The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1885-09-11


Scranton 81 societies, 5000 members.
gain of l,9l5, and societies SO recent
, organized as moi yet to be admitted.
: Springfield Union, Is societies of 80
members. 1t has male, ladies and
cadet societies of 493 members not in th
5 Union; total, l9 societies of 1874 member.
} gain OF 1884,
The attack on the ruu.sellers by the priest
of Worcester did good to the movement.
3 st. Paul Union 66 societies, $3.50 mem
bers. gain of $50.
Il Wisconsin. % societies of 900 members
One society is of Indians.
/ Secretary Nolan reported that there wer
639 societies in the Union, that 8S soeietit.
had been admitted aud IS lost The mem
bership was Al 900, gain of l ,l33. Bule
tins issued during the year 10000.
BISHOPS WORDS.
The following letters were read:
Archbishop Gibbons. by his Secretary, ex.
pressed g his entire sympathy with the
movement and his earnest desire that il may
continue to spread and prosper -
Bishop Mcintyre. of Prince Edwards Is
land, assured the convention of g his lively
interest in the movement | cannot best
commend the zeal you have displayed in the
past in your efforts to counteIact the effects
of the liquor traffic and speak for you in tn
| future redoubled ardor and determination
to push on the good work. From within the
ministers Of religion at the present time
have few greater evils 10 contend against
than the vice of intemperance, and in dimiu-
lshing 1t in even the smallest degree you
are doing work most meritious before God
and calculated more than any other TO ad-
vance religion and good order
Bishop Brondel. OF Helena, Montana.
wrote; " May the Union prosper; may
those who have taken the pledge persevere !;
may the members increase may your total
abstinence induce more and more those who
use liquor to become temperate That my
wishes may prove fruitful. Isuggest that the
members receive frequently the Holy Sac,a
uent."
Bishop McCloskey aide "his token of
encouragement TO great noble work. l
cannot but think that if any permanent good
is to be effected it must come through do
cesar organization, pure and simple. Our
country is far too colossal, its interests too
complex and varied Ito FAY nothing Of the
latent view of sectional antagonism, which,
in some shape OF other. ever be an element
in the working of society such as yours)
its Catholic moulding is as yet zoo incomplete
to make these quasi national meetings any
thing more than occasions of most agree
able interchange of graceful courtesies on
the part of those whose good fortune il may
be to be present at them.
Diocesan organizations. on the other
hand seem TO carry with them benefits Of o
more tangible shspe-benefts. too, which
the masses, who, after all, are the bono and
sinew of the vast temperance pledge-taking
body, can readily lay hold of and under.
stand, because they are practicsl--and
which, for that very reason. one may fairly
infer are all the more likely in the long run
to bring forth the fruit that will remain.
And but that fear to obtrude views which
might be regarded by wiser heads as crude
and impractical, l would add that in my
opinion a thorough parish organization, well
managed and kept up by priest bent on
winning over bis flock. both by precept and
example, is the very perfection of temper
ance society, and one most likely to bring
down on it the blessing of heaven
Bishop Hendricken wrote: "Strong
drink is the curse of our race. it is the enemy
of religion. Make the Total Abstinence
Union succeed, and you will shut up not only
the saloon, but all dens of infamy where men
fred by liquor congregaae. What is the
cause of nine tenths of the madness, misery
and crime existing in our cities? Yes, any
child can answer"
Bishop Bradley. of Manchester, N. H.,
sent assurances Of his best wishes.
Bishop Macs, of Covington, Ky, sad
Z" The terrible evil of in,emperance is to be
checkei only by inducing it's victims to be
faithful TO all their Catholic duties. and l
hail all efforts in that direction with the
greatest sympathy as work of God worthy
tn enlist the best endeavors OF both laity and
clergy
Bishop Janssens, of Maj chez. Miss, wrote
" The. fruit of your labors has been felt
throughout the whole Union"
Archbishop Ryan. of Philadelphia Z" The
more / have occasion to observe the action
of yerr societies the more thoroughly am
convinced If their henefceBt effect, especial
ly where the regular stated approach to the
Sacraments is insisted on rs condition of
membership. The Organization in this city,
under the able leadership of Mr.. Campbell,
has done immense service to religion and to
society,""
"The De Sales Association. of Philadel-
phia, holding as it does the honor of being
the only member of the CY. N. Arohdioces-
an Union, unfolding the principle of total
abstinence and sharing the same honor with
but one other organization in the c. Y. ".
N. u, takes this occasion to congratulate
your Union in the success achieved in our
common cause, and wishes you God-speed
in your efforts to disentAral our unfortunate
co-religionists from the vice of intemperauce,
believing with you tina. the general adoption
of the Gotta! abstinence principle by Catholics
would remove almost entirely the necessity
for freedom of worship agitation"
Rev. VI. Fallize, Of South Bend, Ind. in
vited the Convention Of 1886 to meet at
Notre Dame University.
THE TREASURY.
The Rev. Treasurer reported supplement.
tary to the printed report that he had receiv-
ed from tax $6241 and from Ex-Treasurer
Mccormack 1927, which. with, $l2l.20
balance reported. was $480.6l. He had paid
$274.50, and had balance of $206.11. The
total tax received was ST ,948.2l, an increase
of $57l. 40 over list year. The payments
$2,O40.80; balance. $206 II.
L. AND P. BUREAU
The Lecture and Publication Bureau re-
ported through Father Mealia, Treasurer,
that he had received $48l.3l and expended
1924 81, so that q debt of 1913 81 existed.
Report recei7ed, and financial portion re-
ferred to auditors.
The Committee to present Memorial to
the Baltimore Council reported through
Father Elliott that the Memorial had been
prepared and submitted 10 Council by Father
Cleary. Its effect WAS evident in The Pas
toral Letter Of the Council.
The President stated tina, az invitation
had been received to CO operate in the
Centennial celebration of the organization
of the FIRST total abstinence society in New
England. He had designated Mr.. Campbell
to prepare an historical paper giving an &C
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