The Press., 1894-08-23
w. C. T. U. DEPARTMENT.

The senate has engrafted upon one of the bills provision authorizing the commits sioner of labor ito investigate the alco- holic traffic, it's relations to revenue and taxation, and it's general economic, crim- inal moral, and scientific aspects in con- nection with pauperism, crime, social vice, and the public health and general welfare of the people," No appropria- tion was made for the work, which can- not therefore be thorough, but it will doubtless result in gathering many valu- able statistics and lead to such an official investigation as the importance of the question demands.
 England has National Temperance Choral Union which recently held it's fifth annual festival in Crystal Palace, Sir Benjamin Ward Richardson presiding. Two grand concerts were given, one in the afternoon by 5000 abstainers, and the other in the evening by an entirely new chorus of 5000 abstainers. The editor of the National Temperance Advocate d across the Atlantic to listen to these mag nificent choruses, all for temperance, and by abstaining signers. We ventured the suggestion that if Sir Benjamin, as presi- dent, would bring to America his 10000 singing constituents of the Choral Union, and make tour across the continent from New York to San Francisco, he would stir our country for temperance as it had nev- CT been stirred before."
 Mayor Denny of Indianapolis, lays the responsibility for murder committed few nights since at Brighton Beach resort, to the keeper of the place, who violated the law by keeping open after eleven o'clock. If the mayor applies the closing law to these resorts, which depend mainly upon their after r-midnight and Sunday trade, it is thought they will be compelled to close.
 go forth every day, into the day schools of the country, teaching the principles of physiology and temperance, and within the past four years no less than 10,000 of the elementary schools of that great country have been reached with this sub ject.
 Miss Frances E. Willard was introduced as lone of America's uncrowned queens" to the great convention of the society of Christian Endeavor at Cleveland, Ohio. She was greeted by the audience standing and giving the Chatauqua salute. She spoke of "woman and temperance" In part she said, ''I wanted to see you for you do so much good: wanted to bring you an, older sisters love- It is with joy that think of these fresh young soldiers; !; this generous enthusiasm, and the beau- tiful hopes you represent. In this city, twenty years ago, the Woman's Christian Temperance Union was formed. I am one who believes that women will bless and brighten every place that they enter and will enter every place. believe that we are getting ready for greater victories and more accomplished than we have ever dreamed of. Woman's mission is not only in the home, but to make the whole world homelike. Protection for the home will become the watchword for the twen- tieth century,"
 The most important declaration of the Catholic church ever pronounced in this country is doubtless that of Monseigneur Satolli, the Pope's nuncie, in approving Bishop Watterson's expulsion of liquor dealers from membership in Catholic so- cieties. The ruling of Bishop Watterson from which an appeal was made to Satolli was as follows: ''I hereby withdraw my appreciation from any and every Catholic society in this diocese that has a liquor dealer or a saloon keeper at its head or anywhere among it's officers; and 1 sus- pend every such society itself from the rank and privileges as a Catholic society until it ceases to be so officered. No one who is engaged, either as principal or agent, in the manufacture or sale of in- toxicating liquors should be admitted to membership" Although the decision was local it must have wide-reaching effoct
 The Christian Endeavor convention adopted the following resolutions on the question of intoxicants:
 Resolved, That we recognize the sale and use of intoxicants as the greatest evil of the times, and the chief enemy of the physical, moral and spiritual we'll being of man, and we hold ourselves pledged as Christian Endeavorers to seek the utter overthrow of this evil at all times and in every lawful way.
 Resolved, That gratefully recognizing the providential rise, development and possibilities of the endeavor for christian citizenship, we commend to all our socie- ties the appointment of committee for the arousing, instruction and cooperation of their members, churches, and fellow citizens in the effort to secure civic right eousness, industrial peace, and the social unification of their respective communi- ties s,and that their work in behalf of christ ian citizenship may be so done as to be an incentive to, and expression of that power with God which alone can give us power with men, and is to be secured only through united prayer and personal con- sideration.
 Canada does not allow a liquor dealer or saloon-keeper to hold a municipal of fee.
 Ono of the most attractive and best at tended branches of the Bay View Summer School this year was the w. O. T. U. h. stitute conducted by Mrs. l.. s. Rounds.
 September 2Sth, Miss Willard's birth day, has been fixed upon as the date for the unveiling of the cold water fountain in front of The Temple at Chicago.
 The Massachusetts legislature adopted an investigation law, giving the state bureau of statistics $5,OO0 with which to conduct an investigation of the relation of the liquor traffic to crime, pauperism
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