Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1886-06-11
AFTERNOON SESSION.
Distinguished Visitors Present--Large
Amount of Business Done.

Distinguished visitors Present--Large
Amount of Business Done.
The Grand Lodge was called to labor AT
o'clock p. IN. The Grand Master was
then informed of the presence Of distn-
guished representatives of sister Grand
Jurisdictions and r. w. Brothers A. a.
Hall and NJ. j. Horton were appointed a
committee to wait on the distinguished
visitors and introduced them to the Grand
Lodge.
The committee returned and introduced
NJ. w. Brother j. Fred Walker, Grand
Master of the Grand Lodge of Quebec,
and NJ. w Brother George O. Tyler, Past
Grand Master Of the Grand Lodge of Que
bee, and they were welcomed in fitting
terms by NJ. w. Marsh O. Perkins, Grand
Master, who invited the distinguished
guests to seats in the Grand East. NJ. W.
Brother Walker then spoke substantially
us follows:
MIR. WALKERS REMARKS
NJ. w. Sir and Brethren of the NJ. w. Grand
Lodge of Vermont: ! am exceedingly CRATE
fu Tor your kind and frat ernal words and
your complimentary remarks as to sister
Grand Lodges, and thank YOU Tor the rccep-
ton you have given the official head OF the
Grand Lodge of Quebec. The Grand Lodge
of Vermont is Grand Lodge that has since
the first organization of Grand Lodge sus-
tanned the doctrine of exclusive jurisdiction
OF the few Grand Lodges III whose iurisdic-
tion there are existing subordinate lodges not
acknowledging our jurisdiction. | would not
take this occasion to introduce any merely
local troubles to disturb the harmo y of your
distinguished Grand Lodge, but this subject
is not II local disturbance These lodges claim
the right to make Masons of any one no
matter where residing, and this is sometimes
miSCalcd the Quebec trouble, bu sir it is not
the Quebec question at all 1t is the English
question and not that of the Grand Lodge OF
Vermont.
the Grand LodVes on this continent. | want
to make this point clear and to do SO call your
attention to the case where a man black
ballcd by "a Lodge in sister Grand Lodge
then applied to one of these lodges and was
m;idc mason. When reported to the Grand
10 &c of upldnd the reply was TINS Is not an
invasion OF territory for the lodge did not 90
to the man, but the man came to the lodge
England says these lodges may join the Grand
con, 81 them 20 do 50 The Grand Lodg"
OF England claims that one Mason
may mold "a charter and keep a
lodge andlvc. Hence, when some years ago
two of the three remaining English registry
Lodges hya large majority VOtc DECIDED t.
JOIN Canada, It few dissenting Mason, claimed
and had rcisSOcd to them the charters OF the
two lodges who had joined the Grand Lodge
of Canada We do not want any Lodge uu-
less we have the whole q. II, tor II Is hard 20
find Il lodge that does not contain one
crank" and he can hold the charter from
England, This is the situation. The Grand
Lodge over which have the nuuOr to preside
II
nation of non-ntcrcourse 10 issue July |,
lSeG. against the Grand Lodge of England,
Aud that prOCla nation viii issue ON that date
against the Grand Lodge of England II we do
not get the common justice allowed MaSuns
the world around. ! beg your pardon for in
Producing TINS matter and would not have
done so, but for the fact that am told you
had tn, subject before you Most WOrShiptul
Sir. in your annual address this morning, and
your very cordial welcome with the presence
of an old Past Grand Master of the Grand
Lodgc of Quebec, George O..Tyler makes me
feel ut home and not among strangers.
The committee on credentials then pre-
scented their report which was adopted
subject to the additions of such delegates
as may yet arrive. Past Grand Master
! Butler for the committee on correspOn-
dence presented the annual report and
read so much as related to the question of
English invasion of the Grand Lodge of
Quebec, and the report was adopted and
ordered printed with the proceedings of
the Grand Lodge. The committee on
grievances made reports in the case of the
appeal of A. G.. Brush unanimously, and
| in the case OF appeal of Henry Mitchell
| both majority and minority report was
| presented and the matter was recon-
| mltted to the committee and made the
special order for 9:3O IA. m, Thursday
June 10.
NJ. W. George O. Tyler then read let
ter from NJ. w. John II. Graham regret
ting his inability to attend the Crane
Lodge Of Vermont and extending his gooC
wishes for the prosperity of the Crane
Lodge. The Grand Lodge was then call
ed to refreShment until 9 O'Clock IA. NJ.
! Thursday ,June 10