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“IMMACULATE VIRGIN, PRAY FOR US.”
PHILADELPHIA, APRIL 15, 1891.
NO. <9
a 4.0.0. GHOURMAL
LISHED SEMI-! MONTHLY BY
- MARTIN I. J. GRIFFIN,
i 711 SANsom STREET,
. ° PHILADELPHIA,
’ Devoted to the advancement of
THE IRISH CATHOLIC BENEVOLENT UNION
OF THR UNITED STATES
TERMS:
$0_Conts_s Year in advance.
: ~ HOW, THE 1, 0,B.0’S ARE DOING,
—‘‘The third annual concert under the
auspices of the Catholic Celtic League of
Toronto was held St. Patrick’s’ night.
Rev, ooney presided and the at-
tendance was very large,”’
—The names of the members of the
Bishop O’Hara Society of Philadelphia,
who are entitled to prize badges, for
bringing in new members, are Thomas
Kearns, John McGloughlin and Thomas
lend.
—The Young Men’s Society of Frank-
ford, Philadelphia, reports: “That you
may know that our rally was not entire-
ly barren of results, 1 write to say that
at our last meeting we had seventeen ap-
plications for membership.
—St. Patrick’s of St. Joseph, Mo. has
had a Fair to get money ° to pay indebted-
ness on its hal he :
“St. Patrick’ 3 society is is one of the old-
est Catholic organization in the city, and
many a widow and.orpbhan’ have. been
benetited by its benevolence,”
—Our Lady of Lourdes Society of
Philadelphia. with 500 m embers is the
latest addition to the Uni
This makes an addition ‘of 1700 to the
Union by means of Ladies Branches.
The Loretto Society is expected to join
ina month or so. The addition of 2000
to the Union will make a gratify-
ing increase during the administration of
» President Daly.
—The Port Hope, Canada, Branch re-
ports: **When we organized in November
-we had 28 members now we have 43 and 4
to be initiated.. We attended holy com-
munion ina body ou Sunday the 15th to
the number of 38. We walked from our
hall tothe Church and we are the only
Catholic society that ever did so in’ this
You wrote us on the subject of
forming a ladies bravch and we will do
our mnost to have one,
‘and concert took place St. Pat-
tick’s evening under the auspices of the
1.0.B.U. branch No. I. Toronto and 451
G.B.LC.B.U., United States, There was
80 immense attendance, The committee
ohn Stewart,
orman, treasurer; P.
Shea, secretary ; “and William Chambers,
president I.C.B.U., o¢cupied the chair at
the concert, An Oration was delivered
by eniltips Thompson ; selection by the
, Band; song, St. Patrick’s Day.
Knigh ts of St. Patrick of Columbia,
Pa. elected the following officers for the
‘ensuing year: President, Jos, R. Mc-
Manus ; 1st Vice-Pres., Jas. J, Ford ; 2d
Vice-| Pres, Milbert ; Secretary,
Ea..T. Zu iegler ; 5 Asst. See., Frank
‘Brohal; ‘Treasurer, Wm. Brady ; Mes-
Senger, John Kennedy; Marshall,” Wm.
Ahern ; Standing Committee, Thomas
Conley,John H. Ford, Jeremiah Mc-
Carty, Michael © Lawler,’ Wm. “Mackin
. The society at
sent appears to be ina flourishing con-
‘bition for the last 8 months we bave been
aken in one or more members every
month.
—A meeting of the Executive Commit-
of the Areb-diocesan Union of the
. Ines Catholic Benevolent Union was held
at the office of the L.C.B.U. JouRNAL to
consider the various bills relating to fra-
ing out of Sections 4 and 5 of the bill en-
titled *-An act defining the status of fra-
ternal societies, fixing the extent an
limitations of their powers, providing for
» their Tegistry, and exempting them from
Societies being required to report to the
Secreta tary of Internal Affairs "al amend-
its, changes or alterations of the con-
atitutiog or by-laws, or to-their being re-
ig required, under oath, to annually re-
Port the operations of the Societies.—
Phila, Inquirer.
No. 849 of Minneapolis Minn. is not] ai
progressing. Its membership is decreas-
ng.
A correspondont writes us:—‘'Vatholic
Men are bent on joining non-Catholic
Organizations and at the present time
they are going into them at a great rate
in fact I may say joining every one of the
' Ps
non-Catholic organizations but Orange-
men and Masons. not be sur-
prised to hear of them panes these also.
Some of them think if they belonged to
those societies they will be able to secure
any job or position they want, if such
is the case what will we poor fellows do
who do not belong to them, | Have you
aby suggestion to offer ?”
if the evil exists it is owing to the
apathy of Catholic men and the zeal of
non-Catholic men, If the latter are so
are not Catholic men
equally energetic ? Are they waiting for
the clergy to go look for situations for
the idle». Are Catholic men nov just as
intelligent to organize and conduct asso-
ciations and to inspire the membership
with brotherhood ideas as may awaken
them to activity in getting employment
‘or members,
forme Philadelphians think 80, and so
witbout looking to the clergy to do this
or similar work they have organized a
Local Union and have a Labor Commit-
tee which each month secures employ-
ment for many.
It is not many to be finding fault about
a condition of affairs and to do nothing
to remedy it.
—At the last meeting of the Archdio-
cesan Union of the I.C-B.U. Societies of
Philadelphia, the Labor Committee re- v
ported having obtained work for 20.
mittee on Societies reported
rallies at St. Teresa’s, Kensington Catho-
lic and to be at Father ‘Burke and St.
Leo Societies. The Executive Commit-
tee made the following report concerning
the efforts to have Bill passed by Legisla-
vure relative to Fraternal Societies.
eas; -The operation of many
speculative organizations under the form
of Fraternal Societies has led to the pres-
eutation to the Legislature of propositions
designed to debar the operation of. such
organizations unless under the Provisions
of the Insure laws of the State, an
Whereas. The Fraternal Societies? Bill
now under Legislative consideration-pro-
poses to enact that all truly fraternal but
non speculative societies shall hereafter
only perform their charitable or benevo-
lent work when duly registered as a Fra-
ternal Society by the approval as such of
the Secretary of Internal Affairs to whom
annual reports, under oath,must be made
and whose approval is required to any
alteration, amendment, change or repeal
of the constitucion or by-laws 0 the ap-
proved and registered societies, therefore
be i
Resolved by the Archdiocesan Union of
the Societies of the Irish Catholic Benevo-
lent Union of the United States that the
enactment of the proposed Bill will bea
deviation from the American principle of
government, that the people are free to
perform all works conducive to the gen-
eral good without permission of the gov-
ernmental authority and not that they
may do only such acts as they by law are
permitted todo and also that the enact-
ment of the proposed Bill will, in effect,
be imposing burdens and duties upon the
Fraternal Societies and subjecting them
to restrictions, petty, annoying, unneces-
sary and unworthy of enactment by the
Legislature of a free people, and this for
the acts of those who have assumed the
garb of Fraternity to engage in specula-
p, | tive sche
Therefore be it Resolved, That this
Union protests against the proposed Fra-
ternity Societies’ Bill or other enact-
ments placing under the control, direc-
tion or approval of ‘any State officer, the
Societies engaged in the work of frater-
nal charity and benevolence and declares
that the true legislative action ought
rather to be the restriction or control of
organizations , speculative in ‘character
but garbed as Fraternals, "
Edwin Gaw Flanagen opposed the reso-
lution 5 Mortin {. J. tirittin advocated it,
M. ly offered the following as a
substitute. which was adopt
esolved, That we approve any legisla-
tion upon the subject of mutual societies
having in view the protection of the pub-
lic from societies organized under the name
of mutual fraternal -ocieties as a cloak
for Purposes entirely foreign to the objects
of gueh societ
solved, That our Executive Commit-
tee be instructed to examine the Bills now
before the Legislaturé and endeavor to
odified or omitted any features
m
as tsclally objectionable to legitimate fra-
ternal societies,or which might be special-
them.
r, Flanagen and T, M. Daly were ap-
pointed Attornies toact with the Execu-
tive Committee in considering the Bill
now before the Legislat
Tbe Committee and ‘Attornies attended
ameeting the following day .of officers
nd members of certain Fraternal Socie-
ties of the Insuranee form of fraternity
and co-operat
bya caotnber oe ‘the LC.
Committee to the Curoring any law for
societies not Speculative } andif the law
presented in the name of the Fraternal
insurance Orders was to be advocated
then the sections requiring all amend-
ments to constitution or by-laws to be ri
and to the registration of th
and annual | reports onder oath. should be
stricken
The section requiring amendavats to
constitution or by laws was stricken out.
@ subsequent. meeting of the Execu-
tive Committee of the I.C.B.U. tl: other
sections were stricken ae
Rally. was held by St. Leo's Society
of “Tacony at whieh Peedeut Daly, Thos,
McFarland and Patrick McFadden de-
livered address
vA ni em Ui eotty al be pea
‘ized at ithe Philopatrian Hall ea Ni
fiona! Secretary on Th arsday, Aon 9th.
't will be called St. Josep! he
Sucre ety will also be organ
place i in a short time by the National Sec:
retary who also has in hand the formation
of Societies in St. James’ and St.Agathe’s
parishes.
PERSONALS,
One of the most scathing denunciations
ever uttered from a Catholic pulpit
against the saloon, was given in. Marl-
bore’, Sunday, March 22, by y.
P, A? McKenna, at the different Masse
It was an arraignment of the tactics of
Marlboro’ liquor dealers,
Wanamaker & Brown and John Wana-
maker no longer advertise in The Catholic
Standare Jatholic or Irish
paper in Philadelphia iss medium of in-
viting our people to trade. Perhaps they
are going out of business, Perhaps they | ¢,
don’t want any of us to deal with them.
Democrat:c party enacted eleven
Prohibitory laws, the Republican party
nine. The ‘publicans repealed | eight
and the Democrats four.—Del. Co.» Pro-
hibitionist. . t
The Catholic Uni &. Times ot Buffalo
calls” “Eeincoln th “greatest “America!
since Washing!
bere was not ‘a Catholic paper in the
‘country would have said that in Lincoln’s
lifetime. Yet it was his doings in life
that must have made him ‘“‘greatest’’
next to our best. ¥ is be honored
now by Catholics? It is ikely then
that there are acuive ones to day whom
our people are denouncing whom their
children will honor.
The Sunday and the Saloo:
Rey. M. J. Kean, of Hornelisville: N.Y.
gave a sermon on “The Sabbath and the
Saloon’’,. He urged obedience to the law
and “the destruction of.the Saloon’.
He had no good words for, liquor selling
and affirmed that ‘sweeping streets is a
princely occupation compared with sell-
ing intoxicants over a bar.
In an article on “A Liter rary Awaken-
ing” in the Catholie Monthly of 'Provi
dence it is said “The Alphabetical Jour-
nal, as Martin I, J. Griflin of the LC, B.
U. I URNAL is humorously called, is an
original character and _ bis bi- weekly isa
quaint, refreshing and interesting jour-
ual... His views on Prohibition in any
mber are well, worth the annual sub-
scription of balf a dollar.””
Father Cronin, editor of Catholic Union
& Times being cal n to speuk at} c
the Bishop Keane. dimoretration in But-
falo in favor of the enforcement of the
Sunday laws ‘excused himself from mak-
ing any extended remarks, which, after
so eloquent an address would be like stale
ale after sparkling champagne,
ows the tasie of both. Bat
wasn’t itan odd simile to use at» meet-
ing for Tempera
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£3
ni
He ‘warmly supported the. arguments
presented”? he said. Hope he may do so
in the U. & 7. and not exclude any Total
Abstinence news sent hi’
TAE IRISH IN OANADA, AND THE
RUM.
The Irish Protestant Benevolent} >
Society of Toronto, Canada, celebrated
st t. Patrick's Day’ by its seventh annual
inne:
Th . ‘eport in ‘the Irish Canadian the
Catholic paper, says;
The customary ‘toasts were’ drunk.
re were no wines, however, and the
cheeriness of the panqueters under this
deprivation would hb: the
heart of the most ardent prohibitionist.”’
But there is no report of the absence
of Rum from the Catholic reunions.
Whi
y
The editor of The Canadian presided
at a banquet of the Irish journalists,
and he r
ON: ational character of the gathering
was further indicated by the liquor list,
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09.
for besides the usual wines there were,{a w
Guiness’ stout, Irish whiskey, Belfast.
ginger ale, and ‘ Ballyhooley lemonade.’ ”
Tne latter would be a novelty at the
C, K. of A. banvuet.
MORTUARY RATE.
There is one principle which a study of
mortuary statistics seems to establish be-
yond reasonable question, and that is that
the death rate in any given territory hav-
ing about the eame: climatic conditions,
will in a series of years equalize itself.
That is to say, that if from epidemic or
other disaster for a year or succes-
sion of years the death rate should be ex-
cessively large, the succeeding 1year or
years will be in proportion small, so that
ina series of years, say eight or ten, or
perhaps even a less number, the natural
ratio will attain. To ilustrate, take the
yellow. fever district in Tennessee,
few years ago the scourge raged to an ex-
tent never before known, and the mor-
>
: tality rate was forced up beyond all for-
mer experience in any section, Tod:
that section of Tennessee is most healthy
of any portion of the state, and the death
rate far below the normal conditions,
This. has been the case, we believe, for
each year with the exception of the one
immediately following the yellow fever,
Illustrations might multiplied by
he experience of our Order in various
sections, proving the principle. is true
that mortality rate equalizes itself in a
series of years where climatic conditions
are alike or nearly so. There are certain
natural conditions that bring the foales
in balance, Our side may be up to day
the balance will be well maintained.—
Keystone Workman,
WHY DON'T THEY?
Father Cronin of the Buffalo Union, considers
ie a erying disgrace to fd 80 many poor peop
ming to” this country from Catholic ‘ands
Utterly ignorant of the tenets of their religion.
Itargues shameful neglect on the part of those
responsible for that ignorance. Why don’t te
Driests instruct the peop)
“Why don’t the. priests instruct the
ple??? Are they doingit in. this
Country? Do sermons you hear give
sant detion?? They may edify or arouse
rel igions feelings, but “In-
cL??? Catholic. Review -lately
sald ‘of one oeod bless the man, but he is
a fine speaker.’’: Do most sermons in-
struct ?
reachers can sermonize on theological
or philosophical grounds but plain lessons
of “instruction” the people rarely get.
The Council direction for five minute
sermons proyes the need was recognized.
pat why should not the sermon ‘of late
“instruction,” ~ The
pene need and hunger after instruc-
tion. If it were not for our. schools
most of us wouldn’t know the essential
articles of faith. very grown Catholic
can tell for himself how little instruc-
tion in’ faith ‘or practices is obtained
after school days.
e
riests, never tmind the beauties! Give
us the ‘*words of eternal life’’—as Chris!
did—plain language instruction.
de
CARBONDALE, ] Pa, March 4, 1891.
IC, BLU. J
Allow me re cay that many C. K. of
A. men admire the stand you take on
the proposed banquet in your city, and it
is not to the credit of the Committee who
chose to have the stuff that “biteth like
a serpent and stingeth like an adder’? at
the gathering of the representatives of
the gatielie Knights ot If
the ©. K. of A. organization which
3 to be in thorough accord with
the ‘Chureh, and chawpions of the faith,
they should not bave that at their
gatherings which isthe disgrace of the
Church, that which is undoing the work
of the Church. . The Knights have too
much of it in thelr ranks, as the large
number of death assessments will attest,
and if there is te something done at the
and perat many yeare it will be a thing 1688 was
of the
BENT AND BUM—AND Bl RUIN.
Sir Wilfred Lawson says: ‘*While the
whole Irish rent roll is
amount paid to the mendes of aurong
drink approximates £12,000,000."" I
opinion there can be no permanent im:
provement in Ireland while drink so de-
bau ches the people. Favorable reports
of temperance work come from the south
**Gouncillor Nichols, Secretary of the
Father Mathew Society of ‘Dublin in his
report. for ae. declares that over £11,-
,000 bad been spent that year tor |
THE F1RsT MISSION.
Father Cooney, of Notre Dame has
stopped expounding the Constitution and
started on a ‘*Temperance Mission’? at
Connersville, Indiana, with ‘magnificent
results,”? as he says: the Mission lasted
week, It was the first in Indiana and
no doubt the first inthe United States,
Father Rudvey is pastor at Connersville,
Who will follow him in giving a whole
week to Total Abstinence,
wn to-morrow, but on the average }
OUR REVOLUTION AND OUR
RELIGION.
The Catholic Citizen says: **We do not
think the Pope ever did anythi
towards America as John Wesley did.”
Wesley issued a **Calm Address” Yaa
the American, Revolationists. .
Well, the Pope in 1776 sent. Bishop
Brian uebee a “Special Brief to all
the Catholies gf North “America,” but
what he said we never could discover
as, after two examinations of the Vatican
archives made , the Brief coul
not be found nor copy of it either there
or at Quebec.
On November 24th, 1784, Bishop Bri-
@Y / and of Quebec wrote Governor Hamil-
tion giving ‘notice of his determination
to resign his office, on account of
walady which is incurable, and transfer
it to hig worthy coadjutor, given him by
His Majesty, and whom he had conse-
crated twelve years ago Ly permission of
Mr, Cramahé,then Lientenant Governor,
‘ur twenty years he has preserved the
people of his diocese in fidelity and im-
ressed on them that they could neither
be Christians nor true Catholics if the
were not faithful to their oaths, au
subject to the power whom the provi-
deace of G ad placed over them.
Recommends the appointment of a coad-
jutor to bis successor who is in his 75th
year, involving a danger of losing both,
which terrifies his people. mmends
Qhis as the last and most important affair
whose success can interest him,’”
Governor Hamilton replied expressing
his sorrow at the cause of his resignation
of an office which his Lordship bas so
worthily filled, and the regret with which
the whole Providence would learn of bis
resignation, Will transmit immediately
His Loraship's £ Letter to the Secretary of
and cummunicate the oar
(Canadian State Pape}
Canadiat
Papers p. 147).
As the Bishop acted on the same side
as John Wesley itis likely that Jobo and
Revolt.. The Revolution is a constant
study by us, and stronger and stronger
grows the conviction that it was such a
movement that Catholics,’ as Catholics;
could have had nothing to do with it,
Had the Church been an organized body
here it would have condemned the revolt,
and tuen the Patriots would just have
strung up or driven out of’ the country
riest. Not a line from any priest
word in its favor ever spoken by Father
John Carroll.“ We don’t abhor: the
mem
Revolution,
Review fears that ‘radical democracy
will conflict. with our Catholicity,” and
“radical mocracy’? was the. special
charge against the Revolutionists, especi-
ally those of Pennsylvania, as here wealth,
wee re evenly divi
‘bo. oe that Catholics, as
Cathoties had much to do with the Re-
volt have not found the pith of the move-
ment, They mi as well claim
in and honor for Catholics in
ous Revolution” of 1683.
tion of 1776 was maintained upon the
principles of the former, and the act of
revolting Englishmen in calling on Wil-
liam of Orange ta overthrow James
was one of the ‘Considerations’ urged
upon the French Government to justify
itin nly espousing the cause of the
revolting colonies. ie Revolution of
the foundation of the British
liberty for which the Americans con-
tended, The Continental Congress “*was
formed on the model of the Convention ,
of 1688,” which called William of Orange.
{Steven’s Fac Similie Documents}
That was offset, after the Alliance, by
the suggestion by Earl of Carlisle to
Wm. Eden of the Peace Commissioners
sent out in 1778, to impress upon the
Americans “the opportunity’? America
“will give to the introduction of - the
popish religion.” [Steven’s Document,
ol. YY.
The colonists claimed that George III
would ‘govern them in the same arbi-
rary manner as Jam: sit had_ governed
sole forefathers.”” [stille’s, Jno. Dick-
on e who can- prove Catholic
activity and support on the side of the
colonies can find sale for such a contribu
tion to history, if drawn from original
sources, by sending to us,
There were Catholics on that side but
so—if they were really practical Catho- :
lies, A few Canadian priests were, but
they were made to suffer, and cne a
wanderer and an outcast,
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