Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1918-10-12

In 1912, the term Of office OF the
| s. c. NJ. was extended by the arbi-
strary adjournment two years. III
1914, the term Of Office was again
extended for two years by fraud and
Il denial OF representation at the
| ballot box, to the opposition candi-
| dates to the present S. c. M. In 1916,
term of Office was again extended
two years by suspension and eXpul-
| sion of an entire jurisdiction, and,
in 1918, further attempt was made
to extend Office two years by passing
q void act to postpone the nineteenth
b. Nj. c. until 1920 as n war meas
4 uro.
! In proof Of the fraud OF the at
| tempted postponement, the S. c. NJ.
iattemptcd to hold b. NJ. G. in New
| York without delegates, in spite Of
their own order OF postponcment in
| January, 1913 to September, 1920.
For six years we have borne these
! unnumbcrcd expressions without re-
dress. We have pctitioncd our
brothers in the spirit Of Friendship,
) Love and Truth only to be rcbuffed
( and answered by repeated injuries
and insults. The contamination OF
the plot to displacc democracy with
ignorance and autocracy was reached
in the attempt of the S. c. NJ. to eN-
tend it's term of Office by postponing
the nineteenth B. NJ. G. until 1920,
| which the Odd Fellows Of America
rose up and resented.
| And pursuant to adjournment Sep
TENDER ., 1918, through their &C
credited representatives, the Odd
Fellows of America met in Biennial
meeting, overthrow kaiserism, de-
| clared themselves a free society and
elected officers to reflect the princi-
pies OF Friendship, Love and Truth
throughout the Notwithstanding
and appreciating at the same time
any fratcrnal tic we may owe to tho
mother Order in England.
We, therefore, the representative
of tho G. U. O. o. e. OF America In
the nineteenth b. NJ. G. assembled.
tappcaling to the Supreme Judge of
the Universe for the rcctitude of our
intentions, do, in the namo Of the
Sovereign Odd Fellow people OF the
United States OF America, solemnly
publish this address, and call on the
members Of tho Order to support and
sustain our actions in the spirit of
Friendship, Love and Truth, that
the principles and policies OF our
tHCltill iIulcIHitS may iiol pSi 10 II
from the earth.
Signed--John S. Noel, G. NJ,
Montgomery, w. Va; w. r. Francis,
d. G. NJ, 81. Paul, Minn.;' r. ].
: Nelson, G. S., Harrisburg, Pa;
Charles Colburn, G. T., Wilmington,
Del; Grand Directors: w. II. An
tlrcws, Sumter, S. c.; w. p. Kemp,
Detroit, Mich. ]. a. Josey, Madison,
Wis; j. G. Robinson, Knoxville,
Tenn; William Cornelius, New York
City; Grand Auditors: Charles q.
. Mitchell, Institute, w. Va; Isaac n.
, Nutter, Atlantic City, N. j.; r. &c.
Warner, New York City; Grand
Household Officers: Mamie NJ. HALEY
NJ. w. G. s.; Gugenia Henderson, r..
w. G. S.; Ola NJ. Walker, w. G. r.;
Annie Nj. Groom, w. G. r.; Ida Davis
WI. G. D.: Lena Evans, w. G. u;
Mary b. English, w. G. c.; Lizzie
Rucker, w. G. S.; Annie Freeman,
w. G. p.
We invoke the gracious favor Of
! Almighty God and the considerate
Judgment OF mankind on our con-
duct.
! Signed and subscribed to this 9th
day Of September in the year OF our
Lord, 1918, Manhattan Casino, New
! York City.
Perry w. Howard, Chairman; w.
IT Francis and Charles E. Mitchell,
Secretaries.