The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, September 4, 1904, Page 2

Ghe INFLUENCE of TEMPLARISM on CALIFORNIA ,‘/:, ° - LL R strength was then in comparison to : By Most Eminent Sir iy - e e Past Grand Master of the R ? e ffl H came to the portals of the Golden . \ euoen il_@d.ue Lfl d Gate was made welcome with such . G d E > Y A0y oo s e caucolil O ran ncampment [Mest Eminent Sir Reuben Hedley It is not difficult to understand why The enjoyment of received a reputation for generosity and mhere .are many in 1882. ¢ sia Mason cities strive s for the h E ‘8 ey irand Master Stoddard at- The reputation of San Francisco as would hospitality that who come to at- tended that conclave as grand sword the ideal convention city of the United ifo only € the concle C { 2 ;‘\ T ’h ‘l ho d with nd Encampment be marred by the Wiil never be tend this con- bearer. Four other officers of the giataq 1o extablished bevond question st oflice in the gift of SONPY, at each succhssiv rienaial conclave. tiresome and’d taken fr BEns 25 % E E ¢ yond qu on. : 20 e gty = ™ clave WhO Grang E v ed the the exalied station of 2 d master of 3 TAkAR bl neampment who attend Other cities have claims that csmnot railroad journey. ‘“T ) were here conclave of 1883 have since been hon- the Grand Enc Nsmen: of ¢ : nite .: s of State DBul it requires only - ored with the hialiest station within the be entirely ignored, or otherwise there et ol .l ; ]\ '”'|"|l‘ = dition to ©one week amid our gift of the Madonie order: Reobert B. TOUM B8 aved more conventions beld lifornia Commansder « aving = H g : Robe California ‘ . " Pk - '[” f‘ grand gener- Sunshine and flow. Withers, then deputy grand master; ©Ut here than there are. By th - s CO dor of th ) y for ers g st % e 3 crved as ¢ e ““” - in general of ©T to proselytize John P. §. Gobin, then grand captain ‘eUtions we have been ad wo terms 2 c SC 1 08 ¥ 2 3 h a host. general; Warren LaRue Thomas, at !0 greater advantage, perhaps, than The encamp- that time grand junior warden, and any other State in the Union. And 1856 and 1 wnd was Ambment Bola "t Hsf:‘g‘:ali Hugh McCurdy, at that time grand this is largely the result, as I captain general of the Grand En OB TG e o T senio® warden. have stated, of the conclave of rank So I state that one of the greatest 1333 and of the fact that the residents darinz the ve held in San in 1883. He served as oo oA et e B grand master of the Grand Com- nen This can I m 1898 to 1901, Dbei succeeded by the incumbent, Henry s Bates Stoddard. Mr. Lioyd has been nia. In a sin a resident of San Francisco since early > leaders of the tory of San Fran- co. Nothing had ver been at- are men of more T benefits that has accrued to San Fran- of this State were quick to realize that clsco, California and the entire coast sy opportunity had been presented to through the Knights Templar COn- them through the efforts of ‘Knights cleve of 1883 was the stamp it placed Templar here of bringing their State upon this city as the ideal convention pagore the eyes of the whole country city. That one thing was the initial impulse resulting subsequently in bringing thousands upon thousands of men of various professions, pursuits and callings, men prominent in civie, i::‘\"l“‘:"‘:‘i[ f;:‘r';"":!“ 3"::‘:*‘2‘;"’5‘?} tremendously until it has become a stu- ¥ pendous task to entertain the body o ness mingled with pleasure and curi- Templars and visitors that attend the osity in various national conventions triennial conclaves. In 1833 there were in the past twenty years; and to the 7000 Templars in line in the grand pa- Knights Templar of this State for the rade; this year there will be approxi- schedule of entertainment afforded mately 12,000. It is impossible to state their guests, no less than to the resi- how many visitors will be present dur- dents of this State for their Ing the coming week; from the reports hearty co-operatiom, is the Siven out by those in a position to credit- due for the lasting know, 75,000 '\‘vf!u?d be a»co}nservau' good Impressions our estimate. However, preliminary esti- % a mates on visitors to a ve are guests bore away an pretty difficult to give mundgery 1 of the Gr tempted here pre- viously on so stu- pendous a scale, and there has been nothing since, until the * present con- e, approaching through the medium of one of the most influential and representative bodles in the United States and they grasped the opportunity ably and decisively. The conclave spirit has been growing nd is one of Califcynia bar.] € HE Knig 1 Ay f 188 : N s i SR it in magnitude. San point for this &t SRR, s, St g Ryl D® prancisco of course S at the constant sifting tends 10 o4 not the city that ; : nigl ] it 1s to-day; there was the gional gat g of any * o ¥ odles of men ¢ gne-half the Tem- plar membetship then that there is now, but whatever was lacking nd of th S t of- the h in the hi vas not ithout a con- in numbers was amply ade up in enthu- forth siasm, for small as the Templar was all over and the ng re ctantly from the city, Grand 1der Carson of the Grand of Ohio said e lasting bene- we will not have as many as cit fits that have 4 joston and Pittsburg and W nccrued to ton had, because they had such this State centers to draw from, but we wil the greatest gathering within t of San Franciseo. aose who attended the conclave « 1887 and who are returning to at- tend the comi nism. Butlta have 1 en- k. T can e cannot 1g conclave w see was sentiment of many S ?a M;! “mpr, ? 3 G T along the e of the parade seven-story ructyre b wce then. The Ca rer b of the mp- has been erected s building, the Exa Chronicle building and Bank building. from which start, have all } the four 1 parade w rected sin o S é o Those who e in by way of the SLE No stone turned in 1883 to Santa Fe ar Southern Pacific will - . am Eive our sts the very finest of recep- enter the city ough one of the most # tions, and to the credit of all be it said impoesing ferry depots in the United R that hardly approached for i 3 : . "..‘ 1at har a man any hed T States. At the ferry building they will find the terminals of streetcar lines, especially the electric systems radiating to the south, whose d gever practically all of the from the Cliff House to San Mate . The city has put on the modern architecture within the ty-one years that have intervened be- tween 1883 and 1904. Our popula- tion has doubled. Hundreds of acres of land then vacant are covered now with homes and business blocks. Some of the old cranks still thought there was doubt as to .the stability of San Francisco. I believe they are all dead, and from their ashes have risen men whose faith in the future of San Fran- cisco ‘cannot be shaken. Everything i e points to us as the entry point of the s G S United States for the Orient. When homBihesying eiin tales of the Wos- we look back fifty years and see what San Francisco was then we cannot be were held that interest through- E of Cali- the of ven- any of them did Conelave of 18 was incidentally test California exploitation heme that has ever been consum- it éf the generous d hospitality mated. The res: pen-he I ¢ this far western shore, of her + and flowers, her wheat afid vines, general throughout the Hast; San Fran- -+~ - —- <+ as a result of ~the dissemination _o..° "y "aiaamers if we say in fifty 1 equable climate, the glories of cisco, away out on the Western fringe } MOST EMINENT SIR REUBEN HEDLEY LLOYD. throughout the East of that spirit years hence San Francisco will be the river, valley and grove of the continent, was too far Away. sfe——ap— 4+ of sgood will to- -rd California. Second city in the union. TSR EO0TEY DN . SOOI £ % 24 i 6re THIRTY-THREE DEGREES IN MASONRY g 2 2508 PREE e R T PN aro0s: S JCERNING the degrees in The Mystic Shrine is not, properly year the Supreme Council of the ples or clasges, each administered by . Perfect Master. 31. Inspector Inquisitor; and Masonry, the first three degrees sSpeaking, an order of Masonry, al- thirty-third degree at Berlin and ap- a body of the last degree of the class: . Intimate Secretary. 82. Master of the Royal Secret. oy First entered apprentice though none but Knights Templar and proved and sanctioned by Frederick 1. intered Apprentice. . Provost and Judge. These are conferred in a Consistory. Aeeiia: mecond. fellowcraft de- thoSe who attained the thirty-second the Great, “grand patron, grand com- 2. Felloweraft. . Intendent of the Building. Originally they were conferred by the degree; second, felloweraft de- o 'y ine Scottish rite are eligible mander, universal grand master and 3. Master Mason. . Blu of the Nine. b“f{f";f,‘g:‘x:‘fig Y s o gree, and third, master Mason degree. 4, pecome members of the Shrine. true defender of the order’; fourth, These degrees are conferred by sym- Elu of the Fifteen. ok s ot et & e Con sc three degrees are conferred il A rite of Freemasonry is a scale of the constitution and statutes of the bolic lodges, under the authority of gt L a s sistories. ' he Blue Lodge and, when one has degrees, more or less in number, fol- respective Supreme Councils. a Girand Lodge within whose jurisdic- Bt A R Ralin: aNE 33. Sovereign Grand Imspector Gen- d them, he is as much of lowing ch other in regular order The degrees from the first to the tion they are lacated. Pcrlelct.F)u i c eral. for all practical purposes, and worked as a system under one thirty-second are divided in six tem- . Becret Master. ge gre styled the Ineffable De- Conferred by the Supreme Council ever be. From the master Soverning body. : grees and are conferred in a Lodge of only. It is never applied for, but is degree there are two rites Many rites have been worked, the " e - Perfection of the fourteenth degree. fitv_c;‘.dum.n \;nanin}ou!\elec:!u‘n, to a g v o <cot. principal of which, at the present day, . A 15. Knight of the East; and imited number of persons in eac $5384 Tock rite and the Soot-(DUGEEE £ }‘\.h;mo:.n i ‘lhfi“;:‘: i Triennial Conclaves of the Past. 16. Prince of Jerusalem. State as an Honorary Degree, the re- e. Pursuing the York rite, a are FORmORL ¢ ey These are coaferred in a Council of cipients becoming honorary members of Mason takes the mark mas- Or York rite, the Anclent and Accept- g T A Princes f Jerusalem, of the sixteenth the Supreme Council. en the past master's ed Scottish rite and the Rita Moderne, - % egree distinct, or in the bosom of a The thirty-third degree is divided gree, th ¥ HERE ve ' Bty o1t 1 deg: dis s . then the mo -ellent mas- or French rite. JRE have ‘heen twenty-eight conclaves held since the organization | Chapter of Rose Croix of the eight- into two classes—active and honorary. egree and then the Royal Arch The three blue degrees—apprentice, of the Grand Encampment, the present conclave belng the twenty- | eenth degree. % 2 a (S)l tt;e flrir. !c!jaissu merae3 ar% in ::e s ¢ g vera : —helong to a i : o 4 RIS s | *17. Knight of the East an est; an outhern Jurisdiction and in the Those four degrees are "“fe“ f"f-llO\\U’A.fl ant: fr;x‘s‘:ei Ifflfn"qlmf;gd ninth, and the following are the times and places of meeting and names | 18. Knight of Rose Croix. Northern Jurisdiction 66 and in most Royal Arch Chapter. The form a part of a PR, REFR ARG -EIP, of the several grand masters: | These are stvled the degrees of the Councils 9; they are the real gover- royal master's degree, select master's The Ancient and Accepted Scott s 3 | New Law, and together with the fif- nors of the rite: and each, in his own degree and super-excellent master’'s Tite consists of a body of the th 1816—New York... «DeWitt Clinton teenth and sixteenth degrees (styled individual jurisdiction, possesses all gree are taken in the council. In third degree, called Supreme Council. por e Sukk- . e . DeWitt Clinton the degrees of the Second Temple), are, the rights and prerogatives anciently he commandery is conferred the Or- Of these, the oldest exist one in - ¥ Ek ... Dewit@Clinton | in the Southern Jurisdiction, conferred supposed to have belonged to the orig- L O : is that for the her b el +sHey, don¥than Nro in a Chapter of Rose Croix, of the inal grand masters, their jdrisdiction der of the Red Cross, the Order of the the world is that for the southern 2—Raltimore. ..Rev. Jonathan Nys i eightcenth degr-e extending from the fourth degree to Temple and the Order of Malta. On Jjurisdiction of the United s, 35— Washingtos James Madison A 19. Pontiff. ; the thirty-third, and disclaiming any recciving thege degrees and orders in Whose see is at Charleston. It was es- T Juinen gpeitivam Aas 30, Master of the Symbolic Lodge. authority to govern the symbolic de- the sequence named, one becomes a tablished on May 31, 1801, and from 1844=—Nevw Haven Jiuies Sustems St 21. Noachite, or Prussian Knight. grees. Knight Templar. The various subor- it all other Supreme Councils now in 4 seo s s ARGNERILS SN 22, Knight of the ,Royal -Ax, or The Supreme Council for the South- “ p i i et AT 3 e Misoksinndg PENISIS Pri ¢ Libanus. ern Jurisdiction has also two othe: dinate lodges, conferring the master existence have mediately or immedi- 1850—Roston ... .Willlam Blackstone Hubbard '“‘fihf’{ ) ’::““T atnaite poxés B §mbersfil 44 o ol Mason's degree, have a State organiza- ately originated. The Supreme Coun- 1853—Lexington {Willinm Blackstone Hubbard i Tabararcl o ol o vy Gaort tion known as the Grand Lodge, and cil for the northern jurisdiction of the 185¢—Hartford ..William Blackstone Hubbard K‘”m“cfl "U, provties e phagy AR OB o -Ho;:ofi__ g e Cour so the chapters have a State organiza- United States was established at New 1859—Chicago .. .+...Benjamin Brown French & &| f en S 3 : L3 4 1862—New Yorik... Benjamin Brown French . Prince of Mercy. 2. Grand Cross of the Court of Honor. tion known as the Grand Royal Arch York by the Supreme Council of the 1865—Columbns . . ISR et vy | Knight Commander of the Tem- These degrees are never applied for Chapter. In the same manner there United States at Charleston . in’ 1813 1868—8t. Louls . Willlam Sewell Gardner ple. and are given in the same manner as ¢ 2 Grand Council and there is a and was afterward removed to Bos- 1871—Baltimoro. ..John Q. A, Fellows 28. Knight of the Sun, or Prince the thirty-third. The former, while not Grand Commandery of Knights Temp- ton. 1874—New Orleans. James Herron Hopkins Adept. necessarily a stepping-stone to the lar, representative of all the subor- The laws by which the Supreme . o e ad on + - VIRSERE L. Buvilist s SN NTeh of O fointw m;c:-th:qud can roctive the thisc (i " ¢ ;&8 2 1880—Chicngo .. s P koS g in D an and 1o o ve the thirty-thir dinate commanderies of the State. The Councils are governed are: First, the aSRESue FrRBCISen. . oo1s. s RObER A s 30. Knight Kadosh, or of the White degree until after he has passed a pro- national Templar organization, repre- constitutions and regulations of the 1886——St. Louts. ...... «.Charles Roome and Black Eagle. bationary period of:at least two years sentative of all the Grand Comman- year 1762; second, the statutes, regu- 1889——Washington .. vese.John P, in These degrees are conferred in a as a Knight Commander of the Court g . §. Gob! deries, is known as the Grand En- lations and institutes adopted at dif- 1892—Denver. 2 ..Hugh MecCurdy Council of Knights Kadosh of the thir- of Honor. The honorarium of Grand campment. It is the Grand Encamp- ferent times under these; third, the 1805-—Raostah ..Warren LaRue Thomas tieth degree, 4istinct, or in a Consis- Cross is a great distinction, and is con- ment that mests In Sen Pranclech th frie secret Watitutis. or erand ,con- 1898—Pittaburg .Reuben Hedley Lloyd tory of the thirty-second degree. In the ferred upon deserving thirty-seconds D e et etk of strulions i .. OF. §F 1901—Louisville, .Henry Bates Stoddard Southern Jurisdiction they are con- and thirty-thirds, its possession being ns of the year 1786; which pur- ferred in a Coumeil of Knights Kadosh a valued trophy of which only a few and are styled the Chivairic Degrees. can boast. September. port to have been enacted in that o