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Election Of Grand Master.
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Oisr the question , of the re-election of thesM . W . Grand Master at the last Quarterly Communication—a motion of course carried all hut unanimously—for , however much some of the Brethren maydesire to see an occasional change made in the head of the Craft , as
tending to bring with it a new and important connection to the Order , none desire to cast , however remotely , even what may he considered a slight upon so estimable a nobleman and Mason as the Earl of Zetland—a desultory discussion arose as to the right of one
Brother to nominate another for the office without his authority . We should not have alluded to the subject , considering it as only trifling with the time of Grand lodge , were it not to point out the diversity of opinion existing between the Grand Master and those who may be presumed to be his more immediate supporters . At the meeting in December , on a Brother rising and nominating Lord
Southampton for the office of G . M ., he was asked by another Brother whether he had the authority of that nobleman to make use of his name ; upon which the Gr . M . ruled—and properly , as we think—that the question could not be put . The Brother had the power to nominate , but it was for Lord Southampton himself to determine whether he would stand by the nomination . But what says Lord Panmure ( the reputed future D . G . M . ) three months afterwards ? That no Brother should be allowed to nominate another without
being prepared to declare he has received the consent of the nominee to stand , and to take upon himself the duties of his office . On what ground is he to be called upon to make such a declaration P We will give it in our noble Brother ' s own words : —" "Wh y , you may
some day elect some one to the highest honour to which , as a Mason , he can attain , who , from circumstances over which he has no control , or from not taking sufficient interest in the Craft , may refuse to accept the honour . " Now , ' we will put it to the Brethren whether VOL . III . 2 L
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Election Of Grand Master.
; v ^ : B ^
Oisr the question , of the re-election of thesM . W . Grand Master at the last Quarterly Communication—a motion of course carried all hut unanimously—for , however much some of the Brethren maydesire to see an occasional change made in the head of the Craft , as
tending to bring with it a new and important connection to the Order , none desire to cast , however remotely , even what may he considered a slight upon so estimable a nobleman and Mason as the Earl of Zetland—a desultory discussion arose as to the right of one
Brother to nominate another for the office without his authority . We should not have alluded to the subject , considering it as only trifling with the time of Grand lodge , were it not to point out the diversity of opinion existing between the Grand Master and those who may be presumed to be his more immediate supporters . At the meeting in December , on a Brother rising and nominating Lord
Southampton for the office of G . M ., he was asked by another Brother whether he had the authority of that nobleman to make use of his name ; upon which the Gr . M . ruled—and properly , as we think—that the question could not be put . The Brother had the power to nominate , but it was for Lord Southampton himself to determine whether he would stand by the nomination . But what says Lord Panmure ( the reputed future D . G . M . ) three months afterwards ? That no Brother should be allowed to nominate another without
being prepared to declare he has received the consent of the nominee to stand , and to take upon himself the duties of his office . On what ground is he to be called upon to make such a declaration P We will give it in our noble Brother ' s own words : —" "Wh y , you may
some day elect some one to the highest honour to which , as a Mason , he can attain , who , from circumstances over which he has no control , or from not taking sufficient interest in the Craft , may refuse to accept the honour . " Now , ' we will put it to the Brethren whether VOL . III . 2 L