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Article THE GRAND REGISTRAR AND PARTY TACTICS. ← Page 2 of 6 →
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The Grand Registrar And Party Tactics.
men of various opinions were invited to attend . The meeting was publicly talked about at the festival of the Girls School on the evening prior to its being held , and wc have no doubt that all that took p lace was as publicly known on tho evening of tho meeting . Be that as it may , in the Sunday edition of the Era of the 15 th instant there
appeared what purported to be a report of the proceedings from a correspondent , containing statements so utterly at variance with the truth , that it could only have been conceived with the basest of motives and to lay tho foundation of a party resolution in Grand Lodge ; and accordingly on Wednesday last Bro . Whitmore gavo notice of the following motion : —
" Thafc the Grand Lodge is desirous of expressing its regret that the Grand Ecgistrav should consider it consistent with his duty to tlio Craft , o 1 which he is the authorized legal adviser , to organize a party movement for the purpose of securing the election of certain brethren as members of the Board of General rnrposes . "
We do not accuse Bro . Whitmore of having written tho notice which appeared in the Era ( and which we regret did not come to onr knowledge in time for us to contradict it last week ) , but we do accuse him oi having allowed himself to be made the cat's-paw of those who did , and that without due inquiry into its truth . We regret much that Bro . Whitmore should by party prejudices havo allowed himself to
have been so misled ; and must again express our surprise that a notice of such a nature , assuming as true a charge against the Grand Registrar or any other brother , should have been permitted to have been received ( much less to be printed and circulated ) until the brother so charged had had time to vindicate his conduct . If there be just
cause of complaint , there is existing a proper tribunal before which it should bo brought ; but , from our own knowledge , wo are enabled distinctly to assert that it is founded upon an entire misconception ; and we are equally certain that its being brought before Grand Lodge can lead to no satisfactory result , but be productive only of an
acrimonious and useless discussion , wasting the time of Grand Lodge , and withdrawing attention from more important business . With the agenda paper of business for tho coming quarterly communication on the 1 st June , the Grand Secretary has issued tho following notice which he has received
;" I . require that you do not allow the notice of motion given by Bro . Whitmore , which I consider to be a scandalous attack upon me , to go forth to the Craft without being accompanied by my declaration that it assumes that ivhich is utterly untrue . ( " Signed ) FJUXCIS ROXBURGH , Grand Registrar . " A o . 12 , New Square , Lincoln ' s Inn , Man IM , 1859 . "
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The Grand Registrar And Party Tactics.
men of various opinions were invited to attend . The meeting was publicly talked about at the festival of the Girls School on the evening prior to its being held , and wc have no doubt that all that took p lace was as publicly known on tho evening of tho meeting . Be that as it may , in the Sunday edition of the Era of the 15 th instant there
appeared what purported to be a report of the proceedings from a correspondent , containing statements so utterly at variance with the truth , that it could only have been conceived with the basest of motives and to lay tho foundation of a party resolution in Grand Lodge ; and accordingly on Wednesday last Bro . Whitmore gavo notice of the following motion : —
" Thafc the Grand Lodge is desirous of expressing its regret that the Grand Ecgistrav should consider it consistent with his duty to tlio Craft , o 1 which he is the authorized legal adviser , to organize a party movement for the purpose of securing the election of certain brethren as members of the Board of General rnrposes . "
We do not accuse Bro . Whitmore of having written tho notice which appeared in the Era ( and which we regret did not come to onr knowledge in time for us to contradict it last week ) , but we do accuse him oi having allowed himself to be made the cat's-paw of those who did , and that without due inquiry into its truth . We regret much that Bro . Whitmore should by party prejudices havo allowed himself to
have been so misled ; and must again express our surprise that a notice of such a nature , assuming as true a charge against the Grand Registrar or any other brother , should have been permitted to have been received ( much less to be printed and circulated ) until the brother so charged had had time to vindicate his conduct . If there be just
cause of complaint , there is existing a proper tribunal before which it should bo brought ; but , from our own knowledge , wo are enabled distinctly to assert that it is founded upon an entire misconception ; and we are equally certain that its being brought before Grand Lodge can lead to no satisfactory result , but be productive only of an
acrimonious and useless discussion , wasting the time of Grand Lodge , and withdrawing attention from more important business . With the agenda paper of business for tho coming quarterly communication on the 1 st June , the Grand Secretary has issued tho following notice which he has received
;" I . require that you do not allow the notice of motion given by Bro . Whitmore , which I consider to be a scandalous attack upon me , to go forth to the Craft without being accompanied by my declaration that it assumes that ivhich is utterly untrue . ( " Signed ) FJUXCIS ROXBURGH , Grand Registrar . " A o . 12 , New Square , Lincoln ' s Inn , Man IM , 1859 . "