The October Election For The Boys' School.

THE OCTOBER ELECTION FOR THE BOYS' SCHOOL .

fllHB ballot paper for the Boys' Election , which takes A place on Monday , the 13 th proximo , contain the names of fifty-seven candidates , bnt as No . 55 , Leo Kretschman , has been withdrawn , the number of those who will go to the poll , so far as is at present known , will be

fiftyaix . From this number . twenty-seven are to be elected , or nearly one-half of those eligible . This is a state of affairs which , compared with some of the Boys' Elections of the past , is most satisfactory , and will no doubt afford a chance of election to many who hnd hardly hoped for

success at this contest . Of the fifty-six candidates whose claims we have to consider , five appear as last application cases . No . 1 , Horace Gale , now comes forward for the sixth time , with 418 votes to his credit . He is one of three dependent children left fatherless , in March 1881 . His

father was a member of No . 898 , London . No . 10 , Albert Edmund Crutchett , one of five fatherless children , has stood three elections , and brings forward three votes as the result thereof . His father was a joining member of No . 202 , Devon , and shows a long record of membership . It

is impossible to say what chance the lad has of election , as we are unaware whether his father ' s Province has officially " adopted " him . If they have , he will , in all probability , be elected ; if not , we imagine that his case is one of those which should have been removed from the list as an

abandoned one . No . 14 , James Ambrose Gore , brings forward 696 votes as the- result of two elections in which he has taken part . He is one of four children left to the care of a widowed mother , and is accredited to the Province of Norfolk . No . 46 , Edwin James R . Nichols , and No . 48 ,

Herbert Asquith , are the other two last applications , and both now appear for the first time . The former is one of two fatherless children , whose father was a member of the Province of Middlesex , and the latter one of five now dependent on their mother , who was left a widow early in

the present year . The late Bro . Asquith was a member of the Province of East Lancashire , and had many friends there , who , we hope , will now come forward , and do their best to relieve his widow of the care of one of her five children .

There are three cases in which neither parent is living , and one in which the lad belongs to a family of three , de . pendent on their stepmother . No . 7 , Harry Robert Graves , now makes his fourth , application , bringing forward 25 votes as the result of his three previous attempts . He

is one of five children who are left parentless , and is accredited to the Province of Lincolnshire . We should , however , imagine this to be one of those cases in which the Craft generally should render assistance rather than that his chance shonld depend on his father ' s Province alone

No . 52 , Walter Speed , seems to be another most distressing case . He is one of a family of six , left with neither father nor mother , the former having been a member of Scarsrlale Lodge , No . 681 , Derbyshire . The present is the lad ' s first application . We hope he will receive sufficient supporb to

secure for him a place among the successful . No . 54 George Octavius Fearon , is one of a family of whom there still five children dependent on friends . He has a sister in Jbe Girls' School , and is accredited to tbe Province of Cumberland , in which district his father held Provincial Grand office . No . 47 , Fred Jenner , is the lad who , with two

The October Election For The Boys' School.

others , is now dependent on his stepmother . He is accredited to the Province of Sussex , and now makes a first application . Forty-two of the remaining cases are lads whose father is , in each case dead , and of theso two are members of

families in which thero are eight children dependent on the widowed mother . No . 9 , Benjamin Meeds Hildred , a candidate for the fourth time , from Wiltshire , brings forward 283 votes . He has a sister in the Girls' School , and , as we have said , is yet one of eight relying on their mother .

No . 41 , Horace Field Aspinall—a new case—is accredited to the Granite Lodgo , No . 1328 , London , to which his father subscribed for nearly nine years ( close up to the date of his death ) . Coming next on the roll we have four cases in which there are seven children dependent . No . 6 ,

James Pullen Seagrave , who has taken part in the last three elections , stands a good chance ., as he brings forward 1198 votes to start with , being indeed second on the " brought forward " list . His father was a member of two London Lodges , and the position the son now occupies

on the ballot paper shows that the brethren who knew him are doing something to show their friendship . No . 23 , Frank Perkins , polled 202 votes in April last . Like the last-mentioned case , this lad's father is accredited to London , he having been P . M . and Secretary of St . James ,

No . 765 . No . 30 , Percy White Musgrave , has a sister in tbe Girls' School . He now makes a first application for admission to the Boys' Institution , and will doubtless

secure a place there at no very distant date ; the two Lodges his father was associated with ( the Acacia and the Metropolitan , both of London ) have been proverbial for their efforts on behalf of the families of their old

memhers . No . 56 , Charles Henry Wurr , comes from the Province of Nottingham , and is also a first application case . No . 16 , Arthur Warner , one of a family of six , has 224 votes already polled on his behalf , he having stood at each of the last two elections . His father was W . M . of

the Ranelagh Lodge , No . 834 , London . No . 20 , Stanley Claud Dawson , also one of six , has 349 votes to bring forward , he having been a candidate in April last . His father was initiated in Weyside Lodge , No . 1395 , Surrey , and subscribed thereto until the time of his death , which occurred in November 1882 .

Five children dependent on a widowed mother is recorded in nine of the remaining cases . No . 3 , Reginald Alfred L . Mitchell , a Devonshire lad , has eight votes brought forward to show for the four elections he has already taken part in . No . 8 , Frederick Teilo Davis—a

fourth application—from the Eastern Division of South Wales , has bat two votes already to his credit , but his father ' s Province is among the best of the Charity workers , and are doubtless gathering their strength together in order to carry this , the only case they have on the list , if

it is in any way possible . No . 18 , James Campbell Besley , has already stood two elections . He has a sister in the Girls' School , and would himself seem to have a certain chance of being elected to the Boys ' , as he brings forward the large number of 1670 votes . No . 26 , Frank Kingsley

Manning , has four votes to his credit . He has stood one election only , and is accredited to the Province of North Wales and Salop . No . 36 , Francis Buokland B . Kent ;

No . 39 , Richard David Williams ; No . 43 , Edgar Howard Pope ; No . 49 , Isaac Harold Lester ; ancl No . 53 , Albert Taylor , are the remaining lads in this section . Pope ( 43 ) has a sister in the Girls' School , bnt in other respects there