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SATURDAY, JUNE 22, 1918.
TCipht Reverend Bishop Wehrle,
I Bismarck. North Dakota, has
written an interesting pamphlet
hit*h deserves a wide diffusion.
Ii deals with the principles of the
\oiipartisan League.
Suiini parts of the country are
I re paring a service flag for the
ioeese. The Hag contains one
isi' for each priest of the diocese
v. Iin is serving as an armv or navv
StTiviiirv Baker announces that
!"aths of soldiers through suicide,
umieide or military execution
will he reported with those caused
iy accidents under the heading:
A-rhjents and other eans»*s."
•Ml over the land thousands of
irls and boys are finishing their
ehool life this month and going
brth to an earlier maturity in the
esponsihilities of life than any
lass of graduates since Civil War
iiiH'v.
Validity of federal statutes pro
Minting sale of alcoholic liquors
1" soldiers was in effect sustained
I the supreme court of the Unit-
I States last week. The court
declined to review proceedings
convicting Cornelius (VSullivan. a
bote) proprietor of Sault ,Sl\ Mn
i Mi-h.. of violating the law.
1 light is right, since Cod is
iod
And right the day must win:
doubt would be disloyalty.
To falter would be sin."
This quotation from a poem of
lither Faher, formed part of the
aver offered up by Chaplain
'Hiden in the house of repnjsenta
ves on June 3.
11
_\ I MM it- 157.(Hid negro soldiers
ire in the national army, and
i limit. 1,000 have been commis
sioned as captains or lieutenants.
Two complete divisions have been
organized under the commands of
Major (leneral C. C. Ballon and
JTrit-adier Ceneral Roy C. Hoff
ii i a ti.
Some doubting friend wonders
why The Catholic Bulletin did not
lake up the question of Lind
bergh's resolution in congress be
fore this late day. The answer is
ihat this paper did so notice the
attack at the time. An editorial
will be found in our paper on this
subject in the issue of September
2 1916. The reason for the res
urrection of the matter at this
lime is obvious.
Commenting on Whittier's in
centive lines:
"Heaven's gate is closed to him
who comes alone
Save thou a soul and it shall save
thy own,"
1 he Catholic Citizen of Milwaukee
pertinently asks: Have you,
Christian reader, ^ever given a
boost upward to a despondent
soul or put youth upon a better
pathway?"
One good effect of these stirring
days is the death of some of the
rabid publications that have been
so numerous of late years. Finan
cial reasons are the cause, lack of
patronage, etc. A few days ago,
three such publications in St. Lou
is ceased to exist—The Rip-Saw,
of late known as the Social Build
er The Paladin, and The Melting
Pot. Philip Wager, the publisher,
declares the suspension was vol
untary, but the dea^j. vrill give
general satisfaction.
This is nol a war of language,
fiavs Archbishop tilennon. Lan
guage is hut. the vehicle of
thought and i* enrsed_ or hissed
w tb* thTnlrer. whose servafct it
is. Sentiments of disloyalty may
find their place in any language,
and equally so, sentiments of loy
alty and fidelity. Our care should
be to eliminate and destroy disloy
alty in word or act in whatever
language or by whatever individ
ual it may find expression. For
the rest, the English language will
be and must be the language of
this country. Ami for the others,
it is better to leave them to their
natural extinction through time
than to force an issue without
gravelv sufficient. cause.
THE CATHOLIC AMERICAN
DATE.
To preserve the reeord of Cath
olic American history a movement
has been started. It has been in
augurated- by it question sent 1o
the editor of Records and Studies,
the official publication of the I "nit
ed States Catholic Historical So
ciety: "What is the distinctively
Catholic anniversary, date of the
month and year, in American his
tory Let me explain: 1 am
gathering data, on American anni
versaries, to be published shortly.
There should be a Catholic event
having to do with the Tnited
States, or with the colonies, aside
from the discovery, an event about
which there can be no controver
sy, and which is accepted by all
citizens, including Protestants and
all non-Catholics. Can you tell
me this? I would accept your
judgment, for, of course, these
things often are matters of indi
vidual taste. The event should be
one that stands out, and from
which great Catholic development
followed. I have in mind such
events as the consecration of the
first Catholic Bishop in thd Tnited
States, or the consecration of the
first Catholic church in the Amer
ican colonies. These dates would
bear more concretely upon the
Catholic Church organization than
the early missionary dates which,
perhaps, would be Regarded as
fugitive events." The writer of
the question has been furnished
with the following reply: "A sur
vey of the records seems to indi
cate that March 25. 1G34, is the
date you desire. On that day
Father Andrew White, S. .T., cele
brated the first Mass, on St. Clem
ent's Island in the Potomac, and
the Maryland colony was found
ed. From this event and this date
follow in unbroken sequence: pub
lic worship religious toleration:
the first native-born priests and
the first native-born religious, men
and women: the Hierarchy: Cath
olic education, the first schools
and first college: the first civie or
ganization, St. Mary 's City. No
other event having to do with the
Cnited States shows such develop
ment, religious, social and politi
cal as this." It is expected that
other interesting answers will soon
appear.
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INSULTING THE POOR.
The modern science of sociology
frequently goes far afield in the
search for causes that underlie
present-day moral and economic
conditions. The true sociologist
delves deep into the evils that af
flict us. and discovers therein the
genuine mainsprings of human ills.
The sciolist, on the contrary,
the superficial investigator, fre
quently finds himself baffled, for
(ieep causes seldom appear on the
surface. Hence, when his search
proves fruitless, such an one at
tributes our moral evils to pov
erty. In this way many- writers
ascribe the prevalence of divorce
to poverty.
Such an imputation is a direct
insult to the poor, for divorce is
a human luxury usually denied
them. The true cause of this
great menace to society is to be
found in the lack of genuine re
ligious discipline. Even pagan
Rome, "in the brave days of old,"
knew not the menace of divorce.
It was only in the latter days of
affluence and corruption, conse
quent upon world dominion, that
this fiendish specter stalked broad
Cast throughout the Roman em
pire. St. Jerome, writing on these
conditions in the fourth century,
gives us a typical case. He says
that a certain society woman kept
count of the number of her hus
bands by the years of her married
life: and she was married twenty
two years.
Christianity reaffirmed and in
sisted upon the divine law let
down from heaven into the gar
den of Eden: Let no man put
asunder." The most alluring
promises, the direst threats and
every powerful inducement have
been dangled before the Catholic
Church if sh*1 would let down the
bars of indissolubility in a given
case. With steadfast fidelity to
principle, the Church held the law
before the eyes of Henry VIII,
and saw England swept away from
her Catholic moorings. In every
land the Church has sacrificed in
dividuals and societies on the al
tar of divine law.
The annals of the poor often
contain a list of tragic evils but
the man-made sin of divorce is
not found attached to the poor as
a class. Wherever conscience has
been, dwarfed, QI religion ignor
ed, or tHFEopor of socTef^ sneered
at, there has man tried to tear
asunder what God has declared
to be inviolable.
Human happiness in the conju
gal state is independent of pov
erty or riches. True it is, the one
or the other may have a secondary
effect upon human contentment:
but the love which unites husband
and wife is of so spiritual a na
ture that it easily survives the
shipwreck of fortune or the pinch
of straightened circumstances.
When the heart is rotten it is idle
to expect anything but filth. To
ascribe the prevalence of divorce
to poverty is about as logical as
to attribute the recent election re
sults in Minnesota, to the influence
of Ihe late eclipse.
LIBERTY OP TEACHING.
For the past thirty years or
more there is apparent the grow
ing influence of what has been
termed academic freedom. This
means, in other words, that a pro
fessor should be free to teach any
theories on any subject. The fact
seems to have been lost sight of
that, while theories if well found
ed may be proposed, it. is an af
front to real intelligence to de
mand the acceptance of such the
ories as truth.
Men and women devoid of all
belief in Cod or religion present
their views in the most positive
and dogmatic manner possible.
These views, as a, rule, are based
upon their own ideas, or upon the
conclusions reached by a few scat
tered writers. They draw the
waters of science from a muddy
brook, and utterly ignore the vast
ocean of truth that rolls before
them. Flippantly do they toss off
such assertions as. There is no
Cod, There is no hereafter, Mat
ter is eternal, The soul is a myth,
and such like absurdities. The
exasperating part of such upstart
impertinence is that these self
appointed leaders scoff at the
great truths implanted in the
heart of man and approved by the
greatest intellects of the race. A
Christian who accepts the tenets
of his belief is termed a mental
slave: the man who, claiming free
dom for himself, rejects the vision
al theories of these so-called teach
ers is looked upon as just impos
sible.
With a single twist of the pro
fessorial hand this academic free
dom is applied to moral conduct.
Let a Catholic go wrong, and it is
urged that his Church is to blame,
its teachings are false let a
Protestant overstep the moral
bounds, and he is said to act
against the principles of his
Church. Thus, a Catholic is al
ways wrong: if he commits a
breach of the moral code he does
wrong, and if he adheres to his
Church he is following a false
leader: always wrong. With such
illogical logic and such unreason
able reason there is no arguing,
for some men are so blinded that
they revel in darkness and look
foolish in the light.
OLD-FASHIONED FATHERS.
There is a type of Catholic lay
man that is all too quickly pass
ing from our midst, deplores the
Sacred Heart Review. Tt is the
staunch, virile, humble Catholic,
whose characteristics, as outlined
by our contemporary, were to be
found in many of the fine old
stock that lias done so much to
make the Church in this country
what it is today. None of the
signs by which this admirable type
were to be recognized was, more
striking than that evidenced in
the care of his own household. lie
was the head of his house from
the day he was married till the
hour ^eath laid its hand on him.
His son might have a B. A. or an
LL. D., but while he was under his
father's roof he was subject t6
the father. His daughter might be
proficient in many branches, but
she knew no more than her mother
about late hours, theater parties
and Saturday night social func
tions that make pleasure seekers
too tired to go to Mass.
The passing of such mien is in
deed to be deplored! Whatever
other may have been their short
comings, they made their dwelling
a "home"—not what it is, in so
many cases today-—a sort of lodg
ing house, where the customary
meals and a few hours of rest are
begrudgingly snatched. It is a
pity that more among us cannot
get back to the old ways! They
w^te,.assuredly ideal.
THE CHILD LABOR LAW.
Because the United States su
preme court declared the federal
child labor law, enacted Septem
ber 11, 1916, to be unconstitu
tional, Senator Owen proposed a
similar law, incorporating in his
bill a feature which provides that
its constitutionality having been
declared by congress and the pres
ident, any executive or judicial
officer, who officially denies its
constitutionality, shall vacate his
office that no judge of an inferior
federal court shall permit its con
stitutionality to be questioned in
any case before him and that the
supreme"fiot gave ag
THE CATHOLIC BULLETIN, JUNE 22, 1918
peltate power to pass upon that
question*
This is an attempt to introduce
a most dangerous innovation into
the law-making practice of our:
government, says the Catholic Tel
egraph, to invade the proper
sphere of the judicial department
of our national polity, and to as
sume for the legislative depart
ment powers which it never has
had and never should have. The
supreme court has, among other
functions, the duty of protecting
the several states, corporations,
firms, partnerships and individuals
from the imposition of illegal and
unjust laws by congress: and to
prevent it from discharging that
duty, as, in effect, Senator Owen's
bill proposes, would undermine the
very foundations of our govern
ment.
Wc were very much disappointed
when the supreme court- declared
the child labor law unconstitu
tional and we hope that some
legal way will be found to en
force the worthy purpose of that
law. We cannot find words ade
quate to the expression of our de
testation of men, who exploit
childhood for sordid gain but we
are confident that some effective
means can be devised for sup
pressing these blood-sucking prof
iteers without adopting such dis
astrous expedients as that sug
ested bv Senalor Owen.
Commodore John Barry
THE REAL FATHER OF THE AMER
ICAN NAVY.
When the alleged body of John Paul
Jones was discovered in Paris in 1905,
it was reached through excavations
made in the cellars of Madame Crig
nier's three houses in the Rue Grange
aux-Belles. It was found in the old
St. Louis cemetery for foreign Prot
estants, which was closed by law in
1793.
General Horace Porter, then United
States ambassador, paid her 15,000
francs indemnity out of his own pock
et. A bill to pay her $13,511.13 more,
because of damage to the houses, is
now before Congress.
Jones is not worth it, says the Pitts
burgh Observer. He was only an ad
venturer. He was distrusted by the
patriots of the Continental Congress
he said himself, substantially, that he
had no heart in the American cause
and when he left this country he sold
his services to the despotism of Rus
sia.
To deprive Commodore John Barry
of his right to the distinction of being
Father of the American Navy, Jones
has been exploited. To bolster up his
cause a "history" supported with for
geries has been writjtpn. But truth
will finally prevail
My Letter To Him
Now'tliis Is the letter I write him,
While my heart is sick with dread:
'"You are just where you should be,
my son,
Standing staunch, where your duty
led.
"At home we are well and happy,
And cheerful and proud of pur boy.
In this War of the World—laddie—
A soldier son is a joy!
"Your father struts, just a little,
And 'sis' wears your pin all the
while,
While I—well the star on your Serv
ice Flag,
Brings to my lips a smile."
And I write the little nothings,
Of home, that are much, when
away,
The funny things that, have happened
Throughout my homely day.
Then I £0 and sit by a window,
And look to the rising sun,
Where "overseas"—in the trenches—•
He will fight till the victory's won!
Then—going back to my letter
With tear-wet. eyes I sign:
"With dear love from your mother
Who is glad her boy's in line!"
Edna N. JUepjtp.
K. of C. Buildings
The Knights of Columbus have at
present 130 recreation buildings in
the various military camps in the
United States and this number may
be doubled before autumn, as the
need for many more is imperative,
the edifices being taxed to their ut
most capacity at the various services
and gatherings held in them.
New Apostolic Delegate
BISHOP Dl MARIA SUCCEEDS
ARCHBISHOP STAGNI.
The Right Reverend Pietro di .Maria,
Bishop of Catanzaro, in Calabria,
Italy, has been nominated by the Holy
See as Apostolic Delegate to Canada
and Newfoundland, to succeed the
Most Reverend Peregrine E. Stagni.
This is announced in a cablegram from
the Vatican to Cardinal Begin.
Archbishop Di Maria was born on
August 3, 1865, in Moliteno, Diocese of
Marsico-Nuovo, Italy. He was or
dained to the priesthood on May 23,
1891. After serving as a minutante of
the Congregation of the Propaganda,
and later as vice rector of the Propa
ganda College, he was appointed in
1901 rector of the Bohemian College,
Rome. In 1904 he was named a Pri
vate Chamberlain to His Holiness
Pius X. Chosen to succeed Bishop
Finoia in the See of Catanzaro, South
ern Italy, on December 6, 1906, he
was consecrated on December 30 by
Cardinal Merry Del Val in the chapel
of tftfc coHege •over^wfcieh he presided.
A
GREAT MISFORTUNE
ANCIENT CITY OF RHEIMS IS TO
TAL RUIN.
The Paris Univers says Rheims ex
ists no longer it is a heap of ruins.
This is, indeed, a misfortune, one of
the greatest amongst all the misfor
tunes which the war has brought to
France. The destruction of Rhiems
tears away from France part of her
self, something very dear to her heart.
Rheims was the town dearest to the
French nation history tells the fact
to us. A Gallic city which eagerly
accepted Roman civilization, Rheims
had at an early stage faith in Christ.
God destined an important, role for
this town in the religious and politi
cal formation of France. It was there
St. Remi baptised Clovis and his com
panion soldiers. It was in the Ca
thedral that so many of the kings of
France were crowned. During the
present tragic war Rheims has been
the scene of terrible fighting.
A CATHOLIC FIRST
LIEUTEANANT FLANNERY SWAM
MARNE FOR SOLDIER.
A continuation of General Pershing's
communique just made public said:
"Sec. B: Lieutenant William J. Flan
nery, infantry, received the Croix de
Guerre on the afternoon of June 5 for
swimming the Marne on June 3 and
bringing back a wounded French sol
dier."
The exploit of Lieutenant Flannery,
whose home is in Pittsburgh, was re
ported in press dispatches from the
American front on June ff The dis
patch stated Flannery was the first
American to receive the French war
cross for bravery in the present battle
on the Marne. Young Flannery's fath
er is a Catholic and a prominent man
of affairs in Pittsburgh.
LADY MARY McGILL
PHILANTHROPIC WOMAN HON
ORED BY POPE, PASSES
AWAY.
Solemn services marked the burial
of Lady Mary A. McGill last week at
the Cathedral of the Immaculate Con
ception, in Mobile, Ala. She died Sat
urday, at the Providence Infirmary,
after an illness of three weeks.
Lady McGill was the last of the
family of McGills, prominent in Mo
bile since the Civil War. Her two
brothers died a number of years ago
and her sister, Lady Sarah McGill,
died in 1916. These two ladies were
given their title by the Holy Father
and the honor was formally conferred
on them by Bishop Allen, who also
officiated at her funeral Mass.
Lady Mary was known for her wide
charity and kindness to the poor and
afflicted. Her family founded the Mc
Gill Institute{ and were the principal
donors to the Home for the Aged, the
street on which this home is located
being named after them. Previous
to her illness, Lady Mary McGill had
made her home at the Academy of
Visitation.
Parnell's Sister
The report that a sister of the late
Irish leader, Charles Stewart Parnell,
Mrs. Emily Ricketts, had died in the
South Dublin Union Poorhouse recently
gave a shock to a very large number
of admirers of the Parnell family. It
turned out that though she had died
in the institution, it was not for want
of means of subsistence, but out of
eccentricity. She was, like the other
female members of the family, a writ*
er of much literary power.
INSIGNIA FOR CHAPLAINS
IT WILL BE A SILVER ROMAN
CROSS AND THE LET
TERS U. S.
Army chaplains have raised an em
phatic protest against a recent de
cision of the war department to make
certain changes in the uniform pre
scribed for them. The order objection
able does away with all insignia of
rank on the chaplain's uniform. Al
though it has been for some time un
der discussion by the general staff, it
was not brought to crisis until recent
ly, when a message from General
Pershing came recommending that the
insignia be removed altogether, as, in
his opinion, they did not add to the
usefulness of chaplains, and at times
actually interfered with their influ
ence over the enlisted men of the
army.
The new regulations which are ob
jected to eliminate all insignia of
rank and permit only a silver Roman
cross and the letters "U. S." Some
one raised the point that chaplains of
the Jewish faith might object to wear
ing a cross of any type, and the de
partment has amended the order to
permit chaplains of that faith to dis
card the cross. It is pointed out that
there is a strong opinion in the army
that the character of the chaplain will
secure more regard from the men of
the United States army than the pos
session of insignia of rank can exact.
Ambassador to Chile
Judge Joseph H. Shea of Indiana
has been retained as American am
bassador to Chile. He started oack for
his post last week. Mr. Shea is a
Catholic
Vilfanova Celebration
VilTanova College, near Philadelphia,
in charge of the Augustinian Fathers,
which was founded in 1848, celebrated
its diamond jubilee last week, when
the commencement exercises were also
held. The festivities covered two days,
Monday tutd Taeada& J.
RESOLUTIONS ADOPTED AT FARI
BAULT CONVENTION LAST
WEEK—ABSENT MEMBERS WILL
Catholic Order of Foresters DOMAIN OF TEMPERANCE
HAVE PROTECTION FOR DEPEN
DENTS DELEGATES PLEDGE
LOYALTY TO CHURCH AND
STATE.
At the Minnesota state convention
of the Catholic Order of Foresters,
held at Faribault June 11 and 12, 1918,
the following resolutions were drawn
up and ratified:
Whereas, the delegates of the Catho
lic Order of Foresters in convention
have assembled, in the city of Fari
bault, state of Minnesota, June 11 and
12, 1918 and
Whereas, the members of this great
Catholic organization are united to
gether by the strong ties of Faith,
Hope and Charity, under the guidance
and motherly protection of the Cath
olic Church and
Whereas, This great order has al
ways received aid, encouragement and
blessing from Pope, Hierarchy and
clery, and
Whereas, true patriotism is founded
on religion, because, next to God is
religion, and next to religion is love
of one's country and
Whereas, because of the training
and instruction received from Holy
Mother Church, the members have
ever been ready to fight for cross and
country therefore, be it
Resolved, that we, the delegates
here assembled, pledge anew our feal
ty, loyalty and devotion to our Holy
Mother, the Church, and to the great
principles of Faith, Hope and Charity
which have been the foundation stones
on which this great order has been
built be it further
Resolved, that we renew our honor,
respect and love to the Pope, the
Hierarchy and the Clergy for the
great interest and encouragement they
have ever given to this order be it
also
Resolved, that the Minnesota state
convention of the Catholic Order of
Foresters pledge anew their fealty
and loyalty to this great republic of
which we are all proud citizens, that
we shall ever be true to the great
principles of liberty, equality and fra
ternity enunciated by the fathers of
our country that we rejoice in the
freedom and religious equality pro
claimed for all religions of our great
country that we shall be ever true
to the flag and everything it symbol
izes that we shall always be ready
to listen to and obey the commands
of our chief executive, Woodrow Wil
son, and as he guides the ship of
state through the perilous waters over
which we are sailing, we shall be ever
ready to uphold his hands and as
ptoof of this fidelity and devotion we
are proud to say that five thousand
members of our order are found in
the service of the army and navy, and
are prepared, if needs be, to make the
supreme sacrifice for their beloved
country that we who remain at home
will stand back of our brothers in
arms that the different, courts shall
allow no man to suffer suspension be
cause of absence in cantonments or
on the battlefield and finally, we re
solve to extend our heartfelt gratitude
and sincere thanks to the members of
St. George Court 551, of Faribault., for
the splendid arrangements made for
the caring of the delegates to this
convention, and for the kindness and
hospitality extended by all the citizens
of the beautiful and prosperous city
of Faribault.
REV. W. P. WALSH,
Murdock, Chairman,
jj! C. C. KOLARS,
5
Le Sueur Center.
J. P. BARTEL,
Blue Earth.
STEPHEN VASALY,
Little Falls.
JOHN THIEM,
Shakopee.
Committee on Resolutions.
Telegrams of sympathy and allegi
ance were sent to the Most Reverend
Archbishop Ireland and to Woodrow
Wilson. Felicitations also were wired
to all state conventions of the C. O. F.
in session on those two days.
The state officers were re-elected
and delegates 'were chosen to attend
the international convention, to be
held at. Duluth, Minn., August 10-13.
Offer Prayers for Sons
Mothers ill England, whose sons are
at the front, offer brief prayers for
their boys when the noonday bells
chime, according to a report from
Denis A. McCarthy of the Knights of
Columbus War Activities Committee.
"This seems almost a revival of the
custom of reciting the Angelus, once
so popular in those countries where
the influence of the Church prevailed,"
said Mr. McCarthy.
Governor is Speaker
Governor Cox of Ohio delivered the
address to the graduates of St. Xavier
College at the Commencement, which
was held in Cincinnati June 81
DR. THOMAS EMMET
DESCENDANT OF PATRIOT IS
NINETY YEARS OLD.
Dr. Thomas Addis Emmet, physician,
author and historian, great-nephew of
Robert Emmet, the Irish patriot, and
himself one of the world's best known
physicians, received the congratula
tions of his friends last week on the
occasion of his ninetieth birthday.
Dr. Emmet, who has been compell
ed of late to take recourse to a wheel
chair, but whose mind is as clear as it
was three-quarters of a century ago,
spent the greater part of the morning
in his study at 95 Madison Avenue,
New York, working on his latest book,
"The Uves of Robert Emmet and
Thomas Addis Emmet." The work is
a revision of a former biography of
LABOR LEADERS CONDEMN SA­
LOON.
Who can deny that the liquor traffic
is driving men and women to work
in factories, workshops and washtubs
who ought not to be there, and boys
and girls into industrial life who
should be in the school or on the play
ground? The liquor traffic tends to
decrease wages, never to increase
them. The use of alcohol makes men
less skilful and drives men to lower
scales of employment and reward. Ev
ery cent spent in the liquor business is
wasted. There is no redeeming fea
ture in the saloon. Go anywhere
where its influence is felt and you see
the demoralization it brings. The sa
loon is the enemy of the people. I am
against it and will do all I possibly
can to put it out of business.
—John R. Lennon, Treasurer, American Fed
eration of Labor.
WORKERS ARE DISCHARGED FOR
INEFFICIENCY.
Indulgence in intoxicating drinks
is regarded with such disfavor in the
great munitions plants at Eddystone,
in the Philadelphia industrial district,
that despite a daily increasing short
age of workers, two thousand men
have been laid off by the Remington
Arms Company for "inefficiency." A
year of costly experiment has taught
the company the lesson that the
worker who carouses is more expen
sive to his employer than an idle ma
chine.
Men who go to the other extreme
and attempt to hoard their earnings
by the short-sighted method of living
in the cheapest Quarters and eating
the poorest food obtainable are being
eliminated from tfcie pay roll with the
boozers. The new program of effici
ency hits both high and low.
—I/(tea Gtohe.
"THE APOSTOLATE OF TEM
PERANCE."
A most suitable monument to the
memory of the zealous priest, once
pastor of the Immaculate Conception
Church, Kenton, Ohio, is the associa
tion organized in some of our seminar
ies and called by its founder, the
venerable Father Siebenfoercher,
"The Apostolate of Temperance."
Be it ever remembered, that the
founder of our apostolate, born and
educated in a Swiss canton, where
wine was regarded almost a necessity,
is said to have experienced a positive
shock when, on reaching our shores,
he first learned that not a few sensi
ble persons strongly advocated the
need of total abstinence.
Years came and passed and time,
with its ripening experience, at first
lessened, and then removed, Father
Siebenfoercher's shock of surprise,
and finally made him all eager to find
an efficient means of deadening the
power and checking the spread of al
coholic drink, now viewed as an in
sidious, corroding evil.
CATHOLIC LEADERS CONDEMN
LIQUOR TRAFFIC.
Third Council of Baltimore: We
call upon all pastors to induce those
of their flocks that may be engaged
in the sale of liquors to quit the dan
gerous traffic as soon as possible, and
to make their living in some more
honorable way.
Cardinal Manning: The drink trade
is our shame, scandal, and sin, and
unless brought under by the will of
the people, it will be our downfall.
Do you know how you will
help to break up the unholy alliance
between Government and the greatest
fraud of the age? Vote against it.
Archbishop Ireland: Education,
the elevation of the masses, liberty,
all that the age admires—is set at
naught by the dreadful evil. The in
dividual conscience is the first arm
in opposing it, but the individual con
science has to be strengthened and
supplemented by law. The claim of
galoon keepers to freedom in their
traffic is the claim to spread disease,
sin and pauperism. Would God place
in my hand a wand with which to dis
pel the evil of intemperance, I would
strike the door of every saloon, every
distillery, of every brewery, until the
accursed traffic should be wiped from
the face of the earth.
Father Mathew: The principle of
prohibition seems to me the only
safe and certain remedy for the evils
of intemperance. This opinion has
been strengthened by the hard labor
of more than twenty years in the tem
perance cause.
Archbishop John J. Keane If I
could cause the earth to open an#
swallow up every saloon in the world,
I would feel that I was doing human*
ity a blessing. The saloon is bad for
the home, the church and the coun
try. It has no redeeming feature.
Archbishop Spaulding: Whatever
restrictions may be thrown around ita
management, the American saloon ii/
and must continue to be so long as It
shall be tolerated, a nuisance. Tfc
license is in a way to approve, and
wise and good man cannot approve
the liquor traffic.
Reverend A. P. Doyle: The saloon
has become the germ-center of law
lessness. While it debauches some of
the people with drunkenness, ami
takes from them the knowledge neces*
sary for an intelligent ballot, it snap®
its fingers at the law made for its
restriction. It has become an un
scrupulous and conscienceless tyrant
of American politics.
Bishop Conaty: Where saloons am
licensed, how many live up to th»
law? Not one. vested rights! Hap
the community no rights? There Ut'
no reason for the existence of s%»
loons. Blot ail out, and
JVotfftiKruj.