Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1910-02-23
WEDNESDAY EVENING. FEB. %. 1910.

TIE q therlng Of Masous last night
at he baa9u:t In Armory Hall was one
osthe most notable occasions 10 Alex
dria's history. Representatives, OF the
craft we're preser from all sections of the
Unit ID States, snd the movement toward
tbs erection Of memorial to George
Washington in Alexandra, the home
city OF the great warrior, statesman,
Christian, Mason and rural gentleman
received decided impetus. The speakers
vera at their best, and their remarks
and pointed references and illusions to
ihs iI,u ;tricu, chieftain sent thrills
through ths large company. AZ had
been suggested, Alexandra Is the city
above Bll others in which snoh memoir
ial to Washington should be placed for
reaso % : II know. Mssons and others come
from every state in TIE uaiou ard some
from foreign countries for the purpose o.
visiting Meun. Vernon and Alexandria
Washington Lodge rooms where so many
relics of the great American can be seen.
Thev s,ao enter Christ Church aud VisW
the pew he occupied while q member OF
the church militant, the old BraddocK
Hu,o where be held bis memorable
conference with the ill-iated General
B,eddock, the market court he Often
vis.t,d and Ia which at lesst one exciting
sceue 10 bis life occurred. Washington
was a Mason OK amino. Hs was erts;-
ed. PASSED and raised in the Frederlcks-
burg Lodge in early manhood, and dis
miugIisg with brethren throughout the
remainder OF his life MAS pleasant iek-
tur, to Washington, especially after he
had laid aside his official duties and wss
leading The qaIet life Of country gentle
map, and had become master OF Alexan-
ashlngt,a Lodge. Masonry hiss
proven an interesting btady t many OF the
great and noble of the world. II has.
however, had 10 pass through IT. trials
and ,risulstions, but 1t has ever emerged
Brighter aad With more solid founda.
tions. Bsgisaing at the dawn OF history,
1t wss probably ahss Is 10 modern timts
Known as labor organization, lu'wItb
this essential difference that it requ red
OF its members proficiency, and tae signs,
grips snd ritual were the travelling CARDS
of The ancient brethren, who doubtless
werS Ia the main itineraDts travelling
from place ID place erecting temples,
msu oleuus, etc. The Pyramids Of
Egypt, the Temple of Diana st EphesuH,
the s,luctu.es on the AcropoliB at Athena
and the mo. nsnts OF Mexico may have
been their WORK, as was the great tempe
of Solomon at Jcsulalem. Like all IT.
ssitu,ions which 60 back into the ages,
1t has its t::sditiona, which Ia t1e best
evidence OF u antiquity. The Masonry
OF today ia speculative, net operative, at
was that CT tie auoents, and the tools
ami the vocabulary of architecture are
used as symbol OF immortality, frat ,rnity,
proficiency and faIti'ulness. The instI-
iu';oa brings all men to one common
ievel, aud sets before each member OF the
aratsrDitj The Importance Of becoming a
member OF ths lodge above where the
eraud archit act OF the universe presides.
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"UNLEss present conditions change
radically the next H4u!e of Represents
tives will be strongly democrttic and the
next pyesidou! will be either Theodore
Roosevelt or democrat" This politi'
cal prophecy, which was the g|st OF 8
sermon preached lsst Sunday By Prof.
F. W. Hamilton, Of Tut, College, in
Medio.d, Mass, Is srousing great To-
tere;t Discussing tie social, poll
tical snd religious unrest Of the mes TIE
professor said:
The social aud political unreEt We heaE
shout now ia net the denomination Of
siiscoutent with mat ;rial conditions, CT
dissatisfaction oecfuse of increased COZ
OF nscessaries. It's. the SUPPRESSION OF
the public Indignation It tie mora! and
ethical.
The brutal hynt b Tesn BsttllUg Mel
sou and Ad WoIgsst st Richmond, Oal.,
yesterday Was ore of The dlsg.scss of the
day and get Grafton 10 which We live,
a7d movement toward ellmintt;ng such
procedures sh7uli be irsu. urated at once
Thu published details are sickenlng and
disgusting. Two young men we're placed
in ri1g whsre they fought with the
ferocity of bulldogs, while crowd OF
men with the inst;ncts Of degenerstss
egged t1em on until the referee, seem.
inely more hrmsns than the others
present, stopped the fight In the fo.tie!h
round. Nels1p, who was vauquished,
hsd his iscs besten almos! II apulp. The
gate receipts amounted to over sS5, 600,
which were paid BY people who desired
70 sstiste tssts for seeing men mar the
image OF the C.estar.
TUE t,sil OF the serpen. hes now bee
strncS BY iha pint committee of the