The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1895-12-05


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| inc Question OF jurisdiction over cana.-
! dates. GNln o. Applicants tor Lie DttIsI.L =
\ OF - aAonry ana a.so tDO=e wu0 nave o ca
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| irt-ton sea~ten NaAnG io1tes tan 81
oshsr Questions cOD9.Ie1, aul II would
be me best thlnE poszbie Ter the grnefu.
peace Of The craft II some s-.uDon VI tae
SUBJECT cou.d Re rc0cte1 htcn would lie
satlsfaclo 10 all con. crn q.
Your committee does not regard the
| rules rr1yosgd ~ the IS. ~. gram lodge
a. allss-ss a. such s1ilton' nor
orally received as such.
In fact, with some TWO or perhaps three
eArep lions kfey have already been REJECT
% - an the grand lodges which have
spoken upon the subject.
Rule Is mainiy Objectionable and can
not t'e concurred fl because. II for no
other reason than that its effect would
do away WITH CT destroy the secrecy ~
the ballot without investigai TX the bali
lot ard endcay nf1nG to find ou' no casi
the black hail or balls Il would be imisos-
sihie FOR she rejecting lo3ge ito furnish
to the lodge to which said petition Is
J rrBde TIE grounds Upon which the retec-
| ZION was MADE II may b. SAID. too.
| that the secrecy cf the bal o; Is a lar =
mark. AMI any attempt 10 penetrate mt
secrecy would be an innova lon uron the
holy q Masonry: and. moreover. ediet
No. i2s 81 this Grand Isodza makes any
such attempt a MaJUnic off'ns@.
t. rule vnur committee can see no Sc
riops objection y the first uroViso be left
or ard q could be agreed upon BY all
YoHr otsrri'tee is of the opinion thst
the ies, so'nfi~n n The matter and TIE
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Probability q general agreement among
TIE grand lpdEes would be the fiSirE Of
certain time. after me lapse OF viii h ~
risalet.nn over rejected applicants rhonld
reae. hv limitation. Your committee BE-
lioves that II IN pos-ible for a man to re-
torn and mend his WAYS Jhs man
INTO re rorais q TIE T ~ i. bal AT
afterwards he may repent and 50 change
es 20 become gnrd uaif ~ bDt y9pr
corn r1fttte also believes that after such
profc ssdon ~ change is mad the.c should
@ "a probationary nerioh II a length rrir-
fi0icnt 70 rrJve bcyund a sonaele
doub, that suca reform is sineere ana
Many Of the grand lodges Of the United
States and Canada have already 3o3pi.d
such RUE az is here Indicated. the
ton obtains varying IN the several grand
Jurisdictions. though rive or seven Yeas
fee" % be the period mos. generally
Uc'Glar n be-. ,iews and believing TINT
- m he fot THO bose interests ana ifn9e
no tte peace tuI hai'nrnN of re .eNefaI
inrrd4 ma alorttn ~ tle fel19anE.
rceoigr9. Tttt tftsr TIE pcl1G OF
five year1 shoil t7tr "t.t t's -.
va NHelrry BE- t3tins moved into il@
lurif1i-tilu OF another lodge q. Der ih ms
or ans otr.r F-an' lntsl. goo ana h.t-
tlfNel 600 steH -orr,sr Gul w.th the 70
~ tlh@ lodge - we ili.'t ,h9tn%