The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1898-11-22

NL 1JEh %sIsR 1890
nishes the new board and all the Ma
sonic bodies with apartments, Mr..
Buckingham denied that there had ever
been any jealousy on the part of the
old board against the new, and he said
there was no truth that the old board
had opposed the new. &r. Buckingham
did not want to discuss the matter at
all, and said that possibly when the
matter had somewhat cleared ITSELF
he might write statement but III ttle
peculiar position that he occupied he
did not care to express himself until
something further was said.
City Solicitor Arthur p Rugg, who
was the first clerk of the new board
and who but recently resigned from the
position, to be succeeded by Henry Cha
pin, said that the action explained it
self. He personally, was sorry for
the hostility that had arisen and the
bad blood that had been engendered.'
When asked about the possibility of en-
joining the new board from selling the
Mower estate, he said that he should
not suppose that it could be done, but
did not wish to be considered as eX-
pressing an authoritative opinion.
r. James Tatman, clerk of the old
board, said that he thought the action
of the committee decidedly hasty,"
When questioned in regard to the by
law, he said that the objection which
was at the bottom of the whole matter
was that the bylaw providing for the
assessment specified no time and no
amount, embracing the debts of
the corporation contracted in the
past, or any that might be contracted
in the future. Mr., Tatman strenuous
ly denied that there had been any jeaI-
ousy between Che old board and the
new board, the old board wanting the
new to erect the building. He said that
he had been a subscriber to the tenn
pie fund and he paid that in quickly.
hoping that others might be influenced
thereby to pay promptly
1.-The youngest Mason in Worcester
today will not see the temple built"
was the statement of Thomas,T Booth,
when he was asked regarding the sit
uation. Mr.. Booth did not care to dis
cuss the matter, but said further that
he would suppose the action of the COM
mittee of 80 would wind up the temple
plan for long time. When asked what
the whole secret of the trouble was,
he said that he supposed it was the
jealousy between the old and the new
boards. The change from the Mower lot
TO the Bliss estate was thought to heal
the sores, but the result the reporter
himself could see.
In the mind of Fred I. Sampson. the
action Of the fraternity was an action
peculiar to the people of the city. not
peculiar to the fraternity; that is, it
was a Worcester characteristic, sui gen
eris. This popularity Of action had
been demonstrated in the city govern
ment in the bridge question. in street
questions, and in the British memorial
matter. When Queried he said in reply
that he supposed the trouble Law in The
Jealousy between the old board and the
new board.
Henry i. Harris, when seen in regard
to the matter, said he did not care to
go into a discussion of the matter. but
when asked about the Injunction pro-
ceedings which q member of the old
board suggested, he stated firmly that
the committee of 30 could not be en-
joined from the DISPOSAL of the Mower
property or the return of the subscrin-
tions.
One of the most prominent Masons
in the city, and member of the com
mittee of 80. was seen Yesterday bv The
Spy man, and spoke with the utmost
freedom on tbe ouaattor If tbo caiieos
that underlaid the abandonment of the
Masonic temple scheme. He said in
substance that the whole matter was
the result of The smallest and n1aonost
kind of pettv ieaIo1Isies on rba nart ~
certain men Of the craft IN tfit ci+,
He declared mat cer-ain RIM of mn
had been from the first the onnose,'l
of the scheme for having for +be Ham
ple bv the fay nrovided fof. in 40 Nv
laws Of the conmittee of "a ~
Referring to the proiec. the sneak
err said. THE scheme maj The oonnn1it