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SATURDAY , DECEMBER 22 , 1888 .

Original Correspondence.

Original Correspondence .

" BRO . WOODWARD'S MOTIONS . " To the Editor of the " Freemason . " Dear Sir and Brother , 1 was neither an uninterested nor inattentive listener to the discussion that took place in Grand Lodge on the Sth inst . on Bro . Woodward bringing forward his motion to amend Rule 210 of the Constitutions , and I

have carefully read his letti-r in to-day ' s Freemason . I have m-tacopy before me at the present momtnt of the Constitutions , and therefore I have not the benefit of reference thereto , but I paid great attention to tne remaiks ot Bro . Woodward , as also to those of a brother sitting on the opposite side of the Temple detailing his own experience in support of what the mover had alleged as reasons why the

rule in question should be amended , and I cannot help saying that my sympathies were actively enlisted towards the difficulties and tioubles which both speakers set before the Grand Lodge , as involved in dealing with members whoj in their respective lodges , are in a chronic state of arrears . While quite agreeing with Bro . Pope that all " tinkering " of the Rules of Constitution should be avoided—a point

which Bro . Philbrick took a firm hold of in opposing the amendment—I regret ( and with great respect ) that I cannot follow the last-named learned brother in the analogy which it seemed to me he sought to set up between a brother whose name might be properly struck off ( I submit with great deference ) in his abience , lor non-payment of dues , and the solemn exclusion of a brother guilty oE

un-Masonic conduct or some moral offence ( equally un-Masonic ) , who , of course , before such an extreme course could be pursued , should have the opportunity of rebutting the charges made against him j and I take it that no lodge would be justified in such a case in moving one step towards excluding the member so accused ur . t I it had exhausted every means to bring accust r and atcuw d lace to

face . Every ¦ aster of a lodge , and every Hast Master ( in England , I supp s ^ -, equally , as in ihe ( olonie *) , finds the subject uf _ "dues in anears" the bugbear ol his ) tar of office . It is al * ays the i-ems at which evt-ry Audit Committee , at the close of the lodge year , stun b ' es , and so far as 1 ptrsonall , know , as President of ludgts and chapters for some five or six years , and J-S Trcasuier of cne

lodge for four years , has been m . t by that somewhat doubtful procedure of striking an average , and placing among the " assets" on the balance sheet the item " arrears of dues good , £ . " Nothing but the feeling that " a stranger in the house " rising to speak would have been regarded by my brethren

as savouring ot a spurt of lorwardness , not to say impertinence , prevented my joining in the discussion in Grand Lodge . However , I can effect the same object in , perhaps , a less obtrusive way by taking advantage of your columns , to show Bro . Woodward how we manage these things in the Colonies .