New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-07-12
LOCAL MISCELLANY.
A QUESTION THAT AGITATEs MASONRY.
RIVAL. CLAIMS OF TWO so-cALLED SUPREME GRANT

A QUESTION THAT AGITATES MASONRY.
RIVAL CLAIMS OF TWO so-cALLED SUPREME GRAND
COUNCILS.
The question which is the simon,pure Original
and legitimate Supreme Grand Copncii u tne
Ancient and Accepted seoss Used aIe Free
M Ma ouS'" for more than half a century,
Is about TO be precptatsd for answer upon ne
supreme Grand Council of France An adJudlcauo1
OF the rival claims of the so,called Goqrgas ana
Cernsan Councils is not impending for there y no
tribunal in existence having ,o,r JunisuS emma
bower with the sister council that
Is now to be fretted with the old controversy Al
the request Of the supreme Srana ssrsiSn
Gland Commander. Claudius +. Beatty, Grand
Marshal General is about to visit par' from oo,
the e Grand asking Council Tsi0sf''
as the representative of the only legitimate
supreme body of the Scottish rite In tne oniG ;t,
States The d that the showing Of
nroofs and the presentation of facts and arguments
will DC such that the French Council, from original
authorization, will speak In manner dnas
will heal the distraction in which many Masonic 81
craftsmen have long oeeR n nela Tempars Of the
Tinted states and will sail day after tomorrow on
the CITY of Rome with the Apollo C9mmannary,
which will then start on 1.-TWO months Phgihnas'
Toucbino the controversy, which has developed
conventions that give the lay mind pause. IKE tne
question as to who Is ane ~ TpUSH reporter
In the United States there are two Grand Coun.
ellis that claim to exercise the sss puoient s' and
Accented Scottish Rite of Masonry. One
is known rs the Cerneaa Councii' o. ana s w:
founded in NewYork City on Ycso Sortberu JHTis
dIctiop' founded in New-York City in 1919 ey
Emanuel de la MOtta and Tcsqscta'sa a,sr
years OF extinction s II 'ee clerk Of De Ia Mota
n e01 1888 f0t the Goursas Council was
split tTs paTs co9 ons and the ohsl
s w The Van Rensselaer, Council Both parties sx-
communicated aud expelled each other. INC no
Edmund B, Hays, united with the Raymond branch
of the Gourgas Council, the number OF omcers
being doubled 90 that all tho nine omce eel .
OF ns WHICH IwS %ss Known as the Grand
Council Of the United states the Southern iarisdis-
On under Albert Pike the Msr sspasS
i aBIssssd 70 Sh'n what sa' had done and
the consolidation was as 8sS Rensselaer, The Cer
nsan Counoil left the Raymond Council, and both
supreme Grand Councils continued to work Is they
had t done that
gas "a and Pike men are coming over to us IL in
large numbers and eIpulsons. red.iettsr documents
and n Cow of printers Ink are following them.
I'VE claim that We have had an unbroken sue
cesson of legitimate Most Pussant Sovereign
Grand Comm andsrs since iev., w Mn.t
Paissant Sovereign Grand Consstory =, with
n Wit Clinton. Cadwalladcr ID. Golden, Martin
Holman and other distinguished New-YOrk men .,
his Inferior officers We claim to be governed by
The constitrt;ons of 1852 and 1852, while the
Southern and Northern jurisdictions are governed
Sy the so-calIed constitutions of 1892 These con
sttutlous are impudent and basoless forgee, whlct
made THAR appearance about 1901 1T Charleston
Thew professed to. have been signed by Frederick
the Great at an alleged convention OF high grad,
Nasons in Berlin; but for years previous 70 iooi
Frederick the Great was hopeless paralytic 2
Sans-Souci. Besides, he was opposed to high-g
Masonry. and Masonic history Is silent concerning
snch a conference. We propose now to hav
nrr lights established on the Continent o
Enrone "a they have always been recognized
We want our rivals and traducers TO come over an.
he healed. We were body In this city in 1907
Recognized by France and brought here by France
and our territory was invaded in 1878. We sinai
AK that we alone be recognized"