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The Approaching Election Of The Royal Masonic Benevolent Institution.
THE APPROACHING ELECTION OF THE ROYAL MASONIC BENEVOLENT INSTITUTION .
It will be seen from the voting papers which were issued last week for the elections at the annual meeting of the Governors and Subscribers to the Royal Masonic Benevolent Institution on Friday , the 15 th prox ., that the lists of candidates are only slightly less formidable in point of numbers than they were last year .
Then there were 68 men and X 4 . widow candidates , while at the approaching election the numbers will be 66 men and 81 widows . Nor will there be a very appreciable difference in the numbers of vacancies to be filled . In 18 90 there were , including the deferred in both cases , 19 on the Male and n on the Widows '
Fund , while on this occasion they will be 14 and 12 respectively , together with such further vacancies as have occurred between the declaration of numbers in February and the day appointed for the election . There are , indeed , good grounds for believing that for many years to come the numbers of approved
candidates will be largely in excess of the vacancies on the two Funds , unless some special good fortune should befall the Institution which would enable it to make a large permanent
addition to its present establishment . However , this is a point which does not immediately concern us at this moment , our purpose being to glance through the lists , and lay before our readers any special points in connection with the several candidates .
MALE FUND . There are , as we have said , 66 candidates who will compete for the vacancies on this Fund of the Institution . No . 1 , hailing from Hampshire and the Isle of Wight , has been on the list for 10 years , and has 79 8 votes in hand . No . 2 , from North and
East Yorkshire , though only 61 years of age next month , has had his candidature before the Governors for nine years , the particulars of his case setting forth that he is " permanently paralysed . " He does not , however , appear to have made much
headway as yet , the votes to his credit being only 68 . No . 3 , who hails from Northumberland , and is also permanently incapacitated from work , has been on the list for eight years , is close on 60 years of age , and has 230 votes in hand , while No .
4 ( Devonshire ) has been a candidate seven years , and will start with 131 votes . No . 5 ( London ) has 6 7 6 votes to his credit from five previous attempts , and Nos . 6 and 7 , with 30 and 50 votes to their credit respectively , have made four unsuccessful attempts ,
and unless their friends put forth more serious exertions than they have done hitherto , there seems very little chance of their faring better this year . No . 6 hails from North and t-ast ^ Yorkshire , and No . 7 from Berkshire . The group ° f ei ght from Nos . 8 to 15 , both inclusive , have been
on the list for four years . No . 8 , with 81 votes in hand , hails 'rom N . and E . Yorkshire ; No . 9 from East Lancashire ; No . 10 rom Surrey , and has 2117 votes to his credit ; No . 11 from Devonshire ; Nos . 12 , 14 , and 15 from London , of whom No . 12 . s ! 433 votes and No . 14 512 votes to the good ; while No . 13 Is from Kent and starts with 130 votes .. The eight that follow "~ -lrom No . 16 to No . 23—were candidates for the first time in
009- No . 16 with 757 votes to his credit , No . 20 with 196 3 v oteS ) No . 22 with 637 votes , and No . 23 wiih 19 66 votes derive jneir claims from London ; and No . 17 from N . and E . Yorkshire v » l start with 2247 votes ; while Nos . 18 , 19 , and i \ are from
vonsrnre , ^ West Yorkshire , and Lincolnshire respectively . 1 e . aining old candidates are 18 in number , No . 24 ( Bengal ) . ^ aving 1 i s votes at starting ; No . 25 , West Yorkshire ; Nos . 7 and 27 from Devonshire ; No . 28 , Durham ; No . 29 ,
No - re ' 4 votes t 0 crecbt ; No . 30 , Durham ; vot 3 I with 8 74 votes , No . 33 with 503 votes , No . 34 with 682 Und ' 3 § W ' th Io 6 votes > and No ' 4 ° with - 5 8 votes > from uml ° i' ^ ° 3 . Cambridgeshire , with 192 votes ; No 35 , North-No rland ; No . 36 , the Channel Islands , with 988 votes ; Votes- ' ^ Lancasnire ; No - 39 ) Kent , with 18 9 > and No . 41 , East Lancashire . There are also 25
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candidates who will make their first appearance at this election , namely , No . 42 from Kent ; No . 43 from Dorsetshire ; No . 44 from Leicestershire and Rutland ; Nos 45 , 49 , and 55 from West Yorkshire ; Nos . 46 , 59 , and 60 from London ; No 47 from Durham ; Nos . 4 8 and 65 from West Lancashire ; No . 50
from Suffolk ; No . 51 from Hampshire and the Isle of Wight ; Nos . 52 and 62 from Gloucestershire ; Nos . 53 , 54 , and 5 8 from East Lancashire ; No . 56 from North and East Yorkshire ; No . 57 from Cornwall ; Nos . 61 and 66 from Cheshire ; No . 63 from Norfolk ; and No . 64 from Northumberland . Taking the old
and the new cases together , we find that Lcndon furnishes 16 and the Provinces 50 , the provincial being distributed as follows ; namely , five each from Devonshire , North and East Yorkshire , and West Yorkshire ; four each from East and West Lancashire ; three each from Durham , Kent , and Northumberland ; two each
from Cheshire , Gloucestershire , Lincolnshire , and Hants and the Isle of Wight ; and one from Bengal , Berkshire , Cambridgeshire , Cornwall , Channel Islands , Dorsetshire , Leicestershire and Rutland , Norfolk , Suffolk , and Surrey . In some cases the particulars show that the reverse of fortune has been very
marked , that many have achieved distinction in lodge and province , and that there are several who , in the days of their affluence , generously supported our Institutions eitheras Stewards or contributors . Not a few of the candidates were subscribing members for upwards of 30 years .
WIDOWS FUND . The 81 candidates for admission to the Widows' Fund comprise 31 hailing from London and 50 from the Provinces , & c , the latter being distributed amongst the following : —Kent , 9 ; Devonshire , 7 ; Cornwall , 3 ; Essex , 3 ; East Lancashire , 3 ; Hants and the Isle of Wight , 3 ; Durham , 2 ; Lincolnshire , 2 ;
West Yorkshire , 2 ; and one each from Bristol , Cheshire , Cumberland and Westmorland , Dorsetshire , Norfolk , Northumberland , Oxfordshire , Somersetshire , South Wales ( East Division ) , South Wales ( West Division ) , Staffordshire , Suffolk , Sussex , Turkey , Warwickshire , and Yorkshire ( North and East ) . Only
10 out of the total number have been approved since the election in May of last year , so that the very large proportion of 71 have been already once before the electors , while several have had their names on the list for four years and upwards . Thus a Lincolnshire widow who has been a candidate for 11 years stands
at No . 1 , but as she brings forward 2782 votes , we should think her chances of success on this occasion are very promising ; while No . 2 ( London ) , who has been applying lor admission during a period of equal duration , has only 116 votes to her credit . No . 3 , also a London candidate , has
1829 votes to the good as the result of eight contests , and No . 4 , Hants and the Isle of Wight , 318 7 votes brought forward from precisely the same number . No . 5 , from Kent , starts on her eighth attempt with only 143 voles in hand ; and Nos . 6 and 7 , from Cumberland and Westmorland and East Lancashire , are also
applicants for the eighth time , the former with 17 voles , and the latter with 147 votes . The five next in order on the list have been trying their luck fbr seven years , No . 8 , Hants and the Isle of Wight having 13 8 7 votes to the good , No . 9 ( Kent ) , 2276 votes , No . 10 ( Kent ) , 615 votes , No . 11 ( London ) , 1129 votes ,
and No . 12 , also from London , 522 votes . Nos . 13 , 14 , and 15 , from Devonshire , Durham , and Devonshire respectively , have stood five previous elections , but none of them with any great amount of success , No . 15 , with 174 votes , being the best off of the three . Nos . 16 ( Cornwall ) and 17 ( Devonshire ) have made
four attempts and have a few votes in hand ; while Nos . IS to 28 , both inclusive , are candidates for the fourth year ; No . 18 ( Essex ) being well placed with 2088 votes to her credit , No . 19 ( London ) still better placed , with 297 8 voles ; No . 20 hailing from Bristol ;
No . 21 ( London ) with 97 6 votes ; No . 22 , from Kent , No . 23 ( London ) having 1932 voles ; No . 24 ( Durham ) , No . 25 ( London ) , No . 26 ( Hants and the Isle of Wight ) , No . 27 ( Warwickshire ) , and No . 28 ( Devonshire ) , having so small a credit each as to be hardly worth considering . The next
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The Approaching Election Of The Royal Masonic Benevolent Institution.
THE APPROACHING ELECTION OF THE ROYAL MASONIC BENEVOLENT INSTITUTION .
It will be seen from the voting papers which were issued last week for the elections at the annual meeting of the Governors and Subscribers to the Royal Masonic Benevolent Institution on Friday , the 15 th prox ., that the lists of candidates are only slightly less formidable in point of numbers than they were last year .
Then there were 68 men and X 4 . widow candidates , while at the approaching election the numbers will be 66 men and 81 widows . Nor will there be a very appreciable difference in the numbers of vacancies to be filled . In 18 90 there were , including the deferred in both cases , 19 on the Male and n on the Widows '
Fund , while on this occasion they will be 14 and 12 respectively , together with such further vacancies as have occurred between the declaration of numbers in February and the day appointed for the election . There are , indeed , good grounds for believing that for many years to come the numbers of approved
candidates will be largely in excess of the vacancies on the two Funds , unless some special good fortune should befall the Institution which would enable it to make a large permanent
addition to its present establishment . However , this is a point which does not immediately concern us at this moment , our purpose being to glance through the lists , and lay before our readers any special points in connection with the several candidates .
MALE FUND . There are , as we have said , 66 candidates who will compete for the vacancies on this Fund of the Institution . No . 1 , hailing from Hampshire and the Isle of Wight , has been on the list for 10 years , and has 79 8 votes in hand . No . 2 , from North and
East Yorkshire , though only 61 years of age next month , has had his candidature before the Governors for nine years , the particulars of his case setting forth that he is " permanently paralysed . " He does not , however , appear to have made much
headway as yet , the votes to his credit being only 68 . No . 3 , who hails from Northumberland , and is also permanently incapacitated from work , has been on the list for eight years , is close on 60 years of age , and has 230 votes in hand , while No .
4 ( Devonshire ) has been a candidate seven years , and will start with 131 votes . No . 5 ( London ) has 6 7 6 votes to his credit from five previous attempts , and Nos . 6 and 7 , with 30 and 50 votes to their credit respectively , have made four unsuccessful attempts ,
and unless their friends put forth more serious exertions than they have done hitherto , there seems very little chance of their faring better this year . No . 6 hails from North and t-ast ^ Yorkshire , and No . 7 from Berkshire . The group ° f ei ght from Nos . 8 to 15 , both inclusive , have been
on the list for four years . No . 8 , with 81 votes in hand , hails 'rom N . and E . Yorkshire ; No . 9 from East Lancashire ; No . 10 rom Surrey , and has 2117 votes to his credit ; No . 11 from Devonshire ; Nos . 12 , 14 , and 15 from London , of whom No . 12 . s ! 433 votes and No . 14 512 votes to the good ; while No . 13 Is from Kent and starts with 130 votes .. The eight that follow "~ -lrom No . 16 to No . 23—were candidates for the first time in
009- No . 16 with 757 votes to his credit , No . 20 with 196 3 v oteS ) No . 22 with 637 votes , and No . 23 wiih 19 66 votes derive jneir claims from London ; and No . 17 from N . and E . Yorkshire v » l start with 2247 votes ; while Nos . 18 , 19 , and i \ are from
vonsrnre , ^ West Yorkshire , and Lincolnshire respectively . 1 e . aining old candidates are 18 in number , No . 24 ( Bengal ) . ^ aving 1 i s votes at starting ; No . 25 , West Yorkshire ; Nos . 7 and 27 from Devonshire ; No . 28 , Durham ; No . 29 ,
No - re ' 4 votes t 0 crecbt ; No . 30 , Durham ; vot 3 I with 8 74 votes , No . 33 with 503 votes , No . 34 with 682 Und ' 3 § W ' th Io 6 votes > and No ' 4 ° with - 5 8 votes > from uml ° i' ^ ° 3 . Cambridgeshire , with 192 votes ; No 35 , North-No rland ; No . 36 , the Channel Islands , with 988 votes ; Votes- ' ^ Lancasnire ; No - 39 ) Kent , with 18 9 > and No . 41 , East Lancashire . There are also 25
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candidates who will make their first appearance at this election , namely , No . 42 from Kent ; No . 43 from Dorsetshire ; No . 44 from Leicestershire and Rutland ; Nos 45 , 49 , and 55 from West Yorkshire ; Nos . 46 , 59 , and 60 from London ; No 47 from Durham ; Nos . 4 8 and 65 from West Lancashire ; No . 50
from Suffolk ; No . 51 from Hampshire and the Isle of Wight ; Nos . 52 and 62 from Gloucestershire ; Nos . 53 , 54 , and 5 8 from East Lancashire ; No . 56 from North and East Yorkshire ; No . 57 from Cornwall ; Nos . 61 and 66 from Cheshire ; No . 63 from Norfolk ; and No . 64 from Northumberland . Taking the old
and the new cases together , we find that Lcndon furnishes 16 and the Provinces 50 , the provincial being distributed as follows ; namely , five each from Devonshire , North and East Yorkshire , and West Yorkshire ; four each from East and West Lancashire ; three each from Durham , Kent , and Northumberland ; two each
from Cheshire , Gloucestershire , Lincolnshire , and Hants and the Isle of Wight ; and one from Bengal , Berkshire , Cambridgeshire , Cornwall , Channel Islands , Dorsetshire , Leicestershire and Rutland , Norfolk , Suffolk , and Surrey . In some cases the particulars show that the reverse of fortune has been very
marked , that many have achieved distinction in lodge and province , and that there are several who , in the days of their affluence , generously supported our Institutions eitheras Stewards or contributors . Not a few of the candidates were subscribing members for upwards of 30 years .
WIDOWS FUND . The 81 candidates for admission to the Widows' Fund comprise 31 hailing from London and 50 from the Provinces , & c , the latter being distributed amongst the following : —Kent , 9 ; Devonshire , 7 ; Cornwall , 3 ; Essex , 3 ; East Lancashire , 3 ; Hants and the Isle of Wight , 3 ; Durham , 2 ; Lincolnshire , 2 ;
West Yorkshire , 2 ; and one each from Bristol , Cheshire , Cumberland and Westmorland , Dorsetshire , Norfolk , Northumberland , Oxfordshire , Somersetshire , South Wales ( East Division ) , South Wales ( West Division ) , Staffordshire , Suffolk , Sussex , Turkey , Warwickshire , and Yorkshire ( North and East ) . Only
10 out of the total number have been approved since the election in May of last year , so that the very large proportion of 71 have been already once before the electors , while several have had their names on the list for four years and upwards . Thus a Lincolnshire widow who has been a candidate for 11 years stands
at No . 1 , but as she brings forward 2782 votes , we should think her chances of success on this occasion are very promising ; while No . 2 ( London ) , who has been applying lor admission during a period of equal duration , has only 116 votes to her credit . No . 3 , also a London candidate , has
1829 votes to the good as the result of eight contests , and No . 4 , Hants and the Isle of Wight , 318 7 votes brought forward from precisely the same number . No . 5 , from Kent , starts on her eighth attempt with only 143 voles in hand ; and Nos . 6 and 7 , from Cumberland and Westmorland and East Lancashire , are also
applicants for the eighth time , the former with 17 voles , and the latter with 147 votes . The five next in order on the list have been trying their luck fbr seven years , No . 8 , Hants and the Isle of Wight having 13 8 7 votes to the good , No . 9 ( Kent ) , 2276 votes , No . 10 ( Kent ) , 615 votes , No . 11 ( London ) , 1129 votes ,
and No . 12 , also from London , 522 votes . Nos . 13 , 14 , and 15 , from Devonshire , Durham , and Devonshire respectively , have stood five previous elections , but none of them with any great amount of success , No . 15 , with 174 votes , being the best off of the three . Nos . 16 ( Cornwall ) and 17 ( Devonshire ) have made
four attempts and have a few votes in hand ; while Nos . IS to 28 , both inclusive , are candidates for the fourth year ; No . 18 ( Essex ) being well placed with 2088 votes to her credit , No . 19 ( London ) still better placed , with 297 8 voles ; No . 20 hailing from Bristol ;
No . 21 ( London ) with 97 6 votes ; No . 22 , from Kent , No . 23 ( London ) having 1932 voles ; No . 24 ( Durham ) , No . 25 ( London ) , No . 26 ( Hants and the Isle of Wight ) , No . 27 ( Warwickshire ) , and No . 28 ( Devonshire ) , having so small a credit each as to be hardly worth considering . The next