The Irish standard., 1895-08-17
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Some Things That We're saIdsat
the Total Abstinence fleets
ing in New York. s.89
Senator Sullivan and Theode!e
Roosevelt Lock Horns Upon the
Sunday Closing Question
Father Cleary Attracts Attention
h. by a rlost Remarkable Adj
dress on sobriety.

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dress on Sobriety.
Much interest has been taken in the
proceedings of the Catholic Total Absts-
nence Union held last week in New York
and the following extracts are clipped
from the New York Worlds account Of
the first nights work:
I. State Senator O'Sullivan had come
there to make aspeech. So had Mr.. Roose-
welt. Mr.: Roosevelt had prepared a nice
little speech embodying his ideas of the
duty Of himself and his fellow commits
! sioners. He did not make that speech,
though.
The reason Mr.. Roosevelt changed
his speech was because State Senator
O'Sullivan spoke first. Mr.. O'Sullivsn.' :
in spite of the fact that he was to ad-,
dress a total abstinence convention, pre-
pared speech advocating liberal excise
laws, and what is called continental
Sunday.
As he delivered that speech the great
audience simply stood up and hissed at
him, but there was just g fringe Of men
standing around the rear Of the hall who
were with him-men who had dropped iii
to hear him speak. for he is popular
man in the neighborhood They tried to
drown the storm of Kisses with shouts
of approval, and so it went
mutt, and listened particularly to Mr..
O'Sullivan, he became as mad as a horneH
and he did not attempt to conceal hts
anger, for underneath what Mr.. O'Su,Ii-
tions against the motive of the police
commissioners in vigorously enforcing
the excise laws. .-.
When MIR. O'Sullivap sat down MIR.
Roosevelt was introduced. For half.
hour he talked In his peculiar snappy,
resolute way. There was a. defiance in
every word and stab for Mr.. OSullivan
in almost every sentence. The people
who had been Kissing before, who had
been far in the majority, began to cheer
and to scream with delight.
After Mr.. Roosevelt had said all be
had to say he sat down with a smile than
gave the audience "a farewell sight Of
the shining teeth that he had been ex-
hibiting to Mr.. O'Sulliyan's discontinue.
Police Commissioner Parker ran over and
shook hands heartily with him. Mayor
Strong actually stood up and cheered. a.
score Of priests went towards Mr.. Rocse-
velt and congratulated him. The audi
ence was crazy. Men and women got up
OH their seats and howie1 with Joy. For
several minutes this lasted, while State
Senator O'Sullivan looked as uncomfort-
able as any man conld possibly look.
Then the big masss-meeting went on.
but good as was everything else in the
shape Of oratory that was offered to The.
aulience it palled Upon them. O'SnlliyaD ]
and Roosevelt had "hogged the stage. as
theatrical folks say. When 1t was all
over the people wondered how It had all
happened, and rehearsed the scene In con-
yersation with each other.
After speeches had been made by Arch
bishop Corrigan and Mayor Strong, stats
Senator O'Sullivan was introduced. After
having paid a tribute to the general cause
of temperance he soon drifted Ground to
the ground of, moderate drinking. fs
Your own perfection in the virtue OF
Temperance makes you strong in Its de-
.fense," he said, because better and
more lasting results can be accomplished.
according to your principles, by the in
fluence of good example and kind perauar
sion than by the severest application OF
law. You cannot leg.slate virtue into the
souls Of men. 1t is a great victory for
you to have converted our distinguished
mayor" Here there was tinge Of sar.s
.casm In his voice, ,.3 AZ. & ss5 i 81 I. E
I Though by the grace Of the common
people happen to be one of the laWmag;1.s5 II.
ers OF the state, outside Of the halls Of
Legislation I am authorized to speak for
none but myself, and though my poeliaarA p'e,lita.A A
cal hopes, best services and honest alle-
glance are with Tammany Hall, am but
a private In the ranks, and, unlike the
DISTINGUISHED mayor Of our great city. Us.
am no teetotaIler. 1t is we'll for US to be
honest with one another in the discussion
LOT this question, because Ii temperance
agitation and temperance legislation hayes
been unpopular and unsuccessful "a many
nIaces It is IN great measure attributa-
Eble TO the dishonesty and hypocrisy tao s
often at the back Of then 8 a.
The audience had already commenced
to hiss The speaker went on 8s
. with absolute prohib ition, We, Of New
York have little to do, except 10 tar Az
the Sunday law Is concerned, and there
comes the question: Shall we scOnt anlie$a
the existence Of the present law a1adser-s]
force 1t as fits, or shall we sdenle1
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