The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1882-12-21
LEE ANsl.srenEE Coz. EsrIoN.
"a Account Of Last NIght's Meeting BY
One Who Was There 70 sec

One Who Was There TO See
EDs. NEWS. Asmail gathering greet
ed tue managers Of tbs Aod-Secret As
sociasi,n a tie Congregational church
Iast Tuesday. business committees were
and a program for today and
this evening agreed upon. These in al
tendance are promised a practical expo
silion Of masonry by those sho claim to
have regularly received all the degrees
and solemnIy sworn never TO reveal any
OF these secrets. and called upon God 10
witness such oath AMI kissed the Holy
Bible ia testimony Of the sincerity of
this intention We doubt not that this
Will be better than any Of the minstrel
entertainments which our people have
heretofore literally patronized. The Az
erage American audience is indulgent,
charitable and evidently credulous.
No court Of justice would for a nc
ment believe the testimony of witness
who should show beforehand that he
was perJured; had gone back upon his
friends in social pledges and his vows
to his God.
Dr. Blanchard, the president, made
quite speech in which he stated the
views of eminent divines upon the sub
ject in the generations past He assert
ed the political action of prominent Ma
sons 80 years before the rebellion and
cited speech of noted "fire-eater, y
that they of the south had been 30 years
working up tirerebellion. ergo the ma
sons took 80 years To work up a
rebellion. This logic is equivalent to
that of the preacher who said
angels were a race of men of pre-his-
toric times and proved it by saying thai
biologists had discovered in the early
earthly foundations human skeletons Of
fabulous height, and that the Bible says
God made man a little Eosoer than the
angels The point is clear.
The speaker also asserted that the ma
sons of the south in their lodges inaug
uraled the rebellion and that they ant
the Ruklux were the same in persone
and that all secret socitt ties, the masoni
in particular, were the principal him
| drance - the advancement OF the Re
| decmer's kingdom.
At the close OF these remarks Rev
Henry Mackay asked permission to ash
three questions of the speaker, the mrs
being: care you mason ?"
DR.. blanchard said the question wal
| irrelevant and at iTst declined to answer
any questions.
Judge Buck suggested that the cues
lions were courteous, gentlemanly, ant
seemed TO lie asked in q Christian spirit
and that it did not seem like asking too
much, When men came into our mids
asserting their desire and ability to in
struct, if their speeches begot an hcnes
inquiry it ought to be met without any
dodge.
Here DIR. Blanchard moved t.
| adjourn, but the outsider
voted it down and the chairman dc
clared the motion lost The questions
were then answered, II am not" 81 do
not know Il do not know"
Judge Back then moved an adjourn
ment, when Rev. Mr.. Collins suggest
ed that the judge was on the outside
and had no right to vote. The judge
suggested that the chairman had recog
nized outsiders and ought to know hi
business if outsiders" did not. The
meeting soon adjourned.
We suggest if this is little secre'
ooteyie and no one but the secret clique
have voice to vote, they are as eX
elusive as the Morgan Killers"
OBSERVER.