St. Paul daily globe., 1892-06-15

an admirable address. Indeed.
the president introduced him
as the orator of the evening. He
claimed in mis- introduction that the OBJ
ject of the meeting was to enlist re-
cruitS, and he took this for his special
theme. He advised that the members
will find it bard and bitter work TO in
tereSt and secure recruits. While many
are Withdrawing, none are Joining.
Men will appreciate the effort, and say
You are doing grand work" but
when YOU urge them to unite they Will
shake their heads and leply that they
do not think that liquor is doing them
any harm, and they will add
do find that it is imjuring them
they Will join the union. The speaker
spoke of the fallacy of the position. and
in illustration said that a man will never
put his hands in the nest OF rattleSnakeS,
and when he is bitten pull 1t out again.
For the same reason man never goes
into an enterprise that he knows 10 be
foolish and hazardous. still he will say
that he will continue TO drink for he
does not believe that liquor does him
any harm. The drunkardS of ST. raul
will all say that liquor does them no es-
peeial harm. 1t is hard TO respect the
man who will go into the saloon To drink
at all, and il is 10000 times harder 10
respect the man that will 20 into the
saloon and
Fill Up His Stomach
with whisky and get drunk, men who
have families at home and who need the
very money that is spent for the WHISKY
There was not one in the audience VINO
did rot know of instance in point.
Whisky was so powerful he could
imagine that il was not the invention OF
man. but of satan and his horde or
satellites, and he DIRE ~ graphic picture
of leVee by satan and the wicked gods.
MammOn, the god of gold was ecllpSed,
as matter of course, in his dlaD0l-
ical attainmentS by the attribute OF
BacchuS, the god of wine. The latter
was painted as Il monster of the earth
with hair of matted snakes and face
Smeared with human blood. lie IS sent
forth into the world by satan and car
niVal of blood follows in his trail. The
eloquent father carried the point out to
the unwritte mend, and he was often in
terrupted by the hearty applause OF the
pleased workers in the common cause.
The saloon was described in terms that
made ones hair stand Oh end and his
flesh creep. They were denominated
human slaughter houses, and 1t was
shown that the SalOonkeeper was hon
Ored and respected in st. Paul and given
public positions of trust. In conclusion,
the father paraphraSed Shakespeare,
and said: There is something rotten in
the state of society that kills a wretch
and honOrs the man that made him
wretch" He maze an earnest and
fervent plea to all to endeayOr TO get
recruits.
E. j. Cannon, Rev. Father Gibbons
and Rev Father HeffrOn also made
short and pithy addresses.
The features of the evening were the
excellence of the musical programme
and the recitations by Miss May Shin
nerS. Those furnishing the numbers
were Misses Kate Collins, Ii. NaughtOn
ard j. Griffin and MeSSrS. j. f. Gehan,
n S. Murphy. NJ. keating and the ca
diets of st. Joseph aud the cathedral
parishes.
The convention will resume business
at o'clock this morning.
On the stage were President Gut
ridge Rev James O'Reillv, of Mime
apolis; Rev. T. j. Gibbons, spiritual
director of the union: Rev. L. O'Neil,
Rev. Joseph Ellig. Rev. John Conway
and Rev. Father Casey, of Minneapolis;
Vice President j. Ii. Smith, Secretary
MOrOney, Treasurer Hugh Sherry. James
Mcclure, p. Z. Burk, Thomas McDer
mott and others.
Miss CramSie'S paper upon Teaching
Temperance in Homes and Schools"
will not be read until 4:30 this after
noon, in order that the teachers of the
city may have an opportunity to hear it.