The daily morning journal and courier., 1895-04-29
BIG TEMPERANCE RALLY.
CATHOLIO TEMPERANCE SOCIETIES. ADDRESSED BY FATHER O'BRIEN.

Hon. W. c. Robinson the Presiding Officer
 Father O'Brien Speaks of His Hearty
 Reception in New Haven-snme Figures
 About Intemperanoe in Cleveland, Ohio
 salOOn-Keepers No Longer Representa-
 i've of the Respec able Element in the
 Catholic Chnrch.
 The temperance rally held at the
 Grand opera house last evening under
 the auspices of the Catholic Total Absti-
 hence union of New Haven was attend
 ed by over fifteen hundred people and
 was most enthusiastic meeting. The
 Hon, William c, Robinson of the Yale Law school presided and made the open ing remarks. Arpin's orchestra was ,n
 attendance and rendered several musi- cal selections. w. Manning Reynolds followed with recitation entitled "The Columbian Fair" This was heartily encored and he responded with a recit- ation entitled "Purgatory." Thomas Rice then recited a selection entitled
 "The Rumseller's Soul" which was re- ceived with much applause. Judge Rob inson then introduced Rev. Father Pat rick O'Brien, the president of the Total Abstinence union of Ohio, who was the speaker of the evening. His remarks were in part as follows:
 MT. President, Ladies and Gentle men-I am indeed overwhelmed at the sight of this magnificent audience-the largest have yet spoken before in the state of Connecticut. This is the sixth lecture have delivered in your state and have four more to deliver. I am pleased to find sucfr a strong sentiment in favor of total abstinence pervading all classes, and I am amazed to find such strong temperance societies in your midst composed almost entirely of young men. Although proud of the dear old isle of my birth, I am glad to say that was brought up in a Puritan town on the western reserve of Ohfo-a town set tied by colony Of Connecticut people am more than grat1fied to bear witness In my correspondence to the increase of the virtue of temperance in Connecti- cut, and I am also glad to say that this is due to the able leadership of your bishop and his faithful, hard-worklng clergymen. And I want to bear wit ness, too, IO IIle COTuldl dLlu generous
 entertainment I have been accorded here in New Haven from Father Russell and his courteous assistants. With all due respect to the places have been previ- | ously in this state, Hcan say truthfulIy | that I have nowhere else in this state met with such an enthusiastic recep- ton.
 When I was in Dublin two years ago was present at the unveiling of l statue of the great Father Matthews. l It was a great assemblage both Cath9- | lies and Protestants taking part in do- | ing honor to the memory of the great | reformer. But as stood there I thought | that Father Matthews had a monument 1 fl America which would have been much | more pleasing to him than that cold | marble, and that was the Total Absti- | hence Union of America"
 In the remainder of his remarks he ! said that the time had gone by when | saloon keepers can be said to be repre- | of the respectable element in | the Catholic church. He also paid a | tribute to Miss Frances B. Willard, who | he said was a noble type of an Ameri- can lady, and that he as an American | was proud of her. In his own city of Cleveland he said that out of 9,616 ar rests 5,248 were for intoxication; out of 6, ,674 cases tried 5,151 were for intoxica- ton; out of 3,459 eases committed to the work house 2,046 were for intoxica- tion. There were 99 cases of assault committed while in a state of intoxica- tion; 3,499 were confessedly addicted to drink. In conclusion he said:
 Drunkenness is the greatest evil that affects humanity to-day. It is the cause of many of those vices that lowers man below the level of the brute-crimes that St. Paul would not even have mentioned .mong Christians. If the drunkard only injured himself it would be bad enough, out he is a constant menace to every )ne around him"
 After he had finished speaking Judge Robinson made some excellent remarks, liter which the meeting adjourned.
 There were in one of the boxes the 'pllowing members of the Catholic cler- ": Rev. Fathers Maher Welch, Sulli- yan, OConnor Corcoran and Kennedy.