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Comispotoeice.
In stating this I must beg to except such Brethren as Stephen Barton Wilson , John Hervey , and a few others , who are worthy of all honour , and no provincial Mason would grudge any mark of respect which might be conferred on them . Nor do I imply that the M . W , Grand Master is
chargeable with either partiality or partisanship . I believe his lordship personally to he actuated hy the purest feelings and most earnest wishes for the interests of Masonry ; but those Brethren who may render themselves conspicuous as debaters in Grand Lodge , or who may be personally known to his lordship in his own county , are almost naturally those selected for the highest honours of the Craft .
It is , I know , a delicate thing to touch upon the mode of exercising the prerogatives of the M . WV Grand Master , but the claims of the provincial Brethren generally ought to he brought in some way under the cognizance of his lordship , and ( as you , Bro . Editor , seem to imply in your last leader ) ought to receive more consideration than they have hitherto done . I would venture to suggest that once in every three , four , or five years , each Prov . Grand Master shonld recommend to the M . W . Grand Master
some one Brother of his province for office in Grand Lodge . There may he objections to this plan , but something ought to be done in the matter , and that speedily , or the discontent at present existing will rapidly
. I had purposed making some remarks upon the remaining portions of the letter respecting the recognition of Prov . Grand Officers in Grand Lodge , and also upon the well-merited boon which Bro . Stebbing has twice attempted to obtain for that hard-worked and ill-requited class of Officers , the D . Prov . Grand Masters , but I have already trespassed so
much upon your valuable space , that I must , at least for the present , refrain , and will conclude hy expressing a hope that mine will not be the only protest which the assumption of "A . London P . M . ' s " letter will produce . —I am , dear Sir and Brother , Yours fraternallly ,
Blankshire , April 7 th , 1858 . A Country P . M . P . S . I may ask " A London P . M . " why the metropolitan Brethren are not satisfied with monopolizing the lion's share of honours in Grand Lodge , but must also , by joining country Lodges in the neighbourhood of London for the sole purpose of obtaining rank as Prov . Grand Officers , exclude country Brethren from the inferior honours of Prov . Grand Lodge , which , he is willing to admit , do of right belong to them .
ADMISSION OF MEMBERS . TO THE EDITOR OF THE FREEMASONS * MAGAZINE AND MASONIC MIRROR . Si rand Brother , —The " Young Mason ' may rest in peace . The reasons for rejecting a candidate would be sufficient for his exclusion . The W . M . having power , as resolved by the Grand Lodge , 3 rd December , 1856 , " to refuse admission to any visitor of known bad character . " But the evil complained of is , I fear , of too frequent occurrence . I know of one case ,
lately , where a young professional man was proposed as a candidate in the Lodge nearest to his residence , and on a ballot he was rejected ; he then tried four other Lodges , but at each of them he was slightly known , and the argument was , " If he were eligible out of his own province , why was he not so at home ?" Having been rejected in each case , he sought admission into a London JLodgc , and found thcrp a refuge for the destitute ..
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Comispotoeice.
In stating this I must beg to except such Brethren as Stephen Barton Wilson , John Hervey , and a few others , who are worthy of all honour , and no provincial Mason would grudge any mark of respect which might be conferred on them . Nor do I imply that the M . W , Grand Master is
chargeable with either partiality or partisanship . I believe his lordship personally to he actuated hy the purest feelings and most earnest wishes for the interests of Masonry ; but those Brethren who may render themselves conspicuous as debaters in Grand Lodge , or who may be personally known to his lordship in his own county , are almost naturally those selected for the highest honours of the Craft .
It is , I know , a delicate thing to touch upon the mode of exercising the prerogatives of the M . WV Grand Master , but the claims of the provincial Brethren generally ought to he brought in some way under the cognizance of his lordship , and ( as you , Bro . Editor , seem to imply in your last leader ) ought to receive more consideration than they have hitherto done . I would venture to suggest that once in every three , four , or five years , each Prov . Grand Master shonld recommend to the M . W . Grand Master
some one Brother of his province for office in Grand Lodge . There may he objections to this plan , but something ought to be done in the matter , and that speedily , or the discontent at present existing will rapidly
. I had purposed making some remarks upon the remaining portions of the letter respecting the recognition of Prov . Grand Officers in Grand Lodge , and also upon the well-merited boon which Bro . Stebbing has twice attempted to obtain for that hard-worked and ill-requited class of Officers , the D . Prov . Grand Masters , but I have already trespassed so
much upon your valuable space , that I must , at least for the present , refrain , and will conclude hy expressing a hope that mine will not be the only protest which the assumption of "A . London P . M . ' s " letter will produce . —I am , dear Sir and Brother , Yours fraternallly ,
Blankshire , April 7 th , 1858 . A Country P . M . P . S . I may ask " A London P . M . " why the metropolitan Brethren are not satisfied with monopolizing the lion's share of honours in Grand Lodge , but must also , by joining country Lodges in the neighbourhood of London for the sole purpose of obtaining rank as Prov . Grand Officers , exclude country Brethren from the inferior honours of Prov . Grand Lodge , which , he is willing to admit , do of right belong to them .
ADMISSION OF MEMBERS . TO THE EDITOR OF THE FREEMASONS * MAGAZINE AND MASONIC MIRROR . Si rand Brother , —The " Young Mason ' may rest in peace . The reasons for rejecting a candidate would be sufficient for his exclusion . The W . M . having power , as resolved by the Grand Lodge , 3 rd December , 1856 , " to refuse admission to any visitor of known bad character . " But the evil complained of is , I fear , of too frequent occurrence . I know of one case ,
lately , where a young professional man was proposed as a candidate in the Lodge nearest to his residence , and on a ballot he was rejected ; he then tried four other Lodges , but at each of them he was slightly known , and the argument was , " If he were eligible out of his own province , why was he not so at home ?" Having been rejected in each case , he sought admission into a London JLodgc , and found thcrp a refuge for the destitute ..