The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-10-11
WIPE OUT LEGALLY
WHAT MIGHT HAPPEN IF IT CAME
TO THE PINCH.
Hesing is Quoted for Misquoting
Bishop Wattrrson-The Bishop
Backs Up His Anti-Saloon Letter
and Further Defines His Position
and That Of the Church.

| CHICAGO. Oct. lO-A grand temperance
meeting has been in progress in the city
! today. As marked feature of the oc-
casion was the meeting together in parade
| and on the platform, of Catholics aud
| PrOstestants in the greatest harmony.
Numerous temperance societies took part
i'll the mornings parade, including repre-
senta:ives OF nearly ali the young peoples
church societies, Catholic and Protestant,
In the United States
| Bishop Watterson addressed a magnif-
cent gathering tonight at the auditorium,
the audience, as well the speakers. in
Guiding prominent representatives of all
leading denominations.
Bishop Watterson was given rousiug
reception. His address dealt extensively
with the controversy regarding the recent
| decision OF Monsignor SatolIi against
saloonkeepers. Bishop Watterson said:
The most of Us here tonight will doubt
| less coneede that the saloon business is not
an evil in itself At any rate the Cath Ole
church does not excommunicate anyone
merely because he Is engaged in the liquor
| traffic. To suppose so is a mistake and a
counteDance has been given TO that error
| within the past fortnight by one Of your
distinguished fellow citizens OF Chicago
| Will digresS for a moment to take notice
OF IT,
HESING's SPEECH Is QUOTED.
AT a mass meeting during the German
Catholic congress in Louisville on the 55th
of last month, Mr. Washington Hesing,
postmaster of Chicago and proprietor of
the Illinois Stats Zeitung, made lengthy
speech in which he said that because the
low dealer in wines and liquors has fos-
tered lawlessness and possible crime, il is
no reason why every liquor dealer, among
whom may he cassed those who Sell good
Rhine wine and German beer, should be
communicated. ] hold il to be great
mistake that the edict of Bishop Waiter
son will be considered a material couces-
siou to that narrow-mlnded element of
our population which Is constantly
waging war upon our creed.
PIohibtionists and temperance fanatics
raised cry of exultation and Miss Willard
her sisterly greetings. The German
Catholic of this country is true son of
his church but is also true patriot. He
can be both with an honest heart and de-
fend his rights.
A CRY OF EMULATION WENT Up.
NOW, Mr.. Hesiug either read the letter
of the bishop of Columbus and that of the
apostolic delegate, or he did not. Ii he
read them his commentator of the
apostolic delegate and me- even by in
situation. for what we did not say is I'M
pardonable; if he did not read them he
should not have spoken OIL them at all. In-
tenIionally or uulntentionally he misled
his audience and at the same time inteusi
fed prejudice which grew out Of an un-
founded and unworthy suspicion that the
blow was aimed with partial hand.
''Prohibitionists and temperance fanat-
ics," he said, raised cry of exultation I"
More than prohibitionists and temperance
fan saI IF
of exultation went up all over the land
from all no have at heart the well being
of our communities and the honor OF our
country. Let me tell him frankly that he
Creates injury that has been done TO the
progress of our faith in this country is the
disgrace Inflicted upon IL by those Catho-
lies, and their name Is legion, who are
abusing the saloon business to their own
iufamy aud the dishonor of the shurch.
The majority of saloon keepers, il is
charged, are Catholics While / doubt the
truth of this, even If you include those
who are only Catholic in name, still God
knows We know we have more than our
share of them.
CHURCH NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR 1T.
This, however, the church is not fairly
responsible for, because she has protested
over aud over again against the business
No one knows better than she how to
Al
she comes To deal with individual Cases.
But we are speaking o. saloon keepers as
class and as they have made themselves;
not of exceptions but the rule: of condi-
tion, not II theory. The a pos Ollie delegate
affirmed decree. not accommodating
individual saloon keepers, but regulating
the relations of Catholic societies with
those who are engaged IN the liquor
business. and this was done with full
knowledge of the nature, condition,
methods practices and effects of the LIQUOR
traffic in this country. 1t was done, first,
because the traffic is n dangerous one and
easily abused; secondly, because ir has
been and is generally abused by those who
are engaged in it; thirdly, because on this
account il has become generally diSreput-
able and injurious TO private aud public
morals; fourthly, because Catholics them
selves have contributed In no small degree
to make it so 10 the dishonor of the Catho-
lie name, and filthy. because our Catholic
societies have been tainted in their honor
and hsmpered in their influence and too
often dominated by those VINO are engaged
in II.
NOT MUCH AFFECTED BIZ THE CHURCH.
The Catholic church besides her other
means OF reaching the moral needs of her
children has one special way which no
other religious organization has in dealing
with the individual conscience of those
VINO 10 not NltbufaW themselves from ner
influence. AS a matter OF fact, however,
s4ioonkeepers who. having the name of
CAT holic, conduct their business in an I'M
lawful and immoral manner, are not much
affected by either the church or The confess
sional for they seldom resort to either
We must, therefore. reach them by other
means, for reach them we must, for tie
good of both church and country.
IF the liquor traffic in particular places
hecompS Doi1 outrageous
mastering and defiant as to he incapable