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the Magazine as containing an authorized report of the proceedings , was properly informed by the Grand Master , that the report was not authorized'b ythe Grand Master , but the editor had permission to take notes in Grand Lodge , he being responsible for the correctness of the reports published . An authorized report must
mean one corrected by the Grand Master , or some competent authority ; and that we never profess to put before the Brethren , though we do profess to publish the reports of the proceedings with the consent of the Grand Master , who , of course , can be in no way answerable for their correctness . Of that we are prepared to take the full responsibility , and to prove our accuracy when
challenged . Bro . Binckes , drawing conclusions from our report , argued that at the previous meeting Bro . Havers had moved the rejection of certain portions of the report of the Colonial Board , which Bro . Havers denied , refusing to be bound by the words of a magazine , and called upon the Grand Secretary to read his minute upon the
subject , which was accordingly done . We do not wish Bro . Havers or any other brother to be bound by our reports ; but before they express an opinion relative to them , we think it would be but fair they should read them ; for had that course been pursued in the present instance , it would have been seen that we never once make
use of the word reject , and that the motion as given by us runs pari passu with the minute of the Grand ( Secretary , with the exception that we have an introduction which any Brother reading it will at once see could not have been manufactured by us , but must have
been used by Bro . Havers in moving the resolution , though he might not have intended such introduction to form part of it ; and notwithstanding , it must be acknowledged , it makes the resolution more complete . In the minutes of the Grand Secretary , Bro . Havers ' s motion reads thus : —
" That the two first and three concluding paragraphs he received , adopted , and entered on the minutest Whilst our report in our October number says : — " That all such portions of the report of the Colonial Board as relate to the performance of its executive duties , consisting o f the two first and three concluding paragraphs , be received , and entered on the minutes . "
It is clear , therefore , that Bro . Binckes did not obtain from our report of the words of the motion any grounds for using the term rejected ; though , perhaps , he might ( had he not since assured us he did not see it until afterwards ) from the published report of the Quarterly Communication issued from the Grand Secretary ' s office ,
and prepared , we presume , from the notes of Bro . Dennison , the authorized reporter of Grand Lodge , —than whom a more able or more conscientious short-hand writer does not exist in the profession ; for there , after the word minutes , as given by us and the Grrand Secretary , stands this addition : " but that the rest of the report , namely , paragraphs 3 , 4 , 5 , and 6 , be jvror received ' Our strongest allusion to non-reception ( not " rejection" ) stands thus : " Bro , Havers hero
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the Magazine as containing an authorized report of the proceedings , was properly informed by the Grand Master , that the report was not authorized'b ythe Grand Master , but the editor had permission to take notes in Grand Lodge , he being responsible for the correctness of the reports published . An authorized report must
mean one corrected by the Grand Master , or some competent authority ; and that we never profess to put before the Brethren , though we do profess to publish the reports of the proceedings with the consent of the Grand Master , who , of course , can be in no way answerable for their correctness . Of that we are prepared to take the full responsibility , and to prove our accuracy when
challenged . Bro . Binckes , drawing conclusions from our report , argued that at the previous meeting Bro . Havers had moved the rejection of certain portions of the report of the Colonial Board , which Bro . Havers denied , refusing to be bound by the words of a magazine , and called upon the Grand Secretary to read his minute upon the
subject , which was accordingly done . We do not wish Bro . Havers or any other brother to be bound by our reports ; but before they express an opinion relative to them , we think it would be but fair they should read them ; for had that course been pursued in the present instance , it would have been seen that we never once make
use of the word reject , and that the motion as given by us runs pari passu with the minute of the Grand ( Secretary , with the exception that we have an introduction which any Brother reading it will at once see could not have been manufactured by us , but must have
been used by Bro . Havers in moving the resolution , though he might not have intended such introduction to form part of it ; and notwithstanding , it must be acknowledged , it makes the resolution more complete . In the minutes of the Grand Secretary , Bro . Havers ' s motion reads thus : —
" That the two first and three concluding paragraphs he received , adopted , and entered on the minutest Whilst our report in our October number says : — " That all such portions of the report of the Colonial Board as relate to the performance of its executive duties , consisting o f the two first and three concluding paragraphs , be received , and entered on the minutes . "
It is clear , therefore , that Bro . Binckes did not obtain from our report of the words of the motion any grounds for using the term rejected ; though , perhaps , he might ( had he not since assured us he did not see it until afterwards ) from the published report of the Quarterly Communication issued from the Grand Secretary ' s office ,
and prepared , we presume , from the notes of Bro . Dennison , the authorized reporter of Grand Lodge , —than whom a more able or more conscientious short-hand writer does not exist in the profession ; for there , after the word minutes , as given by us and the Grrand Secretary , stands this addition : " but that the rest of the report , namely , paragraphs 3 , 4 , 5 , and 6 , be jvror received ' Our strongest allusion to non-reception ( not " rejection" ) stands thus : " Bro , Havers hero