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The Masonic Mie10e
would not militate against his right to move his amendnient against the adoption of the clause hi question . Bro , Roxburgh said it was not competent to move any other amendment than that the report be not received . That had not been done , and it was not his intention to move the adoption of the paragraph , the only motion to which Bro .
-beadon s amendment could apply . If Bro . Beadon could bring forward his motion as an amendment now it would give the go-by to the rule requiring notice of motipni The M . W . G . M . had thought motion might be taken between the reports of the two boards , hut thei practice of Grand Lodge had been otherwise ; and he did not wish to dictate Bro . Whitmore thought the Grand Master had the power of directing the order
in which the motions should be taken . The M . W . G . M . did hot think he had that power , and even if he had he certainly should not exercise it .
Bro . Lord Panmure said it w & s perfectly clear that the motion could not be brought forward as an amendment to the report , inasmuch as the report did not ~ ask Grand Lodge to take any step . In fact it contained no recomniehdation . Bro . Green inquired if it w ^ ere competent for any other member of Grand Lodge , other than the chairman of the Board of General Purposes , to move the adoption of any portion of the report ? The M . W . G . M . replied that it was .
Bro . Green said that being the case he should now move the adoption of the paragraph in dispute , Bro . the Rev ^ G . R . Portal seconded the inotipn . Bro . Roxburgh rose to order . He maintained that Bro . Green , not having given the required notice of motion , could not nowproceed . Bro . the Rev . G . R . Portal , —" But the Grand Master has just said that he can . "
Bro . Beadon also held that according to the decision of the Grand Master it was competent for Bro . Green to persevere with his motion . Bro . Roxburgh observed that it must be known to Bro . Beadon there was both statute and common law in Masonry as in the administration of justice in the country . By the Book of Constitutions any Brother might , on notice , bring forward a motion , but by the practice of Grand Lodge , or by the common law of Masonry , none but the chairman of the Board of General Purposes could move the adoption of any portion of the report of the board . Bro . the Rev . G . R . Portal observed that the Grand Master and the Grand
Registrar were at variance . Bro . Roxburgh said , the worthy Brother did not allow him to finish his sentence , which was , that no Brother , other than the G . Reg ., could make such a motion upon the report of the Board of General Purposes without notice . The M . W . G . M . did not think he could hear Bro . Green ' s motion , as he had not given notice ' of his intention of bringing it forward . Bro . Stebbing , said the Craft were most unfairly dealt with in such a course
of shuffling , ( Hear , hear . ) The chairman of the Board of General Purposes said that he , and he only , had a right to move the adoption of the report . If that were so , and he omitted to move the adoption of any portion of it , he clearly omitted to do his duty . ( Hear , hear . ) He had himself come up from the country ,- a distance of one bundled miles , to vote upon a particular motion , and now he was to be told by the G . Reg ., " That is a motion which no pne
can propose but myself , and I won't doit , " so that the members ot Grand Lodge were deprived of their privileges , and were debarred from expressing their opinion upon A most important subject . The G . M . himself had at the first blush of the thing , and seeing its justice , declared that Bro . Green could proceed with his motion , but the alarm was got up and the whisper in the ear passed on to the chair , and now they were not to be allowed to proceed . That was playing with the tights of Masonry and with the rights of free discussion , which he should ever most emphatically denounce . ( Cheers . ) If Grand Lodge was to be respected , that kind of nonsense should not be allowed to go on . He had come up frotu
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would not militate against his right to move his amendnient against the adoption of the clause hi question . Bro , Roxburgh said it was not competent to move any other amendment than that the report be not received . That had not been done , and it was not his intention to move the adoption of the paragraph , the only motion to which Bro .
-beadon s amendment could apply . If Bro . Beadon could bring forward his motion as an amendment now it would give the go-by to the rule requiring notice of motipni The M . W . G . M . had thought motion might be taken between the reports of the two boards , hut thei practice of Grand Lodge had been otherwise ; and he did not wish to dictate Bro . Whitmore thought the Grand Master had the power of directing the order
in which the motions should be taken . The M . W . G . M . did hot think he had that power , and even if he had he certainly should not exercise it .
Bro . Lord Panmure said it w & s perfectly clear that the motion could not be brought forward as an amendment to the report , inasmuch as the report did not ~ ask Grand Lodge to take any step . In fact it contained no recomniehdation . Bro . Green inquired if it w ^ ere competent for any other member of Grand Lodge , other than the chairman of the Board of General Purposes , to move the adoption of any portion of the report ? The M . W . G . M . replied that it was .
Bro . Green said that being the case he should now move the adoption of the paragraph in dispute , Bro . the Rev ^ G . R . Portal seconded the inotipn . Bro . Roxburgh rose to order . He maintained that Bro . Green , not having given the required notice of motion , could not nowproceed . Bro . the Rev . G . R . Portal , —" But the Grand Master has just said that he can . "
Bro . Beadon also held that according to the decision of the Grand Master it was competent for Bro . Green to persevere with his motion . Bro . Roxburgh observed that it must be known to Bro . Beadon there was both statute and common law in Masonry as in the administration of justice in the country . By the Book of Constitutions any Brother might , on notice , bring forward a motion , but by the practice of Grand Lodge , or by the common law of Masonry , none but the chairman of the Board of General Purposes could move the adoption of any portion of the report of the board . Bro . the Rev . G . R . Portal observed that the Grand Master and the Grand
Registrar were at variance . Bro . Roxburgh said , the worthy Brother did not allow him to finish his sentence , which was , that no Brother , other than the G . Reg ., could make such a motion upon the report of the Board of General Purposes without notice . The M . W . G . M . did not think he could hear Bro . Green ' s motion , as he had not given notice ' of his intention of bringing it forward . Bro . Stebbing , said the Craft were most unfairly dealt with in such a course
of shuffling , ( Hear , hear . ) The chairman of the Board of General Purposes said that he , and he only , had a right to move the adoption of the report . If that were so , and he omitted to move the adoption of any portion of it , he clearly omitted to do his duty . ( Hear , hear . ) He had himself come up from the country ,- a distance of one bundled miles , to vote upon a particular motion , and now he was to be told by the G . Reg ., " That is a motion which no pne
can propose but myself , and I won't doit , " so that the members ot Grand Lodge were deprived of their privileges , and were debarred from expressing their opinion upon A most important subject . The G . M . himself had at the first blush of the thing , and seeing its justice , declared that Bro . Green could proceed with his motion , but the alarm was got up and the whisper in the ear passed on to the chair , and now they were not to be allowed to proceed . That was playing with the tights of Masonry and with the rights of free discussion , which he should ever most emphatically denounce . ( Cheers . ) If Grand Lodge was to be respected , that kind of nonsense should not be allowed to go on . He had come up frotu