Middletown transcript., 1902-10-25
THE MASONIC FETE
In Honor Of Geo. Washington
Will be an Elaborate Affair.
ROOSEVELT WILL PARTICIPATE

NSSSEE L1l WILL y fAN INIT al L
With the gavel that George Washing
ton used during the Masonic ceremonies
incident to the laying of the corner stone
of the United States Capitol at Washing
ton, on September 18th. 1893, Edgar A.
Tennis, Grand Master of Free and Ac-
cepted Masons of Pennsylvania, will call
the Grand Lodge to order when it gathers
in the Masonic Temple, in Philadelphia,
on Wednesday, November 5th, to cele-
brate the sesqui-centennial anniversary
of the initiation of Washington into the
fraternity.
The guest of honor at these exercises
will be President Roosevelt, who has ac
cepted the invitation of the Grand Lodge
to be present, and who will make an ad-
dress to the members and their guests
during the lodge meeting.
The official invitations for the celebra-
ton of the reception Of General Washing
ton into the fraternity, which event took
place in the lodge at Fredericksburg,
Virginia, on November 4th, 1852, have
been sent out and acceptances have al
ready been received from the officers of
the Grand Lodges of Arkansas, Connecti-
cut, Delaware, District of Columbia,
Georgia, Maryland, Massachusetts,, Mis-
souri,, New Jersey, New York, Ohio,
Rhode Island, Tennessee, Virginia, and
Prince Edwards Island. Many more are
being received daily. As special token
of this regard for the Grand Lodge Of
Pennsylvania, the Duke of Connaught,
Grand Master of Masons in England, has
appointed Thomas R. Patton, the Grand
Treasurer of Pennsylvania, to represent
him and England's Free Masons at the
celebration.
The formal exercises, which will COM
mence at noon, will be held in the Cor
inthian, or Grand Lodge room, in the
Masonic Temple, Broad and Filbert
streets, Philadelphia. Edgar A. Tennis
will preside in his capacity as grand mas
ter. and the officers of the Grand Lodge
will occupy their proper stations. The
address of welcome will be made by the
Grand Master, to which reply will be
made by Charles T. Gallagher, Grand
Master of Massachusetts. Then will fol.
low the address by President Roosevelt,
who will not be restricted in the selection
of his topic. The President is member
of Matinecock Lodge, No. 800, of Oyster
Bay, New York
James E. Lamberton, of Harrisburg.
will speak on Washington as a Free
Mason," and the addresses will conclude
with remarks by General Stewart L.
Woodford, ex-Minister to Spain, on
"Washington as a Citizen" Greetings
will then be received from the grand mas
ters who are to be guests.
Upon the close of the meeting "table
lodge" will be opened in the large BAN
quoting hall in the Temple, at which
Grand Master Tennis will also preside.
The toasts and speakers, as arranged, will
be as follows
"The Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania"
Edgar A. Tennis, grand master of Penn
sylvania
''In Memory of Our Deceased Brother
George Washington" George W. Guthrie,
of Pennsylvania,
'Free Masonry Around the Globe"
Rt Rev. DIR. Henry G. Potter, bishop Of
New York.
"The Grand Lodge of Which Washing
ton Was Member" H. Oscar Kearns,
grand master of Virginia
"The Commonwealth of Pennsyl-
vania," William A. Stone, Governor of
Pennsylvania,
"Our Sister Grand Lodges" Thomas ].
shryock, grand master of Maryland.
"Our Honored Guests" Justice ].
franklin Fort, of Trenton, n. j.
"All Our Friends" (Washington's IA
Yorite toast). Charles Emory Smith, ex-
Postmaster General.
"The Day We Celebrate" Judge Sam
uel w. Pennypacker.
The preparations for this banquet
which will commence at O'Clock in the
afternoon and will conclude the exercises
OF the day, are Qf an elaborate nature.
The souvenirs for the diners, which will
necessarily be limited to the specially
invited guests and the officers, trustees
and committees OF the Grand Lodge OF
Pennsylvania, are of especial interest to
the members of the fraternity. Among
the guests, beside those already men,
toned, are William H. Moody, Secretary
of the Navy; James Wilson, Secretary of
Agripulturei James II. Hopkins and Wil=
liam Loeb, Jr., assistant secretary to the
President, all of Washington; Theodore
A. Swan, w. NJ. of Matinecock Lodge,
No. 806, Oyster Bay, L. l.; Senator J.
B. Foraker, of Cincinnati, o.; General
Thomas J. Stewart, of Harrisburg; GEN. |
eral ]. p. S. Goblin, of Lebanon, Pa;
Senator NJ. s. Quay. Senator Boise Pen. |
rose, ex-Goyerner Robert p. Rattison,
Congressman H. II. Bingham, Congress-
man Robert H. Foerderer Congressman |
Irving P. Wagner, Justice J. Brewster
McCollum, Justice John Dean, Justice
William P. Potter, Justice s. Leslie Mes.
trezat, Justice John l. Mitchell, Judge D.
Newlin Fell, Judge Marcus w. Achsson,
Judge Thomas X. Hnletter, Judge Henry
J. Mccarthy, Judge G. Harry Davis.
Judge William N. Ashman and Judge
Joseph c. Ferguson.
A medal has been struck at the United
State Mint in Philadelphia, to commem-
crate the anniversary, and copies will be
given to those attending the exercises in
the Grand Lodge.
A picture on satin of the Masonic
apron, which was made by Madame de
Lafayette, and presented to Washington
by the. Marquis, when he visited Mount
Vernon in 1854, and which is now in the
library of the Grand Lodge, will be sent
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