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CONTENTS . LEADERS— PAGE United Grand Lodge ... ... ... ... ¦¦•433 The Grand Lodge of Iowa ... ... ... ... ¦••433 United Grand Lodge ( Agenda ) ... ... ... ... •¦¦ 434 Mark Grand Lodge ( Agend V ... ... ... ... 435 Provincial Grand Lodge of Cornwall ... ... ... •••435 Poetry—The River—A Simile ... ... ... ... •••435 Craft Masonry ... ... ... ... ... ... 435

MASONIC NOTESAgenda Paper of United Grand Lodge ... ... ... ... 457 Agenda Paper of Mark Grand Lodge ... ... ... ... 437 Bro . Ramsden Riley's Certificates ... ... ... ... 437 Correspondence _ ... ... ... ... ... ... 437 Masonry and Social Life ... ... ... ... ... 438 District Grand Lodgeof Otago and Southland ( N . Z . ) ... ... ... 43 S

Royal and Select Masters ... ... ... ... ... 439 Keys ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 439 Testimonial to Bro . Hudson ... .,. ... ... ... 440 Craft Masonry ... ... ... ... ... ... 440 Lodge of Instruction ... ... ... ... ... ... 440 Obituary .,. ... ... ... ... ... ... 440 Masonic and General Tidings ... ... ... ... ... 441

United Grand Lodge.

UNITED GRAND LODGE .

The next regular Communication of United Grand Lodge will be held at Freemasons' Hail , at the usual hour on Wednesday , the 1 st prox ., when a brief but interesting programme of business will be dealt with . In the first

place and following the reading of the report of the special meeting of Grand Lodge in the Royal Albert Hall on Monday , the 14 th June last , the Grand Secretary will read a letter addressed to the M . W . Grand Master , by the Right Hon .

the Secretary of State for the Home Department in reference to the presentation of the address to her Majesty the QUEEN , and when that has been done the M . W . Grand Master will pro . pose that a vote of thanks be passed to Hro . Sir ALBERT W .

WOODS , P . G . W ., Grand Director of Ceremonies , and Bro . THOMAS FENN , P . G . W ., for their very complete and admirable arrangements for the Albert Hall meeting on the date aforesaid in commemoration of the Queen ' s Diamond Jubilee . We have

on a previous occasion referred to the excellence of these arrangements , the precise manner in which they were carried out , and the consequent success which attended the meeting . Bro . Sir ALBERT WOODS was unfortunately prevented bv illness from

taking an active part in the preparations for so important a function , but it was his duty , or , be it said rather , a duty of his particular office which was thus efficientl y discharged , and there is no doubt that on the well-known principle " Qitifacitper alium

facit per se , ' our distinguished brother deserves the recognition which it will be proposed that Grand Lodge shall vote on Wednesday next . As for Bro . THOMAS FENN , he

cheerfully bore , in the absence of his respected chief , the heat ancl burden of the day , and it is beyond question that the brilliant success of the meetino i . s due to the untirine zeal and

energy he displayed during the weeks immediately preceding the gathering , and the care and ability with which he ordered the necessary arrangements . Under these circumstances we

may be sure that Grand Lodge ; will in his case also but too readily pass with acclamation the resolution of thanks it is the intention of the M . W . G . Master to propose .

When this has been disposed of , a communication will be read from his Royal Highness the M . W . Grand Master , in which it will be suggested that as many Provincial and District ( irand Masters are desirous of commemorating the completion of

the 60 th year of her Majesty ' s reign by conferring Past Provincial and District Grand rank on brethren of eminence in their several Provinces and Districts , Article 8 7 of the Book of Constitutions be specially suspended in order to allow of their doing

United Grand Lodge.

so ; and in the event of Grand Lodge adopting the suggestion his Royal Highness recommends that " the number of appointments authorised should not exceed one for every 12 lodges in a Province or District where the lodges do not exceed 30

in number , with one additional if the broken number exceeds six , " and one for every eight lodges , with an additional one if the broken number exceeds four in the case of Provinces and Districts in which the number of lodges on the roll exceeds 30 .

There is also a notice of motion which will be submitted by Bro . W . F . LAMONBY , P . M . 9 62 , on the subject of "canvassing for office . " It will , doubtless , be in the recollection of the great majority of our readers that a resolution condemning this most

objectionable practice was some time ago brought forward by Bro . LAMONBY and adopted unanimously . But our respected brother is of opinion—and we think he is right—that this resolution" has not had the effect that was desired , and that canvassing

is as rife as ever it was . He now , therefore , proposes that an addition shall be made to the Book of Constitutions , in which " Canvassing for any elective office , personally , by letter , or by circular , is prohibited ; " and , in the event of any brother elected

to such an office being " proved , to the satisfaction of the Board of General Purposes , orof an appointed Committee , after due enquiry , to have canvassed for votes , or to have been canvassed for by brethren , or other agents on his behalf , " he shall be " held incapable

of entering upon the duties of such office , and the election be declared " void and of no effect ; " "the vacancy so caused" to be " filled up in the manner provided for by the Constitutions . " The motion—which will be found in its entirety on another page

—is not a whit too strong , and has our hearty sympathy . Grand Lodge has publicly declared its opinion that the practice of canvassing or touting for votes is most objectionable , and , as this declaration has not had the desired effect , we see no reason wh y the practice should not be made illegal .

The Grand Lodge Of Iowa

THE GRAND LODGE OF IOWA

It is little more than half a century ago that the Grand Lodge of Iowa was founded , and yet , there is little doubt that at the present time it is one of the powers that be in Masonry in the

United States . This is in great measure due to the excellent qualities exhibited by the brethren who have been successively chosen to preside ov . r the destinies of the Craft in the State . Much also of the success that has been achieved is due to the

zeal and ability of the lodges which have worked in co-operation with each other in order to ensure the progress and stability of Freemasonry . But , we do not think we are exaggerating the circumstances or going out of our way to ascribe too much honour

to any single individual brother if we affirm that more credit still is due to Bro . T . S . PAUVIN , who was Grand Master of Iowa as far back as 1852 , for the amazing amount of work he has accomplished during the protracted period he has filled the office

of Grand Secretary . He has worked wonders in many fields of Masonic labour . His mere official duties have been discharged with a punctuality , attention to minute detail , and ability which have won him fame everywhere throughout the Masonic community ,

but in no branch of duty has he been more successful than in that pertaining to the office of Librarian , the result being that in very few Masonic jurisdictions in the United States is there attached

to the Grand Lodge a library containing so numerous , so varied , and so valuable a collection of works on Masonic history and literature , while in few is there exhibited on the part of the brethren so keen a desire to familiarise themselves with the pre-