The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-10-22
Centennial Celebration of the
Mother Council Being Held
in Washington.
NEW RULING ON MEMBERSHIP.
Congressman Richardson, Acting
Sovereign Grand Commander,
Reviews Work of Last
Biennial Period.

| Washington. Oct. H.-The Supreme Coun
Gil of the Thirty-third Degree of the An
cient and Accepted Scottish Rite Of Free
Masonry for the Southern jurisdiction of the
| United States. the mother council OF The
world met to-day in biennial session.
The gathering marks the centennial cele
bration of the council which was estab
lished in Charleston. S. c.. in May. 1901. the
! actual recognition of the centenary being
\ deferred until now to be coexistent with
the unvelling Of the monument to the late
General Albert Pike. long sovereign grand
commander.
The feature of to-day's session was the
| allocution. delivered by Representative
Richardson of Tennessee, the lieutenant
grand commander and acting sovereign
grand commander
An Important Ruling.
The allocution, among other things laid
down an important ruling-that member
OF foreign jurisdiction cannot become a
member of the jurisdiction here without
severing his connection with the former.
III an applicant is member of the
bodies of a foreign country" according to
the allocution, 'he cannot be admitted into
body In ours until he renounces his al-
legiance to such foreign jurisdiction. A citi-
zen of Great Britain or other foreign Gov
ernment n ay be citizen Of the United
States, but he must first renounce foreign
allegiance and swear allegiance to our own
Government. A similar rule should apply in
Masonry"
Growth of the Order.
In the allocution Commander Richardson
pointed out a splendid increase in the mem
bership and an unparalleled prosperity. He
recommended the filling of most of the va
cancioS On 70 ub fill
membership of thirty-three had become re-
duced to twenty-three. Since the establish
ment of the council there have been
crowned in all 112 active members, OF whom
eighty-four have died and five are on the
emeritus list. In the past two years forty
rev bodies of the Scottish Rite have been
organized. the number of Perfect Elus has
increased by 1856, and Princes of the Royal
Secretat have increased by 3,16S.
Assurances have been received that the
Supreme Council Of Colon, at a session this
subordinate bodies in Porto Rico. and Mr..
Richardson announced that the jurisdiction
Of this Supreme Council over Porto Rico
ton Il Hu with the Porto @ % Riean % bodies. % He con-
graduated the order on the unusual free
dom OF Masonry from Charlatans and the
spurious. and urged continued careful scru-
The allocution closed with an impressive
President and a brother Mason.
Members in Attendance.
The election of officers will occur to-
morrow. Representative Richardson un-
doubtedly will be elected sovereign grand
commander.
The following members of the council are
in attendance.
Representative Richardson, Tennessee.
lieutenant grand commander; E. T. Carr.
Miles City, Mont, grand prior: S. E. Adams,
Minneapolis. Minn., grand chancellor: Martin
Collins. st. Louis, grand minister of state;
Fred Weber of Washington. d. C.. secre-
tary general; W. F. Pierce. San Francisco.
treasurer; General r. ]. Num-, Savannah,
grand almoner; s. NJ. Todd. New orleans.
grand auditor: r. E. Fleming. Fargo, S. D.,
grand constable; B. r. Sherman, Vinton,
Ia, grand chamberlain: ]. r. Hayden. Seat
tie. Wash. first grand equerrv; /. W. Pratt.
Portland Ore. second grand equerry; A. L.
Fitzgerald, Eureka, New, grand sgtandard
bearer: G. NJ. Foote. Evanston. Wyo., grand
herald: T. 8. Parvin. Cedar Rapids, Ia.
John F. Mayer. Ricsmond, Va. A. N.
Chamberlain Galveston. Tex. j. v. Cort-
land. Asheville. n. c., ]. W. Morris, Wheel
ing, W. Va, E. T. Taubman. Aberdeen, 8.
D., Gustave Anderson, Omaha.
The Supreme Council of the Northern jur-
isdiction is represented by its grand COM
mander. H. L. Palmer OF Pontiac, Mich.
and a number Of others, while Senior Rafael
De Zeyas Enrique is here as a special am
bassador Of the Supreme Council of Mex
leo.