, 1875-10-03
Legislation and Decisions of the
Grand Lodge Of the United
States I. O. q. E.
Approaching Meeting Of the State
Lodge--Personal and Cen
eral Notes.
Grand Bodies of Illinois, Colorado, and
Quebec, A. F. and A. ID.
Masonic 6tatistics---An Evil to Be
Guarded Against.
ODD-FELLCWSHiP.


Az the recent session of the GRIND Lodge OF
the Unfted States, there were several important
nnpeaa cases decided, which are Of general inter-
est to the Order some Of which are noted below:
In the case OF Raleigh Vs. The Grand Lodge
,nf New York It WIS decided that where the law
s,royides that the balloting shall be confined 10
the two candidates for Office having the hlgnese
number OF ballots, in q case where there were
4&raa or mora candidates, and one Of the highest
.rittdrev. that candidate hnying the next high
sest number Of ballots was properly cannloste
10 be ba1loted for.
IN anneal Of William H. Barnes, p g. M.,
e,or, tha aeeision OF the Grand Lodge Of New
York. itwAs decided :.
i" Tint the n. g. has an inherent Hgnt 70
confer the degrees, and no state Ia" CELL uo
pfiye him OF such right ,na., -,on,
Z. That the Bible must be IN the 1oaeo-fo'Aa
W. That a Daachter Of Rehekah forfeits her
membership when ehe marries pefson NOV au
Odd Fellow ,-,..o,. ,non
vhich two questions were pleeenteu "a, r.
Frst-When the lodge is responHoie 70. ~
rersl benefits and there are depenoeht Ie4Attses
Of deceased brother On whose account tne sasae
,ros,d be due, is the lodge to deliver the tnnos
to such relatives, or shall it pay the Same ~ Lao
legal representatives OF the deceased!
Esoond-Vho are such dependent relatlVes
IN answer to the first, it Was dec1ded that tue
,tsnefts must not be paid to the persona1 repre-
.santatiyes. but to the dependent relatives. II
r,.;d tn the executor or administrator 1t Vonlo go
r. nav tIsa debts of the deceased, which IS no
nsrf Of the design Of the Orders system oI oen-
efits. As to the second point, it is SAID:
TIN The policy Of zws to sszzt brother IN NE
md aid and protect his fanliy. ne ~ ons ~ ~ a
lie Immediate family Of the deceased n!otne1' ~
be have immediate family widow .1 child h3s or
1rfh dependent on him for support then ne mas le1s
no one who has legitimate claim upon me oruef.
De leaves father mother brother. astea: os
1r,tsieent rafatiye, who is member OF anotnef
famjy and Was not in the lifetime OF the oeeaased oe
neudsnt upon him. such INDECENT relative has no hw
ias neraber Of his family. In THE case there were
no such relatives dependent upon oeeeaseu- aao
fhere been, the funeral benahts ehouM aase usen pI
~ them Nj such should never be paid to perscnn1
representative ,,,
The foregoing explicit and well-considered
tratement Is Of general interest as etatng the
law clearly upon subject not heretofore prop
eriy settled
verv Interesting appeal oame up from New
YORK wherein Grand Master Stebblns had SUE
1,ended one Of his Deputies because he refused
nntoi3ienee when commanded to disobey the law
as ne understood it.
THE Grand Lodge Of New 1csk mas ny-iaW
directing the Deputies Of the Grandchildren 20
rets. one of the duplicate election returns until
the session Of the GRIND Lodge.
subsequently, resolution Was passed sequT-
ing :sunh Deputies -to.forWard such duplicate re-
fr9ns to the Grand Master. The Deputy CON
r,ufiea thht he IVES bound to obey the bylaw
and, ,disobey the resolution and tho Grand alas
Ter. and the Grand Lodge ct the United States
sustained him in his position, and reversed the
action Of the. Grand Master
.,One Of the most interesting cases pEouhnt Dc
fora the Grand Lodge WAS ,tlat defining the
,,,ower Of Grand Loegss to levy tax upon sub
ordinatas to build aud sustain asglums Tor ~'d.
oxs, and institutions TOR the edueanon Oh
ORPHANS ,r.,.; .,,,..,,asaa
a yrluabla property At Lansing, and with 3 gift
from the citizens Of that place, had established
q home for the purposes aforesaid. beng
thereby plunged into debt, It leFleu ta1 aGon
suhordinatea for payment thereof One Lodge
refused not only payment, but contemptuously
refused to obey the Grand Master, and he sus-
rended the same, and the Grand Lodge of Michi-
gan sustained its Grand Master. The Grand
10 be- reinstated on. proper apology
nade and stated plsinly that no tax could be
levied by Grand body for suck PURPOSE
From Michigan also came another interesting
case: George Dean, OF Detroit, hho peen o1e de-
npou the returns Of elections as counted by the
Grand ,a1aster and Others, pursuant to law.
After such counting, which took place some
months previous to the session 1nJanuaIy 1t was
sscertaned that many Lodges had not sent IN
.peived and counted
Samuel Adams, tho competing candidate,
=auaed certain returns to be sent IN at the ses-
siop. claiming that there shonld then BIO re-
.rnnnt and That he was the proper3y-elected
Grand Master The Grand Lodge Of Michigan,
after full discussion, refused to permit such
recount, and declared Deau the Grand Master.
Adams appealed but his appeal WAS dismissed
and the decision OF hiehlgan sussAneu; u, o.
norsed, and the Grand Lodge confirmed thStr re-
BORT that there are no robes presented 1or
Chief, the Patriarch and Senior Warden OF
IN Encampment that the n. e.. may recon-
municate to uaam3er Of his Lodge having
Viihdravsl card the A. p. W. should he 1or-
ret the same; that a visiting card may be
granted by general consent, and that in such
case, there being objection, it it the action OF
he Lodge without the formalitY OF vote.
GESERALITIES.
A. q. Lchley, p G. P. Of Mount Carroll, has
been spending few days in the city.
George A. Callahan, Grand Representative
from Mime, hxs been Visiting the great city Of
the intarior.
The Hon. J. W stokes Of Philadelphia, R "
Deputy Grand Sire, paid visit to his friends
Andbrothe1si in Chicago last week
Otto Schsettle, Post Grand Secretary Of tbe
Grand Lodge Of the German Empire, visited
Goethe Lodge NO. 329 Thursday evening. HI
xas accompanied by Grand Master E. B Sher'
man; Grand Marshal c. B. Hefter, John Bushler
PCS warden, P. q. Laehn :Fiederman, Maas
and others
The annual session Of the Grand Lodge OF III
tinois will be held at Rouse's Opera House, Peo
xiR, beginning at p. N Tuesday, Oct. Il
The Chicago Battalion Of Patriarchs had 1ai
uniform drill as thelrhall, southeast corner Gar
aud Van Buren, streets, last evening, ptepafatoE
to their ,axcursion to Peoria to ettend the dtnn
Eucampnent on the 11th inst The aHange
1nents for tho e1cureion are now complete. So
tickets aud other particulars eco nd7ef'1seioen
in another column,
MASONIC.
GRAND LODGE OF II1iSoH.
The annual communication ID the esan
Lodge Of Illinois will be held in this cry 1ue,
d.v. Wedpesdar@nd Tbatnd1y Of this veal
Tha ae,a,<s1g1siu .las4h Tuesday at 10 l. N .
Mcconnitk Hall, and the annual address viii :
h.5;vsfed by n ". &. NJ. G. E. Lounsbury.
Some. .k the standing committees OF the Gran
Lodge have been in session in the rooms adJo1r
;nc The hall for some days. The Committee
Anne.ls and Grievances, consisting OF H. v
11,,hh.rd. .ot Csntralia; H. H. Nllmot, of III
snrls. 4, ". Blakesles, OF Quincy; J. E. Dye
TILL n-H ~ q