Omaha daily bee., 1890-05-04
GRAND C0MMANDERY REBUKED
Judge Chapman Expresses His Opinion of
the Farce.
JOHN HAIGH ON THE IOWA CASE.
Where VIII the Next Session of the
Elks' Grand Lodge be Held-A
New OddfelIows Hall at
Hebron-Notes, Etc.
JOHN HAIGH ON THE IOWA CASE.
The Grand Commandcry Rebuked.

The Grand COmmandcry Rebuked.
The following circular issued by order of
the eminent grand commander of Knights
Templar for Nebraska has been generally for
warded to the Scottish rite Masons of Ne
braska who do not recognize the southern
jurisdiction of that body and who belong to
the other wings of that order, says the Ne
braska City Press, and has elected from
Judge Chapman, now engaged in holding
district court in this county, the following
reply AS the Scottish rite Masons of this
locality-some seventy in number-belong to
the United States jurisdiction and do not
recognize the so called Southern rite or juris-
diction, it will be of interest to these gentle
men to peruse the resolutions of the grand
commandery of this state as well as the re-
sponse of II gentleman who disapproves of the
action OF the commandery to which he be-
longs.
FREEMAsoNs HALL, OMAHA, April II, 1890,
Dear Comrade-in-Arms: Tho following res
olutions were adopted at the annual conclave
of the grand commandery of Nebraska, held
ut Hastings, Ncb., April 10 and 10, 1890:
whereas, There Is u conflict OF Jurisdiction
of the southern Jurisdiction and certain So
called "Cerueau' Scottish Rite Masons; aud
Whereas, The scottish Rite Masons of the
southern jurisdiction have had uninterrupted
control of this state for the period of twenty
one years prIorto August, 1885 and are there
fore by right of priority clearly entitled to this
Resolved, That this grand commnndery rec
ognlAes the scottish Kite hiaSons of the south
all other sO-called Scottish rlto organizations
claiming jurisdiction as elandestine, and earn
the degrees offered by the so-called Cerneau
bodies, and of our members now in those bodies
rs earnestly request them To withdraw, in the
interest of harmony and Justice.
That we fully sympathIe with the grand
master of Masons OF Nebraska and sustain his
action In the edlet he has issued against Cer-
neauism and ask all good Sir knights TO aid
and assist him IN carrying out said edict i'm
every way possible, consistent with knightly
honor and dignity,
That the grand recorder he instructed tn fur
nish 70 each subordinate commandery of this
jurisdiction copy Of these resolutions for the
information OF the sir knights; C9urteousiy
Grand Recorder OF Nebraska,
NERRAsKA Cry, Neb., April 22, lS90.-My
Dear Sir am in receipt of youseircular
under date of April II, containing the pro
nunciamento in the shape of a set of resolu
tions purporting to be adopted at the annual
conclave of the grand commandery of Ne
braska held Mt Hastings April 10 and i6, 1890
IL appears from these resolutions that the
grand commanderv has assumed jurisdiction
OF the Scottish rite of Nebraska. | had sup
posed that the control of this matter woulS
be left to the grand lodge of this jurisdiction
inasmueh as that body assumed To settle thS
Scottish rite question something over "A yeal
ago, and in the same manner. think the
whole matter an un-Masonic farce, and gen
tlemen of the Albert Pike school simply
show their lack of Judgment and confidence
In their right as Scottish Rite Alas0ns by ap
pealine to outside organizations for either en-
dorsement or authority, and think and be
lieve that the grand commandery OF Ne
braska, by permitting itself TO be drawn int
anuncalled for controversy like this, has uiad'
very grave mistake. There Is no Masonl'
law or precedent for this assumed jurisdiction
by the grind commandery over matter they
can have no power or control / am a Ger
neau Mason and exercise my own ludgmen
as to which order or body has rightful luris
dhetion IN this on any other territory, and
aon't allow nor acknowledge either the -