New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-08-08
PRESIDENT CLEAKf'S WOHDo'
HE TALKS At THE AFTERNOON SESSION
OF THE UNION.

Tho asternoon session Of the convention began NJ
o.c,ock Father Mcmahon. who Is treasurer Oh
the organization opened the proceeo'"ss VIZ"
prayer Father Kelly Of Indiana, moved '"a' d
committee be appointed to send telegram OF gre.
ing to the Most Rev. Archbishop lre!and' inns
motion was carried unanimously. Inc rev r".
rick O. Brien pastor of ST. AIMS Church' ire"o"''
Ohio then moved that cablegram be sent 20
His Holiness Pope Leo XIII, who sanctioned the
holding of the convention. The rev james VI
Cleary who is president OF the Cathonc lo'ai Ao-
stinence Union was empowered to nominate DOM
committees
THE ADDRESS OF THE PRESIDENT
President Cleary then delivered a stirring ad-
dress saying in part:
OF wealth. gathered from the earnings OF the un
fortunate. strengthened by revered customs anu h
radOns respect for vested
had grown defiant Of Pubc opinion and T Sa.m sa
ioonkeeper had come to consider himself an essen
s pillar Of the church as well as ths ea
AND the funeral The best thought Of country
Sesv psd ssdon to a 70 mhy
Of humanity rushed upon us from foreign s JANUS anu
FEE great ' meeting Of the nations commn
Cling Of all the Of men upon American sol ere
Solution fhe foreigner Enriched our country with
omy and thrift. But the victim Of despotism
who bs s his the ana
freedom until their feet touched American soil; who
the privilege Of freely fleeing from the chains that
stm ssw 10 eas % In
which to be as o a sy
privilege Of doing as pleased them best seSaraIsss
OF the people who gave them shelter and home.
FOREIGN CUSTOMS INTRODUCED.
mi
ments being members OF the Catholic Church.
forced the fostering mother of every virtue into
false position before the American. public. An I'M
due proportion of those protesting allegiance to the
Catholic Church shameessly inscribed their names
above doors of liquor dens, and frequently with
equal ostentaton. affixed their names to contriou-
in the minds Of Gnfriendy critics the saloon and
the grand old Church OF sef-denia and traditional
has been Inflicted upon the Catholic Church in this
country by the alliance OF Catholic names with me
sound common sense of the American people en-
phaszes its hostility to debasins drinking customs
The best judgment Of people condemns the
saloon the incorporating enemy OF rehgion
and country 1t defes the VIII OF the people ra ana
II desecrates the sanctity Of our Sunday and at.
American ee1s people by appealing to the customs Of
other times and other lands, We are not to De
judgment Of the great American public is amply
competent to regulate It's own customs, IN accoru
ance with the best interests OF our common coun-
try. The. hopeful men who met together In the
city OF Baltimore. noblest Catholic centre.
world. not disheartened at the prospect before
them They mot TIE bs sabs G1
upon whose fair brow we place to-day "eii-earneu
silver crown.
CHANGES SEEN IN AMERICA.
What a mighty revolution this Catholic organiza-
ton for the uplifting OF the unfortunate has
wrought during these few fleeing years. 1t has
senced the suspicious OF the weak. II has covered
with confusion the criticisms Of the cowardly. 1t
has rescued the Church from any suspicion OF un-
haow ID alliance with the saloon-the aouiest ene i
OF Church and our country. IL mas won Ialriy
the lasting admiration and confidence OF wise ara .s
hameS from %f he festive board of all
OF selfrespecting Catholics intoxicating drink IN
ton OF the greatest Pontif who has sat In Peters
chair for centuries 1t received exceptional ndorse.
went from the wise Fathers of the Third Plenary
In no county in the world would 1t be possible for
organization like ours 10 accomplish better re-
suits. Never in human history were the opportuni-
for The to anS % f BIZ S S
fair land Of ours. Nowhere in the wide world are
Of mankind eonfdsd to its care No bshi,,ns i in;
can for moment be compared to the whitening
curse Of drink in the homes Of the poor 49,,
the b mann % % to
the wage-earners of the country generously pour
billion OF dollars year: American opportunities mite
Destituton and want in this country in the vast
majority Instances, are the result OF profg
many OF the tolers of the land simply camp In the
wilderness. of great tenement structures and drag
out their lives In hopeless poverty the lamentable
fact Is. to alarming extent the result Of paying
too generous tribute to the liquor sellers trade.
| CHILDHOOD BLIGHTED BY THE SALOON.
| With our ever-ncreasing advantages OF education
and mental culture with the schoolhouse within
sight OF every mans door, anxiously inviting all the
children of to come and drink at the fountains
OF knowledge there need not be- and there would not
| be, poor mans child in all this fair land cursed
beastness OF Intemperance that brutalizes the lives
| OF the poor The drink curse blights human happi-
wherever its foul presence Is known but it mnsles
| In the poor mans cup OF misery the seeds OF hope
snd na a. rs the
Of drink and they are at
tages which bounteous providence has lavshed
OK the our people the deusye appetite Tor drink and
then we can ins,ill thirst for the e-givns waters
every rrS's city "i in the land with weIsocked psSs
knowledge The saloon and the deoasinS trafic
S i hearts Of The a Children
toll. How blessed It would be the feet Of the
to the free public library Instead Of reading the
desolste path that leads from the lSIor den 70 the
saOUn the % shelter Ss
| wre,ched family
NOT A QUESTION OF POLITICS.
The Union has. with marvellous consistency. kept
c,ear OF all political entanglements. It's members
do not surrender their rights and privileges In
| dependent freemen when procaimng their al
| lee,ance TO the total abstinence cause The men,
hers OF this Union cast their ballots as honest Amer
lean citizens. according to the dictates OF their
! corsc,ences The Union. as an organization knows
| no politics adopts political platform. and die
tates no political plan OF action to is members RS
| support OF the Prohibition party. but Its members
| have never been instructed not to identity them
selves with the Prohibition any other political or.
| sert,a,Io The moral and material welfare OF