Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1910-02-23
"WEDNESDAY EVENING. FEB. %. 1910.
Tnr 2. tbsrlug Of Ma.Ous last night


TIE G, therlug Of Mssous last night
at The bacqu.t 10 ArmOry Hall was one
of the most notable occasions 10 Alex
dris's history. Representatives OF The
craft we're preser from sill sections OF the
UnIt ID Sla.es, and the movement toward
the erection of q memorial to George
Washington 10 Alexandria, the home
city Of the great warrior, statesman,
Christian, Mason and rural gentleman
received decided impetus. The speskers
vera at their beat, and their remarks
and pointed references and illusions to
fhe il,u trlCul chieftAin sent thrills
through tSs large company. As had
been suggested, Alsxsnd'is is the city
above oil others Ia which such memoir
isl to Washington should be placed Tor
reaso Is I'll know Mssons aud others come
from eyery state 10 TIE union aud some
from foreign ctuutries for the purpose OF
visiting Mum. Vernon aud Alexandria
Washington Lodge ICONS where 80 many
relics of the great American can be seen
They slso enter Christ Oburch aud VlsW
the pew he occupied while member OF
the church militant, the old Bfaddock
n ma where he held bis memorable
conference With the ill-isted d'nersi
B,sddock, the market court ne ollen
visit, ID and 10 which ct lesAt one exciting
scsue 10 bis life occurred. Washington
was q Mason ex amino. HeWaS etts;-
ed PASSED and raised In the Frederick
burg Lodge 10 early manhood, and bis
mingiing with brethren throughout the
remainder Of bis life MAS pleasant fek-
tur, to Warrington, especially after ne
had laid aside bis official duties snd wss
leading the quIet life OF country gentle
man. and had become master OF Alexsu-
dris- Washington Lodge. Masonry hiss
proven an interesting ttndS . many OF the
great and noble of the world. 1t has.
however, bad TO pass through III trials
and fluctuations, but 1t has ever emerged
brighter aud With more solid Pounds
tions. Bspioaiug st the dawn OF history,
it WAS probably wbst Is 10 modern TINT
Known as labor organization, lu' With
this essart al difference that it rtqu red
OF its members proficiency, aud tle signs,
grips and ritual we're the travelling cards
of the ancient brethren, who doubtless
vera Ia the main ilineTaDts travelling
from place to place erecting temples,
msu ,oIeums, etc. The Pyramids Of
Egypt, the Temple of Diana at Ephesus,
the structures on the Acropolis at Athena
and ths MOI nsnts Of Mexico may have
been tleir wOrF, az was the great tempe
of Solomon at Jelulalem, Like sll II =
sutu ions which 90 back into the ages,
II hss its traditions, which is the bes'
evidence Of II antiquity. The Masonry
OF today is speculative, net operative, al
wa, that Of the suoents, and the tools
and the vocabulary Of architecture are
used as symbols of Immortality, 'rnity,
proficiency and isltluness. The inst
iu'ion briggs all men to one common
Aevel, aud sets before each member OF the
fraternity The Importance OF becoming 8
member of the lodge above where the
graud architect oi the universe presids'.
"UNLEss presenI conditions change
radically the next H9ule Of Representa-
tives will be strongly democratic aud the
next president will be either Theodore
Roosevelt or a democrat" This politi
cal prophecy, which was the glst OF
sermon preached lsst Sunday BY Prof
F. w. Hamilton, Of TuitI College, In
Med.o:j, Mass, Is srousing great TO-
tere,t Discussing tie soeisl, poll
tlcal snd religious unrest Of the mes the
professor said:
The social sud political unrest We heal
about nov Is net the denomination o.
discomfort with mat rial conditions, oil
dissslisiactlon oeciu'e of Increased COS
OF neceassries. Itis.. the expression Of
ths public indignation At tie moral and
ethical.
The brutal ngat between BatllDg Mel
sou aud AID WoIgast { t Richmond, Cal.
yesterday vas one Of The dlsgrsces Of the
dsy and ger GRAFTON 10 which We live,
and r movement toward elImintt'og such
procedures should be lusu. uvsted at once.
Ths published details ere sickenipg and
disgusting. Two yonng men we're placed
in ri0g where they fought with the
ferocity of bulldogs, while 8 crowd Of
men With the inttnets Of degenerstss
egged them on until the referee, seem.
ingly more humsne than the others
present, topped the fight In the iO1tie!h
road. Nels)p, who was vanquished
hsd his face besten almOs! II pulp. The
gate receipts amounted to over sS5, 600,
which we're paid by people who desired
IN sstjafe a tstts for seeing men msr the