The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1905-11-23
CONVENTION OF
CATHOLIC SOCIETIES..
Rev. Fr. DaIy's Lecture.

The regular quarterly meeting of the
Manitowoc County Federation of Cath
olic societies was held at st. Luke's
Catholic school hall in the city of Two
Rivers, Nov. 10, 1905, at O'Clock p. m,
President J. =. Nolan presiding and
Secretary W. w Willinger acting as
secretary of the meeting The Rev.
Father Hugo, assistant pastor of st.
Luke's church, opened the meeting with
prayer. The report of the committee on
credentials showed large attendance,
almost every Catholic society in the
county being represented. Che com
mittee appointed Mt the previous meeting
to draft by y-laws to govern the organiza-
tion, consisting of Beth, p. A. Miller
and A. J. Clark, reported and presented
set of by laws which We're unanimous
ly adopted. The regular order of bust
ness was followed; and. when il came TO
the remarks on the benefits of the FEEDER
alton, there We're many valuable sugges-
tions given and able addresses deliver
ed by the delegates present, the Rev
Father Geissler making an eloquent
argument in favor of the Federation and
clearly outlining IT'S objects and purposes
showing how it would benefit, not
only Catholic people. but society in
general. After one of the most success
ful meetings of the Federation held in
Manitowoc county Rev. Gessler closed
with prayer
But by far the most interesting part
of the proceedings was the lecture de-
livered by Rev. Father DAILY of Milwau-
kee, which took place at the Turner hall
in the evening The hall in the even
ing was filled to its utmost capacity,
many being obliged to remain outside
for lack of room, The subject of the
lecture was American Citizenship From
u Catholic Standpoint" And the Rev.
speaker started in by showing the part
that the Catholic church had taken in
the discovery and development of the
country and in the preservation of the
Union, citing Columbus as the discoverer
a Cathoic-and The many Catholic
missionaries who Travelled and explored
the country when II wilderness. He also
showed that, at any and all times when
the nation needed her citizens 10 defend
the flag, there was no distinction made
in the call for soldiers to go 10 the front.
They were not called ~ Protestants or
Catholics, but as American citizen. He
further showed that good Catholic
must he Il good citizen and that Con-
federation of Catholic societies was in
tended for the advancement of morality
and therefore was beneficial, not only
to the Catholic church, but to society in
general.
In his closing remarks he touched on
socialism and stated that socialism, if
1t could be called such that benefits
mankind, that elevates and betters the
condition of the laburer, or that advances
the conditions obtaining in our indus
trial aud social fabric, could be ad-
vocated and supported by every citizen.
But socialism that uudermiues the
-acreduess of the home and that makes
the mother os her children mere
machine to produce the child and per.
mits the state to snatch it from her arms
and say, You have nothing more to do
with this child, will now take care of
it'-this kind of socialism he did not
think any Catholic or any other good
citizen could stand for.
AT the close of his lecture he was
loudly appIauded, aud all left the hall
fully satisfied that their time had been
| we'll spent.