The record-union., 1896-02-22
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Scottish Rite Masons," one of which is
organized under the authority of the
Supreme Council of the Ancient and
Accepted Scottish Rite of Masonry for
the United States of America, their
territories and dependencies, commonly
known as the United States Jurisdic-
tion of the Ancient and Accepted Scot
tish Rite and is presided over by Will
lam A. Hersheiser of Columbus, Ohio,
and is a representative body controlled
by a majority of its members and elect
ing its officers annually; that the other
of the said bodies in California is
monarchical and despotic body, and is
organized under the authority of what
is known as the Southern Jurisdiction
Of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish
Rite of Masonry, which is presided
over by Thos. II. Caswell of San Fran
cisco, one Of the defendants herein;
that the first mentioned of these rival
bodies was organized in the United
States in 1907 by Joseph Cerneau under
the authority of the Grand Orient of
France, and claims jurisdiction over
the whole of the United States; that the
other was organized in 1860 at Charles
ton, South Carolina, by Albert Pike,
claiming jurisdiction over portions of
the United States, including Califor-
MIA, and disputing the right of Joseph
Cerneau "to establish bodies of Ancient
and Accepted Scottish Rite Masonry as
he had done; that since the establish
ment in California of these two bodies
a rivalry began between the members
owing allegiance to each respectively,
.'and the leaders of the said Southern
Jurisdiction in the said State of Califor-
MIA, becoming alarmed at the rapid
growth of the said rival Body, have car
ried the controversy into the chapters
of Royal Arch Masonry with which
Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite Ma
sonry has no connection or afflllatlon
| whatever"
That as far back as 1887 certain de-
signing Royal Arch Masons" who were
members of said Southern Jurisdiction
| Of the Scottish Rite entered into con-
spiracy to suppress all bodies owing
allegiance to said Cerneau branch, and,
to that end, went to work with their
! fellow-members and friends among the
members of the Grand Chapter OF Royal
Arch Masons ''in a quiet and secret
way" and induced majority of them
TO adopt resolutions which determined
in effect that said Southern jurisdiction
of the Scottish Rite was Legitimate,
and said Ancient and Accepted Scottsn
Rite of the United States was "irregu-
lar illegal and unmasonic, and SUD-
sequently, in furtherance Of SAID con-
spiracy, procured the passage OF the
resolutions or ordinances numbers Il
and 26 "all of which acts and dolngs
of the said chapter of royal Arch Ma
sons of California controlled py Sala
conspirators as aforesaid were uncon-
stitutional, Illegal and violative OF the
charter. constitution, laws and land
marks and usages of Royal Arch Ma
sonry.''
The following are the ordinances NOS.
u and 26, which are the roots OF the al
legged evil against which relief is sought,
taken from the General Regulations
of the Grand Chapter of California
"21. This Grand Chapter acknowledges
no degree of Masonry or order OF knight
hood to be legitimate and genuine ex-
cept those conferred by or under the
authority of the following regularly
constituted bodies of the United States
of America and those of corresponding
rank in foreign countries, to wit:
"The Grand Lodge of Free and Ac-
cepted Masons of the several States and
Territories; the General Grand Chapter
of Royal Arch Masons of the United
States and Territories; The General
Grand Council of Royal and Select Mas
ters of the United States, and the Grand
Councils of Royal and Select Masters
of the States and Territories; the Grand
Encampment of knights Templar OF the
United States, and the Grand Com
manderies of the States and Territories;
the Supreme Council Of the Ancient and
Accepted Scottish Rites of Free Mason
nv for the Southern Jurisdiction OF the
United States of which Albert Pike IS
the Grand Commander, and the Supreme
Council of the Ancient and Accepted
Scottish Rite of Free Masonry for the
Northern Jurisdiction of the United
States, of which Henry l.. Palmer is
Grand Commander.
1T is hereby declared that any Royal
Arch Mason who shall hereafter take
and receive any so-called Masonic de-
gree or order of knighthood of any man
or body of men not heretofore acknowl-
edged to be legitimate and genuine shall
be liable to be expelled from all the
rights and privileges of a Royal Arch
Mason.
''It is hereby further declared that any
ROYAL Arch Mason who shall hereafter
confer. communicate, or sell, or be pres
ent at, or assist in the comforting, COM
municating, or selling, or solicit any one
to take, receive, or apply for any So
called Masonic degree or order of
knfghthood in any assemblage of men,
no matter by what name soever it may
be called, except it be held under the
authority of one of the bodies hereinbe-
fore acknowledged to be legitimate and
genuine. shall be expelled from all the
rights and privileges of a Royal Arch
Mason.
'26. That upon the application of the
High Priest of any Chapter in this juTis-
diction to whom charges for the viola
ton of the constitution or general regu-
lations of the Grand Chapter have been
presented. or of any three members of
such Chapter, the Grand High Priest
may transfer the trial of the accused
from the Chapter of which he is a mem
ber or in the Jurisdiction of which he
may reside, to some other Chapter to be
named in his order of transfer, when
ever in his judgment such transfer is
necessary or expedient
The complaint then proceeds to show
that in May, 1895. the defendant Ver-
milya. j member of Chapter No. 3, pre-
sented to defendant Boyd, the High
Priest of said chapter, written charges
against the plaintiff. in which it is
specified that he is guilty of conduct
urbeconing a Royal Arch Mason. to
wit: the willful violation Of General
Regulation No. q Of the Grand Chapter
ef Royal Arch Masors of California,