Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, August 29, 1915, Page 6

“RiDER" TELLS OF (;:'errterarl-GVrand Council,wRoyal Arch WHIPPING WOMAN Masons, Mee(f_fu_t_frisco This Week' Man on Trial in Kentusky Details Lashing Lazy Man and His Wile. TWO ALREADY IN STATE PRISON HARTFORD, Ky., Aug. 28 —Three men who pleaded guilty in Ohio county circuit court of being mem bers of a band of night riders who for months gpread terror throughout this section of western Kentucky tonight are serving sentences in the state prison, One other yesterday was ac- quitted by a jury and sixty-six de- fendants are awaiting trial, Ephraim Relsinger, a coal miner, today admitted he plied the lash| when Reuben Howard, a merchant, and his wife were whipped at Horton | the night of June 12. He sought to| secure a three-year sentence, as Jerry Clark and Ernest Webster, who participated in the whipping, had| done earlier in the week. Commonwealth's Attorney Ringo, however, refused a compromise and insisted that a five-year sentence be imposed. Howard testified he and Mrs. Howard were whipped until they bled. He sald the reason given him for his beating was lack of in- dustry, Relsinger, Clark and Webster were taken to prison after Relsinger ac cepted the longer term. Three More Farmers Sue Union Pacific Three more 'An-;l:rl—hl\'e been added to the lst of those suing the Union Pa- cifie raliroad company for alleged dam- ages to their flelds by reason of overflow of water from the Wikhorn river, near ‘Waterloo, sald to have been oaused by the blocking of the river by embankments for a bridge. Frank N, Slavin asks $2,00, His land was damaged 81,40 worth, fifty acres of | Vell corn destroyed, which he valuet at $25 an acre, and twenty acres of hay, valued at 11§ an acre. Richard P. Nason and John ¥. Nason | tionary) is advanced one ask 2,400, clalming that thirty-five acres of oorn, twenty acres of hay, sixty bush- els of potatoes and ten acres of pasture were destroyed by the overflowing water | | time it has » WASHINGTON Fasily the most Im sreant Ma gathering of 1915 will In San Francisco, September 1, when the thirty-sixth triennial convocation of he General Grand chapter, Royal Arch Masons, of the United States will meet. This body is compostd of past grand high priests and grand high priests, dep- uty grand high pri , grand kings and grand scribes in each of the forty-eight states and the District of Columbla. Ar rangements are being made for a large attendance The general grand chapter in its pres- ent form car. into existence in 188, when it assumed the name it now bears, and took jurisdiction over the entire country, Previously there had been an organization somewhat similar in char acter which had assumed control over the Royal Arch Masons of New England and New York, In 1526 the septennial meetings we abandoned, since which ot triennlally, Originaily this body possessed consid- erable authority, but by its present con- stitution it has “no power of discipline, admonition, censure or Instruction over the grand chapters, nor any legisiative powers whatever not specially granted” by ite constitution. It is thus apparent that it is scarcely more than a great Masonio convention, meeting triennially for oconsultation; but even with these restricted powers It has been able to ac- complish a great deal of good, and it is still accomplishing much In that direc- tlon. Officers of the Organization, Following is a list of the officers of the general grand chapter: Bernard G. Witt, Henderson, Ky. genernl grand high priest; George E. Corson, Washing ton, D. C, deputy general grand high priest; Frederick W. Cralg, Des Moines, Ja, general grand king; Willlam ¥ Kuhn, Kansas City, Mo., general grand scribe; Thomas J. Shryock, Baitimore, Md., general grand treasurer (acting); Charles A. Conover, Coldwater, Mich., general grand secretary; Bestor O Brown, Topeka, Kan., general grand cap- tain of the host; Charles N. Rix, Hot Springs, Ark, general grand principal wsojourner; J, Albert Blake, Boston, Mass., general grand royal arch captain; Henry Banks, La Grange, Ga., genernl grand master third vell; Henry De Witt Hamilton, New York City, general grand master second vell; Charies C. Davis, Centralia, 1ll, general grand master firet As is the custom in many Masonic bodies, the line of officers (excepting | troasurer and secretary, which are sta~ position tri- ennially, the general grand high priest stepping down and out, the deputy tak- |ing his place, and the other officers mov- ing up one place behind him. A n and the land-damaged to the extent. of | Officer 18 elected at the foot of the line, 2,00, Protest Report On River Work Oct. 12 October 13 has been fixed as the date for hearing of protests against the report Lieutenant Colonel Deakyne made to the government recommending the abandon- ment of further Missurl river improve- ment work between Kansas City and St. Louls at this time. Such preliminary reports ::n subject to appeal, and the board army ongineers has set Oc- tober 13 as the date for hearing of the case of those who are dissatisfied with his Omaha and Kan- sas City men will male the protest, to be general grand master of the first vell, and it takes him twenty-seven years to reach the top, George KL Corson of this city, who is to become general grand high priest at the San Francisco triennial convocation, was elected to the first vell at the Minneapolis triennial in 1891. He is making the journey from the bottom to the top of the line In twenty-four years, instead of twenty-seven, because of &n extra vacanoy in the line years ago. Sketeh of the New Head, Mr, Corson i a New Englander, been born in 1842 at Lebanon, Me. After brililant servige in the union army, he came to this city where he has since re- sided. In 1878 he was department com- mander of the Grand Army of the Re- public of the District of Columbla. Mr, Corson took his biue lodge degrees though the Kansas City men will largely |here in 1870, and his chapter degrees in predominate, as the blow is aimed par-| 157l He ticularly at their pet project. Gives Cigarettes to Holdup Men BEmil Hlavka,707 Castellar street, and Phillp Heelan, 720 Dorcas streot, became ®ood friends with three holdup men, who thrust guns in their faces at the Eleventh street viaduet. Hiavka had 4 cents and Heelan had 15 oents. After recelving these contribu- tions, according to the story told the police, the holdup meun inquired whether their vietims had children, and upon learning that both men had familiea re- turned the small change. “Have a cigarette,” sald one of the victims in & friendly manner, holdlng out & package of coffin nails, Bach of the holdup men took & Three Burglaries _ Repor_t_e_d to Police The following robberies were reported to the police as occurring Friday night. Charles Mallson, 202 North Seventeenth asserts that burglars gained on- to his plave of business by break- through & basemont window, and after ransacking the place, escaped with 8 The Ptandard Chemical Manufaoturing company, 1813 Huarney street, was also pald a visit by nocturnal marauders, who sot §t ? 1 % j two ponies from his which was hitched to & Water Carnival oatpongd Ten Days The big water camival, which was Scheduled to be held yesterday nt Carter F DREXEL'S WORKING STAFF IS NO LONGER LABORING Drexel ia facing the un- tng complacently for action next Tuesday, when for re- of being without any | has gone through the chairs in lodge, chapter, council and comman- dery. In 1886 he was grand high priest, and in 19008 grand commander of District ot Columbia Knights Templar. He served in the officlal line of the grand lodge here for & number of years, rising to the station of funlor grand warden, when he dropped out. He recelved the thirty-third degree, honorary, Boottish Rite, in 1501 Mr, Corson has been connected with the War department for more than a generation, Authority of General Bodies, It i Interesting to note, in connection with the thought that the general grand chapter has so little real authority, that American Masonry, although frequently solicited, has been very chary of organ- ising natior-a bodles with legislative and other power. The grand encampment, Knights Templar, also meeting trien- nially, is clothed with a considerable de- gree of authority, and to all intents and purposos it is the supreme governing body of Knights Templar in this country; but it 18 the only Masonle body so organized ‘The general grand oouncll, Royal and Sclected Masters of the United Btates, meeting at the same time ond place the general grand chapter, like it, exer- clses no funotions other than those of a purely advisory character. The two bodies call together many of the most prominent members of the fraternity in the country, and the result of this meet- ing of prominent Masons is always good; in this dfrectlon is found a considerable part of that whioh makes these two trion- nial gatherings worth while. So far as bluc lodge Masonry s con- cerned, it never has been possible to or- genize & national body, although there have been perhaps a score of attempts, beginning during the revolutionary war, and continuing at Intervals down to the olvil war. It s now generally admitted that, in all probability, such a body will never be formed in this country. Wanted Washington to Lead. The agitation In favor of & general grand lodge sheds & good deal of Inter- esting light on the subsequent organiza~ tion of the general grand chapter, gen- oral grand council and grand encamp- ment. The American grand lodges, the outbreak of the revolutionary war, began to abandon their dependence upon the grand lodge of England and of Scot. land, cast about to find some new authority upon which to lean. lodge in each of the new states, and each was the full equal, in suthority and dig- | nity, of all the others. There was & strong feeling that it would be wise to | ing the several grand lodges to exercise that jurisdiotion over local questions In the several states. In 1779 the first of these efforts to form a general grand lodge was made. It or- lodgea, and had George Washington in view for general grand master. The grand lodge of Pennsylvania endorsed it enthusiastically, and passed a series of which it named Washing- ral grand master, Opposition was so powerful, however, that the organization could not brought about. In succeeding years, as effort after effort falled, it was proposed not to give the general grand lodge, when formed, full legislative and penal and quite naturally they at once! There was a grand | form & general grand lodge, to exercise | Jurisdietion ever the entire country, leavs | Iginated with & number of the wrmy ! be | TITE r jurisdiction, but to make it merely ad visory, without the right to en its decrees. But even with this concession the Masons of the country declined to endorse the fdea reo Grand Lodges Controlled. The oppomtion wes led by the grand lodges, which were unwilling to surren der their own supremacy in order to form a national body to rule and govern them An effective general grand lodge would, of course, have meant the giving up of much authority by the meveral grand lodges, just as the formation of the fed- eral union meant the giving up of much authority by the several states. In the latter case, however, pelling political reasons in favor of a strong central government, and the | there were com- | Atates, some of them with confessed un-! willingness, and after deferring the mat ter from time to time, finally accepted | the constitution drawn up by the con- vention which met at Philadelphia In 1787 John Fiske well calls this the eritical period of American history, for the doc- trine of states rights was so popular that for a considerable time there was danger | that an effective union of the thirteen states could not be made. But ulty- mately, mo strong were the arguments advanced, the prejudices of the people were overcome, and the federal union was the result. But when it came time to take up the |aueation of forming & general grand |1odge of Masons, fraternity as a whole an authority stmi lar to that to be exercised over the peo ple generally by the new fed:=zi govern ment, thero were no compelling reasons such as had caused the constitution to be ratifie and the men of that day n their capacity as Masons wore at full liberty to insist upon the dooctrine of states’ rights and demand that it be ap- plisd without limitation to the American Masonic system, to exercise over the | Merely to Advise. When the uestion of organizing the meneral grand chapter of Royal Arch Masons came up, this old thought of the | |Aupremacy of the several grand chapters prevailed, and the new national body, #00n to hold its sixty-sixth triennial con- | vocation, camie Into existence merely for advisory purposes. Later the gensral |&rana councll of royal and select mas. ters, standing at the head of the cryptie #chool of Freemasonry, was organized |on a footing precisely similar to that of the general grand chapter, There s no national Scottish Rite {body that is generally recognized as reg- {ular, The two controlling bodies of this {rite have divided the United States be- |tween them, The northern jurisdiotion, | With headquarters at Boston, exercises |authority over it adherents in the states |above the old Mason and Dixon line out |to the middle west; the southern juris. diction controls the south and west and has it headquarters in this city. Chronology is nteresting, The following statement of historioul facta will serve to show the insistency of :!,hn Masons who from time to time havo ifavored the formatio Pt m of & general grand 179. The subject of a_ general grand lodge was first mentioned, army lodges supporting it. The grand lodge of Penn- sylvania approved it and named ‘Waah- ington for the first general grand master 1. The idea wng formally renewed by the grand lodge of Georgla, which favored it. The other grand lodges paid no attenticn to ft. 179, The movement was revived, but to no purpose, by resolutions passed by the grand lodge of South Carolina. 1803. The grand lodge of North Carolina made an unsuccessful effort to Interest the eraft in the question. 1806-7. Allusions to & general grana lodge | were made in the proceedings of a num- ber of grand lodges, but nothing came of the agitation, 1811, There was an unsuccesstul effort | to bring about a meeting in this eity in "lh. Interost of a general grand lodge. 1812, The grand lodge of South Carolina made a second unsuccessful effort to in- | terest the fraternity in this question, 1822. A meeting composed of “members Of congress and strangers,” according to the grand lodge of Maryland, was held in this city In the interest of A ‘general krand lodge. Henry Clay presided over it, and in addition to delivering & wonder- ful oration In support of the idea, he Wwrote a report In which he advanced all the arguments supporting it. His report Was sent to all the grand lodges of the country, but nothing further was ever {heard from it. | 1846, The grand lodge of Maryland in- | Vited its sister grand lodges to attond o | meeting in Baltimore to discuss the ques tlon. Heven grand lodges were rep. |resonted at the meeting by two dele gates each. They adopted favorable reso | lutions, and sent them to all grand lodges, by which they were promptly pigeon- | holed. 1M8. The grand lodge of New York urged | that & meeting be held in Boston in 1850 to consider the question and each grand lodge was invited to submit at the moet- {Ing the draft of a weneral grand lodge | constitution it would agres to support | The grand lodges of Rhode Island and {the District of Columbia indorsed the |New York plan: but the meeting was | not held. j I8 The general grand lodge effort in this yvear 10oked merely 1o a confederated league, with no authority to enforce its declsions, no penal jurisdiction, and only | Such special powers as might from time |to time be given it by the grand lodges |entering the confederation. This effort | also falled to produce results. | 1867, The grana lodge of Maine tasued a | ciroular asking that a meeting be held |!n Chicago In 189 to consider the forma- tion of & general grand lodge. The meet~ ing was held, but nothing was acoom- plished What Might Ha . { It seems probable that if, at the begin ning, the move had been simply to form & general grand lodge with advisory pow- ers. it might have carried. The mistake, If it may be called such, was in demand- Ing originally that the proposed national body have authority over the eraft stmil- lar to that exercised over the country by the federal government at Washington. To this proposition there never has been & time when the craft would agree The grand encampment of Knights Templar has something of that author- Iy, but it is pointed out that it does not represent anclent craft Masonry, but I8 rather an addition to ft The blue lodge, the chapter und the coumcll, how- ever, as the symbolic, ocapitular and Lerypile Vodles aro ealled, veprosent these anclent craft degrees, and all three have stoutly opposed the organization of & | national body with legislative authority. | The general grand chapter and the | Reneral srand eouncil will be in sesaio: In San Francisco for the week of Au- gust B The councll will meet August ¥ and 31, and the ¢ pler September 1. 12 ana 3—~Correspondent of the Christian Hclence Monitor. 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