The Saint Paul globe., 1897-01-14
MAS0HS IN SESSION
GRAND LODGE OF STATE MEETS
TO REVIEW THE YEARS
WORK.
LARGE NUMBER is PRESENT.
GRAND MASTER .AyyLESS SUBMITS
AN INTERESTING ANNUAL
REPORT.
MASONIC VETERANS ASSOCIATION

Elects Its Officers and Enjoys u
Programme of Speeches and
Luncheon.
The Grand Lodge Of Masons Of the
state, met in annual session at the
Masonic Temple yesterday morning,
and will not conclude it's labors until
tonight. The proceedings are attended
by representative Of about 200 lodges,
all the grand officers being present.
The number of representatives present
exceeds 500
After roll call yesterday morning
Grand Master James F. Lawless, of
st. Paul, read his address in part as
follows:
Brethren of the Most Worshipful, the Grand
Lodge OF Minnesota, l heartily welcome you
to this the forty-fourth annual communica-
ton of the grand lodge. The year past has
the state generally. In common with other
institutions we have felt the depression, but
not, | am glad to say, to material extent,
the returns showing a lattering increase in
membership.
The grand lodge granted charters to three
lodges at the last annual communication.
Jan. 81 assisted by R. W. Brother Thomas
Montgomery, l constituted Griswold Lodge
No. us, at Dassel, and installed officers.
On Feb. l. assisted by Past Grand Master
Griswold. Right Worshipful Brothers Mont
| gomery and Tusler, Worshipful Brothers Rib
ler. Orme and Sprague, 1 constituted Capital
| officers. On Feb. g. assisted by Brother G.
! NJ. Brown, past master of Marietta Lodge No.
! IL, constituted Florence Lodge No. ZIG, at
| Wood Lake, and installed officers.
DECISIONS.
| Question. Must an entered apprentice,
against whom charges have been preferred
for unmasonic conduct, be tried in a lodge
| open on that degree?
Answer. No. '-
Question. Can brother who, while acting
! as master Of his lodge, appropriated to his
own use moneys Of the lodge and which fact
| was not ascertained until after his term Of
| office had expired, be now tried in his lodge
! for the offense? -
| Answer. Yes. -J
Question. If the master removes perman-
! emily from the jurisdiction and the senior
| warden succeeds him, does the Junior war
den succeed the senior warden?
| Answer. No. S-
| Question. Has an expelled Mason any right
| to assistance from his former lodge, and has
lodge the right to vote its funds to aid the
! distressed family Of a brother who has
| been expelled?
Answer. An expelled Mason has no Ma
| sonic rights whatever, but Masonic charity
! being as universal the institution itself
| may well be bestowed even upon erring
! brother.
Question. Is it permissible for the wor-
| shipful master to admit allow a member
| to retire during the spreading of ballot a
| petition for the degrees in Masonry?
Answer. After brother deposits his bal
| lot, the worshtpful master may excuse him.
DISPENSATIONS FOR NEW LODGES.
have granted dispensations for new lodges
as follows:
Jan. %, 1896, for Mt Hermon lodge, at
! Hancock, Stevens county.
March 5, 1896 for Olivia lodge, at Olivia,
| Renville county. i.s
July q, 1886, for Equity lodge, at Cotton
wood, Lyon county. l4
| Oct 6, 1896, for Elysian lodge at Elysian,
! LIE Sueur county.
Petitions and informal requests were re-
ceived from a number of brethren located at
| Thief River Falls, Hopkins, HendrUm, San
! born Custer. Twin Valley and Elbow Lake.
! Four Of these I declined, one was withdrawn,
and two are held pending further investiga-
ton and material facts. Our aim being to
wisely build for the future, l have been ex-
| tremely careful in investigating these cases,
| realizing that there serious objections to
! chartering lodges which may but feebly live
for, or pass out of existence in a few years.
CORNER STONES LAID.
On June g. 1896. T received an invitation to
| lay the corner stone of the new county court
house, LIE Sueur Center, which accepted
and stone laid by me with our appropriate
! ceremonies on June 49, 1896.
On July l, / received and accepted an invi-
tation from the board of education to Law
! the corner stone Of new schoolhouse at
| Heron Lake.
! On Jan. &c. 1896, assisted by j. H. Randall.
| junior grand warden; Thomas Montgomery,
grand secretary: H. R. Adams, senior grand
| steward, and other brethren, 1 dedicated the
! hall of Ark Lodge No. 176, Minneapolis.
The hall of Delta Lodge No. 119, at Mar
shall, was dedicated by me on Feb 4. 1896.
| The reports Of the special committee on
| fraternal greetings, adopted by this grand
lodge at the last session, responding to
greeting from the Most Worshipful Grand
| Lodge of Manitoba and extending fraternal
| greeting 10 the Most WOrshipful the United
| Grand Lodge of England, were suitably en-
crossed and transmitted through the grand
/ secretary's office. 1t Fraternal acknowledge
ments were in due time received.
1 have been requested by R. w. Bro. L. z.
Rogers, representative of the Grand Lodge Of
/ Maine, near our grand lodge, to submit to
! this Grand lodge for its consideration resolu-
! tons adopted by the Grand Lodge of Maine,
with reference to rejected candidates, which
Resolved That this Grand lodge is deeply
| impressed with the necessity of uniform
! legislation by thei several Grand lodges in
relation to the admission of rejected candi-
| dates
Resolved, That the effect Of rejection
should be limited to five years, and that dur
! ing that time the candidate should be al
| lowed to petition only to the lodge which
rejected him, or to another lodge with the
consent Of that lodge, or such consent of
officers and members of that lodge as may
| diction in which the rejection occurs.
Resolved, That each of the representatives
! of this Grand lodge be requested to present
these resolutions to the Grand lodge to which
| he is accredited and request for them frater-
! nal consideration"
It is with much pleasure I announce to the
brethren that relations with other grand
| Jurisdictions are of the most cordial nature.
AMENDMENT TO CONSTITUTION.
The grand master of North Dakota submit
| ted to NE for approval waiver Of Warren
| Lodge No. $50, of Minnesota, in favor of
Acacia Lodge No. 4, Grand Forks N D.,
| over party residing at East Grand Forks
| Mimi, situated much nearer the lodge in
North Dakota than any lodge in this state.
| Same promptly approved. This calls to
our attention that at the annual communica-
cation held in 1895 the following amendment
| to the constitution was proposed, referred to
the committee on Masonic Jurisprudence, re-
ported favOrably upon by that committee and
| adopted by the Grand lodge by more than a
two-thirds vote:
Resolved, That title Of part 1 Of the
constitution be amended by adding thereto
! the following section:
| ''Sec. so A. In all cases where a contiguous
grand jurisdiction has or shall enact a like
provision as to this Grand jurisdiction and
shall give its concurrence hereto a subordi-
nate lodge in this grand jurisdiction may
receive the petition Of a resident of such
Grand Jurisdiction for membership, either by
af1liation petition for the degrees, in any