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SCOTTISH RITE OFFICERS.
James d. Richardson. Of Tennessee,
Becomes Grand Commander.

VIII Retain the Position for Life.
his OEicisI Residence In VVa~hInu-
ton-NearIy %OO Members OF the
Court of Honor Selected Today.
The supreme Council Of the Southern
jurisdiction OF the Scottish Rite Masons.
now holding IFS biennial session IN Wash
lH-ton. met ia executive session this
morning az the House OF the Temple.
! Third ana r Streets and elected the fol-
/ lowing 0Hcers-
Grand Commander. Acting Grand Com
rnander James Daniel Richardson Of Ten
-sESse- Lieutenant Grand Commander.
samuel J. Adams, 90 Minnesota Grand
/ Lhance..o-, Martin Collins. OF ST. Louis.
Grand Minister Of State. Rufus E. Elem
.Es. Of Nor,h Dakota.
The election Of officers was followed bz-
| the election OF nearly 20 members OF the
/ Court Of Honor. After this Ihe council
l look recess for luncheon The execu-
tive session VIII be resumed this after
noon
representative Richardson has been
Acting Grand Commander since the death
I OF Ihomas h. Carswel. OF san Francisco.
! liis election today makes him the ranking
mason OF the world, taking precedence
| over such noted Masons as Edward VII og
England and President Diaz Of Mexico
The position he has attained he viii
! hold for life. He will have az his 5isno-
sal palatially appointed dwelling. the
House OF the Temple at Third and Z
I streets northwest. In which he may in
stan himself and his family for the re-
malnder Of his days He falls heir 10 a
I generous salary. when he travels far and
wide upon the many Official missions ura-
I scrlned for him his expenses will be- nsid
[ without stipulation or Limitation. AT the
same time be VIII be permitted to retain
MS seat IN Congress and draw the-saIary
. accruins therefr0m-
Mr.. Richardson becomes the ranking
Mason OF the world by virtue Of two farrs
first, that the Scottish Rite confers tha
Al-1eSI Masonic deEree-the thirtv-third-
second that he viii preside over the
world s. Oldest or mother" Supreme Conn
cli oi that order Thus ne can claim Ma
sonic superiority over Edward VII. King
or England. and President Diaz. Of Mex
lco- respective Grand Patron and Grand
Commander Of Scottish Rite AIasons OF
Jheir countries. As Sovereign Grand Com
iAaIder- Rep-esentative Richardson wiz
draw Masonic salaryof S9e-8 q year for
7-- -'H't-- --AA DlAE UPON WHICH NT.
richardson viii sit while exercising the
functions Of his high Office overIoolzs a
grand hall, known as the senate cham
Der Of the Supreme Council Above Fl
rises domed ceiling. lined with electric
burners The floor is covered with a IuxlI-
rious red carpet The sides Of che roam
are lined with high benches erected ruru
a platform and reserved for VISITING Ma
sons Of the thirJy-third and last degree
Just beneath are Jhirty-three desks. occu-
pied by members OF the Senate OF the Su-
preme Council when that body is fl ses-
sion
Air Richardson's throne is q maie-fi.
seat elevated upon a dais approached bv
three steps IL Is sheltered oy q heavy
canopy Of royal purple velvet and SIX
. oorcered with gold fringe and gold tassefr-
Before ir IS a gold and whit pedestal
with triangular top hoIdiug ID savel
Upon tle floor CT The AaII and directly in
front cf this pedestal stands an altar ssr-
p9rtias lamp, which viii burn incense
EAtir 81. r--Cnarlsoa sits in state. J-pca
LE- right and left of the throne urov,r--
are tWo >uJ-thrGuFs for the Grand chan
Cel-or and Grand Minister OF state T'Ta
large throne Is now drsped in crane in
L-'Lll'r. OH Ine death Of AlT. CaSveIf
pom the seat sits the SOVEREIGN G-rrT
Commander s. triple cross in imm5rteI,es.
upFn IN Rutherford county. Tenn March
l1- l>l5- received his early education ia ths
country schools and entered Franklin
''lrse- near Nashville just prior 70 the
civil war Before graduation be aDferfF
tLe AoILttrfate army. IN which he served
four years n11lly rising TO the rank OF
adJutaut Of the FOrty-fifth Tennessee In
IduLrE- Al the close OF the war he be-
gan the study Of law. and after having
been admitted 10 the bar. entered the po-
Gtical arena. At the age OF tuenty-eisbt
years he was elected TO the SDsakershiu,
or the lower house Of the Tennessee Leg
lslature, and was elected 20 the state
senate the following year, IS13-
He was delegate TO the St. Louis
Demo cratic Convention in 1876 70 the Chi
caso Democratic Convention in 1885 and
% Ih- Kansas City Democratic COnven-
ton N 1857 over which be presided as
Er was made chairman Of the Democratic
Congressional Committee and editor and
compiler Of Messages and Papers Of the
Presidents
FIlleth. Fifty-IrSt. Fifty-secOud. FIFTY
JllTd- tIfJy-t0urth. klfty-tifth and Fly
tN-SlEfl Congresses and was reelected
10 Jhg flfJy-Seveuth- He was the norrf-
nee IN the Euty-s-Ntn Congress Of the
leIngerallc EtUrsseDtatiy-s of the House
for Speaker and received the ruu vote
Of his party
In 1913 D. was elected TO the Office OF
Grand Master Of the Nasous Of his native
state and lC l>N2 90 that OF Grand Hf-h
Priest II the Grand Chapter. FsoygI
Arch MaS0uS 0f Tennessee His rise In
the Masonic order has been steady. ard
Irlor 70 the last honor with which his
brother MaS1UE have hrrg-+d him ~ 771,
held for a number 0f wears the iun0rr1-r
posts OF Inspector General Ancient and
Accepted Scottish Rite. thirtv-third de-
gree Lieutenant Grand CummanIfr Of
Jh- supreme Council, and Acting Grand