The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1915-05-25
Meeting at Santa Fe Goes on
Record Against Have One
With Ne" Evil and Asks
Other Fraternities to Join.
NOW GOES TO NATIONAL
OF ORDER
State Deputy Francis E.
Wood Busily Pushing Prop
uganda Which He Holds
Will Check Booze Evil.

A resolution favoring action 10
check the treating evil in saloons
adopted by the Albuquerque council.
knights OF Columbus, In their CON
v%ention here IS year ago. now has
been adopted by the state council of
the order. M VIII 60 to the next ma
tional convention OF the knights ct
Columbus, with the recommendation
cf the new Mexico organization that
Il be adopted as the permanent policy
0f the great brotherhood, now one OF
the strongest jfraternal orders in the
world.
Francis +. Wood, state deputy
grand knight. whose initiative caused
the adoption Of the resolution here a
year ago. returned last night from
Santa Fe, where he proposed It's
adoption by the state council at "A
meeting on sunday which conferred
around the unwilling Of the statue OF
Archbishop Lamy, and which was one
Of the most successful meetings the
state organization mas held. Adop-
ton Of the anti-treating resolution as
"a policy Of the state organization
and It's recommendation 10 the ma
tional council WAS unanimous. The
resolution follows:
"Resolved, that this council be-
lieves hat the treating custom of
America IL largely responsible for
the excessive use OF Intoxicating
liquors: and yet 50 widely prevails
that only extensive organization can
hope successfully to oppose II;
I'VE therefore earnestly request all
our members to assist In n%boiishing
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either 10 give or accept "a treat Of in
toNicating liquor IN n public drink
ing place.
w invite the various fratcrnal
organizations Of our country to join
with us In this effort to abolish "A
custom that has caused 80 much OF
evil to the weaker brother"
Touching this evil, state Deputy
Wood. In his annual report read at
the Santa Fe meeting. made the fol-
lowing comment:
"Our order il one Of the few that,
recognizing the evils which result
from the traffic In intoxicating liquor
refuses membership To any man who
Is even remotely connected with IL,
manufacture or sale; and while theS
do not enjoln total abstinence upon
Aifll HltlANflHt NfA AhtA 10 lhIhlu Aut
uso Of intoxicating liquors In any
home or clubhouse Of the order. or al
any of its bunquets or fratcrnal unc'
tions.
at is now generally recognized
that the treating custom. which Ii
characteristic ot America alone, /
the direct cause OF more intemper
nee In the use OF intuxicants and ~
the evils that flow therefrom. and I
this custom could he wiped cut, o.
made unpopular. a great stride II
advance would have been made II
promoting the moral uplifting of on
American people. But this viciou
custom has become ~ firmly cNtah
lishcd In the American mind that "
"A only hope tn uproot Il II we ca
, enlist the support Of great %organiza
tions OF men nationwide la thci
scope. Would Il not be a proud dU
for our honorcd order II We could "a
the pace and start the movement tina
? would result In wiping ou this Gus
tom? Could we not feel |reasonabl
sure that the other great non-seCtaI
ian fTatcrnal associations Of me
would gladly follow our lead? An
u this could be accomplished the re-
suit would he assured"
The state convention unanimousl
reelected Mr Wood state dcput,
Henry Connolly Of Ration was elccte
state secretary. The convention va
attended by delegates from six cour
ellis: santa Re, Ration. Gallup. II
Vegas, Albuquerque and Las Cruce
Help for ~. A%ntiIony's.
Among other propositions submit
ted to the state gathering. by NJ
Wood VAS u that each member
the order contribute 81 annually {,
ward the support OF 81. Anthony
orphanage In this city. There ar
$50 members of the order In the stat
, az present and this amount would b
! of material help To The orphanagl
the AFFAIRS of which were fully a.
cuSsed by NJ. Wood. The PROPOSE
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