The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1889-11-14


dangers that threaten the destruction
of our social fabric, and although our
wealth has increased and prosperity
abounds, we find under the shadow of
this system 1ncipient panperism. dis
contented men, women and children
without the benefits of education and.
religion, deprived Of any share in that
abundance.
We favor, therefore, those measures
and systems which will secure to the
individual just portion of the bless
ings of our increased prosperity. We
are committed also to sound popular
education which demands not onlV
physical and intellectual, but also the
moral and religious training of our
children as in the state schools. No
provision is made for teaching religion.
We must continue to support our own
schools and multiply and perfect them
SO that the benefits of Christian
education may be brought within the
reach of every Catholic child within the
United States
We also recognize the home as a
great educational agency and whatever
imperilS its permanegcy is a blow at
society and Christian Civilization.
Therefore we denounco the existence
and development of Mormonism as
plague spots upon our civilization, d
d
standing menace to the sanctity of the
marriage bond.
We recognize the Importance of
Catholic societies, which should be or
ganiZed on a religious and not on race
or national basis. We must always re-
member that the Catholic church
knows no north, no south, no east, no
west. no race, no color. -
We commend the plan and form of
the Vincent de Paul society as
typical Catholic society. AS our young
men are the hope of the future, We
recommend them to the support and
encouragement of Catholic societies.
We recommend the extension of So
cieties designed to assist the widows
and children of deceased members, and
societies for the relief of the poor and
distressed.
We view with feelings of regret and
alarm any anGagoniSm between capital
and labor, because thereby society is
imperIlled.
We condemn pihilism. socialism and
communism, and we equally condemn
the heartlesS greed Of capital. The
remedy must be sought in the media
tiOn of the church through her action
on the individual conscience and au
thOFity on society itself and in such
civil action as m ay be rendered neceS-
sary by the existing condition.
We disapProve of the employment of
child labor.
We pledge ourselves to cooperate
with the clergy in solving the eCOno-
mic, educational and social questions
of the country. church ard society at
large. We protest against change in
the policy of the education of the In
dians, whereby Ghey may be deprived
of Christian teaching. We pledge our
selves to assist the clergy in all at
tempts to ameliorate the condition of
the negro.
We favor Catholics taking greater
part in the general philanthropic and
refOTmatory measures. We pledge
ourselves to assist in securing the
rights of conscience of Catholics in all
Institutions under public control. We
should seek alliance with non-C Catholics
to secure proper Sunday observance,
and to effect this, we must set our faces
sternly against the sale of Intoxicating
beverages on Sunday.
The corrupting influences of saloons
in politics, the erimo and piuperism
resu ting from excess Vt' .rinking, re-.
quire legislative RESTRICTION. which we
can aid in procuring by giving our in
fluences with that of the other enemies
of intemperance. Let us resolve that
drunkenness can be made odious, and
give practical encouragement and sup
port to- Catholic temperance societies.
We favor the passage and enforcement
of laws Iigidly closing saloons on Sun
day and fOrbidding the sale of liquors
to minors and intoxicated persons.
Efforts should be made to promote
Catholic reading. It is our duty to
support literally coed Catholic jour
mails and. books. We look with eager
ness for the establishment of daily
Catholic newspapers i'll our large cities,
and Catholic Associated Press agency.
We recommend therefore the work of
Catholic circulating libraries, reading
circles and also to have the best Cath
Ollie books and periodicals introduced
in the public libraries, but we do not
call all books Catholic that are written
by Catholics, or d journal which is
Catholic on one page and infidel or i'm
moral on another.
We cannot conclude without record
ing our solemn conviction that the
absolute freedom of the holy see is
equally Indispensable to the peace of
the church and the welfare of man
kind. We demand in the name of
humanity and justice that this free
dOm be scrupulously respected by all
secular governments. We protest
against the assumption by any such
government of "A right to affect the in
terests or control the action of our
holy father by any form of legislation
or other public act to which his fall
appreciation has not been previously
given, and we pledge Leo XIII, the
worthy pontiff to whose hands AL
mighty God has committed the helm of
Peters bark amid the tempestS of this
stormy age, the loy8l sympathy and
unstinted aid of all his spiritual chill
dren in vindiCating the perfect liber-
ality which ne justly claims as his Sa-
cried and nalienable right.
Wrapt silence. interrupted at inter
walls by storms of applause, marked the
reading of the platform. The planks
of education, labor and Sunday OBJ
servance we're received with the great
est demonstrations.
On molten of Daniel A. Rudd. a ne
gro delegate from Cincincinati, the
report. without discussion, was
adopted without dissenting voice.
AS Archbishop Ireland of st. Paul
had opened the congress it was the
desire that he close it, He said with
fiery emphasis:
go to your homes filled with the
enthusiasm of this convention and
spread it through the Union that there
Is new departure for Catholics in
this count-y-a mission for Catholic
BC Ody HAS COAuc. Ii1dIlk you.
when all Catholics Will rise uD and say
We are worthy of our religion. The
country to be conquered IS heaven.
Don't go home to sleep, but tG work
Go back true C.lthulics.'
Adjourned size die.
W. CT. Z CONVENTION
CHICAGO, ILL.,, Nov. Blowing 10 the
discussion over the majority and mi
nority report ON the non-partisan ques-
ton the reading of the protest prepar-
ed by Mrs. j. Ellen Foster. and the
confusion attendant upon the with
drawal of the Iowa delegation from The
Woman's Christian Temperance Union
convention last night the consideration
of the complete report of the majority
of the committee on resolutions was
not finished until nearly l o'clock this
morning. As finally adopted the reso-
buttons declare in brief:
We recognize the fact that the foun-