Johnstown weekly Democrat. (Johnstown, Cambria County, Pa.) 1889-1916, 1889-11-22
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Mass Meeting al R"mnn Catholics IN Bal
timore--. he Resolutions Adopted.
mass meeting under tue auspices 81
the Catholic Caurch ma, held in the
Academy oi Music, Baltimore Ou Sanday
niLHt. Speecaes were made by Caruinal
Gibbons, Rev. James Nagent the Ensllsh
temperance orator, Archbishop Ireland
and Others The following resolutions
were adopted
The Catholic clergy and laity of the
city OF Baltimore IN mass meeting as
81 ulblei under the presidency OF the di0-
c, van head. keenly live to the gigantic
eNiis of intemperance in the use OF intoxi-
ealing drinks, evils which menace tue
dearest interests of religion and thus inn
peril the well being aud stability of the
State and of society ut large justly
alarmed, moreover, at the fearful havoc
wrought in SO many OF their co-reiigion-
isis by this deadly vice which ihwarts
the best efforts of the church in their be-
half and renders fruillcss her hottest in
tluences, and casting about for means
which will if not at once and entirely
cure at least greatly diminish the ii and
thus pave the way to complete moral
restoration, believe that they see this
remedy in what is known as the high IL
cense movement.
If they have up to the present time
been backward IN uniting in the we'll
meant efforts of so many of the most dis
tnguished and upright of their fellow
citizens in this holy cause, it has arisen
certainly neither from ignorance of the
magn tude of the danger, nor from a
heartfelt interest in the work of averting
it, but solely from the fear of compromis
ing the sacred interests of truth by ac-
cepting positions which were sometimes
found to be the concomitants of such
movements. The high license move
ment affords them the opportunity so
long desired, and therefore hasten TO
range themselves alongside their friends
and neighbors in this sacred battle of hu-
manity. Wherefore it is resolved as the
sense of this meeting;
First, That high license is at present
the only feasible and the only hopeful
means of stemming the deluge of vices
and crimes of which drunkenness is the
frightful source.
Second, That to make the remedy really
effective the license should be put so high
as to make it practically prohibitory as re-
CARDS the multitude of low saloons which
are demorallzing and brutalizing the
poor who more than any other class need
the help and comforts of religion to make
their hard lot epdurable.
1htrdly, That not merely a high license
will secure all the good aimed at by the
movement, but that certain restrictions
should be enacted as to the time and
place of sale, and the character of those
who may be permitted to carry on the
traffic. Thus, the number of saloons in
any one radius should be limited by
statute, they should not be suffered too
near to churches or schools. The excel
lent Sunday law OF our city upon this
point should be rigidly enforced, and
failure upon the part of the authorities to
carry out the law should be summarily !
punished; the license to sell at all should |
be issued to none but persons of tried |
character who can be depended upon to |
use their privilege in the interest of So
briefly and public order; and finally the
violation of the law in any of these points
should work either temporary or perpet-
ual forfeiture of the license, according to
the number of such violations.
Fourthy, That this assembly pledge
themselves to do all in their power to Sc
cure this most desirable end and to work
for 1t with tongue and pen until their
efforts are crowned with success.
FIRE AT HASTINGS.