Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1880-06-18
TOTAL ABSTINENCE.

Second Day of the Annual Convention OF
the Catholic Temperance Union-Amend-
ments to the Constitution Old Officers
acknowledgements COlOnists-C County
Society Miscellaneous.
The convention reassembled 1t 8 A. M. yester
day, and after prayer by Father Stanley of st.
Paul. proceeded to business.
The committee on the address to Bisho p
Grace made its report, which was accepted.
On motion of j. j. Donovan of Minneapolis,
the delegates of this Union were instructed to
cast their votes in favor of making the National
Union union of Unions if represented by Un-
ion delegates. Some opposition was made but
the motion was carried by vote of 45 ayes to
% nays.
The committee on proposed constitutional
amendments and bylaws reported in favor of
all the amendments proposed, the main features
of which were as follows:
Amend article of the constitution, so as to
increase the annual assessment from ten to
twelve cents for each and every member in
good standing.
Amend article 5, 80 as to make all county
presidents of societies ex oficio vested with all
| the powers and privileges of delegates.
Three or four unimportant changes were
| made in the bylaws, SO as to make them lcon-
| form to the constitution.
Mr.. Reardon, of st. Paul, called the atten.
| ton of the convention to the fact that in few
| days a number of families from Connemara
| Ireland, would arrive in this country. 1t
| would require some 1000 to pay the expense
| of their removal and settlement, and as only
| about 81, 600 had been raised SO far, some steps
should be taken to assist Bishop Ireland in this
charitable work. He suggested that subscrip-
| tion should be opened in this convention. All
| those who had let whisky alone for the past
eight or ten years were able to contribute some
| thing.
Rev. Father Cotter moved that Mr. Reardon
be committee of one to solicit such subscrip-
| tions.
Rev. Father McGolrick stated that gentle
man in Minneapolis was willing to contribute
two acres of land adjoining the city valued at
$1,000, to be disposed of by tickets, and raf1ed
for, the proceeds to go to the colonists.
| After some further discussion the whole
matter was laid on the table to be taken up
| when the regular business of the convention
| was disposed of.
The convention then proceeded to the cleo
tion of officers for the ensuing year, which re-
suited in the reelection of all the old officers
as follows:
Spiritual Director-Rev. j. B. Cotter, of
Winona.
President-Wm. OMulcahy, of Faribault.
First Vice President-Martin Ring, of Min
neapolis.
| Second Vice President-Cornelius Horrigan,
| of WinOna.
Secretary-J. q. Nightingale. of Faribault.
TreasuSer-Thos. McDermott. of Faribault.
While the votes were being counted on the in
formal ballot for President the reports of the
committees on address to the cadets and the
young men wereread and adopted.
| The secretarv DresentPd hia animal renOrt
| showing that seven societies had been admitted
during the past year and three have been dis
| banded. The membership reported last year
was 1853 against 2, 447 this year, a loss of sc.
There are 78 societies belonging to the union,
| of which twenty-nine had sent in no report,
| and were not represented at the convention.
| The invitation of Col. McCrory, president of
| the Lyndale railway, for the delegates to make
an excursion to Lake Calhoun, was accepted
The question of the next place for holding
| the annual convention. coming up Mr.. Cunnig-
| ham extended a cordial invitation for
| it to meet at Winone, which
was warmly seconded by Father Ootter, and on
| motion Winopa was selected unanimously.
The Winona society was empowered to elect
| the sergeant-at-arms of the mex convention.
The gold medal was awarded to the st. Joseph
| Society of Lakeviile, for the largest ratio of
membership during the past year, which was
presented by Mr.. John Woods in very neat
appropriate ana eloquent speech.
| The cadet society of Saltwater also received
| silver medal.
The treasurer presented his annual report,
which was as follows:
Balance on hand at last convention. $12O 80
Received from secretary for PER capita
and initiation fees .................. 2I7 %
Total. 1887 go
Disbursed as per vouchers ... 286 Is
| Balance on hand 8 4S 95
| The report was referred to the auditing COM
mite, who reported it correot
| Pending the selection of county presidents,
| the convention took a recess until P. H., to
enable the delegates to obtain their dinner, and
enjoy the excursion to Lake Calhoun, both of
which, it is needless to say, were greatly en-
joyed.
| AFTERNOON SESSION