St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-08-06
Catholic Total AbStainers in
Annual Convention at
Washington.
Cardinal Gibbons and Miss
Willard Address the
Delegates.
Ohio Third Party Men Are in
the ThroeS Of a Con-
vention.
The Platform Is Causing
Much Worry to Its
Makers.

WASHINGTON, Aug. 5.-The twenty
first annual convention of the Catholic
Total Abstinence Union of America
was formally opened at $50 O'Clock this
morning at the Academy of Music.
Right Rev. Bishop Cotter, of Winona,
Mimi, president of the union, called
the convention to order and opened the
proceedings with prayer. After attend
ing mass at st. Patrick's church, the
convention reassembled in the Academy
or music, and after prayer by Bishop
Keane, Bishop Cotter introduced
Cardinal Gibbons. who welcomed
the delegates to the archdiocese
of Baltimore. There were about three
hundred delegates in the hall when the
cardinal rose to speak. After disclaim-
Ing any intention to make a speech, and
that his mission was simply to extend
the welcome, he said: "YOur effort
and your mission is to declare that in
temperance. like treason. ought to be
made odious in the land, and there is a
very close similarity between the two.
The reasonable man endeavorS to de-
throne the rlghtful sovereign and to
place Ill Ills SbcdQ SOulC
and intemperance dethrones reason
from her throne, for reason is the pre-
siding spirit of our soul-the
Ruler of the Soul.
Intemperance comes to destroy that
peace and harmony in the kingdom of
God within us. and to create and leave
behind it nothing but anarchy and con-
fusion" Bishop C0tter. the president,
read his report on the state of the union.
which showed that during the year
gratifying progress had been made in
the movement. After recess the con-
vention heard the report of the commit
tee on credentials, which showed that
there were present 17S regular del
egates, representing eighteen of
the twenty three unions in
the country. The total men,
berShiD of the union as shown by the
reports of subordinate unions was some
thing over SO, 200, exclusive of large
number of detached societies, including
those of New York, Chicago, Baltimore
and Washington. Father Cleary read
a communication from the w. c. L. u,
appointing delegates to this convention,
which was received with prolonged
applause, and the delegates Miss
Frances Willard and Mrs. S. d. LIE
relTd--WCIc lllNllCu u SGdlS Ill IUC COii-
vention as its fraternal guests. In re-
sponse to repeated calls Miss Willard
stepped to the platform and made a
short address during which she was
frequently interrupted by enthusiastic
applause.
Miss willard Said.
in part: SIT means much to me to be
here, it means much to the ladies who
are with me, and | am glad that l am
here by the unanimous vote of the con-
vention of the W. G, T. U. of the United
States-l am glad they have the heart
and the head and the conscience to thus
rely on your good will and l am not the
least surprised and it was exactly what
expected that your response should be
so hearty and so kind. / do not know
whether Protestants have ever come to
the convention before. l presume Pro-
testant women have not, but Irejoice
to say that in coming this morning
and in attending the services at the
church, in listening to that great and
good man as he preached, in parti-
cipating in, but without much knowl-
edge of the method, but with the sim
cere heart in it, felt that to certain
extent or at certain depth all hearts
unite. invite yon to send to our con-
ventiOn in Boston, which will meet in
fremont Temple, extending from the
18th to the 18th of November, delega-
ton of fraternal delegates, without a
voice, without vote, but, as my friend
Father Cleary said, to be the kindly
guests Of our convention, as we are of
yours; and / ask that among them,
while am very proud that you should
send priest, l wish the priest of this
great church to be accompanied, as
delegate to that convention, by a woman
I want to be sure to send a woman
also [applausel as a delegate"