The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1894-10-06
0BJEC I AND AIM.
Sons Of Columbus Hold Their Ma
tiona1 Convention at Des
MONIES, Iowa.
IT HAS A LADIES AUXILIARY
Opening Proceedings Are Followed
by Religious Services at ST.
Ambrose Church.

secret organizations in the country, says
the Des 'Moines Daily News of Septem-
Der 49,. The National Grand Council Of
the American Sons of Columbus is being
held at the Cycling Club hall and its
auxiliary, the Daughters of Isabella, are
holding like meeting in the parlors OF
the same hall. This society was organ:
ICED at Ft. Wayne, Ind, in 1891. Its
members are Catholic born in America,
or citizens by afRliation. They are lay
men. who feel that there is need of such
organization to advance the cause OF re-
ligion and morality.
This morning. the delegates attended
mass at St. Ambrose. Fathers Flavln'
cDopncugh and Renehan conducted
the services. After that an open meet
ing was held at Cycle hall, with about
800 men and women present. Chas.
,C'Donnell called the meeting to order.
Others on the stand were Mr.. Wehner,
noble secretary of Dayton, Ohio, and j,
a. Finke of same city, wee grand admiral,
and the speaker of the morning, also II o
priests above named.
P. S. O'Rourke of Ft. Wayne, Ind, de
livered the address explanatory OF the
objects and aims of the order. In open
ing, he said that ell Catholics knew that
the church has provided for all the spir-
itual needs of man in this country, and
to, those who come here from the old
countries it seemed that this was all thai
was necessary. But those born and
raised here find circumstances different,
and that there is need of social and other
organizations.
Among other. matters that call for
thought by Catholics is the fact that over
SO per cent of the children born OF Cath
Ole parents IN this country are lost to the
church. And again, many parents seem
cold to the true duties as church mem
beers. 1t is seen that Catholic young
men and women need more opportunity
foe social pleasures. This order, the
American Sons of Columbus, is organized
to fill the vacancy. And the auxiliary,
the American Daughters of Isabella, is
established also as a very necessary adj
junct. Some may wonder why this order
don't grow faster. The truth is that it
seeks quality rather than quantity: 1t ia
secret in order that it's doings as an order
may be kept within its own fold. 1t is
not secret from Our clergy or our bishop.
They can come in under certain condi-
tions and hear all We say and SEQ all we
do. The purpose is to hold members to-
gether. The order has as good mega
tive endorsement. from the head OF the
church as any order can have. No one
who deals in Intoxicating liquors can be
come a member of this order. A Catho-
lie in this country is different from those
in other countries. Over there they have
never been lifted to the true positions OF
manhood and womanhood. They have
still the idea of hereditary supremacy.
Here the Catholic knows he is clothed as
a man, as citizen. the equal OF every
other man.
There is no eycophancy, no bowling and
scraping. When they bow it is in court
esy. There is no country in the world
that has as good, true Catholics as
America. No country in the world has
such non bigoted non Catholics as Amer
lea.
Notwithstanding the hberality of the
Catholic church and all it has done for
the people there is a prejudice against
the church in this country, not violent
one nor one without reason. The gen
eral Americans felt i'll disposed because
the pope sent a delegate to this country.
This delegate came here to settle diff
culties between Catholics.
The motto of the Sons of Columbus is
"Under the Gross of Our Savior, the
Flag of Our Country and Banner of Co.
lumbus.'. The speaker combatted the
notion that the majority of saloonkeep-
ers are Catholic, and said that no self
respecting Catholic should keep So.
loon. On the question of liquor con-
sumption Mr.. O'Rourke said that 1t 49,
the poorer classes of American Catholics
who do most of the drinking, wasting
their money and destroying health. This
society is working to uproot intemper-
ance as we'll as to cement the bonds of
Catholic people, making of them the
highest grade of American citizens.
The address was we'll received: In
mediately at it's close. the meeting ad-
journed and the session of the Grand
Council opened with about so delegates
present.
The Daughters of Isabella met in the
Cycle hall parlors at 1:30 with a, very
large attendance.
California Fruit Crop.
100000 worth raised this year. Do
you want to know whore and at what
nrof;t tho un1aon orange ia raised? Dn