Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1883-04-15

ITRISDICTION.

Lodge transactions for the past year.
We find = general discussion OF the right
ofa profane, being q citizen OF one OF
tho American States, going abroad aud
there applying for and receiving the
degrees of Masonry without consent OF
The lodge at his place Of residence, to be
recognized a. regular when he returns.
The argument in opposition is based
an the assumption that our doctrine OF
Grand Lodge sovereignty is everywhere
,ecoepizeti, which is by no means the
..s.e I'm fact, outside the United States
and Canada, the claim has no respect
s,r,her than that no foreign Grand
Io,Ipe will now attempt to establish
lodges al it, obedience in the United
state, on either Of them, but when
o.ro, offers himself a. a candidate,
The question of his residence or even
the fact of his having been rejected
to4s not enter into the question OF ac-
rertanCe.
The mr,hnt of this is that only to
very limited extent can the Grand
{ njrt-, of Nmer,ca hope 10 impress their
-rles upOn foreign organizations, and
Tins will be more readily understood
,,hpn We reflect that il is only within u
.nmparativrly recent periOd-Say fifty
yesrs-that among ourselves there has
nppp general adhesion TO the dogma
that a man seeking initiation must APP
nIv lo the lodge nearest his place OF
r,sid,-ucr. or, that being rejected, he
usy not immediately apply To some
,thPr Il .ig,.. without regard to the per-
,rasl or territorial jurisdiction OF the
-.ieCrlup lodge. The old rule was that
- y,erson desiring TO become member
ofihe craft was 10 seek the lodge In
which he thought he could best
work and agree but the needs of our
adjoining jurisdictions have made our
nrs4spt Law necessity for the preserva-
Ton OF peace and gOOd-tellOwship
among ourselves, but AT the same time
We should remember that We cannot
enforce our local regulations upon the
observance of jurisdictions beyond our
borders, nor have We any right 10 say
that when one Of our citizens goes
abroad and there chooses To be made a
Mason, he Is not in all respects regular
and entitled 10 ali the rights accorded
10 brother in good standing.
What We agree upon among ourselves
should be-, and is, very generally OBJ
served with commensurate punctuailty;
but il is time that We all learned that
We cannot make our local laws apply
IN Jurisdictions that have not, and pro-
habiy will not, gree 10 them, aud thuS
when, ~ IN cases % Missouri and
Iowa. one If our citizens having rerciv-
"a the drCr - in Lnndou, Edinburgh
or Berlin. We complain, and the au-
thor tile, a. those places ask us, What
are yOu go.ng 70 do about it?" the ans
vac = not Nliy, for, ia fact, We cam
not htlp ourselves, while il seems to be-,
and l.. mma>Onic 10 refuse 10 greet a
a hr,th,r one who can PROVE himself 10
hay" been regularly made by u lodge
working under acknowledged authority.
Hsppily, such instances rarely occur,
aud while We could wish that it were
DthrrWl -c, still il is better tO submit
with guud grace To the inevitable,
than ly useless complaint To meet with
IRENE diahIe defeat
The real truth is that, i'm these days
We have ly%iSlated too much, and made
- many r. tiuements upon the old ways
that w are in constant danger of bring
mg about unpleasant complications. II
j, time for halt, and To learn that no
man i our property until, on his own
application, he has been made a Mason.
After that, II ne violates our laws, we
IAN discipline him; before, We think
not.
SAN FRANCISCO.
Tie days preceding the set time To
Traverse the plains and mountains of
the Far West Tor the EldoradO of the
american continent, come and go with
apparent SwitlueSS 10 the procrastinatOr,
but with tCdiOusness 70 the pronounced
pilgrims.
The doubling, hesitating, undeciding
aud aevCT-made-up mind Knight, is
debating with rs much sluggardness
and in decision a. TO his Joining the Cali
ivrnia pilgrimage IN August next, a.
though there were year or more to
elapse instead of two or three months.
IL seem To him an impOSsbiity 10
make up his mind, yet never fails to
hold ont the impression that he Will be
one OF the pilgrims when the time
comes, without committing himselfin
uePOSllng the needful in the hands of
NOIne one OF the many committees. But
IN the day Of departure, perhaps the
nOn'committal Knight will be found
running ut full speed To catch the train
anu ready 10 tiud oceans of fault that
ne was not provided for, or the accom-
mouallonS were everything else but
convenient and pleasant. In brief q
series oil misrrprese nations has been
uSde to him, aud AZ once he becomes a
sore HEAD, with no small amount of
bllllngSgate thrown in BY the way of
!euing everybody know that he is an
injured man.
Inc woods are full of such, to Use
vulgar expression, but 4 very express
sive one. by the way.
NOT OF this class, however. are the
hhlShtS OF 81. Elmo Commsndry, of
heriGeA, Conn, and the prompt
uess WIN which its members have de.
Ciueu upon the question of going is in
4Neclded contrast 10 those knights and
SominandIries who are dispoSed IN ra.
main ION the fence" until the advent
'3of the eleventh hour. This Common-
y
mmandery OF that iurisiiction 70
Fr'sco,' and have Completed their
arrangements with full! roster at Satn
nus enterPIiSing COmmanderv baTa
laced their sign upon the onts;JS Of
thelr temple, with the words in Sa,O y,
ietters written upon il: ave ca~nSt
tAke any more. Our aecommo6s,ioDsS
PIC exhausted" Their trip, boSever
a forty day excursion, lesvi TU" WasI'
Zen July 24th, aud stopping a TsS let ~
Denver and another at Y9sem; tn IA a'
ey, and spending several DAYS ~ th al.
Interesting points Ell route, - "" u
In TINS connection We rive tho f,u,
pg table Of fares from the nr iOi,o~1
Eastern cities: VIC P'incipal
. y From
( 5bOStou........ ........ Round Trip.
! ew York -. '' ''-'......-.... Sl2O ID
#filadelDbis '''''--'' ..--......-.. as m
go - ...-----.-....... 80 "
II SbIrHt.,, ''' '-'----.-- ..... no n,
4Ip1ttShprSh $50 ''''''- .......... lt9 al
II -, '''''''''''..' ........ 10 ~
The above rates are to San Fro,o ~ ~
No return, goingand returning rio ~
me route, west Ofthe MissoSr; r;n sue
Hnights who desire to return ~ ltt th:
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