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NOTICE . The " Cosmopolitan Alasonic Diary and Pocke t Book " for 1 SS 2 is preparing for publication on the ist of November . To ensure accuracy a form for filling up has been sent to every lodge , and those Secretaries who have not yet made their returns will greatly oblige the Publisher by doing so at their earliest possible convenience . The Freemason Office , 16 , Great Quecn-strcet ( opposite Freemasons' Hall ) .
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TO CORRESPONDENTS . * ____ The largely increased circulation of the Freemason necessitates our going to press at an earlier nour on Thursday . It is , therefore ^ requested that all communications intended to appear in the current number may be sent to our offices not later than 5 p . m . on Wednesdays . Advertisements and short notices of importance received up to 12 o ' clock noon on Thursdays .
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TO ADVERTISERS . THE FREEMASON * has a large circulation in all parts of the Globe . In it thc official Reports of thc Grand Lodges of England , Ireland , and Scotland are published with thc special sanction of the respective Grand Masters , and it contains a complete record of Masonic WorK in this country , our Indian Empire , and the Colonies . The vast accession to the ranks of the Order dnring the past few years , and the increasing interest manifested in its doings , has given thc Freemason a position and influence which few journals can lay claim to , and the proprietor can assert with confidence that announcements appearing in its columns challenge the attention of a very large and influential body of readers . Advertisements for thc current week's issue arc received np to six o ' clock on Wednesday evening .
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TO OUR READERS . THE FREEMASON is published every Friday morning , price 3 d ., and contains the fullest and latest information relating to Freemasonry in every degree . Subscriptions , including Postage : — United States , , ,. ^ , . . , ,. United Kingdom . Canada , the Conti- Il * d' ? ' " - * 'f- * , "fr ntrnt . & c . New Zealand , & c . 13 s . 15 s . 6 d . ' 17 s . 6 d . Remittances may be made in Stamps , but Post Office Orders or Cheques are preferred , the former jiayable to Gi-roRt ; E KEX . VINC , Chief Office , London , the latter crossed London Joint Stock Bank .
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THE FREEMASON . SATURDAY , SEPTEMBER 24 , 1881 .
Original Correspondence.
Original Correspondence .
[ We do not hold ourselves responsible for , or even approving of , the opinions expressed by our correspondents , but we wish in a spirit of fair play to all to permit—within certain necessary limits—free discussion , ]
A QUERY ANSWERED . To the Editor of the "Freemason . " Dear Sir and Brother , — As you are aware , I have often written to you in re French Freemasonry , feeling * , for various reasons , much interest in it , and having taken the pseudonym of one of
the earliest reputed founders of French Freemasonry—the Chevalier Maskelyne , whoevcr he may have been . 1 therefore write to you again to-day , under the same signature , in answer to the letter of I 3 ro . Joseph Lambert , which appears in your last issue . Many questions necessarily arise out of his simple query , and questions not at all
easy to answer or deal with . Freemasonry in France is just now in a most abnormal state , and the condition of the Grand Orient may be not inaptly described as a " living death . " And for this reason . It has , as your readers and liro . Joseph Lambert know and
finds , given up the old goodly , godly landmarks of our universal Order , and has substituted in their stead something new , revolutionary , unhallowed . It may be a grave question for Masonic jurisconsults whether any section of the Cosmopolitan Fraternity , thus abjuring the universal
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and unchanging landmarks of our Brotherhood , does not place itself out of the pale or Masonic comity ; docs not sever itself from the remaining branches of a wide-spread family ; docs not practically excommunicate itself ; does not cease to be a jurisdiction which can command or claim legal submission , or international ( Masonic ) recognition .
I repeat , it is , in my opinion , a fair question for Masonic jurisconsults , in that though we have no precedents , happily , to guide us in such painful circumstances , common sense seems to point out the proper course to follow , and the needful remedy to adopt . If , as regards France , owing to the Masonic proceedings
of the Grand Orient , there is no legal Craft jurisdiction now , then there is no reason , Masonically speaking , why Bro . Joseph Lambert should not seek a charter for an English Lodge from some lawful authority . At the same time I say all this I am not quite clear in my own mind that any such Masonic interregnum , as
regards Craft Masonry , exists in France . Others may hold differently , but I always wish to speak out openly and clearly . "Abusus non tollit usum " is the old scholastic and legal adage ; and however unwisely in my opinion the Grand Orient has acted , I do not myself see that it ceases , therefore , to claim jurisdiction over French Freemasons .
If French Freemasons like all these recent proceedings , " tout pis pour eux , " wo may say , but such a state of things , however deplorable , cannot , it appears to me , take away from the French Grand Orient what is inherent in its constitution , self-government , and self-legislation . What its position may be as regards exterior jurisdictions
is another and a very different matter . The English Grand Lodge has practically decided the same question in Belgium ; in that it declined sometime back to give a charter to English Freemasons to form an English lodge at Brussels on thc ground of thc existence of al legal governing body—the Grand Orient of Belgium . Thc allegations of
thc petitioners were pretty much the same as those of Bro . Joseph Lambert ; the Belgian Freemasons having most submissively followed [ suit with the French vagaries . There is another question which Bro . Lambert has to look in thc face—Would any such lodge " outside of the Grand Orient" have a chance of recognition and permission to meet from the Government of France ? I doubt it . But there
is , it seems to mc , notwithstanding , a way by which Bro . Lambert could raise the question in France itself , and under conditions perfectly legal and perfectly safe . Let him go to the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite , and ask them to grant him a warrant for an English Lodge , to work in
English . The governing body of the French Ancient and Accepted Rite are a very liberally-minded body of men , and its more than probable that any such request would be received and considered in a most friendly and fraternal spirit . All French Masonry being originally English , it is only after
all "history repeating itself , " and I do not see myself that any opposition in that jurisdiction need be anticipated . In the Grand Orient the religious point is the burning question ; but such a discussion need not affect the Ancient and Accepted Rite . In France , and in other countries , as some of us know , Craft lodges are chartered under
the Ancient and Accepted Rite ; and , in the present circumstances of the case , —peculiar and unprecedented as they , in truth , arc , —I , for one , sec nothing to obj ' ect to , and a good deal to approve of , in the course I venture to suggest to Bro . Joseph Lambert . I am , yours fraternally , MASKELYNE .
THE MASONIC RECEPTION AT YORK . To the Editor ofthe "Freemason . " Dear Sir and Brother , — Wc have had pointed out to us by Bro . VV . VV . VVheelhouse , of Lower Edmonton , Enfield Lodge , 1237 , that his name does not appear as having been present at
the Masonic reception at York , on the 5 U 1 inst . We fear other brethren will find their names omitted . The reception having been got up by a Joint Committee of the two York Lodges , it was decided to ask the brethren to sign two books . There were upwards of forty brethren who signed only one book * . The list in thc newspapers was
made out from one book only—hence thc omission . Bro . T . B . Whytehead is , however , preparing a little pamphlet , which will contain a complete list of the articles exhibited on the occasion , and of the iyS brethren who honoured us with tlieir presence .
Wc arc , Dear Sir , yours faithfully , A . BUCKLE , \ Sees , of the J . S . CUMBERLAND , J Joint Committee . Manor House , York , 21 st September , 1 SS 1 . '
THE APPROACHING ELECTIONS . Dear Bro . Kenning , With your kind permission I beg again to ask those of my brethren who have no strong case of their otvn to support , kindly to give me their votes , whether for thc Girls' or Boys' School Election . On each former occasion I have received so much friendly
help that I venture again to rely on their fraternal forbearance , and invoice their confidence and assistance . Neither will be misjilaced . I am , yours fraternnlly , A . F . A . WOODFORD . 25 A , Norfolk-crescent , Hyde-park , VV ., Monday , Sept . 19 th .
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LONDON MASONIC CHARITY ASSOCIATION . To the Editor of the "Freemason . " Dear Sir and Brother , — I have been directed by thc Committee of this Association to ask you to kindly inform your readers in your next issue that the Committee have resolved to support at the elections in October next the following very
deserving cases , viz . -. Edith Mary Orridge , Nellie Louise Walters , and Arthur Fellows . I have been also instructed to ask for thc support of all London brethren for these thoroughly good cases . I am , dear Sir and Brother , yours truly and fraternally , A . TISLEY , 1 , Clifford ' s Inn , Fleet-street , E . G ., Hon . Sec-September 20 th .
To the Editor of thc "Freemason . " Dear Sir and Brother , — Now that our Association has selected , for its own good and wise reasons , its two candidates for thc Girls ' School election and its own candidate—Arthur Fellows—for the Boys' School election , I beg respectfully to make one
or two suggestions through the medium of your impartial columns . 1 . The one is , that all the friends of the candidates should bestir themselves to give the Association all the help they can at the next elections , which—to use a common expression—will be very stiff ones . A vcry large
number of votes TO /// be required to ensure success , and no one friend of the candidates should deem thc case won tin til it be won . 2 . A very mistaken belief prevails that because thc Association takes up a case it is , therefore , safe . Such a theory is a complete fallacy . The Association cannot
make votes ; it only relies on the cheerful support and ready help of its own members and the friends of the candidates it supports . Just now the Association is met by two great difficulties , —the one is the apparent apathy of metropolitan subscribers for London cases ; the other is the zealous and compact organization of the provincial
Committees . They command complete combination of voting power , the provincial subscribers voting as one man through the medium of the Charity Committee , and the consequence is , that the provincial representatives come up to London with a large number of votes , and are practically able to
dominate the election . ln London , on the contrary , all is at haphazard and "cross purposes . " Some worthy brethren take up special cases , but a great deal of voting power is lost by duplicate voting , and a still larger number of brethren , from the best motives , take up and carry through provincial cases , so
that as the provinces grow stronger year by year , the chances of success of the poor London candidates proportionally decrease . 1 commend these remarks in all good feeling and deference , through your columns , to the notice of London voters , although I am not so foolish as to contend that every act of the London Masonic Charity
Association has been the proper thing to do , or every proceeding perfect ; yet the " idea " it seeks to embody in theory , and carry out in practice , is a true one , —true both for the interests of the London cases , and for the progress and welfare of the Charities themselves . 1 am , yours faithfully . A MEMBER OF THE ASSOCIATION .
TEXAS REPRESENTATIVE IN GRAND LODGE . To the Editor of the " Freemason . " Dear Sir and Brother , — I beg to hand you enclosed letters received this week from America for publication . Yours fraternally , EMRA HOLMES , F . R . H . S .
[ COPY . ] "Austin , Texas , August 23 rd , igSi . " Right Worshipful Emra Holmes , " Fowey , England . " Right Worshipful Sir and Brother , " I enclose you with this a copy of our Grand Secretary ' s letter to me of August 20 th . " Under thecircumstanccs there is nothingclse to be done
except to recognise our representative , so long lost but now found . And 1 shall therefore be compelled to annul the commission heretofore issued to you . In doing soallow me to express the regret that wc should be deprived of your valuable services . " And believe mc to be , dear Sir and brother , fraternally , "J . IT . AICLEARY , 1 " Grand Master . "
[ Copy . ] " Austin , Texas , August 2 , 3 rd , 1 SS 1 . " Grand Secretary's Ollice , Texas , "Houston , August 20 th , 1 SS 1 . "M . W . J . IT . McLeary , Grand Master , " Ancient and Accepted Masons , Texas . " Most Worshipful Sir and Brother ,
" Your favour of the 19 th inst ., received this clay , in compliance therewith I have examined the proceedings of A . n . 1 S 47 , and find Bro . A . S . Ruthen was Grand Master fur that year ; in his address states that Robert Lee Wilson who was then representative to the M . W . Grand Lodge of England resigned , and recommended Bro . James Wyld , of
the County of , Cornwall , his successor , who was accepted by tlie Grand Lodge of Texas upon the adoption of the report of the Committee on foreign correspondence ( see Ruthvens reprint vol . 1 , pages 200 and 209 ) . This is the first that I was aware of a representative at said Grand Lodge . " Fraternally thine , " G . IT . BRINGHURST , "Grand Secretary .
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NOTICE . The " Cosmopolitan Alasonic Diary and Pocke t Book " for 1 SS 2 is preparing for publication on the ist of November . To ensure accuracy a form for filling up has been sent to every lodge , and those Secretaries who have not yet made their returns will greatly oblige the Publisher by doing so at their earliest possible convenience . The Freemason Office , 16 , Great Quecn-strcet ( opposite Freemasons' Hall ) .
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TO CORRESPONDENTS . * ____ The largely increased circulation of the Freemason necessitates our going to press at an earlier nour on Thursday . It is , therefore ^ requested that all communications intended to appear in the current number may be sent to our offices not later than 5 p . m . on Wednesdays . Advertisements and short notices of importance received up to 12 o ' clock noon on Thursdays .
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TO ADVERTISERS . THE FREEMASON * has a large circulation in all parts of the Globe . In it thc official Reports of thc Grand Lodges of England , Ireland , and Scotland are published with thc special sanction of the respective Grand Masters , and it contains a complete record of Masonic WorK in this country , our Indian Empire , and the Colonies . The vast accession to the ranks of the Order dnring the past few years , and the increasing interest manifested in its doings , has given thc Freemason a position and influence which few journals can lay claim to , and the proprietor can assert with confidence that announcements appearing in its columns challenge the attention of a very large and influential body of readers . Advertisements for thc current week's issue arc received np to six o ' clock on Wednesday evening .
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TO OUR READERS . THE FREEMASON is published every Friday morning , price 3 d ., and contains the fullest and latest information relating to Freemasonry in every degree . Subscriptions , including Postage : — United States , , ,. ^ , . . , ,. United Kingdom . Canada , the Conti- Il * d' ? ' " - * 'f- * , "fr ntrnt . & c . New Zealand , & c . 13 s . 15 s . 6 d . ' 17 s . 6 d . Remittances may be made in Stamps , but Post Office Orders or Cheques are preferred , the former jiayable to Gi-roRt ; E KEX . VINC , Chief Office , London , the latter crossed London Joint Stock Bank .
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BOOK'S , & c , RECEIVED . "The Sunday Times , " "The Broad Arrow , " "Thc North China Herald , " "The Freemasons' Monthly , " "New York Disj-atch , " "The Citizen , " "Der Long Islaender , " "The Keystone , " "The White . Mountain Echo "' "The Oracle , " " Masonic Herald , " "The Masonic Eclectic , " " Die Bauhutte , " " The First Annual Report of the Dorset Masonic Charity , " "The Jewish Chronicle , " "Allen's Indian Mail , " " New Jersey Telephone , " "The Hull Packet . "
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THE FREEMASON . SATURDAY , SEPTEMBER 24 , 1881 .
Original Correspondence.
Original Correspondence .
[ We do not hold ourselves responsible for , or even approving of , the opinions expressed by our correspondents , but we wish in a spirit of fair play to all to permit—within certain necessary limits—free discussion , ]
A QUERY ANSWERED . To the Editor of the "Freemason . " Dear Sir and Brother , — As you are aware , I have often written to you in re French Freemasonry , feeling * , for various reasons , much interest in it , and having taken the pseudonym of one of
the earliest reputed founders of French Freemasonry—the Chevalier Maskelyne , whoevcr he may have been . 1 therefore write to you again to-day , under the same signature , in answer to the letter of I 3 ro . Joseph Lambert , which appears in your last issue . Many questions necessarily arise out of his simple query , and questions not at all
easy to answer or deal with . Freemasonry in France is just now in a most abnormal state , and the condition of the Grand Orient may be not inaptly described as a " living death . " And for this reason . It has , as your readers and liro . Joseph Lambert know and
finds , given up the old goodly , godly landmarks of our universal Order , and has substituted in their stead something new , revolutionary , unhallowed . It may be a grave question for Masonic jurisconsults whether any section of the Cosmopolitan Fraternity , thus abjuring the universal
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and unchanging landmarks of our Brotherhood , does not place itself out of the pale or Masonic comity ; docs not sever itself from the remaining branches of a wide-spread family ; docs not practically excommunicate itself ; does not cease to be a jurisdiction which can command or claim legal submission , or international ( Masonic ) recognition .
I repeat , it is , in my opinion , a fair question for Masonic jurisconsults , in that though we have no precedents , happily , to guide us in such painful circumstances , common sense seems to point out the proper course to follow , and the needful remedy to adopt . If , as regards France , owing to the Masonic proceedings
of the Grand Orient , there is no legal Craft jurisdiction now , then there is no reason , Masonically speaking , why Bro . Joseph Lambert should not seek a charter for an English Lodge from some lawful authority . At the same time I say all this I am not quite clear in my own mind that any such Masonic interregnum , as
regards Craft Masonry , exists in France . Others may hold differently , but I always wish to speak out openly and clearly . "Abusus non tollit usum " is the old scholastic and legal adage ; and however unwisely in my opinion the Grand Orient has acted , I do not myself see that it ceases , therefore , to claim jurisdiction over French Freemasons .
If French Freemasons like all these recent proceedings , " tout pis pour eux , " wo may say , but such a state of things , however deplorable , cannot , it appears to me , take away from the French Grand Orient what is inherent in its constitution , self-government , and self-legislation . What its position may be as regards exterior jurisdictions
is another and a very different matter . The English Grand Lodge has practically decided the same question in Belgium ; in that it declined sometime back to give a charter to English Freemasons to form an English lodge at Brussels on thc ground of thc existence of al legal governing body—the Grand Orient of Belgium . Thc allegations of
thc petitioners were pretty much the same as those of Bro . Joseph Lambert ; the Belgian Freemasons having most submissively followed [ suit with the French vagaries . There is another question which Bro . Lambert has to look in thc face—Would any such lodge " outside of the Grand Orient" have a chance of recognition and permission to meet from the Government of France ? I doubt it . But there
is , it seems to mc , notwithstanding , a way by which Bro . Lambert could raise the question in France itself , and under conditions perfectly legal and perfectly safe . Let him go to the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite , and ask them to grant him a warrant for an English Lodge , to work in
English . The governing body of the French Ancient and Accepted Rite are a very liberally-minded body of men , and its more than probable that any such request would be received and considered in a most friendly and fraternal spirit . All French Masonry being originally English , it is only after
all "history repeating itself , " and I do not see myself that any opposition in that jurisdiction need be anticipated . In the Grand Orient the religious point is the burning question ; but such a discussion need not affect the Ancient and Accepted Rite . In France , and in other countries , as some of us know , Craft lodges are chartered under
the Ancient and Accepted Rite ; and , in the present circumstances of the case , —peculiar and unprecedented as they , in truth , arc , —I , for one , sec nothing to obj ' ect to , and a good deal to approve of , in the course I venture to suggest to Bro . Joseph Lambert . I am , yours fraternally , MASKELYNE .
THE MASONIC RECEPTION AT YORK . To the Editor ofthe "Freemason . " Dear Sir and Brother , — Wc have had pointed out to us by Bro . VV . VV . VVheelhouse , of Lower Edmonton , Enfield Lodge , 1237 , that his name does not appear as having been present at
the Masonic reception at York , on the 5 U 1 inst . We fear other brethren will find their names omitted . The reception having been got up by a Joint Committee of the two York Lodges , it was decided to ask the brethren to sign two books . There were upwards of forty brethren who signed only one book * . The list in thc newspapers was
made out from one book only—hence thc omission . Bro . T . B . Whytehead is , however , preparing a little pamphlet , which will contain a complete list of the articles exhibited on the occasion , and of the iyS brethren who honoured us with tlieir presence .
Wc arc , Dear Sir , yours faithfully , A . BUCKLE , \ Sees , of the J . S . CUMBERLAND , J Joint Committee . Manor House , York , 21 st September , 1 SS 1 . '
THE APPROACHING ELECTIONS . Dear Bro . Kenning , With your kind permission I beg again to ask those of my brethren who have no strong case of their otvn to support , kindly to give me their votes , whether for thc Girls' or Boys' School Election . On each former occasion I have received so much friendly
help that I venture again to rely on their fraternal forbearance , and invoice their confidence and assistance . Neither will be misjilaced . I am , yours fraternnlly , A . F . A . WOODFORD . 25 A , Norfolk-crescent , Hyde-park , VV ., Monday , Sept . 19 th .
Original Correspondence.
LONDON MASONIC CHARITY ASSOCIATION . To the Editor of the "Freemason . " Dear Sir and Brother , — I have been directed by thc Committee of this Association to ask you to kindly inform your readers in your next issue that the Committee have resolved to support at the elections in October next the following very
deserving cases , viz . -. Edith Mary Orridge , Nellie Louise Walters , and Arthur Fellows . I have been also instructed to ask for thc support of all London brethren for these thoroughly good cases . I am , dear Sir and Brother , yours truly and fraternally , A . TISLEY , 1 , Clifford ' s Inn , Fleet-street , E . G ., Hon . Sec-September 20 th .
To the Editor of thc "Freemason . " Dear Sir and Brother , — Now that our Association has selected , for its own good and wise reasons , its two candidates for thc Girls ' School election and its own candidate—Arthur Fellows—for the Boys' School election , I beg respectfully to make one
or two suggestions through the medium of your impartial columns . 1 . The one is , that all the friends of the candidates should bestir themselves to give the Association all the help they can at the next elections , which—to use a common expression—will be very stiff ones . A vcry large
number of votes TO /// be required to ensure success , and no one friend of the candidates should deem thc case won tin til it be won . 2 . A very mistaken belief prevails that because thc Association takes up a case it is , therefore , safe . Such a theory is a complete fallacy . The Association cannot
make votes ; it only relies on the cheerful support and ready help of its own members and the friends of the candidates it supports . Just now the Association is met by two great difficulties , —the one is the apparent apathy of metropolitan subscribers for London cases ; the other is the zealous and compact organization of the provincial
Committees . They command complete combination of voting power , the provincial subscribers voting as one man through the medium of the Charity Committee , and the consequence is , that the provincial representatives come up to London with a large number of votes , and are practically able to
dominate the election . ln London , on the contrary , all is at haphazard and "cross purposes . " Some worthy brethren take up special cases , but a great deal of voting power is lost by duplicate voting , and a still larger number of brethren , from the best motives , take up and carry through provincial cases , so
that as the provinces grow stronger year by year , the chances of success of the poor London candidates proportionally decrease . 1 commend these remarks in all good feeling and deference , through your columns , to the notice of London voters , although I am not so foolish as to contend that every act of the London Masonic Charity
Association has been the proper thing to do , or every proceeding perfect ; yet the " idea " it seeks to embody in theory , and carry out in practice , is a true one , —true both for the interests of the London cases , and for the progress and welfare of the Charities themselves . 1 am , yours faithfully . A MEMBER OF THE ASSOCIATION .
TEXAS REPRESENTATIVE IN GRAND LODGE . To the Editor of the " Freemason . " Dear Sir and Brother , — I beg to hand you enclosed letters received this week from America for publication . Yours fraternally , EMRA HOLMES , F . R . H . S .
[ COPY . ] "Austin , Texas , August 23 rd , igSi . " Right Worshipful Emra Holmes , " Fowey , England . " Right Worshipful Sir and Brother , " I enclose you with this a copy of our Grand Secretary ' s letter to me of August 20 th . " Under thecircumstanccs there is nothingclse to be done
except to recognise our representative , so long lost but now found . And 1 shall therefore be compelled to annul the commission heretofore issued to you . In doing soallow me to express the regret that wc should be deprived of your valuable services . " And believe mc to be , dear Sir and brother , fraternally , "J . IT . AICLEARY , 1 " Grand Master . "
[ Copy . ] " Austin , Texas , August 2 , 3 rd , 1 SS 1 . " Grand Secretary's Ollice , Texas , "Houston , August 20 th , 1 SS 1 . "M . W . J . IT . McLeary , Grand Master , " Ancient and Accepted Masons , Texas . " Most Worshipful Sir and Brother ,
" Your favour of the 19 th inst ., received this clay , in compliance therewith I have examined the proceedings of A . n . 1 S 47 , and find Bro . A . S . Ruthen was Grand Master fur that year ; in his address states that Robert Lee Wilson who was then representative to the M . W . Grand Lodge of England resigned , and recommended Bro . James Wyld , of
the County of , Cornwall , his successor , who was accepted by tlie Grand Lodge of Texas upon the adoption of the report of the Committee on foreign correspondence ( see Ruthvens reprint vol . 1 , pages 200 and 209 ) . This is the first that I was aware of a representative at said Grand Lodge . " Fraternally thine , " G . IT . BRINGHURST , "Grand Secretary .