The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1899-01-19


Of Peru Rc-estabIished- Part In
the Washington Controversy Conn
mittees Appointed and Grand Officers
Elected.
The annual communication of the&
Grand Lodge of Free and Accepted
Masons was begun at II o'clock yester-
day at Masonic hail. No. 81 Church
street. There was a large attendance.
Grand Master Frank w. Havens
made an address to the Grand Lodge.
The report dealt eXhaustively with the
work of the year during which he held
office. AT the opening of the address
eulogistlc rehearsal was made of the
career of George Washington Morgan,
of New Britain, who died September 20.
Announcement was then made Of the
deaths of prominent Masons in sister
jurisdictions, after which the work of
the year was reviewed, the installa-
lions, reports of the deputies from all
of the districts in the Grand Lodge,
dedications, dispensations, decisions
ETC., being detailed.
The restoration to Masonic rights of
William II. Gaylord, of Unionville, who
had been expelled was announced and
announcement was also made of the
establishment of the fraternal rela-
tons before existing between the
Grand Lodge of Connecticut and the
Grand Lodge of Peru, prior to the time
when these relations were formally sew
cred by the Connecticut Grand Lodge
hpoonca nf he Of thp parI1
Grand Lodge in removing from the al
tars of Masonry the Bible.
The Grand Master then reported that
this Grand Lodge had refrained from
entering the controversy engendered by
the action of the Masons of the state of
Washington in refusing to recognize
''so-called African Grand Lodge" BY
way of comment the address remark
ed: 1.-THE question of color is not one
that can be entered upon, neither race,
nation nor creed furnish a criterion by
which to measure the legitimacy of
Masonry, but when the Grand Lodge of
any jurisdiction goes so far as to adj
init that another grand body may exist
within it's own territorial limits, it vio-
lates fundamental principle of Ameri-
can Masonic jurisprudence and it's ac-
ton must not be countenanced."
After describing the official vista
tions made during the year the address
concludes with the recommendation,
first, that. the matter of remuneration
made to the grand secretary by the
Grand Lodge of Connecticut, which is
in comparison with that given by sister
jurisdiction is very meagre, be given
such attention as will best subserve the
welfare and interests of the craft; sec
ond, that Until Masonry in the juris-
diction of Mexico has settled more SOL
idly upon the bed rock of ancient land
marks and shown by the lapse of time,
that it's erratic methods have become
forever obsolete, it's entrance into the
brotherhood of the faithful may with
impunity be delayed
The report of the grand secretary,
John H. Barlow, deals at length with
the subjects of the Grand Lodge IL
brary, the Grand Lodge registry, Grand
Lodge bylaws and lodge returns, par
ticular attention being paid to methods
and technical recommendations. The
statistical portion of the report shows
the following:
The whole number initiated during
the year was 657, passed 657, raised $50,
roll 21S, suspended l. expelled 2, died
172.
The lodges having the largest num-
Der of members are Hiram, No. /. 776:
st. Johns, No. 4, 662; st. Johns, No. g.
535; Hartford, 556; Worcester No. 49,
500. The lodge with the smallest men,