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THE PROVINCE OF WEST YORKSHIRE . TO THE EDITOR OF THE PEEEMASONS' MAGAZINE AND MASONIC MER . ROE . "Worshipful Sir and Brother , —The letter addressed to you by the D . Prov . G . M . of West Yorkshire contains many opinions which differ widely from those entertained by a large number of the Masoris of the province ; but as you are well able to defend the position you have taken up in the matter , I do not propose to interfere in the discussion at present , further than to see , as far as I am able , that the facts are fairly stated which are used against your arguments ;
[ The Editor does not hold Mmself responsible for any opinions entertained hy [ Correspondentsr . ] .
I do not know who sent you the report of the proceedings of the last annual meeting , held in April , at Huddersfield ; but I find it therein stated , that the code of regulations then submitted to Prov . Grand Lodge was passed with slight alterations . Now , these alterations were found to be so important , as to cause a letter to be written by the Prov . G . M ., threatening to resign , and a Prov . Grand Lodge of emergency to be summoned to consider that letter . The said report estimates the number of Brethren present at the last annual meeting at a very different figure to that stated by the D . Prov . G . M .
Your first leading article on Provincial Grand Lodges contained some well-founded objections to the custom of holding them under the banner of private Lodges , and amongst others the expenses thereby thrown upon the private Lodges . Our D . Prov . G . M . argues in his letter in favour of the custom , and asserts that the Prov . Grand Lodge of West Yorkshire always pays its own expenses . You will , therefore , hardly be prepared to
hear that the honour of receiving the visits of the Prov . Grand Lodge of West Yorkshire is not sought after by some of our private Lodges , owing to the expenses attendant thereupon ; sometimes , however , Prov . Grand Lodge invites itself , and then the private Lodge has no escape . Some Lodges have been seriously crippled by the expenses thus thrown upon them , and others have felt their payment to be a grievous burden ,,
With regard to our Prov . G . M ., those who have attended our Prov . Grand Lodges cannot fail to have noticed that , for many years past , the Prov . Cr . M . has never opened Prov . Grand Lodge ; he only attends the annual meeting , and then seldom arrives until the business is concluded , with the exception of the investment of the new Prov . Grand Officers . Had
he been present at the last annual Prov . Grand Lodge in time to hear , and , if necessary , to take part in the discussion of the code of regulations then submitted , there Avould most probably have been no occasion for his letter threatening to resign , and we should no doubt have escaped the unpleasant consequences likely to arise from the recent proceedings . Trusting that you will continue to watch the constitution of the proposed
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Correspondence
CORRESPONDENCE
THE PROVINCE OF WEST YORKSHIRE . TO THE EDITOR OF THE PEEEMASONS' MAGAZINE AND MASONIC MER . ROE . "Worshipful Sir and Brother , —The letter addressed to you by the D . Prov . G . M . of West Yorkshire contains many opinions which differ widely from those entertained by a large number of the Masoris of the province ; but as you are well able to defend the position you have taken up in the matter , I do not propose to interfere in the discussion at present , further than to see , as far as I am able , that the facts are fairly stated which are used against your arguments ;
[ The Editor does not hold Mmself responsible for any opinions entertained hy [ Correspondentsr . ] .
I do not know who sent you the report of the proceedings of the last annual meeting , held in April , at Huddersfield ; but I find it therein stated , that the code of regulations then submitted to Prov . Grand Lodge was passed with slight alterations . Now , these alterations were found to be so important , as to cause a letter to be written by the Prov . G . M ., threatening to resign , and a Prov . Grand Lodge of emergency to be summoned to consider that letter . The said report estimates the number of Brethren present at the last annual meeting at a very different figure to that stated by the D . Prov . G . M .
Your first leading article on Provincial Grand Lodges contained some well-founded objections to the custom of holding them under the banner of private Lodges , and amongst others the expenses thereby thrown upon the private Lodges . Our D . Prov . G . M . argues in his letter in favour of the custom , and asserts that the Prov . Grand Lodge of West Yorkshire always pays its own expenses . You will , therefore , hardly be prepared to
hear that the honour of receiving the visits of the Prov . Grand Lodge of West Yorkshire is not sought after by some of our private Lodges , owing to the expenses attendant thereupon ; sometimes , however , Prov . Grand Lodge invites itself , and then the private Lodge has no escape . Some Lodges have been seriously crippled by the expenses thus thrown upon them , and others have felt their payment to be a grievous burden ,,
With regard to our Prov . G . M ., those who have attended our Prov . Grand Lodges cannot fail to have noticed that , for many years past , the Prov . Cr . M . has never opened Prov . Grand Lodge ; he only attends the annual meeting , and then seldom arrives until the business is concluded , with the exception of the investment of the new Prov . Grand Officers . Had
he been present at the last annual Prov . Grand Lodge in time to hear , and , if necessary , to take part in the discussion of the code of regulations then submitted , there Avould most probably have been no occasion for his letter threatening to resign , and we should no doubt have escaped the unpleasant consequences likely to arise from the recent proceedings . Trusting that you will continue to watch the constitution of the proposed