Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-01-24
The Grand Masters Address.

Mr.. Sample then introduced Mr. Walter
A. Brown, the grand master of the Grand
Lodge of Masons of the District OF Column
bia. He said during the course of his in
PRODUCTION: First Of all our beloved Grand
Lodge the highest body in Masonry upon
which all else is builded and before whose
banner other Masonic flags are or should
be, dipped in profound obeisance The
lodges and individuals of this jurisdiction
are noted for their loyalty, and none more
so than the members of this association of
veterans. | give you the Grand Lodge
of the District of Columbia and call on
the present grand master OF Masons, Wal
ter \. Brown.
In beginning his remarks Mr. Brown re-
ferred TO the great maxim of the fstherhood
of God advocated by the Masonic fra
ternity. He declared that the life in Ma
sonry was the great pathway to the bright
er one in the hereafter. He told graphically
of the way that he had come up the ladder
of Masonry step by step and that now In
the office of the grand master he appre-
ciated the high honor which had been con
ferred upon him by his brother Masons of
the District of Columbia.
Representative Irving p. Wanger of
Pennsylvania was next introduced by the
POSTMASTER, who said by way of introduce
ton: PENNSYLVANIA is a grand old state, a
nation in herself and unriYaled a great
Masonic jurisdiction. Some of her citizens
have been long identified with the Dis
trict of Columbia in the government sery-
ice that we can almost claim them as our
own. One here tonight who has served the
NOrristOWn district in seven Congresses has
become well known to our association
Those who know him best love him most
Some of the best of the PENNSYLVANIA blood
could hardly get into our society Of the
Sons of the Revolution. / once remember a
conversation with Mr.. Goodioe S. Orth of my
state, Indiana, who Formerly minister
to Austria. 1t was on the subject of such
societies said
ready to take those whose forbears fought
on either side I'll apply, for my revolu-
tionary ancestor was one of those Hes
slams captured by Washington at Trenton
and interned In Pennsylvania When |
come across a good man from Pennsyl-
vania." continued Mr.. Sample, Il think
of Mr.. Orth's statement, and I knew a good
old Pennsylvania Dutchman in Indiana
named Wanger who-came of Hessian stock
too / do not know that our guest tonig hit
is of that sturdy thrifty strain, but / do
know him for great-hearted patriotic
citizen who we are always glad to listen
to-
Mr.. wanger spoke eloquently of the his
tory of Masonry in Pennsylvania from the
beginning of the colonization down TO the
present time and paid high tribute to
the order. He declared that the Grand
Lodge of Pennsylvania as well as the Grand
Lodge of the District of Columbia stood
side by side in the work. Then in the order
named Mr. Sample introduced Mr.. John H
Miller of Baltimore, who represented the
Maryland Grand Lodge; MIR. Charles A
Sullings, public printer of the United States.
Rev. Ulysses G. B. Pierce, pastor of All
Souls Church. whom the POSTMASTER term
ed the sky pilot of the assemblage:" Mr.
Charles A. Treat, assistant treasurer of the
United States, who paid a high tribute to
President Roosevelt and the strenuous life:
Mr.. William e. Andrews, auditor of the
Treasury Department, who said that "he
never sang the song of 16 to - and lastly
Mr. Oscar Ricketts, of the government
printing office, after which the assemblage
arose and sang AUD Lang Syne"