Proceedings of the Grand Lodge of Illinois - University Library

346 JOURNAL OF PROCEEDINGS [ Vv, -^I^ic
I Xtov. 18. 1913.
Answer.— I think it would be lawful for a Subordinate Lodge to
enact such a by-law.
Dec. 85. Question.—What is the penalty for a Lodge taking a
candidate who resides within the jurisdiction of another Lodge without
obtaining permission?
Answer.—That depends to some extent on your local law, which
you have not furnished me. The general rule is that no person can
be admitted to membership in a Lodge other than the one nearest
his residence without the consent of such nearest Lodge. Busbee's
Digest, 907. The punishment for this offense isi the forfeiture to
the Lodge having jurisdiction of the initiation and degree fees and
of all dues received from said member while he shall retain his
membership in such Lodge. See Report 137 of Committee on Legis-
lation, 1906 Journal, pp. 777 and 784.
Dec. 86. Question.—Can a man of Arabian blood, become an Odd
Fellow?
Answer.—Yes, if he is of the pure white Caucasian race. 1858
Journal 2698, 2948, 2973. JTnder the tables of Ethnology contained
in TV Nelson's Encyclopedia, 491-494, I find that under the head of
Caucasians, the Semitic races are included and divided as follows1
:
(1) Jocktanides: Proto-Arabs (Minaeans, Sabaeans, Himyarites,
Abyssinians.) (2) Ishmaelites: Nomad Arabs. (3) Assyrians: Chal-
deans. (4) Aramaeans: Syrians, H.ittites (?), 'Nestorians.' (5)
Canaanites: Israelites, Moabites, Amorites, Idumaeans, Philistines,
Phoenicians, Carthaginians. I therefore hold that an Arabian of pure
blood is a pure white Caucasian and entitled to membership in our
Order.
Dec. 87. Question.—Can an Odd Fellow Lodge lease its hall to
another order or society that uses beer as a drink at its banquets or
suppers?
Answer.—I do not know of any law of the Sovereign Grand Lodge
that would prevent it. It would cease to be an Odd Fellows' Lodge
room during the time the other order or society was using it.
Dec. 88. Statement.—A husband's application for initiation into
a Subordinate Lodge has been favorably balloted upon, but before he
has been initiated his wife is induced by members of the Rebekah
Lodge in the same city to make application for initiation into the
Rebekah Lodge, under the belief that the husband will be initiated
into the Subordinate Lodge.
Question.—Is the wife a member of the Rebekah Lodge, and if
so what ought the Grand Master to advise in the premises in respect
to the status of the wife?