St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-06-19
SALTWATER SILHOUETTES
The Catholic Total Abstinence Union
Attended by 800 Delegates.
IRELAND IS NOT PRESENT.
The Old Officers of the Minnesota
Thresher Company Are Re-
elected.

DOU WGI0 u6ltSdI6S, Ilduc up lut dGJcu-
dance at the nineteenth annual con-
vention of the Catholic Total Abstinence
Union of the Archdiocese of St. Paul,
which convened at the Grand opera
house at 9 o'clock yesterday morning.
John O'Brien, president of the union,
presided, with E. A. O'Brien as secre-
tary of the union, and Edward Rowles
land John Cavanaugh as assistant
secretaries. The delegates were
welcomed by the president in a
brief address in which Mr.. O'Brien
urged that in the convention all things
be done for the good of all, and, stand
ing together as brethren engaged in
moral warfare, the members unite to
place the total abstinence movement in
Minnesota far in advance of any time
yet known in its history. He called at
tention to the fact that the past year
had shown perceptible increase in
work among the boys, and that in con-
sequence number of new cadet socie-
the announcement of the several COM
mittees the delegates proceeded
to st. Michaeps church, where
pontificial high mass was cele-
brated by Right Rev. John Stanley,
bishop of jamestown, and assistants, with
especially fine and effective music by
choir and orchestra. The delegates
were banqueted at Music hall, and at
2:30 resumed the business session at the
opera house, the afternoon being Occu-
pied in hearing the various reports.
Soon after O'Clock train of ten
coaches, bearing the societies of ST.
Paul and Minneapolis, arrived to partic-
ipate in the grand parade. which
was. indeed, an imposing display,
over twelve hundred being in
line. Following the parade oc-
Cured the mass meeting at the
opera house, which was packed
to the doors. After welcome Song"
by the double quartette, with solo by
Miss Annie Schermuly, the secretary
of the union, E. A. O'Brien. made
solid and interesting address, giving
figures showing first the remarkable
growth of the union, in that during the
year twelve new societies had been Or
ganiZed, with an aggregate member
ship of 1,2O5. During the course of his
address the secretary said: sit has
been charged and reiterated that we
have admitted Irishmen to membership.
This statement is positively untrue.
There are no 1rishmen in the c. L. A.
union, and for that matter in no Catholic
society of like nature. Every member
is simply all independent American cit
liens. loyal to the core to this, the great.
est and best government on the face of
the EARTH" The speaker closed with
covert but most Scathing attack upon
Dr. A. A. Ames, the inspiration being
found in AmeS' recent attack upon the
Irish. The doctors name was not men
toned. but the hit was understood
and raised storm of applause.
> The convention was greatly disap-
pointed by the unexplained absence of
1 Archbishop Ireland and Bishop Cotter,
who were on the programme for adj
dresses. Bishop Marty filled the break
and adjured the total abstience people
to not stop short of the work already
done, but to cultivate love for art and
science. One of the finest speeches of
the convention was next made by Rev.
Murphy, of st. Michael's church.
The annual meeting of the Minnesota
held here yesterday, and resulted in
the election of the following officers:
A. d. S. Bell, of Boston, president; 81.
c. Fogle, general manager; r. III.
Dixon, superintendent; E. d. Bufing-
ton, secretary and treasurer. There is
no changenin the officers, except that,
by the resignation of Treasurer
Buchanan, his old Office is consolidated
with that of secretary, hitherto held by
Mr.. Burlington. The directors chosen
are Henry d. Heyde, Boston; A. D. S.
Bell, Boston; D.B. Dewey, Chicago; 81. j.
Crippen. Concord.lN H.; f. A. Osborn,
Boston; ]. II. Parks, Plymouth, Mass;
A. Norcross, Fitchburg, Mass. The at
tendance of Eastern stockholders was
large, including Aaron Hobart, presi-
Of I'm H'ramnnf Nof1nnal honk nf
Boston; d. n. Morgan, president of the
City National bank, Bridgeport, Conn.,;
w. 81. Rhawn, president of the National
Bank of the Republic, Philadelphia,
and Mr.. Endicott, of the Mexican Cen
trail railway. The stockholders expressed
themselves as finding the affairs of the
company satisfactory and DESTROYS OF
no change in management or policy.
The opening of Olive street, so long
agitated, and in reference to which reg
ularly appointed commissioners made
their report two weeks ago, was def
nitely absolutely abandoned by the
council Tuesday evening, and all pro-
ceedings taken therein annulled. The
cost would have been $4,000, of which
about $4,000 would have come upon
the city. Property owners assessed
north OF Olive street would not pay
without fight, and the council believed
that In this action they but anticipated
the inevitable ultimate result.
The small tow boat LIE Roy, owned by
Bronson q Folsom, was laid up at
moorings Tuesday evening as usual,
and was all right at 10 o'clock, but
about o'clock in'the morning went to
the bottom of the lake. The disaster
was caused by the Intentional or acct
dental displacement of the plug in the
bottom of the boat. Efforts at raising
her will probably be successfully
ended to-day.