The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1877-03-14

while on trial for unmasonic conduca. TO /
aonltted into the Lodge duffng the progres
} u the trial and the examination Of witnesse,
: LIS Is not such visiting and association &
. Sec 70 contemplates E
81 A Mason Commits suicide-should I
De buried with Masonic honGfs? IL q III
oplnion OF the most eminent medical me-
tAat no sane man commits suicide. If thi
hypothesis be true, and the party is in GOO,
standing previously, and does not bring o,
ms mental alteration by dissipation or som,
otaer immoral cause, aid the usual reauest
! be made by the family. the burial honor
should not be withheld from him. Tt,
Lodge should always judge of the circum
Stances under which the act was committed
ana exercise prudent discretion.
3D. The Lodge cannot entertain the pei
tIon OF minor for initiation He must be
OF lawful age when the petition is made.
ana cannot anticipate that he will be OF
lawful age when petition is acted upon and
ballot taken
30. Ii the installation ceremonies are in
open Lodge, none but Masons can be present
Ii IN public, it is admissible to invite any
one to be preent
~. 1t is proper TO confer the Past Mas
ter's degree on Past Warden who is elected
j..
decided in 1869 that the degree of Past Mas
ter is universally acknowledged to be sine
qua non in qualifying a Master for the
chair.
80. At the regular meeting for election
OF officers, committee is appointed to audit
the books of the Secretary and Treasurer,
and directed to report on the 9th of d.
cember, before the installation ceremonies
take place. The committee fail to report.
Two OF the members are present, whose ex-
cuse5 are not satisfactory, and one absent.
The Lodge, on motion, voted reprimand
to the committee, and they were repri-
manded accordingly. Was this action legal?
1t was legal and proper. Committees often
disregard the powers and prerOgatives of the
Master and the Lodge, and if reprimands
are found to be light and ineffective, there
is way to enforce obedience. A Lodge is
not in perfect harmony where duties are
neglected.
80 The seal of the Lodge cannot be used
by any One-Officer or member-for any
purpose whatever, without the knowledge
and authority of the Lodge. Lodge seals
should be kept under lock and key.
40. Is brother who is engaged in keep
ing q retail saloon, in accordance with the
laws, guilty of unmasonic conduct, and can
charges be preferred against one retailing
Intoxicating liquors? The Grand Lodge
decided, in 1870, that there is no law which
prohibits "a Mason from engaging in any oc-
cupation which is sanctioned by the civil
law of the land. Retailing spirituous IL
quors, being sanctioned by special license,
is, therefore, la1gfut occupation. Itdepends
altogether on the conduct of the retailer.
If he SO conducts his business as to bring
censure or reproach on himself or the fra
teInity, that, Of Itself, constitutes unmasOnic
conduct, and subjects him to discipline. If
he keeps q disorderly and disreputable |
house, he can be arraigned for unmasOnic |
conduct growing out of his occupation, but |
not for the occupation itself. The Grand |
Lodges of y orth Carolina, South Carolina |
A labama and Tennessee, and some other |
States have declared the retailing of spir- |
ituous liquors as immoral, and if immoral, |
Of course, unmasonic. The tendency of |
dealing out Intoxicating liquors to our fell |
lowmen is certainly not elevating in char
actcr but, on the contrary, calculated to |
breed mischief, and often brings sorrow to |
many a heart. While your Committee do |
not propose to change your decision on the |
subject at this time, they would suggest that
the brethren who wish to maintain a char
acter for morality, should seek some other |
mode of making a living, and renounce the |
business of selling whiskey.
A. Upon Omission from a Subordinate
Lodge becomes ipsO fdcto vacated and his |
ceases; consequently a non
affiliate can hold no office or position in the |
Grand Lodge. A brother holding a com
n i2siGn as Grand Represer tvs % another
Grand Jurisdiction cannot be recognized as
such after he dimits from his Lodge.
AZ. An E. A. removes from one iurisdic- :
ton to another, and after some two or three |
years have elapsed desires to advance in
Masonry. The Lodge which made him a |
Mason is applied to for certificate of rec
but instead of giving it, pro
ceeds to elect him to the second degree, and |
asks the Lodge in whose jurisdiction he re-
sides to confer it upon him. Is this right |
and proper, OF should the first Lodge have |
granted him the certificate asked for? If |
the +. A. was temporary sojOurner within |
the bounds Of the last Lodge, it might we'll |
afford to exercise the courtesy asked, but if |
he had settled within the jurisdiction of |
the last Lodge, the one making him a Ma
SON could well afford to give the certificate |
asked for, and when the degrees would be |
conferred on him, he would be a member of
the Lodge in whose jurisdiction he properly |
belonged The Lodge should have granted |
tbs certi6pate,
49, A brother holds diu,it from Lodge
S.. petitions Lodge NJ. ; resides five miles
from Lodge S., fourteen miles from Lodge
NJ Can the latter receive him? He is |
under the jurisdiction of Lodge S. Lodge
NJ. cannot admit him unless Lodge S. has
rejected him.
A. The only members of a Lodge under
are the brethren named in the
The only persons entitled to
vote in a Lodge under Dispensatien are the
brethren named in the Dispensation, who
alone are responsible for the work of such a
Lodge, but the brethren made in such a
Lodge should be consulted and have their
opinions respected. A Lodge under Dis
pensation cannot affiliate members.
45. A Master Mason Is divorced from his
wife and marries another Is the first wife
entitled to Masonic relief, after the death of
the husband, by virtue of having been the
wife of Master Mason, and is she to be re-
garded as a widow of a Master Mason? She
IS not entitled to Masonic relief, but the OBJ
legation of charity resting on all men should
prompt men and Masons to relieve the |
wants and necessities of the widow The
0rpans, being children of both women,
should be subjects Of Masonic charity.
46. A. was a member of Lodge B., but
lived for a time and died in the jurisdiction
Of Lodge c., which Lodge paid his funeral
expenses. Shall Lodge B. refund to Lodge
G. the amount so expended, upon demand
for the same? There is no written obliga-
ton upon the part of Lodge B., but there is
4 stronger fraternal law which dictates that
4 Lodge having the ability should refund
the funeral expenses.
A.. Can brother who has been elected |
by Lodge to membership, being elected |
without examination, or legal information,
be admitted into the Lodge which elected |
him, without being vouched for or ex-
AHMED? No one can be admitted without |
strict trial, due examination, or legal infor-
nation, and no Lodge can elect a non
affiliate to membership without first having |
lscertained that he is Master Mason.
As. When the Lodge is voting on the guilt