St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-08-03
THE MASS MEETING.
Eloquent Speeches by Distin-
guished People.

splendid audience for the evening mass
meeting. Upon the platform were
Archbishop Ireland. Judge Kelly and
other distinguished guests, orators and
citizens.
Rev. Father Cleary. of Minneapolis,
called the mass meeting to order, and
introduced Bishop sCotter. president of
the National G. L. A. u. as the first
speaker. he began by expressing the
thanks of the union for the royal wei
come of the Twin Cities and Minnesota.
To show that the blessing of the church
rested upon this movement he read
cablegram received from Pope Leo XIII.
RoME-To Archbishop of ST. Paul:
The holy father blesses the convention
with his whole heart.
Al. CARDINAL RAMPoLLA.
Also the following from Archbishop
Satolli, addressed to the conventions:
WASHINGTON, Aug. 2.-My cordial
blessing upon the convention. | pray
that the best fruits follow from it. The
Total Abstinence society Is the guardian
of the homes of America. They who
strive for the mastery refrain themselves
from all Intoxicating drinks that they
receive an incorruptibte crown for re-
lSIOu anu country.
FRANCIS SATOLLI,
Delegate Apostolic.
Dr.. Sweeny, of New York, spoke of
this as his first visit to the North west,
and felt himself like the queen of
Sheba, in that ne could not describe the
half OF the wonders and beauties his
eyes had beheld. He referred to Arch
bishop Ireland as the leader of the
work. He spoke of New York, which
Is TO have the next convention, not as
the worst city in the country, though
that had almost been said of it. 1t was
a grand city, after all, and doing much
reformatOry work. He took ground
against the treating habit, the danger
with which generous Sociality environed
generous men. lie was overjoyed at
the grand stand taken by st. Paul and
Minneapolis for total abstinence, mo-
rality and humanity.
Father O'Riley spoke for Boston,
proud to stand up before so brilliant
Northwestern audience as the repre-
sentative OF the ola Bay state, the leader
III ali reforms. Before the noble work
of the great Bishop Watterson, of Co
lumbuS, Massachusetts had taken its
stand. The Catholic Order of ForeSters,
the st. Vincent de Paul, long ago had
adopted the same idea, and no liquor
man was eligible to Office in Catholic
societies, or to civil ufflce by the suf-
frage of his fellow citizens. This state
OF public sentiment i'll Massachusetts
was largely due to the work and integ-
rlty OF the c. t. A. U.
The St Paul ofToday.
Mrs. Lake, of st. Louis, created great
enthusiasm by referring to Archbishop
Ireland as 1.-THE st. Paul of today and
the Father Mathew of the nineteenth
century," She proceeded to address
herself especially to the women of the
convention. She wanted mothers and
wives to remember the greatness of
their responsibility and their mission. 1t
is within their power to inculcate all the
virtues that make good men and women
She called upon them to join in the
work Of total abstinence, and declared
that their influence is needed. She did
not believe i'll devOrcing the sexes In
any work-What is the concern of one is
the concern OF both. She believed in
women societies as giving her sex a
greater opportunity for doing good. Let
total abstinence home precede the or
ganlZatiOn of temperance societies for
the children. She suggested that books
teaching the benefits of total abstinence
should be introduced into the schools.
Mrs. Lake closed with an eloquent ap-
peal to the young women to demand
morality in young men. She called
upon the Catholic women Of st. Paul to
organize at once. Mrs. Irvine had spok-
Ell of the w. e. T. U. women of this
city as numbering 1000. and she hoped
that the same friendly rivalry would
exist between the white ribboned
women OF one church as against the
white ribboned women of the other that
now exists between the two cities of st.
Paul and Minneapolis. and that by next
year the organized Catholic total absti-
nence women will number 5000.
Father Ward, of Wisconsin. said the
apathy OF the American people is the
greatest enemy to temperance. He was
disguised with the discussions upon the
tariff question: When the government
collects Sl,200.000,000 from the LIQUOR
traffic, and only $3.50, 900. 600 from the
tariff, the relative Importance of the
tariff and temperance questions can be
c0nJectured. The saloon of today is
the Door mems club, and he believed
that social substitute of moral char
acter should be provided.
L. l.. McGhee. of. st. Paul, said that out
of 100000 colored. people in this coun.
try, only 100000 belong 10 any church;
of the 250,G00 Catholics, less than 200
are Identified with the Total Abstinence
union. He urged that more attention
should be paid to the colored people in
total abstinence work. and promised
fruitful results.
George F. Wells, of ST. Paul, spoke of
the relation of Christian government
TO an unchrlstian traffic in the souls
and bodies of the people. Seven-eighths
of the misery of today is caused, he
said, by the legalized American saloon.
Secretary A. P. Doyle was the next
speaker. but owing to the lateness of
the hour confined himself to few brief
general remarks. During the evening
several vocal selections were rendered
by the Bells trio. elieiting much APP
plause.