Omaha daily bee., 1888-07-24


diction, its territories and dependencies,
which has recently been organized in Ne.
braska as a branch of the sovereign body. is
not a new one except in Nebraska II has a
continuous record direct from the Grand
Orient of France (which was a legitimate
body at that timel from 1SO7. to
the present time and it proioses
to occupy all the territory included
in the United States irrespcctiyc. of any
illegal body so existing 1t is said the head
of this new organization belonged MT one
time to the rite of Memphis etc So ne does
now and received il lrpitinatelv from the
grand commander. DIR Darius Wilson of
Boston. whose Masonic standing has never
been impcached nor his ROYAL rite of Mem
phis over declared rlardestina A snurLous
rite, by one Bush by name who had been ex-
PEELED from all masonry.ls what is enormously
referred TO- and no grand lodge of the United
States has ever declared the Memphis rite
to be clnndcstinn for the work IL ob,ve and
beyond their iurisdiction. he truthful,
brethren
Again il is asked "Why did they not ask
for recognition in the prnpcr Wayt' Can
you tell us how a legitimate BODY as ours is,
can ask recognition of an ilegitimatc body.
as ali bistorv nroyos tho snutIern iurisdiT'
ton to bel Have we not a perfect right to
occupy our own territory to which we have
clear aitle, TEL ms also. when. where and
from whom Brother pike re.
ceiyed his degrees esnrriaIIv his M :
elected grand commanderl Granted tbat
Brother Pike has succeeded in getting his
council recognized by foreign councils will
YOU now give us the details of his methods
adopted To get such recognition, win won
tell us how much of the SoSO Won have mid
for your DEGREES Zoos into Brother u, ,kn's
pocket You say these degrees cannot he
conferred in two DAYS viii Won ten us tho
number of hours YOU took to communicate
these degrees when Won frat hnrnn vour
IL =.
of the grand lodge of Ohio VIII Won tell us
the details of the settlement of Their illegal
and unmasonic conduct in the courts of Ohio
and the results. Has boy who has studied
notation numcration and addition only tbn
ability To criticise the integral caicnlus or
the problems of Eucld Neither has bluc
lodge masonry. with it's three degrees any
right to Criticisc and control the sublirnc
and incfabie degrees of which thew Know
nothing
TO the front brethron If vou have the
evidence 10 convinrn us we ara ,vron,r
we will iovestignieSr and if we arc in
error ,yc will v,illintglv rncndn from
our nosit,or Inn do ,,nt hsrs, ftcr os IL, no
World of saturday nioht ,nduipe i'm inurndo
misstotnrnnnts sarcasm and ridirnia pIngs1
he honest cnnunh tn call ne hv onr ,.iTht
title, viz: The Ancient and ACcentHd scot
tish Rite for the United States of America,
Dr. Edward a. GDiIbnrt 88o Of Dubuouc
In ,neInbnr of tho southern inrisdirtinn
nnst Grand rnetor n,et ,rranI bf,,b nricet
noSt SSronJ nnn,n,a,ic, and ,i,.;,,, cf tI
r0nmitt"e on fratarnaI corr"s'ondsnra nf
The Grand cornmnndcrv Of Iovn md one If
tho 6rightcet masnnic .cholars in hnSn,.iro
in his rnnort nf iS.Eto Tho yranI cn,nn,and
nrv, Inali"s Tho folIoyyinop r9niv tn ISmnth ~
Carsnn nf rimcnnnti ,y6o bpf ,n,Ln Sm,1c
sn,,ern riti i,isr,s ~, ON, ,',tn ..iS''t ,,,nnt
controvn,t cr,.tain fa,tl ,p au, n, a,
rossfnIly do this viz irbrt in moi, io,,,n.
tion thc CcrnnaI h"dios Iof narfrrtion, yero
tbn rnl,,,I,. ,I "a" re- To Nntto IS!nr,,s