Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-10-21
Southern Supreme Council, A.
AS B., to Be Represented
IN WORLD CONFERENCE
GRAND COMMANDER RICHARD
SON WILL HEAD DELEGATION.
High Scottish Rite Body Adjourns to
Visit the Grave of Gen.
Albert Pike.

The Supreme Council of the Scottish Rite
held it's final session at the House of the
Temple this morning Final reports were
heard from the committees jurispru-
denee, library and finance, all of which were
adopted.
The subject of the status of the army and
navy was considered in executive session.
but it was thought advisable to continue
existing conditions.
Sovereign Grand Commander j. d. Rich
ardson named o'clock this afternoon as
the time for the biennial pilgrimage of Off
GERS and active inspectors general of the
supreme to the grave of Gen. Albert Pike.
International Scottish Conference.
The Supreme Council has taken action of
the highest Importance relative to closer
affiliation and connection between all Scot
tfsh Rite supreme councils Of the world. 1t
looks to a convention of representatives
Of the supreme councils of the several juris-
dictions of the Scottish Rite. The Su-
preme Council of the northern jurisdic-
ton in September passed resolution de-
claring in favor of such a conference ito
advance the interests of the rite and au-
thorizing Sovereign Grand Commander Pail
mer to appoint three delegations to con-
ference to be held flor the purpose of con-
sidering and recommending to the Supreme
Council action looking to the protection and
promotion of the interests of Scottish Rite
Masonry" The proposition has also met
with favor during the present session of
the Southern Supreme Council. Sovereign
Grand Commander Richardson recommend
ed it in his allocution and the Supreme
Council adopted his recommendations. The
body also designated himself and any two
members of the body he may select as
representatives to the international confer
ence, A. A. S. r.
The sovereign grand commander thinks
there is little doubt that such a conference
will assemble some time the coming year
He says:
II am constrained to say with emphasis
that 1 believe a conference is not only de-
sirable but almost necessity, if those OF
us who are regular intend to hold ourselves
aloof from those who are spurious and clan
destine. l know of no more effectual way
OF doing this than by general conference
of the regular councils, where their repre-
sentatives may assemble, and, acting in
harmony, develop and publish some plan OF
action to bring about the result so much to
be desired Personally I do not care at
what point it is called to meet, provided it
is one accessible to all councils. 1 would,
of course. prefer to have it assemble on
this side of the Atlantic, but in view of the
Importance of such an assemblage l am not
averse to the meeting taking place In any
city in Europe"
December q. 1859, Grand Commander AL
belt Pike issued an appeal to all the regu-
lar supreme councils of the world, in which
he said that this council has long desired
to see measures adopted to establish more
harmonious and united action among the
powers of the Ancient and Accepted Rite,
and to make the work of the rite uniform
everywhere. Urged by this anxious desire.
1t has determined to take the present
powers to cooperate with 1t in an attempt
to effect more intimate union and a more
familiar and amicable intercourse" He in
formed these councils that the Southern Su-
preme Council. at its session in 1850, had
passed resolution urging upon it's peers
of the Ancient and Accepted Rite to hold
in London, on. the list of July, 1861, con-
vocation of delegates for the following pur-
poses: Q) to perfect the system of repre-
sentation and intercommunication; (2) to
provide for effectually rendering powerless
all spurious and illegitimate bodies pretend
ing to be powers of any regular rite of Ma
sonry," etc.
First Suggested by Pike.
The chief object and purpose of the con-
vention now being discussed are Identical
with those that Grand Commander Pike
and the Southern Supreme Council were
considering more than forty-six years ago.
The Idea of conference of supreme coun-
ellis Is not new. but was advanced by the
Southern Supreme Council nearly fifty years
ago.
There are twenty-six supreme councils in
the world, with which the Supreme Council
of the Southern Jurisdiction Is in CORES
pondence. Five supreme councils are in
North America: Southern Jurisdiction u.
s. A; Northern Jurisdiction, U. s. A.; Can
ada, Mexico, Dominion Republic, Central
America and Colon (Cuba). In Europe
there are the supreme councils of England
and Wales, Scotland and Ireland, France
Spain. Portugal, Greece, Hungary and
Switzerland. In Africa there are two
Egypt and Tunis. Every one of the re-
publics of South America has an indepen-
dent supreme council excepting Ecuador
Bolivia and Paraguay.
One More Active $50,
One of the closing actions of the Supreme
Council was the election and browning of
George Fairburn of Fonda Iowa, as an ac-
tive member Of the body to succeed ex-
Gov Buren, Robinson Sherman of that
state. who died last year. The election
was on the nomination of Sovereign Grand
Commander Richardson
The new active inspector general is a re-
tired banker and prominent citizen of north
western Iowa