The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-08-16
MEETING OF KEELEYITES
OVER 1000 GRADUATES EXPECTED
TO BE HERE THIS WEEK.
A Temperance Society Composed of
Men Who Have Been Drunkards
Partial Programme.

The sixth annual convention of the Ma
tional Kelley League is TO be held in this
city, beginning with q business session at
the Statehouse Tuesday afternoon. and
concluding with a camp fire extended by
the G. A. r. posts, at Tomlinson Hall.
Thursday night. All meetings are to be open
to the general public, and Thomas L. Barry.
secretary of the league. says that all per-
sons are invited TO attend them. Delegates
will begin arriving to-day, and it is ex-
pected that two thousand people will be
here to attend the convention. A large del
egation is coming from Minneapolis. That
city is anxious to have the convention next
year. The Minneapolis contingent will have
headquarters in one of the parlors Of the
Denison Hotel. The walls are being dec
grated with the colors of the league-blue
and %gold-and many eautiful pictures
showing scenes in that city will form part
of the decoration.
The Women's Auxiliary will convene in
the House of Representatives at the State
house. while the original Kelley League
will meet In the Senate chamber. A good
deal of elaborate decorating has been done
at both places, and tomorrow the dec
orators will commence work at the Grand
Opera House, where the night meetings are
TO be held. Special efforts are being made
by the local G.. A. r. posts to make the
camp fire at Tomlinson Hail attractive, and
much hospitality Will be shown 10 the vet
eran members OF the league.
L. Il. Barry. secretary of the league, says
that the organization is not engaged in ad-
vertising any particular cure tor inebriety,
and that the name "keeley League was
chosen simply to stamp the organization as
halnf nnA of men ~ HAr.a.
VINO nave been cured OF the drink appetite,
whether IN q heeiey Institute or some other
institution. originally IT was known as the
blcnioride OF cold CUB, but aS a number
OF chariatanS established blchloriQe Oh gold
cures and represented that the club WAS
iEdorsins them, IL was found necessary TO
ADOPT some otner name. In this country,
ne says, there are OV,U00 men and women
who nave been cured OF drink. OF this
number 5000 have associated themselves
with the keeley League. MIR. Barry asserts
that there are thousands of others WHO
ought to be in the league who hold back
from becoming identineu with IL, as they do
not care TO have it known that they have
taken the treatment. The purpose of the
organization, he says, is to extend the
cause of temperance, and 1T is designed TO
encourage and uphold those who have
taken the treatment. He says that many
times parents send away their sons who
have had the misfortune TO get drunk a few
times with the expectation that they Will
be cured.
IDaI is entirely useless" declared Mr..
barry. IN tnOSe cases the drink naDlt-
We call it a disease-has not been acquired.
You cannot cure a man who has no dis
ease. The result is that when these young
men return to their homes they fall into
bad company and before long are drink
ing worse than ever. 1t is not until a man
is in the clutches of the disease and finds
it Impossible 10 leave off drink By force of
will that a cure is possible"
In many States the league has used its in
fluence to secure the passage of laws au-
thorizing county officials TO provide the
means for sending INDECENT inebriates to
some institute for treatment. In one of
the great Northwestern cities the Mayor
succeeded in inducing the city officials to
try the experiment OF sending prisoners at
the workhouSe who were habitual drunk
ards to a cure, and ii was demonstrated
that a large amount of money was saved
to tho city, AWAY men who had been ar
rested time and again for drunkenness
were completely reformed and gave the au-
thorities no further trouble. In the West
ern Indian reservations much good is being
accomplished 1t is. likely that a move
ment will be set on foot to secure legisla-
ton N this State while the league is in ses-
sion.
The headquarters of the league officers
will be at the Denison Hotel. Mr.. Barry is
now here perfecting arrangements for the
convention. He is giving special attention
To the matter of providing badges for the
delegates, and many Of them are unique
and extremely attractive. Kansas, for in
stance, is known as the Sunflower State,
and the badges of blue ribbon with gold let
tering are surmounted with enormous arti-
fetal sunfiowers. The badges for the vet
Grams of the civil war are surmounted With
eagle shields and have a tiny flag pinned
across the top.
Attractive programmes have been pre-
pared for the meetings at the Grand Opera
at s o'clock. Following are the pro-
grammes in full:
-Tuesray Evening"
March Orchestra
Overture. "A Trip around he City.
orchestra
Address of welcome
........Hon Claude Matthews, Governor
...........Hon Thomas Taggart. Mayor
Response by Col. A. j. Smith, president
Kelley League.
Vocal solo Sweet Heart Nell"
K. H.. Hoenig. Choir Master, ST. Paul's
Church.
A AddI sc;o "a +, Moweray Mr esq f. Fhi1Ra aetpmna
Address......Rev. w. j: Gillespie. Chaplain
Anthem. Il Am Alpha
Address. :. Rev. Thomas Kinsella, Chaplain
Vocal solo, THE Holy City" $500.
Address.....John H. Pierce, esq, New York
Waltz Orchestra
"Wednesday Evening"
Music Orchestra
Overture. T h Medley Metropolis".....
Address Mrs. /. n. Ives. National resident
Vocal solo Harry E. Eastman
Auures Mrs. Ida B. Cole National Secretary
Vocal solo. Don't Be Cross".K H. Hoenig
Address. Mrs. Leonora NJ. Lake, st. Louis
Third Vice President Catholic T. ~. Union.
30. Pray for the Peace of Jerusalem.
...-. st. Pauls Church Choir
Vocal solo, Holy City'......Mis Gehrlein
Banjo solo Prof. +. NJ. Planque
No stated programme has been an
nounced for the campfire at Tomlinson
Hall Thursday night.
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