The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-08-07

Supreme Commander knights. of Father
Mathew. who made one of the principal
addresses at the meeting Of the Catholic
Total Abstinence Union
o'Brien. supreme commander of the knights
Of Father Mathew of st. Louis.
Mr.. O'Brien's speech aroused much en-
thusiasm among his hearers. He said, in
part:
WORSE THAN AvARICE.
inc alluremcnts OF dissipation find easy
prey m the man who hes achieved apparent sue
cess without moral guidance unless the ayarice
Of a miser or inscriptions ambition leads him
to as unhappy an end
This leads to the conclusion that the drink
habit II worse than the sin of avarice or un-
worthy ambition. Each Of the three is opposed
to the good Of our neighbor and brings its
blight on tho life OF its slave, but tho sin Of.
spostits. and has its Inevitable train Of evil for
The wretch WHO knows no God but money or
power may possibly injure only himself. or his
q good for others. but what benefit may q drunk.
srd.s life be to his WIFE his child or his neigh
ITO, TO seek enjoyment through drink not only
oSsr o sn,ss1 sD BY, low
i ind W WSssi man = 50 piabe as maudiin
than natural intelligent. caIe-free pleasure 'ns
there feast Of reason who are its
who should most rationale par Fl nov II 5og
is hospitality when our brother asks fer bread
has slain than fe . Mnaf e s
stu: :tili? Must we dethrone our reason and
that OF our guest. that We may entertain him?
INFLUENCE is WIDE.
Yet the Inf ence Of the liquor traffic who can
measure? And what could 1t effect unless the
arrogant and the rich are allied with fbe ir-
nornnt who know naught but to follow their
british instincts7 For man to engage in the
liquor traffic seems to me to make him willing
to resort to any extreme to maintain II, II he
il without reflection i to the misery 1t entails
he Is too ignorant to be enlightened II he sees
this misery,and how can he be 80 blind as not
II. ear Oens only to Schemes fs rs @ and
ton and extension.
and advancement ana Extension mi true of
total abstinence. we need education ef the whole
fiber and not multiply the polished rascal. iofiy
IN his assumption Of knowledge but weak at
me core with no sustaining principle shape
n IS per csns of tbs cases where men have
men nave laIed in life. the cause is apparent
W e. ne casual ,.n a; vel, as the CLOSE observer
low that in the one case eases them TO 10
fall ~, when they have arisen 70 lofty and hon
them oseaps!ns Re pace. ssss PEN %sn
i. the Intoxicating drink habit Which oeE IN
insidlousness spares no one and whose tentacles
Of people In s s
lives. homes. businesses and professions as well
- oSsSitcu CuuTCueS.
DANGER is OBVIOUS
II is singular indeed that men should proclaim
themselves strong when before them they see
the wrecks on the shoals Of intemperance, and
have not the mental strength to steer their lives
in the safe channels Of total abstinence 1t looks
possessed Of some demon ior the time. that led
them on and on. by easy stages until before a
4 TO be brought back to their natural selves
10 the condition that they once were They may
q he IN effects are apparent and felt in some i
The fs "A s,n nss OPENINGS Visited The child
& sasf sn shs. is tn.
"a ia He Is the one that sess, and
ono that can stand out and proclaim that he has
. mind that can control his appetite. He is the
a upon in most any walk Of lie for the reason
that fTst q al: he can control himself and it
retain sefIespsst IS the one that esr3an aHe
when ell = ss.d has the right to command and
BE- Is the :. one .ss who can enjoy himself and bring
reason He i the one that can do Susineas with nls
Al classes without first seducing them over the
other words. he Is the man that can do business
and reap success in the legitimate channels by
taer better anhood and receivins ths r sr
Of his l.bors from sane men instead Of those
tins Of the drinkers wiles.
The afternoon session closed with the
election OF omcers and the selection Of st.
Louis as the place for holding the next
annual convention.
The officers elected are:
President, the Reverend Walter ]. Shan
ley. Hartford; first vice president Walter
!; Gibbons. Chicago: second vice president.
the Reverend John G. Became. Pittsburg;
third vice president. Mrs. Leonora NJ Lake,
st. Louis; secretary, John w. Logue, Phil
adelphia; treasurer, ]. ]. surran. Wilkes
barre, Pa.
The session was opened with the report
Of the Committee on Resolutions. which was
adopted. The resolutions express sorrow
at the death OF Pope Leo XIII. whose APP
probation placed the seal Of the church on
the cause OF total abstinence; submission
TO- the win Of Pope Plus x in all things
spiritual ana condemning drinking among
Catholics
The Reverend A. p Doyle, Of New York,
was appointed to receive subscriptions for
Father. 6iedenfroecker among colleges.
President Stanley announced that the first
sunday u Vf S isOt would be q 4. A.
sttion.