The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-05-16
TEMPERANCE MEN meet
Thirteenth Annual Convention II
Session at Carbondale.
NAMES OF DELEGATES PRESENT
Addresses Delivered by Rev. A. p. Doyle,
Rev. T. +. Coffoy, Rcv. L. J. Mcllcy
and President John II. Dcvine.
Business Transacted.
Special to the Scranton Tribune.

CdrDonuale, May lt.-W eatner more
like "chill Novembers surly blast
than that which is in season at the yes.
tibule of summer was what the clerk
of the meteorological bureau provided
for the delegates to the thirteenth an.
nual convention Of the Scranton Dto.
cesan Total Abstinence union, which
assembled In st. Roses hall, on Church
street, in this city this morning.
Delegates began arriving on the early
trains and at 9 o'clock all roads led
to the convention hail. The officers OF
the union were all present, except Vice.
President Charles LAWN, Of Wilkes.
Barre. President John II. Devine, OF
Scranton; Second Vice-President Frank
McCafferty, Of Jermyn; Secretary John
M. Mack, of LuZerne, and Treasurer p
f. Mcdonnell, Of .Carbondale, com.
posed the remainder Of the board OF
government, and they were busy ar.
ranging all the preliminaries of the
convention.
Rev. +. j. Melley, pastor of St
Johns church, South Side, Scranton
the present spiritual director of the
union, while the board of government
was getting things ready, circulated
among the delegates. Father Melley
Is very popular among temperance mer
Of the Scranton diocese.
The hall was decorated with bunting
and United States flag beamed down
from above the platform. The flag was
set off whtha picture of Father Theobald
Mathew, administering the pledge to q
cadet. A messenger was sent to the
parochial residence Of Rev. Father
Coffey. to announce that the conven-
ton was ready to open.
At 1910 Spiritual Director Rev. z. j
Melley, Rev. A. P. Doyle, of New York
who Is in the city as a guest of Father
Coffey and delivered lecture at the
Opera House Tuesday night, and
Father Coffey were escorted to the plat.
form, and President Devine called the
delegates to order. The opening prayer
was offered by the spiritual director.
President Devine introduced Father
Melley to the delegates and the spir-
itual director delivered a very practical
address. He said 1T gave him pleasure
to note that there had not been many
chickering's in the union during the past
year, which would call forth from him
reproof. At times matters had arisen
which were to some extent reprehensi-
BILE, but he thought that the causes
which were at the root of 1t generated
from no malicious purpose, and there
fore he did not take 1t upon himself to
publicly condemn, in his capacity as
spiritual director, the actions of some
who were perhaps misguided in their
mistaken zeal for the cause Of temper
ance. He said that so long as the tenn
perance cause is conducted along reli-
gious lines, the priests will be always
be found ready and willing to lend en-
couraging help and assistance.
Addresses by Clergymcn.
Rev. T. F. Coffey, pastor OF st. Roses
church. welcomed the delegates with
a most cordial address, the language of
which did not fail to strike a responsive
chord in the hearts Of all the delegates
Carbondale Is pioneer city in the
cause of temperance, he said, and he
hoped the delegates to the convention
would go home with full appreciation
of the hospitality Of the people.
Rev. A. p. Doyle delighted the del
egates with an enthusiastic address
The pleasure, he admitted, which II
gave him to speak in total abstinence
convention to the delegates assembled
was greater than any pleasure that
they could derive from listening to him
There is great hope and great promise
in the Scranton union, because he saw
before him the young men as leading
spirits Of the societies. The temper
ance movement is nothing If not a rell-
gious one and it derives it's strength
from the church.
Father Doyle closed his brilliant ad-
dress with an invitation cordially ex.
tended to all the delegates to visit New
York city on Aug. next, when the
national convention of the Catholic
Total Abstinence Union of America
will assemble. The silver jubilee OF
the union will then be celebrated In
fitting style. The foremost feature will
be the presence of the papal ablegate
Satolli, of Washington, who
will represent the holy father, Leo XIII
and will impart the papal blessing.
McKeon, of Avoca, moved that stand
ing vote of thanks be given by the
delegates to the three clergymen. 1t
was unanimously agreed to. President
Devine named as assistant secretaries,
Peter +. Cusick, Of Minooka, and
Thomas Herbert, of Miners Mills. He
also appointed the following commit
tees:
Credentials-C. Canavan, s. j. Con-
nors, M. ]. O'Toole.
Auditing-James f. Noone, W. NAL
10y, p. f. Carroll, John B. Hanlon, T.
w. EARLY, w. Murphy.
Constitutional. c. Gallagher, c. G..
Boland. ]. j. Noonan, T. Collins.
Resolutions-John Kelley, ]. ]. Nc
Manamin, James M. Gallagher James
Cullen, w. Murphy, of Archibald, John
Masterton.
General Secretary Mack then called
the roll, and the following delegates
presented their credentials:
List of Delegates.
Ashley-St. Aloysius. Edward Con-
molly, Thomas Gilroy.
Avoca-St. Aloysius, John Buckley,
f. +. Riley; cadets, James Jennings,
j ohm MeKane.
Archbald.-The Knights of Father
Mathew, James iMcAndrew, William
Murphy.
observation-disclosures Father Mathew,
John Kelly, ELI Birs; Knights of Father
Mathew, A. Pidgeon, Thomas Collins,
p. F. CARROLL cadets, M. r. Campbell,
J. P. Campbell; st. Rose, William Null
ley, John Killeen; st. Patrick's, N.
Murtagh, M. ]. Mcdonald; st. Rose
ladies, Mary e. Barrett, Kathryn
Welsh. Bridget Gilmartin.
Eckley-St Mary's. John O'Donnell.
Frenchtown-St Patrick's, Bernard
O'Donnell.
Treeland-St. AIMS, John p Hanlon,
Frank Mclaughlin; Young Mems, ]. J.
McManaman, Alex. Mulherrin.
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