The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-06-24

weak to withstand. In such case it
is the employer and not the employee
who is to blame. Few persons be-
lieved then or do they believe now
that Joseph H. Pelham meant to will
fully defraud the jurisdiction of a sim
gle cent. Nor is it believed that there
was anything dishonest in his Ma
sonic disposition. He was simply
given a long period of loose supervis-
ion and the result was what might
mild and patient disposition, it placed
have been expected.
This being the first year of service
for Grand Master Coles, who was of a
him in a very embarrassing position
and he was forced to take the initia-
tive in Bringing to an official end the
career of one who had been his op-
ponert during the elections of the
year previous. Brother Coles was
sensitive to this fact and proceeded
with unusual caution along the line
of action. A great deal of correspond
ence cnsued, resulting in the jewel of
the Grand Secretary being arrested
and the affairs of the office being
placed irto the HAMS of Brother Geo.
w. K. Love as Grand Auditor. Broth
er J. We being an expert accountant,
oon got at the bottom of conditions
and his report was not at all favor
able to the Grand SacI etary. The
Grand Lodge heard these donouments
v,rt1L r@.,.A.rf,l Al,4,V.,n TLA.A
was INDEED more OF the spirit of sym
pathy than of blame, especially as the
Grad Secretary had made good sev-
eral :tnyns of the alleged shortage and
promised to make w the others. 1t
was ;hus ended after a most brilliant
twenty-five years o hom"ge and adu-
lations.
At the beginning OF the session,
Grand Master Goes delivered his an
uuai address and greatly impressed
the brethren by his high ideals of
thought and his ease and fluency of
language. He had devoted himself
with much diligence to the various
interests of the fraternity and his re-
port indicated a strong grasp upon
the situation. Some irregularities
had been found in connection with
the Masonic Home management and
the Grand Master had corrected these
as far as possible. The wolk of the
year had been performed under great
stress and under difficulties which
would have disheartened many, but
through which the Grand Master still
pictured ultimate success and de
clared himself in favor of such re-
forms as might thereafter prevent a
recurrence of Masonic official dis
tress.
NJ. w, j. Milton Collins, Grand Mas
ter of Masons for the Kansas juris-
diction, was at this time a welcome
visitor and after a short but enthus-
iastic address, was by vote of the
Grand Lodge declared to be its spe-
cial guest during the session.
Naturally as the working of the Re
lief Department increased in popular
ity there would be greater contention
among the benehciaries of deceased
members of the Craft. In not a few
cases already there had been serious
contentious among these claimants,
so much so that the grand officers
had been greatly puzzled in their set
Elements. On this account it was
thought wise by the Grand Lodge to
create the appointive office of Grand
Attorney whose business It should be
to counsel with the Relief Board and
IL possible prevent legal entanglc-
ments. Brother Crittenden c. Clark
of st. Louis, was the first to occupy
this position and by choice of Grand
Master Coles. Being an attorney OF
ability he rendered such satisfactory
service to the jurisdiction during the