The age-herald., 1900-12-29
ALGER REOPENS THE
 ARMY BEEF QUESTION
DenOunCes General Miles and Defends COmmissary
 General Eagan-- Discusses Subject at Length

ger, was beautiful and fitting. MrA Chan daer, Mrs. Guckenberger, MT. Hoverson and Mir. Werner were in the best of voice and very fine was Mrs. Guckenberger's solo, Come to the Land of Rest"
 Dr. Newfeld introduced Mr Moore in a few brief chaste remarks. He referred to his modest bearing and his ripe scholarship and spoke of him as one of the ablest and most distinguished members of the Supreme Council.
 MT. Moore said in part:
 Reverend Sir, Brethren of the Mystic Tie
 Ladies and Gentemen:
 "It is with difficulty that I shall attempt to speak to you from this sacred place. fully recognize the fact that it is the cause l represent and my subject, Scottish Rite Freemasonry and Its Teachings" which ermits me to occupy for a few moments tGlis pulpit so ably filled by one who Is not only distinguished Mason but a teacher and master In Israel
 "The traditions of our fraternity cluster about the building of the great temple at Jerusalem by the wise King Solomon, and the erection of the taberancle near its ruins during the Babylonian captivity. This tenn pie is one of the modern representatives of those ancient structures and Masons do not feel like strangers while they are within these walls
 When Scottish Rite Masonry teaches a truth, or imparts a doctrine of conceals, a mystery, in words, 1t uses that grand and sonorous old language familiar to many of you from childhood-the ancient Hebrew. It is thus the mother tongue of Scottish Ma sorry and 1t is fitting and appropriate that the closing exercises of our Reunion" should be held here where 1t still resounds in the voices of the worshippers, while recit- ing their prayers unto God
 What is Freemasonry and what is the Scottish Rite? Hundreds of ho hpa tx7ritf ion bo,, f I,o toy. ityity, but the time at our disposal Is so short that l cannot hope to do more than give a brief and very imperfect sketch of some of its more important features.
 There is a chain of love that binds man with his God; we name it religion. There is another chain of friendship. which binds man with his fellow man, and we term it Freemasonry
 "Dt has been said that Masonry Is "a sys- tenn of morality yelled in allegory and illus trated by symbols" we think the better defination is, Masonry is the result of a search for truth yelled in allegores and concealed by symbols
 ''The results of this investigation into the mysteries of life are embodied in degrees and Rite of Freemasonry Is a scale or series of such degrees following each other fin regular succession and conferred under the authority of some governing body. Many such rites have existed, but at pres SHt tHSle dIe oIlY TWO Nnlcn are eXten- lively practiced. They are called the York or English Rite and the Scottish Rite, re- spectively, because it is said that they first publicly appeared in England and in Scot land sometime during the eighteen century
 'rhe first three degrees are common to both rites and in this county they are under the exclusive control of the Grand Lodges of the several states"
 The orator then gave a sketch of the or ganization of the five bodies of the Scottish Rite. The governing body for this jurisdic- ton Is the Supreme Council whose See is at Charleston, but whose secretariat is at Washington. There are some twenty-three Supreme Councils in the world all bound together by relations of amity. Mir Moore said that during the year 1901, the Supreme Council which he represented would cele-
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