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SAYS EL PASO TEMPLEHAS ONLY ITSELF10 BLAMEE. L. Mtidlor Klt; turns From Shrlners Conclave ana I olKs Lodge (Mattersp©I*.PfXrphvaofhaofin*nt»©hnorm:EtIttw11©micoletu*COtbtt-iCO«tronItn*trgr.K. L. Medier returned home on No. last night after i(tending tb© me©t-tug of the Ini 1*0rtf*t council «»f the ♦ttirlner* ut St Paul. When aeon this ■korn ng Mr. Mc.lKr stated ilm; the Shrlners who went to St. l'aul from New Mexico, being June* Wilkinson of the* Albuqunrqu© woolen mills, W.C. Porterfield mii 1 A. A bra inn of .Silver City. H J. Lee of Koswvil and W. I) MeForran and Thomas N W1I-kf-raou -.f thl- city all Jia.j a glorious time -•* only N*w Mexico Shrlners can. An mprtonptu reception nan arranged by the New Mexico Shrlners tu tht- Kendall hotel lui Thursday night which attended hy many,ana fl an the exprewU.m* heard from thoer present Mailut A by ad Tcfnpl© titaint tin* d It- reputation Un taking care of v *-tors.\\ h«it he article In luM Monday morning « Journal concerning the K1 Paso Shrine was shown Mr. Medler tnla morning, he nutted that the article I* misleading In many particular* tnit while the Initiation fees In the i« « r*d :re i to w61*** a* a matter ut fa* t tendered to the Albuquerque Mirim yet a part of the foes were refused and the others have not been acted upon filially. uor have the ptir-!•» who were takeu Into the El Paso Temple been selected to membership In the Albuquurqu* Temple, with the excep lon, however of Judge E A. Mann and Churl©* P Down© of Alamogordo.The Albuquerque or New' Mexico Philters regent the nciion of El Paso Tt.mfb In electing to m* mbership In the order person* who live In New | u Mrx'io without any know ledge an l con*«i • of the New Mexico Shrlners. Another matter which la somewhat inUleailltig In the article referred to Is the fact that partiea desirous Of Joining lht. Shrine are put to u con-Uldtrable expense In attending ceremonial sessions at Albuquerque. As u mutter of fact, this can be very easily avoided by the parties being alerted to membership m the Albuquerque Temple and then taking .he degr.e In El Paso upon a waiver 6t Jurisdiction, which Uallut Abynd T* m. pi© has In no case ever refused to give.As to the part of the article headed “HI P;»m» to Scrap '* Mr. Medlar stated that h. believed Uallut A by.id Temple would be fully able to uke cm© of itn Interest* und the In r e re-1* of the Shrlnors «f New Mexico when the next meeting of the Imperial council copvencM »t ilt;oui*vUlt For Kl Paso Temple t*» expect that Ihej could s« * ur© Jurlhillct on over Meslllu valley and the IVei»n \ tiley i*» preposterous. a** this would require h change of th* constitution of the Imperial body.Mi Medler wna sent to St. Paul by Uallut A by ad Tempi© of this city ©specially for the purpos© of handling I jy,, it* »-ai»a against El Muldu Tempi© of yrichSIVI©ai!u(f0lt;'61iA n AttN*P*17Kl Paso, and the grievance commit-tee. before whom the matter was heard, rnult;»* a di antic report to the I ru per lit I coun-dl rrconinieii Mug that Kl Maid.i Tvtitpl© be practically pul out of buxines^, aim this report would I sh undoubtedly have lt»m adopted liy , T* the linpi. ti council hid it not been 6: for the fact that the members be- « ; II© ved that there vr©r© many NohKts cm In I he El Paso Tempi, who were not I mixed up in the taking ln of members 1° unlawfully un a th«t Mu • Vlt;d»U - In- v-nocent lt;»f any wrong doing, *hduld ^ f have an op|a»rtunltv :•* be heard ‘it i the annual m”Mlug if El M ilda IVm- | pi© In December.Mr Medler further sal dr ! ©•While El Paso Shrlner* may bar- ( U bar * on© II feeling toward* Mallut * ! Abyad Tempi* of this city ye; the ’matter r* *-*lv©» Itself d«»wn !«• the I Sifact that the officer* andmrof that tempi© concerned in the tak- 1 *lug In of members who should rightfully Join rhe- tempi* • at Dallas. Phoc- bu nix. City of M* xlcn ami Albuquerque. I ® • clearly violated ih© constitution and I by-laws of th© Imperial council, not ' only In one Instance but ln many and they have only theni«clvc» to blame for the troubU they have brought upon them**!vea, by dlftregurdlng tb©««* laws and -ittemptitig to make law* «*f their own.*EVERTHODT HEADS THE AI--I ■ lf/1 A I.L'IIvvlib
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Albuquerque Citizen
Albuquerque, New Mexico, US
Wed, Jul 22, 1908
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