St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-11-13
CLOSE OF THE CONGRESS.
The Concluding Sessions Marked
With Great Enthusiasm.

BALTIMORE, Nov. 12.-The cOnclud-
ing session of the great congress had
begun at 10 a. m. with all the enthusi-
asm and crush of spectators that char
acteriZed the opening meetings. Hon.
HOnOre Mercier. prime minister Of Que
bee, made all address to the congress
that was in many respects one Of the
most rOusiug to the delegates heard this
week in Baltimore. Mr.. MERCER de-
clared he regarded the special invita-
ton extended to him TO speak all honor
to himself and to the neighbOring cOun-
try from which he came. His reference
to 1.-The recently repaired despOilment
of the JesuitS by the same George
Ill. who had despoiled the
American Revolutionary fathers of
their liberties and rights" was
cheered again and again. The reStitu-
ton act by the Canadian government,
lie said, will long stand an honorable
act before mankind. AS to the status
of Catholics, whether in Canada or the
United States, the world should know
that loyalty to God means loyalty to the
state. Cheers.] To the American
poet, LongfellOw, and his pathetic al
luSions to
CATHOLICS AND CANADIANS,
Mr.. MERCER paid tribute of noble elo-
quence, concluding with the quotation
from the poets ship of State" which
the premier so used as to imply that it
expressed the IeelinFs of Quebec to the
American Union. Wild applause Del
egate Fagin, of New York, offered a
resolution which was adopted with a
rush, rendering, on behalf of the con-
gresS, the most cordial greetings to the
people of Canada, and acknowledging
theiI warm sentiments of regard as eX-
pressed by Premier MERCER.
Mgr. Gadd. of England, the special reD-
reSentative of Cardinal Manning, briefly
congratulated the congress on its sue
cess, and following him came a long
paper on philanthropy by Peter l.. Foy,
of St. Louis. Edmund L. Dunno, of
Florida. treated eXtempOraneausly his
subject, 1.-The Right of the State in Ed
ucati0n." His humorous aSideS and di-
gressions, the first laughter-provoking
element introduced in the proceedings,
so caught the delegates that his time
was extended over and over by general
consent. Recent events in Boston were
particularly the target of his sarcasm.
When his speech Was finally concluded
Mr.. Dunno was wildly applauded.
After recess. a committee on future
congresses was appointed, and as the
names were read that of John Boyle
0iReilly, of Boston, was given spon-
taneous shout of approval. The name
of Hon. William J. Onahan, of Chicago,
WAS PUT ON THE LIST
by special vote of the convention in rec
IGNITION of his successful labOrS in Or
ganiZing the present congress. The
committee is as follows:
Hon. John Lee Carroll, of Baltimore !;
James II. Doremy, Detroit: II. j. Spaun-
horst, st. Louis; Patrick Farrelly, New
Hon. John D. Kelley, Brooklyn; ". L. Kelly,
st. Paul; NJ. j. HarsOn, New Hampshire:
Hon. Morgan O'Brien, New York; John
Boyle O'Reilly Boston; W. j. Onahan, Chi
cago; Hon. Thomas j. Semmes, New Or
leans.
Joseph J. O'DOnohue, of New York,
chairman of the committee to wait upon
President Harrison at Washington and
invited him to be present, reported that
the committee had just returned from
Washington. and were proud to say
they had been received cordially and
handsomely by the chief magistrate of
the nation. ICheers. President Har-
risOn had said that if it were not that
he was preparing his message, he would
accept the invitation gladl y, and in any
event he would be with the delegates
in Washington tomorrow at the dedica-
ton of the great new university. The
report was enthusiastically received,
and the obligations of the
CONGRESS TO THE PRESIDENT
sand the committee was expressed by
more cheering and rising vote. The
reading of papers was then resumed.
George ID. Wolff. of Pennsylvania, read
a paper on the Catholic Press" Judge
Frank McGlern, of the Louisiana court
of appeals, and Milton Z. Smith, of
Washington, ably discussed Mr.. VOLTS
paper. Religion and Education" was
treated at length by he paper of Judge
William l.. Kelly. of st. Paul. He took
the ground that the reasons why ques-
tons relating to this subject had yet no
solution absolutely satisfactory to the
Christian people of the country as a
whole, and one tending 10 the good of
the nation were the absence of fairness
on each side of the discussion in the
prejudice against the Catholic church,
still honestly entertained by many Pro-
testants, and third. the activity of in
iidels and so-called indifferentistS in
using that prejudice to create
division among the great Christian
church, Catholic and Protestant. He