The Washington bee., 1897-10-30

After the session of the Shriners
there will be a Convention OF the Su-
nreme Council of the 33rd degree ma
Sons The session will last several
days, and large attendance is expect
ed.
The session was opened by the Most
Imperial Potentate of the Order, John
G.. Iones, of Chicago. The hrst DAY
was devoted to receiving the creden-
tiaIs and reports of the different bodies
and routine business.
At II o'clock, Imperial Grand Poten-
tate Tohn O.. IoneS delivered an ad-
dress. In part he said:
"In compliance with the ConstItu-
tion. | submit to YOU for your consider
ation nv report for the past Masonic
year. Atthe last annual session, held
in New York city in September, 1896,
Noble D. F. Seville, So, the Deputy
IGl nb.rees m tofhe Imperial Grand Council
oma;5sT | lanes Bamsfeld. Richard H.
Gleaves, John w. Freeman, a.; ".
Tancell, Henry Coleman, J. J. Hill, ,.
H Watts, and several DINERS WHO
were members of Mecca Temple al
Washington, d. c, charging each one
of them with violating the Masonic
laws ard rules and regulations OF the
Order, and the Imperial Grand Coun-
Gil directed me to go to washington,
d. c., and investigate the whole mat
ter. and then act accordingly, Whlcn l
have done. When | arrived IN Wash
inpton, D. c., | called special session
of the Imperial Grand Council, and
sent each one notice to appear at
said meeting. When commenced to
investigate the matter, to my aStonlSh-
ment, / soon found that halt against
those mobiles had never been told L
feund that each one of them was not
only in rebellious manner against the
constituted authorities of this grand
body, but that they had violated every
part of their obligations and had COM
mitted grave and revolving Masonic or
feuse. The testimony and truth
against them were plain and conclus-
i've. and when each one OF them was
confronted with the plain facts they
themselves remained silent and did
not deny the charges, and accordingly
by resolutions each one OF them was
unanimously expelled for gross un-Ma-
sonic conduct from Mecca Temple OF
the MYSTIC Shrine, and from all the
rights and privileges OF the Order
since that lime some of them have
asked to be forgiven and made apph
ration TO me 10 be reinStated, but
have positively refused to listen tot
their appeals or have anything to do
with them, because | regard them as
men who have no business In such
laudable institution.
"On September 20, 1857, IN the city
of Chicago a National Grand Court OF
Daughters of Sphynx OF North ana
South America was regularly and le-
pallv instituted and the Grand officers
Elected. which are some OF the most
intelligent, energetic and prominent
ladies in the United States. Subordi-
nate courts are now being rapidly or
qanized all over the country.
"XNe have now 81 Temples OF the
Mystic Shrine in different parts OF the
country, and all of them seem to be IN
an harmonious and prosperous condl-
ton.
limited States and Canada is 55,II3,
Royal Arch Masons, 1900, Nlght
TempIars Io,3s5, Mobiles of the Mystic
Shrine 1896, A. A. s. Rite Masons 57I2,
and in the Republic of Liberia, Africa,
Master MasonS 759. -,
al wish to call the attention OF the
craft to a little band of bogus and liie-
gal so-called colored Shriners,- who
have their headquarters at St. LOUIS,
Mo. The men connected with 1t are
known all over the country as Masonic
crooks and money degree peddlers.
They never had and have not now the
Mystic shrine degree conferred upon
them. The St. Louis factory is
DIace where all sorts of Masonic de-
prees are manufactured and fixed tor
order and high sounding titles are CIV
en-. Any Mason who goes to the St;
Louis factory can purchase ute ana
get any kind of degree he wishes.
And whenever YOU see or hear Ma
son saw that he halls from the St.