The Irish standard., 1896-06-20


4 s|ssession with an appropriate prayer The
SfRev. Father Barrett, Of Minneapolis
schair1nan OF the committee on the i'd
Il dTess to the ordinary, presente the COM
4 .mittee's report, which was q tribute to
\ archbishop Ireland, who has been inde-
ifatigabIe In his efforts IN behalf OF the
i union and the temperance work.
Iss Miss Mary L. Smith, Of ST. Paul. read
4 the address Of the society Ito the Catholic
i women OF the archdiocese OF st. Paul.
i The address held that temperance work
I vas well suited for women, and a field
1 IN which they could acquit themselves
| with honor. Miss Nolan, Of st. Pa1ll.
l read the address to the clergy, which was
/ respondedtto by Father O Bryan, of st. Jo-
seph's, ST. Paul. Reports were made
\ by President Foley, of St. John the
\ Baptist society, OF Byrnesville, Mimi !;
| by Paul Kelly. of the cadet society Of
/ the Cathedral Parish, st. Paul; by MES.
| Kelly. president Of the Sacred
Thirst society, OF the same parish; Fafht
er O'Brien representing the societies; at
| St. Joseph's St. Paul; and Mr.. Burke;
president Of the Father Matthew society
Saltwater, .. = M'2! M = f't@
Mrs. Ke,ly's paper was largely de-.
voted to the question Of pushing the tenn.
perance work among the young people.
| It was a very thoughtful and comprehen :
! sive study, and evoked much praise from
Messrs. Mcguire and Mcconnell Of ST. Paul
! Father Cleary made enc Of his happy
and characteristic addresses, in which he
urged the temperance workers to take
care that all Of their meetings and doingA
were conducted on the highest possible
plan, both in respect to good taste and
excellence of literature and other fea-
lures. When the applause had died
away after Father Cleary had left the
platform, Father O'Brien Of st. Paul
spoke for the societies Of ST.. Joseph's
parish. They were not quite in the run,
Mig for the medals tals year, but they,
would be next. .. . 49,,
In the afternoon the convention reas-
sembled to listen to the report from the
committee on resolutions, which, In sub
STANCE, read as follows:
"T'he delegates of the twenty-fifth an
nual convention of the Catholic Total
ST. Paul congratulate the officers and
members on the increase in membership
and the more general interest taken in
the work Of temperance during the past
year. The active support of SO many OF
the pastors assures that there is no such
word as fall even partially visible NpDn
the temperance horizon. The silver jul
bilee of our beloved union is a fitting
time to increase our usefulness in, it's
service First OF all the Fathers. and
mothers should be temperate If we ex-
pect to raise temperate sons and daughters.
And the way to insure temperate fathers.
and mothers Is to begin with the boys
and girls now Too little attention is
paid by, us as to the boys and girls So
cieties. While there may be, and often
are, reasons why 1t Is not easy to organ
ize an adult society in a parish, no good
excuse can be produced why cadet So
ciety cannot be maintained.
GA very important feature Of our work
is the more progressive societies OF the
union in the joint debates and public
entertainments. Such meetings are fol-
lowed by proper accounts in the news
papers, and thus our whole membership
is kept informed of what Is transpiring
in the societies"
The resolutions Furthermore contained
words of thanks to the ladies' societies,
TO Bishop McGolrick, Bishop O'Gorman,
Mayor Pratt, Rev. DR.. Beach, Rev.
Father Cleary and others. They were
adopted In full.
Messrs Brown Rafferty,, r. D. OCon-
nell, John O'Brien and Churchill were
appointed committee to report M TIE
next annual convention on the adyiSa-
bility of establishing a beneficial fund
for the Father Mathew societies.
An invitation from The ladies OF st.
Paul to hold the next convention In that
city was accepted.
The medals presented by Bishop Nc
golrick were awarded to the following
societies which had shown the greatest
increase in membership during the past
yeer: st. Johns Society Of huntsville,
the Sacred Thirst Society of ST. Joseph's
parish st. Paul; the Cadet Society Of the
Cathedral parish, St. Paul. President
Rarth presented a special medal to the
Angel Home Society, of the Cathedral
parish, st. Paul. '......
Gold medals to be awarded in a. SINH
lar manner by the next convention were
promised by Father O'Brien Of St. Paul,
Mr.. Mcclure of st. Paul and Mr.. O'Brien
of saltwater. se'--. y,'. 80 '.- . s." --
Officers Elected-Rev. r. J. Gibbons,
Spiritual Director, St. Paul..
n. A. Barth, President, Watertown.
Patrick McKenna, first vice-president,
Shieldsville. ss.z7 ~
Pc. Burke, ST., second vice-p president,
Saltwater. x: IA;
Miss Mary L. A. Smith, third VICE presi-
dent, St. Paul. Sc IL
Hugh C. Sherry, treasurer, Minneapolis,
jaime ]. Regain, secretary, St. Pauanrgr !
Delegates to the St, Louis Nattonal
Convention Aug. s: Mrs. F. l.. Kelfy;*St.
Paul; P E. Burke, Saltwater; William
f. Kenny, Minneapolis. ~ /.
The next convention will be held one
rear from now in St. Paul.