St. Paul daily globe., 1888-01-30

this administration by the return of cap
tured trophies, some of the former see
retarleS of war are equally guilty, for
the lists compiled. and which will form
part OF the departments reply, show
that many more flags were delivered by
Secretary Stanton and some of his sue
eeSSorS than under the present regime.
BISHOP IRELAND ELOQUENT
In His Remarks Upon the Evils of
Intemperance.
Special 10 the Globe.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 29.-Bishop Ire
land officiated at II O'Clock mass to-day
at st. Patrick'S. This evening he fol-
lowed the eminent and eloquent Bishop
keane. OF Richmond, in addressing an
immense audience at Harris Biiou
theater on temperance. Bishop Keane
was for many years assistant pastor of
St. Patrick's church here, and was from
that humble position exalted to
the epiScopate of the see of Rich
mond. He is exceedingly popular here
and always receives most generous ap-
plause whenever he appears in public
in this city. Under the circumstances
1t must be understood that no man of
ordinary ability could afford to stand
npOn the same platform with him. Fair
ness and candOr compel the statement
that Bishop ireland did not excel the
eloquence of Bishop Keane. but his
most ardent friends and admirers would
have been satisfied to have heard his
magnificent address and TO know from
the rounds after rounds of applause
that Bishop Ireland appeared fully the
equal of the distinguished and
popular keane. Some of the most
eloquent passages in the address
of the bishop of Richmond were his al
1usiOnS to the occasions when Bishop
Ireland has presided at banQuets where
no wine was used, and he concluded by
saying: Gold water is good enough for
Bishop lreland>s banquets. and it is
certainly good enough for the priests of
Washington" Bishop Ireland said:
"Hreater woe than any plague is
WNought by intemperance. The
plaques come and go, leaving
l0lthSomc tracks of misery in
their wake, but intemperance, like
the poor, seems TO be always with us.
| wish could by some magic spell con-
Jure up before your eyes the premature
age, shameful death and eternal damna-
ton of souls caused by the alcohol
demon. 1t is said that the temperance
orators Overdraw the picture and are
fanatics. oh. my friends, we do not
tell half the story, because we never see
half the misery. Let each man and
woman here
STUDY HISTORY
In his own neighbOrhood, 90 to police
court and prisons. Ask in these places
and i'll the poor houses why the victims
are there; why. in this land of plenty,
there Is poverty everywhere. Ask the
waits in the streets and the lost woman
III dark places, of the cause of poverty.
suffering. evil and sin. and YOU will. in
some form. receive the uniform answer.
there was drink and drunkenness i'm
the home Let me tell you that, in the
name OF humanity, virtue, heaven and
universal love, | hate alcohol in all
forms. and only regret that [ have
not strength and intensity of nature to
hate 1t more. 1t is useless in such a
warfare as this TO mince words and fear
10 wound any man, or any class of men.
ana hence on occasions such as this |
have neither sympathy nor sadness of
heart nor amy feeling of regret for those
who engage iii the liquor traffic. Year
after year this traffic increases more
rapidly than the increase of population
Justltes. During the last five years the
population Of Washington has increased
ID per cent, but the liquor traffic has in
creased 40 per cent. There is profit in
the business to warrant this increase.
Nhoc pays the profit? Who fOOts the
bills? The poor men, usually the
1aborinS men. and if You ask the iIl-fed
women and half-clad children YOU will
ind the terrible results. There is a race
of young drunkards growing up here to
be terror to the society of the future,
because minors are not only served. but
their patronage is sought by the saloon
Keepers and even Sunday is mOcked by
the liquor dealers. They grow fat and
rich upon the ruin of Young and old.
careless as to the sins, degradation and
poverty of their victims. They lay hold
upon the
VTTALS OF LEGISLATION.
and if this republic shall ever crumble
into ruin, upon its epitaph must be writ
ten, Killed by the unrestricted lioIOr
traffic Nominations to legislatures and
to congress are made in the saloons and
elections are controlled by them, and we
ali klIOW it. Can God smile upon a GOV
ernment thus conducted? | tell Won.
saloon keeping is dangerous, disrepu-
table business, and our sovereign pOintiff
has sent his blessing through an Amer
lean bishop to all those who spread and
work for total abstinence. l wish. from
the center of American life. to say that
our church frowns upon the liquor
traffic and blesses the promoter
of the principles of total absti-
nence. Some Of my hearers
are descendants of that noble race
whose history glitters with virtue and
nobility, and by token of that ancestry
of theirs l claim that no Irshman has a
right to be a drunkard and no Irishman
should be salOonkeeper, and l tell YOU
there are too many of MY race i'm the in
famous business: and if but one of
them i'll one city of America were be-
hind bar, that one would be too many
There is q new era for the Irish race at
home and abroad: and that the struggles
of the noble men in parliament, all of
them tetotalerS, may be enhanced.
let the Irshmen of America
be sober like them. Liquor has
ruined Ireland. and pure cold water is
washing out the stains of political slav-
cry. The Irish race has but one puiS-
saint enemy that it Can't overcome, ,and
That enemy is the insidious demon,
Alcohol. Touch not, taste not, handle
not alcohol and the Irishman is every
where inYincible. The life of this re-