The menace. [volume] (Aurora, Mo.) 1911-1920, 1916-01-29

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meantime the Los Angeles In
yestigation" has been heraldeo
broadcast as a vindication OF
popery and its military order. II
was wired and mailed TO pres,
and periodicals which were in.
duced 10 publish il by the efficient,
means in the use of which papa,
agents are adept.
The noble Knights printed tons
Of pamphlets containing il, and
distributed them by mail, by
freight, and by carrier. The pope, :
congressman, James A. GallivaL
OF Massachusetts, and of the papal
province ruled by Prince 0'Con.
nell, had IL worked into what
purported TO be a speech on the
floor of the House Of Represen.
tatives so il could be printed at
public expense and mailed broad.
cast at additional public expense
Half a million copies Of this
fake report were faxed into a fake
speech by a taking congressman,
and mailed as well as printed at
public expense. Such are the de
lights afforded by hyphenated Ma
sons and papist congressman
When the California Grand Lodg,
took these, and other related fact,
into consideration, it passed th
following resolution which is gen
timely Masonic and authoritative
ly official:
Resolved, That Il Is the sense Of this
Grand Lodge that no Mason should
while describing himself as such. or
directing attention 10 his Masonic afilia.
tions, or while using any title Of a past
or present "tfioer Of any Masonic body,
indorse, or appear TO indorse, any organ.
ization sect or body of men not recog.
nized by this Grand Lodge; or indorse,
or approve, or condemn, or in any way
bear witness for or against, the ritual,
or practices, or purposes, Of any body,
sect or body Of men,"
Committee Even More Explicit
The Masonic Chronicler, per-
haps the most representative of
all Masonic publications in the
United States, says in comment
ing on the act Of Flint ct al, and
on the action of the California
Grand Lodge:
The Grand Lodge Of California has
emphatieally disavowed and repudiated
any connection with the action Of several
prominent Masons Of that state in their
attempt TO graft angelic wings on the
shoulders Of the Roman Catholic order
known as the Knights Of Columbus and
give this body q clean bill Of health be.
fore the world. Resolutions were passed
condemning what is referred 10 as the
unfortunate and ll-advised act Of these
brethren.
Masons everywhere were ehagnned and
dumbfounded at the ofieious audacity Of
the California brethren. II was granted
that as individuals they might set the
seals Of their approval on the X. &. ht.
eraturo and documents, but when they
attached Masonic titles 20 their sigma.
lures they committed an act which 70.
fiected on the fraternity and which right.
fully brought condemnation from ths
craft everywhere.
The testimony before the special com.
mittee TO which the matter was referred
gave indications of Q widespread and In.
tense feeling on the subject throughout
the jurisdiction. The committee felt that
the action Of the four brethren was un.
fortunate and ilLadvised, and that the
temper Of the Grand Lodge demanded,
and the occasion called for an emphatic
and unanimous protest against this sort
Of thing. mot only should this grand
body register q vigorous disapproval Of
what has been done in the present in.
stance in the issuance and publication Of
the questionable documents complained
Of, !" declares the report Of the committee,
but Il should post a agn Of warning,
80 plain that be who runs may read,
in order that there be no similar ofense
in the future" "
Aud. the Grand Lodge, following the
suggestion Of the committee, posted lis
warning in the above resolution. The
erring Most worshipfuls and Right
Worshipfuls' have not yet been heard
from. They perhaps are thanking their
stars that the Grand Lodge did not
severely discipline each Of them in add.
tion to resOl9tins against such an
assinine proceeding.
The Effect
The effect of this attempt to use