Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1890-10-12
THE SCOTTISH RITE.
AvIslT TO THE HOLY HOUSE or The
TEMPLE IN WASHINGTON.
rb. Masonic chatc--oenerai Albert
rike-Brssii and Ms.onry--Ionors
90 Virginia. and other Nows.



The Scotsh-Rite Chathcdral, up on q
street. where the high degrees of Masonry
are conferred, is familiar to the people OF
Washington. for G. street Is O thoroughfare
and crowds pass there every day; but the
HOLY House Of the Temple. at the corner
OF Third aud T. streets. Is not so familiar,
as 1t is in a quiet. residence part of the
city. This House of the Temple IS the
residence Of the Grand Commander Of the
Scottish Rite Of FIeemasOnry and contains
also the Supreme Council room, the
library. the socretariat-genorsl, and the
Offices Of the Southern Jurisdiction. which
includes all the cid slave states and the
States aud Territories west OF the Mis-
siSslppi uyor.
MASONIC VATICAN.
LISA large. roomy old building. and is
sometimes spoken 81 iocularly a. the Ma
sonic vatican. But the Office and dignity
of grand commander Of this southern SUI
prcmo COuucil-mOthcr supreme council
of the world--reminds one more of the
ecclesiastical patriarchate than Of the Pa
pacy. General Albert Pike ~ the head OF
this Supreme Council Is the ranking Ma
some p0tcntate Of the world. but
he has actual jurisdiction only oyor
the American section referred TO. But
the chiefs OF tho foreign Supreme Conn
cis- Masonic powers as they are termed -
recognize the Grand Commander here az
in some sort their Masonic leader or head.
and always consult him before taking
ton on important matters. AZ con-
cave of commanders or inspoctors-generai
hold in any part Of the world. General
Pike or his legate would have tho right
'nuTeside. But he has not the power to
veto the doings of other councils than his
O.. a.. 4 H. Ifstu
fho Office is not like that of the Sovereign
ponti1 but OF a patriarch.
CENTRAL PIKE.
dropped in Of the House Of tho Temple
today and sent up my card TO the Grand
Commander. / was cordially received.
General Pike for "a man within few days
az hi, eightV-secOnd year looks remarba-
lly well He is POwerfuily-built mana
man of staiwart appearance, ana ~ hls
movement there is hardly u suggestion oil
old age. HIS mind IS slngulariy vigorous.
Dis memory for names, faces, and dates u
vel-mgh iuiallibie.
GBEAT FUTURE.
General Pike saws that Masonry has o
yre.t future. that it IS grand moral pow
~ and Is working wonderful results m GER
teu countries of the world. General Plke
i au exceedingly modest man entirely
lr.ull not get him 10 tell me about the
nat he played in the recent REVOLUTION lil
trtll But ] happened to have heard
from others that the Scottish Rite Free.
masonry as directed by General I1ke mao
l.cn educating the people of Brazil Tor
many years aud that the order had more
81. d1 with precIpitatlug the revolution
tqI the uubhc ever dreamed Of. General
rIl.is I'm constant correspondence win
lis brother commanders I'M all the Latin
nations and is perhaps better posted on
'Hru1.itical and religious thought OF the
world than any man living except the rope
of Rome. who keeps his fingers on the
pulse of Chriftendom.
Is TIE wFsT AND SOUTH.
I'm speaking of the growth of Masonry
ID, tle United States General Pike says II
.Ruateworthy fact that the bodies I'M the
western States are growing rapidly WhI,e
tfU-a iu many of the southern states hard-
I.l.ll their own He SAYS that there has
I,.u "a falling of in Mississippi, for IN
stance. that thirty or forty years ago MIS-
e.-.pp was one of the strongest Masonic
States In America.
asked General Pike If the Orientals
cook % Freemnsonry as IT was worked III
chose modern days. He replied that ne
had a hourishiug Grand Consstory IN
Japan.
ONLY lilt hlNh.
Referring TO the recent death OF LORD
Tu.lvu, who was the head OF the Roy
lrIer OF Scotland. Masonic organization
..y.no us seat at EdinbOro'. General flke
a,I that IN accordance with the ancient
statutes only the King OF Great Britain
.,u hold the rank of grand master; thai
when there IS no king the Royal Order is
administered by "a deputy grand master
and Governor, the rank held by Lord
Eo-.lyn General Pike thinks II Hkeiy
that tine Grand Lodge al Ednbor0 VIII
not elect a deputy grand master, as Qu.'en
Victoria is expected TO abdicoto WITHIN the
Uezt twelve or eighteen months IN favor Oh
ffe Prince of Wales, who would then be
Installed INTO the Royal Order grand mas
tsrebfp. General Pike is the senior proNin-
.,oI Grand master and has almost absolute
control of the Royal Order IN the onlteS
Fhtc.. although the " sheepsHu, VIII
The seals and the signatures OF the ioreiRl
,r1ulees attached. comes from scotland
fTte rncr,LershiD of the ROYAL Order IN the
United States Il limited TO $50. The an
uu4l dinner will loo held this year on Wed
Drsday night. October I'D, at the AIRING
ton.
uIENNIALLY.
Tho Supreme Council of the Scottish
Rite meets biennially. This is the year fo'
81. and 1t will begin its session on MohuAy
Tbe stewards. ianitors, and other ser
,-sDts of the House of the Temple are very
Nu.y now setting things IN order. IN
walls of the Supreme Councli CHAMP per ar
belnr hung with cloth of white IsmOI
WOO! woven for the purpose,
VIRGINIA uoNOBs.
Tho sasretory-general and other officers
OF the Holy House are very reuceht % "
tbs work shaped out for the coming con
clavc IL Won ask If the SD degree Is u
D.. c(,f erred AZ this session they look Ver'
MYSTERIOUS and say nothing. II has leaKe'
ont however. that the following honor
WIN 90 10 virginia: The ribbon OF hoya
Order of Scotland TO Canon Carmlcntei
IA u Tnohsh. W. W. Barrow, ana H. n
Tnbank. fbe knight Commander OF tn
Court of Honor 10 Canon Carmichael, a
q. Rabcock. and W. O. Euglish. 1his
n rare honor conferred on 32ds ana max sS
them eligible two years hence ior tuo Do
and last degree.
RICHMOND 3}D.
II il believed that William Ryan VIII r.
oeive the thirty-third degree ana De Iiau
Vi,bt Grand Cross. The Grand Com
mau66fIeemed much pleased with tho Az
uual report of Captain John L. mayel' %
ipspector-general for Virginia. -,
a. sreral Pike informed me that ne %
nected 10 attend the reunion OF the w
gipia Scottish-Rite Masons IN hlchnOil
n November. This viii be an eSSPSeell
ma,t ~ distinction, as the Grand Con
msnder rarely travels; indeed. he has ne n,
been outside of the House-ot-the-I emp
Grounds but once or twice IN four, years
II is understood that several dlstli
qpisbed foreigners OF the $50 degree WI WI
attend the Supreme Council leonlo uH
4r,opounced Guy), the Secretary-Cnahce
roIe ne Masonic order Of Italy, has eli
rage5 a suite Of rooms in Washington I!
80 ~ October goth. He's coming
inc "''N. "a r...,.,1 p,La nbout MasOQl