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The Masonic Mirror.
a Past Master , Bight Worshipful Sir , and I maintain that justice has not been done to the fraternity ( loud cheering ) ; I therefore demand of you , Right Worshipful Sir , in the name of a number of Brethren , who have attended here at great expense and inconvenience , and in the name of the whole Grand Lodge , —in the name of that justice which ought to be a leading characteristic of Freemasons , that the business of the evening be proceeded with forthwith without any further interruption . " ( Hear , hear . ) The motion of Bro . Portal was then seconded by some Brother whose name we did not catch .
Bro . Benson , W . M ., No . 10 , said , both mover and seconder were out of order . If the M . W . the Grand Master was unable to attend , there was no necessity to find fault , as the acting Grand Master was to all intents and purposes the same . ( Hear . ) Masonry recognized the glitter of no coronet . ( Hear , hear . ) Bro . Beadon rose again , but was assailed with cries of " Spoke 1 " " Spoke !" so vigorously and so continuously , that he sat down . The Grand Master said , Bro . Beadon was rising to reply . ( Loud cries of
"There ' s no motion before the Grand Lodge . " ) The Bev . Bro . John Day said there was a motion before the Grand Lodge , proposed and seconded . Great confusion ensued , and Bro . Savage contended that Bro . Beadon was in
order if he spoke to the motion before the Grand Lodge . Bro . Fleming , acting Dep . G . M ., said the motion itself was out of order , and could not be made or spoken to , because no notice had been given of it . Bro . H . G . Warren suggested that Bro . Burlton should go on with his motion . ( Hear , hear , and applause . ) Bro . Best asked what motion there was at that moment before Grand Lodge ? ( Hear , hear . ) Bro . Binckes regretted the somewhat personal turn which the discussion had taken . He hoped there would be no more time wasted , and that the Grand Master would at once decide what business should be proceeded with . The Lodge had been declared open in due form : the acting Grand Master had recognized its
legality ; and let the business proceed . ( Hear , hear . ) Bro . Havers attempted to speak again ; but the Brethren would not hear him . He was greeted with vociferous cries of " Spoke , spoke ! " and sundry observations of an angry and uncomplimentary nature , mixed up with charges of " conspiring to speak against time , " & c , so as to defeat the objects for which the Grand Lodge was adjourned . -w a * - *•« .- * . * * -xj «• —a m- ¦• • •¦¦ lii It
- It was now nine o clock , the acting u-rand Master having permitted trie whole of the hour to be wasted in discussing the legality of the Ledge , although the acting Grand Master on the previous occasion had declared it legally adjourned , and he himself had declared it " open in due form . " Bro . Savage said he had known and attended Grand Lodge twenty years . It had never adjourned ; and it had been ruled that the power of adjournment did not exist . They had had " special" Grand Lodges , but never " adjourned " Grand
Lodges . Bro . the Earl of Carnarvon deprecated the waste of a whole hour in this desultory conversation , after the Lodge had been declared open in due form by the representative of the Grand Master , having been legally adjourned on the previous occasion by the Brother who who was then acting for the Grand Master , although he conducted himself as a partisan rather than anything else . ( Loud and angry cries of " Order , order , " from the dais ; loud and protracted cheering from the body of the Lodge . )
The Rev . Bro . Cox , energetically : " I do entreat the Brethren , as men and as Masons , to conduct themselves as gentlemen . ( Loud cheers and laughter . ) You may laugh , Brethren ; and I regret to see Brethren of my own profession urging you on . " ( Loud cries of '' Oh , oh ! " Disgraceful 1 " and Ci Unmasonic ! " ) Bro . the Earl of Carnarvon hero rose . The Grand Master called him to order . The Brethren called loudly for him to proceed . The Grand Master said if he was not supported he should leave the chair , a statement which caused great confusion of mingled cheers , laughter , and cries of " Order , order . ' vol . it . H a
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The Masonic Mirror.
a Past Master , Bight Worshipful Sir , and I maintain that justice has not been done to the fraternity ( loud cheering ) ; I therefore demand of you , Right Worshipful Sir , in the name of a number of Brethren , who have attended here at great expense and inconvenience , and in the name of the whole Grand Lodge , —in the name of that justice which ought to be a leading characteristic of Freemasons , that the business of the evening be proceeded with forthwith without any further interruption . " ( Hear , hear . ) The motion of Bro . Portal was then seconded by some Brother whose name we did not catch .
Bro . Benson , W . M ., No . 10 , said , both mover and seconder were out of order . If the M . W . the Grand Master was unable to attend , there was no necessity to find fault , as the acting Grand Master was to all intents and purposes the same . ( Hear . ) Masonry recognized the glitter of no coronet . ( Hear , hear . ) Bro . Beadon rose again , but was assailed with cries of " Spoke 1 " " Spoke !" so vigorously and so continuously , that he sat down . The Grand Master said , Bro . Beadon was rising to reply . ( Loud cries of
"There ' s no motion before the Grand Lodge . " ) The Bev . Bro . John Day said there was a motion before the Grand Lodge , proposed and seconded . Great confusion ensued , and Bro . Savage contended that Bro . Beadon was in
order if he spoke to the motion before the Grand Lodge . Bro . Fleming , acting Dep . G . M ., said the motion itself was out of order , and could not be made or spoken to , because no notice had been given of it . Bro . H . G . Warren suggested that Bro . Burlton should go on with his motion . ( Hear , hear , and applause . ) Bro . Best asked what motion there was at that moment before Grand Lodge ? ( Hear , hear . ) Bro . Binckes regretted the somewhat personal turn which the discussion had taken . He hoped there would be no more time wasted , and that the Grand Master would at once decide what business should be proceeded with . The Lodge had been declared open in due form : the acting Grand Master had recognized its
legality ; and let the business proceed . ( Hear , hear . ) Bro . Havers attempted to speak again ; but the Brethren would not hear him . He was greeted with vociferous cries of " Spoke , spoke ! " and sundry observations of an angry and uncomplimentary nature , mixed up with charges of " conspiring to speak against time , " & c , so as to defeat the objects for which the Grand Lodge was adjourned . -w a * - *•« .- * . * * -xj «• —a m- ¦• • •¦¦ lii It
- It was now nine o clock , the acting u-rand Master having permitted trie whole of the hour to be wasted in discussing the legality of the Ledge , although the acting Grand Master on the previous occasion had declared it legally adjourned , and he himself had declared it " open in due form . " Bro . Savage said he had known and attended Grand Lodge twenty years . It had never adjourned ; and it had been ruled that the power of adjournment did not exist . They had had " special" Grand Lodges , but never " adjourned " Grand
Lodges . Bro . the Earl of Carnarvon deprecated the waste of a whole hour in this desultory conversation , after the Lodge had been declared open in due form by the representative of the Grand Master , having been legally adjourned on the previous occasion by the Brother who who was then acting for the Grand Master , although he conducted himself as a partisan rather than anything else . ( Loud and angry cries of " Order , order , " from the dais ; loud and protracted cheering from the body of the Lodge . )
The Rev . Bro . Cox , energetically : " I do entreat the Brethren , as men and as Masons , to conduct themselves as gentlemen . ( Loud cheers and laughter . ) You may laugh , Brethren ; and I regret to see Brethren of my own profession urging you on . " ( Loud cries of '' Oh , oh ! " Disgraceful 1 " and Ci Unmasonic ! " ) Bro . the Earl of Carnarvon hero rose . The Grand Master called him to order . The Brethren called loudly for him to proceed . The Grand Master said if he was not supported he should leave the chair , a statement which caused great confusion of mingled cheers , laughter , and cries of " Order , order . ' vol . it . H a