Evening star., 1915-04-02
KNIGHTS EXT|NGU|SR
ROSE CRO|X LIGHTS
Solemn Ceremony Of Maundy
Thursday Observed by
Evangelist Chapter.
TOASTS TO THE DEAD,
STANDING IN SILENCE
Saltzgaber, in Grafton, Urges Presi-
dent Be Upheld by People
Who Elected Him.

The customary rite of eXtinguishing
the seven symbolic lights. followed by
tho Maundy Thursday banquet, was
performed by Evangelist Chapter. Rose
Croix, of the Ancient and Accepted
Scottish Rite of Freemasonry last
evening, the former in the cathedral
or the Scottish Rite. Sd and Z streets
northwest, and the latter at the New
Ebbitt House.
According to arrangements, toasts
usually proposed on such occasions,
with addresses, followed the cere-
monies Of extinguishing the lights at
tho cathedral. and the banquet at the
New Ebbitt was conducted without
ceremony, beyond the delivering Of the
Invocation by Rev. William Tayloe
Snyder, chaplain of the Supreme Coun-
Gil.
The toast to Albert Pike. the revered
sovereign grand commander of the
rite, deceased. was proposed and re-
ceived by the members standing and
in silence, while that to the sovereign
grand commander, now Judge George
Fleming Moore. was proposed with the
members also standing.
Other toasts included those to The
Government of Our Country and the
President" the response to which was
missioner of pensions; to THE Supreme
Council which was responded to by
Grand Commander Moore. who review
ed the history of that body from Its
inception, traced the connection of
Freemasonry with the early formation
Of the government of the United
States and showed wherein Masonic
principle entered largely into our sys-
stood for: to the Grand Lodge of Ma
sons of the District of Columbia.
which was responded to by Grand
Master Alexander Grant. whose ad-
dress dealt with the blue lodge" and
what IL stands for: to THE Memory of
the Brethren of This Degree. Whose
Iabors Here Below Have Ceased Dur
ing the Present Masonic Year." which
was received in silence. the members
standing: to "All Masons and Masonic
the Surface of the Earth the response
to which was made by Capt. Horace P.
Mcintosh. and to The Maundy Thurs
day Sentiment" the response to which
eloquently dealt with the various ef-
forts in history to stifle liberty, free
thought and federation.
Commissioner Saltzgaber, iE respond
ing to the toast to The Government
of Our Country and the President" said
In part:
Response of Mr.. Saltzgaber.
1T can be said to the honor and glory
of the nation treferring to those who
have held the office of President of the
United States) that they compare
very favorably with an equal number
of the rulers of any other nation on the
face of the earth. Considered alto
gether, we are proud of them. Diner
ing widely in temperament and ability,
each one according to his own concep-
stances that called upon him to act.
upheld the fundamental principles Of
our beloved government and ably
proved that an intelligent and patr-
otic people can govern themselves. No
one of them abused his power or made
tyrannical use of force All showed
rather the desire to perform a duty
which found it's highest expression in
counted for the greatest good to the
largest number.
II believe that every President has
been bitterly maligned." continued Mr.
saltzgaber. Mr.. Wilson cannot claim
exemption from the practice of a free
people which. in the liberty of free
speech and free press vouchsafed to
them, they sometimes carry to q grave
excess" Referring TO what Washing
ton and Lincoln suffered in this re-
sp.ct he continued: 'Eaucor may for
a while obscure, but it will not finally
obiiterate the recollection OF good
deeds we'll done. Americans cannot af
ford to cheaper the popular concep-
ZION of the high station of the chief
nag s,rate. 1t lowers the dignity of
TIE Office and inculcates contempt for
q .hority."
Must Stand by the President.
Quoting President Taft. he said:
81, bel r9f
stand by him to the end. In this de-
termination we may be sure that all
will join, no matter what their pre-
vious views, no matter what their Eu-
ropean origin. All will forget their
differences in self-sacrif1cing loyalty to
our common flag and our common
country"
And adding a quotation from Repre-
sentative Mann. he said. and at this
time il is absolutely necessary that the
House and the people Of the country
place their reliance upon the Presl-
dent of the United States. Woodrow
Wilson is President. He was elected
President by the people. We must
trust him in these matters and we must
not endeavor to annoy, hamper or IN
tcrfere with him. The only thing we
can do under the circumstances is to
have faith in the administration"
He then paid high personal tribute
70 President Wilson. concluding by
eafng: "As President Mr.. Wilson will
do all in his power to uphold the Con-
stitution and establish justice, to insure
domestic tranquility. to wisely provide
for the common defense. to promote the
general welfare and secure SO far as he
can to ourselves and our posterity the
blessings Of liberty.
The spirit of service is with him a
religious conservation, and come praise
or blame, he will abide true to this
guiding principle. He does not seek TO
be admired as a leader in war: he " II
not sacrifice his people: he will not in
tentional1y visit upon them the horrors
of frenzied strife, and he will not, in
compliance with the clamor of the few
who fatten on the spoils of carnage,
drive his countrymen to the shambles
of sacrifice"
Officers of the Chapter.
The officers OF Evangelist Chapter. who