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The Grand Registrar And Party Tactics.
THE GRAND REGISTRAR AND PARTY TACTICS .
No . XXI .-MAY 25 , 1859 .
AT the Board of Masters on Wednesday last , a notice of motion was given , of so extraordinary a character that ive can scarcely tinderstand how it could have been received ; neither can ive understand hoiv it can be brought before Grand Lodge , even if intended for anything else than an election "dodge" to influence the brethren in their choice of members to serve on the Board of General Purposes . It has ever been notorious that the more active of the brethren have
been in the habit , as they have a perfect right , to commune "with one another in the selection of a list of brethren qualified for the Board of General Purposes , prior to their being placed in nomination ; and it has frequently been made a charge ( whether truly or not we need not stop to inquire ) against tlie executive of former days , that by secret arrangements they have been enabled to present a rival list at the
last moment , and overthrow that which would have been most acceptable to the majority of independent brethren who had not the same opportunities for organization . In order to avoid this charge in the future , Bro . Roxburgh , the Grand Registrar , invited a number of brethren of all parties to meet
him at his chambers on the afternoon of the 12 th instant ; and having explained that it was the wish of himself and those with whom he acted that everything should be done openly and aboveboard—that there should be no mystery or underhand combinations—invited the brethren first to aid him in conducting the public business of the
Order , and secondly , to assist in the preparation of a list of candidates which should , as far as possible , bo altogether free from party bias either on one side or the other , and which it was believed would meet with general acceptance by the Craft . Anything more honourable or more straightforward it would be impossible to conceive ; no secrecy was attempted , for that would have been absurd where thirty or forty VOL . VI . 3 Q
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The Grand Registrar And Party Tactics.
THE GRAND REGISTRAR AND PARTY TACTICS .
No . XXI .-MAY 25 , 1859 .
AT the Board of Masters on Wednesday last , a notice of motion was given , of so extraordinary a character that ive can scarcely tinderstand how it could have been received ; neither can ive understand hoiv it can be brought before Grand Lodge , even if intended for anything else than an election "dodge" to influence the brethren in their choice of members to serve on the Board of General Purposes . It has ever been notorious that the more active of the brethren have
been in the habit , as they have a perfect right , to commune "with one another in the selection of a list of brethren qualified for the Board of General Purposes , prior to their being placed in nomination ; and it has frequently been made a charge ( whether truly or not we need not stop to inquire ) against tlie executive of former days , that by secret arrangements they have been enabled to present a rival list at the
last moment , and overthrow that which would have been most acceptable to the majority of independent brethren who had not the same opportunities for organization . In order to avoid this charge in the future , Bro . Roxburgh , the Grand Registrar , invited a number of brethren of all parties to meet
him at his chambers on the afternoon of the 12 th instant ; and having explained that it was the wish of himself and those with whom he acted that everything should be done openly and aboveboard—that there should be no mystery or underhand combinations—invited the brethren first to aid him in conducting the public business of the
Order , and secondly , to assist in the preparation of a list of candidates which should , as far as possible , bo altogether free from party bias either on one side or the other , and which it was believed would meet with general acceptance by the Craft . Anything more honourable or more straightforward it would be impossible to conceive ; no secrecy was attempted , for that would have been absurd where thirty or forty VOL . VI . 3 Q