Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1912-12-04
BOO AT HOLY NAME
| SOCIETY BANQUET
Plea by Bishop O'Connor for
Manliness ofsCharacter a Fea-
ture of Symposium.
PROTESTANT DESCRIBES
HORRORS OF "EUGENICS"
Ex-ComptroIIer coIer SaysSoon
Earth Will Be PeopIed Only
by Catholics.

cese, for manliness of character, and
an attack by Martin Conboy upon
those. who Shave recently attempted
to legislate hell out of existence,
were heard by more than six hundred
members of the Holy Name Society
1T q dinner in Krueger's Auditorium
last night.
The Very Rev. John A. Sheppard,
vicar general of. the diocese. who
was to be one of the speakers of the
evening, wis unable to be present
and was represented by the Rev.
Hugh Duffy, of st. Michaels Church,
Jersey City. John B. O'Brien, cor
poration attorney of New York, was
also unable to be present and mis-
place was filled by John l.. O'Toole, a
CORNER newspaperrnan and at present
publicity manager for the Public
Service Corporation in this city.
Protestant Scores Protestants.
Bird S. Coler, formerly comptroller
q New York, spoke on the topic of
education, and, although a Methodist
himself, scored the practise of
Protestants in sending their children
70 non-religious schools. In the course
Of his address Mr.. Coler4 said:
Among the married graduates of
bryn Mawr during the last ten years
am informed that there has been
only one birth to every three fami-
f'es. If eugenics are taught as sue
cessfully to alF-peoples there win be
none left on earth but Catholics at
the end of $50 years. If the Protest.
ant churches continue the encour-
agement of and the sending of their
children to non-religious schools their
faith VIII die in less than that time
and leave the world divided between
Catholicity and atheism
Mr.. Coler warned his hearers of
the danger from spreading philosophy
OF materialism. The principle of
equality, he said, was assailed in
Lincoln's day by the money interests.
Goddess Beliefs Created by Oppression.
Today, he said. it is assailed by the
goddess beliefs which have been Gre
ated by the oppression and resultant
desperate poverty that the reign OF
privilege has produced in European
countries.
A plea for the repression Of
SociaIstic doctrines was made bv Mr.
Coler, who declared that Socialism at
Jacks patriotism with only less venom
Than 1t attacks religion The Socialist
party he sad, is thetenly party that
exaits another. flag above the Stars
and Stripes. 1risiss; asa sae secs
Father Duffy spoke of the Ca tholic
Chureh's deposition to divorce and its
hostility to immortality, and asserted
that Catholics stand for social re-
1orms which do not imply destruction.
Mr.. O'Toole Tells of Mo..l Uptift.
Mr.. OToole spoke on The Moral
Uplift of Man. and pointed to the
$4,000 Holy Name members in the
Essex division and to the large an
.nual parade of the society as an in.
stance of producing an uplifting
effect. The society exerts a powerful
s1nfiuenee in making its members
good; and good Catholic is neces-
Hsarily a good citizen, Mr.. OToole de-
.clared in conclusion.
Martin Conboy, who was recently
granted diploma at the grand con-.
Hvention in Baltimore for his work in
the Holy Name Society, denounced
the action of men prominent lin our
|large Industrial affairs who recently
passed resolution declaring that
there was no hell.
The necessity of urging upon the
Legislature the passage ofsstrict laws
10 relieve and abolish, as far as pos
sible, the dance-hall evil was dwelt
Upon by Mr.. 5Conboy
Anent the Judicial Recall.
q Speaking of the recall'o judicial de-
eisiohs, Mr.. Conhoy said: Under the
constitution of New Jersey we are
Guaranteed the freedom Of religious
Worship and that no religious test be
prescribed as qualification for pub
lie office. That is a constitutional
right, and any Jud,cia1 determination
upon that constitutional right is a
determination upon a constitutional
question, and If that be recalled by a
popular majority, what becomes of
This religious freedom?'
Bishop O'Connor was received with
great applause both before and after
his speech. Manliness in religion is.
|one of the distinguishing character
astics Of the Holy Name Society, the
~ Cldlt uttltlitds 4At go
Bearers to practise manliness in their
daily lives and to let their love for
their religion be a lasting one, not a
frothy pretense.
Among the clergy present were the
foIlowing: The Very Rev; Isaac z,
xNfelan and the Revs. Charles Smith,
chancellor of the diocese John j.
Dillon, Robert e. Burke, William E
Boennare, Thomas Martin, William
|keyes, B. j. Quinn. of Mineola; John
n. Butschcr, Stephen Claffey, Patrick
Maher, Edward Degen. William Cum
bingham, Andrew Clark, Thomas
Nudge, John Isgan and P. Cornelius,
'U. S. B.
Some of the more prominent lay
men present included william J.
Hagen, president of the Essex divi-
sion; Sheriff John F. MQpahan,
Alderman John III. Donnelly, James
1'naffe, president of the Board Of
Education; Board of Works Commits
sioncr-elect Charles p. Gillen,. Tax
commissioner William T. Mackscy,
John l.. Carroll and Hugh r. GilIignn.
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