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We are glad to see that the Canadian Craftsman is in favour of retaining the system under which Grand Lodges appoint Representatives at and receive Representatives from other Grand Lodges with which they are , or desire to be , on terms of amity , or between which the relations are so intimate that questions of delicacy , oftentimes requiring the utmost nicety of adjustment , are certain _ to * anse
from time to time . The duties of these Representatives may not be ^ very onerous ; indeed , years may , and often do , pass without their being ever called upon to exercise their kinoly offices . But we do not estimate the value of the system less highly on this account . If for no other reason than that an exchange of Representatives between two Grand Lodges is an act of courtesy on the part of each towards the other , we should be sorry to see the system abolished .
Our contemporary , however , calls attention to an instance in which it declares that the services of these Grand Lodge representatives " were frequently in demand and were found to be very beneficial . " The occasion ^ ' was when " the difficulty was pending between our Grand Lodge and the brethren of Quebec before our recognition of the Grand Lodge of Quebec . " Then , it declares , the Grand Lodge
representatives rendered services which proved "beneficial both to the Grand Lodge of Canada and also to the newly-formed Grand ; Lodge of Quebec ' Moreover , as it very justly points out , " circumstances may arise at any time when it would be detrimental to our interests not to have a representative at some
particular Grand Lodge , " and it very pertinently proceeds to argue " as no difficulty or danger has ever arisen on account of the custom as it exists at the present time , it is difficult to understand what good purpose could possibly be served" by abolishing it .
The 20 th annual communication of the Grand Lodge of Manitoba was held in Friendship Hall , Winnipeg , on Wednesday , the 12 th June last , under the presidency of Bro . T . Tweed , M . W . Grand Master . There was a full attendance of the brethren , and the Grand Master in his address had occasion to congratulate
those present on the increase of membership as exhibited by the various reports of the Dist . Dep . G . Masters , and the existence of the most complete harmony throughout the jurisdiction . Subsequently , Bro . C . N . Bell was elected and installed M . W . G . Master , while Bro . W . G . Scott , of Winnipeg , was re-elected to the post of Grand Secretary .
We acknowledge with thanks the receipt of copy of the address delivered by M . E . Comp . J . Ross Robertson , Grand Z ., at the 38 th Annual Convocation of the Grand Chapter of Canada ( Province of Ontario ) held in the Masonic Hall , Toronto , on the 16 th ultimo . The address is a long one , but not too long if we consider the ground traversed and the subjects to which Comp . Robertson
conceived it to be his duty to call the attention of Grand Chapter . One of the matters referred to by him will g ive rise to the liveliest feelings of satisfaction in this country . We allude to his announcement that according to advices received from Melbourne from the Grand Superintendent of the Canadian Royal Arch Chapters there located , a " union on terms honourable to our companions in the
Australian District and to those of the Grand Chapter of Victoria" had been agreed upon , and that the fusion of the two was to be consummated on the 20 th ult . Thus one of those jurisdictional difficulties , which every now and then arise and create infinite disquietude among all true Masons , has been summarily disposed of , and that , too , in a manner honourable to both the parties concerned .
Correspondence.
Correspondence .
[ We do not hold ourselves responsible for the opinions expressed by our correspondents , but u-e I wish , in a spirit of fair play to all , to permit—within certain necessary limits—free discussion , ]
RE THE GRAND TREASURERSHIP . To the Editor of the " Freemason . " Dear Sir and Brother , I do not wish to add another word to the controversy beyond saying , in reply to Bro . Lovegrove , that the bona fides of Bro . Bailey's claim to represent
the Province of Staffordshire is best evinced by the fact that the R . W . P . G . M . of that province , our Bro . the Earl of Dartmouth , is Chairman of the Committee to secure his election . His Grace the Duke of Devonshire , R . W . P . G . M . of Devonshire , and the Earl Ferrers , R . W . P . G . M . of Leicester and Rutland , are both members of the Committee .
Referring to a previous allusion to Bros . Woodall and Murray , P . G . Treasurers , I may add that both those brethren are also supporters of Bro . Bailey ' s candidature . —Yours fraternally ,
JAMES STEPHENS , Hon . Sec . of Bro . Bailey's Committee . " Elads , " 129 , Maida Vale . W ., August 1 st .
MASONIC VAGRANTS . To the Editor of the "Freemason . " Dear Sir and Brother , I have read with considerable interest the various letters on the above subject which have appeared in your columns .
Each writer recognises these begging brethren as an evil and a nuisance , but appears to think that it is a duty to take no end of trouble in dealing with them , lest by any chance some unfortunate , but really deserving , brother may be sent away empty handed . I do not think there is the slightest fear of such being the case . The really honest poor do not beg , and by assisting those who do , we only encourage mendicity .
When I first became a Mason , I found that these pests were frequent applicants to lodges and lodges of instruction at which I attended , and J was struck with the punctuality with which they presented themselves , proving that they diligently studied the Calendars , and had reduced their application to a science . Being rather an active worker , I was usually made the investigator in these cases , and , being somewhat of a judge of character , speedily arrived at the conclusion that these men lived entirely by cadging , and were utterly unworthy of help . I therefore decided to reply in all such cases that we had no funds for casual relief
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but that if the applicant would bring a recommendation from some one known to us , we would do our best to help him by personal donations . In less than six months all such applications ceased , and as a proof that these gentry are systematic in their particular industry , and carefully mark their victims , I may state that though I have been Provincial Grand Secretary of Middlesex for seven years , I have never had a single application of such a nature during that time .
I believe that if Provinces and private lodges had the courage to deal thus with these cadgers , their experience would be the same as mine . I cannot understand why , if a man has at some remote date been made a Mason , he should have any right to live on the Fraternity . The dirty certificates show how the owners
have made use of them for begging , and for how long this has been done , while the illiterate scrawls sent in prove that the applicants belong to a class for whom Masonry was never intended ; and if a Mason has so far lost touch with his own lodge as to prevent him from getting the legitimate relief for which we all subscribe , I fail to see that he has any claim to live on the Craft .
I do not think there is any necessity for a conference on this subject . Let us deal with these pests as I have done , and I venture to assert that in a very short time their voices will not " bs heard in the land . "—Yours fraternally ,
HOWARD H . ROOM , Provincial Grand Secretary for Middlesex
FREEMASONRY IN NEW ZEALAND . To tha Editor of the "Freemason '' Dear Sir and Brother , I rejoiced when I read your article under this heading in your issue of July 27 th . When the principal organ of the Craft in England begins to take an enlightened view of this question , there is hope that peace , harmony , and
brotherly love may once more abound in the Britain of the South . The alteration in the matter of the Colonial Board I regard as important to this end . I quite agree with you that members of the Colonial Board and Board of General Purposes have not been alwavs elected lor their fitness . Indeed , I think it is no secret that a great deal of touting has been done by brethren anxious to have their names brought prominently forward by being elected on one or other of these Boards .
The Colonial Board has been regarded very much as a sort of refuge for those ambitious brethren who could not attain to the Board of General Purposes , and if this has been the case ( and I only repeat what I have heard openly stated in London ) , can it be a matter of wonder if Colonial affairs have been pretty well bungled ? The New Zealanders are very anxious that all breaches should be healed , and they are prepared to do anything in reason to contribute to that end .
It goes without saying that such a prosperous and coming country will have its own way eventually , whether in Masonry or anything else . New Zealand is the future mistress of the South Pacific Ocean , and she knows it . Her future as a maritime nation is unlimited , and the wealth of her minerals is untold . Few English people realise the magnificence of those islands , but our descendants will some day—and that not a distant day—see New Zealand , the leading nation of the
Southern Hemisphere . The self-consciousness of her value must be the excuse of her sons for their rather precipitous action in the formation of their own Grand Lodge . That their movement would have been a success , if left to itself , no one can doubt who knows anything at all about the matter ; but meddlers , actuated by personal motives , interfered , and brought about the discord . This will soon die a natural death , and if England will meet her daughter in a fraternal spirit , the family will become more really united than ever . —Yours fraternally , T . B . WHYTEHEAD . August 2 nd .
Reviews.
Reviews .
"INDIAN MASONIC REVIEW "—Addison and Co ., Mount-road , Madras—well sustains its reputation in its July number , the principal articles being occupied with the subject of " Masonic Knight Templary" and " Masonic Sweepstakes , " in the latter of which the Review very strongly condemns the association of betting of any sort or kind
with the support of Masonic Institutions . In addition to this will be found Notes and Correspondence on current topics , and a considerable number of reports of meetings , in which are included those of the District Grand Lodges of Bombay and the Punjab on the 30 th March : of the District Grand Mark Lodge of Bengal on February last , * and of the Prov . Priory of Madras on 25 th April .
"THE FREEMASON ' S REPOSITORY . " G . L . Freeman and Son , publishers , No . - Ji Westminster-street , Providence , R . I . The July number of this e xcellent periodical is , as usual , well furnished with ably written articles and news . Amo n *** the former , whicli , by the way , include a number of quoted papers from other Mas onic publications , will
be found one entitled " True Masonry , " in which is recorded an 1 ncident that occurreo to the writer during the late civil war , and a biographical sketch of Bro . E . H . Rhodes , lately M . W . G . M . of Rhode Island , whose portrait forms the frontispiece to the number . There is also an " Oration by Past Grand MasterUosiah Drummond , " at the recent celebration of the 75 th anniversary of the Grand Lodge of Maine .
"MASONIC ADVOCATE . " Martin H . Rice , editor , Indianapolis , Ind . The number for the current month contains several contributions that are well worth reading , amon ; them being " A Little Giant , " by S . C . Crane , written especially for the Advocate ; » sketch of the life of Sir Knight E . W . Patrick , Past G . Commander of Indiana , and his Masonic Record by the editor , and " Masonic Reminiscences , " by Daniel McDonald , P . G . M . There are also reports of the laying of the corner-stone of the Scottish Temp le in Indianapolis , on the 24 th June last , by the Grand Master of Indiana and of the annual meeting of the Grand Lodge of Indiana on the 28 th May .
"CANADIAN CRAFTSMAN . " Published by the Canadian Craftsman Publishing Company of Toronto ( Limited ) , 78 , Bay , Toronto . —The June number , which comp letes Vol . 29 , contains a short account of the consecration of a new lodge at Emsvale , District of Pavey Sound , a sketch of the life and Masonic career of Bro . J . J . Mason , Grand Secretary of Canada ; a report of an emergent meeting of the Grand Lodge 0 ' Quebec on the 22 nd May last ; a short paper by Bro . John Yarker on " Aprons ana Uirdles ; " and a well assorted budget of Craft Tidings .
"THE MONIST . " Chicago : The Open Court Publishing Co . ; and London * Watts and Co ., 17 , Johnson ' s Court , Fleet-street , E . G . —lhe issue for July , which completes Vol . 5 of this important quarterly , contains several elaborate articles , wniw need to be carefully studied , but which will materially enlighten the reader who B ^ PP'S with them . Amonir them we have noticed as narticularlv orominent one on tW
"Metaphysical x in Cognition , " by the Editor ( Dr . PaulCarus )* " The Unset ' Univerfe /' by Sir Robert Stawell Ball ; "The Present Problems of Organic Evolution , " by Prof . E . D . Cope ; and the "Science of Mentation , " by Elmes Gates . Sundry Criticisms and Discussions and Reviews of Books and Periodicals will also * ** found in the number .
"THE RELIQUARY AND ILLUSTRATED ARCH . EOLOGIST . "—London : Benn * * * and Sons , Limited , 23 , Old Bailey , and Derby . —No . 3 . for July , of this excellent q ** * J terly includes in its contents three articles , which will be read with great interest ., ' the first of these Mr . Leader Scott describes " the Roman Thermal at Fiesole ; " ' ln
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We are glad to see that the Canadian Craftsman is in favour of retaining the system under which Grand Lodges appoint Representatives at and receive Representatives from other Grand Lodges with which they are , or desire to be , on terms of amity , or between which the relations are so intimate that questions of delicacy , oftentimes requiring the utmost nicety of adjustment , are certain _ to * anse
from time to time . The duties of these Representatives may not be ^ very onerous ; indeed , years may , and often do , pass without their being ever called upon to exercise their kinoly offices . But we do not estimate the value of the system less highly on this account . If for no other reason than that an exchange of Representatives between two Grand Lodges is an act of courtesy on the part of each towards the other , we should be sorry to see the system abolished .
Our contemporary , however , calls attention to an instance in which it declares that the services of these Grand Lodge representatives " were frequently in demand and were found to be very beneficial . " The occasion ^ ' was when " the difficulty was pending between our Grand Lodge and the brethren of Quebec before our recognition of the Grand Lodge of Quebec . " Then , it declares , the Grand Lodge
representatives rendered services which proved "beneficial both to the Grand Lodge of Canada and also to the newly-formed Grand ; Lodge of Quebec ' Moreover , as it very justly points out , " circumstances may arise at any time when it would be detrimental to our interests not to have a representative at some
particular Grand Lodge , " and it very pertinently proceeds to argue " as no difficulty or danger has ever arisen on account of the custom as it exists at the present time , it is difficult to understand what good purpose could possibly be served" by abolishing it .
The 20 th annual communication of the Grand Lodge of Manitoba was held in Friendship Hall , Winnipeg , on Wednesday , the 12 th June last , under the presidency of Bro . T . Tweed , M . W . Grand Master . There was a full attendance of the brethren , and the Grand Master in his address had occasion to congratulate
those present on the increase of membership as exhibited by the various reports of the Dist . Dep . G . Masters , and the existence of the most complete harmony throughout the jurisdiction . Subsequently , Bro . C . N . Bell was elected and installed M . W . G . Master , while Bro . W . G . Scott , of Winnipeg , was re-elected to the post of Grand Secretary .
We acknowledge with thanks the receipt of copy of the address delivered by M . E . Comp . J . Ross Robertson , Grand Z ., at the 38 th Annual Convocation of the Grand Chapter of Canada ( Province of Ontario ) held in the Masonic Hall , Toronto , on the 16 th ultimo . The address is a long one , but not too long if we consider the ground traversed and the subjects to which Comp . Robertson
conceived it to be his duty to call the attention of Grand Chapter . One of the matters referred to by him will g ive rise to the liveliest feelings of satisfaction in this country . We allude to his announcement that according to advices received from Melbourne from the Grand Superintendent of the Canadian Royal Arch Chapters there located , a " union on terms honourable to our companions in the
Australian District and to those of the Grand Chapter of Victoria" had been agreed upon , and that the fusion of the two was to be consummated on the 20 th ult . Thus one of those jurisdictional difficulties , which every now and then arise and create infinite disquietude among all true Masons , has been summarily disposed of , and that , too , in a manner honourable to both the parties concerned .
Correspondence.
Correspondence .
[ We do not hold ourselves responsible for the opinions expressed by our correspondents , but u-e I wish , in a spirit of fair play to all , to permit—within certain necessary limits—free discussion , ]
RE THE GRAND TREASURERSHIP . To the Editor of the " Freemason . " Dear Sir and Brother , I do not wish to add another word to the controversy beyond saying , in reply to Bro . Lovegrove , that the bona fides of Bro . Bailey's claim to represent
the Province of Staffordshire is best evinced by the fact that the R . W . P . G . M . of that province , our Bro . the Earl of Dartmouth , is Chairman of the Committee to secure his election . His Grace the Duke of Devonshire , R . W . P . G . M . of Devonshire , and the Earl Ferrers , R . W . P . G . M . of Leicester and Rutland , are both members of the Committee .
Referring to a previous allusion to Bros . Woodall and Murray , P . G . Treasurers , I may add that both those brethren are also supporters of Bro . Bailey ' s candidature . —Yours fraternally ,
JAMES STEPHENS , Hon . Sec . of Bro . Bailey's Committee . " Elads , " 129 , Maida Vale . W ., August 1 st .
MASONIC VAGRANTS . To the Editor of the "Freemason . " Dear Sir and Brother , I have read with considerable interest the various letters on the above subject which have appeared in your columns .
Each writer recognises these begging brethren as an evil and a nuisance , but appears to think that it is a duty to take no end of trouble in dealing with them , lest by any chance some unfortunate , but really deserving , brother may be sent away empty handed . I do not think there is the slightest fear of such being the case . The really honest poor do not beg , and by assisting those who do , we only encourage mendicity .
When I first became a Mason , I found that these pests were frequent applicants to lodges and lodges of instruction at which I attended , and J was struck with the punctuality with which they presented themselves , proving that they diligently studied the Calendars , and had reduced their application to a science . Being rather an active worker , I was usually made the investigator in these cases , and , being somewhat of a judge of character , speedily arrived at the conclusion that these men lived entirely by cadging , and were utterly unworthy of help . I therefore decided to reply in all such cases that we had no funds for casual relief
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but that if the applicant would bring a recommendation from some one known to us , we would do our best to help him by personal donations . In less than six months all such applications ceased , and as a proof that these gentry are systematic in their particular industry , and carefully mark their victims , I may state that though I have been Provincial Grand Secretary of Middlesex for seven years , I have never had a single application of such a nature during that time .
I believe that if Provinces and private lodges had the courage to deal thus with these cadgers , their experience would be the same as mine . I cannot understand why , if a man has at some remote date been made a Mason , he should have any right to live on the Fraternity . The dirty certificates show how the owners
have made use of them for begging , and for how long this has been done , while the illiterate scrawls sent in prove that the applicants belong to a class for whom Masonry was never intended ; and if a Mason has so far lost touch with his own lodge as to prevent him from getting the legitimate relief for which we all subscribe , I fail to see that he has any claim to live on the Craft .
I do not think there is any necessity for a conference on this subject . Let us deal with these pests as I have done , and I venture to assert that in a very short time their voices will not " bs heard in the land . "—Yours fraternally ,
HOWARD H . ROOM , Provincial Grand Secretary for Middlesex
FREEMASONRY IN NEW ZEALAND . To tha Editor of the "Freemason '' Dear Sir and Brother , I rejoiced when I read your article under this heading in your issue of July 27 th . When the principal organ of the Craft in England begins to take an enlightened view of this question , there is hope that peace , harmony , and
brotherly love may once more abound in the Britain of the South . The alteration in the matter of the Colonial Board I regard as important to this end . I quite agree with you that members of the Colonial Board and Board of General Purposes have not been alwavs elected lor their fitness . Indeed , I think it is no secret that a great deal of touting has been done by brethren anxious to have their names brought prominently forward by being elected on one or other of these Boards .
The Colonial Board has been regarded very much as a sort of refuge for those ambitious brethren who could not attain to the Board of General Purposes , and if this has been the case ( and I only repeat what I have heard openly stated in London ) , can it be a matter of wonder if Colonial affairs have been pretty well bungled ? The New Zealanders are very anxious that all breaches should be healed , and they are prepared to do anything in reason to contribute to that end .
It goes without saying that such a prosperous and coming country will have its own way eventually , whether in Masonry or anything else . New Zealand is the future mistress of the South Pacific Ocean , and she knows it . Her future as a maritime nation is unlimited , and the wealth of her minerals is untold . Few English people realise the magnificence of those islands , but our descendants will some day—and that not a distant day—see New Zealand , the leading nation of the
Southern Hemisphere . The self-consciousness of her value must be the excuse of her sons for their rather precipitous action in the formation of their own Grand Lodge . That their movement would have been a success , if left to itself , no one can doubt who knows anything at all about the matter ; but meddlers , actuated by personal motives , interfered , and brought about the discord . This will soon die a natural death , and if England will meet her daughter in a fraternal spirit , the family will become more really united than ever . —Yours fraternally , T . B . WHYTEHEAD . August 2 nd .
Reviews.
Reviews .
"INDIAN MASONIC REVIEW "—Addison and Co ., Mount-road , Madras—well sustains its reputation in its July number , the principal articles being occupied with the subject of " Masonic Knight Templary" and " Masonic Sweepstakes , " in the latter of which the Review very strongly condemns the association of betting of any sort or kind
with the support of Masonic Institutions . In addition to this will be found Notes and Correspondence on current topics , and a considerable number of reports of meetings , in which are included those of the District Grand Lodges of Bombay and the Punjab on the 30 th March : of the District Grand Mark Lodge of Bengal on February last , * and of the Prov . Priory of Madras on 25 th April .
"THE FREEMASON ' S REPOSITORY . " G . L . Freeman and Son , publishers , No . - Ji Westminster-street , Providence , R . I . The July number of this e xcellent periodical is , as usual , well furnished with ably written articles and news . Amo n *** the former , whicli , by the way , include a number of quoted papers from other Mas onic publications , will
be found one entitled " True Masonry , " in which is recorded an 1 ncident that occurreo to the writer during the late civil war , and a biographical sketch of Bro . E . H . Rhodes , lately M . W . G . M . of Rhode Island , whose portrait forms the frontispiece to the number . There is also an " Oration by Past Grand MasterUosiah Drummond , " at the recent celebration of the 75 th anniversary of the Grand Lodge of Maine .
"MASONIC ADVOCATE . " Martin H . Rice , editor , Indianapolis , Ind . The number for the current month contains several contributions that are well worth reading , amon ; them being " A Little Giant , " by S . C . Crane , written especially for the Advocate ; » sketch of the life of Sir Knight E . W . Patrick , Past G . Commander of Indiana , and his Masonic Record by the editor , and " Masonic Reminiscences , " by Daniel McDonald , P . G . M . There are also reports of the laying of the corner-stone of the Scottish Temp le in Indianapolis , on the 24 th June last , by the Grand Master of Indiana and of the annual meeting of the Grand Lodge of Indiana on the 28 th May .
"CANADIAN CRAFTSMAN . " Published by the Canadian Craftsman Publishing Company of Toronto ( Limited ) , 78 , Bay , Toronto . —The June number , which comp letes Vol . 29 , contains a short account of the consecration of a new lodge at Emsvale , District of Pavey Sound , a sketch of the life and Masonic career of Bro . J . J . Mason , Grand Secretary of Canada ; a report of an emergent meeting of the Grand Lodge 0 ' Quebec on the 22 nd May last ; a short paper by Bro . John Yarker on " Aprons ana Uirdles ; " and a well assorted budget of Craft Tidings .
"THE MONIST . " Chicago : The Open Court Publishing Co . ; and London * Watts and Co ., 17 , Johnson ' s Court , Fleet-street , E . G . —lhe issue for July , which completes Vol . 5 of this important quarterly , contains several elaborate articles , wniw need to be carefully studied , but which will materially enlighten the reader who B ^ PP'S with them . Amonir them we have noticed as narticularlv orominent one on tW
"Metaphysical x in Cognition , " by the Editor ( Dr . PaulCarus )* " The Unset ' Univerfe /' by Sir Robert Stawell Ball ; "The Present Problems of Organic Evolution , " by Prof . E . D . Cope ; and the "Science of Mentation , " by Elmes Gates . Sundry Criticisms and Discussions and Reviews of Books and Periodicals will also * ** found in the number .
"THE RELIQUARY AND ILLUSTRATED ARCH . EOLOGIST . "—London : Benn * * * and Sons , Limited , 23 , Old Bailey , and Derby . —No . 3 . for July , of this excellent q ** * J terly includes in its contents three articles , which will be read with great interest ., ' the first of these Mr . Leader Scott describes " the Roman Thermal at Fiesole ; " ' ln