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Correspondence.
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[ The Editor does not Jiold Mmse ^ re ^ omMe ^ r any opinions entertained by Correspondents . ]
THE PROVINCE OF WEST YQBKSHIip :. to the editor of the freemasons * magazine and masonic mirror , Dear , Sir and Broth ^ shire , in his letter of 29 th May , impugns the veracity of the statements
made in my previous communications repl y * Since he admits that the proposed code was printed hy his orders , and " that a printed copy war s ^ characterize as a falsehood n ^ sent to you for publicatidn ; if not sent for publication , I ask for ^ it sent * seeing that you are the editor of our principal Ma . sonic organ 1 In support df my second assertion whicn he calls in question , viz ., that
the code had not previously been discussed in the Prov . Grand Lodge , I have to say , that at the Prov . Grand Lodge held at Bradford , to which he alludes , no regular discussion of the code took place ; it was read perhaps twice , but the . discussion had hardly commenced before it was suggested , not by some distinguished Brethren , but by a Brother experienced in the law , that the report should be received , and the code submitted to the private Lodges ; not however because the time was short , nor yet because of the desire of
the D . Prov . G . M . that the Brethren should have every opportunity of full and free discussion ~ -althoiLgh , no doubt , he felt such a desire—but simply because the by-laws of our Province require all proposals for altering them to be submitted for consideration to the private Lodges ; and as some
of the provisions of the code of regulations , if adopted , would have materially altered the provincial by-laws , no resolution passed at Bradford would have been operative . This proving to be the law , the discussion would have been premature , and was consequently cut short at the outset , J
maintain , therefore , that up to the time of its being sent to you , no real discussion of the code took place in Prov . Grand Lodge , and this assertion is corroborated by " a P . M . of West Yorkshire" in his letter to you , published in your number of the 2 nd instant . Long before the D . Prov . G . M . recommended me to peruse the 20 th
provincial by-law , I had carefully consulted it ; but I do not find it therein stated that it is obligatory to submit by-laws to the Prov . G . M , before they are passed or discussed ; and I still consider that the course pursued , as regards the code , was unusual , if not deserving of a stronger epithet . The D . Prov . G . M . does not deny the unpleasant consequences of this
unusual proceeding , but asserts that the Prov . G , M . had cause to be offended . This is a matter of opinion . I differ in toto with the D . Prov . G . M . ; but whether the Prov . G . M . had cause of offence given him or not , one thing is clear , viz ., that the code as printed and sent to you , although approved by the Prov . G . M ., and deliberately formed by a com-O 7 * m
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Correspondence.
^ mmm ^ M ^ M
[ The Editor does not Jiold Mmse ^ re ^ omMe ^ r any opinions entertained by Correspondents . ]
THE PROVINCE OF WEST YQBKSHIip :. to the editor of the freemasons * magazine and masonic mirror , Dear , Sir and Broth ^ shire , in his letter of 29 th May , impugns the veracity of the statements
made in my previous communications repl y * Since he admits that the proposed code was printed hy his orders , and " that a printed copy war s ^ characterize as a falsehood n ^ sent to you for publicatidn ; if not sent for publication , I ask for ^ it sent * seeing that you are the editor of our principal Ma . sonic organ 1 In support df my second assertion whicn he calls in question , viz ., that
the code had not previously been discussed in the Prov . Grand Lodge , I have to say , that at the Prov . Grand Lodge held at Bradford , to which he alludes , no regular discussion of the code took place ; it was read perhaps twice , but the . discussion had hardly commenced before it was suggested , not by some distinguished Brethren , but by a Brother experienced in the law , that the report should be received , and the code submitted to the private Lodges ; not however because the time was short , nor yet because of the desire of
the D . Prov . G . M . that the Brethren should have every opportunity of full and free discussion ~ -althoiLgh , no doubt , he felt such a desire—but simply because the by-laws of our Province require all proposals for altering them to be submitted for consideration to the private Lodges ; and as some
of the provisions of the code of regulations , if adopted , would have materially altered the provincial by-laws , no resolution passed at Bradford would have been operative . This proving to be the law , the discussion would have been premature , and was consequently cut short at the outset , J
maintain , therefore , that up to the time of its being sent to you , no real discussion of the code took place in Prov . Grand Lodge , and this assertion is corroborated by " a P . M . of West Yorkshire" in his letter to you , published in your number of the 2 nd instant . Long before the D . Prov . G . M . recommended me to peruse the 20 th
provincial by-law , I had carefully consulted it ; but I do not find it therein stated that it is obligatory to submit by-laws to the Prov . G . M , before they are passed or discussed ; and I still consider that the course pursued , as regards the code , was unusual , if not deserving of a stronger epithet . The D . Prov . G . M . does not deny the unpleasant consequences of this
unusual proceeding , but asserts that the Prov . G , M . had cause to be offended . This is a matter of opinion . I differ in toto with the D . Prov . G . M . ; but whether the Prov . G . M . had cause of offence given him or not , one thing is clear , viz ., that the code as printed and sent to you , although approved by the Prov . G . M ., and deliberately formed by a com-O 7 * m