The Washington herald., 1907-10-20
ftRlCHo J, MUM. HMHET1N COLLINS

Rome Italy; Earl Of Kintore, thirty
third degree, Edinburg. Scotland; John
Valentine Ellis. thirty-third degree. st.
Johns. y r.; William Homan thirty
third degree. New York; Count Goblet
d'AIviella. thirty-third degree. Brus-
sells. Belgium. J. NJ. Raymond thirty
third degree Paris. France; OctavIo
Rodriguez Perez, thiTty-third degree,
Havana Cuba
Present Session Important.
Some very interesting measures viii
come up before this Supreme Council,
to be Iegislated upon. This session is,
perhaps, the most important one ever
held in the long history Of the Rite
Last summer there assembled in the
quaint old city Of Brussels, Belgium,
a conclave Of the supreme councils OF
the world, which are recognized as le-
giumate. The delegates from the
United States were Hon. James D.
Richardson. thirty-third degree; Will
lam Frank Pierce, thirty-third degree;
George r. Moore, thirty-third degree,
Southern jurisdiction; Samuel c. Law
renee, thirty-third degree; Barton
Smith. thirty-third degree. and Charles
! T. Gallagher. thirty-third degree, North
ern Jurisdiction. From Canada went J.
NJ. Gibson. thirty-third degree, and / V
| Ellis, thirty-third degree.
The supreme councils of Great Britain
and Ireland failed TO participate, but
| held a separate reunion with the Amer
| lean and Canadian bodies. in London,
after the close Of the Belgian conclave
| One of the main questions discussed
at the Brussels conference was the le-
/ gitimacy of the various supreme coun-
! ellis throughout the world. A report was
rendered upon this important subject, to
/ be referred back for action TO the su-
| preme councils sending delegates TO the
international convention. There are
| spurious bodies of Scottish Masons in
the world that claim 10 be properly con-
stltuted. To settle this vexed question
! the Brussels conference was mainly
! called. Besides this, It also discussed the
| feasibility Of unifying. as far as pOssi-
/ BILE the landmarks, the signs. tokens
and symbols of the order, and 70 bring
/ %
/ ing has appeared IN the foreign or Amer
lean press concerning the Brussels con
! c1ave, except in the New Age, the organ
of the Southern supreme council
AnxiOusIy Await AIIOcutiOn.
/ All Scottish Rite 0IaSOns are looking
forward curiously to the aIIocution of
Sovereign Grand Commander Richard
| 1fe-lr
/ teresting subject In the future, it will
mean something to our American breth-
| ren when they carry their thirty-second
/ degree diplomas with them to Europe
and seek admission into the arcana Of
/ the Old World temples The bringing
about Of the great Brussels conference
/ is attributable TO two men, Count Goblet
| d'AIviella, sovereign grand commander
/ of Belgium, and Hon. James D. Richard
| son. sovereign grand commander of the
/ Southern Supreme Council of the United
/ States. And so the Old World and the
New World clasp hands across the
| sea" in Masonic brotherhood.
There have been many eminent grand
! commanders in the Southern Supreme
| Council, but there are two Of them that
stand out prominently, and symbolically.
! as it were, They are Albert Pike, the re-
/ nOwned philosopher and masonic scholar,
/ and James d. Richardson. the organizer.
/ The great scholar who delves into the
/ wisdom of the past and gives the re-
/ suits Of his lucubTatOns to the fraternity
/ is Indispensable. But so is the organ
/ iZer who comes after him and marshals
and equips the great mass of Masons
! and directs their energies into various