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Article THE FREEMASONS' QUARTERLY REVIEW. ← Page 6 of 8 →
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The Freemasons' Quarterly Review.
We often are reminded in our discussion of the analogy existing in certain other public assemblies , but the Avholesome truth that in election-matters , the interference of one over the other is lost sight of—let many profit by the truth . But ivhat is the laiv at present ? Why , that , at the
Committee of Masters , on the Wednesday previous to the meeting of the Grand Lodge , the names of those Brethren who shall be submitted for ballot , shall be handed in ; well , and so they were on the last occasion ; but , be it observed , that TWO
Brethren handed in a list of fourteen ( the number required ) , and , let it also be observed that , at the ensuing Grand Lodge these very fourteen Avere returned ! Some of our readers may remember the remarkable prediction of the overturning of
a coach on a particular spot , and at a particular moment . * But let us carry out our position—how came it that the scratched lists presented at the Grand Officers' mess , and in the porch-way of the Grand Lodge , ivere identical ?
We do not deny that there are many Brethren of high honour and strict integrity on the Board , but we are certain that such as we allude to Avould feel their position be improved by a more honourable approach . Let the list be handed in , and promulgated openly by circular
to Lodges , but do not allow Grand Officers to controul such list ; it is a discourteous exercise of poiver Avhich is as un-Alasonic as it is ungraceful . As we before hinted , delicacy should dispose the Grand Officers ( although the law permits them ) not to exercise the power of voting on the election of the Board . We also think that the names of those Grand
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
The Freemasons' Quarterly Review.
We often are reminded in our discussion of the analogy existing in certain other public assemblies , but the Avholesome truth that in election-matters , the interference of one over the other is lost sight of—let many profit by the truth . But ivhat is the laiv at present ? Why , that , at the
Committee of Masters , on the Wednesday previous to the meeting of the Grand Lodge , the names of those Brethren who shall be submitted for ballot , shall be handed in ; well , and so they were on the last occasion ; but , be it observed , that TWO
Brethren handed in a list of fourteen ( the number required ) , and , let it also be observed that , at the ensuing Grand Lodge these very fourteen Avere returned ! Some of our readers may remember the remarkable prediction of the overturning of
a coach on a particular spot , and at a particular moment . * But let us carry out our position—how came it that the scratched lists presented at the Grand Officers' mess , and in the porch-way of the Grand Lodge , ivere identical ?
We do not deny that there are many Brethren of high honour and strict integrity on the Board , but we are certain that such as we allude to Avould feel their position be improved by a more honourable approach . Let the list be handed in , and promulgated openly by circular
to Lodges , but do not allow Grand Officers to controul such list ; it is a discourteous exercise of poiver Avhich is as un-Alasonic as it is ungraceful . As we before hinted , delicacy should dispose the Grand Officers ( although the law permits them ) not to exercise the power of voting on the election of the Board . We also think that the names of those Grand