The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1906-07-19
Federated Catholic Societies Of
Wisconsin Advocate Reforms
in Divorce Laws
SOCIALISM IS CRITICISED
Societies Endorse Labor Unions TO a
Certain Extent, and Urge the
Correction of Many of the
Existing Evils

Thousands of copies oflthe official
resolutions adopted by the Federated
Catholic societies of Wisconsin at the
convention just concluded at Depere
will be printed aud scattered through
the state. The resolutions take de-
cisive stand on Socialism, reform Of
the stage and divorce, and aresprinted
in part:
"Whereas, We, the delegates of the
Federated Catholic societies of Wis
consin, are here and now assembled IN
convention for the purpose Of taking
and giving counsel upon local and
national issues that come under. scope
of our federated body, we resolve to
give expression to our convictions
regarding points that at the present
time call for united consideration; be
it, therefore,
.'(1) Resolved, That as loyal mem
bers of the Catholic church we ex-
press anew our reverend obedience to
our spiritual mother, the Catholic
church, to its august head and su-
preme shepherd, PopegPius K, and to
our venerated hierarchy aud clergy;
and that as citizens we pledge to our
country and its flag our loyal and
answering support.
~ Resolved, That we proclaim to
our fellow citizens, without distinc-
ton Of creed, the necessity of Chris
tian education for all men Of religious
convictions, and that therefore we
urge particularly upon our Catholic
fellow men the duty of lending their
hearty support, both moral and hnan-
cial, to our parochial and higher
schools, to the end that a Catholic
1aity be formed which will be an honor
to the church and an abiding support
to the nation at large.
eve endorse ali la Dor unions which
are consistent with the religious,
moral and civic convictions of Catho-
lie members. At the same time we
warn Catholic and non-Catholic
laborer alike against allowing himself
to be inveigled into organizations
which directly or Indirectly, in princi-
pie or in practice, are inimical to
Christian law and truth. Such an
enemy, to be guarded against, we de-
clare Socialism to be In all it's variat-
ing phases; goddess in principle, the
sworn fomenter of industrial discord
and ultimately the real enemy of labor
itself. We solemn1y protest, there
fore, against the use or abuse of COM
mendab1e labor unions for the propa-
cation of socia1istic literature,
secretly or openly offensive to our
holy religion.
90 Resolved, That we most EN-
phatically condemn the baneful evil
of divorce. With great satisfaction
we recognize the growth of public
sentiment in our country which tends
towards national disapprovai Of the
1axity Of our divorce laws, and we
look with confidence to the future for
such federal legislation as will miti-
gate, if not entirely eradicate, the
present evil IN our social body
"(7) Resolved, That we call upon
all our Christian fellow citizens to as
sist the Catholic church in combating
with all means practicable the grow
ing evils of immortality, intemperance
and general profanity.
E'(8) Resolved, That we strongly
condemn the exposing in public places
and thoroughfares of such posters,
pictures and advertisements as are
immoral or suggestive of human de-
pravity.
"(9) Resolved, That we believe in
the work of purifying and elevating
the stage and urge members Of the
federation to lend their assistance to
the work: first, by Withdrawing pat
ronage from theater managers, COM
panies and actors that make the stage
a school for scandal, ard secondly by
demanding dramas of clean senti-
ment and healthy influence.
900 Resolved, That we encour-
age Catholic immigration to the state
of Wisconsin and earnestly recon-
mend the generous support Of the
Catholic immigration bureaus at our
seaports aud agencies throughout the
country
"(11l Recognizing how necessary
is the hearty cooperation of the
clergy for the success of the Catholic
federation, we respectfully ask the
Most Rev. Archbishop and the Ri.
Rev. Bishops of the state to recon-
mend to their clergy more general
and active part in promoting and sus-
tanning this great Catholic movement
in their respective parishes"