The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1893-12-07
M. W. GRAND LODGE.
neport ~ t,rtnn<ftt4es o. t'rAnd ON.
GERS Ncyorts--ssrc3entt eem-
mIttec Report crnarattees
VITA Sothine 80 nv-Netes.

Atisa. ~ yesterday n, ". Grand Mar
scr y W cochran called iAs n ". Grant
Lodge " Texas from refresatnes's 10 labor
caieers present
N, ". Cnna Master Thomas 3 ceeh-
ran.
Il VI nspu,y araaa master d r H'Fy-
mixer
Il w senior esAna waraen Gus Gar
ssspn
n ". 1unior 0rsna warden Il, n Asss.
neshy.
4. w Grand Treasurer 5. ~ Moore
4 =. 81 cfAaa secretary ". = syrair-
~. brand Chaplain y. x. Carter.
NJ CsfAn6 tEAlos 1t isss-
/ ~. Grand Marshal A. n - s>-r, ~
w seDior Grams peaecn teeispsl Joe
N. Jasniosr GRAD Deacon caetinsl N. N.
Is. Grand Parsalvsat j, ). Koon
~ Grand TissE y Wilson
! tefe II. s Fiy, john Watson Charles
Stewart Riehafa l9ogiass. J. A. Miller.
h. q. F'lEin. Noyicn Aloses, 2. y. Coounes,
John l.. Terrell fran cVfnniittec on ere
! deptiais No. l reaqrt2d tnc following nd
i dlssteal ~, ntetives rres a.
fefsst Use 50. " i n esA, ". Il.
y n Ioeue from ceeertin.s Nc. 1 re-
r9rted the Relieving addiuonai sepresenta-
I y i. G. Master y }. Mansfield, district
Past Masters egosge aeiasAwalte. !.
IS, 4. ~ Crannt. M 4, Caihcan. IL Hos
Nns J. ". Biake, y. J. CAffaway. q. A.
Malil7ias Y. Sfssn 1, ~
E,lAiiasd. Nc. 4sl-rW. IL Calhoun proxy
Centennial Ne. da--L S. paagnsery, VI.
chies5nis no CIV. Il. schuitz, ". NJ
DECATUR No HID, r Liiiatd. proxy. :
leed Rock No 1lg-S, j. Petty, ". u.
tioidthwaite No 0i'--W Van Claim,
@aea No. SIT Z. cranfil proxy
Eagle Lake No 36-t. @. Norris, NJ. ~
Lltaeion Fowler Ns saszW. + Good
ea.tiaea 30, le c, Osborne. proxy.
stondwaii 10. 55fIi.ovl Hurbangh S. W.
Mt. Aiga No. fii--a. T., Conner, proxy.
San si4reos 10. sla-Ed q !. Green,
Kerf1.lie No. s9f-H. Rcmscheii. S. ~.
X. ~ Grand Secr@taf, NJ. s, Swain
READ tlse niytstss II the flrat dnys SEES
sion. ~ eerrestien spd stood gpnlroye'i,
ire5uca4 AID referred 20 huance com
fsst Grana Muster Charles stewart
from the clmmltter on graua officers re-
ports submitted the following report:
10 the Most WorshipitA Grand Lodge OF
Texas;
kue rtport OF sAe MOST Nctsllptui
Grand Master shows that we now have
SIX hundred subordinate lodges aud 1bout
Twenty-Five Thousand Hasuns ia 1eXl7.
We mas az matter Of course, expect
the pnnsber o. subordinate lodges 70 in-
crease with the grps-;fI=HFi1 Ses-iJpmefs,
q cdr State. and The duties OF the Grand
aastsf Elfs, ~ ener9ys WIZ ps St. More
shipflil Grand Aiastsr IS rlght " saying
tneE he has ffpeft q busy year, Tor MS
report shows that he has not only been
vfgiitifr- fntfAffal and .rMfrtpnf in rnH
DISCHARGE oil the manifold aatihH imposed
upgn him by virtue % his hign offices and
Tor which lie niiI ~ gratefully refienlhar
20 by his Masonic brethren, y ~ en- IN
pleasant duts for Grand Muster to dlsci-
Pine q suturllnate iceee. aud ~ -ne eases
THAI have Arshel during the past year III
witch thls duty was reqaired Of our Most
Wossitpfiii CFand Master We commend
him fos the kitansss, prudence aud itrm-
al the eaaas reperted BY him we think
h;s action should be sustained by tnia
Erana body. While there Is Force ~ the
Ftlg silons mAse ~ GUT MRst Nforvhil,,gi
Grand Master "a regard TO public tnafRlll-
tons Of the pflcers Of lodRe, we are nri
preparea 70 aag thAt me custom snoala
s4eA long standing t14t y has become
alfngst MI aneient usage ard we ~ not
think that sueii bad sesulih have tqilowea
is obserFauce IS III warrant US IA ask
ing that tie recommendation u the doNt
Mnrshinfal Grand Master shall pc aqopt-
ed X0pr com1htiee hcartAy indorse fhe
10 nerinit local ipiTts b. eigpu!ute appeaiA
far charity Ia behalf ~ in.ltNiuuai hreIn7
him Tor che enefgy aad zeal that ne man,
Tested n behalf OF our brethren and
others VINO EalEered from the cyclane ~
Cisco We know fhnt hh action IN behait
al fhosa AFFLICTED hrelhlfn and people viii
fdt only nioet with tie approval Of this
Grand Lodge but WITH the entire appro'
THE reports frotu the District Deputy
Grand Masters Inform us mat VITA hui
few exceptions, Free Masonry IS N 2 good
condition throughout orr jurisiiist9n' am
IL is faatffyinE 10 Earn tliat tho Enhnrui-
nate lodges while increasing their mem
bership. are csetei5inE due care as y Lae
Gtaud Master must necessarily rqiy upon
hta dIatriet deputies Tor through them he
Becomes ID touch with ali the snnorainate
tpd thar an OF the district deputies could
mot Ia person visit tNe lodges in their re-
speetlYe drtriats. and e hrE q express
vented sach personal visits VIII here
after 10 made. fcnr committee mas not
81 ne Most sNorahipfli GRIND Master lii
ref-a "a tn "a cheaper edition OF the Digest
81 Nasnaia f.aw. but 90 this matter IS IN
thr hands VI special committees We re-
train fran making any susBestion In re-
iati0n thereto. believing TINT Inc commit
lee haYing 4 " charge VIII ualse Nngh "
bliAf Your committee recommend that
the urraunta ~ tie several District Dep
nss Grgni Masters, as reported ~ thl
on dnRbce,and that 40 lntirh Of the report o.
the Moat grahlpful SFgna Atss es s1s EeT
and other foreign Jurisdictions BIZ referred
ID die cofafnttieh Oh foreign ecrreap pond
ence, The report OF the Right worship.
ing the past Masonic year he has had but
little 10 do, hut that he has done that little
VOL.
5has Stewart,