The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-10-23
ROOSEVELT'S NEGRO GUEST
THE PRESIDENTS ACTION Jt
 WARMLY ENDORSED.
American Missionary Association nj It's Annual Meeting Publicly Uphoids and Approves the Entertaining of House Passed Without a Dissenting Votce.


 Chicago, Oct. 22.--Presldent Roose- velt's action in entertaining Booker T. Washington, the noted colored edu- eator. at the white house. was upheld and publicly approved by the American Missionary association. which opened its fifty-tffth annual meeting to- day at the First Congregational church at Oak Park. The matter had been a common topic of conversation among the delegates to the convention throughout the day, the societies prom inent in the education of the negro mak- ing the matter of unusual interest. Additional importance was lent to the affair from the fact that Booker T.. Washington is protege of the associa- tion He received his first assistance In securing an education from the asso- citation and the impetus and encourage ment thus given him in his youth has often been acknowledged by him as the basis of the eminence he now enjoys.
 The afternoon session had slipped away before the sentiment of the del egates crystallized into action and the matter was taken up by the business committee. Before they had formulat- ed suitable resolutions the session had adjourned and action was postponed until the evening meeting which, 1t had been planned, was to have been en- tirely taken up with a sermon and the communion service. The matter was deemed however, of sufficient import ance. for a change In the programme. When the meeting convened in the evening Thomas c. MacMillan of Chi cago, one of the lay delegates, arose and on behalf of the business committee presented the following resolution:
 'The American Missionary associa- tion of Congregational churches at it's fftv-ffth annual meeting held in Oak Park. H., Tuesday evening, October 22. 1901. desires to express its cordial ap- proval of the act of President Roosevelt in entertaining at the White house re- gently Booker T. Washington, a justly honored representative of his people, thus Ignoring race prejudice publicly and officially reafflrming the equal rights of American citizenship and em- phasizing the principle of brotherhood revealed by our great Examplar ana Master even Christ"
 The resolution caused some fiutter among the congregation who were not aware of the change in programme. but if was adopted without dissenting voice and with manifest approval.
 The same matter received attention from Rev. s. Parkes Cadman of Brook lvn. who delivered the evening sermon. Referring to the incident, he said::
 "We cannot shut out from the inclu- siye meanings of the blessed evangel, any single child of the race, and we re- ioice in the courage of our chief magis- trate. who receives at the executive mansion of this nation a distinguished son of our African citizenship who is also an apostle of the principles for which I am pleading.
 'There is scarcely monstrous para dox in this social order of to-day which cannot be traced to the refusal of man to link every other man with the eff1- cient causes of the kingdom of God and the failure to look upon him as broth CT in Christ and to estimate him by the law of Christian comity.'