The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-08-28
U. B. F. and S. M. I.
GRAND LODGE
OMAHA, NEBRASKA.
tuesday Morning.


The Right Worthy Grand Temple
OF the state of Missouri n jurisdic-
ton opened its S2d annual session in
the city of Omaha, Neb. The session
was largely attended and there being
more than 600 delegates present.
The most interesting feature of the
morning session was the splendid
scholarly annual message of the Grand
Princess, Sister Ida l.. Garnett, to the
officers and members of the Grand
Temple. Each year since the admin
istration of this able woman began
the delegates of this Grand Body have
looked forward, with happy anticipa-
ton, to the reading of this message;
but upon this occasion the Grand Prin-
cess excelled herself in the produc-
ton of this splendid address. Not
only was it a masterpiece in oratory,
but it was pregnant with good whole
some advice by which every delegate
who heard it might profit if properly
digested.
The Grand Princess also made her
report of the work done at the Ma
tional Grand Temple. In this she was
assisted by the Grand Secretary and
the Grand Vice Princess, second and
third delegates to the National Grand
Temple. The records were very &C
curate and pleasing in every respect,
showing that the delegates had been
present at every session and had paid
strict attention to every item of the
work. Echoes from the National
Grand Temple were heard from Sis
tiers Williams, Coleman, Cliff and Mix
itye Berry.
After the hall had been dedicated to
the use of the Grand Temple and the
committee on rules had made a par
tial report, the meeting adjourned for
the morning.
Tuesday Afternoon.
The Forty-fifth Annual Grand SEES
sion of the United Brothers of Friend
ship and the Thirty-second Annual
Grand Session of the Sisters of the
Mysterious Ten of Missouri and Juris-
diction opened in the courthouse yes
terday morning at 10 o'clock. The
Brothers are holding their session in
the cour room and are being presided
over by DR.. ]. T. CASTOR of. st. Louis,
Mo, Grand Master, and the Sisters
are being presided over by Mrs. Ida
L. Garnett, of Macon, Mo, Grand Prin-
cess, in the cour room on the same
floor with the brothers, but across the
hall. Over 1000 delegates from Mis-
souri,, Kansas and Nebraska are in at
tendance. AT 2 o'clock p. M, a public
JOINT session was held, at which time
welcome addresses were delivered to
an audience that filled the room 10
overlooking and hundreds were turned
away. The delegates are being housed
and entertained in the homes of the
Negroes of Omaha and their every
need is being looked after by a local
committee composed of the members
of the local subordinate organizations
of the Order. The delegates pay $1.OO
per day for board. The sessions will
last until Saturday and it is estimated
that they will spend not less than
$4,000 while here.
The mayors address of welcome by
Mayor Dahlman had the right ring
and there were times that the audi
ence went wild with applause. He
said in part:
Ladies and Gentlemen: A month
ago the local committee called on me
to see if they could get this auditor
tum to hold this convention in.
said: You want to remember, the
auditorium holds a great many people
and if you are not able to fill it you
will be disappointed. One of the la
dies of that committee said, I'VE ex-
pect a thousand delegates" When
she made this statement l backed up
a little bit; but permit me to say that
1t has been my privilege to welcome
many conventions but l have never
welcomed one whose attendance
equalled yours. 1t shows not only to
NE but to the people l represent that
this organization is built on a solid
foundation that will grow because it's
motives are good. This great organi-
zation must stand for good or it would
fall.
l am proud of the city of Omaha
situated on the banks of the great Mis-
souri, river, which is destined to be
one of the greatest cities of the
world, built by the best people you
have eVer seen. The schools, colleges,
churches, homes and business estab-
lishments, everything were built by
Christian people. Omaha, the great
gateway to the West opens into a ter
ritory estimated by experts to have
room to accommodate a million peo-
pie and l extend an invitation to the
young men and women OF your race
to come and take their part in the
raising of civilization a little bit high
er. Some day the words which fall
from my lips will come true. Right
by our door the Missouri river laced
by the natural hand-the hand of God
flows in it's majestic way. He
placed it there for the benefit of the
masses and with the artificial hand or
the h~andiwork of man, this great river
will develop into the cheapest trans
portation in the world.
When l was given the opportunity
TO bid you welcome / was expected to
do so with the warmest words | could
command coming from the heart. In
all my political campaigns, your peo-
pie have come nearer standing like 2
stone wall behind my election thai