. G.'. M.-.
CROSS at Bangor, and his visit at Ionia to Bro. PALMER H . TAYLOR,
Past Grand Junior Warden, the oldest living Past Grand Lodge offi-
cer of Michigan. We are too chary in paying respect to those who
have outlived their day and generation, and the Grand Master, in
casting " a ray of sunshine into the heart and life" of each of these
venerable people, has shown that he is worthy of all the praise so
freely and generously bestowed upon him by his brethren. '
During his term of office he demonstrated his fitness to wear the
title of Grand Master and his good generalship as well, in taking
prompt measures to assure Bro. WINSOR his "one chance in a hun-
dred" for his life. He used a special train, and the -best surgeon to
be found. The patient was saved, and then, mirabile dictu, the
doctor refused to make any charge, and the Grand Lodge had to
content itself with voting to Dr. BARTH of Grand Rapids, Mich., a
great physician, a most magnificent gentleman, and a brother of the
most glorious sterling character, the thanks and appreciation of the
60,000 Masons of Michigan. If Bro. WINSOR don't make that record
166 years it will not be the fault of the Michigan brethren.
TWO Fathers in Israel in Michigan Masonry, Past Grand Mas-
ters W M . T . MITCHELL (ninety-two years of age), and ABRAHAM T .
METCALF, were escorted to the Grand East and received the proper
salutation of the brethren. "Each made a feehng response."
IgOg-IO. COKRESPONDENCE — MISSISSIPPI. 6-5
A faithful and life-like reproduction of the likeness of Grand

Old HUGH MCCUKDY, Grand Master 1873, appears on the " I n Memor-
iam" page.
The Report on Correspondence is by M.". W.-. Bro. Lou B. W I N -
SOK. He says it is his 66th, but we incline to the opinion that the
first six ought to have its appendix cut out, leaving it simply 6th,
thereby enabling it to conform to the fact. Seven pages of solid mat-
ter, comment and excerpts demonstrate that Kansas for 1908 had
made its influence felt upon the Michigan Reviewer. A careful anal-
ysis of Grand Master MASON'S Address is made in which, using his own
language, an excellent epitome of its contents is given. The "com-
plete and exhaustive Report" of Grand Secretary WILSON is noted,
as is also the "interesting oration by W.'. Bro. ELRICK C. COLE."
The various special reports of the Kansas Correspondence Com-
mittee receive notice: The report of the Jurisprudence Committee
on the WASHINGTON-HAGUE resolutions is excerpted in full. As a
prelude to taking three pages of excerpts from the Kansas Correspond-
ence Report, Bro. W. says: "We always find his review most inter-
esting reading. He certainly does high honor to Michigan in this re-
view, covering our Grand Lodge Proceedings for 1908."
The excerpts covered WILLIAM, the Conqueror, "MONTAGUE,"
"Past Grand Master MITCHELL," and "Gloves-garments" items, as
well as the "Michigan Masonry" item, which is received as "a hand-
some compliment," finishing with our ""Conclusion," the taking of
all of which we accept as a great compliment to he Kansas volume
HUGH MCCURDY, , Grand Master, 1873.

The Old Man Eloquent.
Born December 22, 1829. Died July 16, 1908.
M.'.W.-. ARTHUR M . HUME, Grand Master.

P.-.G.'.M.'. Lou B. WiNSOB, Grand Secretary.
P . - . G . ' . M . ' . Lou B. WiNSOR, Correspondent.
Next Annual at Saginaw, May 24, 1910.
MISSISSIPPI — 1909.
In his address Grand Master E. J. MARTIN opened with a note of
"felicitation that the year just passed has been one of continuous pros-
"perity and increasing usefulness for the fraternity." He then said:
"The privileges and comforts that we enjoy, in large part, were un-
known to our fathers. Abundant harvests have given us plenty and
to spare. We are enjoying peace, harmony and all the needed com-
forts, and some of the luxuries, to make us happy and contented.
66 CORIiESPONDBNCE — MISSISSIPPI. February,
Our common country is enjoying a season of peace and good will to-
ward all the nations of the world, and we enjoy the protection of the
greatest and most liberal government known to man. Our state and
national governments are presided over by Christian gentlemen who
fear GOD and respect the rights of citizens. Truly our lot is cast in
a happy period."
With such an encouraging outlook we are well prepared for the
record of increased usefulness, strength and growth disclosed in the
year's work found in the Proceedings.
The Masonic Home obtains extended consideration in the Grand
Master's address and evidently the institution is near to his heart,
and is also.firmly fixed in the affections of the Cra,ft of Mississippi
and "the noble women of the Eastern Star." Bro. MARTIN pays the
sisters a beautiful tribute, which we know is well deserved, for their
work in Mississippi is simply a repetition of their history in every
jurisdiction when a Home has been founded.
We find so much to admire and praise in M.". W.". Bro. MARTIN'S
administration of his office that we are reluctant to even refer to an act
that in our judgment should have had more careful study, considera-
tion and reflection than the result shows has been given it; we refer,
of course, to his order discontinuing fraternal intercourse, between the
Grand Lodge of Mississippi and that of New Jersey for the reason
that he has learned that a lodge in the latter jurisdiction has "initiated
and affiliated negroes." I f the Grand Ijodge of Mississippi sustains
his action, we are satisfied it will do so upon some great, broad principle
of a general character that will consistently include any and all juris-
4 dictions against whom a like reason for action exists. This, if we are
rightly informed, will elimihate from their circle of Fraternal Corre-
spondence nearly if not quite all of "Continental Masonry in Europe,
as well as England and Scotland. " ' ' ' '
There has been no general uprising against these Grand Bodies
in the past, nor do we apprehend that there will be in the future.
If any United States Grand Lodge is anxious for a scrap, and wishes
to find some one to note the chip on its shoulder, or some one to step
on its coat tail, we suggest it devote its attention to Scotland, which
has recently instituted two lodges in United States territory in Panama,
one of which is composed entirely of native negroes. Scotland can
not reply, as can New Jersey, that negroes in the days >jf the Revo-
lution in that State acquired the full rights of citizenship, manhood
and masonic fellowship, and there have been those ever since, in its
affiliation who have enjoyed them. The Grand Lodge of Mississippi
appointed a Special Committee of five to consider and report on the
Grand Master's action, but committee did not report at that ses-
sion.
The Grand Chapter of the Eastern Star sent a message of homage
and tribute to the Grand Lodge, and the latter body in reply to the
acknowledgment of suzerainty by a standing vote sent the sis-
igog-io. CORKESPOlfDBNCE — MISSISSIPPI. 67
ters individually and collectively their best wishes for the health,
peace and prosperity of the Eastern Star.
Later the Special Committee on Eastern Star Comments in Grand
Master's address, endorsed what he said and heartily joined "in his re-
quest for the continuance of their influence and advice. I t falls like
a sweet incense and hallows our noble work."
Past Grand Master HARRY T. HOWARD, the Mississippi Correspond-
ent, furnishes his customary interesting report. His jurisdiction re-
views are brief and concise, but comprehensive. That for Kansas
for 1908 tells the story of Grand Master WELLINGTON'S work in short
statement, but fully. He speaks of the great operating expenses,
. and by way of contrast says: "So different from the plan of the Iowa
brethren." Yes, it is different; Kansas Masons intend it shall be.
They tried the cheese-paring plan one year, and those who advo-
cated it have been very reticent ever since."
Another criticism is this: "What a farce the Entered Apprentice
who has taken his obligation at the altar must think Masonry is,
when he sees four copies of the official cipher in the hands of the Master
of each Kansas lodge;" but, Bro. HOWARD, he don't see them, nor
does he see one copy at any time, unless somebody is derelict in his duty.
Of the report on the Kansas recognition questions, after quoting the
questions, he says: " I t is all right as far as it goes, but says nothing
of how formed." Your quotation is too brief, Bro. HOWARD; you
should have excerpted this just prior to the questions: "Your com-
mittee recommends that each Grand Lodge seeking recognition he
required to furnish a statement of its masonic antecedents and origin,
and in addition thereto make specific answers to the following ques-
tions? Does that reach the objection, Bro. HOWARD?
Our comments on the Queensland recognition were taken in full.
The Past Grand Masters' meeting, and the presentation of the Presi-
dent's apron, and the banner by M.'. W.-. Bro. BROWN are noted, and
the Maqister Convivii receives a salve from , Bro. HOWARD which
is cordially reciprocated, with the regret that M.-. W.'. Bros. " H A R R Y "
and " F R E D " were not present.
M.'.W.'. WILEY H . CLIFTON, Grand Master.
P.'.G.'.M.'. FREDERIC SPEED, Grand Secretary.
P.'.G.'.M.-. HARRY T . HOWARD, Correspondent.
Next Annual a t Columbus, February 15, 1910
68 GORUESPONDENCB —MISSOURI. February,
MISSOURI — 1909.
A fine photogravure of Grand Master R. R. KRUGER, together
with a biographical sketch form the introduction to the volume.
The Grand Lodge, for the first time in its history, convened at
St. Joseph. Grand Master KRUGER presented an able address.
Of P.". G.". Master R. E. ANDERSON, late Correspondence Committee,
he says: "In his departure from among the living. Masonry has lost
a member of strong and unswerving faith in its principles andone who
was thoroughly committed to its doctrines,"
A number of cases of brethren afflicted with disease, whereby
they are hopelessly dependent, haying demonstrated .the necessity
for a hospital, he urges the appointment of a committee to formulate
a plan to raise the money to build one. The Past Master's Club of
St. Louis'having brought to his attention the question of erecting a
suitable monument over the grave of Past Grand Master JOHN D .
ViNciL, he recommends favorable action to that end.
Some anonymous individual, who hid his. identity under the
name "Committee," having sent out circulars to the secretaries of
the lodges with the object of defeating the advancement of the Senior
Deacon, a Hebrew, to the Station of Junior Warden, Bro. KRUGER
properly- characterizes it as a vulgar violation of Masonic Law. The
circular contained the false statement that no Jew had ever been
elected to the position of Grand Master of Masons in the United
States. We are pleased to note that the circular and falsehood failed
in their object. Pity the author can not be found and properly dealt
with.
Brother W. F. K U H N presented the Report on Recognition of
Foreign Grand Lodges. Chili formerly recognized, was re-instated on"
the roll of recognized Grand Lodges. El Salvador was recognized.
Costa Rica suspended for further investigation. In Mexico, the only
Grand Lodge recognized is Valle de Mexico.
Recognition was denied Grand Lodge Alpina, Grand Orient,
Brazil, Grand Lodge of Greece, Grand Orient of Greece, and Grand
Orient of Italy. Request of Grand Lodge of France "respectfully
declined." We notice another report presented by M.'. W.\ Bro
KuHN, which bears distinguishing marks of the Doctor's authorship,
upon the institution of a Masonic Hospital. As the report was duly
adopted, we excerpt a single paragraph: "That the idea of erecting
a sanitarium for the sick in the masonic household comes like an inspira-
tion, and an injunction to Masonry to go forward—ever forward—in
that which bears the insignia of a 'Divine Command.' " The com-
mittee heartily approved the plan and recommended that'the Board of
Directors of the Masonic Home be authorized. and empowered to
take all steps legal and otherwise t o erect the Hospital immediately.
igog-io. (JORRESPONUENCE — MISSOURI. 69
T h e Missouri Masonic H o m e w a s in good p a r t t h e inspiration for

t h e i n s t i t u t i o n of t h e K a n s a s Masonic H o m e . W e a r e familiar e n o u g h
with t h e needs of t h e l a t t e r i n s t i t u t i o n t o hope t h a t K a n s a s Masons
m a y t a k e a like progressive s t e p . All hono'r t o o u r Mother J u r i s -
diction for t h i s n e w evidence of h e r masonic progressiveness. " B y
their fruits y e shall k n o w t h e m , " is as t r u e now as w h e n t h e " M a s t e t
gave u t t e r a n c e t o i t . "
T h e needs of t h e Masonic H o m e a r e fully set o u t in t h e R e p o r t of
t h e C o m m i t t e e on Masonic H o m e , which w a s a d o p t e d .
' T h e R e p o r t of t h e C o m m i t t e e on Chartered Lodges shows a b e t -
ter appreciation of t h e d u t i e s of t h a t committee t h a n u s u a l . A t h o r -
ough reading a u t h o r i z e s t h e j u d g m e n t t h a t it is a model in every p a r -
ticular.
R.-. W . ' . B r o . R e v . J O H N H. MILLER offered a resolution of
t h a n k s t o t h e Masons of St. J o s e p h for t h e " c o u r t e s i e s " e x t e n d e d
b r e t h r e n a t t e n d i n g G r a n d Lodge, p a r t of which is t h e following:
Once upon a time a merchant, so the story runs, gave direction to every clerls
in his employ to think of some passage of scripture when selling goods to a customer.
Such passages as, "Do unto others, as 3'ou would that others should do unto you,"
"Love your neighbor as yourself," were to be thought of. A new clerk, receiving
the usual instructions, was called on by his employer, on making his first sale, to
state what particular verse of the Bible he had in mind when waiting on the man
who had just made a purchase, or had he forgotten the instruction along that line.
The clerk admitted he had not forgotten. "What, then," said the merchant, "was
the line of Holy Writ in your mind when making the sale?"
"He was a stranger, and 1 took him in," was the unexpected reply.
We came here as strangers and have been taken in.. Taken in in the highest,
purest and holiest sense of the term, right into your hearts.
Seven n e w lodge^ were c h a r t e r e d a t this session of G r a n d L o d g e .

B y t h e d e a t h of P a s t G r a n d Master R U F U S E . A N D E R S O N , a v a c a n c y
was m a d e i n t h e office of Correspondent, t h e r e p o r t for 1909 b e i n g
furnished b y t e n b r e t h r e n , o n e of whom, R e v . C H A R L E S C . W O O D S ,
was a p p o i n t e d as C o r r e s p o n d e n t for t h e coming year. As Bfo. A N -
DERSON died J u l y 27, n o p a r t of his r e p o r t even begun, a n d G r a n d
Lodge c o n v e n e d s i x t y d a y s thereafter, t h e c o m m i t t e e is entitled t o
great credit for t h e able r e p o r t s u b m i t t e d .
K a n s a s for 1909 receives e x t e n d e d consideration, t h e review con-
taining a n excellent synopsis of t h e work of t h e G r a n d Lodge. T h e
reviewer s a y s : " T h e address of t h e Grand Master shows a careful
s t u d y of all G r a n d Lodge affairs, a n d all m a t t e r s a r e covered in d e -
tail. W e notice a s t a t e of perfect h a r m o n y exists, a n d t h e year s h o w s
a gain i n m e m b e r s h i p of 1604. T h e G r a n d Master wisely a d v a n c e s
t h e t h e o r y t h a t a n increase in m e m b e r s is n o t i n itself t o b e r e g a r d e d
as a t e s t of t h e welfare, or progress of t h e I n s t i t u t i o n . I t is, however,
a n indication t h a t i n t e r e s t i n t h e Order is well m a i n t a i n e d . What
G r a n d Master M A S O N s a y s on t h e topic of " T a x a t i o n of Lodge P r o p e r t y
a n d Masonic H o m e " a r e copied in full. Grand Orator C O L E ' S o r a t i o n
is d e n o m i n a t e d " a splendid a d d r e s s , " a n d h e proves i t b y t a k i n g t h e
70 CORRESPONDENCE—MONTANA. February,
e x c e r p t referring t o t h e n e o p h y t e w h e n h e j f i r s t h e a r s masonically
s p o k e n t h e ' w o r d s : " L e t t h e r e b e l i g h t . " Mention is m a d e of o u r
"special t r i b u t e to B r o . A N D E R S O N . "
R u r u s E . A N D B K S O N , G r a n d Ma,ster, 1874.
I n t h e i n t r o d u c t i o n t o his l a s t Correspondence R e p o r t B r o . A N -
DERSON s a i d : " L e t us place o u r d e a d b e n e a t h t h e g r a v e , a n d go
f o r t h t o w i n w i t h patience t h e r a c e t h a t is setjbefore u s , w i t h renewed
h o p e , a n d a larger faith. M a y p e r p e t u a l light shine u p o n t h e m ; this
is o u r p a r t t o follow."
His b r e t h r e n said of h i m : " H i s presence w a s ' a b e n e d i c t i o n t o u s ,
a n d t h e r e is in r n a n y h e a r t s a sense of loneliness as w e miss his genial
smile a n d h e a r t y h a n d clasp. L e t u s n o t forget as^he h a s charged u s .
Manhood is t h e o n e i m m o r t a l t h i n g
B e n e a t h T i m e ' s changeful s k y . "
M.-.W.-; W I L L I A M A. H A L L , G r a n d Master.
R.".W.'. J O H N R . P A R S O N , G r a n d S e c r e t a r y .
P.'.G.'.M.'. Rev. CHARLES C . W O O D S , Correspondent.
N e x t A n n u a l a t St. Louis, S e p t e m b e r 27, 1910.
MONTANA — 1907.
T h e v o l u m e records a Special C o m m u n i c a t i o n , December 27,

1906, t o l a y corner-stone of t h e Masonic H o m e . O u t s i d e of t h e fact
t h a t a n eight-mile sleigh ride, facing n o r t h , w a s necessary t o r e a c h
t h e H o m e , t h e c e r e m o n y w a s v e r y like n e a r l y all s u c h events; even
though there was a - " s u m p t u o u s h o t lunch." "Sister H E D G E S " and
o t h e r ladies of t h e E a s t e r n Star were t h e r e , of course. Y o u c a n n o t
b u i l d , o r d e d i c a t e , o r furnish a Masonic H o m e w i t h o u t t h e m ; i n fact,
a n y h o m e w i t h o u t t h e inspiring presence of a M a t r o n is a s desolate
a place as t h e "howling wilderness."
T h e r e p o r t is t h e conventional r e p o r t i n s u c h cases m a d e a n d pro-
vided, a n d t h o u g h C O R N E L I U S ' n a m e is signed t o it, t o u s i t is v e r y i n -
c o m p l e t e . If w e h a d been t h e r e a n d been called u p o n t o m a k e t h e
r e p o r t w e w o u l d h a v e tried t o describe t h e feeling of satisfaction a n d
t h e look of e x u l t a t i o n on t h e G r a n d Old M a n ' s face as h e s a w
t h e c u l m i n a t i o n in success of all his a n x i e t i e s , perplexities a n d s t r i v -
ings t o b u i l d a house for G O D ' S poor. K n o w i n g h o w his h e a r t was
w r a p p e d u p in t h e enterprise, a n d h o w m u c h its completion m u s t
h a v e gratified him, w e can n o t a v o i d t h e conviction t h a t h e was r e a d y
igog-io. CORBESPONDBNCR: — MONTANA. 71
to say: "Lord, now lettest thou thy servant depart in peace, ••' '- * *
for mine eyes have seen thy salvation."
May 1, 1907, the last tribute was paid to our beloved brother.
After a funeral sermon at the First Presbyterian Church the Masonic
Funeral Service at the grave was performed by Past Grand Master
MosBs MORRIS.
Two Special Communications of Grand Lodge, one to dedicate
a Masonic Temple at Anaconda, and one to lay a corner-stone for a
Masonic Temple at Meadesville. Grand Lodge met at Butte, Septem-
ber 18, 1907, ALEXANDER D . MACDONALD, Grand Master, in t h e
Grand East. The address is a good one.
The Grand Master's tribute to CORNBDIDS HEDGES, beloved of
all his brethren, was one well worthy of a character, and, a life, so well
rounded out. What better could be said of any one than this: " H e
died believing that his work was accomplished, happily, and with a
perfect assurance of a glorious resurrection."
A fine portrait of Bro. HEDGES faces a memorial page inscribed

to his memory, and on the latter we find this inscribed:
"A zealous advocate of the Masonic Home."
M.-.W.\ SQUIRE C. K E N YON. Grand Master.

R.'.W.-. CORNELIUS HEDGES, Jr., Grand Secretary.
-MONTANA — 1908.
From the three terse and concisely worded recommendations
made by Grand Master S. C. KENYON to Grand Iôdge, we safely as-
sume that the western habit of not wasting words has become a fixed
one with him. We are glad to note that the two essential recom-
mendations were vitalized into laws. The Grand Secretary's office
is paid a salary that will ensure individual attention, and Montana
aligns up with the "progressive science" Grand Lodges in the follow-
ing: "Resolved, that any member of a lodge in this jurisdiction who
shall engage in the saloon business, or act as bar-keeper in a saloon,
shall be considered guilty of unmasonic conduct, and it shall be the
duty of the Junior Warden of such lodge to prefer charges against
any such member; but, it is understood that this resolution shall not
be retroactive."
Dispensations for four new lodges were issued by Grand Master
and Charters given by Grand Lodge.
An excellent oil painting of Past Grand Master CORNELIUS
HODGES hangs in the Masonic Home! the place his heart longed for
when alive.
72 CORRESPOtlDBliCE—NEBRASKA. February,
F o u r n e w t e m p l e s a r e b e i n g e r e c t e d i n M o n t a n a a t a n o u t l a y of
a b o u t S230,000.
A l e t t e r from P a s t G r a n d M a s t e r H . R. GOMLY of S a n Diego,
California, was read before G r a n d L o d g e a n d is p r i n t e d i n t h e record.
T h e G r a n d Lodge t o o k a recess a n d l i s t e n e d t o addresses b y Mrs.
E . S. W A S H B U R N , M . - . W . . G r a n d M a t r o n , 0 . E . S., a n d Mrs. J . L
H B P N E R , G r a n d M a t r o n of M o n t a n a , O. E . S.
T h e J u r i s p r u d e n c e C o m m i t t e e r e p o r t e d t h a t a lodge h a d t h e r i g h t
t o r e m i t t h e dues of a s u s p e n d e d m e m b e r , a n d t h e r e u p o n restore h i m
t o full m e m b e r s h i p . C O R N E L I U S H E D G E S , J r . , will, we t a k e i t for
g r a n t e d , furnish a M o n t a n a C o r r e s p o n d e n c e r e p o r t n e x t year. A
silver service was p r e s e n t e d P a s t G r a n d M a s t e r A. D . JMACDONALD,
a g r e e a b l y t o a wise c u s t o m ins.tituted b y o u r old friend C O R N E L I U S ,
of h a p p y m e m o r y , n a m e l y , t o give t o a n u n m a r r i e d P . ' . G.'. M a s t e r
t h e jewel of his r a n k , a n d t o o n e m a r r i e d a silver service.
G r a n d M a s t e i ' N O L A N , j u s t before closing G r a n d Lodge a n d d u r -
i n g t h e recess a t which t h e E a s t e r n S t a r officials m a d e addresses, s a i d :
" I t is a g r e a t pleasure t o m e t o i n t r o d u c e t o y o u Mrs. H E D G E S , Sr.,
t o w h o m i t •musf'indeed b e a gratification t o k n o w t h a t in this S t a t e ,
w h e r e s h e h a s been t h e dispenser of s o m u c h good, t h a t s h e h a s t h e
respect, t h a t s h e h a s t h e r e g a r d , a n d t h a t s h e h a s t h e affection u n -
d i m i n i s h e d of t h e Masonic F r a t e r n i t y of t h i s S t a t e . A n d i t is a plea-
s u r e t o m e now, a pleasure t h a t is inexpressible, t o i n t r o d u c e Sister
H E D G E S , if forsooth, a n y i n t r o d u c t i o n a t m y h a n d s were n e e d e d . "
Mrs. H . responded a p p r e c i a t i v e l y a n d feelingly. W e a r e glad t o
n o t e t h a t t h e r e g a r d for C O R N E L I U S i s e x t e n d e d t o his family.
T h e r e is n o Correspondence r e p o r t .
H E N R Y ^ L . F R A N K , G r a n d Master, 1905-6.
' O n e of t h e first b e n e f a c t o r s of o u r Masonic H o m e . "
M.-.W.-. C. B. N O L A N , G r a n d Master.
R.-.W.'. CORNELIUS H O D G E S , Jr., G r a n d Secretary.
N e x t J A n n u a l a t B u t t e , S e p t e m b e r 15, 1909.
N E B R A S K A — 1909.
T h e a d d r e s s of G r a n d M a s t e r W M . A . D E B O R D a t t h e A n n u a l
C o m m u n i c a t i o n covers t w e n t y - e i g h t pages of solid m a t t e r , is a t h o u g h t -
ful p r o d u c t i o n a n d shows a careful s t u d y of t h e masonic s i t u a t i o n in
Nebraska.
H e c u t o u t a good d e a l of w o r k for t h e C o m m i t t e e on J u r i s p r u -
d e n c e a s well a s t h e G r a n d L o d g e .
He recommended t h a t Grand Lodge a d o p t an amendment p r o -
igog-IO. CORRESPUNUENCE — NEBRASKA. 73
hibiting any lodge from exempting any of its members from lodge or
Grand Lodge dues. The Committee on Jurisprudence wisely disap-
proved, and the Grand Lodge of Nebraska enacted no law in regard
to the matter.
The same Committee on the Tennessee Cipher resolutions, with
true masonic courtesy, concluded "that it would not only be indeli-
cate, but presumptuous to offer unsolicited advice to our masonic
peers." They also recommended in regard to exemptions of dues
by constituent lodges that the Grand Lodge enact no law regard-
ing the matter, which as we read it amounts to a conclusion that the
lodges may still retain control of their own finances and grant ex-
emption to such members as they consider entitled thereto.
The, Masonic Home report shows an aggregate of 5.3 guests,
"that the Home was properly and'economically managed, and entitled
to the hearty support of the entire fraternity."
The Grand Lodge, under Past Grand Master WARREN'S leader-
ship, reiterated its 1897 declaration that the office of Grand Master
of Masons in Nebraska is a constitutional one., and that the preroga-
tives inherent therein are defined and limited thereb}', and so MACK-
EY'S eighth landmark, "The prerogative of the Grand Master to
make Masons at sight," is wiped off the map in Nebraska.
Brother PHELPS presented a special report extending fraternal rec-
ognition to the new Grand Lodge of Oklahoma, which was adopted.
An attempt to repeal the law requiring documentary evidence from
a visitor to a lodge failed to get necessary support.
Grand Orator ALBERT W . JEFFRIES delivered an excellent ad-
dress. The Masonic Home evidently is fortunate in its Medical
Staff, Dr. LEROY CRUMMER, contrary to Twentieth Century usage,
having examined a beneficiary who was thought to require a surgical
operation advising against it, and a Denver, Colo., surgeon, JOHN
W. HARRIS, M . D . , in another case performing a dangerous and difB-
oult operation. The services of these gentlemen were performed
without charge and the Grand Lodge rewarded their generosity with
its thanks.
Hereafter the Grand Lodge is to receive interest on its funds,
which is a very proper thing to do.
The Correspondence Report is fully up to the customary high
standard of excellence attained by the Nebraska Correspondent, P.'.
G.'. Master CHARLES J. PHELPS.
Kansas for 1909 is thoroughly and courteously reviewed. With-
out excerpts he gives a comprehensive summary of Grand Master
MASON'S address. Says the official printed ritual "is a deplorable
innovation," refers to the Grand Master's praise of his Deputy for
valuable assistance and to that given the District Deputies, adding:
"And tosses a not unfamiliar bouquet to the Grand Secretary. Refer-
ing to the Kansas State law as construed as exempting only property
used for public charity" he says: "There is hair-splitting for
74 CORRESPONDENCE — NEBRASKA. February,
y o u . " Says of our H o m e : " T h e i r H o m e a t Wichita is doing its

good w o r k , a n d is g e n e r o u s l y m a i n t a i n e d , m o r e a n d more, as t i m e
goes on, b y v o l u n t a r y c o n t r i b u t i o n s ; a new building, costing more
t h a n t w e n t j ' - t w o t h o u s a n d dollars, w a s a d d e d during t h e y e a r . "
T h e K a n s a s C o r r e s p o n d e n c e R e p o r t is d e n o m i n a t e d a n excel-
l e n t r e p o r t a n d p r e l i m i n a r y t o a n e x c e r p t he s a y s : " W e are glad t o
find t h e following view u n d e r " W y o m i n g ; " t h e n , t a k i n g w h a t was said
a b o u t t h e right of a lodge t o g r a n t a w a i v e r of jurisdiction. Under
" M a r y l a n d " he gives us credit as a " h u m o r i s t " — c r e d i t which belongs
t o G r a n d Master SHRYOCK, a s t h e e x c e r p t shows. No wages for
u s w h e r e n a u g h t a r e d u e , B r o . P . T h i s is t h e first t i m e such a n ac-
ciisation h a s been m a d e , Bro. P . " D o n ' t let it occur again!"
U n d e r K e n t u c k y , w h e r e o n e s u s p e n d e d for n o n - p a y m e n t , of dues
p a i d his dues in full a n d p e t i t i o n e d for r e s t o r a t i o n regularly, a n d was
b y ballot rejected; a n d , t h e G r a n d M a s t e r asked to define his s t a t u s ,
s a i d : " Y o u remain s u s p e n d e d , a n d u n t i l you are reinstated b y
' t h e lodge through t h e b a l l o t - b o x y o u will l e m a i n suspended for non-
" p a y n i e n t of dues, n o t w i t h s t a n d i n g t h e fact t h a t t h e dues for which
" y o u h a d been previously s u s p e n d e d h a v e since been paid in- full."
Bro. P., reviewing, s a y s : " T h e l a s t shows how one who has paid
" h i s d e l i n q u e n c y still r e m a i n s s u s p e n d e d for non-payment of dues.
" W e t h i n k our N e b r a s k a law b e t t e r , for u n d e r it t h e p a y m e n t of de-
" l i n q u e n t dues restores t h e b r o t h e r t o membership.."
T h e p e t i t i o n for r e s t o r a t i o n in all i n s t a n c e s we h a v e noted sim-
ply requires t h a t t h e p e t i t i o n e r in his p e t i t i o n show p a y m e n t or re-
mission of all dues t o t h e d a t e of his suspension. Now, if t h a t is done,
a n d t h e fact of p a y m e n t is established, t h e ballot can serve no e a r t h l y
p u r p o s e s a v e w h a t is u s u a l l y s o u g h t or d o n e b y a rejection—permit t h e
lodge, while according its j u d g m e n t t h a t t h e petitioner is guilty
of s o m e t h i n g else, also do a n i n e q u i t a b l e t h i n g , i..e: t a k e his m o n e y t o '
s q u a r e his financial d e l i n q u e n c y , a n d still hold h i m responsible for
a n d charged w i t h it.
U n d e r " W y o m i n g " B r o . P H E L P S , in discoursing upon w h a t he
t e r m s B r o . K U Y K E N D . ^ L L ' S "assumption t h a t all legitimate Masonry
t h a t w e h a v e c a m e from t h e 1717 G r a n d L o d g e , " concluding his
c o m m e n t s , s a y s : " T o t h a t G r a n d Lodge we do owe a great deal for
n e w regulations for t h e b e t t e r g o v e r n m e n t of t h e Craft, b u t n o t h i n g
w h a t e v e r for t h e essentials of p u r e M a s o n r y . Indeed, a t t h e u n i o n
of t h e t w o G r a n d Lodges in 1813, this G r a n d Lodge conceded a n d
g a v e u p s o m e of its peculiarities in essentials, a n d conformed to t h e
M a s o n r y as worked b y t h e Ancients a n d t h e G r a n d Lodges of Scotland
a n d I r e l a n d . At t h a t t i m e t h e Ancient G r a n d Lodge, with its subor-
d i n a t e s , w a s m u c h t h e larger body.* F r o m t h e Ancients a n d t h e G r a n d
Lodge of Scotland ( A n c i e n t ) a v e r y large m a j o r i t y of t h e lodges in
America t r a c e their origin."
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We have several other places marked, but the Nebraska space is

full.
M.'.W.-. MICHAEL DOWLING, Grand Master.
R.-.W.'. FRANCIS E . WHITE, Grand Secretary.
P.-.G.'.M.-. CHARLES J. PHELPS, Correspondent
Next Annual at Omaha, June 7, 1910.
NEVADA — 1909.
Grand Master CHARLES L . FULSTONE, in extending a welcome
to the brethren, called attention to one of the difficulties in being a
lodge representative in Nevada in the following: "From my own
personal experience in visiting the different lodges throughout our
jurisdiction, I know many of you in coming here have traveled several
days, some by rail, and others by stage, from remote localities, to be
able to meet with us on this occasion."
W.'. Bro. VANDERLEITH from the Committee on Correspondence
reported favoring the recognition of the Grand Lodge of Greece, and
such report was adopted. Further time for report was given in the
case of the Grand Lodge Cosmos of Chihuahua, Mexico.
, The circular letter announcing the organization of the Grand
Lodge of Oklahoma appears in full in the record of proceedings.
The Grand Lodge amended its law regarding applications for
degrees,,-or affiliation, by adding the following: "Provided, no lodge
in this State shall receive a petition for the degrees, nor an applica-
tion of any person engaged exclusively in the saloon business, or fol-
lowing the vocation of a gambler or barkeeper."
Brother VANDERLEITH, the Grand Commissioner of Review, gave
his personal attention to. the Kansas volume for 1909, and Kansas
was a gainer thereby. His comments are brief, but pointed—for
instance, this: "Grand Master MASON is more of a Mason than most
Grand Masters, and accordingly delivered a better address than most
Grand Masters." The three decisions are excerpted. Referring to
the loss of Ciphers, and finders solving them, he said: "We agree
with PoB, when he doubted whether business ingenuity could con-
struct an enigma which human ingenuity could not solve." He says
"Shake!" to Grand Orator COLE, after excerpting liberally from his
Oration. "Six years ago the writer was jumped on by many wield-
ers of the pen at the Round Table of the Guild for writing of progres-
sive Masonry. Oh! how we did catch it! The arguments adduced
did not change us, and when we find a brother who agrees, we quote.
"Here is what Grand Orator ELRICK C. COLE thinks of progressive
Masonry."
The Kansas Correspondence Report is denominated "a master
review;" says Nevada's review is an exceedingly pleasant one. He
excerpts our CEHNBAU article and generally seems to be satisfied with
76 CORRESPONDENCE—NEW BRUNSWICK. February,
his s o j o u r n in K a n s a s . If t h e N e v a d a m e n we would like t o m e e t

" s t a c k u p " as well as t h o s e w e h a v e m e t , a sojourn for a t i m e would
b e j e x c e e d i n g l y p l e a s a n t for t h e w r i t e r . I n his conclusion B r o . V.
s a y s : " T h e f u n d a m e n t a l principles of Masonry a r e t h e s a m e n o w
a s t h e y were i n t h e b e g i n n i n g ; still, M a s o n r y is a progressive science.
W e o b s e r v e t h a t t h e s p r e a d of C l a n d e s t i n i s m is hastening t h e progress
of t h e progressive d o c u m e n t a r y e v i d e n c e s y s t e m . If d o c u m e n t a r y evi-
d e n c e in o u r possession will a i d u s in o u r fight against t h e clandestine
evil, b y all means l e t lis c a r r y t h e e v i d e n c e . "
P a s t J G r a n d M a s t e r P H I L I P A. D O Y L E .
T a p s s o u n d e d l S e p t e m b e r 17, 1908, for a n honest a n d respected
defender of his c o u n t r y . ,
M . ' . W . ' . F E A N K ' H . NoRCROSS, G r a n d Master.

R.-.W,'. C. N. NoTEWARE, G r a n d Secretary.
W . ' . B r o . E . D . V A N D E R L E I T H , G r a n d Com. of Review.
N e x t Annual J u n e 14, 1910.
N E W B R U N S W I C K — 1908.
An excellent p o r t r a i t of L i e u t . Col. J O H N S . D . CHIPMAN, G r a n d

Master, 1907-8, a p p e a r s as frontispiece.
T h e G r a n d M a s t e r ' s a d d r e s s is a n able one, showing t h a t h e
h a s well performed his d u t y i n t h e m a t t e r of visitations. H e p a y s
fitting t r i b u t e s to a n u m b e r of deceased b r e t h r e n , one of t h e m P a s t
G r a n d M a s t e r A R T H U R I. T R U B M A N .
T h e G r a n d Lodge is c o m p o s e d of 40 s u b o r d i n a t e lodges, o n e lodge
having been chartered at t h e Communication.
T h e G r a n d Lodge h a s m a d e p r o s p e r o u s g r o w t h u n d e r t h e p r e s e n t
a d m i n i s t r a t i o n d u r i n g t h e p a s t y e a r . W e n o t e t h a t t h e G r a n d Master
w a s re-elected. T h e q u e s t i o n of t r a v e l i n g certificates was referred
t o t h e B o a r d of General P u r p o s e s w i t h power, after inquiry, t o a c t .
T h e C o m m i t t e e on G r a n d M a s t e r ' s a d d r e s s voiced t h e satisfaction of
G r a n d Lodge a t t h e a n n o u n c e m e n t t h a t peace, h a r m o n y a n d b r o t h e r l y
love prevailed t h r o u g h o u t t h e jurisdiction, a n d credited m u c h of t h e
p r o s p e r i t y enjoyed b y G r a n d L o d g e t o t h e influence, work, j u d g m e n t
a n d fidelity t o d u t y of t h e G r a n d M a s t e r a n d his associates.
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The Grand Secretary's salary was increasedxtoXthe^munificent

sum of $400.00 a year.
There is no Correspondence Report.
ARTHUR ISAAC TRUEMAN',

Past Grand Master.
"By his removal we have sustained a severe loss,'as has the'com-
munity in which his active life was spent."
Lieut. Colonel JOHN S. D . CHIPMAN, M . ' . W.". Grand Master.

J. TWINING HARTT, V . \ W . ' . Grand Secretary.
Next Annual August 24, 1909.
N E W HAMPSHIRE — 1909.
The good impression created by the strong, resourceful and in-
telligent representation by the frontispiece portrait is borne out fuUy
and demonstrated clearly in the forceful and well balanced address
of Grand Master SAWYER. We have read it as carefully and con-
sidered it as thoughtfully as was possible, considering that we are on
the last lap of a race in our work, with a surfeit of reports delivered
since we entered the home stretch, the reaching the end of which is
marked by delivery into the printer's hands, and regret we can not
give it and the New Hampshire record generally the finished touch
and close consideration due from Kansas to New Hampshire for the
perfect ashlar contributed to the Craft and graven by the hand of Bro.
HARRY M . CHENEY.
Grand Master SAWYER made a concise reference to the "century
and twenty years the beautiful principles, precepts and teachings
of Masonry have been upheld, perpetuated and extended by this
Grand Lodge in the jurisdiction of New Hampshire, and we, the Masons
of the present generation, look back with feelings of just pride upon
its splendid record;" then, after a statement of present conditions,
he said:
"Never in all my Masonic career of twenty-five years have I been
"more forcibly impressed with the beauty, the stability and the
"power of Masonry than during the past year. • Its wonderful history
"has appealed to me with great force as I have examined ancient
"charters, records and relics—mute but priceless evidence that in
"the dim and distant past Masonry had adherents as loyal,£earnest
"and true as in the present day and generation.
"My study of the beginnings of Masonry pertaining to the]|con-
"tinent on which we live, leads me to believe that Masonry took£a
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"large part in lajring the foundations of our beloved country. The

"great Masonic principles of freedom, equality and toleration are
"found firmly imbedded in the foundation upon which our govern-
"ment was established, and they have proved to be a foundation
"upon which a mighty nation may securely rest."
Another excellent Report on Correspondence is contributed by
Bro. HAREY M . CHENEY, as modest, as unpretentious and as brilliant
as the two which have preceded it. Some of us, possibly, have the
same modest characteristic, but for the life of us can not make the
self-abnegating profert t h a t he does—environment probably. In
his opening outlook he says: "Every jurisdiction is hard at work,
"in true man-fashion, attempting to solve its own peculiar problems,
"and all are clearly doing their Masonic duty. The best men are
"guiding the laborers of the fraternity, and everywhere splendid
"successes are being achieved. It could not be otherwise. Good
"men plus right and determination must ever be a successful combina-
"tion. Magnificent growth and progress is the report from every
"quarter." He publishes "the act passed by the New Hampshire
legislature, which seeks to give legal protection to fraternal and other
organizations against impostors," which in our judgment is a good one,
and well calculated to accomplish the desired result. If possible to
find space for it we will reprint it in this report.
Brother CHENEY'S review of the Kansas proceedings for 1909 is
one of the most complete and appreciative of the year. Over five
pages are devoted to it, and if we were to quote what he says about
the Kansas Correspondent's seventh review that individual's chances
for a place in the "modesty class" would be about as good as the
chances for a return ticket indicated over the portal of the place
DANTE describes: "Let him abandon hope who enters here."
Speaking about w h a t i n some jurisdictions could well be denom-,,
inated the "special dispensation nuisance," he says: "Some day we
"shall read of some Grand Master requesting his Grand Lodge to
"authorize the appointment, under salary, of a Special Dispensation
"Secretary. That would be the practical way to bring relief to Grand
"Masters in some jurisdictions. The kind of regulations that require
"so many ought to be changed into the kind that requires, or permits,
"many less. But in Kansas., this year, the Grand Master earned
"good money for the treasury—the fees.for the one hundred and six
"being $235."
He says this about our taxation problems, as set forth by Bro..
MASON: "He devotes a page or more to tell of their efforts to show
"that their Grand Lodge and lodge property, and their Masonic
"Home, are by law exempt from taxation. Both cases have gone
"to the Supreme Court on appeal. Of course these decisions are
"based upon the Court's interpretation of the Kansas law. But we
"can not believe t h a t the good people of the State want taxes from
?'such an institution as their Home. It would be revolting." We
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venture this guess on the Supreme Court decisions: That the case
on the Grand Lodge building, won below, will be lost in the higher
court, and that the case on the Home, lost in the lower court, will
be decided in the Supreme Court in favor of the Home. But whether
won or lost, either or both, you have guessed rightly as to what will
be the ultimate pronouncement of the good people of Kansas.
He excerpted all that Grand Master MASON said about the dif-
ferent methods of disseminating the esoteric work, praising the singu-
lar form and beauty of his compilation of jurisdictional methods in
this country, or words to that effect, as JOHN BROWN used to say
when he thought some one would construe his remark too literally.
And passing on he made a brief remark, quoting a sentence from
M.'. W.-. Bro. MASON which reveals the fact that he is a kindred spirit—
only this, but it speaks volumes: "We very much like this sentence:
'The cap sheaf of Masonic achievement in this State, its crowning
glory, is the fraternity's Home here in Wichita.' "
Then, after a general reference to the work of the Home, he said:
"We have thus kept company with the Grand Master's address a
long time—of course, at some one else's cost—but he was a live one,
and we disliked to break away."
The Kansas Report on Correspondence is drawn upon for what
was said under "Iowa" about Grand Master salary' and expenses
in New Hampshire; the item about Mrs. BEABD and the grave of Gen-
eral SULLIVAN; and the law.of objection in advancement of candidates'
operating as a black ball.
One of the best deserved bouquets handed to Kansas this year
is the following: "We have got in the habit of quickly looking for
the oration which our Kansas brethren annually enjoy, because we
have never yet found a failure. The one this year, by Bro. COLE, is
a gem. It is short, measured by the space it takes, but it is mighty
in its beauty and strength. Its theme is, "Let There be Light." He
clings to his theme, presents some very helpful thoughts, elegantly
worded, and quits. We will wager that those who heard it did not
believe it took over a minute and a half to deliver it. We want to
make a quotation from it, but the task of making final choice of a
paragraph is too great, so we dodge it. Under "Maryland" we rise
to second the motion that Bro. SCHULTZ be entitled to write Past Grand
Master after his name—the action should be unanimous. The Kansas
workers under consideration realize the honor and value of the gener-
ous comments made upon their labors by the New Hampshire Cor-
respondent, and extend to him their fraternal consideration and esteem
M.'.W.'. FREDEEICK W . SAWYER, Grand Master.
R.'.W.'. FRANK D . WOODBURY, Grand Secretary.
80 CORRESPONDENCE—NEW JERSEY. February,
NEW JERSEY — 1 9 0 9 .
Several Emergent Communications precede the record of the
Annual, three for constituting lodges, three for laying corner-stones
and three for funeral ceremonies for distinguished brethren, to wit:
Past Grand Master JOSEPH WILLIAM MARTIN, Past Grand Secretary
THOMAS H . R . RBDWAY, and Past Grand Treasurer, CHAS. BECHTEL.
Grand Lodge met in Annual Communication April 21, 1909,
Grand Master WILLIAM D . WOLFSKEIL in the Grand East. Forty-
two Grand Representatives, including Kansas and Valle de Mexico,
were present. The address of Bro. WOLFSKEIL is a gem of the rarest
excellence and beauty. After a glowing apostrophe to its history,
its strength and beauty, which space alone forbids our using, he con-
tinues: "Splendid as is its historic glory, it is only, however, when
"we enter the inmost shrine and catch t h e spirit rather than the letter
. "of Masonry, that the compelling power of its merits is fully realized.
"The external, beautiful and impressive' as are rites and ceremonies,
"and sybolism, is never without great objective value in attracting
"the senses through which the approach to the soul has to' be made,
"and is insignificant as compared with the internal. I t is the difference
"between the temporal and the external, the material and the spir-
"itual.
"Masonry justifies its existence, not by antiquity, but by principles
"which, doubtless, accounts for its antiquity. Its supreme object
"is to develop character, a character that is to be as strong in spiritual
"elements and as firmly knit together as the marble blocks and the
"bond of Masonry that gave strength and beauty to Solomon's temple."
In concluding his address, M.'. W.'. Bro. WOLFSKEIL said:
"Brethren, I want the end of this address to be logically consistent
"with its beginning. In opening, I justly extolled Masonry, its his-
"tory and principles. In conclusion, I would emphasize our personal
"responsibility as members of so privileged an. institution and as cus-
"tochans of so precious a charge.
"Unless I misread the signs of the times there is writ large upon
"the face of this century that impelling word 'Service.' It would
"seem that institutions are to be judged in the twentieth century
"as never before, upon their ability, and willingness to be of use to
"mankind. This is to be the humane age as distinguished from the
"logical, scientific, analytic—all of which terms have characterized
"certain past ages. If this conclusion is right, now is Masonry's
"great opportunity, her accepted time, her day of salvation.
"Mark well. Masonry has not come to the age, but the age has
"come to Masonry. She anticipates just such an era. It is what
"Masonry has stood for theoretically, a t least, all through the past.
"First and last Masonry is committed to the cause of humanity.
"Herein lies our solemn and great responsibihty. To excite in man
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"noble aspirations; to develop in him practical charity; to make him

"keep in subjection rude and impure passions; to rcfake lying, cheating
"and grafting more difficult; truth, candor and fair-dealing more easy
"and popular; to maintian high ideals in the home, in the State and
"in the Nation; to de*l bread to the hungry, comfort to the afflicted;
"to 'break every yoke and let the oppressed go free;' all this is to ful-
"fill the mission of Masonry. The old historian, LIVY, could find
"nothing better to express his admiration of the people of Ancient
"Greece than the phrase, Sal gentium, 'the salt of the nations.' May
"we as Masons in our individual practice and influence, rise to the call
"of the age and justify for our beloved Craft the encomium of LIVY."
The Masonic Home report shows 81 guests. "The financial con-
"dition of the Home is entirely satisfactory."
The proceedings contain an engraved likeness of Grand Master
WoLPSKEiL and also a photogravure of Governor JONATHAN BELCHER,
who was governor of Massachusetts and New Hampshire from 1730
until 1741, and governor of the Colony of New Jersey from 1747 to
1757, when he died aged 76 years.
The records of the First Lodge in Boston show, by a Committee
Report of that date (October 14, 1741), that the governor, in acknowl-
edging the visit of the Committee, said: "Worthy Brothers: 1 take
very kindly this mark of your respect. It is now thirty-seven years
since I was admitted to the Ancient and Honorable Society of Free
and Accepted Masons, to whom I have been a faithful brother and
well-wisher." . The Governor's Masonic birth antedates the London
1717 organization thirteen years, and yet, notwithstanding all the ex
isting evidences that American Masonry antedated it, we are asked
to subscribe to the formula that nothing of Masonic character or worth
preceded the Goose and Gridiron dinner of 1717.
The photographic copy of the painting from which Governor
BELCHER'S picture was made is now the property of the Grand Lodge
of New Jersey. The Grand Lodge gave up perpetual jurisdiction,
over rejected candidates in cases where bona fide removal from the
State had taken place, or the consent of the rejecting lodge had been
obtained, a concession that the vote of one man can not destroy for-
ever the character of a good man, provided he migrates, or the re-
jector dies or dimits. We are glad to note, what in our judgment,
is a mark of improvement. Of the two prayers, contrasted and con-
sidered in Holy Writ, the one approved was: "GOD be merdiful to
me, a sinner." Some day, perhaps, in our self-righteousness, we may
find this lighting up the wall of memory: "Judge not, lest ye be
judged, for with what judgment ye judge, ye shall be judged, and with,
what measure ye mete, it shall be measured to you again." Grand
Lodge adopted the Certificate plan of avouchment. Bro. SHIRREPS
always furnishes a feast of good things in his contribution to the
Round Table, and his review of the various jurisdictions in the "round-
up" for 1908 is no exception. His review of Kansas for 1908 begins
82 CORRESPOND Elf CE — NEW JERSEY. February,
w i t h a concise s u m m a r y of t h e p r o c e e d i n g s of G r a n d Lodge for t h a t

y e a r . H i s excerplTfrom t h e G r a n d M a s t e r ' s able address is introduced,
as follows: " M / . W . ' . B r o . W E L L I N G T O N ' S p e r o r a t i o n is so good t h a t
i t s h o u l d b e p a s t e d in m a n y a sUk h a t t h a t w e w o t of." W e agree,
B r o . S., a n d if p a s t e d there, w e t h i n k i t would s a v e a g r e a t deal of
" t a l k i n g t h r o u g h t h e h a t . " H e refers t o " t h e fine p a p e r o n t h e es-
s e n t i a l conditions of recognition of foreign g r a n d b o d i e s , " a n d copies
t h e " q u e s t i o n s " s u b m i t t e d , w h i c h w e r e a d o p t e d b y G r a n d Lodge a s
"essential."
H e c o m p l i m e n t s G r a n d L o d g e b y a reference t o , " M a n y other
evidences of t h e intelligent a n d alert a d m i n i s t r a t i o n of Masonic af-
fairs in K a n s a s , " a n d t h e n s a y s of t h e K a n s a s Correspondence R e p o r t :
" W e lift b o d i l y this page u n d e r ' A l a b a m a : ' " . . . . " W e t r a n s -
fer, t o o , t h i s page from his review of A r i z o n a , " . . . . a n d here
a r e his c o m p l i m e n t s t o B r o . R O B B I N S of Illinois."
Bro. S. p u t s himself in " c o n t e m p t " of t h e " A r k a n s a w " legisla-
t u r e in t h e following: " H e c o m p a r e s o u r p o e t r y w i t h a s a m p l e from
a n u n k n o w n l a u r e a t e ( n o t A r - K a n s a n , w e t r u s t ) , a n d bids u s desist
from poesy, " t h a t guide b y w h i c h t h e nobler a r t s excel, t h a t nurse of
e v e r y v i r t u e . " I n spite of w h i c h a d m o n i t i o n , w e a p p e n d a n o d e on
t h e h y d r o t h e r a p e u t i c s which m a k e for h a p p i n e s s in K a n s a s :
By the still side, on the hillside in Kentucky, all is still,
And the only damp refreshment must be dipped up from the rill,
No'th Ca'lina's stately ruler gives his soda glass a shove
And discusses local option with the So'th Ca'lina "Gov."
It is useless at the fountain to be winktul ot the eye,
for the cocktail glass is dusty and the brethren "goln' dry."
Past Grand Master J O S E P H W. MARTIN.

" A v e t e r a n of t h e Civil W a r . A m a n of c h a r m i n g personality
u p r i g h t a n d h o n o r a b l e in all h i s w a y s , conscientious a n d faithful t o
e v e r y t r u s t reposed i n liim."
R.-. W . ' . THOMAS H . R . R E D W A Y , P a s t G r a n d Secretary.

" A kindly a n d g e n t l e b r o t h e r . "
R.". W.". C H A R L E S R U S S .
G r a n d R e p r e s e n t a t i v e G r a n d Lodge of K a n s a s .
" H i s s t r i c t i n t e g r i t y of c h a r a c t e r , h o n e s t y of purpose, a n d m a n y
c h a r i t a b l e works, endeared h i m t o a large circle of b r e t h r e n j a n d
friends."
M . - . W.'.fJ. C L A R E N C E C O N O V E R , G r a n d Master.
P.-. G . ' . M.'. B E N J A M I N W A K E F I E L D , G r a n d Secretary..
W . ' . R O B E R T A. S H I B R E F S , Correspondent.
N e x t Annual a t T r e n t o n , April 20, 1910.
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N E W MEXICO — 1908.
Two E m e r g e n t C o m m u n i c a t i o n s were called t o perform b u r i a l
ceremonies, one over t h e r e m a i n s of P a s t G r a n d Master W M . B .
C H I L D E E S , t h e o t h e r over t h o s e of P a s t G r a n d Master E L I A S E . D A T .
Several Specials were also held for installing G r a n d Officers, a n d con-
s t i t u t i n g lodges. G r a n d Master J. W. W I L L S O N reported dispensa-
tions for six new lodges, g r a n t e d b y h i m d u r i n g his year of service.
Grand Master W I L L S O N being a d v i s e d t h a t a saloon was a t e n a n t
of a building j u s t p u r c h a s e d b y a lodge, a n d being advised b y t h e
representatives of t h e lodge t h a t "saloon-keeping was a legal business
in N e w Mexico, a n d w a s c o n d u c t e d u n d e r a license issued b y t h e
Territory, a n d t h a t t h e N e w Mexico Code nowhere prohibited t h e
r e n t i n g of lodge p r o p e r t y for saloon p u r p o s e s , " gave t h e b r e t h r e n a
little needed " i n s t r u c t i o n " b y a n E d i c t , o r ruling, as follows: " A
"lodge owning i t s o w n building c a n n o t lease or permit a n y p o r t i o n ,
" o r p a r t thereof, n o m a t t e r h o w f a r r e m o v e d from t h e lodge r o o m ,
" t o b e used for saloon purposes. Neither c a n a lodge rent, conse-
" c r a t e , dedicate a n d o c c u p y (unless t e m p o r a r i l y b y permission of t h e
" G r a n d Master), a r o o m in a n y building in which liquor is retailed
" a n d served t o t h e general p u b l i c . " T h e edict was p r o m p t l y obeyed,
saloon removed a n d lodge r o o m d e d i c a t e d t o Masonry. A n o t h e r
" v e s t e d r i g h t " was ruthlessly t r a m p l e d u n d e r foot when a New Y o r k
lodge w i t h d r e w its r e q u e s t o n a New Mexico lodge t o confer t h e F.-. C.'.
a n d M . \ M.". degrees u p o n being advised t h a t i t s initiate in New Mex-
ico was t h e n engaged in t h e sale of i n t o x i c a t i n g liquors. As cited b y
Bro. S H I R R E F S of New Jersey, " T h e b r e t h r e n goin' d r y , " will b e t h e
rule in New Mexico also, if w e r e a d t h e signs of t h e times aright.
T h e record shows t h a t t h e g r a v e of Bro. K I T CARSON h a s b e e n
inclosed b y a suitable iron fence; t h a t M o n t e z u m a lodge a t S a n t a F e ,
whose lodge register b e a r s h i s s i g n a t u r e of d a t e April 2 1 , 1861, is t h e
p r o u d possessor of t h e B r o . CARSON rifle, a n d t h e G r a n d Lodge t h e
owner of his Mason's a p r o n . T h e n a m e s of P a s t G r a n d Masters P O E ,
B L A C K W E L L , P R A T T , K E L L Y a n d W R O T H of t h e C o m m i t t e e o n M a s o n i c
H o m e Site, indicate t h a t t h e G r a n d Lodge of New Mexico will soon
be enrolled in t h e m a j o r i t y list of G r a n d Lodges having Masonic
H o m e s . P a s t G r a n d Master J A M E S H . W R O T H furnishes t h e r e p o r t
o n Correspondence reviewing K a n s a s for 1908. H e takes a n e x c e r p t
from Grand Master W E L L I N G T O N ' S address, t h a t concerning t h e M c -
KiNLEY chain letter, which h e s a y s " w a s v e r y p r o p e r l y s a t down u p o n . "
H e t a k e s t h e "essential q u e s t i o n s " r e q u i r e d to b e answered as a p r e -
l i m i n a r y t o recognition, copies i n full w h a t w a s said in regard t o N e w
Mexico's recognition, of t h e G r a n d L o d g e of Valle d e Mexico, a n d e x -
cerpts-fully all w e said u n d e r " W y o m i n g " concerning t h e f o r m a t i o n
of Colonial G r a n d Lodges a n d t h e origin of legitimate Masonry.
U n d e r " A Couple of Criticisms of New Mexico," in t h e m a t t e r of
t h e recognition of Valle de Mexico, he defends vigorously a n d effectively
84 CORRESPONDENCE — NEW SOUTH WALES. February,
t h e N e w Mexico action, s h o w i n g t h a t n o jurisdiction was b e t t e r able

t o j u d g e i n t h e m a t t e r from a c t u a l k n o w l e d g e ; t h a t their action w a s
foreseen a n d predicted seven y e a r s previously, a n d t h a t delay a n d
f u r t h e r consideration h a d only d e m o n s t r a t e d t h e advisability a n d n e -
cessity of t h e action t a k e n . B u t i t is t o o l a t e t o further discuss t h e
Mexico m a t t e r , Bro. W . T h e q u e s t i o n h a s been settled, a n d settled
rightly, in a majority of t h e G r a n d J u r i s d i c t i o n s , a n d t i m e will do t h e
rest.
W I L L I A M B . C H I L D R E S S J G r a n d Master, 1883.
" T o b e a good M a s o n m e a n s t o p u t o u r t r u s t i n G O D . H e proved
b y his a c t s of Masonry t h a t h e t r u s t e d i n A l m i g h t y G O D . "
E L I A S E . D A Y , G r a n d Master, 1899.
H o n o r a b l e i n all t h i n g s ; w i t h all m e n .
M.'.W.-. C H E S T E R D . S T E V E N S , G r a n d Master.
R.-.W.-; A L P H B U S A . K E E N , G r a n d S e c r e t a r y .
P.'.G.'.M.'. JAMES H . W K O T H , Correspondent.
N e x t A n n u a l a t A l b u q u e r q u e , O c t o b e r 18, 1909.
NEW SOUTH WALES — 1 9 0 9 .
Sister G r a n d Lodges were r e p r e s e n t e d b y visitors, who were d u l y

received w i t h befitting honors, a s follows:
Queensland, P a s t G r a n d M a s t e r Dr. W . S. B Y R N E a n d Grand Lodge
Officers of t h e G r a n d L o d g e of Q u e e n s l a n d .
, W e s t e r n Australia, W.'. B r o . H O W E , G r a n d Steward.
T a s m a n i a . R.'. W . ' . B r o . J. G. D A V I E S , D e p u t y G r a n d Master.
N s w Zealand, M . ' . W . ' . B r o . F . C. B I N N S , P r o . G r a n d Master a n d
G r a n d L o d g e Officers of t h e G r a n d L o d g e of New Zealand.
Victoria, M.'. W.". B r o . G E O R G E E . E M E R Y , G r a n d Master a n d
G r a n d L o d g e Officers of t h e G r a n d L o d g e of Victoria.
G r a n d Master R A W S O N ' S a d d r e s s i n d i c a t e s t h a t h e h a s n o t lost
h o p e t h a t h a r m o n y will ere long b e r e s t o r e d b e t w e e n t h e British Tri-
p a r t i t e Agreement Bodies a n d t h e A u s t r a l i a n G r a n d Lodges t h a t h a v e
p r e s u m e d t o exercise t h e i r s o v e r e i g n t y i n a m a n n e r indicating t h a t
t h e y a r e n o longer u n d e r s u z e r a i n t y
All t h e addresses m a n i f e s t c o m p l e t e satisfaction w i t h t h e s i t u a -
t i o n a n d a safe reliance t h a t r i g h t will p r e v a i l .
T h e G r a n d Master m a d e a fitting m e m o r i a l in honor of P . ' . G.'.
M a s t e r J O H N C O C H R A N E R E M I N G T O N , a t t h e conclusion of w h i c h t h e
G r a n d L o d g e stood t o order whUe t h e " D e a d M a r c h " was p l a y e d b y
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the Grand Organist. The Grand Lodge by unanimous vote decided

that a Special Tablet, inscribed with the name of M.'. W.". Bro. Lieu-
tenant Colonel JOHN COCHRANE REMINGTON be placed in the Grand
Lodge room.
Four new lodges were instituted during the year.
A patent of office was forwarded by the Grand Master to Bro.
W. JONES BATEMAN, Canon of the English Episcopal Church as Grand
Representative, near the Grand Lodge Valle de Mexico. The Grand
Master decided that a Past Master affiliated with a lodge was just as
much entitled to serve on the Board of General Purposes for which he
was elected to represent that lodge, as one who is an actual Past Mas-
ter of the individual lodge. The decision was wisely and correctly
made as we think.
In a supplement to the proceedings we find a record of a jubilee
commemoration of Lodge Harmony No. 15 at Newcastle, N. S. Wales,
May 23, 1908. Deputy Grand Master R.'. W.-. Bro. W. C. SHIPWAY
delivered an address full of historical data from which we take the
following: "The first dawn of Masonry dates back to 1803, when
certain brethren assemibled for Masonic purposes at the house of one
Sergeant WHITTELL,.
In 1816 Freemasonry was first practiced in New South Wales by
the Lodge of Social and Military Virtues, under the Irish Constitution.
In 1820 Australian Lodge was established under the Irish Constitu-
tion, and in 1824 Leinster Marine Lodge was established under the
same authority. In 1828 the first lodge under the English Constitu-
tion was established, and in 1851 the first one under the Scottish Con-
stitution. The United Grand Lodge of New South Wales was formed,
August 16, 1888, but prior to this the Grand Lodge of New South Wales
existed, having been organized in 1877.
The Report on Correspondence was prepared by a Committee of
five. THOMAS L . ROWBOTHAM, Chairman, THOMAS GREEN, AUBREY
HALLORAN, LOUIS WHITTFIELD and A. WUNDERLICH. Each review
has appended to it the initials of the member of the Committee writing
same. Under "Queensland" we find a review signed T. L. R., which
contains the following: " I t is extremely gratifying to note.that 34
"Sister Grand Lodges have accorded recognition to the Grand Lodge
"of Queensland as a regularly formed Grand Lodge, and it is expected
"that many more will fall into line during the ensuing year."
Since the foregoing was written the number of recognitions has in-
creased to 43.
Kansas for 1907 is reviewed by "A. H." An excerpt from the
address of Grand Master BOND, on the growth of Kansas Masonry, is
taken. From Grand Orator BERGSTRESSOR'S oration he takes the
86 CORRESPONUENCh — NEW YORK. February,
"Conception of Fraternalism." He refers to the^Report on Corre-

spondence • concerning the recognition of Queensland,*iand takes its
conclusion.
M.'. W.'. Bro. Lieutenant Colonel JOHN COCHBANE^RBMINGTON,

Past Grand Master of Grand Lodge, New^South Wales.
He was brave a n d strong. He loved right for right's sake, and
he was firm, loyal and steadfast in all his actions.
M.'.W.'. Admiral H. H. RAWSON, Grand Master

R.-.AV.'. ARTHUR H . BRAY,.Grand Secretary.
N E W YORK — 1909.
The New York volume introduces us to the portrait of M.'. W.'.
Bro. JACOB MORTON, who was Grand Master from 1801 to 1805, both
inclusive. I t is an old style face and neck dressing, and the engraving
by BATHEE is doubtless a faithful reproduction of an old painting.
Opposite to the page containing it, is an engraving by the same artist
of the present Grand Master, M.'. W. •. Bro. S. NELSON SAWYER.
The address of t h e Grand Master marks him as one worthy and
well qualified to direct and lead the masses of the Craft in the great
jurisdiction of New York, the greatest body of Masons in any juris-
diction of the woi;ld.
After illustrating in his address fully the thought that "human
life is transitory—this world of ours is ever changing," Bro. SAWYER
says that: "Men die, that others and better may take their places.
"Powers and principalities pass away that a higher civilization may
"bless mankind. The face of the earth is changed that fertility may
"replace exhaustion, and the sons of men find renewed peace and com-
"fort. Through it all, and over it all, is the watchful guidance and
"tender care of Him in whom we put our trust, and to whom we pray,
"saying: 'O, Thou, who changteh not.' So has Freemasonry grown.
"Its beginning? Who can tell? Possibly in the earliest dawn of
"civilization, perhaps in the culture and luxury of Ancient Egypt
"and its bordering countries. I t may have been among the forbears
"of our brethren of the Ancient Race and at the building of the tem-
"ple; in the Guilds of the Middle Ages, or but shortly before the re-
"vival in the eighteenth century. What mattereth it all? Although
"we knew not whence it came, we do know Freemasonry is with us,
"a vital and living force; a potent influence for nobler deeds, for higher
"thoughts, for greater achievements in the broad field of human
."life. It has come down to us through the ages, ever changing,
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"yet ever the same. In form and ceremony Freemasonry has changed,
"as changes all earthly things. In the underlying tenets, which
"have given it continued life and virility it changeth not. The great
"verities of human life never change; the great principles of Free-
"masonry are, likewise, immutable. Belief in GOD, love for our
"fellow beings, loyalty to aU that beoometh a man, the practice
"of manly virtues, and the giving in full measure, not of alms, but
"of human charity from the beginning until now have been its foun-
"dation stone. Upon these has been built the superstructure, every
"change in the form of which has but given opportunity for greater
"usefulness. As the world has grown better, Freemasonry has kept
"step with its march of progress; and, fully abreast with the day, it
"is now, as ever, a mighty power for good. As changes in life and
"nature are but a preparation for something higher and richer, s c
"the changes in our Fraternity, have but opened the way to us for
"higher endeavor and richer fruition.
"Brethren, considering the instability of all things human, let
"me, in the glowing words of another, urge that you take your place
"in the onward march of history; let the glory of the morning rest
"upon your lives; learn and change; turn and overturn, but always-
"see to it that the sunshine chases the shadows, and that the transi-
"tion be ever from bad to good, and from good to better."
A number of important questions for consideration appear in
the Grand Master's address. One is entitled, "The Story of a Trust,"
in which there seems to have been a difference of opinion between the
Grand Master and the Board of Trustees of the Masonic Hall and.
Asylum fund involving the authority of the latter to expend a large
amount of money without submitting the question to the Grand Lodge.
The Grand Master does not appear to have assumed the role of GABSBB,
contenting himself with submitting his statement of the facts in the
case, summing up as follows: "The nature and magnitude of the
"transaction were such that whether it was a good thing to do or an
"unwise thing to do, it should not have been done until it had first
"been submitted to the Grand Lodge, and the representatives of the
"brethren, who, in the end, must pay the bills, gives an opportunity
"to say whether they wanted it done." The Trustees submitted their
statement very fully and reports majority (5) and minority (4) from
the Committee on Hall and Asylum Fund were presented, the former
advocating a year's delay and the appointment of a committee of
recognized experts to act as an advisory committee to the Trustees,
and through the President of the Trustees make joint recommenda-
tions to the Grand Lodge, after exhaustive study of the situation
of proper action to be taken, the majority report was adopted. Three
of the old Trustees, one of them Bro. W M . SHEBEB, presented their
resignations, which the Grand Master, with the consent of the Grand
Lodge, declined at that time to accept, but must have done so later,
as an entirely new Board of Trustees are named in the record.
88 CORRESPO^VBNCB — NEW YORK. February
Other questions presented were the "Home," "Twenty-Fourth

Street Property," "The Hall"—all involving large financial outlay are
fully and thoughtfully considered..
A study of all these matters as presented makes clear the fact
that the New York brethren have financial problems of grave char-
acter and great importance to be solved and settled. One thing is
apparent, that the brethren in that jurisdiction have put their hands
to the plow, and it is too late for them to look back. To an outsider
it looks very much as if the delay will do no harm, and when the situ-
ation has been fully understood the work will be renewed to a success-
ful conclusion.
Grand Master SAWYBK issued an edict: "To the end that it
"may be made impossible for the fraudulent, spurious, or clandes-
"tine Mason to receive Masonic recognition in this State; that t h e
"name and lodge of any person presenting himself as a visitor to one
"of the regular lodges in this jurisdiction must be announced in open
"lodge, and must either be there vouched for by a member of the
"lodge to which he presents himself, or before being examined, there
"must be produced a certificate of his standing in the lodge of which
"he is a menaber, and the regularity of such lodge miist be certified
"by the Grand Secretary of the jurisdiction in which the lodge is
"located."
Grand Historian EDWIN A. QUICK' presented a report of seventy-
five pages covering the histories of 27 lodges. Under "Westchester
No. 130" we note t h a t BENJAMIN BRANDKETH was a Charter member
and first Master. Those in pioneer days in the middle west when
BRANDRETH'S pills were the universal panacea will be pleased to iden-
tify the "Universal Benefactor of Humanity" as-a brother.
Our brethren of New York are entitled to a great amount of
credit in preserving so much of record history, that is of great interest
to the Craft, the cuts showing the early meeting places of the New
York lodges—the history of the rival Grand Lodges in New York,
and the many references to lodge mementoes, will be more valuable
as the years go by, and fortunate will be the lodges whose records are
so preserved.
• The record contaiiis an excellent sermon delivered at Old Trinity
Church by the Grand Chaplain, R.'. W.'. HARRY S. LONGLEY, from
the Scripture, " G O D is light, and in Him is no darkness at all;-",and
also, "In Him was life, and the life was the light of men." It was
the customary Annual Service of the Grand Lodge at Old Trinity.
Seven new lodges were chartered.
The New Constitution, Regulations, Definitions and Code of
Procedure adopted May 6, 1909, form part of the'Proceedings. The
Report on Correspondence, by Bros. WILLIAM SHBRER, EMIL FRBNKBL
and EMANUEL LoEWEisfSTEiN, is very concise, Kansas for 1909 being
briefly considered in one page. The only excerpt taken is from
Grand Master MASON'S reference to t h e Masonic Home. We are glad
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to have the assurance that our New York brethren have no CAB.SARS,
and that should one develop they will deal with him in the good old
and regular way. We think that is right, and if the Committee will
accept our assurance before hand that we are not alluding to any
member of the Committee, we will say we think that fact was demon-
strated by Grand Lodge this year. The Committee says in its prelude:
"Again we can report that peace and harmony prevail throughout
"the Masonic world, and that Masonry occupies a high plane and is
"becoming more and more an important factor in the advance and
"uplifting of humanity, and by its numerical and moral strength
"is everywhere recognized as such. A few minor exceptions exist
"but so 'minor' that they are barely worthy of note. The Grand
"Lodge of Mississippi severs fraternal relations with the Grand Lodge
"of New Jersey because our neighbor maintains a negro lodge, on
"its register. Although this lodge has existed a number of years,
"our brethren in Mississippi have -just discovered it and promptly
"resented it." '
Under "Germany," "The Grand Lodge of the Three Globes,"
we find this: "The Lodge of the Three Globes was erected by Fred-
erick the Great, shortly after his accession to the throne of Prussia,
September 13, 1740. It was organized as a Grand Lodge June 24,
1744, Frederick being Grand Master, and continuing as such to his
death in 1786. This jurisdiction is the largest and most important
in Germany, and claims the allegiance of 142 St. Johns lodges, with an
active membership of 15,295 brethren. The Grand Lodge and its
constituent parts control 376 charitable institutions of various kinds
and 27 Masonic Circles. In Grand Lodge the motion to change the
principle of the Grand Lodge from a Christian to a humanitarian,
was defeated.
M.'.W.'. ,S. NELSON SAWYER, Grand Master.
R.'.W.'. E. M. L. EHLERS, Grand Secretary.
P.'. G.'. M.'. W M . SHERBR, Correspondent.
N E W ZEALAND — 1 9 0 7 - 8 .
Our brethren on the other side of our globe are very good looking
men, if we may judge by the samples furnished in the picture gallery
of the New Zealand proceedings. Excellent portraits are furnished
of M.-. W.'. Bro. OLIVER NICHOLSON, Pro. Grand Master R.-. W.".
Bro. THOMAS ROSS, Provincial Grand Master of Otago, R.'. W.'. Bro.
T. J. WITHERS, Deputy Grand Master, and a group picture of six other
principal officers of Grand Lodge.
Grand Lodge was opened in ample form, M.\ W.". Grand Master
Lord PLUNKET in the Grand Eaet.
The death of R.-. W.-. Bro. T. B. WHYTEHBAD, P.-. G.-. Warden,
was noted. "This worthy and distinguished brother was a strenuous
90 CoRRESPONnESCE — NEW ZEALAND. February,
a d v o c a t e for a n d firm friend of o u r G r a n d Lodge, when we h a d v e r y

few friends indeed i n t h e G r a n d L o d g e of E n g l a n d . " H e w a s a p r o -
lific .writer a n d a g e n e r a l l y recognized a u t h o r i t y u p o n Masonic s u b -
jects, a n d his fearless a d v o c a c y of o u r cause no d o u b t c o n t r i b u t e d
m a t e r i a l l y t o o u r o b t a i n i n g recognition from E n g l a n d . " T h e d e a t h of
P a s t D e p u t y G r a n d M a s t e r J O S E P H A N N I N G K I E B Y is also n o t e d . I n n o t -
ing t h e d e a t h of P a s t G r a n d Master J. C. REMiNOTON.of New S o u t h
Wales, i t is said:" " B r o . R E M I N G T O N ' S d e a t h is a loss t o Australian F r e e -
m a s o n r y , a n d none will m o r e sincerely m o u r n for h i m t h a n his N e w
Zealand b r e t h r e n . "
E i g h t new lodges h a v e been c o n s t i t u t e d w i t h large m e m b e r s h i p s ,
which a r e safe g u a r a n t e e s of p e r m a n e n c y . G r a n d Master P L U N K E T
was re-elected. I n t h e i n s t a l l a t i o n ceremony, t h e installing officer
referred t o t h e fact t h a t d u r i n g his i n c u m b e n c y of t h e office eleven n e w
lodges h a v e b e e n o p e n e d .
We notice t h a t t h e K a n s a s R e p r e s e n t a t i v e , - R . ' . W.'. B r o . H . I.
HoBDEN, s e n t regrets a t i n a b i l i t y t o attend."
Distinguished b r e t h r e n from m a n y jurisdictions sent felicitations
to G r a n d M a s t e r P L D N K B T u p o n his election a n d installation.
T h e R e p o r t o n C o r r e s p o n d e n c e ' is b y M . \ W.'. B r o . MALCOLM
NiccoL, P a s t G r a n d Master, a n d is a ' v e r y full a n d complete synopsis
of t h e r e p o r t s of sister jurisdicttons. K a n s a s is highly favored in t h e
review of i t s 1908 v o l u m e . W h a t G r a n d Master W E L L I N G T O N said
a b o u t corner-stone l a y i n g b e i n g t a k e n in full, M.'. W.". B r o . Niccol
voicing a g r e e m e n t w i t h his s t a t e m e n t s u n d e r t h a t topic., Reference
is m a d e t o t h e ceremonial w h e n t h e G r a n d Master arrived a t t h e record
of Necrology in his address, of roll call, p r a y e r , t a p s , a n d r e n d e r i n g
of " T h e L o s t C h o r d " b y t h e q u a r t e t t e . T h e Masonic H o m e is also
referred t o a n d t h e fact s t a t e d t h a t " K a n s a s is v e r y p r o u d of t h e i n -
s t i t u t i o n . " I n t a k i n g i n full t h e Special R e p o r t of t h e .Kansas Cor-
r e s p o n d e n c e Cordmittee, B r o . N I C C O L prefaces t h e four pages d e v o t e d
t o i t as follows: " W e m a k e no apology for reprinting in i t s e n t i r e t y
t h e following v e r y v a l u a b l e r e p o r t on t h e basis for recognition of n e w l y
established G r a n d L o d g e s . " H e also t a k e s w h a t we-said u n d e r " N e w
Z e a l a n d , " regarding t h e transfer of Victoria Lodge No. 147, I n v e r c a r -
gill, from t h e Irish t o t h e N e w Z e a l a n d Constitution, a n d also o u r
personal reference t o New Z e a l a n d a n d K a n s a s .
U n d e r " T e x a s " B r o . N I C C O L s a y s : " A s a sample of t h e 'lofty'
l a n g u a g e o u r A m e r i c a n friends affect w e q u o t e t h e following a d -
dress, which follows t h e p r e s e n t a t i o n of t h e w h i t e a p r o n t o t h e E n t e r e d
A p p r e n t i c e . " I t is a p a r a l y s e r , B r o . N I C C O L , b u t " t h e boys m e a n
weU!"
M.'.W.-. W I L L I A M L E E ( B a r o n ) P L U N K E T .
M.-.W.-. MALCOLM N I C C O L , G r a n d Secretary.
N e x t A n n u a l M a y 5, 1909.
igo^-io. CORRESPONDENCE — NEW ZEALAND. 91
NEW ZEALAND — 1 9 0 8 - 9 .
The little memorandum at the head of the third page of the vol-
ume reads as follows: "One hundred and fifty-nine active lodges with
a membprship of 10,020 on December 31, 1908." Fifteen years ago,
reviewing New Zealand, we noted the fact that the Grand Lodge was in
augurated with 41 lodges on its roll, with a membership of 1,236, and re-
marked: "It is reasonable to expect that in their case the adage will
soon come true, 'AH things come to him who waits.' " We think the
record indicates that the Grand Lodge of New Zealand has fully ar-
rived.
The Grand Lodge has funds invested to the amount of about
$100,000.
Notwithstanding England's recogivtion, and that the time has
long passed within which the lodges remaining under her- Constitu-
tion in New Zealand should have had a chance to express their views
as to Grand Lodge fealty, it had not been given.
The Board of General Purposes advised that suitable regulations
be prepared setting forth the method of obtaining permission by a
lodge for ascertaining whether a sufficient proportion of members
favor transference of allegiance, and that a copy of the report of the
Committee on Relations of Grand Lodge of New Zealand and Grand
Lodge of England, showing the basis upon which the agreement
should be reached, be sent to Grand Lodge of England. Sections
1, 2 and 3 of the Committee's report show perfect accord with the
principles governing recognition heretofore adopted by the Grand
Lodge of Kansas.
New Zealand is making further effort to adjust a basis of agree-
ment with Scotland on the lines agreed upon last year between Scot-
land and Western Australia. In connection with this topic we note
in Bro. NICCOL'S Correspondence Report that he excerpts what he
designates a ".very sensible conclusion" to our report on the Scotland-
Western Australia settlement of last year, showing agreement with our
contention that the exaction of Scotland from Western Australia
calculated to restrict the sovereign power of Western Australia was
"JDeyond the power" of the Grand Lodge of Scotland, and therefore,
nugatory and void.
The New Zealand brethren heartily endorsed the advisability
of continuing the system of Correspondence reports, one brother go-
ing to the extent of saying they should have it, even if it cost one hun-
dred pounds.
Past Grand Master NICCOL'S report is an excellent one and gives
an excellent view of the Masonic situation in the various jurisdictions
of the world. It comes bound separately, and through it are pictures
of the officials of the Grand Lodge. Grand Master PLUNKET'S por-
trait forms the frontispiece. Next comes a group showing the Board
92 (JoRRESPOifDEifCB — NEW ZEALAND. February,
of General Purposes, t h a t of B r o . N i c c o i , showing h i m t o b e a v e t e r a n .

T h e r e is a n o t h e r g r o u p of G r a n d Officers,.a p o r t r a i t of R.-. W . ' . B r o .
R O B E R T F L E T C H E R , D e p u t y G r a n d Master, a n d others of R. •; W . ' .
Bro. O. H . MoLLER, S.". G.-. W a r d e n , a n d R.-. W.-. B r o . G E O R G E W .
HDLMB, J.'. G.'. Warden. T h e y a r e all fine looking m e n , a n d j u d g e d
b y their a p p e a r a n c e , t h e Craft is well officered.
U n d e r "California" B r o . N I C C O L , referring t o t h e l e t t e r of t h e
G r a n d M a s t e r , t h a t t h e c r e a t i o n b y Scotland of a District G r a n d
Lodge in H a w a i i in n o w a y affected t h e s t a n d i n g of lodges in H a w a i i ,
u n d e r t h e jurisdiction of California, a n d until a G r a n d Lodge is formed
in t h e T e r r i t o r y of H a w a i i , h e would n o t consider a District G r a n d
Lodge h o l d i n g allegiance t o t h e G r a n d Lodge of Scotland a m e n a c e
t o t h e G r a n d Lodge of California; nor, u n d e r existing conditions, a n
e n c o u r a g e m e n t t o foreign jurisdictions, t o which B r o . N I C C O L , profit-
ing b y experience, s e n t e n t i o u s l y predicts a n d suggests: " W e v e n t u r e
" t o say, however, t h a t w h e n a G r a n d Lodge for H a w a i i is projected,
" t h e aforesaid District G r a n d Lodge, S. C , will p r o v e a serious s t u m -
" b l i n g block t o p r e v e n t t h e securing of exclusive jurisdiction b y t h e
"Territorial Grand Lodge."
K a n s a s for 1909 is a b l y a n d fully reviewed. A full s t a t e m e n t of
t h e " T a x a t i o n of Lodge P r o p e r t y a n d t h e Masonic H o m e " is given,
beginning w i t h reference a n d r e c o m m e n d a t i o n of G r a n d Master W E L -
LINGTON, t h e action of Council of A d m i n i s t r a t i o n , a n d c o m m e n c e -
m e n t of s u i t b y J u d g e G A R V E R . H e t h e n quotes from G r a n d M a s t e r
H , F . M A S O N ' S address, giving t h e full history of t h e case, as well a s
t h a t of t h e Masonic H o m e case iii charge of Bros. D A L E a n d A M I D O N .
Voluminous e x c e r p t s a r e also t a k e n from G r a n d Master M A S O N ' S
address, covering t h e whole m a t t e r of dissemination of t h e work,
Bro. N I C C O L s a y i n g : " T h e q u e s t i o n of t h e best m e t h o d for t e a c h i n g
" t h e E s o t e r i c work h a s occupied t h e t h o u g h t f u l consideration of t h e
" G r a n d M a s t e r of K a n s a s , a n d h e deals e x h a u s t i v e l y w i t h i t in his"
" r e p o r t ; " a n d he t h e n a d d s : " A s useful inforrpation w e q u o t e t h e
following."
H e t a k e s liberal e x t r a c t s from o u r r e p o r t on t h e S c o t l a n d - W e s t e r n
Australia recognition, referring t o t h e conclusion in t h a t m a t t e r as
" v e r y sensible." W e h a v e a l r e a d y referred t o New Zealand a t -
t e m p t i n g t o n e g o t i a t e o n s a m e t e r m s w i t h Scotland. H e also t a k e s
w h a t w e said i n r e g a r d t o " t h e u n h o l y c o m p a c t " concerning recognition
b y t h r e e G r a n d Bodies w h o m a d e a pool of their respective sover-
eignties for joint benefit. B y a n error o u r m e m b e r s h i p for D e c e m b e r
3 1 , 1907, v i z : 30,468, w a s copied, instead of t h a t for D e c e m b e r 3 1 ,
1908, t o w i t : 32,072, B r o . N .
M.-.W.'. B r o . W M . L . ( B a r o n ) P L U N K E T , G r a n d Master.
M.'.W.-. B r o . MALCOLM N I C C O L , G r a n d Secretary.
M.'.W.-. B r o . M A L C O L M N I C C O L , C o r r e s p o n d e n t .
N e x t A n n u a l a t Wellington, M a y 4, 1910.
igog-io. CoRRESPONDEtfCK —NORTH CAROLINA. 93
N O R T H CAROLINA — 1909.
A c o m m e n d a b l e feature of t h e N o r t h Carolina v o l u m e a t its

opening is t h e list of P a s t G r a n d Masters from 1787 t o 1908 inclusive.
On t h e opening of G r a n d Lodge, M.". W . \ G r a n d Master H E N R Y
K. S I M P S O N of t h e District of Columbia was received w i t h p r i v a t e
Grand Honors.
G r a n d Master G A T T I S referred to t h e fact t h a t w h e n in 1900 >he
offered t h e resolution in G r a n d Lodge t o co-operate w i t h t h e Raleigh
Lodges in t h e erection of a suitable h o m e for M a s o n r y in t h e Capital
City, he little d r e a m e d t h a t it would be his " g o o d fortune t o preside
over t h e first A n n u a l C o m m u n i c a t i o n of t h e G r a n d Lodge held in t h e
splendid T e m p l e foreshadowed b y t h a t r e s o l u t i o n . "
T h e excellent c h a r a c t e r of t h e G r a n d Master's a d d r e s s can b e
well conceived of from t h e following e x c e r p t s :
This is an age of progress. In every department of human endeavor much
is being done. We are only in the first decade of a new century which seems destined
to outstrip the last in its wonderful achievements—in science, in art, in inventions ,
and in the accomplishment of great purposes. Our own State is making rapid strides
in material advancement, in wealth, in education. Masonry must keep step with
this onward march. It is our mission to continue the good work of our predecessors
in quickening the consciences of men and arousing them to a better realization of
the moral forces that go to build character. The possibilities for the practical
application of the cardinal principles of Masonry are e\!er increasing. Freemasonry
stands today as the very antipode of selfishness and greed. In the mad rush for
gain Masonry points to the higher things that make human beings happier and bet-
ter. Unless we in a great measure fulfill this noble mission, in aiding the unfortun-
ate, in cheering the faint-hearted, in lending the helping hand to the fallen, and in
ministering to the sick and afflicted, in training the orphans, and caring for the in-
digent and infirm, our Order will not hold the high rank it should have among
the great forces working for the betterment of humanity.
I am proud to say that Masonry in this jurisdiction is striving nobly to live
up to its opportunities. Much has already been done by our Order to alleviate
human suffering and to give every living being an equal chance in life. Much
remains to be done. It is our duty to see to it that no false move is made or back-
ward step taken, and while as Free and Accepted Masons we work no longer in stone
and mortar, as did our ancient brethren, yet we must strive to build our characters
on the solid rock of truth ana right living.
P a s t G r a n d Master R O B E R T B I N G H A M was G r a n d O r a t o r a n d d e -
livered a splendid address, giving t h e history of O r p h a n a g e s , t r a c i n g
their origin t o T r a j a n , a n d their first legal distinction in t h e laws of
J u s t i n i a n . H e t r a c e s t h e i r history d o w n t h r o u g h succeeding ages
t o t h e Masonic F r a t e r n i t y of K e n t u c k y , which h e s t a t e s founded t h e
first public O r p h a n a g e in t h e U n i t e d S t a t e s in 1840. H e gives t h e
history of t h e Masonic O r p h a n Asylum of N o r t h Carolina, giving full
particulars, leading finally t o t h e g r e a t t h o u g h t i l l u s t r a t e d in his o r a -
t i o n : " T h a t t h e basis of W e s t e r n civilization is t h e Family, a n d t h a t
t h e best s y s t e m y e t developed in t h e world for t h e upbuUding of c h a r -
acter is t h e family, a n d therefore, where children who h a v e lost t h e i r
94 CORRESPONDBSCE — NORTH CAROLINA. February,
o w n p a r e n t s are placed in large i n s t i t u t i o n s , t h e y lose t h e influence

which h a s m a d e E u r o p e a n d America different from T u r k e y a n d
C h i n a . " I n t r o d u c t o r y to this t h o u g h t he s a i d :
AH great religions of the world originated in Asia. But when Christianity was
to become an aggressive world religion, it must needs be hioved out of oolygamous
Asia into monogamous Europe, and again from the less pure and vigorous Latin
races of southern Europe to the purer and more vigorous Teuton; for the family
can not exist in polygamy; and yet the FAMILY, as men of Teutonic blood and breed,
have always conceived and maintained it, is not only the basis of our civilization,
but the family was made by the Almighty Himself the basis, and comer-stone of
the Divine Revelation, which in the fullness of time, developed into the Christian-
ity of to-day.
" H i s elucidation of t h e g r e a t a d v a n t a g e s a n d benefits t o be d e -
rived from famUy t r a i n i n g is v e r y ably, logically a n d convincingly
set forth, a n d wUl r e p a y s t u d i e d i n v e s t i g a t i o n on t h e p a r t of H o m e
D i r e c t o r a t e s , and if necessary, of Grand Lodges, w h e r e Masonic H o m e s
a r e i n s t i t u t e d . T h e K a n s a s Masonic H o m e comes as n e a r t o ideal
i n s t i t u t i o n a l perfection as a n y such b o d y c a n well be. W e are, how-
ever, a subscriber t o t h e i d e a t h a t while t h e r e can b e n o one w h o can
fiU t h e place of t h e real m o t h e r , such a n e a r a p p r o a c h to it is so often
f o u n d in a foster m o t h e r t h a t wherever it is found possible t h e h o m e of
t h e l a t t e r should b e s u b s t i t u t e d for t h e I n s t i t u t i o n a l H o m e ; p r o v i d e d
a l w a y s , t h a t t h e o n e charged w i t h t h e placing of t h e children in s u c h
h o m e s shall be one w h o will conscientiously m a k e of his, or h e r d u t y
in t h a t r e g a r d , a g e n u i n e l a b o r of love, a n d t h a t such safeguards b e
t h r o w n a b o u t each child t h a t t h e Grand' L o d g e m a y r e s u m e its g u a r d -
i a n s h i p w h e n necessary for t h e welfare of t h e child. . W h a t is h e r e
w r i t t e n is b a s e d u p o n long experience, b o t h as foster p a r e n t a n d H o m e
Director.
• Six lodges, U. D., were established, t w o lodges revived, a n d two
s u r r e n d e r e d their C h a r t e r s d u r i n g t h e y e a r .
A herald, a n n o u n c i n g t h e a p p r o a c h of M.'. W . \ G r a n d Master
J. S. MicHiE of S o u t h Carolina, a special delegation was a p p o i n t e d t o
meet him. His o b j e c t w a s t o e x c h a n g e t h e feUcitations c u s t o m a r y
a m o n g P o t e n t a t e s of t h e Carolinas. H e w a s received, i n v i t e d t o a
s e a t in t h e E a s t , a n d t h e c u s t o m a r y " H o n o r s " a w a r d e d .
T h e v o l u m e c o n t a i n s records of t w o i n t e r e s t i n g e v e n t s : t h e dedica-
tion of t h e Temple, a n d t h e p r e s e n t a t i o n t o G r a n d Lodge b y Major
B . F . B U L L O C K a n d M. L. W I N S T O N , b o t h P a s t Masters, a n d t h e t w o
oldest living m a l e - d e s c e n d a n t s of M I O A J A H B U L L O C K of Granville
C o u n t y , N . C , R e v o l u t i o n a r y soldier, of a n American flag w i t h 13
s t a r s a n d stripes, b r o u g h t h o m e from t h e R e v o l u t i o n a r y W a r b y
MicAjAH B U L L O C K . A t t h e dedication of Mt. E n e r g y lodge, i n April,
1854, Major E D W A R D B U L L O C K carried t h e flag in procession a n d left
it w i t h t h e lodge a t t h a t t i m e , t h e flag previously t h e r e t o h a v i n g b e e n
carefully p r e s e r v e d i n his h o m e . T h e d e s c e n d a n t s of M I C A J A H BUL-^
LOCK, m e m b e r s of four N o r t h Carolina lodges, join in " t h i s disposi-
tion of t h e sacred relic." A picture of t h e v e n e r a b l e old m e m e n t o of
IgOQ-IO. CORRBSPONDENCE — NORTH CAROLINA. 95
the heroic days of the Revolution as it hangs displayed over the letter
"G," behind the Grand Master's chair, forms that glorious American
Trinity, God, Country and Liberty, given to us by the Noble Fathers
of Revolutionary days. The flag was "gracefully accepted" on be-
half of Grand Lodge by Deputy Grand Master RICHARD N . HACKETT
and a glass case ordered to preserve it.
A movement for a Home for Aged and Indigent Masons, their
wives and widows, is begun with a prospect of early success in the
effort.
The Special Committee appointed to report on Mr. BAYLESS'
Supreme Council, which started to do business in North Carolina, re-
ported that in 1852, the.Grand Lodge of North Carolina had legis-
lated against the Louisiana Cerneau body, in 1869 severed fraternal
relations with Louisiana and the Grand Orient of France. In 1892
Committee of Grand Lodge resolved: " 1 . No lodge in this Grand
Jurisdiction shall recognize, or hold communication with, any CERNEAU
body, or its members, and shall discontinue the establishment of any
of its branches in this jurisdiction.
"2. That in the Tyler's O. B. be included: 'I am not a member
of, or in communication with, any body of the so-called CERNEAU rite.
The Special Committee saw no reason for any modification of the law,
as now recorded in North Carolina, and their report was adopted.
A large number of Special Communications of Grand Lodge were
held for dedications, corner-stone laying and funeral exercises:
The Report on Correspondence is by Bro. JOHN A. COLLINS, and
though the leaves are bound facing in several different directions, we
have been able to follow up what was intended for a line of succession.
Kansas for 1908 is thoroughly and well reviewed. The address of
Grand Master WELLINGTON is excerpted from liberally on the topics,
"Success and Prosperity," and "Ciphers," and a full synopsis given of
Grand Lodge work. The Kansas Correspondence Report is denomin-
ated "a very interesting and instructive review." Our report on
recognition of Queehsland is noted and' commented on favorably, the
conclusion being taken bodily.
Under "Mississippi" he extracts from Bro. HOWARD'S comments
on the exclusion of the whisky maker and seller from Masonry, and
we are pleased to note that it has his endorsement.
Under "New Mexico," where Bro. WROTH takes Bro. COLLINS
to task for a libel on Grand Lodge Valle de Mexico, Bro. C. makes the
following "amende honorable:" "We beg to say in reply to this charge
that we had no purpose of doing injustice to Grand Lodge Valle de
Mexico, or to any other Grand Lodge in that territory, but things
Masonic have been, and are, so thoroughly mixed in the Republic of
Mexico, that it is hard for one so far away to tell 'tother from which:"
We were going to comment on Bro. COLLINS' report thisyear on Valle
de Mexico, but we will accept above excuse, taking our cue as to where
the "mix" is, from the story of Sandy and the Dominie. They had
96 CORRESPONDENCE — NORTH DAKOTA. February,
b e e n o u t v e r y l a t e a t t h e " p u b l i c , " a n d a s t h e y reeled home, t h e

Dominie, fearful of t h e reception from his i r a t e spouse, asked S a n d y t o
o b s e r v e his- gait a n d see if h e -walked s t r a i g h t . W a l k i n g a h e a d a little
d i s t a n c e h e a s k e d S a n d y how h e h a d m a d e i t . " Y e ' r e a' richt. Dominie
b u t w h o t h e de'el is t h e o t h e r fellow s t a n d i n g b y y e ? "
F A B I U S H A Y W O O D B U S B E E , G r a n d Master, 1885-6, died A u g u s t

28, 1908:
" W e shall miss his c h e e r y word, h i s genial wit, his wise decisions,
his g r e a t fund of information, a n d a b o v e all; his fraternal g r e e t i n g . "
M.'.W.-. S A M U E L M . G A T T I S , G r a n d Master.
R.'.W.-. J O H N C . D E W E Y , Grand Secretary.
D r . J O H N A. C O L L I N S . Correspondent.
N e x t A n n u a l a t Raleigh, J a n u a r y 11, 1910.
NORTH DAKOTA — 1909.
T h e a d d r e s s of Grand Master S Y L V E S T E R J. HILL, is a good o n e

a n d i t s r e c o r d discloses t h e fact t h a t M.'. W.-. Bro. H I L L ' S administra^
t i o n h a s b e e n a business one.
F r o m his opening we t a k e t h e following:
BHETHREN: "What mean ye by these ceremonies?" is a question which-
dates far back into the history ol man, and we, too, may well ask what significance
our ceremonies have for us. If Masonry means for us only that we can, like the
parrot- repeat the phrases which we have heard over and over again, without its
lessons sinking deeply into our hearts and influencing our lives tor good, then indeed
have we labored in vain, and spent our strength for that which is naught; but I am
persuaded that this is not all; for all about us we see lives made better, characters
made stronger, and new hopes inspired by the teachings which come to us in our
work, and we may each receive new courage for life's battles.
It has been said that, "wherever a civilized community exists, there Freema-
sonry is to be found, shedding its benign influence and scattering its moral precepts,
calling into action the intellectual powers of man, and teaching him his dependence
on God, and his duty toward his fellows," and our own jurisdiction has been no
exception to the rule.
F o u r dispensations for new lodges w e r e g r a n t e d . Six lodges were

c o n s t i t u t e d u n d e r Charters g r a n t e d l a s t y e a r .
F R A N K A. C O U S I N S of C a r r i n g t o n w a s a p p o i n t e d G r a n d R e p r e -
s e n t a t i v e n e a r N o r t h D a k o t a for K a n s a s , N o v e m b e r 7, 1908.
T h e y h e l d a convention of secretaries of t h e lodges d u r i n g t h e year,
of t h e doings of which G r a n d S e c r e t a r y T h o m p s o n has given u s a good
r e p o r t . O n t h e question of salaries w e find s o m e i m p o r t a n t d a t a a n d
lyOg-IO. COHBESPONDENCE — NORTH DAKOTA. 97
suggestions. W e h a v e always noticed t h a t t h e lodges t h a t g a v e a

c o m m e n s u r a t e salary received as a rule good service, b u t listen t o B r o .
FRANK:
Out of the forty odd Secretaries In attendance, only four or five received a
compensation of S25.00 annually. One or two others received more, but it was
found that the greater part of the salaries were either nothing, or a remission of
dues, and a few scattering received SIO.OO. It was the concensus that for all of
the work done by a Secretary, and the responsibility thrown upon him, and the
good and faithful service required to keep the strings of lodge matters tied in
proper shape, that lodges should pay 10 per cent, of moneys collected, whether
dues, fees, rentals, or otherwise, as compensation. All other agents who collect
moneys on commission receive 10 per cent., and this does not include the large
amount of clerical work which a Secretary is required to perform. We have found
that the best paid Secretaries are the best Secretaries, and continue in ofBce longer.
One great trouble we find in annual returns, and other matters connected with
lodge affairs, is when Secretaries are frequently changed. Of course, it is none of
our business what lodges shall pay, but we only speak out of justice and for efflciency,
remembering the parable that "The laborer is worthy of his hire."
We n o t e i n t h e record t h a t after F a r g o h a d been selected aa t h e

place for n e x t y e a r ' s c o m m u n i c a t i o n a b r o t h e r moved " t h a t t h e a c -
tion b y which t h e G r a n d Lodge is t o m e e t a t Fargo a t i t s n e x t a n n u a l
session b e r e c o n s i d e r e d , " a n d t h e r e u p o n P a s t Grand Master G R A N T S .
H A G A B m o v e d t h a t t h e m o t i o n of B r o . CASSELMAN b e laid o n t h e t a b l e .
And t h e m o t i o n to. lay o n t h e t a b l e carried. We noticed t h a t t h e G r a n d
Secretary sandwiched a lecture o n t h e forty-seventh problem of E u c l i d
into his r e p o r t this y e a r . W e suggest t h a t he give t h e b r e t h r e n a dose of
Masonic ( p a r l i a m e n t a r y ) law n e x t y e a r .
F o u r lodges U, D . were c h a r t e r e d b y G r a n d Lodge.
The V e t e r a n Masons' Association of N o r t h D a k o t a w a s com-
m e n d e d b y G r a n d Lodge as w o r t h y of all honor a n d respect. Past
G r a n d Master J A M B S W . F O L E Y s u b m i t t e d a r e p o r t as C o r r e s p o n d e n t
which appears as a n a p p e n d i x . T h e r e p o r t is a n epitome, briefly
s t a t e d , of Masonic decisions.
C o m m i t t e e o n Lodge Visitation presented t h e following, w h i c h
was a d o p t e d :
We recommend that a visiting applicant for admission to any lodge be re-
quired to show his receipt for lodge dues tor the current year, or other satisfactory
evidence that his dues are paid for the current year, or documentary evidence
that he is in good standing in his lodge; that reference be made to the "List of Regu-
lar Lodges" to ascertain if his lodge be a legitimate lodge before the Committee
proceed with the examination.
T h e G r a n d Lodge u p o n a d j o u r n m e n t were given a n e n t e r t a i n m e n t
a t t h e Town a n d C o u n t r y Club o n t h e evening of t h e last d a y . G r o u n d s
were illuminated a n d w i t h music a n d refreshments a n excellent e n -
t e r t a i n m e n t w a s furnished t h e visitors b y t h e local b r e t h r e n .
M.-.W.-. H A L P D A N B E N D I K E , G r a n d M a s t e r .
R.'.W.-. F R A N K J. T H O M P S O N , G r a n d Secretary.
Next A n n u a l a t ] F a r g o , J u n e 2 8 , 1910.
98 CORRESPONDENCE —NOVA SCOTIA. February,
NOVA SCOTIA — 1 9 0 8 .
O u r N o v a Scotia b r e t h r e n still r e v e r e n c e t h e old Masonic slogan,
" F e a r G o n a n d h o n o r t h e K i n g . " P r e l i m i n a r y t o t h e opening of G r a n d
L o d g e t h e y a t t e n d e d c h u r c h a n d listened t o a n excellent sermon on
M a s o n r y , winding u p t h e d e v o t i o n a l exercises b y t h e singing of t h e
N a t i o n a l A n t h e m . I n her c o n f o r m i t y to m o d e r n m e t h o d s , Masonry
in t h e U n i t e d S t a t e s is f o r g e t t i n g t h e old c u s t o m s of t h e Craft. The
a n c i e n t s e r m o n , the N a t i o n a l A n t h e m , even t h e five s t a n d i n g t o a s t s ,
o r s e n t i m e n t s , to " T h e H o l y S a i n t J o h n , " "George W a s h i n g t o n , "
" T h e P r e s i d e n t ' o f t h e U n i t e d S t a t e s , " " T h e M e m o r y of t h e B r e t h r e n
W h o I f a v e Left U s , " " T o t h e W h o l e F r a t e r n i t y , W h e r e v e r Dispersed on
t h e F a c e of t h e E a r t h , " a r e f o r g o t t e n a n d a r e r e m a r k a b l e now for t h e
infrequency of their o b s e r v a n c e b y t h e Craft.
T h e Address of G r a n d Master C H A R L E S R . S M I T H is a good one.
H e p a i d little a t t e n t i o n t o physical imperfections, interpreting t h e
l a w v e r y liberally, as is d o n e in E n g l a n d , t h a t "if a m a n ' s m e n t a l a n d
m o r a l qualifications a r e s u c h as m a k e h i m a desirable m e m b e r , it is
rarely he is rejected on t h e g r o u n d of b o d i l y disqualifications."
Decision No. 4 was t h a t W a r d e n s , in t h e absence of t h e Master,
could n o t confer degrees. U n d e r t h e Constitution, while a W a r d e n
presides in absence of Master, if degrees a r e t o be conferred, a P a s t
Master m u s t b e called on for t h a t p u r p o s e . I n Illinois a n d K a n s a s
a n y o n e qualified can confer degrees for, t h e Master or W a r d e n p r e -
siding.
T h e following w a s a d o p t e d b y G r a n d Lodge, t o w i t : " T h a t t h i s
G r a n d L o d g e r e c o m m e n d s t h a t no s u b o r d i n a t e lodge in this J u r i s -
diction shall in future, k n o w i n g l y , e n t e r t a i i i t h e application for t h e
degrees, or for affiliation of a n y p e r s o n e n g a g e d in m a n u f a c t u r i n g , or
sale of i n t o x i c a t i n g l i q u o r s . "
A n " i n t e r e s t i n g c e r e m o n y " is n o t e d in t h e record, v i z : T h e b u r n -
ing of t h e $22,000.00 m o r t g a g e given 17 y e a r s before on t h e F r e e m a s o n ' s
H a l l a t Halifax, now free of d e b t .
T h e R e p o r t o n C o r r e s p o n d e n c e is b y R.". W.". B r o . T H O M A S
M O W B R A Y , Committee. K a n s a s for 1908 is a b l y reviewed. A v e r y
concise s y n o p s i s of t h e K a n s a s proceedings is given. Grand Master
W E L L I N G T O N ' S address is d e n o m i n a t e d " a m o s t excellent o n e . " W h a t
h e said o n t h e subject of c h a i n l e t t e r s w a s e x c e r p t e d in full.
T h e R e p o r t on Correspondence b y t h e K a n s a s C o m m i t t e e is also
placed in t h e " E " class, as "affording t h e r e a d e r m u c h v a l u a b l e in-
formation."
W e n o t e t h a t t h e N e v a d a r e p o r t b y B r o . A. L. FITZGERALD is
placed in t h e s a m e class.
F r o m t h e v e r y full review of N e w S o u t h Wales b y Bro. M O W -
BRAY w e n o t e t h a t t h e l a t t e r j u r i s d i c t i o n relieved t h e necessities of
b r e t h r e n of Grand Lodge of E n g l a n d t o a m o u n t of 213 p o u n d s a n d
igog-io. CORRESPONDENCE—OHIO. 99
3 shillings, b r e t h r e n of G r a n d Lodge of Scotland t o a m o u n t of 103

p o u n d s a n d 5 shillings, b r e t h r e n of G r a n d Lodge of Ireland t o a m o u n t
of 27 pounds a n d 2 shillings—which shows t h a t o u r b r e t h r e n of N e w
South WaleS a r e genuine Masons w h o fulfill their duties a n d obliga-
tions i n spite of u n g e n e r o u s t r e a t m e n t . T r u l y c h a r i t y is their " d i s -
tinguishing c h a r a c t e r i s t i c . "
M.-.W.'. GHAS. R . S M I T H , G r a n d Master.
R.-.W.". T H O M A S M O W B R A Y , G r a n d Secretary.
R.'.W.-. T H O M A S M O W B R A Y , C o r r e s p o n d e n t .
N e x t A n n u a l a t Halifax J u n e 9, 1909.
OHIO — 1908.
As a p r e l u d e t o t h e o p e n i n g of t h e G r a n d Lodge of Ohio fifty of
t h e boys a n d girls of t h e Masonic H o m e were presented a n d s a n g a
n u m b e r of glees a n d p a t r i o t i c songs, concluding with t h a t old well-
spring of h u m a n s y m p a t h y a n d love, " H o m e , Sweet H o m e . " Every
soul who listens t o it is looking into his o w n h e a r t , as well as those b e -
fore him, a n d is t h a n k i n g G O D t h a t t h e children before h i m h a v e a
realizing sense of H o m e .
Our Ohio b r e t h r e n h a v e n o t g o t b e y o n d t h e brass b a n d period
y e t ; a t all e v e n t s , u n d e r t h e escort of t h e Centennial Committee, t h e y
m a r c h e d from t h e Sinton H o t e l w i t h military b a n d s a c c o m p a n y i n g t o
Music Hall, where G r a n d Lodge m e t . E i g h t e e n P a s t G r a n d M a s -
ters, of w h o m M.". W . \ B r o . W . M. C U N N I N G H A M w a s Dean, assisted
M.-. W.'. Bro. G E O K G B D . C O P E L A N D , t h e Grand Master, in opening G r a n d
Lodge.
T h e address of t h e G r a n d Master w a s w o r t h y of t h e occasion.
Suitable m e n t i o n was m a d e of Ohio's distinguished dead. T h e Cen-
tennial C o m m i t t e e h a v i n g decided t h a t a Masonic H i s t o r y of Ohio
should b e p r e p a r e d b y Ohio's m o s t distinguished Masonic writer,
t h e Grand Master accordingly a p p o i n t e d M.'. W.;. B r o . W. M. C U N -
NINGHAM as G r a n d H i s t o r i a n . W e n o t e t h a t Grande Lodge paid t h e
G r a n d Historian for his first v o l u m e t h e s u m of $2,000.00. I t will
b e t a k e n for g r a n t e d , b y .those familiar w i t h Bro. C U N N I N G H A M ' S w o r k ,
t h a t Grand Lodge h a s a v o l u m e well w o r t h t h e a m o u n t a p p r o p r i a t e d
for it. T h e C o m m i t t e e r e c o m m e n d e d t w o additional volumes t o c o m -
plete t h e history, o n e i n 1909, a n d t h e o t h e r i n 1910.
T w e n t y - t w o E m e r g e n t C o m m u n i c a t i o n s of Grand Lodges w e r e
held during t h e y e a r .
T h e Ohio R e p o r t o n Topical Reference is a model of b r e v i t y ,
sense a n d j u d g m e n t . T h e y divided a n d referred t h e Grand M a s t e r ' s
address in a business w a y , w i t h o u t fulsome praise, a n d w i t h o u t g e t -
t i n g "outside of t h e r e s e r v a t i o n . "
T h e end of Clandestinism i n Ohio is evidently near a t h a n d .
T h e G r a n d S e c r e t a r y r e p o r t s a b o u t i t as follows: " P r a c t i c a l l y a l l
100 CORRESPONDENCE—OHIO. February,
of the spurious lodges, whose names and location have heretofore been
published, are now extinct." A list of the dying and defunct organ-
izations is given in the hope of expediting the end of those about to
die. May they have a short shrift and speedy exit.
M.-. W.-. Grand Master CHAHLBS M . MIKELS of Indiana, with the
customary job lot of dignitaries usually "welcomed with the Grand
Honors" in Ohio, passed in review before the Grand Lodge. It was
an army rule never to pay any attention in the way of military salaams
to officers not "arrayed in togs." We think as to those whose dis-
tinction has been achieved elsewhere than in the Grand Lodge, a like
rule should be drawn, but even then, they have no right to the Grand
Honors of a Grand Lodge. Those, if they have any significance at all,
belong exclusively and. solely to those who have had the real Grand
Honors of a Grand Lodge Grand Mastership.
But Ohio is improving. This year, they did not kow-tow to the
Imperial Potentate.
The Grand Lodge of Ohio did itself honor in acknowledging court-
esies by the election to honorary membership in its Grand Body
of the following eminent Masons: V.". W.". Bro. ROBERT FREKE-
GOULD of Kingsfield, Woking, England; V.". W.'. Bro. W M . JAMES
HuGHAN of Torquay, England, and R.-. W.-. Bro. Dr. W. J. CHETWODE
CRAWLEY, Grand Treasurer of the Grand Lodge of Ireland. There
are no three Masons now living whose Masonic views are more often
quoted as authority, or whose views . carry greater weight. Bro.
GOULD'S contributions to Masonic History "are Masonry's 'richest
historical possession. We trust he may long be spared to us, to eluci-
date and develop some of the questions he has suggested for future
consideration.
, - We are glad to note that a committee was appointed to pro-
cure and erect a monument to memory of late P.'. G.-. Master S.
STACKER WILLIAMS.
The "White Shrine of Jerusalem," members of which must belong
to the Order of the Eastern Star, petitioned asking for the same right
to occupy Masonic halls granted to the O. E. S. heretofore. On refer-
ence to the Jurisprudence Committee, that body reported: "We
deein it unwise to depart from the safe, conservative policy, long es-
tablished, of allowing only well-authenticated and weU-recognized
Masonic bodies to occupy our halls."
A has la White Shrine; vive la Eastern Star!!!
But, Bro. CHAMBERLAIN, confidentially-r-we have the highest
regard for Judge ANDREWS and his Jurisprudence Committee, but
• don't you think the above quotation from this report comes danger-
ously close to recognition of the O. E. S. of Ohio?
The Masonic Home was the fecipient of S66,129.30 during 1907,
a portion of which was a special contribution by the Scottish Rite
of $16,737.19 to add two stories to the new building and S2,366.66
was a special contribution from Blue Lodges to furnish the rooms.
igog-lo. CORBESPONDICNCE—OHIO. 101
The remaining $47,026.25 was given by following bodies: Grand Lodge,

$32,603.70; Grand Chapter, $9,172.75; Grand Council, $1,500.00;
Grand Commandery, $3,500.00, and Grand Council Anointed High
Priest, $250.00. There is a cut showing the fine hospital given the
Home by the O. E. S. The Ohio Sisters "deserve well" of the breth-
ren.
M.-.W.'. Brother W. M. CUNNINGHAM presents the Report on Cor-
respondence as customary. The review proper is prefaced by valu-
able masonic communications and articles. One upon the "Value
of Masonic Diplomas, or Certificates, in Great Britain," by V.". W.'.
Bro. W. J. HuGHAN, another by R.'. W.'. Bro. W. J. CHBTWODB
CRAWLEY upon masonic diplomas or certificates in Ireland—each
.of the foregoing papers showing these certificates to be absolute pre-
requisites to visitation in the countries named, in the absence of
personal avouohment.
There is also an article from the Freemason, of London, July 18,
1908, on the Quatuor Coronati Lodge of England, and the Pan-Angli-
can Congress of Bishops, also excerpts from a recent paper by V.'. W.'.
Bro. ROBERT FREKB GOTJLD in the London Freemason upon "Pre-
Historic Freemasonry."
There are also "excerpts showing the pre-1717 existence of so-
called higher degrees and the legitimate claim of the Scottish Rite to
perpetuate Freemasonry by the establishment of Craft Lodges from
'Masonic History.' Let us seek 'Truth by Bro. JOHN YARDER,' " to
which we may refer elsewhere. Other articles upon "Symbolism"
and "Atheistic Masonry" also appear.
We have always been gratified at the unbounded interest mani-
fested by our distinguished Bro. CHAMBERLAIN in the work of the Grand
Lodge of Kansas, as shown in its Proceedings and Correspondence Re-
ports. The nine pages devoted to Kansas this year show that the
interest has increased, instead of diminished.
The "able paper" of Grand Master WELLINGTON is called upon
for nearly two pages of excerpts. "Membership," "Hancock Lodge,"
"Masonic Home," and "Commercialism in Candidates" are quite
fully taken.
The "exhaustive paper" on the organization of Grand Lodges,
by our committee, is referred to; the recommendation of the Com-
mittee, the concurrence of the Law Committee in re recognition,
and action taken upon the four essential questions, are noted and
questions printed in full.
A half page is given to that part of the "well written address"
of Bro. W.'. DALLAS GROVER, concerning the character of Masons.
Our general review is liberally' quoted from. Excerpts taken
under "Alabama," "Masonry Autocratic," our "Pioneer Reminis-
cence," "British Columbia," "Mexican Masonry," and comments under
"Indiana" and "Illinois" on our references to Bro. ROBBINS and himself
and their "discussions." We did not need your assurance, Bro C ,
102 CORRESPONDENCE—OHIO. 'February,
t h a t y o u r personal e s t e e m a n d friendship for each o t h e r h a d n o t been

interfered w i t h . T h e m o r e d o u g h t y y o u r foeman, t h e b e t t e r y o u like
h i m . B u t i t seems t o ' t h e writer t h a t W A L T E R SCOTT h a d t h e correct
idea, w h e r e h e seats R I C H A R D a n d SALADIN b y t h e cool spring, after a
t r u c e , a n d issues "call-to r e f r e s h m e n t s . " F o r t y years w i t h t h e m a c e
a n d b a t t l e a x e is a long spell, B r o . C.
O t h e r q u o t a t i o n s u n d e r " I o w a , " " K e n t u c k y " (where • we g e t
h e a r t y c o n c u r r e n c e u p o n " V i s i t a t i o n — A Mason's R i g h t " ) , " M e x i c o "
a n d p a r t of o u r conclusion, c o m p l e t e t h e t h r e e and'a^half pages copied
from our general review.
We w o u l d like t o t a k e u p o n e or t w o of t h e | m a t t e r s discussed so
fully in B r o . C's. r e p o r t , b u t , h o w e v e r briefly i t | i s T a t t e m p t e d one can
n o t do j u s t i c e to his o w n sense of p r o p o r t i o n i n j a n y r e v i e w he m a k e s
of Ohio, or Ulinois, a n d we can o n l y r e p e a t t h e refrain, "space, e t c . "
Since w r i t i n g t h e a b o v e w e h a v e l e a r n e d t h a t t h e genial, kindly,

lovable soul t h a t we called W I L L I A M M CuNNiNGHAM^hasJtaken i t s
flight to t h e Celestial City. If w e were asked w h a t l w e t h o u g h t were
his distinguishing characteristics w e would say, first,H^his loving k i n d -
n e s s ; second, his inflexible a d h e r e n c e t o t h e t r u t h . H e j n e v e r glossed
over a s t a t e m e n t of a m a t t e r u n d e r d e b a t e for thefpurpose of m a k i n g
his position stronger. If he .could n o t h a v e v i c t o r y b y ^ a d h e r e n c e t o
t h e t r u t h he preferred defeat r a t h e r t h a n swerve a h a i r ' s - b r e a d t h frorn
w h a t he k n e w t h e t r u t h t o be. H e was an i n d e f a t i g a b l e ' s t u d e n t , a n d
h e u p o n w h o s e shoulders his m a n t l e m a y be placedjwilishave a -mine of
Masonic w e a l t h t o d r a w u p o n in his c o n t r i b u t i o n s t o | M a s o m c H i s t o r y
and Jurisprudence.
I t is a m a t t e r of regret t o Masons all over t h e l w o r l d j t h a t he h a d
n o t c o m p l e t e d t h e " H i s t o r y of M a s o n r y in O h i o " w h e n t h e M A S T E R
called him.
laivrMni'i
M.-.W.'. C. S. HosKiNSON, G r a n d Master!
R.-.W.'. J. H . B R O M W E L L , G r a n d Secretary.
M.'.W.'. Bro. W. M. C U N N I N G H A M , Correspondent.
N e x t A n n u a l a t Cleveland O c t o b e r 20, 1909.
OHIO—1909. .
Two o r a t o r s were f o u n d necessary t o do t h e .welcoming act b e -
fore G r a n d Lodge could be o p e n e d in a m p l e form. One i l l u s t r a t e d
t h e t h o u g h t t h a t " h u m a n k i n d n e s s a n d t h e sense of b r o t h e r h o o d en-
rich life m o r e t h a n possessions" b y a t o u c h i n g story of two a l m s h o u s e
people who h a d been m o v e d w i t h o t h e r s from t h e old Infirmary t o t h e
igog-io. CORRESPONDENCE—OHIO. 103
Colony F a r m , where, i n a s e p a r a t e cottage, t h e old couples h a v e rooms

b y themselves. " I n t h e confusion of t h e m.oving w e did n o t expect
t h e m t o o c c u p y their cottage rooms o n t h e first night, b u t one of t h e
old m e n c a m e t o m e asking t h a t i t b e a r r a n g e d so t h a t h e could b e w i t h
his wife, as she h a d been sick for m a n y y e a r s , a n d he k n e w n o one could
t a k e care of h e r as well as h e . W e carried cots t o t h e room, a n d t h e n
he asked if t h e y could n o t h a v e their b a g g a g e . H e p o i n t e d o u t a n
old t r u n k , a grip t h a t would n o t s t a y s h u t , a n d a n old half-filled pil-
low-slip."
We carried tliem to tlie little room where he and his wife were to spend their
last days together. You would smile at the baggage; but It was all he had that
linked- him with the old life, when he went forth to do his part of the world's work,
as we do to-day. He said to me, as he looked out on our great fields: "I had a
farm once myself." I do not know how the misfortune came; perhaps it was In
the years of devoted care given to his wife, but as I left him, happy in their cottage
home, I felt that though they were in the Almshouse, they were not the poorest of
people. They had lost their money, but they yet had love. So we have written as
an inscription over the entrance to our Old Couple's Cottage: "It is better to lose
money than to lose love."
We cull this b u d from t h e second o r a t i o n :

We sing the praises of the fragrant flower, blushing before the smiling of the
king of day; we voice the rich melody of the rippling waters as they tumble in rich
crescendo toward the sea; we shout the wild glories of ocean's grand refrain; we
look inspired at diamond dew-drops, shining like myriad pendants from the forest-
trees, but in all their richness and their glory they compare not with the' living
of a noble Masonic lite.
I n t h e absence of t h e G r a n d Chaplain, R A B B I L O U I S WOI^SBY of
Little R o c k officiated in his s t e a d .
Six dispensations t o organize new lodges were g r a n t e d b y t h e
G r a n d Master during t h e year.
Saint J O H N t h e Evangelist's d a y , S u n d a y , December 27, w a s o b -
served b y n e a r l y t h i r t y t h o u s a n d Masons of t h e Jurisdiction a t t e n d i n g
Divine service a t t h e same hour.
A complete account of t h e history of a n d proceedings a t t e n d a n t
u p o n m a k i n g W I L L I A M H O W A R D T A F T a Mason a r e contained in t h e
volume, b u t as these are already well k n o w n to t h e Craft of K a n s a s w e
do n o t p r e s e n t t h e m again. T h e speech of a p p r e c i a t i o n of B r o . T A F T ,
his reference t o his father, a former M a s t e r of t h e lodge in which h e
was later elected, a n d received as a m e m b e r , a n d a reference t o his
brother, e n v y i n g h i m t h a t h e h a d been m a d e a Mason in t h e s a m e lodge
b y his own father, all a p p e a r in t h e record.
W e a r e pleased t o n o t e t h a t t h e g r a v e of P . ' . G.'. Master S. STACKER
W I L L I A M S h a s been m a r k e d by- a "large polished B a r r e granite m o n u -
m e n t , a beautiful a n d enduring piece of w o r k . "
T h e application of J U S T I N P I N N E T for r e s t o r a t i o n t o Masonry
c a m e u p as unfinished business from l a s t year, a n d on r e p o r t of t h e
J u r i s p r u d e n c e Committee t h e p e t i t i o n w a s denied.
We c a n n o t help feeling t h a t t h e c o m m i t t e e h a s a c t e d justly a n d
wisely. W h a t e v e r feeling of p i t y we m a y h a v e for t h e losers should
104 CORRESPONDENCE—OHIO. February,
b e b e s t o w e d u p o n t h e i g n o r a n t a n d u n a d v i s e d followers, a n d n o t u p o n
t h e leader w h o s t a r t e d his r e v o l u t i o n w i t h full knowledge t h a t he w a s
in t h e wrong, a n d t h a t if t h e t r u t h prevailed, he a n d his misguided
followers m u s t u l t i m a t e l y lose all t h e y risked on their v e n t u r e . We b e -
lieve i n calling sinners t o r e p e n t a n c e , b u t we do n o t believe i n glori-
fying t h e sinner a n d giving h i m t h e high seat in t h e s y n a g o g u e simply
because of t h e m a g n i t u d e of his transgression. Americans h a v e t o o
m u c h m a u d l i n s e n t i m e n t , are too p r o n e to h u n t u p t h e transgressor
or scalawag, clothe h i m w i t h n e w g a r m e n t s , a n d kill for h i m t h e f a t t e d
t u r k e y , a n d let t h e e v e r y d a y w o r k e r a n d plodder in t h e p a t h s of r i g h t -
:eousness wrestle for his daily b a c o n a n d corn b r e a d as best he can.
I When the Devil was sick
1 The Devil a monk would be;
! When the Devil was well
[ , Ne'er a monk was he.
M.'. W . ' . B r o . W . A. B E L T t a k e s u p t h e d u t y of C o r r e s p o n d e n t
for Ohio gracefully a n d w i t h fitting r e m e m b r a n c e of his predecessor
in t h e following:
October 20, 1909.
To the M.\ W.-. Grand Lodge of Ohio, F. and A. M.:
In the following pages your Committee on Foreign Correspondence wish to
tell you what our "sister jurisdictions are doing. Your late Chairman of this Com
mittee folded his tent and passed over the river, after twenty-seven years of well-
known labor in this field, to cast his lot among those brethren, many, many of whom
we have known well. Of him we all say, "Well done, good and faithful servant."
When this duty passed to us, time was short, and little had been done toward its
completion. Please accept the labor done, remembering the circumstances. Bro
CUNNINGHAM'S reviews are marked C, and those done since with a B.
T h e review of K a n s a s for 1909 is from t h e h a n d a n d b r a i n of o u r

l a t e B r o . C U N N I N G H A M , o n e of t h e few w r i t t e n b y h i m in t h e p r e s e n t '
A n n u a l Review. Ohio a n d K a n s a s h a v e almost i n v a r i a b l y been i n
accord on all t h e q u e s t i o n s of m o m e n t affecting t h e Craft, a n d w e
t r u s t t h a t a like a c c o r d a n d a g r e e m e n t m a y continue.
B r o t h e r C U N N I N G H A M g a v e a full a n d complete s u m m a r y of t h e
w o r k performed b y G r a n d Master H . F . MASON, q u o t i n g from his
address freely. I n t r o d u c i n g a liberal excerpt he said of B r o . M A S O N :
" H e e v i d e n t l y does n o t believe in t h e e n a c t m e n t of m o d e r n t h u m b -
screw penalties for non-affiliation." References to chain l e t t e r s a n d
Masonic H o m e also called for excerpts.
T h e e x h a u s t i v e A n n u a l R e p o r t of G r a n d Secretary W I L S O N , r e -
q u i r i n g t h i r t y - t h r e e pages, is referred t o , saying also: " w h o is cer-
t a i n l y t o b e c o m p l i m e n t e d on t h e h a n d s o m e , v o l u m e issued for t h e
c u r r e n t y e a r b y t h e M.'. W . ' . G r a n d Lodge of K a n s a s . "
H e e x c e r p t e d from B r o . C O L E ' S " t h o u g h t f u l " address, in one place
where h e referred t o t h e back-log a n d tallow candles. B r o . C U N N I N G -
HAM a d d e d :
igog-IO. COKRESPONDKNCE—OHIO. 105
Not only that, but it was not until after 1835, when "matches" were invented.
Iheir first appearance, as recalled by the writer, was in the form of two bottles
in a can, one containing a prepared stick and the other a phosphoric preparation
Into which the stick was inserted, making a quick blaze—quickly used and the stick
quickly extinguished for further use. Soon thereafter a similar preparation was
dried upon pine splints, ignited by friction, matches as now known being the final
result.
As another personal reminiscence of those days it may be of intererst to men-
tion that as making a fire with "steel flint" and tinder was a slow process, very
inconvenient at times, "live coals" were commonly borrowed from the nearest neigh-
bor from whom they could be procured. A "shovel full' of hickory or hard-wood
coals were often carried over a half mile for this purpose.
F r o m o u r Correspondence R e p o r t he t o o k w h a t we said of Valle

de Mexico u n d e r " I l l i n o i s , " of H a n c o c k Lodge u n d e r " N e w H a m p s h i r e , "
t h e "derelict b r o t h e r " u n d e r "Oregon, a n d c o m m e n t e d i n regard t o
t h e l a t t e r : " T h e thick-skinned, impecunious b r o t h e r is always q u i t e
r e a d y t o ask for a remission of dues, b u t t h e r e a r e doubtless m a n y
cases of t h e foregoing character in which a w o r t h y b r o t h e r has suffered
expulsion r a t h e r t h a n disclose his necessities." H e also q u o t e d a p -
provingly w h a t w e said u n d e r " V i r g i n i a " of t h e origin of F r e e m a s o n r y
in t h e U n i t e d S t a t e s . Kansas h a s every reason t o feel highly com-
p l i m e n t e d a t t h e liberal a m o u n t of space a n d t h e c o u r t e o u s a n d con-
siderate t r e a t m e n t a w a r d e d in t h e Ohio review.
F r o m M.-. W . ' . Bro. W. A. B E L T ' S conclusion we t a k e t h e follow-
ing:
A vacant chair at the Round Table of the Masonic Reportorial" Guild recalls
many things said and done by the "Nestor," who has gone. Many of you who
were associated with him so long will, 1 am sure, be slow in accepting another.
This particular piece of Masonic Work is an art, in and of itself. Therefore, move
over, and let us up to the table to practice, so we can get to be an artist, as I see
many of you are.
The only ripple on the quiet face of the waters, masonically speaking, which
disturbed its universal smoothness, was the affront taken by the Grand Lodge of
Mississippi when it learned from New Jersey that its Alpha Lodge existed.
The question of Masonry from purely Scottish Rite origin seems to be nearly
settled, when we see that three-fourths of American Grand Lodges have voted fra-
ternal recognition to the Grand Lodge Valle de Mexico. Therefore Blue Lodges
from legitimate Scottish Rite origin, as these were, are thus declared to be good.
Perpetual jurisdiction has lost one more votary in the Grand Lodge of New
Jersey, we are glad to learn. Just what form the result of the discussion concerning
the status of "suspended-for-non-payment-of-dues" Masons will take is yet not
apparent. There seems to be a general feeling that these relations to the Craft
should be different from those expelled, or even those dimitted. Some kind oJ
rights should still exist if death or misfortune overtake them. "Once a Mason
always a Mason" has a strong hold on many of our brethren.
The first year of our second century's history as a Grand Lodge is written.
We will not finish its history. But beginning under such happj' circumstances
and unexcelled surroundings, the results attained should surpass all those that
we have accomplished. And with such a wish for all, we close our first and hurried
undertaking
106 CORRESPONDENCE^ OKLAHOMA. February,
T h e C e n t e n n i a l Celebration fills a huge a p p e n d i x , b u t Ohio h a s

m o r e t h a n filled h e r allottedfspace.
M.-.W •. B . F . P E R R Y , J R . , G r a n d Master.
R.-. W . ' . J . H . B R O M W E L L , G r a n d Secretary.
P.-. G.'. M.-. W . A. B E L T , C o r r e s p o n d e n t .
N e x t A n n u a l a t C o l u m b u s , October 19, 1910.
OKLAHOMA — 1909.
T h e v o l u m e is a c o n g l o m e r a t e , containing t h e 3 6 t h A n n u a l Com-
m u n i c a t i o n of t h e G r a n d Lodge of I n d i a n Territory, t h e 17th A n n u a l
C o m m u n i c a t i o n of t h e G r a n d Lodge of O k l a h o m a Territory, t h e m i n -
u t e s of t h e C o n v e n t i o n a t w h i c h t h e t w o territorial organizations were
c o n s o l i d a t e d into one, a n d t h e first A n n u a l C o m m u n i c a t i o n of t h e G r a n d .
Lodge A. F . & A. M. of t h e S t a t e of Oklahoma.
P o r t r a i t s a p p e a r i n t h e v o l u m e of t h e last G r a n d Master of t h e
G r a n d L o d g e of I n d i a n T e r r i t o r y a n d present G r a n d Master of t h e
U n i t e d G r a n d L o d g e , M.-. W.-. H . D . MTJLDROW, also of M.-. W.-. B r o .
D. D. HoAG, l a s t G r a n d M a s t e r of t h e first O k l a h o m a G r a n d L o d g e ;
also L E O E . B E N N E T T , first G r a n d Master of G r a n d Lodge of I n d i a n
T e r r i t o r y , w h o presided o v e r t h e J o i n t Convention which w a s called
t o o r d e r b y M.-. W . ' . B r o . D D. H O A G . T h e v o l u m e is further embel-
lished w i t h p o r t r a i t s of t h e G r a n d Secretaries Elect, M . \ W . ' . Bros.
J. S. MuRROw a n d W M . M . A N D E R S O N .
I n his address as G r a n d Master of t h e G r a n d Lodge of I n d i a n
T e r r i t o r y , M.'. W . \ MTJLDROW furnishes a brief review of t h e history-
of t h e G r a n d Lodge, showing t h a t i t w a s organized October 5, 1874
b y t h r e e of t h e six lodges t h e n i n s t i t u t e d in t h a t t e r r i t o r y ; t h a t in
1892 t e n of t h e s u b o r d i n a t e lodges—those on t h e O k l a h o m a T e r r i t o r y
side of t h e l a t t e r S t a t e — w i t h d r e w a n d organized t h e G r a n d Lodge of
O k l a h o m a T e r r i t o r y . T h e G r a n d Master g a v e Mr. B A Y L I S S ' C B R -
N E A U Clandestine b o d y , hailing from t h e Orient of N e w York, a little
free a d v e r t i s i n g , w a r n i n g t h e b r e t h r e n t h a t a n y o n e w h o c o n n e c t e d
himself w i t h t h e s p u r i o u s b o d y subjected himself t o expulsion. I n
answer t o q u e s t i o n 5, t o w i t : " A m e m b e r of a lodge i n t h i s juris-
diction engages in liquor business i n Texas. His lodge notifies h i m
t o . s e v e r his connection w i t h such business. H e refuses a n d applies
for dimit, w h i c h is refused a n d charges preferred. W h a t shall w e do ?"
Answer: Proceed w i t h t h e t r i a l as t h e l a w directs a n d " d o i t n o w . "
No need for a d i a g r a m i n t h a t ruling. T h e G r a n d Master called a t -
t e n t i o n t o t h e fact t h a t t h e u s e of t h e t w o spacious Scottish R i t e
T e m p l e s i n O k l a h o m a h a v e been t e n d e r e d t o t h e G r a n d Lodge, a n d
t h e n asks t h e pertinent" q u e s t i o n a b o u t t h e Masonic H o m e : " W h y
should t h e a c t u a l beginning of^the w o r k on this H o m e | b e f u r t h e r d e -
layed?"
rgog-io. CORRESPONDENCE ~ OKLAHOMA. 107
The last Annual Communication of the first Grand Lodge of Ok- '
lahoma was held February 9, 1909, at Guthrie, Grand Master D. D
HoAG presiding. His address contains a full and explicit statement
of the arrangements made for the consolidation of the Grand Lodges.
The address is an able one and the record shows Bro. HOAG'S adminis-
tration to have been wise and successful.
The Consolidation Convention at Guthrie February 10 was called
to order by Past Grand Master D. D. HOAG, who made an opening ad-
dress and called Past Grand Master LEO E . BENNETT to the chair.
J. S. MuRROW was Secretary and W. M. ANDERSON Assistant Sec-
retary.
The Committee on Constitution, HENRY M . FURMAN, W . A. Mc-
BRIDE, U . C. GUSS and GEORGE W . CLARK, presented the Constitu-
tion prepared by them and it was adopted as read. It will be noted
that the last named member of the Committee is Past Grand Master
GEORGE W . CLARK, formerly of Kansas,' who made an enviable record
as Grand Master, in 1894. We are glad to see that his services are so
highly appreciated in his Oklahoma home.
The Convention numbered 1,400 members, one-half from each
of the two jurisdictions. Upon the selection of the elective officers
of the New Grand Lodge, the Convention on the motion of Past Grand
Master E. H. DOYLE adjourned sine die, and immediately thereafter
the Grand Officers were installed. Past Grand Master THOBNBURQ
of Arkansas made a "very beautiful and appropriate address" ex-
pressing the sentiment of the Grand Lodge of Arkansas.
Grand Lodge selected McAlester for its next meeting place.
Past Grand Master W. M. ANDERSON presented the Report on Cor-
respondence, which is somewhat abbreviated. Kansas for 1908 is
reviewed, the volume getting this praise: "Taken as a whole t h e
proceedings embody the highest type of the printers' and engravers'
art." M.'. W.'. Bro. WELLINGTON'S address is the subject of elilarged
comment, and lengthy excerpts, copied entire, and two of the decisions
are taken. This is said of the oration: "Bro. DALLAS GROVER,
Grand Orator, delivered a splendid oration." The "essential ques-
tions," as ^ basis for recognition, are copied, and the Correspondence
Report is dubbed "a splendid review." Our Oklahoma brethren went
about the work of consolidation in a true brotherly spirit; if anything
was noticeable in the entire transaction between the two bodies it
was a genuine rivalry in demonstrating the spirit of fairness on the
part of each. We are glad to note that those who bore the heat and
burden of the day were not cut off with the traditional penny, but
each. received the additional honor his due. The harmonious pool-'
ing of issues and consolidation of interests in one harmonious brother-
hood where the best interests of the Craft at large were subserved,
may well be taken as an object lesson by those Grand Bodies that have
to be literally pried apart by force from the subordinates who are in-
108 ConKESPOlfDENCE—OREOON. February,
d e b t e d t o t h e m for n o t h i n g b u t t h e w r i t t e n evidence of t h e i r legality

as lodges.
M . \ W / . H E N K Y L . M U L D E O W , .Grand Master.
W M . M . A N D E R S O N a n d J. S. M O R R O W , G r a n d Secretaries.
W . M. A N D E R S O N , C o r r e s p o n d e n t .
N e x t A n n u a l a t McAlester, F e b r u a r y 9, 1910.
OREGON — 1909.
G r a n d Master E D W A R D E . K I D D L E p r e s e n t s a n a b l e r e p o r t in
which t h e work of t h e y e a r is fully s h o w n u p . H e m a k e s a fair p r e - '
e e n t a t i o n of t h e differences b e t w e e n Oregon a n d K a n s a s in t h e m a t t e r
c o n c e r n i n g " a s s i s t a n c e r e n d e r e d t o b r e t h r e n of foreign jurisdictions,"-
w h i c h h a d been a m a t t e r ' o f c o r r e s p o n d e n c e for t h e t h r e e y e a r s p r e -
vious, s a y i n g : " I t seems t h a t t h e laws g o v e r n i n g s u c h cases a r e al-
t o g e t h e r different in K a n s a s from those u n d e r w h i c h w e work, a n d I
do n o t s e e how w e c a n do a n y t h i n g m o r e i n t h e m a t t e r , as t h e G r a n d
L o d g e of K a n s a s s e e m s t o b e well fortified b y t h e i r law, i n t h e posi-
tion t h e y have taken.
T h e G r a n d M a s t e r of K a n s a s referred m e t o t h e i r proceedings
of t h e y e a r 1903, a s t h e G r a n d Master in his address t h a t y e a r g a v e a
v e r y e x h a u s t i v e r e p o r t on t h i s m a t t e r , a n d g a v e a list of all G r a n d
Lodges i n t h e U n i t e d S t a t e s w h o h a d e i t h e r a d o p t e d , or rejected t h e
Wisconsin plan, w h i c h r e a d s as follows:
WISCONSIN PLAN, 1883.

AMENDMENT TO CONSTITUTION, EDICTS AND DECISIONS,
APPROVED BY GRAND LODGE.
When a lodge bestows charity upon, or in behalf of, a brother residing -within
its Jurisdiction, but a member of another lodge (when jurisdiction is concurrent).
It a masonic necessity, a lodge of which he is a member must refund the same, but
If not a masonic necessity, a lodge is under no obligation to refund the same. (Pro-
ceedings 190.3,'Page 79.) . ,
T w e l v e G r a n d Lodges, including Oregon, a d o p t e d a b o v e plan.

T h i r t y - t w o G r a n d Lodges, including K a n s a s , h a v e rejected a b o v e
plan. T h r e e lodges a r e n o n - c o m m i t t a l i n r e g a r d t o said plans. T h e
Oregon C o m m i t t e e o n Masonic Law a n d J u r i s p r u d e n c e r e p o r t i n g o n
t h e case of local necessity, a b o v e referred t o b y G r a n d Master K i d d l e
as a m a t t e r of correspondence b e t w e e n Oregon a n d K a n s a s , u n d e r t h e
c h a r g e of " P e n d l e t o n Lodge, N o . 52, of O r e g o n " g a v e t h e following
u t t e r a n c e : " W o u l d r e p o r t t h a t all efforts t o secure relief from e i t h e r
" T o p e k a Lodge o r t h e G r a n d Lodge of K a n s a s h a v e p r o v e d u n a v a U -
"ing, a n d while y o u r C o m m i t t e e are of t h e opinion t h a t t h e position
" t a k e n b y t h e K a n s a s b r e t h r e n is entirely uncharitable, y e t w e believe
igO^-IO. COliRESPONDENCE—OREGON. 109
"that no relief may be had, and we recommend that further correspond-

"ence in the matter be abandoned.
"Fraternally submitted,
" L O T S. PEAECE, " J O H N B . CLBLAND,
" J . C. MORELAND, " S . M . YORAN,
"Committee."
LUTHER MARTIN, the great lawyer, in his advice to a young at-
torney, said: "Always be sure of your evidence;" and courts in the
oath taken by witnesses, swear them to tell the truth, the whole truth,
and nothing but the truth. We are charitable enough to hope that
the members of the committee were not advised of the following pay-
ments by Topeka Lodge No. 17 to Pendleton Lodge No. 52 of Oregon,
viz: October 23, 1905, $25.00; January 18, 1906, $25.00; February 17,
1906, S50.00; November 25, 1906, S25.00; January 21, 1907, S25.00;
February 18, 1908, $2.34.00; total, $384.00. Kansas Masons not only
take care of all local cases requiring aid in their jurisdiction in accord
with the Masonic law and usage of 32 of the Grand Lodges of the
United States, but, while it has distinctly rejected the Wisconsin plan
(recognized by 12 Grand Lodges, of whom Oregon is one), of refund-
ing payments made by another body, nevertheless it has deviated
at times, as the above specific payments, for which we have seen ac-
knowledgments from the Oregon local body, would indicate.
We accord full honor to the Grand Lodge of Oregon for the $425.00
it expended for the brother who had lived in its jurisdiction for 15 or
20 years. It obeyed the general plan of Masonry; while we think
Topeka Lodge in its expenditure of $384.00 in full payment up to
January 1, 1908, borrowing the $234.00 for that purpose, at least
entitled to the acknowledgment, "she hath done what she could."
We have no word of blame for the local lodge, Pendleton No. 52, that
for the same period, unable to contribute anything, accepted for the
local destitute brother the help of the Grand Lodge instead—the'
$425.00 paid by that Grand Body from its special fund.
We note that Past Grand Master EDWARD E . KIDDLE started
his Masonic life at Nortonville, Kansas, 1886, and was born at Warren,
Jo Daviess County, Illinois, July IS, 1862. We are glad to note that
one of old "Jo Daviess"' sons had increased her already generous roll
of Past Grand Masters.
M.'. W.'. Brother J. M. JIODSON begins his Correspondence Re-
view of Kansas with this: "Just in time not to be too late for the
printer comes the book from the state where they grow Sunflo.wers,
make Masons, hold Grand Lodge meetings, have lots of fun, do a lot
of good, and probably fall as far short of their ideals as any of us."
"HENRY F . MASON was the presiding Grand Master and his pic-
ture introduces the book, while near the close of the record, there is
a page full of nice looking boys, about half of whom look as though
they knew what it all meant, and the others look as though they were
still guessing." "Grand Master MASON proceeded to deliver his ad-
110 CORRBSPONDEtlCE—OltEGON. February,
dress, which is what might be termed a live one." He excerpts what

M.'. W.\ Bro. MASON said about the gratifying condition of Masonry
in Kansas for the preceding twelve months.
The oration of Bro. ELKICK C. COLE was pronounced "superior to
the average."
From our Correspondence Report of 1909 he takes the key-note
of Masonic prosperity and progress, and what was said "discussing
the warnings uttered by the Grand Master of Wisconsin on the temper-
ance question." We are glad to note his commendation of our use
of the space devoted to the Wisconsin and Illinois reviewers
"On the Scottish Rite Matter," and his judgment on our work, viz:
"He is on the right side and ably, answers all their sophistries and
iconoclastic nonsense." He takes what we said about the superior-
ity of the American brand of Masonry over that of the Goose and
Gridiron variety, or any other form of British origin, introducing it
with this: "Under 'Mississippi,' on the question of tracing gen-
ealogies, he has the following soothing good sense." Bro. HODSON
iinds only two or three of the questions open for discussion that are
really vital. . One is perpetual jurisdiction; another is the recognition
of new Grand Lodges formed by less than a majority of the lodges
existing in the State or Province where formed, as in the case of Queens-
land, Australia.
He says the Grand Lodges of the old countries do not appear to
give the matter of jurisdiction any attention, and that less attention
is given to physical perfection than by the usage of the average Ameri-
can Grand Lodge. On the question of recognition of Grand Lodges
of Scottish Rite origin, he says three-fourths of the American Grand
Lodges have recognized Valle de Mexico, and that "our verdict seems
to be that Masonry is, in its principles, universal, and that legitimate
Scottish Rite is legal Masonry."
"Of Queensland, not an officer nor a writer, having occasion to
express an opinion, has failed to see the justice of recognition, but
some have questioned the propriety, others have feared to offend the
British Grand Lodges, a part have simply put it off for a more con-
veient season, while about half have cordially welcomed the newcomer
and expressed hopes for her future health and happiness." He dis-
sents from the Cipher ritual business, and thinks the time near when a
Grand Lodge without a Home will be the exception.
We regret that we can not take more freely from Bro. HODSON'S
report. I t is one of the best of the year. He has done much to dem-
onstrate the fact that there is more in Masonry than being "a glib
ritualist," and "liberal with charity," and t h a t "there is not a step
taken, nor a sign given, nor a position assumed, nor a tool employed
but has mythical, historical, scientific, geometrical, mechanical ex-
planation, entirely separate from, and additional to, the ordinary
work lectures." The study of Masonry through such efforts is reach-
igog-io. CORRESPONDENCE—PENNSYLVANIA. Ill
ing a higher plane of research than whether the organization of three

lodges from one, composed of the original three, damned to all eternity
the Grand Lodge which included them in its constituents.
M.-.W.-. MORRIS R . COE, Grand Master. '
P.'. G.\ M.-. JAMBS F . ROBINSON, Grand Secretary.
P.'. G.'. M.'. J. M. HoDsoN, Correspondent. '
Next Annual June 15, 1910.
PENNSYLVANIA — 1908.
The Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania never has demonstrated its
greatness in larger form, or been more comprehensive in the scope and
extent of its organized charitieg, than it now is showing itself to be in
its complete provisions for the new systematized plan of furnishing
ample Masonic Home accommodations for the destitute dependents
of the Craft. While it is no disparagement to smaller and financially
weaker Grand Lodges that it has taken them years of self denial and
economic struggle to make their Masonic Homes successful, neverthe-
less Pennsylvania is entitled all the more to the credit her due for first
providing the money with which to build and start her Home, fully
equipped, leaving the accumulation of a sinking fund to pay for it to
later effort.
During.the session of Grand Lodge Bro. PERSIFOR F . SMITH of
Lodge No. 287 presented to Grand Lodge the manuscript "charges of
"St. John's Lodge, signed by THOMAS CARMACK, and dated 1827.'
"The oldest authentic masonic manuscript known to exist in the United
"States, the same having come into possession of Bro. SMITH as one
"of the descendants of his great-great-grandfather, Bro. PERSIFOR
"FRAZER, it having been in the custody of the said Bro. PERSIFOR
"FRAZER, or that of his descendants, until the present time."
The Grand Master received the manuscript and turned it over to
the Committee on Library to be cared for. i
Fitting resolutions commemorating the services of Past Grand
Masters MATTHIAS H . HENDERSON and WM. J. KELLY were adopted
by the Grand Lodge and beautiful memorials to these lately deceased
brethren were spread upon the Grand Lodge Journal in testimony
of their sterling worth and exalted character
The Almoners of the Grand Lodge Charity Fund and the Stewards
of the STEPHEN GIRARD Charity Fund made their reports showing
favorable action on 802 applications, 743 of which were from Pennsyl-
vania. No Kansas applications were received.
An Address of Grand Master GEORGE B . ORLADY is a valuable
contribution of the early history of Freemasonry in Pennsylvania.
He demonstrates that the Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania was a
Sovereign Grand organization of the Craft in 17.31, introducing in
testimony a letter from. "Bro. W. J. CHETWOOD CRAWLEY, Grand
112 CoRltEHPONDENCE—PENNSYLVANIA. February,
Treasurer of the Grand Lodge of Ireland, than whom there is no higher

masonic authority," written to the Pennsylvania Librarian, Bro.
JULIUS F . SACHSE, under date of December 15, 1908, as follows, to wit:
"The original Grand Lodge in Pennsylvania was formed by immemorial
"right, just' as the Grand Lodge of England was formed by the co-
"hesion of subordinate lodges similarly formed by immemorial right;
"not otherwise. Your latter-day usages have begotten an instructive
"rather than a logical assumption, that there ought to have been a
"warrant; that is, a Charter.
"To my mind, your Grand Lodge, formed by Ancient indefeasible
"right, stands on far other ground than if it had been' formed by a
"dubious warrant; that is permission from any outside power that had
"itself been formed in the higher way." Grand Master ORLADY,
after calling attention to the subsequent organization of two provincial
Masonic Grand Bodies, one adopting "modern" work and the other
which followed, the "Old Constitutions," proceeds as follows: "The..
"American Revolution proved a controlling factor in uniting the two
"Masonic • bodies in Pennsylvania. Almost all of the 'Moderns'
"who remained in this City after the British occupation in 1777-78
"came into the fold that worked according to the 'Old Constitutions
"Landmarks and Ritual,' which have been maintained intact and un-
"altered throughout this jurisdiction unto the present day." •
We regret that we can not- take all the historic refereiices iii the
Grand Master's address. We commend their careful reading to all
the Kansas brethren, especially those who have been unfamiliar with
their own pedigree as Masons, though tracing beyond question to
"ancient ancestry" the Masonry of the FRANKLINS, WARRENS, R E -
VERES, and others of Revolutionary times.
The illustrations of the various masonic lodges, or temples oc-
cupied by the Craft, together with the descriptive historical account
of the same by Librarian JULIUS F . SACHSE, are worthy of the careful
study of masonic students.
The Report on Correspondence is written by Bro. JAMES M .
LAMBERTON, who for several years has faithfully and well represented
the Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania as Reviewer and Correspondent.
Kansas for 1908 is as fully reviewed as its portion of the space of
the reviewer permitted. Grand Master WÊLLINGTON'S "excellent ad-
dress," containing some wise suggestions, is commended.- The report
of the Committee on Reports of Grand Officers is said to be "up to the
Iowa standard in poetry," whatever t h a t may be; the remembrance
to Grand Tyler WADE; the oration by Bro. DALLAS GROVER, and the
interesting Special Report on Correspondence are noted, and the specific
questions to be reviewed by Grand Lodges seeking recognition are
taken. The jewel presentations by, and to'. Grand Masters Hois-
INGTON and WELLINGTON are appropriately referred to and approving
reference made to our position on the Queensland question. Penn-
sylvania's Grand Lodge is a large body, but it could use the surplus
igog-IO. GORBESPONDENCE—PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND. 113
members on its Correspondence Committee to' better advantage as

assistant pursuivants than on a committee where "only the Chairman
works."
GEORGE B . ORLADY, M.-. W / . Grand Master.
JAMES M . LAMBERTON, Correspondent.
Next Annual at Philadelphia December 27, 1909.
PRINCE E D W A R D ISLAND — 1909.

Armual Communication held at Montague, June 24, 1909, M.'. W.".
Bro. D. F. MACDONALD, Grand Master, in the Grand East. In the
Grand Master's address, in referring to the death of Past Grand
Master THOMAS A. MCLEAN, he excerpts from the Alberta Proceed-
ings the record of the Special Communication held by District Grand
Lodge for the burial of M.'. W.'. Bro. MCLEAN.
Nine hundred copies of the Grand Lodge Proceedings were printed,
sufficient to furnish each member in the jurisdiction with a copy.
The Correspondence Committee, by R.-. W.-. Bro. J(JHN J A B -
DINE, said: "We, your committee, think the time has come when
our copy of the proceedings should be embellished with a somewhat
similar report which need not be as voluminous as some. The com-
mittee recommended that Grand Lodge "have a Correspondence Re-
port along similar lines to that which obtains in so many other Grand
Bodies with which we are in Masonic relationship." On motion, the
recommendation of the committee was adopted and next year prob-
ably we will have a valuable addition to the ranks of the reviewers.
M.-.W.-. Bro. THOMAS A. MCLEAN, Grand Master, 1893-4. .

Died at Hillcrest, Alberta, April 22, 1909.
The Grand Lodge of Alberta, with visiting brethren from seven
Grand Jurisdictions, were present to pay the last tribute of respect
to the memory of their deceased brother.
M.-.W.-. WM. P . DOULL, Grand Master.

NEIL MCKELVIB, Grand Secretary.
N E I L MCKELVIE, Correspondent.
Next Annual June 24, 1910.
114 COBRESPOHDENCE— QUEBEC. February.
QUEBEC — 1909.
The record shows M.-. W.". Grand Master GEORGE O . STANTON
presiding in the Grand East.
The Grand Master's address demonstrates that the Grand Juris-
diction has had wise administration, under which substantial progress
has been attained. The Grand Master, in answer to a query from a
sister jurisdiction, in regard to perpetual jurisdiction over rejected
candidates, said: "The Grand Lodge of Quebec, in common' with
"all other Grand Lodges in the British Empire, does not hold to this
"doctrine. Our Lodges hold jurisdiction for twelve months only;
"after that, if a candidate has permanently moved away, he is at lib-
"erty to apply to a lodge where he then resides, and be accepted un-
"der its regulations, residential and otherwise." To a query as to
the proper time to administer the Tyler's O. B., he replied, confirming
ROBERTSON'S Jurisprudence: "At the close of the examination."
We are pleased to read t h a t at one of his visitations "very interest-
ing papers were read by M.'. W.'. Bro. I. H. STEARNS, giving an ac-
"count ofthe early history of the lodge, and by M.'. W.'. Bro. E. T. D.
"CHAMBERS on the 'Masonic Builders of Olden Times.'" It is a de-
cided contrast to t h e insane worship of a "letter and word-perfect,"
parrot ritual, so universal in a large majority of the American lodges;
and a development, of the spirit which maketh alive.
A picture in t h e volume is given of two cherished souvenirs be-
longing to Grand Lodge, one described by M.\' W.". Bro. JOHN H .
GRAHAM in his "History of Freemasonry in the Province of Quebec,"
as follows: "On his departure from Quebec, His Royal Highness
"(Prince EDWARD Duke of Kent) presented to the Provincial Grand
"Lodgean antique Masonic square of gold, with a brilliant at the angle,
"and bearing on the obverse this inscription: 'The gift of His Royal
"Highness, Prince EDWARD, the first R.'. W.". Grand Master of An-
"cient Masons in Canada,' and on the reverse, 'R.'. W.". Grand Lodge,
"Lower Canada.'" The other memento is a large key of gold, sur-
mounted by a crown, the gift of His Royal Highness, Duke of
CLARENCE, and afterwards WILLIAM the Fourth.
These cherished souvenirs were present in Grand Lodge for the
inspection of the brethren.
The Duke of KENT, we think, is the one of whom it is told that,
addressed in open lodge as "Your Royal Highness," brought down
his gavel, remarking abruptly, "There are no royal highnesses in a
Masonic lodge"—an incident which goes far to illustrate the satis-
faction the Craft of Brittania have had in his grandson and great-
grandson as Grand Masters in Masonry.
The address of Grand Chaplain, the Rev. Bro. GEORGE H . W I L -
LIAMS, on the "Credentials of Masonry" is excellent. We trust that
we may find space for it.
igog-io. CORRESPONDENCE—QaEBEC. 115
T h e C o m m i t t e e on Foreign Relations h a d received circulars a n p

l e t t e r s from various G r a n d Bodies r e q u e s t i n g recognition, b u t n o t
h a v i n g been placed in possession of definite proofs of legitimacy, recom-
m e n d e d t h a t no action be t a k e n . R e p o r t w a s a d o p t e d .
T h e T e m p l e used b y G r a n d Lodge, belonging to t h e Montreal
T e m p l e c o m p a n y , an effort is now in progress a n d assuring success
b y which t h e G r a n d Lodge will b e c o m e t h e owner, t a k i n g over t h e
shares of stock belonging t o t h e stockholders a n d holding c o m p a n y .
T h e C o m m i t t e e on G r a n d Master's Address s t a m p e d it with t h e
sign of a p p r o v a l , saying "Well d o n e . "
T h e r e p o r t on t h e question of d o c u m e n t a r y evidence was r e -
ceived a n d deferred t o n e x t A n n u a l for further consideration.
P a s t G r a n d Master C H A M B E R S begins his r e p o r t on Foreign Cor-
respondence w i t h an interesting article on t h e v a l u e of records of P r o -
ceedings a n d Correspondence R e p o r t s , from which we excerpt t h e fol-
lowing:
The enormous importance and the great interest of these for all serious Ma- •
sonic students it is impossible to over-estimate. It is not too much to say that many
of the most sparkling gems of Masonic literature, much of the most carefully prepared
analysis of Masonic tradition and history, almost all there is of the jurisprudence
of the Fraternity, much of its poetry, much more of the exposition of its teachings,
and many of the most beautiful thoughts^that were ever clad in words, first appeared
in print in the pages of the volumes of proceedings of the English-speaking Grand
Lodges of the world.
It was a happy thought that first suggested the gleaning of these reports by a
special committee of each Grand Lodge. The practice is now all but universal.
We have already spoken of it as constituting one of the most important departments
of Masonic activity and lite. The labor is necessarily arduous. The task isiboth
pleasant and instructive. The work offers great opportunities for good, but like all
other opportunities, these carry with them corresponding responsibilities. That
this fact does not escape the memories of those engaged in the work is testified to by
the results of their labors. Sincerity, zeal, devotion, impartiality, and tact are
amongst their distinguishing features.
B r o t h e r CHAMBERS t a k e s u p t h e q u e s t i o n of, a n d casts a cloud

u p o n , t h e title of t h e recently a p p o i n t e d P o e t L a u r e a t e in t h e follow-
i n g : " I t will do none of us a n y h a r m t o occasionally recall t h e fact
" t h a t t h o u g h t h e Masons of t h e U n i t e d S t a t e s a n d Canada form n o
"inconsiderable portion of t h e M a s o n r y of t h e world, y e t t h a t of
" N o r t h America holds n o a u t h o r i t y t o s p e a k in t h e n a m e of t h e en-
" t i r e Craft." .
We h a v e also felt t h a t t h e o t h e r poets should h a v e h a d a chance
to h a v e t a k e n chips in t h e P o e t L a u r e a t e g a m e . So far as we k n o w
K a n s a s h a s n o claimant, b u t h a s often expressed a g r e a t a d m i r a t i o n
for B r o . G K E B N L E A F ' S excellent w o r k in t h a t line. K I P L I N G also h a s
a d m i r e r s h e r e a b o u t s . W e do n o t wish to g e t involved in a n y c o n t r o -
v e r s y on t h e m a t t e r , b u t if t h e r e are o t h e r s who indorse Bro. C H A M -
B E R S ' views w e will give notice in a n t i c i p a t i o n t h a t we will suggest a n
Olympic contest in poesy—afree-for-aU—the p r o d u c t i o n t o be a N a t i o n a l
hymn.
116 COBRESPqtTDENCE—QUEBEC. February,
K a n s a s for 1908 is v e r y c o m p l i m e n t a r i l y reviewed b y B r o . C H A M -

B E R S . W h a t G r a n d M a s t e r W E L L I N G T O N said on t h e topic of e n t r a n c e
t o t h e lodge is t a k e n , prefaced b y t h i s i n t r o d u c t i o n : " I n t h e course
of his a d d r e s s t h e ' G r a n d M a s t e r t h u s wisely and conservatively dis-
coursed."
Our concluding r e m a r k s a r e t a k e n in p a r t , a n d he says f u r t h e r :
Under "Alabama" he is perfectly sound in his declaration that Masonry is
autocratic rather than democratic, and that to a certain extent each Grand Lodge is
a law unto itself. And yet he seems to forget that this is only true so long as the
Landmarks of Masonry are faithfully adhered to.
"No, m y b r o t h e r , w e do n o t forget it; we were t h i n k i n g w h e n w e
w r o t e of t h e t h r e e i n n o v a t i o n s in M a s o n r y referred t o b y B r o . G O U L D ,
m a d e b y t h e 1717 B o d y a t its o r g a n i z a t i o n . "
Q u o t i n g from o u r r e p l y t o B r o . T I T C O M B , in which he said: "The
G r a n d Lodge is a l a w u n t o itself, a n d w h a t e v e r t h e G r a n d Lodge
e n a c t s is t h e s u p r e m e law, a n d t h o u g h we m a y contend for t h e p r i n -
ciple t h a t t h e r e is n o lawful a u t h o r i t y in a Constitutional G r a n d B o d y
b y which i t can e n a c t i n t o law t h o s e t h i n g s which are c o n t r a r y to t h e
spirit a n d essence of Masonry, y e t w h e n it does so, t h e c o n u n d r u m ,
" W h a t a r e you going to d o a b o u t i t ? " r e m a i n s u n a n s w e r e d ; t o which
Bro. C H A M B E R S replies as follows:
Not so, brother. The Grand Orient of France practically asked the question,
and few will be found to say that it remained unanswered. And let any other "Con-
stitutional Grand Body enact into law those things which are contrary to the spirit
and essence of Masonry" and ask "What are you going to do about it?" and our
word for it, the query will not long remain unanswered by the Masonry that remains
faithful to the traditions and landmarks of the Order.
H a r d l y a consistent a r g u m e n t , Bro. CHAMBERS, establishing

y o u r premises u p o n s o m e t h i n g w h i c h n e i t h e r of us will a d m i t h a s t h e
' basic principle of M a s o n r y , b a s i n g t h e m u p o n its exclusion from con-
sideration as a G r a n d L o d g e b o d y , a n d of which (see page 48 of y o u r
R e p o r t , a n d y o u r Special R e p o r t , p a g e s 90, 91), in referring t o t h e form
of M a s o n r y o n whose C o n s t i t u t i o n it was based, and from which it
has been excluded, y o u s p e a k of even t h e form thereof as unrecognized
b y y o u r G r a n d Lodge. I t is o b v i o u s l y unfair t o base a n a r g u m e n t on
premises t h a t you m a i n t a i n h a v e no masonic foundation or existence.
T r y t h e " r a c e q u e s t i o n " b a s e d u p o n color, or t h e "cipher q u e s t i o n , "
u p o n w h i c h G r a n d Lodges h a v e aligned on opposing sides, if you w a n t
t o get a distinct a n d clearly defined issue. Or, and this will a p p e a l t o
Masons of " A n c i e n t " origin, t a k e u p t h e elimination of T r i n i t a r i a n i s m
b y t h e L o n d o n a n d W e s t m i n s t e r G r a n d Body, which l a n d m a r k of t h e
ages h a s b e e n wiped o u t , n o t w i t h s t a n d i n g B r o . GOULD says it w a s n o t
w i t h i n t h e power of t h a t b o d y t o d i c t a t e t o t h e world w h a t t h e r e -
ligion of M a s o n r y should b e . I t is a n accomplished fact, a n d — " w h a t
a r e y o u going t o do a b o u t i t , " a n d we ask t h e question in good faith,
because w^ stand by the old landmarks t h a t existed decades before
t h e p o t - h o u s e Masonry, morals, or religion of t h e Goose a n d G r i d -
igog-io. CORRESPONDENCE—QUEENSLJNE. 117
iron excited the derision of HOGARTH, when a synod of Scotch Minis-

ters considered that it did not derogate from their sacred calling to
voice the expression of their Body in approval of Masonry.
Brother CHAMBERS, under "Mexico," says about the Grand Lodge
Valle de Mexico:
The Proceedings of the latter come to us in the English language, and show
that the Constitution and Proceedings of the Grand Lodge and its subordinate bodies
are very much upon all fours with those of the EngUsh-speaking world, but that the
Grand Body is not supreme throughout Mexico, and recognizes the existence of other
governing bodies therein.
The Grand Lodge Valle de Mexico has jurisdiction in what is
known as the Federal District, which includes the City of Mexico.
The probabilities are that the many autonomous divisions, or States
of Mexico, scattered over its 767,205 square miles, with their 12,656,887
population (Census of 1895) never could be held as constituents of a
single Grand Body. Nor .would such an attempt be in harmony with
the generally accepted American theory of the right of State Autono-
mous rule, or jurisdiction. Outside of the Federal District the Grand
Lodge Valle de Mex;ico has the same right to establish lodges in ter-
ritory of any State or District of Mexico, not having a Grand Lodge,
that Kansas had and exercised when she established lodges in Colo-
rado, Montana and Utah, and doubtless under the guidance of the
Grand Officers, now administering the affairs of that Grand Body, all
of whom, but one, are Masons made in the United States, the same
cheerful relinquishment of jurisdiction will be made by our Mexican
sister that Kansas made in the foregoing cases, and that Missouri
made to Kansas and Mexico, in surrendering jurisdiction over her
daughter lodges in that State and Country, when Grand Lodges, in-
cluding her constituent bodies therein, were established.
We are pleased to note that the Craft of Quebec are about to erect
a monument to the memory of their distinguished and beloved First
Grand Master, M.-. W.-. Bro. JOHN H . GRAHAM, M . A., L.L. D.
J. ALEX CAMERON, M.-. W . - . Grand Master.
W I L L H . WHYTE, R . ' . W . ' . Grand Secretary.
E. D. T. CHAMBERS, Past Grand Master, Correspondent.
Next Annual at Montreal February 9, 1910.
QUEENSLAND —1909.
The record contains proceedings of meetings held from September
14, 1908, to June 14, 1909, both inclusive. At the Communication,
September 14, 1908, M.'. W.'. Grand Master Lord CHELMSFORD pre-
sided. Letters were read from Grand Lodges of Virginia and Ten-
nessee, conveying recognition and requesting appointment of Grand
Representatives.
The Grand Secretary read the following extract from the address
of the Deputy Grand Master of Ireland, Sir JAMES CREED MERE-
118 CORHESPONDEUCE—QUBBSSLAND. Februar)-,
DiTH, L.L. D., a s G r a n d Master, delivered a t t h e S t a t e d C o m m u n i c a -

tion of t h e G r a n d L o d g e of I r e l a n d , held i n Dublin on S T . J O H N ' S d a y
(in w i n t e r ) , 1907:
"Last, but not least, I had a visit last week, or rather a call, because I was un-
fortunately not at home, from a distinguished brother who sits upon this platform
to-day. Our Bro. Doctor W. S. BYRNE has visited us not for the first time. He was
an active member of Irish Freemasonry when we had a Provincial Grand Lodge
in Queensland. He held prominent-rank as a member of our Provincial Grand Lodge
there. He was Provincial Deputy Grand Master at one time, and we received him
in this hall upon a former occasion when he held that oflBce. The brethren of that
Colony have formed themselves into an Independent Grand Lodge, and we welcome
to-day upon the platform here our Bro. Doctor WILLIAM S. BTTRNE, an Irishman,
the son of an Irishman, the brother of Irishmen, the uncle of Irishmen, and all of
them members of this Grand Lodge. Our Bro. JOHN BYRNE, perhaps, we have not'
seen amongst us for a long time, but we all remember him well, and we know his
heart is with us here to-day, and that he is thinking of the meeting of thi.s Grand
Lodge. Our Bro. Doctor BYRNE has been called to much higher rank, and he now
holds the position of Past Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of Queensland, and I
can only say to him that the more frequently he visits us the better we shall be
pleased." (Applause.)
I r e l a n d , as t h e Masonic -world is aware, is an unerithusiastic m e m -

b e r of t h e T r i u m v i r a t e , which has entered into a c o m p a c t t o go o u t
of t h e recognition business, e x c e p t when' all t h r e e were agreed. T h e
G r a n d M a s t e r ' s a d d r e s s - i s significant. I t is n o t necessary t o a d d —
b u t t h e r e is n o t n o w ^ t o t h e s t a t e m e n t , t h a t t h e r e had been a,n I r i s h
Provincial G r a n d Lodge i n Queensland, w h e n h e said t h a t Dr. W. S.
B Y R N E w a s Provincial D e p u t y G r a n d Master at. one time, a n d " w e
' received h i m in this hall u p o n a former occasion, w h e n h e held t h a t
office;" a n d , " O u r B r o . D o c t o r B Y R N E has been called t o m u c h h i g h e r
" r a n k , a n d h e now holds t h e position of P a s t Grand Master of t h e G r a n d
" L o d g e of Queensland, a n d I can only say t o h i m t h a t t h e m o r e fre-
" q u e n t l y h e visits u s t h e b e t t e r w e shall b e pleased." H e g a v e all
t h e words arid signs t o i n d i c a t e recognition, lacking only t h e formal
resolution a n d a c c e p t a n c e ; t h e result of which, b a r r i n g t h e t r i p a r t i t e
a g r e e m e n t , is forecasted b y t h e " a p p l a u s e " w i t h which G r a n d M a s t e r
M E R E D I T H ' S speech w a s g r e e t e d .
B r o t h e r K U Y K E N D A L L ' S Special Report, b y which W y o m i n g
recognized t h e G r a n d Lodge of Queensland, is also spread on t h e record.
P r e s i d e n t A L F R E D L E N E Y , of t h e B o a r d of General Purposes, con-
g r a t u l a t e d G r a n d Lodge u p o n t h e successful establishment of t h e W i d -
ows', O r p h a n s ' a n d Aged Masons' I n s t i t u t i o n with a credit b a l a n c e of
1,250 p o u n d s .
T h e Special R e p o r t of t h e C o m m i t t e e on Foreign Correspondence
for W a s h i n g t o n , b y . B r o . C H A D WICK, showing recognition of Queens-
land, is published. I n h i s a d d r e s s t h e G r a n d Master s a y s : " T h e
" p a s t y e a r h a s been u n e v e n t f u l for t h e m o s t p a r t , b u t i t has s h o w n
f'the s a m e s t e a d y progress i n t h e g r o w t h of our Constitution on which
" I h a v e c o m m e n t e d i n m y former addresses. S t e a d y progress is t h e
"sign of t r u e growth, a n d confident as we are of t h e r e c t i t u d e of o u r
Igog-IO. (JORRESPONDENCE—QUEENSLAND. 119
"own position, we can not have any more encouraging evidence of its
"real strength than the steady progress we have made during the last
"few years.
"Recognition has been extended to us by eleven more Grand
"Lodges. Our lodges number fifty-four as against fifty-two last year.
"Our membership has increased from 1,594 to 1,794, and this de-
"spite the fact 123 members called o£f during the year, fourteen died
"and thirty-one were struck off."
Quarterly Communication, March 9, 1909. Past Grand Master
W. S. BYRNE, Deputy Grand Master in Grand East.
Applications for recognition were received from Grand Lodges as
follows:
Alberta, Canada; Chili, Cosmos Chihuahua, Brazil, El Salvador
and Grand Orient of Italy.
The application of Grand Lodge of Alberta was recommended
by the Board and the others were held over.
At a Special Communication held May 17, 1909, Lord CHELMS-
FORD, Grand Master, presiding, R.". W.'. Bro. LENEY, President of
the Board of General Purposes expressed regret at the approaching
termination of the relations which had existed between His Excel-
lency as their Grand Master and the members of the Queensland
Constitution. A golden claret jug was presented as a token of the es-
teem in which he was held by the lodges generally, and an illuminated
address from the Grand Lodge The Grand Master made a beautiful
response, from which we can only take a brief extract: "The lodges
"have increased from forty-six to fifty-five. Our membership has
"risen from 1,445 to 1860, and ours is no paper membership. Breth-
"ren who fall short in their Masonic duties are requested to resign, or
"are removed from the roll. Forty-one Sister Grand Lodges have
"recognized our Constitution, as against fifteen three years ago. Grand
"Lodge has an unassailable position. Let us justify it by being con-
"stant in well-doing, and our practice of the Masonic virtues. Our
"record is indeed a remarkable one. Steady, uninterrupted growth
"has marked the three years of my Grand Mastership. Our Widows',
"Orphans' and Aged Masons' Institution has been inaugurated, and
"four orphans are already being supported by it.
"Lord CHELMSFORD has been appointed Governor of New South
"Wales, and as the address to him says: "Your brethren in Queens-
"land are fully sensible of the great loss Freemasonry in Queensland
"will sustain by your removal from this State."
June 14, 1909, Quarterly Board reported since last report oflacial
recognition by Grand Lodges of South Carolina, Washington and Dis-
trict of Columbia. This makes forty-three Grand Bodies which have
recognized the Grand Lodge of Queensland.
Only a question of time, brethren; the year of jubilee is come.
M.' W.'. A. M. HERTZBERG, Grand Master.
R.'.W.". C. H. HARLEY, Grand Secretary.
Next Annual September, 1909.
120 CORRESPONDENCE — ERODE ISLAND. February,
R H O D E ISLAND — 1909.
T h e R h o d e I s l a n d v o l u m e for 1909 presents as a frontispiece t h e

p i c t u r e of P r e s i d i n g G r a n d M a s t e r W I L L I S L . C H A T T B R T O N . Intelli-
gence a n d g e n i a l i t y a p p e a r w r i t t e n on it, a n d we a r e pleased t o n o t e
t h a t a t t h e only Special C o m m u n i c a t i o n of G r a n d L o d g e — a dedic-a-
t i o n — t h e G r a n d M a s t e r presided in person. A p r e s e n t a t i o n w a s m a d e
t o G r a n d L o d g e b y Adelphoi Lodge No. 33 of a p o r t r a i t of P a s t G r a n d
Master S T I L L M A N W H I T E , f o u n d e r a n d First Master of said lodge.
T h e G r a n d M a s t e r t e n d e r e d his personal t h a n k s t o B r o . E . T.
G R O S S , W . - . M . - . of Adelphoi Lodge, w h o m a d e t h e p r e s e n t a t i o n , a n d
o n m o t i o n of P a s t G r a n d M a s t e r V A N SLYCK t h e p o r t r a i t w a s a c -
cepted a n d t h a n k s of G r a n d L o d g e given to Adelphoi Lodge. W e h a v e
r e m e m b e r e d STILLMAN W H I T E because o f a n u n u s u a l t r a i t of c h a r a c t e r .
T h e record s p e a k s of i t : " C h a r i t a b l e almost to a fault, a n d n o t con-
" t e n t t h a t t h e principles of Masonry should be p r a c t i c e d only in t h e
"lodge r o o m , he considered it, n o t his d u t y b u t privilege, to assist a
" w o r t h y distressed b r o t h e r , a n d t h u s his life has left us a fine e x -
" a m p l e of w h a t t h e ideal Mason should b e . " '.
P a s t G r a n d M a s t e r W I L L I A M H . SCOTT delivered a glowing eulogy
on M a s o n r y a t a Special C o m m u n i c a t i o n held t o d e d i c a t e t h e n e w
Masonic H a l l a t Riverside.
T h e G r a n d Chaplain, R e v . B r o . H E N R Y W . R U G G , a t t h e r e q u e s t
of P a s t G r a n d Master J O S E P H W . F R E E M A N , presented t o G r a n d Lodge
a p o r t r a i t of his father, P a s t G r a n d Master E D W A R D L I V I N G S T O N
F R E E M A N , of w i o m a m o n g o t h e r a n d m a n y nice t h i n g s , he said: "He
"possessed t h e saving grace of h u m o r , and was blessed w i t h a n a t u r e
" ' s l o p i n g t o t h e s u n n y s i d e . ' . H i s genial presence, his cordial com-
" r a d e s h i p , his k i n d l y w o r d s a n d deeds—these were t h e o u t w a r d e x -
"pression of a noble soul, a sweet a n d wholesome life."
\ man he was of cheerful yesterdays

And confident to-morrows.
A p r e t t y ceremonial followed t h e election of M . \ W.". B r o . S T E P H E N

M A G O O N as G r a n d Master. G r a n d Master C H A T T E R T O N r e q u e s t e d
t h e eight P a s t G r a n d M a s t e r s p r e s e n t t o w a i t u p o n t h e G r a n d Master-
Elect, i n f o r m h i m of his election, a n d w h e n he h a d signified his a c -
c e p t a n c e of t h e ofRce t o escort h i m to t h e Grand Lodge. T h e G r a n d
Master E l e c t w a s welcomed, obligated a n d installed.
No Correspondence R e p o r t .
M . ' . W . ' . S T E P H E N M A G O O N , G r a n d Master.
R . - . W . ' . S. P E N R O S E W I L L I A M S , G r a n d Secretary.
N e x t A n n u a l J u n e , 1910.
1909-10. 0ORRESP0m>ENCE—SCOTLAND. 121
SASKATCHEWAN — 1909.
Grand Master DAVIDSON congratulates the Grand Lodge on its
increase from twenty-four lodges when organized three years ago to
forty chartered lodges and eighteen lodges U. D., which he says make
a total of fifty-eight lodges, with an approximate membership of twen-
ty-five hundred.
We have ransacked the volume to get the figures for our mem-
bership appendix, b u t have found nothing b u t the District Deputy
Grand Master's reports. We would suggest that a Committee on Re-
turns would save an endless amount of investigation for Correspondence
Committees. Ordinarily members U. D. are not figured in member-
ship returns, but in lieu of exact information we include them in our
estimate of this Grand Lodge.
The work before Grand Lodge was mainly the routine work cus-
tomary on such occasions.
Grand Lodge presented to Past Grand Master, H. H. CAMPKIN, •
a Past Grand Master's collar. The Grand Lodge of Manitoba, during
the year, paid to its young daughter the sum of five hundred dollars
on account of her interest in the old homestead. This is in beautiful
contrast to the action taken in other jurisdictions where the children
were sued for their old "garments," money in their little' deposit
banks, and other things bought with their own money.
There is no Correspondence Report, but there is hope for the next
year.
M.". W.'. H. JAGGBK, Grand Master.
R.-. W.-. JOHN M . SHAW, Grand Secretary.
R.'. W . \ A. D. GoHHELL, Correspondent.
Next Annual a t Saskatoon June 15, 1910.
SCOTLAND — 1908.
Quarterly, November 5, Past Grand Master Sir CHARLES DAL-
RYMPLB on the Throne.
Reports of Proceedings of Valle de Mexico and thirteen other
Grand Lodges were received, and the thanks of Grand Lodge noted
therefor.
We note t h a t charters were granted lodges in Syria, Korea and
Turkey.
The Marquis of Tullibardine "was unanimously and with ac-
clamation elected Grand Master Mason" on motion of Past Grand Mas-
ter DALRYMPLE.
November 30, 1908, occurred the înstallation of Grand Master
and oificers and the Festival of ST. ANDREW, the M.". W.-. Grand
Master presiding at the entire function. At the Feast toasts were
122 CORMBSPONDENCE'—SCOTLAND. February,
p r o p o s e d t o " T h e K i n g a n d t h e Craft," a n d " H e r Majesty, t h e Q u e e n . "

(This t o a s t included t h e p r o g e n y of t h e R o y a l F a m i l y , which lack of
s p a c e p r o h i b i t s , etc.) T h e G r a n d Master said " h e h a d been v e r y
m u c h s t r u c k t h e o t h e r d a y in reading of a m e e t i n g of u n e m p l o y e d in
D u n d e e , w h e n a p i c t u r e of H e r Majesty, h a v i n g been p r o d u c e d as t h a t
of a l a d y w h o was doing all she could t o b r i n g t h e rich a n d poor m o r e
in t o u c h , t h e a u d i e n c e t o o k off their h a t s a n d cheered H e r M a j e s t y . "
T h e t o a s t t o " T h e N a v a l a n d Military Forces of t h e E m p i r e " ' w a s as-
signed t o B r o . Professor H . M. B . R B I D , D . D . , w h o a m o n g o t h e r
t h i n g s s a i d : " T h e whole c o u n t r y is convinced t h a t w e o u g h t t o h a v e
t h e s t r o n g e s t n a v y in t h e world t o sustain t h e interests of our g r e a t
E m p i r e . T h a t is a d o c t r i n e on which none of us differ."
B r o t h e r Colonel L E W I S S . H O P E , A.-. D . ' . C.-.. in reply, said:
" T h e r e w e r e those t h a t l a u g h e d a t t h e idea of our s u d d e n l y being a t -
t a c k e d b y a n y o n e a n d t a k e n a t disadvantage," b u t we h a d only t o re-
m e m b e r t h e s u d d e n a t t a c k of t h e J a p a n e s e on t h e R u s s i a n fleet,
a n d t h e m o r e r e c e n t o c c u p a t i o n of Bosnia a n d Herzegovina, n o t w i t h -
• s t a n d i n g t h e most solemn t r e a t i e s a n d p r o m i s e s . "
" T h e G r a n d L o d g e of S c o t l a n d " was offered b y B r o . Sir H U G H
S H A W - S T E W A R T , who said: " T h e r e was one period of F r e e m a s o n r y
in S c o t l a n d w h e n w e did n o t look for a n y one else t h a n a D u k e t o fiU
t h e Chair, a n d a t o n e t i m e t h e r e was no use, even for a D u k e , unless •
h e h a p p e n e d t o be a D u k e of A T H O L L . " T h i s reference is evidently
t o J O H N F o u r t h , D u k e of A T H O L L , who was G r a n d Master of t h e " A n -
c i e n t s " G r a n d Lodge of E n g l a n d from 1775 t o 1781, a n d from 1791
t o 1813, w h e n w a s a r r a n g e d t h e a g r e e m e n t u n d e r w h i c h t h e " M o d -
e r n s " were t a k e n in (after being properly healed, reobligated a n d
instructed), and united with the "Ancients" in "The United Grand
Lodge of E n g l a n d " in 1813.
I n 1778 a n d 1789 this D u k e of A T H O L L w a s t h e G r a n d Master of.
t h e G r a n d Lodge of Scotland.
T h e p r e s e n t G r a n d M a s t e r is a d e s c e n d a n t of t h e A T H O L L family.
H e s a i d : " B y a curious coincidence to-night I find t h a t I a m s t a n d -
ing in f r o n t of our o w n p a r t i c u l a r family corner in G r a n d Lodge, a n d
i t r e m i n d s m e t h a t this hall was b u i l t in t h e t i m e of m y g r a n d f a t h e r ,
a n d t h a t he laid t h e f o u n d a t i o n s t o n e of i t . "
B r o t h e r G E O K G E W . JpHNs, P.-. G.\ Deacon, of E n g l a n d , s a i d :
" I t m a y b e n e w s to s o m e of t h e younger b r e t h r e n here t o - n i g h t t o learn
t h a t a t t h e p r e s e n t m o m e n t we h a v e s o m e t h i n g like 125 lodges which
were originally A T H O L L Lodges o n t h e register of t h e U n i t e d G r a n d
L o d g e of E n g l a n d , a m o n g t h e m s o m e of t h e m o s t powerful a n d in-
fluential lodges u n d e r t h e Constitution, with which I a m so p r o u d t o
be associated. T h e G r a n d Master a t last g a v e t h e t i m e - h o n o r e d
t o a s t , " H a p p y to m e e t , sorry to p a r t , a n d h a p p y t o m e e t a g a i n . "
" A u l d L a n g S y n e " w a s sung, a n d t h e festival w a s over.
W e a r e g l a d t o n o t e t h a t a District G r a n d M a s t e r who w r o t e
a s k i n g if it were possible t o transfer t h e C h a r t e r of a d o r m a n t lodge in
igoQ-io. CORRESPONDENCE—SCOTLAND. 123
Western Australia to Sydney, New South Wales, was properly turned

down. Grand Lodge instructing the Grand Secretary to write " t h a t
it was not in the power of the Grand Lodge to revive the Charter,
and that the request could not be acceded to.
Such a District Grand Master reflects upon the reputation of his
Graiid Lodge for "square dealing" in making such a request, and
should be released from further official duty.
August 5, 1909, a Quarterly Communication was held in Free-
mason's Hall, Edinburgh. The record is chiefly financial and con-
tains nothing except of local interest. A volume chiefly statistical
stated to be proceedings from February, 1909, to January, 1910, is
before us. It contains a few items' of interest. One, as follows:
" I t was suggested that Grand Secretary be instructed to send a circu-
lar to the Provincial Grand Lodges, asking them to take whatever
steps they might think necessary to warn the lodges against recogniz-
ing the so-called Grand Lodge of Queensland on the occasion of any
of its members happening to visit a lodge."
We note complaints from members of the Scottish Constitution at
Natal that men returning for a holiday to Scotland have been accepted
for initiation in lodges there without proper inquiry. The Committee
extended sympathy and resolved to bring the matter before Grand
Committee for the information of the home lodges, in the hope t h a t
every just ground of complaint may be removed. Complaints of
the kind have been made before, even from Grand Lodges in the
United States. Our canny brethren should take the matter up ser-
iously. On a complaint of their own subordinates it really is time
"to sit up and take notice." We note that five of the Queensland
lodges contributed to the Benevolence Fund, while 56 lodges had the
ominous " 0 " against them in the pounds, shillings and pence col-
umns, indicating the possibility that some of such lodges had been
contributing to the Benevolence Fund of the Grand Lodge of Queens-
land.
We are pleased to see the list of lodges borne on the roll of the
Grand Lodge of Scotland, but it is always a matter of wonder t h a t
neither of the Grand Lodges of Great Britain furnishes a statement of
the number of members. When they are separated from their provin-
cial subordinates, the Grand Bodies, we may be able to obtain definite
data as to their membership.
Patron, His Majesty, the King.
M.- W.'. Bro. Marquis of TuUibardine, Grand Master.
R.-.W.'. DAVID REID. Grand Secretary.
Annual Installation and Festival of St. Andrew, November 30,
1909.
124 CORRESPONDENCE—SouTB DAKOTA. February,
SOUTH AUSTRALIA — 1909.
G r a n d Lodge c o n v e n e d a t Adelaide, October 2 1 , 1908, R.-. W.'.

Bro. C. R. J. G L O V E R , D e p u t y Grand Master, as G r a n d Master, t h e
G r a n d M a s t e r a b s e n t owing to judicial d u t i e s .
T h r e e i m p o r t a n t topics were p r e s e n t e d : 1. T h e advisability
of t h e a d o p t i o n of a uniform work. 2. Asking B o a r d of General
P u r p o s e s t o bring u p a r e p o r t of their consideration of a l e t t e r regard-
ing p l u r a l i t y of offices in G r a n d Lodge. 3. T h a t t h e B o a r d of Gen-
eral P u r p o s e s b e a s k e d t o r e q u e s t t h e T r u s t e e s of t h e hall to erect a
bicycle s t a b l e for t h e convenience of t h e brethren.-
D e c e m b e r 21, 1908, a n o t h e r Special G r a n d Lodge w a s convened
t o express a p p r e c i a t i o n of t h e services r e n d e r e d t h e Craft b y P a s t
G r a n d M a s t e r G B O K G E R . L E H U N T E , a n d t o express regret a t his
leaving t h e S t a t e a n d t o e x t e n d good wishes for t h e welfare of h i m -
self a n d L a d y L E H U N T E . G r a n d Master W a y presided. April- 2 1 ,
1909, G r a n d Master W A Y presiding, t h e A n n u a l C o m m u n i c a t i o n w a s
held a t Adelaide. T h e B o a r d of. General P u r p o s e s m a d e r e p o r t .
G r a n d M a s t e r S. J. W A Y was re-elected a n d as t h a t w a s t h e 2 o t h a n n i -
v e r s a r y of o r g a n i z a t i o n of G r a n d Lodge, a l t h o u g h always heretofore
his i n s t a l l a t i o n as G r a n d Master h a d b y r e a s o n of re-election been u n -
necessary, t o celebrate t h e e v e n t t h e full c e r e m o n y of i n s t a l l a t i o n
w a s performed b y P a s t G r a n d Master M U E C K B , w h o twenty-five years
previously h a d performed t h e same d u t y for G r a n d Master W A Y .
. I n his address t h e G r a n d Master g a v e t h e following s t a t i s t i c s :
I n 1884 this G r a n d Lodge was established b y 30 Blue lodges w i t h
1897 s u b s c r i b i n g m e m b e r s . Now, we h a v e 50 lodges w i t h 3,364
m e m b e r s . Our t o t a l assets are 25,376 p o u n d s .
No Correspondence R e p o r t .
S A M U E L J. W A Y , M . ' . W . ' . Grand Master.
J. H . C U N N I N G H A M , V.". W.". Grand S e c r e t a r y .
SOUTH DAKOTA — 1909.
G r a n d Master J O S E P H J. D A V E N P O R T h e l d an E m e r g e n t C o m m u n i -
c a t i o n of G r a n d Lodge J u n e 25, 1908, to l a y t h e corner-stone of t h e
. S t a t e H o u s e . A v e r y interesting historical address w a s delivered
b y B r o . W . H . H . B E A D L E on t h e occasion. T h e G r a n d Master's ad-
dress a t t h e A n n u a l C o m m u n i c a t i o n is a v e r y sensible, practical a n d
able one.
T h e R e p o r t of t h e Correspondence C o m m i t t e e , R.'. W . \ B r o . S.
A. B R O W N , gives a succinct, plain and u n v a r n i s h e d s t o r y of t h e o r g a n -
ization of t h e G r a n d Lodge of Queensland, c o n t a i n i n g a s t a t e m e n t of
a n effort t h a t is to b e m a d e t o down t h e n e w G r a n d Lodge, as follows:
" A n e w p h a s e of t h e warfare against t h e G r a n d Lodge h a s a p p e a r e d .
IQOg-IO COltRESPONDENCB—SOUTH CAROLINA. 125
"Certain English brethren have devised a scheme which consists of

"the project of forming an English Grand Lodge at Queensland,
"which is to secure the adherence of all Scotch lodges, if possible, and
"by its size and strength to crush the new Grand Lodge, and then ab-
"sorb it.
"In the opinion of your Committee the time has come to take
"action. We therefore move the adoption of the following: ' R e -
"solved; that recognition be extended to the Grand Lodge of Queens-
"land, and that for the more effectual consummation of our fraterniz-
"ation, an interchange of Grand Representatives be arranged.' "
The Grand Master appointed Past Grand Master HARVEY J.
RICE and two others a committee to visit the Grand Chapter O. E. S.,
and extend the greetings and good wishes of Grand Lodge. I n due
time the committee returned with a committee of the sisters.
Grand Lodge was called from labor to refreshment, and the Com-
mittees escorted inside by the Senior Grand Deacon, where the Grand
Matron Elect made a response to the welcome given. Look out,
brethren! the first thing you know some straight-laced brother will
get astride your neck claiming you are recognizing women lodges.
M. . W.'. Bro. S. A. BROWN begins his reports with the following
beautiful tribute to two of the sweetest characters that ever trod GOD'S
footstool; we take it entire:
INTRODUCTION.
We can not begin our report this year without some reference to the absence
from our round table of two brethren who have gone to their reward—two whom
all the Correspondence Committees had learned to respect and love, because of their
great devotion to the Craft, and its noble principles. They are Bro. CORNELIUS
HEDGES of Montana and Bro. JOHN H . BARLOW of Connecticut. Both had served
long years ago as Grand Master, and both had served their brethren for many years
as Grand Secretary. The Correspondence Report had always been with them a
labor of love, and both had shed a steady light of exalted brotherhood, unremit-
ting and instructive. Neither of them ever had a fad, while both pursued the un-
exciting but all-absorbing profession of loving.
"Father, in Thy gracious keeping
Leave we now Thy servants, sleeping."
M.-.W.'. S A M U E L A. B R O W N , G r a n d M a s t e r .
R.'.W.'. G E O R G E A. P E T T I G R E W , G r a n d Secretary.
A R T H U R B . TTJPTS, Correspondent.
Next A n n u a l a t Pierre J u n e 14, 1910.
SOUTH CAROLINA — 1908.

The record of the Annual Communication is preceded by records
of corner-stone ceremonies, in each of which we find a reference to t h e
"Historic Lafayette Trowel being used." I t is doubtless an old story
in South Carolina. Bro. B., but we don't know it, and would like to
know it, and see a cut of the Trowel with its history.
126 CORRESPONDENCE—SOUTH CAROLINA. February,
One of t h e m o s t interesting finds we h a v e h a d this y e a r is t h e N o r t h

Carolina r e c o r d a n d p i c t u r e of t h e R e v o l u t i o n a r y F l a g presented t o
t h e G r a n d Lodge of N o r t h Carolina b y t h e d e s c e n d a n t s of MICAJAH
B U L L O C K , w h i c h a p p e a r s in t h e G r a n d L o d g e proceedings of t h a t juris-
diction.
G r a n d Master J. L. M I C H I E h a s d o n e a n i n e s t i m a b l e service to t h e
Craft of S o u t h Carolina in t h e v e r y full a n d c o m p l e t e exposition he
h a s g i v e n i n his address t o t h e q u e s t i o n of physical qualifications,
a n d t h e suggestion he m a k e s t h a t t h e b r e t h r e n fully investigate a n d
inform t h e m s e l v e s as t o such modifications of t h e i r existing law as
would be for t h e b e s t interests of t h e Craft.
W e a r e glad to n o t e t h a t t h e G r a n d L o d g e has m a d e a good s t a r t
t o w a r d a sensible modification b y t h e a d o p t i o n of a resolution presented
b y t h e C o m m i t t e e o n G r a n d M a s t e r ' s a d d r e s s , which is as follows:
Xst. Resolved, That a committee of live, consisting of five Past Grand Mas-
ters, be appointed to take into consideration the propriety of an amendment to
Article III of the Grand Lodge Constitution with the view of relaxing the physical
qualifications of applicants for the degrees of Masonry as conferred in this juris-
diction, and report at the next Annual Communication of this Grand Lodge.
2d. Resolved, That the Grand Treasurer be authorized to pay the expenses
of said committee on receipt of the order of the chairman of the committee.
3d. Resolved, That the committee meet at some convenient point in the State,
and continue the session until the work is finished.
4th. Resolved, That a majority of the committee shall be considered a quorum
for business. • '"
T h a t t h e modification is a b s o l u t e l y necessary is d e m o n s t r a t e d b y
t h e following from G r a n d Master M I C H I E ' S a d d r e s s :
PHYSICAL QUALIFICATIONS.
During the past twelve months I have given this subject much thought and
most careful consideration. Under the law, as it now exists in this Grand Jurisdic-
tion, it has been my painful duty to declare some worthy men disqualified for ad-
mission into our Fraternity on account of some small, trifling physical defects.
I will mention but a few, just to bring this matter directly to your attention: (1)
One who had a small piece cut off the left side of the point of the little finger of the
left hand; (2) One whose left leg was one-half inch shorter than his right leg, and
who wore a thick inner sole in his left shoe, so that be could walk without limping;
(3) One who had about "the sixteenth of an inch" cut off the top of his ear; (4) One
who had "half an inch cut oil the point of the little toe of the left foot," and (5) One
who could not close the third finger of his left hand.
In three cases I was obliged to refuse advancement, under my construction
of our law, to candidates who had met with slight accidents after being initiated.
So far as I have been able to ascertain, by reading and correspondence. South
CaroUna to-day is the only Grand Jurisdiction of the English-speaking world that
holds to the doctrine of "perfect physical manhood." I must add, however, that
Texas and Pennsylvania are almost, but not altogether, as strict as South Carolina,
Among writers of the Foreign Correspondence of the various Grand Lodges, our law
is known and referred to as "the South CaroUna perfect youth fad."
I am aware that many who disagree with me—and whose opinions I am bound
to respect—consider "perfect physical manhood" as one of the ancient landmarks,
but I ask you, brethren, to take up your "Ahitnan Rezons," turn to page 276, new
edition, and read the Eighteenth Landmark, and you will HÂ it to be in these words:
"That every candidate for initiation must be a man, free bom and of lawful age."
1909-10. CORRESPONDENCE—SOUTH CAROLINA. 127
That is all, not one word as to physical verfecUon. Then read Landmark Twenty-
fifth, "that the landmarks of Masonry can never be changed." This is strong
language, yet easy of comprehension. These twenty-five landmarks are called "the
body of Masonry," and, as MACKEY says, "in which it is not in the power of any man,
or body of men, to make the least innovation."
Notwithstanding all this, there are some who say that physical perfection is
one of the landmarks of our Order, seemingly forgetting "that the landmarks of
Masonry can never be changed."
A resolution w a s a d o p t e d t o a d d a a d collect as a p e n a l t y t e n p e r
cent t o t h e dues of all lodges' failing t o m a k e r e t u r n a n d p a y dues b y
N o v e m b e r 15, in each y e a r .
R.'. W.". B r o t h e r J. T. B A R R O N presents a n excellent R e p o r t o n
Correspondence in which K a n s a s for 1908 is v e r y fully a n d a b l y r e -
viewed. H e recognizes " a personal friend," represented b y t h e p o r -
t r a i t of G r a n d Master W E L L I N G T O N . H e excerpts freely from B r o .
W E L L I N G T O N ' S address, t a k i n g t h e COLBY a n d H A N C O C K Lodge visi-
tations, w h a t h e said a,bout " L e t t e r - p e r f e c t R i t u a l , " " D i s t r i c t D e p u t y
G r a n d M a s t e r s , " " C o r n e r - S t o n e s , " " K a n s a s Masonic H o m e , " a n d t h e
conclusion of t h e address, which as a whole is d e n o m i n a t e d " s p l e n d i d . "
Our four q u e s t i o n s r e q u i r e d as a basis for recognition a r e t a k e n
from t h e Special R e p o r t , as well as t h e references in General R e p o r t
t o t h e South C a r o l i n a - K a n s a s R e p r e s e n t a t i v e a n d t h e "perfect y o u t h
class."
B r o t h e r B . says h e was glad t o learn t h a t h e was in error i n s u p -
posing t h e r e were clandestine lodges i n K a n s a s w h e n K a n s a s w a s sim-
ply locking t h e door i n a n t i c i p a t i o n .
Under " N o r t h Carolina," after q u o t i n g t h e G r a n d Master's a d -
dress, where h e refers t o efforts m a d e t o i n s t i t u t e a lodgelfor t h e " C r o -
a t a n I n d i a n s , " B r o . B . enlightens t h e Craft w i t h a n interesting his-
torical i t e m as follows:
'' ' It should be understood that these are not full-blooded Indians, and are known
generally as "Croatans," and not "Croatan Indians." Some of North Carolina's
closest students of history are confident that they are descended from the enforced
marriages with Indians of the white women of the first white colony that landed
at Roanoke Island and disappeared without leaving any trace. When the State
became generally settled the Croatans were found where they now reside, something
like two hundred miles fromjRoanoke Island.
M.-.W.-. J A M B S L . M I C H I E , G r a n d Master.
R . ' . W . ' . J A C O B T . B A E R O N , G r a n d Secretary.
R.'. W.'. Bro. J A C O B T . B A B R O N , Correspondent.
N e x t A n n u a l a t Charleston.
128 CORRESPONDENCE— TASMANIA. February,
TASMANIA — 1909.
T h e absence of t h e G r a n d M a s t e r a n d P r o G r a n d Master left

t h e d u t y of presiding a t t h e h a l f - y e a r l y C o m m u n i c a t i o n t o R . \ W . ' .
G E O H G B D A V I E S , D e p u t y G r a n d Master.
T h e B o a r d of General P u r p o s e s r e p o r t e d t h a t t h e Pro. G r a n d
M a s t e r in t h e N o r t h a n d t h e D e p u t y G r a n d Master in t h e S o u t h h a v e
m a n a g e d t h e jurisdiction sm.oothly a n d satisfactorily d u r i n g t h e a b -
sence of t h e G r a n d Master in E n g l a n d .
T h e e d i t o r of t h e Keystone, b y will, b e q u e a t h e d his Masonic
l i b r a r y t o t h e G r a n d Lodge a n d t h e P r e s i d e n t of t h e B o a r d announces
t h e receipt of t h e b e q u e s t from t h e e x e c u t o r .
R e c o r d is m a d e of t h e g e n e r o u s a n d f r a t e r n a l assistance bestowed
b y M o u n t a i n Lodge of British C o l u m b i a t o t h e widow a n d children, of
o n e of t h e T a s m a n i a Masons w h o died in t h a t far-off c o u n t r y , n o t only
b e a r i n g t h e funeral expenses, b u t p r o v i d i n g t h e widow a n d children
w i t h t r a n s p o r t a t i o n to their former h o m e in T a s m a n i a , raising t h e s u m
of $600 for t h a t purpose. T h e B o a r d r e i m b u r s e d M o u n t a i n Lodge for
t h e i r o u t l a y for sick a n d funeral e x p e n s e s , a n d t h e T a s m a n i a n O p e r a t i v e
L o d g e m a d e a generous c o n t r i b u t i o n of t e n p o u n d s t o w a r d t h e s a m e .
F r o m t h e D e p u t y Grand M a s t e r ' s a d d r e s s we learn t h a t t h e G r a n d
M a s t e r left T a s m a n i a for E n g l a n d in M a r c h l a s t t o " a t t e n d a press
conference t o b e held in E n g l a n d in J u n e l a s t . " T h e n e x t a n n o u n c e -
m e n t of t h e address was t h a t " p r i o r t o his d e p a r t u r e , on t h e eve of his
m a r r i a g e , h e w a s t h e recipient from m e m b e r s of G r a n d Lodge of a v e r y
h a n d s o m e present to c o m m e m o r a t e t h e occasion." T h e address
seems t o b e a little " i n v o l v e d . " Did t h e m a r r i a g e t a k e place in E n g -
land?
' W e find in-the rasTOOwian Record for F e b r u a r y a reference to t h e -
reception o n t h e p a r t of t h e Victoria G r a n d Lodge t o t h e Masons of
t h e Arnerican Fleet, as follows:
During the visit of tiie American Fleet.to Victoria, the Grand Lodge there
arranged a reception for the Masons, of which there were a very large number on
board the boats, and a special effort was made to do honor to the occasion. It was
a somewhat inconvenient time for many of us, but we were glad that both the Pro
Grand Master and the Deputy Grand Master were there to represent our Grand
Lodge, and they returned full of praises not only of the hospitality extended to
them, but also of the real cordiality of the reception.
M.-.W.-. B r o . C. E . D A V I E S , G r a n d Master.
V.-.W.". B r o . J O H N HAMiiiTON, G r a n d S e c r e t a r y .
iQog-io. CORRESPONDENCE—TENNESSEE. 129
TENNESSEE — 1909.
Grand Master M I L T O N H . P R I C E presided in t h e Grand E a s t , a n d

we a r e glad to n o t e t h a t o u r old c o m r a d e (of 1894) w a s still o n d e c k
a t t e n d i n g to t h e a r d u o u s duties of a P a s t G r a n d Master. T h e G r a n d
Master's address is a n able o n e a n d shows t h a t he h a s faithfully per-
formed his d u t y in spite of t h e g r e a t sorrow which h a d befallen h i m .
T h e oldest Mason in Tennessee w a s introduced t o t h e G r a n d
Lodge—General JOHN EWING GARNER of Springfield, Tennessee.
T h e record of t h e b r o t h e r is given a s follows:
Our venerable brother has been well known for many years as a distinguished
lawyer, a learned judge, a devoted father, a zealous Mason, an upright publicT
spirited citizen, and the most universally polite gentleman within the borders of
the Volunteer State, and was accorded an ovation by his brethren of the Grand
Lodge.
Brother GARNER fittingly responded to the welcome given him, and was per-
sonally introduced to the Grand and Past Grand officers, and to many members of
the Grand Lodge.
P a s t G r a n d Master H . H . I N G E R S O L L paid a beautiful t r i b u t e t o
t h e life a n d c h a r a c t e r of P a s t G r a n d Master J O H N T . I R I O N , w h o died
in August, 1909, a n d w a s G r a n d Master in«1880. T h e H e p o r t o n Cor-
respondence is b y P a s t G r a n d Master H E N R Y A. CHAMBERS. Kansas
for 1908 is fraternally reviewed. T h e address of Grand Master W E L -
LINGTON is called u p o n for e x c e r p t s o n t h e topics, "Success a n d P r o s -
p e r i t y , " "Official Ciphers," a n d " a word of c a u t i o n . "
Citing t h e Special R e p o r t of t h e K a n s a s Committee, h e s a y s :
The Committee on Correspondence, taking the action of the Grand Lodges of
England, Scotland and Ireland in the Queensland matter as a text, made
a brief but exhaustive report on the question of recognition, ending with a number
of essential questions to be proposed, which were referred to the Committee on
Jurisprudence. That committee—whose report was adopted—reported as follows:
T h e Grand Orator, D A L L A S G B O V E R , received mention, saying of
his address, i t is calculated t o impress a n e w t h e great principles of t h e
Fraternity.
J O H N T . I R I O N , G r a n d Master 1880-1881.
Died A u g u s t 9, 1908, aged 71 years.
" T h e passage of t h e soul t h a t h a s fulfilled its allotted years o u t
of this life into t h e life i m m o r t a l is n o t cause for grief a n d sorrow t o u s
who h a v e faith a n d h o p e . "
M.-.W.-. E D K . B A C H M A N , G r a n d Master.
R.-.W,-. J O H N B . G A R R E T T , G r a n d S e c r e t a r y .
P. G.'. M . \ H E N R Y A. C H A M B E R S , Correspondent.
N e x t A n n u a l a t Nashville J a n u a r y 26, 1910.
130 CORRESPONDENCE— TEXAS. February,
TEXAS — 1908.
Fifteen P a s t Grand M a s t e r s w e r e p r e s e n t w h e n M.-. W.-. B r o , W.
L. M O O R E opened t h e G r a n d L o d g e of T e x a s . R.-. W.-. B r o . W M .
C L A R K , t h e G r a n d R e p r e s e n t a t i v e of K a n s a s w a s busy, picking c o t t o n ,
o r b r a n d i n g mavericks, a n d missed roll call. G r a n d Master M O O R E
p a y s high a n d deserved t r i b u t e t o t w o v e t e r a n P a s t G r a n d M a s t e r s
w h o died i n 1908: M.-. W.-. B r o . N O R T O N M O S E S , a g e d 85, a n d M.'.
W . \ B r o . W M . B E A M L E T T E , aged 8 1 , b o t h of w h o m h a d n o t a b l e Ma-
sonic records.
T h e G r a n d Master's a d d r e s s is o u t s p o k e n , straight-forward a n d
incisive in h i s r e p r o b a t i o n of i n t e m p e r a n c e , gambling a n d profanity
b y Masons. Listen t o a n e x t r a c t : " T h o s e g r a n d a n d noble m e n w h o ,
"after t h e y h a d won t h e i n d e p e n d e n c e of Texas, established F r e e -
" m a s o n r y i n this State, w e r e so c o n v i n c e d of t h e degrading effect a n d
"influence of these vices t h a t t h e y w r o t e i t i n t h e Constitution of
" t h e G r a n d Lodge t h a t , ' T h e i n t e m p e r a t e u s e of intoxicating d r i n k s ,
" g a m b l i n g a n d profane s w e a r i n g a r e c o n t r a r y t o t h e principles of
" M a s o n r y , a n d i t is t h e d u t y of each l o d g e t o p u n i s h a n y b r o t h e r
" g u i l t y thereof.' ' F o r t h e slave t o t h e h a b i t of d r i n k we can h a v e
" s o m e compassion, a n d for o n e w h o , from w a n t a n d p o v e r t y is t e m p t e d
" t o steal t o satisfy his h u n g e r , t h e r e i s ' s o m e excuse, b u t for t h e m a n
" c l a i m i n g to be respectable, w h o is h a b i t u a l l y g u i l t y of using profane
" l a n g u a g e , t h e r e is n e i t h e r palliation n o r excuse. Nothing can b e
" m o r e u n b e c o m i n g a Mason. I t is a useless h a b i t . I t is coarse a n d
" v u l g a r , s u i t e d only t o t h e g a m b l i n g house a n d b r o t h e l Let
" u s c u t loose from t h e p r o f a n e swearer if h e will n o t leave off his vicious
" h a b i t s . L e t us purify o u r lodges of all w h o t h u s daily and h a b i t u a l l y
" v i o l a t e t h e i r obligation." F i v e M.'. W . ' . b r e t h r e n , t h e C o m m i t t e e
o n G r a n d Officers' R e p o r t s , a d d e d thi.s. clincher: " I t is t i m e t h a t all
" m e n b e b r o u g h t t o a r e a l i z a t i o n of t h e fact t h a t a n o a t h lends no
" e m p h a s i s t o a s t a t e m e n t , a n d t h a t t h e p r a c t i c e of profane swearing
"is a n offense against d e c e n c y a n d good m o r a l s , t o s a y n o t h i n g of its
"being unmasonic and therefore inhibited." Good for Texas, a n d
good for a n y other j u r i s d i c t i o n t h a t will p u t itself on record in like
m a n n e r . K a n s a s is q u i t e free from t h e l a s t m e n t i o n e d vice, b u t t h e
lesson i n c u l c a t e d can find r o o m for consideration, even in K a n s a s ,
a m o n g t h e wearers of emblerns w h o should b e t h e l a s t to indulge in
such belittling practice.
T h e Committee o n A p p e a l s a n d Grievances h a d considerable
business before it. O n e case w a s t h a t of a n alleged preacher, w h o
a b a n d o n e d a wife a n d family a n d t o o k u p w i t h an affinity, living i n
n o t o r i o u s dalliance w i t h t h e l a t t e r , while t h e wife w a s t a k i n g in w a s h -
ing a n d doing other m e n i a l l a b o r t o s u p p o r t h e r family. H a v i n g al-
r e a d y divested himself of h i s M a s o n r y , u p o n t h e Committee's recom-
m e n d a t i o n , t h e Grand L o d g e relieved, t h e p a r t y of a n y further o p -
igog-io. VORRESPONDENCE— TEXAS. . 131
portunity of bringing reproach upon the Craft by forcibly separating

him from it, permanently.
The Masonic Home is doing good work. We note that Hella
Temple, M. S.^ made it a donation of S200.00. Bully for Hella! We
guess that is all right; it might be improved in sound by the addition
of an "h," though in the interest of less profanity we would vote for a
change of name. Everybody in Texas, and some in Kansas, know
what the sucker means who has been over the road, and who returns
to advise a new crop—he has had the "time of his life."
The Masonic Home report has an admirable feature, which every
Home should adopt, viz: Give the name and address of every gradu-
ate from the Home, showing in the annual report submitted to Grand
Lodge the occupation of each. Many of our wards have tender
memories of the only "Home" they have ever known, and they should
have the realizing sense that their welfare is still the object of the care
of those who stood to them in the place of parents. Nine lodges, U. D.,
were granted Charters and three restored.
Grand Lodge passed a resolution authorizing the use of the Masonic
Temple at Waco by the Order of the Eastern Star for its Annual Com-
munication.
A resolution condemning as unmasonio the sending of circulars,
or letters (printed or written), recommendations, or endorsements
of any Mason for any office in Grand Lodge, or any electioneering indi-
vidually or by caucus or combination, for any Grand Lodge office,
was passed by the Grand Lodge by which any infraction of the same
subjected the offender to charges of unmasonio conduct.
An interesting address of P.'. G.'. M.". R. M. ELGIN, reminiscent
of his 67 years of residence in Texas and of 59 years of Grand Lodge
attendance in Texas, was listened to by Grand Lodge that recorded
a sincere vote of thanks to the distinguished brother. The Cor-
respondence Report is by our esteemed Bro. THOMAS M. MATTHEWS,
SB., who for a quarter of a century has performed the like duty. He
is one of the last of the sixty or more contemporaries in the work'
in 1884. As he says: "Those who remain we can count upon the
fingers of one hand." Bro. MATTHEWS has been sick and was unable
to attend Grand Lodge; the latter body, however, remembered him
by increasing from S350.00 to S500 00 his recompense for his annual
report of last year.
Kansas for 1908 is fully reviewed. He refers with evident ap-
preciation to the "very pretty and solemn ceremony attendant upon
the 'roll call;' 'prayer/ 'taps,' and the music by the 'quartette,'
in memory of the departed ones. His synopsis of Grand Master W E L -
LINGTON'S administration is very complete and complimentary. He
scores the Cipher Ritual in language constitutionally vigorous and
strong whenever opportunity occurs, his advice to Kansas being as
follows: "Burn up all the copies you now have and put to Masonic
death any one who hereafter makes, or helps to make, a ritual."
132 . . ConRESPOHDENCE—UTAH. February,
H e discusses fully t h e a d v a n t a g e s a n d d i s a d v a n t a g e s of restric-

t i o n of space for. a C o r r e s p o n d e n c e R e p o r t , a n d says of o u r 1908 R e -
p o r t (138 p a g e s ) : " H e h a s r e v i e w e d all t h e proceedings received,
s o m e covering t w o y e a r s , a n d if h e h a s failed t o notice a n y t h i n g of
general i n t e r e s t o r i m p o r t a n c e w e h a v e n o t found i t o u t . H e con-
fesses t o h a v i n g learned s o m e t h i n g since he began writing r e p o r t s ,
n a m e l y , " t h a t all b e g i n n e r s w r i t e a n d copy t o o m u c h . " To w h i c h
w e agree. Y e t , while we' do so, w e a r e firm believers in t h e sure c o m -
ing of a Masonic millenium w h e n t h e cipher ritualists, a s well a s t h e
m o u t h a n d e a r fellows, will b e c o m e so " b r i g h t " t h a t r i t u a l i s m will
e x u d e from t h e m in e v e r y pore, giving t h e m a t least a m p l e leisure t o
read, s t u d y a n d learn s o m e t h i n g s a b o u t Masonry o t h e r t h a n t h e
h u s k s which enclose i t .
T e x a s is a great c o m m o n w e a l t h . Masonry w a s c o n t e m p o r a n e o u s
w i t h t h e L o n e S t a r R e p u b l i c , a n d h a s ever since been a potent- factor
for good t h e r e . I t s l e a d i n g r e p r e s e n t a t i v e s h a v e always stood for
t h e b e s t i n e d u c a t i o n , m o r a l i t y , l a w a n d order, a n d will t a k e n o b a c k -
w a r d steps i n either.
NoHTON M O S E S , G r a n d Master, 1877-8.

B o r n J u l y 28, 1823, died M a y 2 1 , 1908, aged 85 y e a r s .
" B u t few m e n h a v e c o n t r i b u t e d m o r e to t h e d e v e l o p m e n t of t h e
c o u n t r j ' , a n d t h e u p b u i l d i n g of o u r e d u c a t i o n a l , moral a n d Masonic
interests.. "
W I L L I A M B R A M L E T T B , G r a n d Master 1871-2.
B o r n April 30, 1827, died J u l y 2 1 , 1908, aged over 8 1 years.
T h e G r a n d Lodge of T e x a s a g a i n bows a t t h e g r a v e of o n e of
its distinguished m e m b e r s . F o r half a c e n t u r y these t w o b r e t h r e n
a b o v e n a m e d s t o o d a s o n e in u n i t y , w i s d o m a n d power.
M.'. W.-. J . J . D A V I S , G r a n d M a s t e r .
R . ' . W.-. J O H N W A T S O N , G r a n d Secretary.
THOMAS M . MATTHEWS. Correspondent.
N e x t A n n u a l at W a c o D e c e m b e r 7, 1909.
U T A H — 1909.
G.'. M.'. J A M E S H E N R Y B H O W N f o u n d a c o n s i d e r a b l e a m o u n t of
w o r k c u t o u t for him, s o m e of w h i c h h e h a d n o t e x p e c t e d . H e f o u n d
a lodge w a s b e i n g o r g a n i z e d a t H e l p e r t o receive a Charter from a
G r a n d Lodge said t o b e l o c a t e d in D i a m o n d v i l l e , W y o m i n g . A s t o
igog-io. CORRESPONDENCE— UTAH. 133
Diamondville Body was obviously clandestine, spurious and fraudulent,

he issued a n edict to Masons in t h e vicinity to exert a proper influence
a g a i n s t t h e proposed bogus b o d y , a n d one D O M I N I C K B E G G E R R A ,
w h o m he characterized as a fraud.
T h e Grand Master tells a p l e a s a n t s t o r y of a visitation to Tintic
Lodge. I t is an a u t o story. T h e y p u t on a new tire o n t h e way, a n d
were four or five hours l a t e in a r r i v i n g a t t h e Lodge in E u r e k a — a b o u t
m i d n i g h t . T h e refreshments were still t h e r e a n d t h e h u n g r y officials
a p p r e c i a t e d t h e m and their visit so m u c h t h a t it took over a page to
tell t h e s t o r y . T h e G r a n d Master's address is a good one and shows
t h a t t h e Craft of U t a h a r e w o r k i n g faithfully a n d harmoniously.
One t h i n g a b o u t t h e r e p o r t of t h e C o m m i t t e e on Grievances a n d
Appeals we like, and h a v e a l w a y s a d v o c a t e d : T h a t in all cases of
discipline or restoration to good s t a n d i n g , t h e n a m e of t h e p a r t y in
q u e s t i o n b e n o t m e n t i o n e d in, or form p a r t of, t h e p r i n t e d record.
T h e space given to, a n d all t h e characteristics of, t h e review of
K a n s a s for 1908, b y B r o . C H R I S D I E H L , d e m o n s t r a t e t h a t t h e Mother
G r a n d Lodge of Mt. Moriah No. 70 has n o t lost t h e affection of her
first U t a h offspring; a n d it is, a n d was, r e m a r k a b l e , t h e intense in-
terest t h a t t h e fathers in Masonry in K a n s a s h a v e a n d h a d in t h e lit-
tle K a n s a s lodge whose p r o m p t organization helped to settle w h a t t h e
c h a r a t e r of Masonry in U t a h should be for all t i m e . Bro. D I E H L
calls in question P . ' . G.'. Master G A S H ' S historical d a t a q u o t e d b y us
l a s t y e a r from his speech before t h e Illinois G r a n d Lodge. W e are
glad it was Mt. Moriah instead of A r g e n t a t h a t traces to K a n s a s , be-
cause we h a v e always k n o w n t h a t B r o . D I E H L p r o u d l y acknowledged
his K a n s a s ancestry, a n d K a n s a s reciprocates in kind.
T h e "able a n d comprehensive Masonic d o c u m e n t , " as he styles
t h e address of Grand Master W E L L I N G T O N , receives u n s t i n t e d praise
a n d a synopsis of its c o n t e n t s is given. T h e r e p o r t of Bro. W I L S O N
he. s t a t e s is u p t o s t a n d a r d , a n d t h e K a n s a s l i i b r a r y u n d e r his care
keeps growing, and w i t h t h e financial help of G r a n d Lodge will soon
b e a h e a d of t h e U t a h G r a n d Lodge L i b r a r y .
T h e r e p o r t on t h e organization of t h e G r a n d Lodge of Queensland
is d u b b e d " e x h a u s t i v e a n d t h o u g h t f u l . " a n d its propositions a r e ex-
cerpted.
H e "recognizes" a Mother in Israel b y t h e following c o m m e n t :
"Before calling t h e Grand Lodge t o labor our dear friend, Mrs. S N E D -
DEN, M a t r o n of t h e K a n s a s H o m e , r e a d t h e a n n u a l r e p o r t of t h e H o m e .
She is a w o m a n l y w o m a n , a n d w h e r e v e r she is t h e r e is sunshine. T h e
i n m a t e s of t h e H o m e u n d e r h e r care will fare well." A genuine t r i b u t e
t o a good w o m a n who counts as her own family all t h e guests of t h e
Home.
Of t h e oration b y Bro. G K O V E R he s a y s : " I t is a practical one.
No fancy fables. It is a n o r a t i o n we love to r e a d . " H e q u o t e s t h a t
p a r a g r a p h beginning, " M a s o n s of K a n s a s . "
134 CORRESPONDENCE— VERMONT. February,
T h e " s t r a i g h t - j a c k e t l i m i t a t i o n " in t h e K a n s a s r e p o r t w a s p u t o n
prior t o . t h e a p p o i n t m e n t of t h e o n e w h o w a s t o b e Correspondent,
a n d whose d e a t h m a d e t h i s w r i t e r a n eleventh-hour s u b s t i t u t e . W e
m a k e this e x p l a n a t i o n , B r o . D . , b e c a u s e we d o n ' t w a n t credit for g o -
ing o n a s t r i k e — t h e increase of s p a c e w a s m a d e w i t h o u t even r e q u e s t
on o u r part.
B r o t h e r D I B H I , , referring t o t h e K a n s a s volume, s a y s : " W e n o t e
" t h a t t h e r e is a C a r b o n d a l e L o d g e N o . 70 in K a n s a s . T h a t w a s t h e
" n u m b e r of o u r M t . Moriah Lodge u n d e r t h e Kansas Registry. W e
" a l w a y s h a d t h e idea t h a t n u m b e r s d i e when Lodges cease t o exist.
" T h e longer o n e lives t h e m o r e h e l e a r n s . "
T h e K a n s a s r e p o r t is considered "interesting a n d i n s t r u c t i v e . "
H e s a y s : " A s w e h a v e a l r e a d y given K a n s a s more space t h a n t h e
law allows, w e m u s t 'give i t u p . ' B u t h e r e is a little b i t of t r u e h i s t o r y
in a nutshell which o u r b r e t h r e n should r e a d , " a n d h e t a k e s for f u r t h e r
copy w h a t w e said u n d e r 'Illinois' i n r e g a r d t o t h e lack of respectable
b i r t h t o t h e 1717 B o d y . I n n o t i n g t h e election of G r a n d Master
M A S O N h e s a y s : "M.-. W.-. B r o . M A S O N is a m e m b e r of T y r i a n L o d g e
No. 246, in which o u r P a s t G r a n d Master, CHARiiEs W E S L E Y M O R S E
was m a d e a Mason in 1 8 8 8 . "
M . ' . W . ' . F R E D C L E M E N T S C H R A M M , G r a n d Master.
R.-.W.-. C H R I S T O P H E R D I E H L , G r a n d Secretary.
CHRISTOPHER DIEHL, Correspondent.
N e x t A n n u a l a t Ogdcn J a n u a r y 18, 1910.
VERMONT,— 1909.
V e r m o n t h a s a T e m p l e w h i c h o n J u n e 15, 1898, carried a d e b t

a g a i n s t i t of $70,000. T h e r e is a T e m p l e p e r capita t a x of 30 c e n t s
which began i n 1895-6, from which h a s been raised, from J u n e 1896,
to J u n e , 1908, inclusive, t h e s u m . of $42,190. ' Of this a m o u n t t h e r e
was paid o u t for interest on the debt S29,345—-leaving t h e a m o u n t p a i d
u p o n t h e principal, from t h i s source, o n l y $12,845. A t t h e p r e s e n t
t i m e one-half or m o r e of t h e p e r c a p i t a t a x in required t o p a y t h e
interest on t h e debt.
D u r i n g t h e p r e s e n t y e a r t a x e s were assessed against t h e p r o p e r t y
a m o u n t i n g t o 35,000. T h e t a x e s were paid u n d e r p r o t e s t a n d suit
has been i n s t i t u t e d t o recover t h e m back.
After a p r e s e n t a t i o n of p r a c t i c a l l y t h e facts s t a t e d a b o v e t h e
G r a n d Master a s k s : " B r e t h r e n , a s a cold business proposition, is this
good m a n a g e m e n t ? I s i t n o t t i m e t h a t we arose above t h e 30-cent
basis of doing b u s i n e s s ? " T h e G r a n d Master presented a n d advoi-
c a t e d a resolution calling for a n a s s e s s m e n t of $1.00 p e r m e m b e r for
t h r e e y e a r s ; u p o n reference t o t h e F i n a n c e C o m m i t t e e t h e s a m e waa
passed over u n t i l n e x t y e a r .
igog-io. CORRESPONDENCE— VERMONT. 135
T h e G r a n d Master's s t a t e r a e n t a n d resolution deserved a b e t t e r

fate.
G r a n d Master TIULOTSON is an a r t i s t . O n e who can bestow a
gift in such m a n n e r as to satisfy t h e recipient t h a t it was t h e r e p a y -
m e n t of a n obligation, eliminating t r u t h f u l l y a n d successfully a n y
t h o u g h t or suggestion of charity, belongs t o a v e r y r a r e a n d d i m i n u -
t i v e class. Most of us a t t h e best a r e bunglers, a n d t h e tactful, grace-
ful m a n n e r of t h e doing is w o r t h y of t h e highest praise. T h e G r a n d
Lodge of V e r m o n t is richer because of t h e t h a n k s a n d sincere regard
of t h e recipient. W e t a k e off our h a t t o B r o . TILDOTSON.
T h e G r a n d Master discusses fully t h e topic of clandestine Masonry,
showing a n a t t e m p t b y irnposters to work u p a traffic in spurious
M a s o n r y b y conferring bogus degrees in V e r m o n t — a n a t t e m p t r e -
quiring s t r e n u o u s effort a n d p r o m p t action on his p a r t .
T h e G r a n d Master said:
Last fall three men, claiming to represent one of these spurious organiza-
tions visited St. Albans, rented a hall and openly solicited candidates tor their so-
called degrees. I happened to be consulted, as an attorney, by a man who had
taken their degrees and who had been deceived into believing that he was being made
a legitimate Mason, and so came into personal contact with these impostors. They
openly boasted that they had visited our lodges, but did not claim that they had
the right to do so, thus practically admitting that they had gained admission by
fraud. Attached to their printed application which they required each candidate
to sign, was a statement setting forth briefly their claims, and in this statement,
among others, thijy say:
"We have no official Masonic intercourse with the so-called State Grand Lodges
Free and Accepted Masons or any of its Lodges."
Thus technically safeguarding themselves against all action for obtaining
money under false pretenses.
I immediately wrote a letter for publication and the same was published in
the St. Albans Daily Messenger and was quite generally copied in the newspapers
throughout the State. At the same time I wrote a letter to the Masons of Ver-
mont, a copy of which was forwarded by the Grand Secretary to each lodge with the
instructions to have the same read in open lodge at the first Communication after
its receipt. (Copies of letters submitted herewith.)
This course seems to have had the desired effect, and these impostors left St.
Albans a day or two after the publication of my letter to the public, and so tar as I
know have made no attempt to carry on their work in this State since that time.
I believe, however, that the time has come for us to take some positive action
looking to the absolute exclusion from our lodges and from the privileges of Masonry
of all persons not duly authorized to claim Masonic Intercourse with us, not only tor
our own protection, but in order to assist our brethren in adjoining jurisdictions in
suppressing an evil which, so tar at least, has affected them more than us. I there-
fore recommend the adoption of the following resolution:
"Resolved, that a brother not vouched for, applying tor admission as a visitor
to any lodge in this jurisdiction, shall be required to produce evidence over the sig-
nature and seal of the Grand Secretary of the GrandLodge of the jurisdiction from
whence he comes, and dated within a year previous to the time when he applies tor
such admission, showing that he is a Master Mason in good and regular standing,
and entitled to hold Masonic intercourse with the Masons of this jurisdiction, before
he shall be entitled to an examination.
"Resolved, further, that the individual Masons of Vermont are recommended
to hold no Masonic intercourse with a stranger who is not vouched for, unless he
presents the evidence in writing above described."
136 CORRESPONDENCE— VERMONT. February,
Our K a n s a s b r e t h r e n can now well u n d e r s t a n d from w h a t t h e y

h a v e been s a v e d b y p r o m p t l y a d o p t i n g t h e certificate plan, b y which
t h e receipt for dues of t h e c u r r e n t y e a r is m a d e a good a n d sufficient
basis for considering t h e a p p l i c a n t qualified to knock and seek a d m i s -
sion a t t h e door of a regular lodge in t h e usual way, t h e certificate of
t h e G r a n d S e c r e t a r y a n d t h e seal of t h e Grand Lodge v o u c h i n g t h a t
t h e lodge issuing t h e receipt h a s been regularly c o n s t i t u t e d a n d is now
working u n d e r t h e G r a n d Lodge of Ancient Free a n d Accepted Masons
of K a n s a s . H i t h e r t o , in all jurisdictions we h a v e been too lax in ask-
ing no o t h e r qualification or e n d o r s e m e n t t h a n a glib t o n g u e ' a n d a
readiness t o rehearse t h e r i t u a l . One of t h e most p r o m p t a n d r e a d y
e x a m i n a t i o n s ever listened t o b y t h e examiners of a K a n s a s lodge
in an early d a y wâs t h a t given by one of these gentrj'. On its con-
clusion t h e e x a m i n e r , w h o h a d recognized t h e source from w h i c h t h e
fellow's Masonic k n o w l e d g e h a d been derived, b y certain e a r m a r k s
familiar to hiin, i n v i t e d h i m t o t a k e his d e p a r t u r e a t once b y t h e
o u t s i d e s t e p s leading u p to t h e hall—which he did p r o m p t l y w i t h o u t
demur, a n d K a n s a s k n e w h i m n o more as a Masonry exposer. I t w a s
l e a r n e d l a t e r t h a t h e h a d b o a s t e d of his ability to visit a n y Masonic
l o d g e in t h e c o u n t r y . U n d e r t h e certificate plan t h e visitor is careful
t o h a v e a receipt for d u e s from his lodge for t h e c u r r e n t y e a r . It
bears his s i g n a t u r e , w r i t t e n in t h e m a n n e r from which he never varies,
a n d it frequently m a k e s good a r u s t y e x a m i n a t i o n .
Our V e r m o n t b r e t h r e n m a y c o n g r a t u l a t e themselves u p o n t h e
p r o m p t a n d efficient action t a k e n b y Grand Master B R O W N i n dis-
persing t h e spurious degree p e d d l e r s . T h e m a t t e r w a s referred t o
t h e C o m m i t t e e o n J u r i s p r u d e n c e a n d t h a t conservative b o d y t o o k u n t i l •
n e x t year t o f o r m u l a t e a p r o c e d u r e t h a t will respect t h e vested r i g h t s
of t h e lodges. W e a r e e q u a l l y jealous of t h e rights of t h e lodges, b u t
u n d e r t h e K a n s a s p l a n t h e lodges a r e n o t only satisfied b u t t h e y h a v e
been relieved of m u c h t r o u b l e , a n d there is t h e collateral a d v a n t a g e
of less d e l i n q u e n c j ' i n d u e s . P.". G.'. M.-. P E R K I N S , from C o m m i t t e e
on Doings of G r a n d L o d g e Officers, m a d e report, one section of which
we r e p r i n t .
The Masonic institution stands for tlie exercise of brotlierly relief and truth.
We therefore commend the action of the Grand Master in his remembrance in our
behalf of the daughter of that peerless leader whose memory is enshrined in our
hearts, and whose impress is indelibly stamjjed upon the records of this Grand Lodge.
We d o n ' t k n o w w h e n B r o . M A R S H O . P E R K I N S b e g a n w r i t i n g
Correspondence R e p o r t s , a n d if asked t h e question would h a v e t o
give t h e s a m e a n s w e r given t o a n o t h e r question b y t h e aged p a r t y
whose life e x p e c t a t i o n , according t o t h e tables, h a d already expired,
v i z : " Y o u will h a v e to ask s o m e b o d y older t h a n I a m . " B u t e v e r y
t i m e we t a k e u p a V e r m o n t Correspondence R e p o r t we lay it d o w n
w i t h r e l u c t a n c e a n d w i t h m e n t a l q u e r y w h e t h e r w i t h a sufficient
q u a n t u m of experience, a n d t h e g r a v i t y of expression possible from
igog-io. CORRESPONDENCE—VERMONT. 137
an additional d e c a d e or t w o , we could ever arrive a t t h e grace a n d

ease and facility of expression which alwa3's characterize Bro. M A R S H ' S
^reports.
Now, in wrestling, one will t h r o w his o p p o n e n t so u n e x p e c t e d l y
a n d so violently t h a t concussion results, while a n o t h e r will place his
o p p o n e n t on his b a c k w i t h such an a p p e a r a n c e of grace a n d t e n d e r -
ness as to i n d i c a t e a f r a t e r n a l r e l u c t a n c e to break away. This h o m i l y
has been induced b y n o t i n g a couple of instances of t h e l a t t e r m e t h o d
in Bro. M A R S H ' S reply to a s s u m e d positions of other Correspondents,
an ease a n d facility t h a t excites our a d m i r a t i o n a n d — d o e s n ' t S T .
P A U L say " c o v e t earnestly t h e b e s t gifts?" or words to t h a t effect.
The review of K a n s a s for 1909 is a largei- t h a n pro rata s h a r e — a com-
pliment K a n s a s fully appreciates, n o t w i t h s t a n d i n g its frequent occur-
rence. B r o . M A R S H , a f t e r r e f e r r i n g t o M . ' . W . ' . H E N R Y F . MASON, G r a n d
Master a n d R e p r e s e n t a t i v e of V e r m o n t , s a y s : " T h e p o r t r a i t of t h e
Grand Master facing t h e title page indicates s t r e n g t h of character a n d
ability, b o t h of w h i c h a r e reflected in his able, comprehensive a d -
dress, in which his official acts are presented w i t h c o m m e n d a b l e direct-
ness a n d clearness." T h e G r a n d Master reports t h r e e decisions
relative to t h e law of charges, t w o of which are wholly in h a r m o n y
w i t h t h e V e r m o n t law, t h e t h i r d differing only in its local a p p l i c a t i o n .
Of t h e G r a n d O r a t o r h e s a y s : " T h e o r a t o r of t h e occasion, W.-.
E L R I C K C . C O L E , delivered an inspiring address with ' L e t T h e r e B e
Light,' for his s u b j e c t . " T h e n follows an excerpt from B r o . C O L E ' S
conclusion.
Brother P E R K I N S t h e n t o o k u p t h e two questions asked a n d
answered b y t h e K a n s a s C o m m i t t e e on Correspondence in t h e W e s t e r n
Australia-Scotland recognition m a t t e r , q u o t i n g same fully a n d citing
t h e conclusions arrived a t , a n d t h e concurrence of t h e G r a n d Lodge of
Kansas.
The General R e p o r t on Correspondence is declared full "of m e a t
from beginning to e n d . " T h e v a r i o u s V e r m o n t references in t h e K a n -
sas r e p o r t are t a k e n , a n d t h e incident of t h e visit of our H o m e chil-
dren is copied entire.
Under " M a r y l a n d " B r o . P E R K I N S refers to Bro. SCHULTZ in t h e
following: " B r o . SCHULTZ m a i n t a i n s t h a t one who has b e c o m e in-
capacitated from i m p a r t i n g t h e ceremonials is ineligible for t h e p o -
sition of Worshipful. We t h i n k otherwise; while such a b r o t h e r m i g h t
n o t be able to personally i m p a r t t h e work, he could direct it, a n d t h u s
practically perform i t . " K a n s a s h a s a n early record of a lodge U . D.
where, during t h e t w o years before a C h a r t e r issued, some fifty or s i x t y
degrees were conferred, in n o t o n e of w h i c h did t h e W . ' . M.-. p r e s i d e
in t h e E a s t . A n d it is t h e c u s t o m in our lodges now to call t h e S t e w a r d s ,
Deacons, or a n y c o m p e t e n t b r o t h e r , t o fill t h e s t a t i o n s a t a n y t i m e
w h e n degrees are t o b e conferred. I t is an excellent discipline for r a w
recruits. A n d this r e m i n d s u s : W e saw a c o m p a n y of soldiers o n c e
whose c o m p a n y c o m m a n d e r a d o p t e d t h a t m e t h o d of i n s t r u c t i o n
138 CORRESPONDENCE^ VICTORIA. February,
i n drilling his c o m p a n y , after t h o r o u g h drill, calling o u t from t i m e t o

t i m e t h e i n d i v i d u a l m e m b e r s of t h e c o m p a n y t o give c o m m a n d s . I t
w o r k e d t o perfection, a n d t h e n u m b e r of e m b r y o officers developed
w a s surprising.
U n d e r " M i n n e s o t a , " w h e r e a c o m m i t t e e h a d declared a m a n h a v -
i n g a n artificial eye ineligible t o receive t h e Masonic degree, B r o .
P E R K I N S g r a v e l y r e m a r k s : " W e a r e a t a loss t o c o m p r e h e n d w h a t
f o r m of Masonic l a b o r of t h e p r e s e n t d a y a m a n possessed of b u t o n e
eye can n o t perform. W e t h i n k t h i s is c a r r y i n g physical qualifications
t o t h e e x t r e m e , b u t t h e n t h e M i n n e s o t a Code s a y s it is t h e law, a n d a s '
s u c h i t m u s t prevail in t h a t j u r i s d i c t i o n u n t i l revised or a m e n d e d .
B r o t h e r P E R K I N S , in his conclusion, welcomes t h e new G r a n d
Lodge of O k l a h o m a in t h e following:
By this union, the new Grand I,odge springs into existence, with nearly four
hundred active lodges on its register and an enrollment of fully 20,000 members.
Our brethren of Oklahoma are to be congratulated upon this crowning event of early
statehood, and the delightfully auspicious conditions under which it was happily
consummated. In their new relations to the Masonic world they can but be accorded
freely and unhesitatingly the same cordial recognition that stamped and sealed
the regularity and acknowledged sovereignty within their respective jurisdictions
of the united Grand Lodges. May peace, harmony and prosperity long abide with
them.
M.-.W.'. L E E S . T I L L O T S O N , G r a n d Master.
R . ' . W . ' . H E N R Y H . R O S S , ,Grand S e c r e t a r y .
P.'.G.'.M.-. MARSH O . P E R K I N S , Correspondent.
N e x t ( l l T t h ) A n n u a l J u n e 15, 1910.
VICTORIA — 1908.
T h e v o l u m e opens t o a v e r y i n t e r e s t i n g d e b a t e u p o n t h e a d o p -
tion of c e r t a i n new rules, o n e of w h i c h called for' t h e a p p o i n t m e n t of
T r u s t e e s , a n d empowering such T r u s t e e s t o p u r c h a s e p r o p e r t y i n
Melbourne, u p o n which t o erect a hall a n d o t h e r rooms suitable for t h e
uses of t h e lodges a n d Craft. T h e m o t i o n s m a d e a n d speeches deliv-
ered were all for t h e p u r p o s e of d e f e a t i n g s u c h Plall p r o p e r t y p r o g r a m .
D i l a t o r y m o t i o n s were i n t e r p o s e d . T h e objectors, b y their r e m a r k s ,
s e e m e d t o b e highly i m p r e s s e d w i t h a fear t h a t t h e country' m e m b e r s
m i g h t n o t like t h e p r o p o s e d p r o g r a m . T h e G r a n d Master m a d e a
s t a t e m e n t , a n d t h e n q u e s t i o n w a s s u b m i t t e d , a n d in one-two-three
o r d e r t h e objectors a n d objections were bowled down a n d t h e car of
Masonic progress s t a r t e d o n its a u g u s t j o u r n e y t o w a r d t h e promised
l a n d of progress.
5 T h e Victoria v o l u m e h a s long lists of n a m e s with from one t o a
half dozen titles or l e t t e r s apiece a t t a c h e d t o t h e m , a n d also pages
piled on pages of figures, l e t t e r s a n d c h a r a c t e r s of a financial t u r n , all
v e r y i n t e r e s t i n g reading, d o u b t l e s s , b u t t h e n a r r a t i v e ' s r a t h e r dis-
j o i n t e d a n d disconnected.
IQOg-IO. COJtRESPONDENCE—VIRGINIA. 139
We are u n a b l e t o find a n y R e p o r t o n Correspondence, b u t w e find

a m i n u t e t h a t t h e G r a n d Secretary of Foreign Correspondence is t o b e
retired o n half p a y i n consideration of services rendered since t h e in-
ception of Grand Lodge. A v e r y l a u d a b l e custom, b u t in some of o u r
American jurisdictions, w h e r e t h e y h a v e h a d a different one each y e a r
for some years past, liable t o b e v e r y e x p e n s i v e — t h a t is t o say, in t h e
five a n d six h u n d r e d dollar salaried j u r i s d i c t i o n s — b u t n o t such a big
s u m after all i n m o s t of t h e G r a n d Bodies.
A large n u m b e r of distinguished visitors were present t o m e e t
w i t h Grand Lodge, a n d were welcomed in a m a n n e r w o r t h y of A u s t r a l i a n
hospitality a n d b r o t h e r l y feeling.
At t h e Quarterly, held in S e p t e m b e r , 1908, M.-. W.-. Bro. THOMJÎS
D. G. CARMICHAEL, G r a n d M a s t e r of t h e G r a n d Lodge of Scotland,
was received with G r a n d H o n o r s . Lie was welcomed b y G r a n d Mas-
t e r E M E R Y , w h o in a fitting speech t e n d e r e d t o t h e new Governor of
Victoria t h e position of R u l e r of t h e Craft of,Victoria. M.-. W.'. B r o .
CARMICHAEL t e n d e r e d h i s t h a n k s for, t h e w a r m welcome accorded
him, a n d said t h a t if t h e G r a n d Lodge saw fit t o honor h i m h e would
be v e r y glad t o accept their n o m i n a t i o n .
At t h e Quarterly, D e c e m b e r 17, 1908, M . \ W . ' . Bro. C A R M I C H A E L
w a s elected G r a n d Master, a n d d a t e of installation fixed t o t a k e place
a t t h e ensuing March Q u a r t e r l y .
T h e Grand Lodge b o u g h t a v a l u a b l e p r o p e r t y suitable for G r a n d
Lodge purposes for 30,000 p o u n d s . T h e p r o p e r t y h a d cost 49,000
p o u n d s . I t belonged t o a n e s t a t e which g r a n t e d very satisfactory
t e r m s for t h e p a y m e n t of t w o - t h i r d s of t h e purchase price—10,000
p o u n d s having been paid in cash a t t i m e of purchase.
T h e Grand Lodge of Victoria h a s every reason t o c o n g r a t u l a t e
itself o n t h e brilliant p r o s p e c t s before i t a s i t enters o n a n e \ * y e a r
of progress a n d h a r m o n y .
M.-.W.;. G E O R G E E . E M E R Y , G r a n d M a s t e r .
R.'.W.'. J O H N BRAIM, Grand Secretary.
N e x t Annual December —, 1909.
VIRGINIA — 1909.
M.-. W.". B r o t h e r E G G L E S T O N begins t h e opening of his address

w i t h a n easy, graceful swing a n d a b a n d o n t h a t is delightfully enjoy-
able—listen t o a s a m p l e :
. For more than thirty years it has been my joy and pride to be a Mason; to be
allowed to meet with the choicest men of Virginia, selected each for his manly worth;
to have my faults and weaknesses generously ignored, and whatever there was of
good in me developed arid cultivated.
Friction of mind with mind develops the best there is in man's intellect, and
contact of manliness with manliness brings out the GodUke in the sons of GOD. I
wish I had the ability, and you the time, that I might tell, not what Masonry is, for .
140 CORRESPOtfDBNCE— VIRGINIA. February,
no man can. but to give you even my feeble conception of what it has been to m
and what I have seen it do in moulding character and restraining the evil impulses of
others.
I told you when you placed me here that I should strive to be in all things con-
servative, and yet not timid. I have kept before me, as the key-notes of my adminis-
tration, kindliness and conservatism. The work has been laborious, but delightful.
If anything has gone wrong, if bad judgment has been shown, as well may be true,
the fault is mine. If anything has been well done the credit is largely due to the
magnificent, loyal support .you have given me. I can only claim this—that I have
done my best arid given to your interests all I had to give,' little though it was.
His account of his visit t o t h e 17.5th A n n i v e r s a r y of S T . J O H N ' S

Lodge a t Boston, Mass., is q u i t e g r a p h i c . H e lost c o u n t of t h e n u m b e r
of feasts served t o his p a r t y . H e s a y s ; " T h e ceremonies began w i t h
religious service in T r e m o n t T e m p l e , w i t h a Bishop b r o u g h t across
t h e c o n t i n e n t to p r e a c h t h e s e r m o n , a n d five of those Boston male
q u a r t e t t e s t o sing. T h a t n i g h t our p a r t y was divided and e n t e r t a i n e d
a t two s e p a r a t e b a n q u e t s . " After t a k i n g an a u t o m o b i l e ride, t h e p a r t y
o c c u p y i n g twelve a u t o m o b i l e s , t h e y r e t u r n e d to t h e city, w h e n
" G r a n d Master B L A K E g a v e t h e g e n t l e m e n a dinner a t t h e Algonquin
" C l u b , a n d on a n o t h e r floor Mrs. B L A K E g a v e t h e ladies a n o t h e r .
"They called t h e m l u n c h e s — w e did n o t . T h a t evening we h a d a
" p u b l i c reception, a n o t h e r b a n q u e t , t h e a t r i c a l s a n d a ball. F o r -
" t u n a t e l y we all s u r v i v e d . Of their h o s p i t a l i t y it is sufficient for y o u r
" u n d e r s t a n d i n g t h a t 1 can t r u l y s a y t h a t , m a l e arid female, B o s t o n ' s
• "people seemed to mo t o be V i r g i n i a n s . " T h e exercises a t B o s t o n
o c c u r r e d in O c t o b e r — t h e t i m e of y e a r in t h a t locality—
"When the frost is on the pumpkin.

And the fodder's in the shock."
Mellow days', b r e t h r e n ; mellow d a y s .

On t h e second d a y ' s session of G r a n d Lodge a social session w a s
held, a t which Worshipful L E O N A R D G E O R G E R O B E R T S , t h e Worshipful
Master of St. J o h n ' s Lodge, B o s t o n , Mass., was specially received in -
r e t u r n for courtesies s h o w n G r a n d M a s t e r E G G L E S T O N b y W.'. B r o .
R O B E R T S , a n d St. J o h n ' s Lodge, d u r i n g t h e visit hereinbefore n a r -
r a t e d . B r o . R O B E R T S w a s d u l y received a n d weloomisd—"saluted
according to ancient usage, a n d r e p o n d e d eloquently and feelingly."
H e especially referred to t h e close r e l a t i o n s t h a t h a v e existed b e t w e e n
M a s s a c h u s e t t s a n d Virginia in t h e h i s t o r y of Masonry a n d of this
country.
T h e visitor was p r e s e n t e d b y M.'. W.". B r o . D U K E , on behalf of
Wasliington Alexandria Lodge No. 22, w i t h a souvenir of a bit of wood
from t h e h o u r glass used in t h a t L o d g e d u r i n g t h e Mastership of G E O R G E
WASHINGTON. ' .
Brother ROBERTS then presented to the Grand Master for the Grand Lodge,
on behalf of St. John's Lodge, a gavel, the head made of a piece of oak taken from
the old South Church, Boston, the handle of a piece of live oak from the old United
States vessel Constitution (Ironsides). The gavel was contained in a handsome case,
elaborately inscribed.
iqoQ-iG. CORRESPONDENCE— VIRGINIA. 141
The (javel was received by the Grand Master, who extended his thanlis and those
of the Grand Lodge to St. John's Lodge for this valuable relic.
Bro. CLAUDE A. SWANSON, Governor of Virginia, on the day fol-
lowing, was invited by the Grand Master to make an address. This he
did, paying a beautful tribute to Masonry, in its conclusion pointing
out how Masonry had increased public spirit, patriotism and knowl-
edge, and what good results had accrued thereby to government and
mankind.
Eight lodges U. D. were chartered and the dispensations of two
were continued to next year.
The volume contains a fine portrait of Grand Master J. F. FITZ-
GERALD, 1894-1895.
A reception was held for Bro. ROBERTS of Boston, February 8,
1909, at a Special Communication of Richmond' Randolph Lodge
No. 19, A. F. and A. M. (which lodge has continuous records from.
1787 to date), in the "Mason's Hall," Richmond, Va., the oldest
Masonic building in America and the first erected for purely Masonic
purposes.
This building was the one referred to by M.'. W.'. Bro. EGGLESTON
as the one saved from destruction on the evacuation of Richmond,
April 3, 1865, by a U. S. Colonel who halted his command on seeing
its name, and placed a guard, composed of Masons, as a safeguard
for its protection.
On the guests' ari-ival at the lodge he found wood fires burning in
the two great fireplaces (the first time for fifty years), the room lighted
by candles and electricity—thus linking the 18th and 20th centuries—
and fifteen of the officers and members in colonial costume, represent-
ing Grand Masters, who were Chief Justices, Governors or other dis-
tinguished personages. Bro. ROBERTS, as part of the festivities and
ceremonies of the evening, was presented with a portrait of Governor
RANDOLPH, who signed the Charter, and after whom the lodge was
named, and a number of mementoes of the building; and finally was
presented with a roasted '"possum," with an apple in its mouth,
in memory of the annual 'possum feast of the lodge, which has been
observed for an hundred years. "The feast was an 18th century imi-
tation, in which the 'possum and bowl of punch—îndispensable in
those days—were included." We have abbreviated the description,
but have the gist of it. The visiting brother must have been highly
entertained as well as honored. Incidentally, the "indispensable"
recalls an expression we lised to hear in boyhood from an old Vir-
ginian who celebrated on that or something stronger every day of the
yedr, and who always announced with the greatest satisfaction: "Old
Virginia never tires." In 1865 his brother rode into the camp of the
45th Illinois Infantry in Virginia and heard called out: "There goes
old Baylis," by a score or more of his brother's neighbors in Illinois.
The horseman turned around and made inquiry of those who hailed
142 CORRESPONVBNCE— VIRGINIA. February,
from Galena, 111., concerning his brother. The Ilhnois brother never
did finally "tire" until in the latter years of his ninth decade.
The Report on Correspondence is by Grand Master EGGLESTON,
who expressed a great liking for the ceremonial for the dead as described
in Kansas for 1908 under the regime of Grand Master WELLINGTON.
He excerpts from Bro. WELLINGTON'S address the Hancock Lodge visi-
tation, his remarks on the cipher question, the corner-stone reference,
the decisions, and a word of caution. In regard to the cipher excerpt
he says: "From Virginia's standpoint, no stronger argument for the
preservation of the secrecy of our hoary system of ritual teaching
could be advanced by any man than these paragraphs from the Grand
Master's address." .In regard to the corner-stone question, Bro. E.
says: "He called attention to the fact that the ancient custom
required that the name of the Grand Master and the year of Masonry
should be carved on every corner-stone laid, and then went on to
modernize the custom as follows"—quoting statement and recom--
mendation—and saying further: "This was adopted, losing sight of
the potent fact that while "the institution was greater than the man
(or any man), the office of Grand Master—not the man who tempo-
rarily fills it—îs more ancient by thousands of years than the compara-
tively modern Grand Lodge." While we think "thousands of years"
just a little bit extravagant (unless we swallow the legendary as solemn
fact), we ai'eglad to hear the expression as to the'venerable age of the
office of Grand Master. The "Young Scribe" has been "locking
horns," commencing sixteen years ago, with various Craftsmen who
have maintained that there never was a Grand Master until one was
evolved from the town meeting held at the Goose and Gridiron in
1717, where "the oldest Mason"—"not a Master of a lodge"—pre-
sided. We will go back with Bro. -E. as far as 1660, and now that the
iconoclasts are beginning to look with favor again on "927 A. D.,"
possibly we may stretch it t o t h a t date. Kansas, however, inclines
to the view that as the office of Grand Master is now a constitutional
office held and exercised only by virtue of the action of, and sub-
servient to, the Grand Body which created it, that the work of laying
a corner-stone is done by the Grand Lodge, and the Grand Master is
simply the official representative of the Grand Lodge, performing the
work by virtue of the authority of that body, which must be convened
to make the work done legitimate and lawful. When the writer did
work of that kind, a quarter of a century ago, the Grand Lodge re-
ceived the credit for laying the corner-stone, and the Grand Alaster's
name was omitted. We are exceedingly pleased to learn, notwith-
standing our youth, that we reviewed Virginia very satisfactorily, and
regret that Bro. E. thinks we would have written differently in regard
to the Virginia-Tennessee difficulty if we had known that there was
concurrent jurisdiction in Bristol, where the State line between Vir-
ginia and Tennessee runs through the main street. We beheve that
igog-IO. GVRRESPONDENCE— WASHINO'TON. 143
where there is a conflict of law between two jurisdictions the mere fact
that there is concurrent jurisdiction over Masonic material at or near
a State line dividing them will not count in a case where a violation
of Masonic law in one jurisdiction does not happen to be considered
the same in the other; for this reason, if for no other: That every
Mason is just as subject to trial and punishment for a violation of the
law of the jurisdiction where he may be temporarily, as he would be
in the jurisdiction of which the lodge to which he belongs forms a
part. This may not be law in Virginia, but if there is any other jur-
isdiction where it is not subscribed to as a matter of law or practice,
we are open to enlightenment. Texas expels resident or visiting
Masons for gambling, which may be considered a gentlemanly accom-
pUshment in no wise reprehensible in the jurisdiction where the visi-
tors are affiliated. An affiliate from another jurisdiction who engages,
in Kansas, in that which the Masonry of Kansas declares unmasonic
and reprehensible, will walk the plank of separation from the Craft
as soon as the proper machinery can be adjusted.
We have enjoyed the Virginia report immensely.^ We think,
good as it is, that its "young scribe" will improve with age.
M.\ W.'. Bro. JOSEPH W . EGGLESTON, Grand Master.
R.'. W.". GEORGE W . CAREINGTON, Grand Secretary.
M.'. W.\ JOSEPH W . EGGLESTON, Correspondent.
Next Annual February 8, 1910.
WASHINGTON — 1909.
The opening of the address of Grand Master ROYAL A. GOVE

neither gets lost in the etherial heights, nor takes a fall over the rough
and rugged name of any Hill of Difficulty; it escapes entirely any
possibility of involution in diurnal revolutions, but begins easily
and sensibly as follows:
"On the road of life, one milestone morel
In the book of life, one page turned o'erl
Like a red seal, is the setting sun
On the good and evil we have done."
He takes occasion, as it was the first Annual after the celebration
of their Semi-Centennial at Olympia, to give a brief resume of the
Grand Lodge history, tracing its Constitution and Codes and im-
portant events, to which we can only give brief reference.
The extensive changes made in their laws in 1896 are referred to,
and the fact mentioned that "Past Grand Master WILLIAM H . UPTON
was appointed Code Commissioner to edit, annotate and pubUsh a
Code for this Grand Lodge. This work is conceded to be the great-
est digest of Masonic law which was ever compiled." We made nearly
the same remark yesterday, after searching diligently in several
144 CORRESPONUBNCE— WASBINGTON. F e h r u a/ y .
sources for i n f o r m a t i o n ; w e f o u n d i n s h o r t o r d e r w h a t w e w a n t e d i n
" U p t o n ' s C o d e " — o u r adjective applied t o t h e Code w a s " b e s t . "
W e n o t e , f u r t h e r : " I n 1907 o u r Code w a s m o s t a b l y revised b y
Grand Secretary .HORACE W . T Y L E R . "
T h e G r a n d M a s t e r said also:
In concluding this brief account I wish to make particular mention of the very
high character of the work of our foreign correspondence reporters. THOMAS M .
REED for inany years most ably filled this important office. WILLIAM H . UPTON,
EDWIN H . VAN PATTEN and STEPHEN J. CHADWICK maintained the high standard he
set. It has been the universal opinion of the Masonic world, that no Grand Lodge
has ever produced more able and learned Foreign Correspondence Reporters than has
the Grand Lodge of Washington.
W h a t a beautiful t h i n g i t is t o find a verification of t h e Scripture,

" B e h o l d h o w good a n d p l e a s a n t i t is for a p r o p h e t t o h a v e h o n o r i n
his o w n c o u n t r y , a n d a m o n g his own p e o p l e . "
T h a t p o r t i o n of t h e G r a n d Master's address referring t o t h e a c -
tion of t h e J u r i s d i c t i o n of Ohio in " m a k i n g Ma,sons a t s i g h t " was r e -
ferred t o P a s t G r a n d M a s t e r CHADWICK, Correspondence C o m m i t t e e ,
w h o p r e s e n t e d a v e r y sensible r e p o r t , which is so s t r i k i n g i n c o n t r a s t
w i t h t h e h a s t y a n d illy considered expressions from some sources, w h o
feel qualified t o i m p a r t light t o their Ohio b r e t h r e n , t h a t w e t a k e g r e a t
pleasure i n copying i t :
That part of the M.'. W.'. Grand Master's address pertaining to "making Masons
at sight" meets with my approval, excepting that part wherein he says: "Although
the position of this Grand Lodge is well estabUshed, it would seem proper, in view
of the notoriety the instance referred to has occasioned, that we as well as other
Grand Lodges should express emphatic disapproval."
The matter of making Masons at sight is a vexed question, and while in my
opinion it has no warrant in the written law of Masonry, nor can it be sustained as
a prerogative of the Grand Master, the right is maintained by many eminent and cul-
tured Masonic students. _ . -
By some it is even insisted that it is a landmark. It is not only warranted
but expressly sanctioned b.v the constitution of the Grand Lodge of Ohio, and so
ong as the Grand Master of that jurisdiction acted not only within the rule as he
understood it to be, but as defined by the constitution, it would in my judgment
be unwise and unmasonic to criticise or express disapproval by the adoption of any
formal resolution. It Is a matter that the brethren of Ohio have a right to deter-
mine for themselves; their conduct furnishes no precedent by which we can be bound,
and the matter is not a proper one for discussion by us, except as an abstract propo-
sition of Masonic law.
K a n s a s for 1909 is a m p l y reviewed b y P a s t G r a n d Master S T E P H E N

J. C H A D W I C K , C o m m i t t e e o n Correspondence. H e e x c e r p t s from
G r a n d M a s t e r M A S O N ' S a d d r e s s w h a t is s t a t e d concerning t h e action of
t h e Council of A d m i n i s t r a t i o n , concerning t h e suits for e x e m p t i o n from
t a x e s , his t h r e e decisions, h i s cipher reference, a n d referred t o m a t t e r
of d i s s e m i n a t i o n of t h e w o r k . B r o . CHADWICK further c o m m e n t i n g ,
s a y s : " O n e of t h e b e s t o r a t i o n s of t h e year w a s delivered b y G r a n d
" O r a t o r E L R I C K C . C O L E , w h o a d o p t e d t h e subject, " L e t T h e r e B e
" L i g h t . " ' As a n i n t r o d u c t i o n t o t h r e e excerpts B r o . C H A D W I C K s a y s :
" T h e following periods are f r a u g h t w i t h t r u t h well s t a t e d . "
lyog-ro. CORRESPONDENCK— WASHINGTON. 145
T h e r e p o r t on t h e resolution for t h e B i - C e n t e n a r y celebration is

published, as is also t h a t of t h e J u r i s p r u d e n c e C o m m i t t e e o n t h e
Peace resolutions, t h e l a t t e r eliciting this c o m m e n t :
AH of which was said a few thousand years ago by some one whom we do not
now recall, but changed by one T. Roosevelt from "The way to maintain peace is
to be prepared tor war" to "Go armed with a big stick," which, by the way, is lifted
from the Rubaiyat. We might pursue this subject, but it is enough to say, what's
the use, so long as men were born to light?
T h e K a n s a s R e p o r t o n Correspondence is referred t o in a v e r y
c o m p l i m e n t a r y m a n n e r ; w h a t w a s said u n d e r " C o l o r a d o " a b o u t
i n h e r e n t rights of t h e lodges being t a k e n . Of t h e W a s h i n g t o n speeches
of welcome a n d response last year, t o which w e m a d e reference, a n d
which h e copies, t h o u g h h e says i t w a s " a s u b j e c t which we h a d d e -
cided t o ignore in this r e p o r t . " L e t t h e boys h a v e a little fun once in
a while, B r o . C. I t does even a graven image good occasionally t o b e
r e m i n d e d t h a t his feet a r e of clay. O u r reference t o w h a t we w r o t e
last year a b o u t t h e "wise suggestions of Bro. M C A L L A S T B R concerning
t h e 'liquor b u s i n e s s , ' " as affecting W a s h i n g t o n Masonry, B r o . C. s a y s
in e x t e n u a t i o n :
There is much logic in what Bro. MILLER says, but it must be remembered
that we stood between two emotions. There are a few, a very few, who were made
Masons when the liquor seller found no bar to his entrance. He was a Mason con-
sistent with our rules and regulations; we accepted him as he was, and common
decency impelled us to keep him as he is. It is a hard case; and hard cases make hard
law, so 'tis said.
W h a t w a s w r i t t e n concerning Masonrj"" a s a progressive science is

copied w i t h t h e c o m m e n t , "which contains more t r u t h t h a n p o e t r y . "
True, B r o . C , t h e r e a r e some things in Masonry which d o n o t r h y m e
w i t h either t r u t h or reason, b u t o u t of disjointed s i t u a t i o n s w e m u s t g e t
t h e best a d j u s t m e n t possible, a n d m o v e o n . If t h e engineers con-
d e m n t h e bridge, t r y t h e ford; if water enough, p u t in t h e p o n t o o n s ;
if shallow enough, m a k e a corduroy crossing—but, a b o v e all things,
keep moving. W e h a v e enjoyed t h e W a s h i n g t o n repbrt, a n d for t h e
courteous consideration a n d praise e x t e n d e d t o K a n s a s m a k e o u r
most humble salaam.
M.'. W.-. W I L L I A M R A Y B A K E R , G r a n d Master.
R.'. W.'. H O R A C E W A L T E R T Y L E R , Grand Secretary.
P.". G.". M.-. S T E P H E N J. C H A D W I C K , C o r r e s p o n d e n t .
N e x t A n n u a l a t T a c o m a J u n e 2 1 , 1910.
146 OOtiKRSPONDENCE— WESTERN AUSTRALIA. February,
WESTERN AUSTRALIA —1909.

Grand Lodge was opened by M.'. W.'. Pro. Grand Master NEWTON
JAMES MOORE in Quarterly Communication.
Correspondence with the Grand Lodge indicates that fraternal
relations with Scotland were resumed, and that the Re-union Festival
to be held at Freemantle, August 1, to celebrate the resumption of
fraternal intercourse, would be a success.
The Pro Grand Master announced the absence of Grand Master
RILEY, and that the duty of presiding devolved upon him.
The Scottish District Grand Master, R.-. W.'. J: M. LAPSLBY, and
his officers, were announced and welcomed heartily, the District
Grand Master, as the representative of the Grand Lodge of Scotland,
Pro. Grand Master MOORE voicing the welcome. The District Grand
Master was then saluted by the brethren of Grand Lodge with the
"Grand and Royal Honors." The District Grand Master in response
made an exceedingly generous, pleasing and fraternal address, in which
he said Freemasonry in general was the only one that had won the
victory; he touched upon the former differences as matters of the past,
settled and concluded. He brought with him the greetings of the Grand
Master of Scotland. After a further brief talk by the Pro. Grand Mas-
ter they called off to refreshment at the "Festive Board," where we
can readily believe they all joined in the acclaim: "Behold how good
and pleasant it is for brethren to dwell together in unity." And
there we leave them looking hopefully to a. future of peace, harmony
and unity. .
While Brother J. D. STEVENSON is Chairman, and "as such named
as the Correspondent, as he would be considered under the American
plan, where more than one form the membership of the Committee,
the Chairman, really on the American plan, writing and doing all
the labor of the Committee, yet in Western Australia the Committee
consists of six besides the Chairman, all of whom take active part in
the work of reviewing, the work of each being indicated by his initials
at the end of each jurisdictional review. The initials " P . G. D. L . "
are appended to the Kansas review, and stand for P. G. P . LAVA-
TER, who was Junior Grand Deacon in 1900, and whose reviews are
among the most complete and scholarly productions emana'ting from
the Committee. His review for 1908 occupies nearly four pages,
which in a 145L paged review shows a very complimentary apprecia-
tion of the Grand Lodge of Kansas, for which we tender our considera-
tion and esteem.
The presence of the Western Australia Envoy, M.'. W.-. Bro.
Colonel THOMAS G . FITCH, is noted. Bro. LAVATBR excerpts Bro.
WELLINGTON'S statement concerning "notable success and prosperity,"
and the question asked by him as to the character of the Masons re-
ceived, and then comments on the same as follows:
igog-io. CORBBSPONDENCB—WESTEBN AUSTRALIA. 147
The Grand Master asks this question. Time only will answer it correctly.
Let us trust that the subordinate lodges, through the members, have and are exer-
cising the care necessary in making admissions. From reading the various reports
of the American Grand Lodges, a great wave of popularity seems to have set in, re-
sulting in an unusually large number of applications for admission. From the present
popularity of the Craft, leads, we infer, that Masonry in the States has been well
conducted in the past. Let us hope that the future will show an equally good record.
H e copies B r o t h e r W E L L I N G T O N ' S r e m a r k s a b o u t " P r a c t i c a l

M a s o n r y , " a n d also his s u m m i n g u p of t h e topic, s a y i n g : "We.repro-
" d u c e t h i s passage i n full because we t h i n k i t can n o t b e t o o w i d e l y
"read and acted upon."
Our Masonic H o m e receives this splendid t r i b u t e :
MASONIC HOME.—This splendid charity is maintained mainly by a per capita
tax on the Masons in the jurisdiction and also on the Order of the Eastern Star.
Both orders are represented on the Board of Directors. This per .capita tax is col-
lected through the lodges, and though it destroys the voluntary method of raising
funds and has many Masonic objections, it is nevertheless thoroughly practical. It
reaches a large body of Masons who under the voluntary system would not contribute,
and by exacting a small contribution from the many relieves the heavier call on the
smaller body of Masons whose Masonic hearts prompt them to give more than equity
demands, in order that the Masonic Charities should not retrogress. The method has
sound business principles to recommend it, and our American brethren are strong
on the business side of Masonry. The various volumes of Proceedings amply demon-
strate this fact. The tax per capita is small, but the gross result is sufficient for all
needs. The receipts mainly from this source for the period under review were 5,410
pounds. The expenses for the same perod were 4,1,56 pounds, so that there was a
fair margin to work on.
Nearly a p a g e is d e v o t e d t o our H o m e statistics a n d work, a n d

he winds u p w i t h G r a n d Master W E L L I N G T O N ' S t r i b u t e t o t h e excellent
m a n a g e m e n t of t h e H o m e .
H e m a k e s a pleasing reference t o t h e K a n s a s R e p o r t on Cor-
respondence, a n d t h e space given t o t h e Scottish question, a n d s a y s :
" W e are delighted t o b e able to s t a t e t h a t t h i s q u e s t i o n h a s been s e t -
" t l e d , a n d w e a r e n o w a h a p p y family, a n d look solely t o t h e f u t u r e
" w i t h t h e o n e c o m m o n idea, a d v a n c e m e n t t o F r e e m a s o n r y a n d M a -
"sonic ideals. All t h e same, b r o t h e r reviewer, w e do n o t forget y o u r
" p a s t vigorous c h a m p i o n s h i p ot o u r p o s i t i o n . "
T h a n k s , B r o t h e r LAVATEK, t h e r e is n o t h i n g m o r e consoling a n d
satisfactory t h a n peace a n d h a r m o n y — a f t e r t h e s m o k e of b a t t l e .
M.-. W.-. B r o . C. O. L. R I L E Y , G r a n d Master.
v.-. W.-. B r o . J. D. S T E V E N S O N , G r a n d S e c r e t a r y .
v.'. W.'. Bro. J. D. STEVENSON, Correspondent
N e x t A n n u a l , 1910.
148 CORRESPOtfuENCE— WEST VlRGlXfA. February,
WEST VIRGINIA — 1908.
T h e v o l u m e of proceedings opens to a p o r t r a i t u r e of t h e clear,

b r i g h t a n d intelligent c o u n t e n a n c e of M.'. W.-. B r o . E M M E T M . S H O -
WALTEK, t h e p r e s e n t G r a n d Master of t h e jurisdiction—^the- y o u n g e s t
G r a n d Master in a n illustrious line, of w h o m we t h i n k it can safely be
p r e d i c t e d t h a t he will be w o r t h y of t h e b e s t t r a d i t i o n s or records of
t h e Craft of West Virginia, a n d t h a t t h e general laws of e d u c a t i o n , as-
sociation a n d e n v i r o n m e n t wOl produce t h e c u s t o m a r y result. Fif-
t e e n Special C o m m u n i c a t i o n s were held t o c o n s t i t u t e lodges a n d l a y
corner-stones of churches a n d public buildings. T h e v o l u m e shows
t h e Masonic T e m p l e a t F a i r m o u n t , where t h e A n n u a l was held, b e -
ginning N o v e m b e r 11, 1908.
T h i r t e e n P a s t G r a n d Masters were p r e s e n t a t t h e opening of G r a n d
Lodge, a m o n g t h e m t h e K a n s a s R e p r e s e n t a t i v e , M.'. W.'.- B r o . J O H N
M. COLLINS.
T h e address of G r a n d Master J A M E S A. B B Y A N was a good one.
I t c o n t a i n e d fine t r i b u t e s t o P a s t Grand M a s t e r E L I M A R S H T U R N E R
a n d G r a n d J u n i o r W a r d e n H . R. B A G U L E Y , w h o died d u r i n g t h e year.
a n d whose loss t o t h e Craft of West Virginia is g r e a t l y deplored.
P o r t r a i t s of t h e deceased b r e t h r e n a p p e a r in t h e v o l u m e .
A " b r i g h t " W e s t Virginia Mason a t t e m p t e d to visit a lodge in
a n o t h e r G r a n d Jurisdiction, b u t as his b r i g h t n e s s h a d n o t included a
course of r e a d i n g of t h e Correspondence R e p o r t s of his jurisdiction,
h e h a d failed t o g e t " b r i g h t " on t h e . G r a n d Secretary Certificate basis
for visitation, a n d he also failed t o visit. G r a n d Master B R Y A N refers
t o t h e case, a n d ' s a y s : " F e w of t h e b r e t h r e n r e a d t h e G r a n d Lodge re-
ports, and consequently are not posted." We commend to others
w h o fail t o receive r i g h t s to visit, King SOLOMON'S advice t o t h e .
Queen of Sheba, w h e n she asked him how t o " g e t w i s e " on t h e topic'
of Masonry, when he said t o h e r : " R e a d t h e R h o d e I s l a n d a n d Ar-
kansas Correspondence Reports."
T h r e e lodges U . D . were g r a n t e d c h a r t e r s . G r a n d Lodge directed
t h e G r a n d Secretary t o h a v e a p o r t r a i t of t h e retiring G r a n d Master
p a i n t e d , a n d t o p r o c u r e a jewel for p r e s e n t a t i o n to t h e G r a n d Master-
elect a t t h e e n d of his t e r m of office.
R.'. W . \ Bro. J. D . B A I N E S delivered a n address u p o n " M y I m -
pressions of F r e e m a s o n r y , " which was o r d e r e d published.
P a s t G r a n d M a s t e r H . R. H O W A R D furnished t h e R e p o r t on Cor-
r e s p o n d e n c e , a s usual. K a n s a s is fully reviewed; a v e r y exquisite pen
p i c t u r e is g i v e n by B r o . H O W A R D as t h e r e s u l t of his s t u d y of t h e por-
t r a i t of G r a n d Master W E L L I N G T O N . Of his work he s a y s : " J u d g i n g
"from t h e excellent a n n u a l address of G r a n d Master W E L L I N G T O N ,
"in which he gives m i n u t e account of his s t e w a r d s h i p , he h a d a
" t a s k of u n u s u a l work a n d labor, which he n o b l y performed w i t h credit
" t o himself a n d t h e F r a t e r n i t y . " The review of B r o . W E L L I N G T O N ' S
IgOg-IO. CORBESPONDENCE— WEST VjIiOINIA. 149
administration- as Grand Master is close analytical and comprehen-

sive. What he said of the Kansas Masonic Home and its deserving
Superintendent and Matron is the subject of extended comment by
Bro. HOWARD, who speaks of Superintendent SNEDDEN thus: "Who
"was a gallant soldier and enjoys the distinction of wearing a Medal
"of Honor, presented by Congress." Excerpts covering what Bro.
WELLINGTON said about those admitted to Masonic membership are
taken in full. The "full and elaborate report" of Grand Secretary
WILSON is noted.
Our Special Report on a "basis for recognition" is styled "an able
and exhaustive report, prepared with much care," and the "essential
questions" are copied.
He had marked "a few extracts from the really meritorious ora-
tion delivered by Bro. DALLAS GHOVBR, but space, etc."
The General Report on Correspondence meets with his approba-
tion, and our comments on the Virginia vs. Tennessee matter, and also
our congratulations over the West Virginia action are fully discussed.
Under "Oregon" Bro. HOWARD pokes a little fun at Bro. HODSON,
copying his "Shades of ANDERSON DESAGUILERIES, etc.", comments
on Kansas ciphers, and then calls attention to the fact that Oregon
had decided to have its work reduced to cipher.
The brethren have been warned from time to time that "the
syndicate cipher peddlers will get you, if you don't look out," and not-
withstanding the warning, deliberately "'spose themselves" to the con-
tagion, with the usual results. The tendency of the age is to "make-
shifts" and easy methods. If it were not for the abiding faith that
Masonry has inherent strength sufficient to eliminate and throw off
its excresences, would there not be a dangerous tendency among
Masonic tenderfeet to resign themsleves to the slide methods of t h e
modern benefit societies, with their oyster supper rewards, paid for by
the losing to the victorious side, which had corralled the greater num-
ber of j'iners. The peculiar phaze of the cipher innovation is that it
is forced upon those who stand to the landmarks by those who in their
desire to get "bright" are determined to do so if they have to break
every distinguishing landmark into smithereens to accomplish their
purpose.
M.'. W.'. EMMET M . SHOWALTER, Grand Master.
P..'.G.-.M.'. H . R . HOWARD, Grand Secretary.
P.'.G.'.M.-. H . R . HOWARD, Correspondent.
Next Annual at Wheeling, November 10, 1909.
150 CURRESPONUENCE— WISCONSIN. February,
WISCONSIN — 1909.
T h e G r a n d Master's address w a s delivered b y t h e G r a n d R e p r e -

s e n t a t i v e of K a n s a s n e a r t h e G r a n d L o d g e of Wisconsin. G r a n d Mas-
t e r J A M E S E . D U R G I N , who as e m i n e n t l y befitting t h e dignified s t a t i o n s
held b y h i m , presented an i n t e r e s t i n g a n d able address.
A v e r y sensible a n d c o m m e n d a b l e a c t i o n was t a k e n b y t h e G r a n d
M a s t e r i n visiting forty-eight lodges in a p o r t i o n of t h e S t a t e where it
h a d been said t h e r e were'lodges n e a r l y fifty years old in towns of 3,500
i n h a b i t a n t s t h a t h a d never been visited b y a G r a n d Master. "We t h i n k
i t h a s b e e n d e m o n s t r a t e d b e y o n d q u e s t i o n t h a t in jurisdictions where
a s y s t e m a t i c m e t h o d of visitation b y G r a n d Officers prevails, a largely
increased i n t e r e s t in t h e lodges, a n d on t h e p a r t of t h e m e m b e r s has
resulted. T h e G r a n d Master r e p o r t e d t h a t t h e lodges t h r o u g h o u t
t h e S t a t e were prosperous and h a r m o n i o u s .
K i l b o u r n e Lodge No. 3 p r e s e n t e d a resolution calling for permission
t o r e q u e s t co-operation of t h e o t h e r Masonic lodges in t h e S t a t e in
raising funds w h e r e w i t h to erect a fitting m o n u m e n t t o R O B M O R -
RIS, t h e l a t e A m e r i c a n Masonic P o e t L a u r e a t e . T h e m a t t e r was re-
ferred to t h e C o m m i t t e e on C h a r i t y , w h i c h r e p o r t e d favorably, a n d
G r a n d Lodge a d o p t e d t h e resolution u n a n i m o u s l y .
W e find in t h e record an exceedingly s t r o n g a n d forceful delinea-
t i o n of t h e c h a r a c t e r a n d v i r t u e s of P a s t G r a n d Master H E N R Y L .
P A L M E R b y P a s t G r a n d Master W M . W . P E R R Y . T h e G r a n d R e p r e -
s e n t a t i v e of Illinois, M.'. W.'. B r o . R O G E R S , presented a. resolution
e x t e n d i n g t h e s y m p a t h i e s of G r a n d L o d g e a n d expressing a h o p e for
his s p e e d y r e s t o r a t i o n to health, which w a s u n a n i m o u s l y a d o p t e d .
W e a r e pleased t o n o t e t h a t t h e old Masonic c e m e t e r y a t New
Diggings is t o b e k e p t h e n c e f o r t h - i n ' a m o r e , presentable a p p e a r a n c e : •
C H A R L E S G E A R was a notable Mason in t h e early history of Masonry
in Illinois and Wisconsin, and well deserves t o h a v e his m e m o r y per-
p e t u a t e d b y t h e m o n u r n e n t erected b y t h e G r a n d Lodge of Wisconsin.
P a s t G r a n d Master C. C. R O G E R S , in behalf of Mrs. E L L A S . W A S H -
B U R N , M.'. W.'. G r a n d Matron of t h e G r a n d C h a p t e r of t h e Order of
t h e E a s t e r n S t a r of America, p r e s e n t e d t h e G r a n d Lodge w i t h a b e a u -
tiful gavel which was properly inscribed, o n a silver p l a t e . G r a n d Mas-
t e r DuRGiN m a d e t h e speech of a c c e p t a n c e . Beware, b r e t h r e n ! R e -
m e m b e r how t h e lawyer took a d v a n t a g e of St. P e t e r a t t h e g a t e .
T h e R e p o r t on Correspondence is as u s u a l b y P a s t G r a n d Master
A L D R O J E N K S , a n d is an able a n d well p r e p a r e d review of t h e proceed-
ings of t h e G r a n d Bodies considered.
T h e K a n s a s Proceedings for 1909 a r e concisely epitomized. I n
considering t h e question discussed b y t h e C o m m i t t e e on Correspond-
ence l a s t year in t h e Special R e p o r t on AA'estern Australia, Bro. J.,
after a full a n d explicit s t a t e m e n t in c o r r o b o r a t i o n of t h e r e p o r t ,
added:
igog-io. CORRESPONDENCE— WISCONSIN. 151
The condition mentioned is very like the conveyance of a tract of land in fee
simple, to which the grantor attempts to attach a condition foreign to the nature of
the estate conveyed; for instance, that the property shall never be aliened or shall
not be liable for the debts of the owner. In all such cases the courts have uniformly
held that the limitation is void because it is inconsistent with the nature of the es-
tate granted.
In i n t r o d u c i n g a n e x c e r p t from t h e K a n s a s r e p o r t in reference t o
t h e election of saloonkeepers t o Masonic m e m b e r s h i p , h e s a y s : " T h e
following, found i n o u r b r o t h e r ' s review of 'Oregon' expresses o u r b e -
lief t o a nicevty." W e a r e glad to n o t e t h a t B r o . J E N K S is n o t in h a r -
m o n y w i t h t h e i d e a t h a t " t h a t which m a d e Milwaukee f a m o u s " h a s
a n y vested r i g h t t o Masonic consideration, or will conduce in a n y r e -
spect t o t h e benefit of Masons.
In declining t o dispense further light t o u s o n Scottish R i t e t o p i c s
Bro. J E N K S s a y s : " W e find ourselves i n accord w i t h o u r b r o t h e r o n
m o s t subjects, t h e o n e exception being as t o t h e origin of t h e S u p r e m e
Council of t h e A. a n d A. S. R . O n this subject B r o . M I L L E R e n t e r s
into an extensive discussion, b u t as we h a v e h a d o u r s a y concerning
• this m a t t e r last year, w e d o n o t care t o continue t h e a r g u m e n t . "
B r o t h e r J., u n d e r " I n d i a n a , " discussing t h e A. a n d A. S. R., s a i d :
"If we a r e correctly informed, t h e e x a m i n a t i o n for admission t o t h e s e
bodies consists largely, a n d i n foreign countries a l m o s t entirely, i n t h e
production of a w r i t t e n certificate of m e m b e r s h i p , which m a y r e a d i l y
be o b t a i n e d b y theft o r forgery." Some of t h e writers equally " c o r -
rectly i n f o r m e d " a r e objecting t o t h e d o c u m e n t a r y evidence p l a n of
K a n s a s a n d o t h e r jurisdictions because i t copies Scottish R i t e m e t h o d s
of identification. If clandestinism does n o t t a k e a fall shortly, s o m e
of t h e jurisdictions r e p r e s e n t e d b y these b r e t h r e n will h a v e t o p r o v i d e
a new official whose title, "Discourager of H e s i t a n c y , " will i n d i c a t e h i s
duties.
We h a d a l m o s t f o r g o t t e n something—Hamlet, Act 3, Scene 2 :
" L e t t h e galled j a d e wince, o u r withers a r e u n w r u n g . P e a c e b e w i t h
y o u . " U n d e r " W y o m i n g " w e find this excellent a p p r o v a l of K a n s a s '
civilization a n d l a w :
We hope the day is not far distant when no need for legislation of this kind may
exist, arising from the fact that the civil laws will prohibit absolutely the vending
by man to his tellowman of that which transforms hira from a human being into a
beast. The day is fast approaching when, mankind will be unable to understand
how any civilized community should tolerate a licensed saloon and the various evils
flowing therefrom. GOD speed the day!
A L V I N T . W E B B , M . - . W . - . G r a n d Master.
W M . W . P E R R Y , R . ' . W . ' . G r a n d Secretary.
P . ' . G.'. M . \ A L D R O J E N K S , C o r r e s p o n d e n t .
N e x t A n n u a l a t Milwaukee J u n e 14. 1910.
152 CORRESPONDENCE— WYOMING. February,
WYOMING — 1909.
M.'. W.-. M A R I O N P . W H E E L E R , G r a n d Master, presiding, t h e

G r a n d Lodge of W y o m i n g was o p e n e d for its 35th A n n u a l Communica-
tion. T h e address of t h e G r a n d M a s t e r shows a wise conception of
his official d u t y a n d a faithful p e r f o r m a n c e of t h e same. I t never
surprises a n d always gratifies u s t o n o t e w h a t a fascination t h e r e is
to t h e w o r d s "Masonic H o m e " for a n j ' o n e w h o h a s p u t on t h e harness
of official d u t y in t h e Grand Lodge, a n d t o w h a t a n e x t e n t even a
c h a n c e visit, like t h a t of B r o . W H E E L E R t o t h e N e b r a s k a H o m e , a c t s
t h e r e a f t e r a s a n i n c e n t i v e , t o o n e ' s personal effort in a like line.-
T h e G r a n d Lodges of S a s k a t c h e w a n a n d O k l a h o m a were severally
recognized.
A resolution w a s a d o p t e d p r o v i d i n g for t h e issuance of receipts
for dues i n t h e form of certificates of good s t a n d i n g b y t h e Grand Sec-
r e t a r y , w i t h his certificate on t h e b a c k thereof as t o t h e regularity of
t h e lodge issuing t h e m , providing f u r t h e r t h a t n o receipts for dues
o t h e r t h a n t h o s e m e n t i o n e d a b o v e should b e issued b y t h e secretaries '-
•of s u b o r d i n a t e lodges.
G r a n d Master W H E E L E R w a s p r e s e n t e d with a P a s t G r a n d Master's
•jewel, w i t h t h e c u s t o m a r y a t t e n d a n t eloquence.
R.'. W . ' . B r o . KuYKENDALL p r e s e n t e d t h e R e p o r t on Correspond-
ence, giving reviews of K a n s a s for t h e y e a r s 1908 a n d 1909.
U n d e r " 1 9 0 8 " t h e corner-stone r e g u l a t i o n is copied approvingly.
T h e essential questions a r e also t a k e n .
T h e m e r e fact t h a t some of t h e m o d e r n m o n i t o r s indicate t h e
p l a c i n g of t h e lights a b o u t t h e a l t a r in s u c h position t h a t t w o of t h e m
a r e generally, a n d in m a n y i n s t a n c e s all t h r e e of t h e m , o n t h e N o r t h
s i d e of t h e altar, does n o t form a n y reason for believing i t .correct,-,
p r a c t i c e . T h e ancient usage placed o n e i n front "of t h e E a s t , one in
t h e S o u t h , a n d one in t h e West, a n d all a n c i e n t c h a r t s a n d monitors
so i n d i c a t e . I t is, delightfully inspiring t o listen t o t h e "place of d a r k -
n e s s . " while t h r e e lights a r e placed t h e r e . B r o . K . a p p a r e n t l y b e -
lieves t h a t t h e first speculative M a s o n r y i n t h e world b e g a n i n 1717,
a n d with t h e naive assurance of a cross e x a m i n e r w h o h a s his witness
" o n t h e h i p , " p r o p o u n d s a n u m b e r of i n t e r r o g a t o r i e s which t h e witness
is r e a d y t o answer b y t h e book, a n d b y t h e best Masonic a u t h o r i t y
in t h e world, R O B E R T F K B K E G O U L D ; b u t l i s t e n to t h e q u e s t i o n s :
We are not aware "that record historical evidence demonstrates that the first
speculative Mason made in Kngland was made by a Scottish lodge." That we may
become enlightened upon that subject, we ask our brother to give his name, date
he was made a Mason, name of lodge, and, above all, whether the latter was a lodge of
operative or speculative Masons.
R O B E R T M O R A Y or M U R R A Y , a s g e n e r a l l y w r i t t e n , w h o w a s the
Q u a r t e r m a s t e r General of t h e S c o t t i s h A r m y of I n v a s i o n , a t N e w
Castle, m a d e a Mason M a y 20, 1641, w h o w a s a d m i t t e d in a lodge
formed b y i m m e m o r i a l usage b y A L E X A N D E R H A M I L T O N , w h o w a s t h e
Igog-IO. CORRESPONDENCE— WYOMING. 153
Commanding General of the Scotch Army, and other brethren forming

the lodge. Two months later the work was reported to the Lodge of
Edinburgh approved in the minute book and attested by the signatures
of General HAMILTON and the others who took part, as well as by the
newly received member. This was speculative work. There are much
earlier records in Scotland than this of speculative Masons being
made. The same Lodge of Edinburgh (Mary's Chapel) has a record of
one made June 8, 1600, when a non-operative (speculative) Mason was
present and attested the minutes by his "mark." July 3, 1634, the
Right Honorable Lord ALEXANDER and Sir ALEXANDER were ad-
mitted as fellows of the Craft. A brother of Lord ALEXANDER, Sir
ANTHONY ALEXANDER, Master of Work to King CHARLES the First,
was admitted July 3, 1634, and later (February 16, 1638), another
brother, HENRIE ALEXANDER, was admitted Fellow, succeeding later
to office of General Warden and Master of the Work. December 27,
1667, Sir PATRICK HUME, Baronet, was admitted as Fellow of the Craft
and Master of this lodge. These were all speoulatives.
The first speculative work done in England of which there is any
record, and that is simply a statement in writing of the party, is t h a t
found in the "diary" of ELIAS ASHMORB, to wit: "1646, October 16,
4:30 p. m.—I was made a Freemason at Warrington in Lancashire,
with Colonel HENRY MAINWARING of Karinchem in Cheshire."
The Scottish lodge records are full of speculative work for over an
hundred years preceding the'date from which the 1717 believers date
the origin of Masonry.
M.-.W.-. B . H . SAGE, Grand Master.
R.'.W.'. W. L. KuYKENDALL, Grand Secretary.
R.".W.\ W. L. KuYKENDALL, Correspondent.
Next Annual September, 1910.
154 CORRESPONDENCE—CONCLUSION. February,
THE SOCIAL FEATURES.

One of the distinguishing characteristics of the increased inter-
est manifested in Masonry in the United States is the revived atten-
tion bestowed upon the "social feature" in American lodges. In
Colonial days up to the time Independence became a reality, wliile
British lodge customs were followed in the call to refreshment, there
is nothing to indicate that the American cousins ever came up to the
full measure of the "generous ruinmers" that rewarded the capacity
of the frequenters of the "Goose and Gridiron."
In 1820, we note from Bro. CUNNINGHAM'S Ohio history, a stew-
ard's bill to a lodge, which enumerated "four pounds of cheese, two
gallons of cider, and one dollar and seventy-five cents' worth of cakes
and crackers." In 1831 the same lodge "resolved that refreshments
at communications be discontinued fcTr the future."
With the migrations West and the organization of new lodges,
where eight members out of twelve would hail from as many different
jurisdictions, a ritual craze set in which was finally diverted by an in-
sistent demand everywhere for "more turkey and less ritual." The
result has been that while the social feature is strongly in evidence, the
surprising fact also has been demonstrated that there has been a very
decided increase in the real work of the lodge.
Chaplain MCCABE'S chicken story, told by Bishop MOORE at'the
Ohio Grand Lodge Centennial, which we find in the Ohio volume, is
our excuse for this partial digression. It is good even if you have read
it before.
The Chaplain had been exchanged, and was returning from Libby
prison. Wasted to a skeleton, he was helped on a train at Petersburg.
"A man came into the car with a basket," he says, "and walked right
up to me and gave me a piece of fried chicken and some bread. And
I said to him, 'Sir, what is your name?' " "I am Captain HATCH,"
he said. I asked him how he knew me, and he answered: 'Ask your
father when you get home.' When I reached home I asked my
father how Captain HATCH happened to know me, and he said: 'My
son, I went clear down to Fortress Monroe after you, and when I could
get no farther I sent word along the line, and if you were a Mason you
would understand." So I never knew how Captain HATCH happened
to know me, but somehow I have always associated Masonry and fried
chicken, and if any one asks me what Masonry is, I answer: 'It is a
thing that gives a fellow fried chicken when he is hungry.' "
• Fraternally submitted,
MATTHEW M. MILLER,
Committee.
iqog-io. GORRESPONVKNCE — APPENDIX. 155
APPENDIX.
statistics of membership of Grand Lodges, complied on the basis of the
latest as compared with the last previous report received. By M. M. MIIJIIEK,
Kansas Committee:
Laat.
Grand Lodge, Previous Latest. Net Gain.
Report.
18,191 22.122 8,931
1,535 1.B61 126
16,T7-2 18.487 1.415
38.169 41,007 2,838
12,950 13.646 596
21,457 22.108 651
2,988 8,049 61
8,3«sa 8.740 377
7,955 8.595 640 .
28,420 30,056 1,636
2,695 2,741 146
Illinois 90,576 95,629 5,053
50,111 52,515 2.404
39,504 41,073 1,571
82,072 33,657 1.585
32,770 33.872 1,102
11.761 12.514 763
26.580 27.864 1.334
12.310 12.888 628
6->,-M) 54,431 2,171
58.542 60,699 2,157
22.025 22,987 002
13,738 16,449 711
47,430 49,088 1,658
4,690 5.091 401
16,393 17,119 726
1,445 1,573 128
9,877 10.058 . 181
28,475 29,927 1,452
' 1.822 2.018 196
152,928 158,101 5.173
18.0(18 18,940 932
6.578 7,137 559
Ohio 72.389 75.976 3.687
16,434 17,788 •1,854
8,684 9.282 548
84,33.1 8M26 3.793
6.921 7.149 228
10,802 11306 1,004
7.196 7.635 439
21,860 22it28 968
44,714 48.039 3,325 •
Utah 1,443 1.825 382
12.394 12.652 2.58
18,748 19,749 1,001
12.237 13,405 1,168
W e s t Vii-glhia 11.778 12,814 1,036
23.974 24.946 972
2.209 2.40O 131
Total 1.147,366 1,311,764 64,398
* Old reports, 1909, estimated 20,000.

156 CORRESPONDENCE — APPENDIX. February,
F O B E I Q N GRAND LODGES.
Last
Grand Lodge. Previous Latest. jVet Gain.
Report.
2,225 2,539 314

3,757 4,158 402
42,795 43.908 1,113
4,228 4,554 300
•2,484 2,685 210
5,020 5,3(S 343
679 697 18
5,785 6,045 260
1,935 2,336 401
• 11,78B 12,670. • 784

• 9,238 10,020 782
1,594 1,794 200
2.934 3,364 430
1,303 1,371 8
Victoria 9,802 10370 • • 568
3,828 3,751 Joss 77 •
1,196 1,246 60
Total .- 110,649 116,771 6,189
+ England, Ireland arid Scotland details not given.

INDEX TO CORRESPONDENCE REPORT.
A D
A l a b a m a law criticised 3, 4 D i n k y (Grand) Lodge 24, 25
A l a b a m a Correspondence ap- Documentary e v i d e n c e . . . . . . . . 1 1 5
propriation 5 D r e a d n a u g h t s — more 122
Atholl Masonry . .- 122
E
B
B o n u s 25 per cent 14 Entered Apprentice 49, 52
Barlow, J o h n H 20, 125
F
Burial service 54
Bible necessary 55, 61, 62 Flag, revolutionary (13 stars )
Blake, J . A. (veteran) 60 94, 125
Barth, Dr., w h a t h e did 64 " F o r m e r l y of Kansas " . 16, 107, 108
Bond, T. L • 85 F a m i l y training 94
Bergstressor 85
Bayless, Mr., Sup. Council.95, 106 G
Belt, VV. A 104 G r a h a m , J. H., m o n u m e n t t o . .117
Bully for Hella 131 "Going Some" 35
British Columbia generosity. . 128 Gazelle—Titcomb's 5
C " G o a n d hire a h a l l " 13
Greenleat poem 18
Correspondence report, value
G rover—Orator, 24, 34, 53, 101,
of 115
107, 112, 129, 133, 149
C i p h e r ritual 8, 28, 131, 149
Greece 27
Clandestinism, 12, 20, 52, 59, 76,
Gould, R. F 101
78, 88, 90, 91, 133, 135
Golden claret j u g 119
Cole, EIrick C , 15, 42,45,56,69,
75,79,104,110,144, 187 H
Cuba 2 1 , 2 2 , 2 3 , 39
Chili 27, 68 H o m e s , California 11, 12
C h u r c h services 47 H o m e , Missouri 14, 15, 94, 147
Cerneau character damaged .52,53 Hedges, Cornelius 16, 70,125
Carson, K i t 83 Hughan, W . J 101
Collins' apology 95 Hodson, J . M 110
Crawley, Chetwode 101 H o w t h e Queen of Sheba got
C u n n i n g h a m , W. M 102, 103 "bright" 148
Clark, Geo. W 107 T
C o m p l i m e n t from W. Australia
147 I s an E . A. a Mason? 49
Croatans 127 I . 0 . O. F. Maryland courte-
sies 58
C h a m b e r s , .E. T. D. . 115
158 CORRESPONDENCE — INDEX. February,
J P
Jewels, the Irish 47 P. P. P. (Moody & Baird )
Jurisdiction—penal 49, 50 32,33,137,138
Jurisdiction, perpetual 81 Peals 35
Illinois—J. Daviess Co 109 Parvin's quest 44
K Prize—Stimulant—Ken-
tucky 50, 51
Kentucky Home, children. .47, 48 Politics in Mo 68
Kiddle, Edward E 108 Pennsylvania Masonry. .111,112
Keep moving ; . . .145 Perkins, Marsh 0 136'
L,.. Pennsylvania Cor. Com.. . 112, 113
Landmark, what is a . . . .43, 45, 46 Prince Edward Cor. Rep 113
Laureate Hempst|j;ad . . . .^.... .8, 9 Poet Laureate 115
"Language, lofty" 90 Practical recognition 118
Limitation - Space. .• 134
Q
Lafayette trowel 125
Quabbalah 6
M Queensland, 25, 26, 56, 85, 110,
Masonry, ancestry.... 6, 74, 8i, 101 117,118, 119, 132,125,129,133
Mason. H. F., 10,15 16, 42, 51, Quebec souvenirs 11'4
55, 69, 75, 78, 7-9, 88, 104, i09, Qualifications physical 126
134,137,144 Queen, God Save the 122
Mississippi controversy 39, 89
Mexican Ma.sonry 63, 83, 84
R
Martin's mistake .66, 89
Recognition, 37, 48, 55, 51, 53,
Modesty class 78 60, 61,67,68, 117, 118, 119, 125
" Mt. Moriah No. 70" 133 Rodriguez, tribute to 22
Masonic progress 138 Robbins, .Joseph 38, 40, 41
Mellow davs in Boston and Vir- Royal Highness 114
ginia.. . ' 140, 141
Masons at sight 144 S
Masonry autocratic 116
Manitoba's square deal 121 Symbol, water tank 7
Speculative Masonry, origin of
N 29, 30, 31
Non-payment dues, burial . . . . 13 Surety Co • 36
National Grand Lodge 35, 42 Smoking in lodge 43
Spirit vs. letter ritual 46
O Selover's guess , 63
Oregon report 108, 109 Suzerainty 66
"Old "Virginia never tires". .. .141 Stranger, He was a 69
Saloon Masons. .71, 75, 83, 106, 145
P Scottish Rite 110
Press conference 128 Sneddon, Mrs 133
Perpetual jurisdiction 114 Snedden, James 149
Pinney, Justin 103 Speaking to a record 116
Peers " only may apply " 11 Sovereign 117
Pierce, "\V. F 12 Scotland — canny ways 123
igog—ID. CORRESPONDENCE — INDEX. 159
W
Tea P a r t y — l a s t . . 37 Wilson 5, 35, 104, 109, 133
Todd, T h o m a s 49 Well D o n e 8,9
Tennessee resolutions 73 " W h o said God H e l p K a n s a s "
Tax exemption 73, 78, 79, 92 (Block) 44
Woolsey, G e n l 47
U
W a s h i n g t o n , h a i r of 61.
U p t o n ' s code 143
W i n s o r ' s 66th r e p o r t 65
V Washington memorials 140
Vermont Temple debt 134 W h a t are you going to do about
Valle de Mexico 117 it? " 116
W h i t e , Stillman 120
W
Wellington, 5, 28, 34', 48, 53, 58,
62, 67, 82, 83, 90, 95, 101, 107,
112, 116,129,131,133,142,147, Y a l e Masonic Club 20
148. " Y o u n g S c r i b e " E g g l e s t o n . . . .142
MARION K. BRUNDAGE,
GRAND MASTER,
FEBRUARY 17, 1910, "1'0 FEBRUARY 16, 1911.

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PROCEEDINGS

M. W.. GRAND LODGE

ANCIENT, FREE AND ACCEPTED MASONS OF KANSAS.

ANNUAL COMMNICATIONS HELD

R.-.W.-. ALBERT K. WILSON, GRAND SECRETARY.

PUBLISHED BY ORDER OF THE M . " . W . ' . GRAND LODGE.

February 18, 1909 to February 17, 1910.

FIFTY-FOURTH ANNUAL COMMUNICATION,

F E B E U A R Y 16 A N D 17, A. D. 1910, A. L. 5910.

VOLUME XV, PARTd.

M.-. W.-. MARION K. BRUNDAGE, Grand Master, Russell.

P U B I i l S H E D BY ORDER OF T H E M/. W / . GRAND LODGE.

M •.W.'. M A R I O N K . BRCNDAGE . . . . Grand Master Eussell.

T h e fifty-fifth A n n u a l C o m m u n i c a t i o n of t h e M.-. W.-. G r a n d

PBESS OF KETCHESON PRINTING CO.,

ML. . W.-. GRAND LODGB

FIFTY-FOURTH ANNUAL COMMUNICATION.

HUTCHINSON, KANSAS, February 16, 1910.

GRAND OFFICERS PRESENT.

To the M.-. W.'. Grand Lodge of Kansas:

M.'.W.'. FRED WASHBON .>. Grand Master.

P(ut Grand Masters.

DISTRICT DEPUTY GRAND MASTERS PRESENT.

GRAND REPRESENTATIVES OF OTHER GRAND LODGES NEAR THE GRAND

New York M. . W.". MAURICE L . STONE.

Edward W. Waynant -No. 2 Otis G. Taber No. 42

James F. McCoy No. 99 John J. Hays -No. 160

E d w a r d A. May ..No. 270 Bruce G r i f f i t h . . . No. 303

Smithton No. 1.—William F . Bauer, J. W., proxy for M. a n d S. W.

Olathe No. 19.—William H. Hyer, M'.; Thomas A. Sutton, proxy for

Prudence No. 100.—Orin 0. Gordon, S. W., proxy for M. and J. W.

Dover No. 138.—Thomas E. Bennett, proxy for M., S. W. and J. W.

Kirwin No. i 75.—Herbert R. Hull, M., proxy for S. W. and J. W.

Friendship No. 208.—Frank O. Mott, M.; Lawrence C. Cupps, S. W . ;

Stafford No. 25^.—Emil R. Brown, M.; Leonard Sanders, S. W.;

Comanche No. 295.—Thomas J. Foree, M., p r o x y for J. W.; J a m e s M.

Frederick No. 337.—Harry E. Chase, M., proxy for S. W.; Samuel

Waldron No. S77.—Richard Sethman, M., proxy for S. W. and J. W.

T h e M.-.W.-. G r a n d Master a n n o u n c e d the following revised

GRAND MASTER'S ADDRESS.

M.-.W.-. F R E D WASHBON delivered the following a d d r e s s :

NEW LODGES CONSTITUTED.

Charters were granted to ten lodges at the last Annual Com-

LODGES UNDER DISPENSATION.

officially visited, and the personal courtesy and kindness extended,

that such resignation was, of necessity, accepted and the official

The first impulse of your Grand Master, in connection with

peachable character and reputation in the business world, and his

equally unavailing, and R.'.W.'.Bro. MYRON E . CALKINS, District

expiration of such letters and before the new lodge is chartered

cal m a n n e r t h e absolute lack of i n t e n t i o n t h a t such t o n f e r e n c e s

"No petition to be made a Mason should be re:'.eived from one

efficiently accomplished by continuing the present system, with a

and it is a known and most regrettable fact that such instances

DISTRICT DEPUTY GRAND MASTERS.

The experience of another year has but added its weight of

The suits involving the question of exemption of Grand

The property of the Masonic Home was held to be exempt, but

The annual meeting of the Board of Directors of the Kansas

growing endowment fund, there seems no probability that the

GRAND TEEASUBER'S REPORT.

To the M.:W.\ Grand Lodge of A. F. & A. M. of Kansas:

L A W ' K B N C B , K A N S A S , J a n . 27, 1910.