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Approaching Elections Of The Royal Masonic Benevolent Institution.
APPROACHING ELECTIONS OF THE ROYAL MASONIC BENEVOLENT INSTITUTION .
The annual general meeting- of the Governors and Subscribers of the Royal Masonic Benevolent Institution will be held at Freemasons' Tavern on Friday , the 19 th inst ., when , after the regular business has been transacted , a poll will be opened for the election of candidates to fill the vacancies that have occurred during the past 12 months . For the
MALE FUND the vacancies to be competed for are 15 in number , namely , 12 immediate and three deferred , while the number of approved applicants is 60 . Of this number London furnishes 14 and the Provinces and a District Abroad the remaining 46 , the London candidates being as follow , namely : No . 13 , who brings forward 202 votes from three previous ballots ; No . 20 , who is
now making his third attempt with the substantial array of 755 votes already in hand to help him ; No . 24 , who was a candidate last year for the first time and has to his credit 369 votes ; and Nos . 40 , 42 , 43 , 44 , 47 , 51 , 52 , 53 , 54 , 56 , and 58 . The Provincial candidates include five from Devonshire and five from North and East Yorkshire , four each from Kent , Lancashire
( East Division ) , and Warwickshire ; three from Cornwall and the same number from West Yorkshire ; two in each case from Durham , Lincolnshire , and Sussex ; while the following send each a single candidate , namely : Cambridgeshire Dorsetshire , Essex , Gloucestershire , Herts , West Lancashire , Middlesex , Norfolk ' , Northumberland , Notts , and Staffordshire , the
other being from the District of Bombay . The North and East Yorkshire include No . 1 on the list whose name has been before the Governors for 11 years , but who has only a small array of 96 votes in hand ; No . 4 , who has 84 votes to the good from six previous ballots ; No . 5 , who enleis upon his sixth contest for a vacancy with 157 votes to his credit , and Nos . 32 and 45 , who
are new candidates . The Devonshire brethren stand in the following order on the list : No . 3 , a nine-year-old applicant , who starts with 1 So votes to the good from his eight previous attempts ; No . 6 , who has 118 votes in hand from five contests ; No . 7 , who has been before the voters for five years , yet has only 36 votes to help him at this election ; No . o , who has four voles in
hand from three elections ; and No . 23 , who brings forward 106 votes from the 1892 election . It cannot be said in respect of these candidates from Devonshire that they have been overwhelmed with support at any of their previous ballots . The Kentish four are No . 14 , who has made two attempts to win ail annuity , and in doing so has scored onl y 36 votes ; and Nos . 41 , 49 ,
and 50 , who are new cases ; the four from East Lancashire arc all of them new , and rank on the list as Nos . 28 , 34 , 38 , and 57 ; while the Warwickshire four comprise No . 15 , who has 47 votes to the good ; No . 27 , who brings forward 30 votes from last year ; and Nos . 46 and 60 . The three Cornish candidates arc Nos . 19 and 22 , with 19 votes and eight votes
respectively to their credit , and No . 59 ; while the West Yorkshire trio are all new cases , and will be found at Nos . 35 , 3 6 , and 37 . Of the two Durham brethren , No . 10 has 52 votes in hand , and No . 16 none , though his name has been on the list at two previous elections . Lincolnshire is responsible for No . 8 , who starts with 14 voles , and No . iS , who has 16 S votes to his
crcdit ; and the Sussex applicants are Nos . 26 and 30 , of whom the former was on last year's list , while the latter is now about to make his first trial . 1 he Cambridgeshire brother ( No . 11 ) , who is m his 79 th year , and has claims 0 " Northants and Hunts and Leicestershire and Rutland—of both of which be is a P . P . G . Officer—as well as on his mother Province , brings forward 561
votes , and the Northumberland applicant , whose name has been on the list for 10 years , and who ranks as No . 2 , has 251 votes to his credit ; but the remaining brethren are cither new cases or have derived but little benefit
'rom their previous candidature , so that they virtually start level . There ¦ lie , indeed , only three or lour , whose votes brought forward are sufficiently numerous to influence their chances of success at the approaching election . I'or the election to the
WIDOWS' FUND lere are 10 annuities to be competed for , namely , seven immediate and three deferred , while the number of candidates is 55 . Here , again , London ur'iishes 14 of the latter , while the Provinces and Districts Abroad send up " •'' the London cases are as follow : No . 1 , who has been on the list for
3 years , and brings forward 353 votes as the result of her 12 previous oris ; No . 14 , who is preparing for a sixth contest , and who has 825 votes 'er credit to help heron the way ; No . 17 , who is still better circumstanced , s » e brings forward 1144 votes from her previous ballols ; No . 19 , who has votes
m hand from the same number of attempts ; No . 20 , who ought ecure a vacancy , if her friends and supporlers exert themselves , as she ids with 1894 votes to the good ; No . 21 , who brings forward 279 votes ; •2 9 i who has stood three previous elections , and has in hand 211 votes ;
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No . 33 , whose husband was a Past Grand Officer , and who brings forward from the 1892 election 1042 votes ; No . 34 , who was also a candidate for the first time last election , and has 951 votes in hand ; No . 3 8 , with 511 votes to the good from May , 1892 ; and Nos . 44 , 45 , 51 , and 53 , who are all o ( them newly placed on the list . The 39 Provincial cases include seven from
Devonshire , of whom No . 6 brings forward 222 votes as the result of the efforts made in her behalf at seven previous contests ; No . 8 , who has been a candidate for the same number of years , and brings forward precisely the same number of votes ; No . 10 , with 122 votes to the good from six previous ballots ; No . 16 , who has only a few votes to the good from four
preceding elections ; No . 30 , who has been a candidate for four years , and will start with 172 votes ; No . 31 , who has already standing to her credit 263 votes from 1892 ; and No . 40 , a new candidate . The following six hail from the Province of Kent : No . 5 , who has been on the list for nine years , and has to his credit 924 votes ; No . 12 , a six-year old applicant , who
brings forward 257 votes ; No . 22 , who starts with 375 votes obtained at four previous ballots ; Nos . 23 and 24 , who have made the same number of attempts , and start with 135 and 673 votes to their respective credits ; and No . 43 , whose name has been accepted since last year ' s election . There are four applicants from East Lancashire , of whom No . 3 has been on the list for in
years , and has accumulated 1 p . that time 227 votes ; No . 3 6 , who made his first essay in 1 S 92 , but without result ; and Nos . 46 and 47 , who are new cases . There are two Cornish candidates—No . 9 , who starts with 35 votes compiled at six previous trials , and No . 28 , who has about the same number in hand from the 1890 , 1891 , and 1892 elections . Of the Cumberland and
Westmorland widows , one , who stands at No . 2 , and has made nine attempts , has 70 votes to her credit , and the other , who ranks as No . 35 , made her debut in 1892 . One of the candidates from Durham ( No . 7 ) began her candidature in 1886 , and brings forward i 7 votes , and the other ( No . 13 ) , who started two years later , has 44 votes to the good . There are two from
Hampshire and the Isle of Wight , of whom No . 4 brings forward 2202 votes from the eight preceding ballots , and with such a start ought to experience little or no difficulty in securing a vacancy ; and No . 15 who has 259 votes to her credit from the last five ballot * The Lincolnshire cases rank as No . 25 , and No . 39 , a new case ; the West Yorkshire as Nos . 37 and 38 , of whom the latter
will start with 511 votes to her credit ; and the two from Abroad are No . 27 , who hails from Turkey , and after four unsuccessful attempts is about lo start on a fifth with 1619 votes to the good , and No . 42 , a new case , from the District of Bengal . There remain the following to be accounted for , namely , No . 11 , from , Bristol , who has been trying without result for live
years ; No . 18 , from Staffordshire , who after four attempts is only a shade better off ; No . 26 , from Essex , who starts with the goodly number of 129 S votes to her credit ; No / gS , from Suffolk , who was a candidate in May , 1892 ; and Nos . 48 ( Norfolk ) , 49 ( West Lancashire ) , 50 ( Berkshire ) , 52
( Dorsetshire ) , 54 ( Jersey ) , and 55 ( Channel Islands ) , who are all of them applicants for the first time . From the foregoing particulars it will be seen that several of the older candidates are very favourably circumstanced by reason of the votes they bring forward from the election of last year .
There are certain other matters concerning the two lists to which attention maybe properly called . It will evidently be the subject of general remark that the approaching election will be the first that has been held for many years at which the male list of candidates has exceeded the widows ' list . This is due principally to the large number of brethren who have
petitioned , and had their cases approved during the past year , while , on the other hand , owing to the greater stringency of the Regulations , and especially to the extension of the maximum age for acceptance from 55 to 60 years , the new widow cases have been comparatively few . Thus out of the 60 cases on the men ' s list , 33 have been approved since the 1892 election ,
while on the widows' list only 17 are new cases . Hence while more than one half of the men's list consists of new cases , less than one-third of the widows ' list is in the same position . As regards the ratio of candidates to vacancies , in the case of the Male Fund it is four to one ; in that of the Widows' Fund it is five-and-a-half to one . What this ratio will prove to be on the day of
the election remains to be seen . The number of vacancies was declared in February , but sundry deaths have occurred since then , and others may occur between now and the 191 I 1 instant . For the full particulars of the several cases we must refer our readers to the lists which are appended to
the voting papers ; but as regards one important point—the length of time for which the male candidates or the late husbands of the widow candidates were subscribing members of a lodge or lodges—we remark that upwards of 50 per cent , in each case had been subscribing members for 20 years and upwards , while in a few instances the number of years exceeds 40 .
We must remind our readers , and especially those among them who are interested in the success of a particular candidate or candidates , that the poll will close precisely at 3 p . m .
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Approaching Elections Of The Royal Masonic Benevolent Institution.
APPROACHING ELECTIONS OF THE ROYAL MASONIC BENEVOLENT INSTITUTION .
The annual general meeting- of the Governors and Subscribers of the Royal Masonic Benevolent Institution will be held at Freemasons' Tavern on Friday , the 19 th inst ., when , after the regular business has been transacted , a poll will be opened for the election of candidates to fill the vacancies that have occurred during the past 12 months . For the
MALE FUND the vacancies to be competed for are 15 in number , namely , 12 immediate and three deferred , while the number of approved applicants is 60 . Of this number London furnishes 14 and the Provinces and a District Abroad the remaining 46 , the London candidates being as follow , namely : No . 13 , who brings forward 202 votes from three previous ballots ; No . 20 , who is
now making his third attempt with the substantial array of 755 votes already in hand to help him ; No . 24 , who was a candidate last year for the first time and has to his credit 369 votes ; and Nos . 40 , 42 , 43 , 44 , 47 , 51 , 52 , 53 , 54 , 56 , and 58 . The Provincial candidates include five from Devonshire and five from North and East Yorkshire , four each from Kent , Lancashire
( East Division ) , and Warwickshire ; three from Cornwall and the same number from West Yorkshire ; two in each case from Durham , Lincolnshire , and Sussex ; while the following send each a single candidate , namely : Cambridgeshire Dorsetshire , Essex , Gloucestershire , Herts , West Lancashire , Middlesex , Norfolk ' , Northumberland , Notts , and Staffordshire , the
other being from the District of Bombay . The North and East Yorkshire include No . 1 on the list whose name has been before the Governors for 11 years , but who has only a small array of 96 votes in hand ; No . 4 , who has 84 votes to the good from six previous ballots ; No . 5 , who enleis upon his sixth contest for a vacancy with 157 votes to his credit , and Nos . 32 and 45 , who
are new candidates . The Devonshire brethren stand in the following order on the list : No . 3 , a nine-year-old applicant , who starts with 1 So votes to the good from his eight previous attempts ; No . 6 , who has 118 votes in hand from five contests ; No . 7 , who has been before the voters for five years , yet has only 36 votes to help him at this election ; No . o , who has four voles in
hand from three elections ; and No . 23 , who brings forward 106 votes from the 1892 election . It cannot be said in respect of these candidates from Devonshire that they have been overwhelmed with support at any of their previous ballots . The Kentish four are No . 14 , who has made two attempts to win ail annuity , and in doing so has scored onl y 36 votes ; and Nos . 41 , 49 ,
and 50 , who are new cases ; the four from East Lancashire arc all of them new , and rank on the list as Nos . 28 , 34 , 38 , and 57 ; while the Warwickshire four comprise No . 15 , who has 47 votes to the good ; No . 27 , who brings forward 30 votes from last year ; and Nos . 46 and 60 . The three Cornish candidates arc Nos . 19 and 22 , with 19 votes and eight votes
respectively to their credit , and No . 59 ; while the West Yorkshire trio are all new cases , and will be found at Nos . 35 , 3 6 , and 37 . Of the two Durham brethren , No . 10 has 52 votes in hand , and No . 16 none , though his name has been on the list at two previous elections . Lincolnshire is responsible for No . 8 , who starts with 14 voles , and No . iS , who has 16 S votes to his
crcdit ; and the Sussex applicants are Nos . 26 and 30 , of whom the former was on last year's list , while the latter is now about to make his first trial . 1 he Cambridgeshire brother ( No . 11 ) , who is m his 79 th year , and has claims 0 " Northants and Hunts and Leicestershire and Rutland—of both of which be is a P . P . G . Officer—as well as on his mother Province , brings forward 561
votes , and the Northumberland applicant , whose name has been on the list for 10 years , and who ranks as No . 2 , has 251 votes to his credit ; but the remaining brethren are cither new cases or have derived but little benefit
'rom their previous candidature , so that they virtually start level . There ¦ lie , indeed , only three or lour , whose votes brought forward are sufficiently numerous to influence their chances of success at the approaching election . I'or the election to the
WIDOWS' FUND lere are 10 annuities to be competed for , namely , seven immediate and three deferred , while the number of candidates is 55 . Here , again , London ur'iishes 14 of the latter , while the Provinces and Districts Abroad send up " •'' the London cases are as follow : No . 1 , who has been on the list for
3 years , and brings forward 353 votes as the result of her 12 previous oris ; No . 14 , who is preparing for a sixth contest , and who has 825 votes 'er credit to help heron the way ; No . 17 , who is still better circumstanced , s » e brings forward 1144 votes from her previous ballols ; No . 19 , who has votes
m hand from the same number of attempts ; No . 20 , who ought ecure a vacancy , if her friends and supporlers exert themselves , as she ids with 1894 votes to the good ; No . 21 , who brings forward 279 votes ; •2 9 i who has stood three previous elections , and has in hand 211 votes ;
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No . 33 , whose husband was a Past Grand Officer , and who brings forward from the 1892 election 1042 votes ; No . 34 , who was also a candidate for the first time last election , and has 951 votes in hand ; No . 3 8 , with 511 votes to the good from May , 1892 ; and Nos . 44 , 45 , 51 , and 53 , who are all o ( them newly placed on the list . The 39 Provincial cases include seven from
Devonshire , of whom No . 6 brings forward 222 votes as the result of the efforts made in her behalf at seven previous contests ; No . 8 , who has been a candidate for the same number of years , and brings forward precisely the same number of votes ; No . 10 , with 122 votes to the good from six previous ballots ; No . 16 , who has only a few votes to the good from four
preceding elections ; No . 30 , who has been a candidate for four years , and will start with 172 votes ; No . 31 , who has already standing to her credit 263 votes from 1892 ; and No . 40 , a new candidate . The following six hail from the Province of Kent : No . 5 , who has been on the list for nine years , and has to his credit 924 votes ; No . 12 , a six-year old applicant , who
brings forward 257 votes ; No . 22 , who starts with 375 votes obtained at four previous ballots ; Nos . 23 and 24 , who have made the same number of attempts , and start with 135 and 673 votes to their respective credits ; and No . 43 , whose name has been accepted since last year ' s election . There are four applicants from East Lancashire , of whom No . 3 has been on the list for in
years , and has accumulated 1 p . that time 227 votes ; No . 3 6 , who made his first essay in 1 S 92 , but without result ; and Nos . 46 and 47 , who are new cases . There are two Cornish candidates—No . 9 , who starts with 35 votes compiled at six previous trials , and No . 28 , who has about the same number in hand from the 1890 , 1891 , and 1892 elections . Of the Cumberland and
Westmorland widows , one , who stands at No . 2 , and has made nine attempts , has 70 votes to her credit , and the other , who ranks as No . 35 , made her debut in 1892 . One of the candidates from Durham ( No . 7 ) began her candidature in 1886 , and brings forward i 7 votes , and the other ( No . 13 ) , who started two years later , has 44 votes to the good . There are two from
Hampshire and the Isle of Wight , of whom No . 4 brings forward 2202 votes from the eight preceding ballots , and with such a start ought to experience little or no difficulty in securing a vacancy ; and No . 15 who has 259 votes to her credit from the last five ballot * The Lincolnshire cases rank as No . 25 , and No . 39 , a new case ; the West Yorkshire as Nos . 37 and 38 , of whom the latter
will start with 511 votes to her credit ; and the two from Abroad are No . 27 , who hails from Turkey , and after four unsuccessful attempts is about lo start on a fifth with 1619 votes to the good , and No . 42 , a new case , from the District of Bengal . There remain the following to be accounted for , namely , No . 11 , from , Bristol , who has been trying without result for live
years ; No . 18 , from Staffordshire , who after four attempts is only a shade better off ; No . 26 , from Essex , who starts with the goodly number of 129 S votes to her credit ; No / gS , from Suffolk , who was a candidate in May , 1892 ; and Nos . 48 ( Norfolk ) , 49 ( West Lancashire ) , 50 ( Berkshire ) , 52
( Dorsetshire ) , 54 ( Jersey ) , and 55 ( Channel Islands ) , who are all of them applicants for the first time . From the foregoing particulars it will be seen that several of the older candidates are very favourably circumstanced by reason of the votes they bring forward from the election of last year .
There are certain other matters concerning the two lists to which attention maybe properly called . It will evidently be the subject of general remark that the approaching election will be the first that has been held for many years at which the male list of candidates has exceeded the widows ' list . This is due principally to the large number of brethren who have
petitioned , and had their cases approved during the past year , while , on the other hand , owing to the greater stringency of the Regulations , and especially to the extension of the maximum age for acceptance from 55 to 60 years , the new widow cases have been comparatively few . Thus out of the 60 cases on the men ' s list , 33 have been approved since the 1892 election ,
while on the widows' list only 17 are new cases . Hence while more than one half of the men's list consists of new cases , less than one-third of the widows ' list is in the same position . As regards the ratio of candidates to vacancies , in the case of the Male Fund it is four to one ; in that of the Widows' Fund it is five-and-a-half to one . What this ratio will prove to be on the day of
the election remains to be seen . The number of vacancies was declared in February , but sundry deaths have occurred since then , and others may occur between now and the 191 I 1 instant . For the full particulars of the several cases we must refer our readers to the lists which are appended to
the voting papers ; but as regards one important point—the length of time for which the male candidates or the late husbands of the widow candidates were subscribing members of a lodge or lodges—we remark that upwards of 50 per cent , in each case had been subscribing members for 20 years and upwards , while in a few instances the number of years exceeds 40 .
We must remind our readers , and especially those among them who are interested in the success of a particular candidate or candidates , that the poll will close precisely at 3 p . m .