The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-10-15
ALLIANCE Of BOOZE
AND IRISH QUESTION
ATTACKED By PRIEST
BY THE REV. G. zuRCHER

i8iE. EGfAe ~. rs ~ A'h+AN
tFather Zurcher is rector Of
the Roman Catholic church Of
st vincent, at North Evans,
near Buffalo, N. Y. He has been
a leader in the fight on the
saloon evil, president of the
Priests Prohibition league and
editor of the publica ton, Catho-
lies and prohibition.)
North Evans, n. Y, oct 1.-THE
Gaelic American of october 4, 1913.
contains the following sinister news
of an attempt alliance between
friends OF Irish freedom and the
ghost of the deceased criminal
John Earleycorn:
Major Michael IL Kelly has been
nominated for president OF he
board of aldermen by the new
library party of which Mayor Mar
tin II Meaney is chairman TIE
platform of the Liberty party in
cludes opposition to the league OF
nations recognition of the Irish re-
public and opposition to
national prohibition.
The only legitibate way TO oppose
national prohibition is to obtain the
ratification of a contrary amendment
by three fourt5 of the states by
" hat TSryrgaany TRICK Will : Nh 5r
Michael H. Kelly, il elected presl-
dent OF the board of aldermen, ef
feet uaily oppose national prohibi-
ton, unless he stretch and prosti
tute his political influence to shield
the violators Of the prohibition law
In New York city,
The opposition to prohibition by
: r. in ri in, ler
appears to be fostered by friends Of
Irish freedom and the New Jersey
Liquor Dealers Protective associa-
ton has declared for Irish self-de-,
termination. The idle and distressed
liquor men do not say whether they
mean self DIFFERENTIATION In the
choice of IA government or in the
choice of drinks.
Nothing could be more damn,nG
to the legitimate aspirations OF Ire
land than to place her under the
patronage Of that uncanny outlaw
John Barleycorn. VIII not fhe
American people conclude that the
Irish In ireland are as lawless and
anaro hististic as their AmeFtcan
cousins in New York and New Jer-
sey. support the English At least
| processing a belief in constitutional
| government, and swallow the league
! of nations
! The only thing which the so-called
! Liberty party can accomplish is to
bring upon the Catholic church a
! degree OF hatred hitherto unknown
| in America.
| This blind and hrazcn attempt to
afilck the country again with the
! pestilential stencil of the saloon viii
-.
| ork Jesuits. through their organ.
| America, can no longer fool the
| Catholic people into the belief that
prohibition will destroy the mass.
No doubt a sufficient number Of
| Irish American priests and laymen
/ Interested in the welfare of the peo-
! pie and the honor of teh church win
/ sound the alarm, At the last Catho-
/ lie Total Abstinence convention
! Bishop Nilon, Of Hartford. said:
The great adversary lies stricken.
! We may try to forget that night
mare that season of insanity that
allowed homes to be broken. chill
dren to be cast on the streets and
moral laws to be forgotten. because
there was no voice strong enough to
say: This must stop"
Let the thirsty New York friends
of Irish freedom mediate on the
following words of Cardinal Man,
ming;
"Of all the temptations which
were ever devised. was never any
found so potent or universal. SO r-
remediabIe as the man manufac-
tured poison which will darken the
understanding. deaden the CON
science, tnfame the passions
weaken the viii and reduce a mar
to o Hate in which he Is capable Of
breaking any law of God" Quoted
by Frances f. Willard In her let
tiers from England to the union Gig
nal. In the same letter she says OF
Cardinal Naming:
He was prc-emientiy the peoples
cardinal. 6Dr he threw himsalf heart
md. 49, imte. eveEy measure t1saa
Il ~ 1h0agAk womb bonaAt4t hon a
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