The enterprise., 1900-01-12

Do the work of the living present,
Leave the future and past to God.
We insist and propose to col
tinually remind the Brethren th;
the proper thing to do is to NAL
a united effort to give our Gran
Master, who voluntarily retir,
from the Grand East, some suI
stantial testimonial of oar frate
nal esteem. The value of such
testimonial will be largely mea
ured by the number of MasoI
who contribute towards securi I
it.
In order to make our meanir
clear and unmistakatle, we aI
sire to say our own idea il
make the testimonial the gi dfb
the rank and file Jof the Ma ia
of the jurisdiction over wi lei
Grand Master Pelham had 81
long and ably presided. Nt
would rather see one thou hnd
Masons contribute ten cents AcE,
than to see one hundred NJ Sons
give one dollar each. DthefI
Grand Lodges have donS thi
very thing and done it hand ome
ly, and we feel quite sur none
have more reason for feS ling
deep sense of appreciation than
have the members of ouf iurB-
diction.
Let us do this Brethrl ID, ard
do it so handsomely, thai it will
reflect credit upon our Grand
Lodge.
~
We are informed by letter from |
Brother S. II. P. Edwards of |
Kansas City, that we Pre- bang |
quoted as saying thai John G.
Jones of Chicago, has been sus-
pended from the Blue Lodge in |
which he held membership. We |
desire to publicly conf radiCtsuCh |
statements. If Brother John G..
Jones has been SUSPENDED we
have no knowledge Of th. fact
either directly or indirectly.
These statements come from the
old controversy as to jurisdiction
in the Scottish RiteDegrees.
We have devoted too much of
Our time to Blue lodge matters
to be we'll posted On other and
"higher" CD Masonic affairs. If
this representation has been
made to throw a doubt upon the
Masonic standing of Brother J.
G. Jones, it falls Hat for the rea-
son that Brother Jones in the
"Rite" which he practices dis
claims the necessity of being i'll
good standing in a Masonic
Lodge holding warrant from
some sovereign qrald Lodge.
In order to FaCtlco his Rite
Brother Jones GAINS tie rig ht
to go into terribly, organized or
unorganlzed, af establish Blue
Lodges, Chapfs and iComman
edries. He CLAP the r right to go
to Kansas Cit4nd mi fiAte, pass
and raise men 1Fithout the knowl-
edge or conft of the Grand
Lodge of MiI Iuri or Tits Grand
Master. AS matter pf fact he
he goes yef step :rther and
claims the to rganlze even
a Grand Lodge Where onsalready
exists, and d ID this very thing in
the District of Columbia. So
open and dfsgraceful q proper
tion has thiS jurisdictional con
troversy ASSUMED that Bro. r. E.
Moore of Illinois offered an a
mendment TO its constitution :
it a Masonic crime for
any brothfr belonging to any
Lodge in its Jurisdiction 20 par ,
ticipate in or affiliate with any /
Masonic Lodges that are not
working under a regular Grand J
Lodge OF a. F. and A. NJ. Masons !
ana are 81 recognized by the M.
W. Grand Lodge of Illinois. To s
those who believe that ali honest /
investigation should lead to the
Development of truth we respect
fully present the D. C. matter for
consideration. This can be found !
upon page ia of our Grand Lodge
proceedings for 1899.
This Controversy is constant
menanCe to the peace and harmo-
nv nf a II - T..-.-1ic