Daily globe., 1883-06-15
TOTAL ABSTINENCE,
CLOSE or THE CAT8OLTC CONYEy-
TEON 1T E,4ETB4UET
Election of Officers for the Ensuing Year
Interesting Routine Work-The Annual
Address OF President Eonan.
Especial Telegram to the Globe !

report OF the records of the various So
cieties and the medal was awarded to the
st. Canice society, of Shieldsville. The
cadet medal was awarded to the Mime
apols cadets.
The convention then proceeded to the
election of delegates to tho national con-
vention to be held at Brooklyn, n. Y, in
August. Revs. James McGolruth, John
Stanley, j. Murphy and Messrs. j. II.
Nightingale and T. M. Bohan were nomi-
mated on an informal ballot. Fathers Nc
Golruth and Stanley and J. H. Nightin-
gale received the majority of votes and
the other contestants withdrawing their
election was made unanimous.
The election of state president was the
next business in order, Mr.. L. M. Bohan, of
Minneapolis, the present incumbent, and
Mr.. Albert Scheller, of Hastings, being the
candidates. The most spirited debate of
the convention took place over this cleo
ton, the claiJas of Mr.. Bohan being elo-
quently presented by Mr.. c. B. Stanley, of
st. Paul, who made stirring speech which
was continually interrupted by long and
loud applause. Mr.. Scheller's suit was also
very ably sustained, and an informal
vote stood Scheller seventy nine, Bohan
forty six. A subsequent vote by delega-
tions elected Scheller by ninety -four votes
to forty-six for his opponent, and his cleo
ton was made unanimous. Rev. p. Dercky
nominated J. McGrath, of Minneapolis as
first vice president and he was unanimous
ly elected, as was also Mr.. VIM. Dowlan, of
ST. Paul, for second vice president. Mr.
Nolan, of st. Paul, was elected secretary
and Mr.. Dennis Doyle. Doyle P O., treas
urer.
The county presidents were then nomi-
mated and elected.
The secretary and treasurer read their
| reports for the past year showing fifty
seven societies on the roll and the finances
in good condition. The committee on
| amendments to the constitution made its
report recommending several changes,
| notably one that the president and spirit
ual director of each society shall be ex-
officio delegates and that besides these
each society may elect one delegate for
each twenty five members or fraction
thereof. Several other committees then
reported, that on ''The address to young
people, as follows:
ADDRESS TO YOUNG MEN.
To the Catholic young men of this North
Star state
At this, our twelfth annual convention,
it is proper that we say few words to our
young men.
A young man just starting in life may
be likened to ship that has never tried
the waves and storms, as it first leaves the
port.
When ship leaves the port for the first
time the trials and hardships that it will be
called upon to encounter are unknown to
| s commanders. If, after the ship has
been in the water for some time. some &C.
cident should occur, it only serves to make
the builders more careful about their work
in the future. So it is with young men
who are just starting in life. Our futures
are unknown to US. Everything
may go on smoothly for while, but there
| are pending difficulties, bnt unseen by US,
from the time that we first leave the era
die till we are called from the scene of ac-
tion, there will be adverse winds to battle
against. Take the little child, for instance,
| and if you watch him closely day by day
you will observe that his tumbles are nu-
| merous and to him they are just as great
as are the trials of older persons. Follow
| that child up and you will see that there
| are numerous difficulties which he has to
encounter before he reaches desired OBJ
ject. When young man leaves home and
friends and the influence of parents and
superiors, then indeed, if ever, adve-sity
will present itself in its numerous phases.
He will have difficulties to encounter
which, though they may seem trivial to
older persons, will call for no small
amount of perseveriDg and self-reliant ac-
ton; and thus by making perseverance
necessary, he will discipline
his mind and muscles to overcome other
and greater troubles.
Now young friends your pathways may
not all turn to what you wish them to be,
but if you remain true to the teachings of
our total abstinence union, your paths
will sure be strewn with roses. Young
men it is not enough that you come here
and listen to the deliberations of our older
and better tried members, but you must
work yourselves, and let the people in your
respective communities see what you are
doing. Remember that sounds which ad-
dress the ear are lost and die in one short
hour, but that which strikes the eye lives
long upon the mind, the grateful sight en-
graves the blessing with beam of life.
j. F. MCGUIRE,
THOMAS NOLAN,
JOHN CoA1FoRD,
JOHN CARMoDY,
2. J. MORAN,
After some discussion, in which the rela-
tive merits of Saltwater and Minneapolis
as places for holding the next convention
were set forth, vote was taken and Min
neapoIis was chosed by sixty votes to Still
waters twenty-six.
The convention then passed various
complimentary resolutions thanking the
retiring officers and the Faribault COM
mittee of arrangements for their efficiency
and zeal and adjourned sine die.
PRESIDENT BoHAN's ADDRESS.
The following is the annual address of
President Bohan:
Rev. Fathers and Gentlemen of the Con-
vention; Another year has come and gone.
Another link of time has been added to
the past history of our union, and in obe |
dience to the call for the twelfth annual |
convention, we have again assembled to |
review the work done during the past year |
and to adopt ways and means for further
action in the promotion of the ennobling
principles of total abstinence. The re-
ports that my brother officers will present i
to you will show that amid the stormy sea