The Washington bee., 1896-11-07
DUAL MASONIC GRAND BODIES IN D. c
BY d. F. SEVILLE.

trict of Columbia, Georgia and Flor
ida, office Of R. E. G. c., 3I5 East Cap
itol street, Washington, D. c., May
Is, 1896, Sir Dorsey F Seville, captain
general of Mt. Calvary commandry
No. q, X. T. and P. G. recorder of the
grand commandry of the District of
Columbia and jurisdiction, Sir Knight
take notice that /, Louis H. Wayne,
by virtue of the high power and au-
thority in me vested as the r. E. G.. c.
Of K. T of the aforesaid jurisdiction
do hereby suspend you from all your
] rights, honors, privileges and benefits
belonging to K. T. of this jurisdiction
for acts of insubordination and gross
violation of your duties as Sir Knight
of this jurisdiction. Said suspension
to continue in full force and effect until
the annual grand conclave of the
grand commandry which will be held
in Washington, ID. c., on the I2th of
October, 1896 Given under my hand
and seal the day and date above writ
ten L. H. WAYNE,
T. A. Jackson, R. E. G. e
! Grand Recorder.
| Thus you can see that | was cut off
because wrote the word Big Chief in
The BEE and because myself and 9TH
er friends were invited to go to church
as K. T:.s in good standing and then
treated with the greatest of disrespect
| by christian and magnaimous Sir
Knights lin name only. In few days
friend of mine showed me circular,
/ which was printed by Mr.. Wayne and
Mr.. Jackson, which went on to state
that | had been suspended for publish
! ing my comment over my fictitious IL
tie known as Craftsman in a paper
called THE BEE, of w ashington, D,
c., in which | proclaimed therein that
the actions of certain Knight Tenn
plars were contemptious or words to
that effect. The paper then went on
to warn all Sir Knights to not have
any Masonic communication with the
said D. F. Seville while under said
suspension. Then followed the name
of R. E G.. G. Wayne. The words
which Mr.. Wayne took exceptions were
as follows: don't blame the body or
the presiding officer, but the Big Chief
was the one that played with the trnth,
and | will say right now that the act
ion of Simon commandry NosI, K. T.
and Louis H. Wayne, R. E. G.. c. for
District of Columbia on ascension day
was contemplate and cowardly. The
| idea of inviting members of the order
in good and regular standing to go to
church to commemorate the ascension
of our Saviour, and then to take un-
| fair advantage over them was worst
than contemplate. Then because a
comment appeared in THE BEE giving
no names whatever, Sir Knight must
be cut off from all of his benefits and
no chance of being able to make any
defense whatever. The grand COM
mandry convened June IS, 1896, at s 80
p. m. After going through the usual
| routine, the Jones and Seville faction
of A. A. S. K. raking over the Goals
on page S, Mr.. Wayne, R. E. G.. c.
then submitted his report on the sus
pension of Sir D. F. Seville. Now,
mark you right here. Seville was sus-
pended by this wise Solomon t. the
18th day of October, 1896 Yet here
on. the 25th of June, Mr.. Wayne re-
opens the case. Mr. Seville not being
present and never has been, submitted
his side of the story and then the just,
christian, magnanimous and courteous
fraters with the exception of three ap-
proved of his action in the case.
Then to top it off they passed a reso-
luton that within 60 days that all men,
bers of John G.. Jones consistory who
did not resign their membership in the
same that they would be expelled from
the grand commandry of the District
of Columbia At this junction desire |
to call your attention to the following |
On ascension day when the attention |
of Mr.. Wayne was called to the dirty |
treatment given by Simon commandrv, |
and he was appealed to in the presence |
of witnesses, he replied that it was not |
his affair, but that of the commandry. |
Now, if it was not his affair, why did |
he as the r. E. G.. c. kick aside the |
law in the case, and on the 25th day of |
May, 1896, cut one off without a trial, |
caused the same 70 be duly published? |
Then on the 25th of June reopened the
case, stated his side of the story and
then on the 18th of October caused me
to be expelled and others, and none of |
us having trial or given a chance to
make defense whatever, and yet he
has nothing to do with it? 1t is an af-
fair of the commandry. Now, | will
state right here, if it was not time to
create new CommandrieS and chapters
at this junction, why there never was
time for it to be done. (To be con-
tinued.)
A. A. o. N. NJ. S.
Ancient arabic order of the mys.ic
shrine, Pyramid temple, enjoys repu-
tation in the entire oasis of Philadel- |
phia, that it has through the devotion
of its members to the new laws of the
laws of the order, the answering f.
deity of few of its members and |
unity of action upon all important
matters that attends to the welfare of |
the people, the regular monthly meet
ing was held on the evening of Octo- |
Der ID, which was attended by nearly |
forty mobiles, the Illustrious Potentate
Isaac Holland presided in his usual |
thorough manner, and his other Of
ficers Were.on hand, as usual to per-
form their duties, as the day marked
the anniversary of the birth of the pre-
siding officer, the event was recognized
by the members of the band in the
presentation to Noble Isaac Holland ofI