A Masonic Votes Association For London.

A Masonic Votes Association for London .

MORE than one attempt has been made to form in the metropolis an association having for its object the organisation of the voting power for the three Masonic Charities . Whether the Londoner , unlike his provincial brother , possesses no spirit of clanship , or that London is too huge to admit of that concentration of effort necessary for the purpose , remains a question , but certain it is that the votes for London candidates are often wasted on

cases which have no chances of success . The Jubilee Masters' Lodge , membership of which , as our readers are aware , is restricted to Masters and Past Masters of London lodges , is obviously a representative body and eminently qualified to undertake the task of regulating the disposition of the votes of London brethren . In a circular recently issued , the joint Secretaries , Bros . Algernon L . Collins and Alfred F . Robbins have set forth the reasons

for the formation of such an association , from which we extract the following : — " It is well known that almost all the provinces , through a committee of the Provincial Grand Lodge , organize their voting power , so that cases supported by them are , in nearly every instance , successful on the lirst application , whereas ,

at present , London as a whole is sadly lacking in such organization , and , in consequence , the London votes are often wasted or , through inadvertence , misapplied . To remedy this , the Jubilee Masters' Masonic Votes Association has been formed under the auspices of the Jubilee Masters' Lodge ,

No . 2712 , the members of which are all Masters or Past Masters of London Lodges , and we append a full explanation of its objects and method of working . " Up to the present the Association has supported two cases , viz ., Bro . Charles Henry Theiss , who was elected on

his first application to the Royal Masonic Benevolent Institution in May , 1904 , and Theophilus Jarvis ( a lirst and last chance ) who was elected for the Royal Masonic Institution for Boys in October . " Every London lodge of which any member is a member

of the Jubilee Masters' Lodge is eligible for representation in the Association , and may appoint a representative , not necessarily a member of the Jubilee Masters' Lodge .

" The lodge representatives meet as required , and any representative of an associated lodge may bring forward the case of any member or widow or child of a member of the lodge he represents , and , if the case is a fit and proper one , it is adopted by the votes of those present , each representative being entitled to one vote . If there be more than one

candidate , they are adopted in sequence according to the merits , by the votes of the representatives ; and the Association then , with the assistance of the lodge specially interested , collects the Charity votes , and , after applying those necessary to secure the election of candidate No . 1

applies the balance to the next , and , if any still remain , to No . 3 , and so on . " Each associated lodge is expected to send its votes to the Association , but the individual votes of the brethren are in no way pledged , though they naturally are desired . "The annual subscription is 10 s . fid ., to cover the expenses of printing , stationery , & c . "

Bro. Sadler's Memorials Of The Globe Lodge, No. 23.

Bro . Sadler ' s Memorials of the Globe Lodge , No . 23 .

BRO . HENRY SADLER , the esteemed Grand Tyler and Sub-Librarian of the Grand Lodge of England , is the author of "Some Memorials of the Globe Lodge , No . 23 , of Ancient Free and Accepted Masons of England , with a Sketch of the Origin and History of the Red Apron , " copies of which may now be obtained from his two London

publishers ( Messrs . Warrington and Co . and Spencer and Co . ) , or of any booksellers , for the absurdly small charge of four sliillings pro tern . It is quite likely , however , that the price will be advanced almost immediately , as the volume is tastefully and appropriately bound ( scarlet cloth , gilt ) , and is abundantly illustrated .

The work is of an attractive and instructive character , containing as it does a mass of " out of the way " information not to be met with elsewhere , not only respecting the venerable lodge , but also regarding the origin and early history of the Grand Stewards and other related subjects .

The fact of the records of the " Globe " having been lost for the first seventy years of its existence , does not appear to have been an insuperable difficulty to Bro . Sadler . From other sources he has supplied numerous interesting particulars concerning the lodge and its members during the eighteenth

century , and thus made known to the brethren and students a mass of curious facts of a noteworthy character . It would not be fair to do more than hint at these whilst the book may be subscribed for , but the biographies of distinguished Craftsmen on the register of the lodgeand graphic details

, as to the progress of the Craft generally for nearly two centuries , are special features of the " Memorials , " which are alike valuable and noteworthy . Of its kind the volume is a stii genesis , and cannot fail to be both popular and useful for ordinary and critical members of the Fraternity .

Several prominent brethren were connected with the " Globe" prior to the " Union , " as well as subsequently , to whom Bro . Sadler does justice in his characteristic sketches , and , moreover , gives his opinion on many questions which will be welcome to enquiring and perplexed Craftsmen who have not the opportunities that the author has to acquire

correct information , and are quite in a maze as to not a tew points , which ' are satisfactorily explained in this handsome and attractive volume . Bro . Sadler deserves the thanks of the students for thus putting in a permanent form the facts he has gleaned in

reference to the " Globe Lodge " and the " Red Aprons " generally , and if the sale of the work is in proportion to its merits , the present limited edition will soon be exhausted .

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