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Grand Lodge And The "Observer Party."
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The proceedings of tke Grand Lodge of last We were sucli as alniost to defy criticism ; a detail of tK with it a mOT write . The fti ^ the feelings of our ^ ^^
was the opposition t ^ Lodge , and from what source it ca ^ e > w ^ Craft generally say , when they learn that a proposition m ade by the Most Worshipful Grand Master , " That recognition should be accorded to tlie Grand Lodge of Canada , " was opposed by Bros . Lord Carnarvon , Portal and their party ? They can say nothing else than that the Observer party or Grand Lodge Glub , whichever they please to call themselves , are carrying out to the full , their expressed intentions '' " "to present a unitedfront to their official opponents , " in other words , to prove themselves as obstructive as possible ., and to oppose everything which emanates from the Grand Master or his executive .
The facts of the ease are briefly these . On the formation of the Independent Grand Lodge of Canada , it was agreed on all hands that it was impossible to recognize it , consisting as it did mainly of Irish Lodges , and being opposed by the great majority of the English Lodges in Canada West . This feeling was fully participated in by the Colonial Board , who , in their report drawn up , if we mistake not by Bro . Portal , strongly recommended that that body should not be recognized . The next step was a request from the Provincial Grand Lodge of Canada
West to be recognized as a Grand Lodge in opposition to the Independent Grand Lodge already formed . Now it has oozed out , and we have every reason to accord it full belief , that at this time and upon this subject a conference was held as to what would be the most desirable course to recommend for the Grand Master ' s adontion . At ... that confex * ence , besides some confidential advisers of the Grand Master , there were present also Bros . Lord Carnarvon , Portal and Beach ; and it was unanimously agreed that , under the then existing 'circumstances , it would be impolitic and unjust to recognize as an VOL , Y . 3 Y
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Grand Lodge And The "Observer Party."
GR ^^ AND THE " (»
The proceedings of tke Grand Lodge of last We were sucli as alniost to defy criticism ; a detail of tK with it a mOT write . The fti ^ the feelings of our ^ ^^
was the opposition t ^ Lodge , and from what source it ca ^ e > w ^ Craft generally say , when they learn that a proposition m ade by the Most Worshipful Grand Master , " That recognition should be accorded to tlie Grand Lodge of Canada , " was opposed by Bros . Lord Carnarvon , Portal and their party ? They can say nothing else than that the Observer party or Grand Lodge Glub , whichever they please to call themselves , are carrying out to the full , their expressed intentions '' " "to present a unitedfront to their official opponents , " in other words , to prove themselves as obstructive as possible ., and to oppose everything which emanates from the Grand Master or his executive .
The facts of the ease are briefly these . On the formation of the Independent Grand Lodge of Canada , it was agreed on all hands that it was impossible to recognize it , consisting as it did mainly of Irish Lodges , and being opposed by the great majority of the English Lodges in Canada West . This feeling was fully participated in by the Colonial Board , who , in their report drawn up , if we mistake not by Bro . Portal , strongly recommended that that body should not be recognized . The next step was a request from the Provincial Grand Lodge of Canada
West to be recognized as a Grand Lodge in opposition to the Independent Grand Lodge already formed . Now it has oozed out , and we have every reason to accord it full belief , that at this time and upon this subject a conference was held as to what would be the most desirable course to recommend for the Grand Master ' s adontion . At ... that confex * ence , besides some confidential advisers of the Grand Master , there were present also Bros . Lord Carnarvon , Portal and Beach ; and it was unanimously agreed that , under the then existing 'circumstances , it would be impolitic and unjust to recognize as an VOL , Y . 3 Y