Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1882-02-28
TEMPERANCE WORK.
Bishop Ireland's Salutary Movemsut--.Ad-
dresses by Mr.. Mcclure, Bishop Ireland
and Others

Bishop Ireland's Salutary AIovemsut--.Ad-
and Others.
The Catholic Temperance organization that Is do
ing SO much good work in the temperance field had
another good meeting In Pfeifers hall last evening
Bishop Ireland is never satisfied with these meetings
unless the hall is running over FULL and people have
to be turned away. Hetherefore complained little
last night because few OF the seats In the lower end
of the hall were not filed. To ordinary men the
meeting seemed to be large one, but the bishop
wants them to be more than large ones. He appears
to demand that they shall all be meetings. ire
speetive of the weather. For pleasant night the
meeting would have been large one, but for such
bad night as last night It big meeting, and
the people who went out to 1t did good thing and
set good example.
MIR. INQUIRE.
The first speaker was Mr.. McGuire, of Chicago
president Of the total abstinence society OF
that city. He is an exceedingly pleas
/ ant speaker He scarcely ever raises
his voice above the common, ordinary tone,
but he enuncistes very clearly and precisely, speaks
luently and apparently with perfect ease, in such
kind and pleasant manner that he wins his hearers
right to him at once.
1t is difficult to give much Of an idea of what he
said for the reason that most of it was made up of
interesting incidents told of persons of whom
had been conquered by the allurements of intem-
perance and fallen never to rise again. and of others
who, by great exeron, had restrained themselves in
time to avoid drunkards grave. considerable
portion of his remarks directed to the effort to
show that the man who drank moderately was the
a man, for while he was claiming that ne did not
drink much and could stop whenever he had a mind
TO the habit habit was gradually ana surely ay
fastening itself not hin and MD In
ceit in the belief that he could stop wherever he
pleased protected him from all argument. His hab-
its and practices end example are all pernicious and
productive of nothing but evil. He is on the road
to ruin and is allowing others to go into the same
path To illustrate and enforce the point he related
i'll very touching manner number OF incidents
that had come under his observation of young men
VINO had held positions of honor and trust, and
whose prospects life very nattering and full
of hope who had been brought, with their wives and
Children TO want and misery by this habit of drink
lag mildly, practiced under this dreadful and deceit
full notion that the victim could stop drinking when
ever he chose. MIR. McGuire's remarks were re-
ceived with many indications of favor, and when he
resumed his seat these indie .tions broke out into
loud and sincere applause.
FATHER GALLAGHER.
On being introduced by Father Stanley this
speaker began by congatulating the organization on
account of the large number present. 1t was pleas
ant to know that such a hall full of people would
come out under such adverse circumstances. and in
spite of the rain and mud made their way for a con-
siderable distance to attend Temperance meeting
outstanding great deal had been done for
temperance in st. Paul, great deal moro remained
to be done, and ther waa no time to hesitate de-
lay. The temperance cause must go right along
There must be 10 hesitency. or delay or wavering
The great danger to the community, in his opinion
was drunkenness He urged his hearers, with great
force, to practice temperance. He pictured
to his hearers the quiet happy home, the
children, the happy wife, the respect of ones
neighbors and Employer, and contrasted such home
Of temperance, frugality and comfort with the want
grief, sorrow and misery of household whera the
father is Incorporate man. After recapitulatlng
what had been accomplished by the total abstinence
societies, he argued that the work must be pushed
forward it would net do to allow Il to stop where it
is; the constant effort should be 10 agtate
tinually upon this subject.
BISHOP IRELAND
spoke briefly and in his own lnimitabe way,and with
much eloquence of speech urged the cultivation of
public opinion among the Irish people that would
render intemperance disgraceful. He could not IN
dersand why people should not all be in favor of to-
tai abstinence. The desire to drink was of the
greatest Of mysteries to him. He referred to the
vast amount OF money squandered in whisky, and
said that the friends of Ireland had
been ut work for months in the northwest to
raise $250,O1O to send to Ireland while last year
S60000O0 were expended in Irish saloons in the sim
gle city of Chicago. He urged all to join in making
solid army to fight the cause Of temperance through
to successful result. The records of Chicago
showed that 80 per cent of the crime. committed
were traceable to intemperance
The speeches were interspersed with appropriate
songs by Miss Annie Schonarth and Miss Maggie
Gooden which were much applsuded. At the con-
clusion OF Bishop Ireland's remarks all were in.
vited to come forward and sign the pledge and a
good many went up and put down their names, after
which the meeting adjourned.