, 1877-09-05
COLOIiED MASONRY.
An Effort to Reconcile the Con.
flicting Grand Lodges.
convention OF Representatives
from Eacl, of tho Bodies.
A Committee Appointed to Draw up a
Plan OF Union.

Lta!Ec. w. y ~ Fo' ~" S""t" t".n - et'eet+
yesterday morning. lhe no1ctt u 'he e"tac1'
IN. Il, a. s;ntsh ~ TUG talf' 10 eEes1 com
rlcte union o1 ah" ~ na'mohize. poss'olc' tEe
entire rail" IT seems TINT t7cfe IS ahsosu
among inc bfethfctl anu mas oeen s'hee is'''
and thus I'M M eitosts 70 efa 'ea'c " hasc
proved ,'nasalllha' lie cause OF he troun'c 's
aquest'on OF t'o~rr; that Is. whether TUG t'Fnnu
Ma.,.r of State should he supreme IN ais own
jurisdiction, or t!,uuld obcr tie dt.tum Of a
.r,ti,,nsl tcdy, In ls47 there were very few
na''o" M,.,.,. Il, H. t.,uat a,..o.
anil, no ut'on oi interest existing
omon1 them, a cthlvcntiun was held In
1unc Of thai year, In 1,ostuu, fur
su"e s' o,-o,sc tf llntt,1 thc,n torcthrr t,ut nf
tht. a.'e%o!y 1 sTsw IT,, %,a' s ,s knY"n N w. y: tue
Lodge. s!,s.cntci frun, this nctto,, aud refused
tnarkuow,c.'uc fcnly to suct, MI "cy, r.sceucr.,,
claiming laat :. "as tFes"'at u a'o not "af-
rantcd l'y tic 'a"s u alasunry. Tile dlsscnters
werc rulctl ont by the Snt,onnl Ura.l,l f.odge
and tcnutnlnatc,l "claultstinr." they, low-
49,. .,,,.,,,oi IN wnrt ord n L,o, rr ,I,o;~
e'e'' ','as s1,,,. w 49, s"..
dra"" i'ooeeo' eu.'"s ''''oc ""o a"nettu ~ 1"e
national body "c!andestne anil ''irrcas,tar."
Both lruncllcs Of tho Oricr ran alnnu with this
feeling toward zach other until .wo years ago,
.rLo, .1n mnr. fr,o1tccnt n, t.,t,, for,t,,n.
eheh .lc .''o'' M ,n'e'!ssI. III po'a .ae!"as. ,,
realizing that tic antaeunfsfs was dung
the fraternity no gn0l, were instTu-
sDIcs a to"vcnttsn m in vyston, with n r.ew of NJ
.,..'. ',in..a.... .,.,..,.t.'a ~. 49,.
fero1'enrs rl "ne.."scs an' n''.lle Luz 1"o ses-
ttons. Iht result, however, was not sat'sta-
and hence the present gathering In tl,s cily.
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lMslE H.. +a,,ts,stt.,, s ,,, 10 ~ =
nm nv" ic I "l.tnsIes in thc was u, pr.grcss br r
9:,"I o"cs' ;wcutr.nimc nf viii, ars !. ins
urahu loaTes, I"vn...sa.o ,l:., " nnt.n ase
M m"1a,r,ro ~ 1:."rvin S,a, otnn am,,nas.o
t,,nisan an1 pnsrtvanfo t, ~, mn ,s,,t, ~
sur v ~ ~, t mi IT, nao, LINZ
fns' % tmy ,,s. ~ ~ " u ts i" ,vIipaea
.'rasart n.c II nr6r'ii
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=. ' ',1,t,.on. # ,,,n.o, u. .' Il. - -
teho, ag''iTan, =. ~. u" -. .,,,, ,mso; A!Nasi-
sa@i r ~ MI, H., 'En % !urso' i'Ii'F'anmi =; n, NJ,
1,on,, ~ ~" q. H. sshc. i;a,ama. ns' y +; nNe
= T. neGg' !nsas' u. a., ip' itnapee' Kentucky;
u -. "' s ~. "",,., ,,..,.r.~1"s, ~. =, .
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~ ',.a.on. -. ~ nAiuct t.nlk. O.! sis
s"u',' WIS el'etG" =, tt'sPo'ms E'i; l"nn Ahu u.
a.. nansoSs' L. IT, .. of ll'sno's' TEMPORARY
IT. f[,Iiowto werc onro,o,c,, m
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res'u, ten"sy IsM!,'a. ~ 'Marn't W sMAtEnM,
IT, n.,a ~ whs; t; hGma"en % an II t.; H. Y' o'IG.
ntG sneI I.s rUssu w. oSn so,e & nntssoh ~ ~ aonK
pHe ~ ~ "'1mel FIT s'H oot'y snu ,u NJ. openly
1 e. ~ ' eg, @ a.o ntl' mu"esee, WY W. TT"
tleM' uefnE ltlt opg!I 1T !uIlIes tul'strratlon'
lne lsn'I.ala Gn.. u. ..'@u IL III "ss e'C catlea OF,
w " "Nt ~ !" ".s' e1'ts ~ l1'1t wv
1'."s s.'o i,"a. .,ns ~. Wy euutrt.
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