The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-10-11
which the strong and the weak alike may
walk.

1t IL the rainbow OF promise Of a bright
future in the mist OF the clouds and storms
that thicken over the heads Of the victims
Of drink 1t Is the sunshine that glad
dens many q fireside and warns into new
life many q heart crushed by the curse OF
liquor. It Is all that and more. because 1t
Is the work Of charity with Gods blessing
upon It. Furthermore. among the things
that are sacred to every true Christian
heart Is reverence for the sanctity OF the
Lords day. Now, the greatest enemy OF
the Lords day Is the Sunday drinking and
the open desecration by the saloon. This
Is q shame and an outrage on Christian
feeling.
Our boasted civilization has made slow
and somewhat uncertain progress, Indeed.
when in Christian land blessed as our IL.
We are still trying, at the end OF the
nineteenth century, to save the Sunday
from the desecration OF the saloon. But
We have the hope that the Christian peo-
pie OF this Christian land will not be de-
spoiled of the Christian inheritance OF
sanctified Sabbath. when they demand
that 1t shall be kept free from the demor-
alizing influence OF the open Sunday sa-
loon, whether sanctioned by the law. or
connived at by unfaithful officers of the
law; and our hope Is STRENGTHENED by the
action OF the Catholic Total Abstinece
Union OF American In conjunction with
other great temperance organizations OF
the country, and the country Is proud OF
the noble stand taken by the Catholic
Its recent national convention in the city
of New York, In favor of the due and
proper observance Of the Lords day
We are glad, therefore. to honor and
praise your work. We rejoice with you In
this year of your silver jubilee. We re-
ioice to see your organization increase In
numbers and in the beneficent influence 1t
is eXerting in the interest Of society.
They IlOnorcd the Town.
We are glad you have come to Jermyn.
and have honored our town with the mag
nificent demonstration We and our chill
dren have witnessed today. and have
given us this grand object lesson in prac-
teal total abstinence. We welcome you,
ana our citizens with one accord. and with
open hearts, offer you the freedom OF the
city. The town is yours today. Make
yourselves at home among us. And when
you go home may 1t be with the conv!c-
ton that you We're indeed truly welcome.
and desire TO again visit us at some fu-
this opportunity to publicly thank your
pastor the Rev. Father Lynott for the
assistance he so kindly rendered me IN the
performance of this official duty.
After Burgess Nicholson's remarks
the temperance men and their friends
devoted season to enjoyment and re-
newing old acqualntances. During the
afternoon drills were given by the st.
Paul Pioneer corps. of the West Side,
and the Father Whitty Young Men, of
Providence,
AT 4.SO the visitors began to depart.
and the trains that left Jermyn from
that time on were well filled.
Notes OF the Parade.
Eli Beers was conspicuouc figure in
the Pioneer Father Mathew society. of
Carbondale.
Senator james c. Vaughan and City
Editor NJ. j. O'Toole walked at the head
of St. Peters society. of Bellevue.
In the absence of Captain j. j. Me-
CURE, John Collins made an excellent
commander for the third division
The St. Aloysius society Of the South
Side made IL splendid appearance. Its
members are all young men who We're
neatly uniformed with becoming caps
white vests and ties and dark trousers
and coats. They carried canes and were
more favorably commented on than any
other body of young men in the parade.
Captain w. H. Burke, of Providence,
went to Jermyn to see the parade and was
greeted by the many warm friends he has
among the temperance workers of the val
ley. Captain Burke was for years identi-
fled with the Scranton Diocesan union and
no general parade of that body was con-
sidered a success unless guided by his
mastery hand. Captain Burke's last ap-
pearance as grand marshal of a union pa
rade was on the occasion of the monster
general parade at Hazleton. seven years
ago, when 5000 total abstainers paraded
the streets of the Mountain City. 1t re-
quired experience and more than ordinary
skill to handle such a body OF men in that
city, but so well was 1t done that the
parade ranks as the most notable in the
history of the Scranton union That night
while the temperance men were return
ing home occurred the terrible collision at
Mud Run. when siXty-four lives were
blotted out. Captain Burke could not fer
get that terrible night at the lonely little
mountain station where the noisy Lee
high river sang a requiem for his dead and
mangled comrades. Since then he has led
no such parade; he has taken no part in
any that has been held.