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On October 5, the Lodge voted to purchase a safe in con- junction with Amity Lodge.
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Nineteen meetings were held during this year, two received the Master Mason degree, and one was admitted to membership on dimit. The annual return again showed a loss in membership, with a list of eighty-nine Brethren in good standing.
The fifty-eighth election was held December 7, and Bro. Charles C. Wiles was again elected Worshipful Master. The other officers were: Bro. Abraham E. Allman, Senior Warden; Bro. John Hartmeyer, Junior Warden; Bro. John P. Ford, Treasurer; Bro. Homer C. Waterman, Secretary; Bro. Charles H. Hoopes, Senior Deacon; Bro. Thomas Swan, Junior Deacon, and Bro. Amos P. Josselyn, Steward and Tyler.
1883 BRO. CHARLES CARROLL WILES WORSHIPFUL MASTER
The officers were installed, January 4, by Bro. J. Hope Sutor, of Amity Lodge, assisted by Bro. Samuel Elliott.
In the minutes of the meeting of July 5 the statement is made that a roster of all officers and members of the Lodge since its organization was presented for consideration, but does not state what action, if any, was taken thereon. On December 6, Bro. A. C. Romine was elected to life membership. During this year twenty-two meetings were held, six were raised to the Master Mason degree, and one admitted to membership. The fifty-ninth election was held December 6, and resulted in the election of Bro. Alfred H. Evans Worshipful Master; Bro. John Hartmeyer, Senior Warden; Bro. Thomas Swan, Junior Warden; Bro. John P. Ford, Treasurer; Bro. Homer C. Waterman, Sec- retary; Bro. Lewis E. Linton, Senior Deacon; Bro. Benjamin F. Urban, Junior Deacon, and Bro. Amos P. Josselyn, Steward and Tyler.
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Bro. Alfred H. Evans, the Master-elect, was a former mem- ber of Hazen Lodge, No. 251, Morristown, Ohio. He affiliated with La Fayette Lodge February 5, 1881. He was never in- stalled, nor did he ever occupy the East during the term for which
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he was elected. Decision 386, page 41, of the Code adopted by the Grand Lodge in 1880, provides:
That where the regularly elected officers of a Lodge are duly installed, except the Master, who, by reason of an objection made, declined installation, the Senior Warden then elected and installed succeeds to the duties of Master and acts as such until the following regular election and installation, unless a new Master is sooner elected and installed under a dispensation from the Grand Master.
What reason, if any, was given by Brother Evans for re- fusing installation is not known, but, as Bro. John Hartmeyer, the Senior Warden, occupied the East during the entire year and performed those duties incumbent upon the office, he must rightfully be considered the Worshipful Master, in fact as well as in deed.
The installation was held on January 3, the installing officer being Bro. Charles C. Wiles, assisted by Bro. Samuel Elliott as Grand Marshal.
Fifteen meetings were held this year and but two candidates received the degree of Master Mason.
The annual return showed a further loss, with eighty-six members in good standing. On December 4, the sixtieth election was held and Bro. John Hartmeyer was elected Worshipful Master; Bro. Thomas Swan, Senior Warden; Bro. Benjamin F. Urban, Junior Warden; Bro. John P. Ford, Treasurer; Bro. Homer C. Waterman, Secretary; Bro. Lewis E. Linton, Senior Deacon; Bro. Arthur J. Sheppard, Junior Deacon, and Bro. Amos P. Josselyn, Steward and Tyler.
1885 BRO. JOHN HARTMEYER WORSHIPFUL MASTER
Brother Hartmeyer was born in Zanesville, June 23, 1854. He received his education in the public schools of this city and of Springfield Township. The major part of his business career was spent in the sale of meats and groceries in this city. From 1900 to 1910, he served as finance clerk in the local post office.
He was united in marriage to Miss Margaret Ellen Dilts,
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and to this union two children were born -- Essie Hartmeyer and Orrel J. Hartmeyer.
The Masonic career of Brother Hartmeyer is indeed an enviable one. He was initiated an Entered Apprentice in La Fayette Lodge, November 10, 1879; passed to the degree of Fel- low Craft December 18, 1879, and raised to the degree of Master Mason February 19, 1880.
He served the Lodge as Junior Deacon, 1882; Junior Warden, 1883; Senior Warden, 1884; Worshipful Master, 1885, and Treasurer, 1904, 1905, and 1906.
He was a member of Zanesville Chapter, No. 9, Royal Arch Masons, receiving the Mark Master degree, March 21, 1881; Past and Most Excellent Masters degrees, April 4, 1881, and Royal Arch April 11, 1881. He served the Chapter as Grand Master of the First Veil, 1882; Grand Master of the Third Veil, 1883; Royal Arch Captain, 1885; Captain of Host, 1887 to 1890 inclusive; Scribe, 1891; High Priest, 1893 to 1898 inclusive, and Treasurer, 1900 to 1906 inclusive. He passed the Circle of Per- fection in Zanesville Council, No. 12, Royal and Select Masters, August 14, 1882, serving nine years as Principal Conductor of Work during a period of twenty years, extending from 1885 to 1905; Deputy Master, 1890, and Thrice Illustrious Master, 1891 and 1892.
He was a member of Cyrene Commandery, No. 10, Knights Templar, receiving the Red Cross degree, June 30, 1891, and the Order of the Temple and Knight of Malta, July 28, 1891.
He served the Commandery as Junior Warden, 1892; Senior Warden, 1893 and 1894; Generalissimo, 1898, and Eminent Commander, 1899.
Brother Hartmeyer was one of a small group of Masons who were directly responsible for our present Masonic Temple. He became a director of the Masonic Temple Company at its or- ganization, and continued a valuable member of the Board until the time of his death, during which time he served several terms as its President.
He died August 27, 1925, and was buried in Greenwood Cemetery, the services being in charge of Cyrene Commandery, No. 10, Knights Templar.
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The officers were installed on New Year's Day by Bro. Daniel Hattan, assisted by Bro. Samuel Elliott.
On September 1, the Lodge conducted the funeral services of Bro. Amos P. Josselyn, who was serving his ninth year as Stew- ard and Tyler.
Twenty-one meetings were held during the year and three received the Master Mason degree. The annual return showed a loss of one member. On December 3, the sixty-first election was held and the following officers were elected for the ensuing year: Bro. Lewis Moore, Worshipful Master; Bro. Abraham E. Allman, Senior Warden; Bro. Leonidas D. Dillon, Junior Warden; Bro. John P. Ford, Treasurer; Bro. David J. Brookover, Secre- tary; Bro. William H. Bolin, Senior Deacon; Bro. Arthur J. Sheppard, Junior Deacon, and Bro. Jacob Diehl, Steward and Tyler.
1886 BRO. LEWIS MOORE WORSHIPFUL MASTER
Brother Moore was born at Easton, Pennsylvania, May 10, 1825. His parents came to Zanesville when Lewis was ten years of age, and after receiving a common school education, he learned the cooper trade. After following this trade for ten years, he engaged in the ice business until the outbreak of the Civil War, when he became First Lieutenant in Company A, Sixteenth Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry. On November 8, 1862, during a retreat from General Morgan at Cumberland Gap, he received injuries which necessitated his discharge from the army. Upon his return to Zanesville, he became a collector.
Brother Moore was initiated an Entered Apprentice in La Fayette Lodge, March 20, 1851; passed to the degree of Fellow Craft, April 3, 1851, and raised to the Master Mason degree, May 15, 1851.
He served the Lodge as Tyler, 1874; Junior Deacon, 1861 and 1876; Senior Deacon, 1854; Senior Warden, 1855, 1857, 1858, 1860, 1870, 1872, 1873, and 1881; and Worshipful Master, 1886.
He was a member of Zanesville Chapter, No. 9, Royal Arch Masons, receiving the Mark Master degree, November 6, 1871;
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Past Master, November 13, 1871; Most Excellent Master, No- vember 20, 1871, and Royal Arch, November 27, 1871. He served the Chapter as Guard, 1874; Grand Master of the First Veil, 1872, 1873, and 1875; Second Veil, 1881; Royal Arch Cap- tain, 1873; Principal Sojourner, 1876, and High Priest, 1882 and 1883.
He was anointed and set apart to the Order of High Priest- hood at Newark, September 20, 1882.
He received the degrees of Royal and Select Masters in Zanesville Council, No. 12, Royal and Select Masters, March 14, 1872, and Super-Excellent Master, March 10, 1881. He served the Council as Steward, 1874; Captain of Guard, 1873, 1881, and 1882; Principal Conductor of Work, 1884; Deputy Master, 1875, 1883, and 1885; and Thrice Illustrious Master, 1886.
He received the chivalric degrees in Cyprus Commandery, No. 10, Knights Templar: Red Cross, September 10, 1872, and the Knights Templar and Malta degrees, September 17, 1872, continuing a member of this organization during its existence, and later affiliating with Cyrene Commandery.
He died April 17, 1903, and was buried in Greenwood Ceme- tery.
The installation of officers was held on January 7, the cere- monies being performed by M .. W .. Bro. S. Stacker Williams, of Newark, Most Worshipful Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of Ohio, assisted by Bro. John Hartmeyer as Grand Marshal.
On behalf of Bro. Jacob Diehl, a Past Master of Doric Lodge, No. 172, the Grand Master presented the Lodge with a beautiful trowel, which was duly accepted by the Worshipful Master.
Fifteen meetings were held during the year, and no degrees were conferred. Strife and discord were manifest among the members, and many were suspended for nonpayment of dues. The annual return again showed a loss, with a total membership of seventy-eight.
The sixty-second election of officers was held December 2, and resulted in the choice of the following Brethren: Bro. Abra- ham E. Allman, Worshipful Master; Bro. Thomas Swan, Senior Warden; Bro. Benjamin F. Urban, Junior Warden; Bro. John P. Ford, Treasurer; Bro. Samuel R. Moore, Secretary; Bro. Jacob
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Hinig, Senior Deacon; Bro. Daniel H. Gaumer, Junior Deacon, and Bro. Jacob Diehl, Steward and Tyler.
1887 BRO. ABRAHAM E. ALLMAN WORSHIPFUL MASTER
Brother Allman was born at Wheeling, West Virginia, Sep- tember -, 1841. At an early age his family moved to Clarks- ville, Pennsylvania, where he received his education in the public schools. He came to Zanesville from Brownsville, Ohio, in 1874, and opened a grocery store and meat market, in which business he was engaged until the time of his death.
On August 27, 1862, he was united in marriage to Miss Har- riet Allman, a young lady of the same name, but unrelated, and to this union seven children were born, viz .: Anna, Emma, Sadie, Hattie, Mary, Grace, and Fletcher Allman.
Brother Allman was made a Mason in Clarksville, Pennsyl- vania, affiliating with La Fayette Lodge, July 3, 1879, on a dimit from Jackson Lodge, No. 85, of Brownsville, Ohio.
He served the Lodge as Junior Deacon, 1880 and 1881; Junior Warden, 1882; Senior Warden, 1883, and again in 1886; Worshipful Master, 1887, 1888, 1889, 1890, and 1892; Treas- urer, 1899 to 1903 inclusive, and from 1907 until his death.
He was a member of Zanesville Chapter, No. 9, Royal Arch Masons, receiving the Mark Master degree, July 10, 1882; Past and Most Excellent, July 26, 1882, and Royal Arch, July 31, 1882.
He served as Principal Sojourner, 1889 and 1898; Scribe, 1899 and 1900, and King, 1890 and 1891.
He received the cryptic degrees in Zanesville Council, No. 12, Royal and Select Masters, August 14, 1882, and the Super- Excellent Master degree, November 23, 1882, serving the Council as Captain of Guard, 1888, 1889, and 1890; Recorder, 1896 to 1903 inclusive; Deputy Master, 1891 and 1892, and Thrice Il- lustrious Master, 1893 and 1895.
He was a Scottish Rite Mason of the Thirty-second degree, being a member of the Scioto Consistory, S. P. R. S., of the Valley of Columbus.
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He died February 5, 1912, and was buried in Greenwood Cemetery.
A public installation of officers was held on January 6, Bro. John Hartmeyer acting as installing officer, assisted by Bro. Samuel Elliott as Grand Marshal. The principal address was made on this occasion by Bro. Loren L. Magee, D.D., while the music was furnished by the Bauer band. Following the installa- tion, a banquet was served to the Brethren and their ladies at the Grand Hotel.
The Lodge held twenty-three meetings in 1887, and the Master Mason degree was conferred upon seven candidates.
The Sixty-third Annual Communication and election of officers was held on December 1, but immediately preceding the ballot a circular letter, issued by the Most Worshipful Grand Master S. Stacker Williams, was read to the Lodge by the Worshipful Master. In this communication the Grand Master stressed the grave danger which threatened the Craft, through the invasion of clandestine Masonry, and issued a solemn ad- monition regarding the election and installation of any member to office who was allied with any so-called Masonic organization declared by the Grand Lodge of Ohio to be clandestine. Ballots were then taken upon each of the several offices, resulting in the election of Bro. Abraham E. Allman, Worshipful Master; Bro. Thomas Swan, Senior Warden; Bro. Benjamin F. Urban, Junior Warden; Bro. John P. Ford, Treasurer; Bro. Samuel R. Moore, Secretary; Bro. Charles H. Hoopes, Senior Deacon; Bro. Jerry Williams, Junior Deacon, and Bro. Jacob Diehl, Tyler. Pro- vision having been made for Senior and Junior Stewards, the Worshipful Master-elect appointed Bro. August W. Hartmeyer and Bro. H. J. Smith, respectively, to fill these stations. Bro. Loren L. Magee was appointed Chaplain.
1888 BRO. ABRAHAM E. ALLMAN WORSHIPFUL MASTER
On January 5, the officers were installed by Bro. Homer C. Waterman, assisted by Bro. Daniel Hattan as Grand Marshal.
January 15, the Lodge conducted the funeral services of Bro.
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William H. Holden, formerly Mayor of Zanesville and a very prominent member. The services were held at the Second Street Methodist Episcopal Church, after which the long cortege composed of his Masonic Brethren, Company B and Battery C of the Ohio National Guard, together with scores of sorrowing friends and relatives, marched to Greenwood Cemetery, where the remains were interred. Twenty-eight meetings were held during this year, and eleven were raised to the Master Mason degree.
The annual returns showed a gain of eight members over the preceding year, with a total membership of ninety-six.
The sixty-fourth election was held December 6, and immedi- ately preceding the ballot a second communication was read by the Worshipful Master, relative to the election of Cerneau Masons to office. This second letter to the Lodge was issued by order of the Grand Lodge under date of October 27, 1888, and contained in detail the decision of the Grand Lodge at its last Annual Grand Communication, concerning Bodies claiming themselves to be Masonic and which the Grand Lodge declared to be irregular, illegal, and unmasonic; and also notified the Lodge that the charters of Bucyrus Lodge, No. 139, and Crawford Lodge, No. 443, of Bucyrus, and Ahiman Lodge, No. 492, of Newark, had been arrested in consequence of their failure to comply with the provisions of the edict of the Grand Master, made the preceding year regarding these same irregular Bodies. The election then proceeded, resulting in the choice of the fol- lowing officers: Bro. Abraham E. Allman, Worshipful Master; Bro. William H. Bolin, Senior Warden; Bro. Jerry Williams, Junior Warden; Bro. John P. Ford, Treasurer; Bro. Samuel R. Moore, Secretary; Bro. Will T. Lewis, Senior Deacon; Bro. Lorenzo D. Abell, Junior Deacon, and Bro. Jacob Diehl, Tyler.
Bro. August W. Hartmeyer was appointed Senior Steward; Bro. W. Marshall Lane, Junior Steward, and Bro. Loren L. Magee, Chaplain.
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1889
BRO. ABRAHAM E. ALLMAN WORSHIPFUL MASTER
A public installation of officers was held January 3, the cere- monies being in charge of Bro. C. C. Frazier and Bro. Ike M. Robinson. The program consisted of an address by the Rev. Bro. Loren L. Magee; a poem by Bro. Ike M. Robinson, and music, which in turn was followed by a banquet.
On July 2, the Lodge conducted the funeral services of Bro. Daniel Hattan. The funeral was held at the late residence on Woodlawn Avenue, after which the cortege moved to Woodlawn Cemetery, where the body was laid to rest in the family mauso- leum.
Nineteen meetings were held during the year and six were raised to the degree of Master Mason.
The sixty-fifth election was held on December 5, and the fol- lowing officers were chosen to serve for the ensuing year: Bro. Abraham E. Allman, Worshipful Master; Bro. William H. Bolin, Senior Warden; Bro. Charles B. Tomlinson, Junior Warden; Bro. John P. Ford, Treasurer; Bro. Samuel R. Moore, Secretary ; Bro. Will T. Lewis, Senior Deacon; Bro. Lorenzo D. Abell, Junior Deacon; Bro. J. J. Patterson, Tyler. The Master-elect ap- pointed Bro. J. Parker Bolin, Senior Steward; Bro. Frank Myers, Junior Steward; Bro. H. D. Comer, Organist, and Bro. Loren L. Magee, Chaplain.
This was one of the most eventful years in the history of La Fayette Lodge and Masonry in general throughout the entire State. Nine members of La Fayette Lodge and twenty-five members of Amity Lodge were expelled for unmasonic conduct, because they had refused to sever their membership with the Cerneau Scottish Rite of Freemasonry, declared by the Grand Lodge of Ohio to be clandestine.
CHAPTER IV CLANDESTINE MASONRY
I MITATIVE SOCIETIES" have existed from time im- memorial, and for a pattern of imitation, Freemasonry has occupied the predominant place in their regard. During the last century scores of these societies sprang into being, imitating the Freemasons in outward appearance by wearing collars, aprons, and jewels; adopting as a secret means of identi- fication, signs, grips, and passwords; and also calling their place of meeting by a strange misnomer, a Lodge. This class of secret societies claim no connection with Freemasonry, nor do they practice any deception upon their candidates concerning it. Their aims and teachings are similar to our own, and, having been promoted for the betterment of society in general, are entitled to our admiration and support. There is another class of these "imitative societies," however, who have appropriated the rites and ceremonies and even the name of Freemasons. They have been established under no legal authority, nor for any laudable purpose, being promoted purely for pecuniary gain. These spurious Rites masquerade under various names and titles, but are classified by the Masonic student under the general head of illegal or clandestine Masonry. These systems are a dangerous foe to our Institution, using our time-honored name as a cloak to cover their nefarious schemes; selecting as their legitimate prey the credulous and unwary, upon whom they confer their worthless degrees for a very nominal fee. Fol- lowing the introduction of Scottish Rite Masonry in both Europe and America, imitators busied themselves in the invention of a number of spurious Rites, most of which were of French deriva- tion. The most important of these on the continent of Europe were the Rites of Mizraim and Memphis.
The Rite of Mizraim originated at Milan, Italy, in 1805, being the invention of a number of Scottish Rite Masons who were denied membership in the Supreme Council, then located
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in that city. The Rite flourished for a time, both in Italy and France, but dissension soon arose, and although its organized bodies continued in existence for a number of years, the Supreme Council was dissolved in 1817. In 1839, two Frenchmen in- vented the Rite of Memphis, which was probably copied from the extinct Rite of Mizraim, each being identical in character and consisting of ninety degrees, including the Symbolic and Scottish Rite degrees of Freemasonry, with scarcely a change of name. The Rite was not at first recognized by the Grand Orient of France; but in 1862, it was absorbed by the Grand Orient, its Grand Hierophant taking a solemn obligation, divesting himself and his associates of all authority. The Symbolic Lodges under its authority were permitted to continue only on condition that they acknowledge the Grand Orient as the supreme power, and it was decreed that no degrees above that of Master Mason be conferred. In consequence of bad faith on the part of the Grand Hierophant, however, a Sovereign Sanctuary of the Rite of Memphis was founded in New York City, in 1866, by Harry J. Seymour. The Rite of Memphis gained considerable strength in New England and some of the Western States, and special legislation was enacted by the Grand Lodge of Massachusetts in 1881, and the Grand Lodge of Illinois in 1884, for its suppres- sion.
While other Grand Lodges were wrestling with their prob- lems concerning these bogus Rites, it remained for the Grand Lodge of Ohio to take the decisive step in the extermination of "Cerneau Scottish Rite Masonry," one of the oldest and most dangerous systems in the history of pseudo Masonry. The action taken by our own Lodge in this matter was merely an echo of the strife, which for more than five years raged throughout the Ma- sonic Fraternity of Ohio, and threatened our Institution with demoralization, if not complete destruction.
Following the ratification of the agreement, known as the "Grand Constitution," on May 1, 1786, by Frederick the Great, King of Prussia, recognized as Grand Master of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of the world, his high powers and pre- rogatives were transmitted to Supreme Councils, which were composed of nine Brethren in each nation. This authority was,
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in turn, transmitted to the American continent on May 31, 1801, by Stephen Morin, who, by virtue of a patent issued by the Grand Sovereign Lodge of St. John of Jerusalem, in Paris, France, established a Supreme Council of the Rite at Charleston, South Carolina.
In the course of a few years, all other Supreme Councils throughout the world having ceased to function, this Supreme Council became known as the "Mother Council of the World," and all Scottish Rite Bodies of the present time have indirectly received their authority from it. In 1813, the Jurisdiction of . the United States was divided-the States east of the Mis- sissippi and north of the Ohio Rivers being designated Northern Jurisdiction, while the Southern and Western States remained under the authority of the "Mother Council," and have since been known as the Southern Jurisdiction. The Grand East of the Northern Jurisdiction at the present time is at Boston, Massachusetts, while that of the Southern Jurisdiction is at Washington, D. C.
In 1807, a rival Scottish Rite organization was perfected in New York City by Joseph Cerneau, a French jeweler, who was born at Villeblerin, France, in 1763, and emigrated to this country about 1800. It is impossible to say where Cerneau re- ceived the degrees of the Scottish Rite, but we know for a cer- tainty that the Supreme Council for the United States, at their meeting at Charleston, South Carolina, in 1813, denounced him and expelled him from the Order.
The Supreme Council of the Cerneau Rite was designated by its founder, under the title of "The Sovereign Grand Con- sistory of the United States of America, its Territories and De- pendencies." Unlike the Rite of Memphis, it claimed no juris- diction over the three Symbolic degrees of Masonry, conferring from the third to the thirty-second degree upon Master Masons for an insignificant fee. The Cerneau Council ceased its labors in 1827, at the beginning of the anti-Masonic excitement, and resumed work again in 1832. It continued in a somewhat torpid state until 1881, when it was revived by Hopkins Thomp- son and others, under its old title. From this time forward its growth was phenomenal, especially in Ohio, enlisting under its
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banner Masons of high moral standing-officers of Lodges, Chapters, Councils, and Commanderies, and even threatening a breach in the official family of the Grand Lodge. It soon be- came apparent to those in authority that some drastic action must soon be taken to stamp out this monstrosity which menaced the ancient landmarks of our Institution. Practically nothing was done, however, until 1886, when M .. W .. Bro. S. Stacker Williams, the Grand Master, in his Annual Address to the Grand Lodge, directed their attention to this vital question in the fol- lowing statement:
During the winter and spring, the question came to me from many sources with reference to the force, scope, or meaning of Rule 79 of our Code, the question being specially asked if the Bodies styled by their members, Bodies of the Ancient and Ac- cepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry subordinate to the Supreme Council of the United States of America, their Territories and Dependencies (so styled), but better known as the Cerneau Bodies, came within the rule. In this, as in all other cases, I took the rule as I found it, without any disposition to give it a mean- ing or construction other than that given it by the Grand Lodge, and in arriving at my conclusions I took into consideration the conditions which existed at the time of the adoption of that part of the rule, together with the well-known position of this Grand Lodge with reference to an important principle, which enters into the discussion of this question, viz .: the sovereignty and exclusive right to jurisdiction of a governing Masonic Body in territory occupied by it.
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