The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1907-04-04

ttnatSWe mad been ignored But we
ere men, and by the support Of our
state we intend to stand for the
rlght;"and IS We see it. it would be
wise TO unite. pell me what right we
nave 70 vote on. any measure, that
1ad Deen planned by the Supreme
Committee hand and was settled nm
on in New York City, and every mem
Der of'th committee voted upon the
articles to settle except the name and
else to settle except the name; and
mat is towbe settled at our Supreme
session, And as men will stand for
the right In Maryland, and will not
accept anything only wait for that re.
port 3of the supreme Committee in
NeWburne, N. G., and we shall pray
to God TO unite these Supreme
Lodges as one, and report the same
TO Louisville, Ky, and sail home u n.
der one banner / -. .l#, y 80. =
Grand Chancellor and Supreme
Chancellor, officers and members: Il
:. YOU call nae Chief OF Staff. Do r
deserve such Hhonor after twenty long
years, travelling through the Eastern
Hemisphere, and have proven myself
man and have handled oyer athou-
dred thousand dollars, belonging to-
Won all, and without one flaw of dis
satisfaction. If there is one who can
say otherwise let him stand forth.
1ou are silent I see. Don't let me
stop your amusement; perhaps I was
playing the part of eavesdropper, but
1FAave a purpose in view, that I have
not as yet accomplished to my salts
faction. Can you guess what it is?
II, will not be Satisfied until the dark
shadows have been removed, and our
oppresor shall fall, and one brother
hood shall reign all over this country
from the Atlantic to, the Pacific under
one banner. .. .-. ~ ~.
=t$Dear Brethern: I am glad to be
with you on this noble occasion, and
hope each heart is aiming after the
right thing, and that Is consolidation.
F. In union there Is strength and divi-
ded we: must fall; but hope every
heart Is pure and true to the obliga-
tiqns.-~~ Z acknowledge there is some
OF us like the fowl OF the barn yards
and some OF lis are like tht Lily
White Swan that floats upon the pla-
cid waters. The. swan is generally
successful In its efforts, but the fowl
Is not SO. When the young is first
born, they all seem to appreciate him
greatly! The older ones seek to feed
these first born and teach them to
gain their strength but rs soon as
they gain their strength and feel 1t
their duty to show intelligence, thew
are not able to get into'the bough of
the tree and spread thtir wings in
the beautiful sunlight of the day, as
the older ones, but they get upon
some little stage Of action, about the
yard, and make an attempt to crow.
When the old JEALOUS one hears his
VOICE. he rnGhes to the ground with
q II Id,
Ia his side, and causes the wound to
bleed, and the younger one feels that
his home - not welcome. and wan
ders outside the gates, and some de-
stroying animal Of the forrest at
midnight passes by and steals him
away. Who is the blame of the loss
or such? This is to you older ones
and leaders Of this great fraternity
| See that you are not guilty Of such a
crime; and II SO stop from this mo-
| ment and ~ say, 81 will no longer
|jstretch arms against the. walls Of this
intelligence, but will aid to bring
about consolidation. for we have no
time to fight among ourselves" If we
| must fight let us fight together, and
prepare to fight our oppressors Let
us be like the Lilly White Swan.
When they are floating In the mid9t
of the breeze If some huntsman
| wounds one Of them the rest do not
| dy higher and rejoice over the fall Of
tht wounded but they drop beneath
them with their strong, white, feath-
| cry wings. and bear them up and on
ward untiT they reach some pond or
brook where they can battle tn cir
wounds and follow on.
| Let us stand hand in hand, true to
each until life shall end. Be like,the
two brothers in the arena in Rome.
| When commanded to fight with 0
swords they drew their weapons and
! displayed sealed; the countersign
| threw down their weapons and re-
fused to defend themselves. Grasped
each others hand and fought steel
to steel against oppressors, and
won the battle, and escaped to, vine-
| clad rocks and set up their Kingdoms
| living there in, splendor. The older
! brother was their major general. and
the younger brigadier, general One
day the younger brother divided the
army and won't back. to war with
Rome. The army being divided, they
| lost their strength and Rome cap
tured them, one army at time, and
cast. them in prison, making slaves
Of them. When they became divided
kthey lost their strength. Do not al
low such weak points to exist among
us.
We are in q great field Of intelli-
| gence and in the land Of the. free and
the home Of the brave. Our fathers
died that we might have equal rights
In this country. We could not stand
here and rejoice some fifty years ago
as we do today. Let us ask some
gray head father what our conditions
were fifty years ago as race in this
country, and they will answer and
say, 1--WE were in pit Of darkness
then blindfolded in ignorance with
| light Of intelligence hid from our