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in their opinion, was better fitted for the po- 

 sition. "With the exception of the Woman's 

 Christian Temperance Union, to whose perse- 

 vering efforts the adoption of the amendment 

 is largely due, and to whom I am indebted for 

 a cordial and intelligent support, and the Law 

 and Order Leagues in Woonsocket, East Green- 

 wich, and South Kingstown, I have received 

 no words of encouragement even, much less 

 support, from the many kindred organizations 

 throughout the State. The statistics from the 

 cities and larger towns, which is a fair test of 

 the bperation of the Act for the Suppression 

 of Intemperance, show a marked decrease in 

 drunkenness, reveling, common drunkards, and 

 other offenses, directly chargeable to the in- 

 terrfperate use of intoxicating liquors. The 

 statistics from the city of Providence show 

 an increase of drunkenness during the last six 

 months of the license law of 18*3 per cent., 

 while during the first six months of prohibi- 

 tion as compared with the corresponding period 

 under license, drunkenness decreased more 

 than 42 per cent. The commitments to the 

 State Workhouse, whose inmates are largely 

 victims of the intemperate use of intoxicating 

 liquors, for the first six months under prohibi- 

 tion, as compared with the corresponding 

 period under license, show a falling off of more 

 than one half, and resulting in a large saving 

 to the State in the item of board alone." 



The "Providence Journal," reviewing the 

 first six months of prohibition, says: u lhe 

 most obvious result of the law is the abolition 

 of open selling to any and all comers. Through- 

 out the State the public saloon is reported un- 

 known. But, precisely as was anticipated, in 

 place of the saloons a multitude of methods for 

 selling secretly have been introduced. These 

 include ' clubs ' of varying degrees of disrepu- 

 tability, ' kitchen bar-rooms ' in filthy tene- 

 ment-houses, and a swarm of 'pocket-ped- 

 dlers.' who have infested the south part of the 

 State. As indicated by the comparative police 

 statistics of 1886 and 1885, the quantity of 

 liquor distributed from these sources is consid- 

 erably less than was^old under the license sys- 

 tem; but, for obvious reasons, it is, on the 

 average, of much greater alcoholic strength." 

 An attempt to set aside the amendment as not 

 legally adopted failed, the Supreme Court dis- 

 missing the bill for want of jurisdiction. 



Political. The Prohibition State Convention 

 was held in Providence on the 3d of March. 

 The following were the nominees: For Gov- 

 ernor, George H. Slade ; Lieutenant-Governor, 

 Jason P. Hazard; Attorney-General, Edwin 

 Metcalf ; General Treasurer, William Bodfish ; 

 Secretary of State, H. D. Scott. 



The Democrats met in State Convention in 

 the same city on March 17, and nominated for 

 Governor, Amasa Sprague; Lieutenant-Gov- 

 ernor, Thomas Robinson ; Secretary of State, 

 Franklin P.Owen; Attorney-General, Edwin 

 Metcalf; Treasurer, John G. Perry. Mr. Met- 

 calf had always acted with the Republicans. 



The Republican State Convention met in 

 Providence on March 25, and renominated 

 Governor Peabody, Lieutenant-Governor Dar- 

 lin, Treasurer Clark, and Secretary of State 

 Addeman; by acclamation. Much spirit was 

 shown in the contest for Attorney-General, 

 which resulted in the renomination of Mr. 

 Colt on the eighth ballot by a bare major- 

 ity. On April 7 the Republican candidates, 

 except for Attorney- General, were elected. 

 The vote for Governor was, Republican, 14,- 

 340; Democratic, 9,944; Prohibition, 2,585. 

 The vote for Attorney- General was: Metcalf, 

 14,089 ; Colt, 12,445. The prohibitory amend- 

 ment was ratified by a vote of 15,113, against 

 9,230, and the suffrage amendment by a vote of 

 18,903, against 1,477. The Legislature chosen 

 at this election consists of 30 Republicans and 

 7 Democrats in the Senate, and 64 Republi- 

 cans, 7 Democrats, and 1 Prohibitionist in the 

 House. On the 2d of November a Republican 

 was elected to Congress in the First District; 

 in the Second, the Democratic candidate had a 

 plurality, but, a majority being required to 

 elect, there was no choice. 



ROMAN CATHOLIC CHCRCH. One of the most 

 remarkable effects of the decrees of the Ple- 

 nary Council of Baltimore was the practical 

 interest in the colored people and Indians in 

 the United States excited among Catholics. 

 Collections for the missions among them have 

 been generally ordered, and the records for 

 the year 1886-'87 exhibit many new churches 

 and schools built for them. The proclama- 

 tion of the Holy Father of the jubilee for the 

 year 1886 obliged the keeping open every day 

 in the year of several churches in each diocese, 

 and the result in increased devotion was no- 

 ticeable. The earliest death of a member of 

 the hierarchy in the United States, in 1886, 

 was that of the Rt. Rev. Bishop Baltes, of 

 Alton, 111. (See page 664.) On January 15 

 the pallium for the Rt. Rev. Archbishop Cor- 

 rigan, of New York, was postulated in the 

 consistory held by the Holy Father at Rome. 

 The archbishop, by special favor, had been 

 permitted to perform the duties of his epis- 

 copal office before he received the pallium, in 

 the Cathedral of St. Patrick in the city of 

 New York, on March 3. On June 7 his Holi- 

 ness the Pope created James Gibbons Arch- 

 bishop of Baltimore ; Alexander Taschereau, 

 Archbishop of Quebec; Victor Felix Ber- 

 nadou, Archbishop of Sens ; Benedict Mary 

 Langnieux, Archbishop of Reims; Charles Phi- 

 lippe Place, Cardinal Priests of the Holy Ro- 

 man Church ; and Augustus Theodoli and Ca- 

 millus Mazzella, S. J., cardinal deacons. Car- 

 dinal Mazzella was formerly a professor in the 

 Jesuit Seminary at Woodstock, Md. He is 

 considered to be one of the soundest theolo- 

 gians in the Catholic Church. His writings 

 have made him famous among clergymen in 

 all countries where Christianity is preached. 

 Cardinal Gibbons, the other English-speaking 

 American cardinal, is the author of the most 



