Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1901-04-16
K[AN HITS SALOONS
Catholic Archbishop Will Put in
Force the Power Of
Catholicism.
Priests Will Deny Disobedient
Catholics the Sacraments
ofthe Church.
Priesthood chided for Laxity..
Must Talk Strongly AGAINST
Intemperance.
Special to Times-Republican.

Dubuque, April 16. - Archbishop
Keanis Sunday sermon left no doubt in
the minds ofhis hearers as TO the stand
OF the head of the Catholic church in
Iowa. His address was devoted to the
saloon and in its positiveness of asser-
ance work of the mighty power Of the
Roman church. In a manner almost
abrupt deserved sacerdotal injunction
against the liquor traffic and warned
the priesthood to follow his lead In this
respect. His sermons will create much.
talk and CONSERVATION in saloon circles
thruollt the state.
There is good reason to believe that
the movement is authorized by the high
est powers OF the Catholic church. The
church has for twenty years Quietly
urged it's members who are connected
with the liquor interests Of the country
to go into some other line of business
There is small doubt that the sermon
of the Iowa archbishop is but the be-
ginning of a forced reform in this mat
ter and tina the temperance movement
will be general in the church.
The archbishop administered the sac,
rament of confirmation to several hun
bred children and as is his custom on
these occasions he addressed them, ex-
planning the nature of the sacrament.
He told them of the great privilege it
was to receive the sacrament that 1t
made the soldiers of Jesus Christ, etc
Following the expla nations the arch
,ct t;ate
soldier OF Jesus Christ had to contend
with. The greatest, he said is the sa-
loon evil. To the dram shop nearly all
the misery and suffering of mankind
are traceable. Then followed a tisquisi-
l,tion on the saloon evil in general.
| Touching on local conditions the speak
err waxed warm He said that his ut
| terancess on the saloon question had
lscalled forth many Inquiries as to just
what he intended to do in Dubuque
with the saloon. 1t is my Intention he
| said, TO talk against the saloon all my
life. My views are set as to the saloon
| and the occasions of sins surrounding 1t
| and in order to rid Dubuque of the evil
lor at least to minimize it shall talk
frequently against 1t; l shall urge all
my Catholic people that are in the bus
mess to get out of tin time I shall
| use every means that moral suasions can
suggest to reduce the number of saloons
in Dubuque and, then, II this Will ac-
complish nothing shall call into force
the power that the Catholic church
\ gives" The archbishop said he did not
4 think that he could wipe out all the sa-
/ looms of Dubuque much as he desired to
do 50, but he said he knew wha. he
could do He would insist. he said, that
4 Catholics get out of the business or ait
least conform to the laws of church and
state if they must needs remain in the
4 traffic. BY conforming to the laws OF
church and state the archbishop said
\ that he meant that no saloon keeper
Should keep his place of business open
Lon Sunday-not even back. front or
side door-nor sell liquors to any drunk
ard or minor. III Catholic saioonk eepers
continue to disobey me" he continued
II shall be obliged to instruct mypriests
to refuse them the sacramentS of the
church" The archbishop said he did not
wish to be understood as being un-
friendly to any saloonkeeper, on the
contrary he bore sentiments of kindness
toward them all. In preaching against
|. saloons he considered he said. that he
4 was doing his duty as a Catholic pre-
late. If he shirked this duty he would
suffer qualms of conscience. Speaking
of the priests he intimated that they
had not in the past, talked against In
Temperance as frequently as they might
have, and declared that he should see
to 1t that they should decry the traffic
with more ardor in the future.