The Nebraska Squabble.

opposition fco fche reasoning of the opinion , or of your resolution or circular . There is no other consistent ground to he taken by a Grand Lodge of Free and Acceptor ! Masons . The position taken by your Grand Master , if sustained by tho Fraternity , would be suicidal . The only safety for a Grand Lodge is to mind its own business and keep within its legitimate duties and its Jurisdiction .

Dr . Edward A . Guilhert , Past Grand Master of Masons of tho State of Iowa , nnd a 33 ° degree member of the Northern Jurisdiction Scottish Rite , and one ofthe best Masonic scholars in America , says , regarding the edict of Grand Master Jo !; n J . Mercer and the resolution of Nebraska Lodge , No . 1 :

I fnlly and unequivocally approve and adopt as my own , the conclusions so forcibly expressed by Eminent Brethren Lockwood and Ingersoll , whioh cover all the points in this lamentable controversy Similar views were publicly expressed by me as oarly as 1885 , as per the printed matter sent yon by this mail .

Wishing you and all others who are in peril , by reason of false brethren , a happy issue oufc of your afflictions . Martin H . Rice , Pasfc Grand Master , Past Grand High Priest , 111 Grand Master and a 33 ° member of tho Northern Jurisdiction of the

Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite , and editor and publisher of the Masonic Advocate , of Indianapolis , Ind . ( one of fche boat Masonio journals printed ) , and representative of the Grand Lodge of Nebraska , near that of Indiana , says :

That I fully endorse the resolution adopted by your Lodgo as 1 also did those adopted by the Grand Lodge of Nebraska . I hope the Grand Lodge of Nebraska , afc its next meeting , will set down on the Grand Master for his unwarranted action in the case of Nebraska Lodge , No . 1 . It was an usurpation of power that ought to be rebuked .

Henry D . Moore , editor of the Masonic Review , tho oldest and one of the best ; Masonio publications in America : This " edict" of the Grand Master of Nebraska , among other remarkable statements , concerning which a Grand Master , as such , can have no knowledge , contains the following startling words ;—

" ^ " Whereas : It has come to our knowledge that certain evilly disposed and designing members of the so-called 'Cerneau Rite , ' with the intention of deceiving the brethren of our obedience as to the action of our Grand Lodge , are circulating in our midst nnd among the brethren , garbled , inaccurate , false and forged reports of snch action

in writing and printing , wherein tho resolutions aforesaid are entirely , or in part , omitted , or their language changed or garbled ; and tbat they and certain others , ill-informed brethren , have expressed the determination to propagate fche error of ' Corneauisui , ' and to establish bodies of an irregular and clandestine Rite , which the Grand Lodge

of Nebraska has unequivocally pronounced unlawful . " Had the above quoted paragraph of the " edict" been written by the Masonio Trust of Ohio wo should not have bean startled by the language used , but coming from tho Grand Master of Nebraska it elicits our wonder . Or , cau ifc be the case , that tho staple of the

Grand Master ' s Edict is furnished in bulk from the original oflice of the Trust , to bo used—whether they will or no—by the Grand Masters , who , from any sort of solicitation or threats , are induced to lend their positions and their influence fco carry forward the malignant conspiracy against Craft Masonry . Either the Grand Master of

Nebraska conceived himself tho idea that Masons of the Obedience of his Grand Lodge were " ill-disposed and designing men , engaged in circulating garbled , inaccurate , false and forged reports , " or these infamous charges were made ready to his band . In this dilemma of alternatives , we do not care fco mako a decision .

The " inherent powers of a Grand Master " must be restrained and crushed at the point afc whioh he wills or is forced by others to denounce his fraters who honoured him with position and prerogatives , as " forgers , " with the prefixes and adjectives which amplify and intensify

the charge . The morale of the entire " Edict" rises no higher thon fche level ofthe paragraph qnoted . Ifc is completely negatived , as an official document , by its own inherent want of coherence , consistency and dignity . It is merely a blow in the face of Masonty , and an in-Bulfc to tho Fraternity afc large .

_ He then calls attention to the resolution of Nebraska Lodge , No . 1 , in the following language : — It involves questions concerning the ] so-called ' inherent powers ' of the Grand Master , and , on the other hand , concerns the dignity , freedom , and welfare of the Ancient Craft . The document ia an

intelli gent and exemplary statement of doctrines and principles dear to every Mason , but which are now being set at naught by men who claim to be Masons , but whose purposes and schemes identify them as enemies to the Fraternity , and bent only on the achievement of their own ambitious designs .

¦ The Nebraska Lodge brethren who were made Masons becanse they bTh \? ' ^ a PP rove ^ themselves , in the following document , as otn Masons and men , who , knowing their rights and principles as Juasons , have tho manhood to assert them , and the intelligence to lay outJU

" " ""' 7 ana vanities ol tneir wouid-ce masters . VVe com-« end the document to a careful rending : — John J . Gorman 33 ° , Grand Commander of the United Slates Jurissays ° ~ fcish Elte and Treasurer of the Grand Ledge of New York ,

nave ° ° ^ erve the Preamble that the Grand Lodge of Nebraska tho < i « f ° tr , thafc they bave jurisdiction over no other degrees than thp p f- ^ ered Apprentice , Follow Craffc and Master Mason , and by

ttaov f tv , y " ' to discuss the history , use or legitition of Scottish Rite degrees , or to ba committed to tbe recognin o conti ° P confeiT - "g Agrees over which the Grand Lodge have ofthe S ° tr h * Er D ° distiDction between the bodies claiming to be ( To be continued . )

Obituary.

Obituary .

BRO . JAMES B . GALLOWAY . THE remains of Bro . James B . Galloway , were interred on

Friday , tho 20 th inst ., in thc secluded churchyard of Roby . The deceased , who was ent off in tlio prime of lifo , wis highly esteemed by a largo circle of friends for his suavity of temper and uprightness of character . He held , as a Mason , the important position of I . P . M . in the Dnke of

Edinburgh Lodge , No . 1182 , the members of which have sustained a very serious loss in his death . Tho funeral cortege , which left his residence , St . James Street , consisted of his parents and other relatives , aud was met on its arrival afc the church by a large conconrsn of Masonic

friends , who lined both sides of tho pathway leading to tho sacred edifice . As the coffin was being borne from the hearse to the church the Worshipful Master ( Bro . John Edwards ) stepped forward , and placed thereon , on behalf

of tho members of 1182 , a magnificent floral tribute of respect for departed merit . Among those of the Duke of Edinburgh Lodge who accompanied tbe "W . M . to the grave were the following : —Bros . T . Davis , R . Martin , 0 .

B . Kirkland , A . Barclay , J . Pittaway , J . H . Tyson , W

Rawsthorne , A . Morris , B . Tunnicliffe , H . B . Wright , J . H . Mills , Dr . Georgo Johnston , R . L . Guest , Ramsay , £ & . M'Kay , A . H . Nicholas , T . Bowman , G . Edwards , Fd

Furness , J . Oliffo , Cooke , J . Savage , Olvor , T . Almond , & c . Other Lodges were represented by Bros . Birch 208 , Woolrich 1356 , Casey 1570 , Lodge 1547 , Moore 67 $ , Gabriel Davis 1356 , Smith 1177 , W . Plumbs 1675 , and Mullby 249 .

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-. We . have been requested to state thafc , owing * to tho resignation of Bro . J . D . Langton , who has acted as Honorary Secretary to the Provisional Management Committee of the Royal Masonic Institution for Boys , since ' , the

election of thafc body , the duties of Honorary Secretary' to the Committee are now undertaken by Bro . Stanley J . Attenborongh , W . M . 2348 , of No . 10 New Inn , Loudon , W . C , to whom all communications should bo addressed .

On Wednesday evening , the 18 th insfc ., tho members of the Holmsdale Lodge , after their meeting at the Pump Room , Tunbridge Wells , drove in brakes to the High Rocks , where they spent a pleasant hour inspecting these marvellous natural wonders . The tour of inspection over , the brethren sab down to a rdcherche dinner , which Mr . J . F .

White served , in the Cape of Good Hope Hotel . Dr . Vise Worshipful Master of the Lodge occupied the chair , and Bro . Gilbert S . W . was in the vice-chair . The post prandial proceedings included tho

Craffc , and several complimentary toasts . The number afc table was about forty , including visitors . During tho evening songs were rendered , among others , by Bros . A . H . Tester , W . Rule , Oliver , Crundwell , and others .

" Little Folks" Magazine for Jnly will contain the opening chapters of a new serial story of adventure , by Henry Frith , entitled "The Secret of the Silver Lake ; " also of a serial story by the author of " Claimed at Last , " called " Her Wilful Way . " The same number will include the first of a series of " True Tales of the

Sea ; " " The Little Folks' Peep Show ; " " Travels in Curiesity Land ;" and fnil particulars will be given of the " New ' Little Folks ' Painting Book " Competition , open to readers in all parts of the world—in connection with which a large number of prizes in Books and silver and bronze medals are offered . The number frill contain as a frontispiece a picture in several colours , entitled " Secrets . "

A new adventure story , entitled "The Merchant Prince , " by John Berwick Harwood , will be commenced in fche July number of Cassell ' s Magazine . On Friday , 6 fch insfc ., Bro . Henry E . Gooch was installed W . M . of

tho Bramstone Beach Lodge , No . 2101 . The ceremony was mosfc ably performed by Bro . W . Lestocq , P . M . 1319 , whilst Bro . W . S . Penley admirably carried ont the duties of D . C . A large number of visitors were present .

The Prince of Wales has fixed Thursday , 24 th July , for laying fche foundation stone of the new building for tbe Royal South London Ophthalmic Hospital . The Hull Masonio Club Company , Limited , incorporated in Febrnary last , to provide afc Kingsfcon-npon-Hull a place of meeting for the

Freemasons of that district , promises to be successful . Of tbe 2 , 000 shares of £ 1 each which form the nominal capital of fche Company , 955 have been already subscribed for , by 103 members , and

fche Directors have not as yet found ifc necessary to make a call boyond ten shillings per share . This should encourage fche formation of similar institutions in other towns where Masons " most do congregate . " ,

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