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Reports.
The GRAND MASTER submitted to Bro . Scarborough whether , after he had heard what he had to say , he would proceed with his motion ; he should , however , in such case , not allow any part of the debate to be reported . He believed Bro . Scarborough ' s proposition to be , to make alterations in the ritual , particularly in the O . B . He thought that was interfering with the landmarks of the Order ; all sects and all persons now could enter without any conscientious misgivingsand it would be
, quite contrary to the rules of Freemasonry if that were altered—he should strongly oppose it ; he would leave it with Bro . Scarborough to proceed if he was so determined . Bro . SCARBOROUGH was very sorry , and equally surprised , to be met in the way he was ; if any argument had been used against what he would have stated , he might have withdrawn his motion , or have been defeated by a vote ; but to be put down by a veto , was a course he never
for a moment contemplated , nor was it just ; he challenged his lordship to show that his motion implied what he had thrown out—he challenged him to say that he had directly or indirectly communicated to the Grand Master his views , or contemplated alterations , and yet it was attempted to put him down before he had had an opportunity of explaining . The words that had fallen from the Grand Master ought never to have been uttered—he was first ear-wigged , and then argued upon it . He had not even mentioned this subject to any one , except in confidence—but of
course now he should pause . Bro . BEADEN rose to order ; it was unmasonic to say the Grand Master had been ear-wigged . Bro . SCARBOROUGH was more in order that any one else ; he had given notice in the most general terms , as ambiguous as he could , and yet inferences were drawn of which he knew nothing : he should now withdraw his motion , but not abandon it ; he should again bring it forward ,
but not in the same gentlemanly masonic manner;—in away that would be tangible , but possibly more unpalatable . The GRAND MASTER regretted he should have misunderstood the terms of the notice of motion ; he had understood that what he stated was the object of Bro . Scarborough ; he was sorry if he had failed in catching his precise views , butBro . Scarborough could proceed . Motion withdrawn . The GRAND MASTER proposed to receive the scrutineer ' s report in
his private room , it being past eleven o ' clock . It was submitted that Euch a course was illegal ; that on the evening of the alarm of fire it was done as an especial matter , and last year the same course had been attempted , but the law was very distinct and clear , that it must be received in Grand Lodge ; several suggestions and motions were made , but all found to be irregular and unconstitutional ; the law was more particularly pointed out . As some difficulty was experienced in obtaining authentic reports of the last election from the Grand Secretary ' s office , the Grand Master directed the doors to be locked , and remained seated until half-past twelve , when he received the following report of
scrutineers : — J . F . White * R . Levick H . F . Holt John Simpson J . Barnes A . Mac Allan John Hervey W . A . Harrison J . Smith A . Attwood W . Watson J . R . Byron . J . Savage H . Faudell
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Reports.
The GRAND MASTER submitted to Bro . Scarborough whether , after he had heard what he had to say , he would proceed with his motion ; he should , however , in such case , not allow any part of the debate to be reported . He believed Bro . Scarborough ' s proposition to be , to make alterations in the ritual , particularly in the O . B . He thought that was interfering with the landmarks of the Order ; all sects and all persons now could enter without any conscientious misgivingsand it would be
, quite contrary to the rules of Freemasonry if that were altered—he should strongly oppose it ; he would leave it with Bro . Scarborough to proceed if he was so determined . Bro . SCARBOROUGH was very sorry , and equally surprised , to be met in the way he was ; if any argument had been used against what he would have stated , he might have withdrawn his motion , or have been defeated by a vote ; but to be put down by a veto , was a course he never
for a moment contemplated , nor was it just ; he challenged his lordship to show that his motion implied what he had thrown out—he challenged him to say that he had directly or indirectly communicated to the Grand Master his views , or contemplated alterations , and yet it was attempted to put him down before he had had an opportunity of explaining . The words that had fallen from the Grand Master ought never to have been uttered—he was first ear-wigged , and then argued upon it . He had not even mentioned this subject to any one , except in confidence—but of
course now he should pause . Bro . BEADEN rose to order ; it was unmasonic to say the Grand Master had been ear-wigged . Bro . SCARBOROUGH was more in order that any one else ; he had given notice in the most general terms , as ambiguous as he could , and yet inferences were drawn of which he knew nothing : he should now withdraw his motion , but not abandon it ; he should again bring it forward ,
but not in the same gentlemanly masonic manner;—in away that would be tangible , but possibly more unpalatable . The GRAND MASTER regretted he should have misunderstood the terms of the notice of motion ; he had understood that what he stated was the object of Bro . Scarborough ; he was sorry if he had failed in catching his precise views , butBro . Scarborough could proceed . Motion withdrawn . The GRAND MASTER proposed to receive the scrutineer ' s report in
his private room , it being past eleven o ' clock . It was submitted that Euch a course was illegal ; that on the evening of the alarm of fire it was done as an especial matter , and last year the same course had been attempted , but the law was very distinct and clear , that it must be received in Grand Lodge ; several suggestions and motions were made , but all found to be irregular and unconstitutional ; the law was more particularly pointed out . As some difficulty was experienced in obtaining authentic reports of the last election from the Grand Secretary ' s office , the Grand Master directed the doors to be locked , and remained seated until half-past twelve , when he received the following report of
scrutineers : — J . F . White * R . Levick H . F . Holt John Simpson J . Barnes A . Mac Allan John Hervey W . A . Harrison J . Smith A . Attwood W . Watson J . R . Byron . J . Savage H . Faudell