Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1891-08-06
"A LIVELY DISCUSSION
Caused By the Rssolttions Presented In the
O. T. A. Convontion.

@. Z. A. Convention.
PRocExDINos OF THE SESSIONS N TIE AcADEEY
OF MUSIC roDAY-crrIEs WORKING FOE THE
NEXT OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES OF AL TIE
SPEAKERS IN TIE GOOD CAUSE
The second day Of the convention Of the
Catholic Total Abstinence Union Of America
was opened this morning, - was the first day,
with religious service at st. Patrick's Church.
Yesterday it was the celebration of . solemn
high mass Today il was . requiem mass for
the repose Of the souls Of the deceased mem
bers Of the union. The services At the church
were, Of a beautiful and impressive character.
the music especially being very fine. Father
OBrien, state lecturer Of Ohio, was the cello
brant; deacon, Father flanagan Of Philadel-
phia; subdeacon, Father Cassidy Of New York;
master Of ceremonies, Father MCGEE. The
music rendered was as follows:
Requiem Gregorian.
observation-disclosures from Verdfs re-
QUEEN. Quartet and chorus. Soloists-So-
prano, Miss B. Mattingly; mezzo soprano. Mrs.
and basso, Mr.. B. A. Ryan.
20 Salutaris," from Marcos vespers Bari
Chorus Sopranos. Miss B. Mattingly, Mrs.
William H. Combs, Misses J. Mudd, B. Hickey,
B. Bingham. G. Word, c. McGiI, NJ. Mccarthy,
Whitesell and Mrs. Farrell; altos, Miss Nellie
Reason. Mrs. NJ. W. PURGE, Mrs. C. Jungen,
Misses NJ. Kelly, C. Garrish, s. Bartle, G. Bar
beck. Mrs. A. W. Lathum, Mrs. King, Mrs. J. E.
Bishop and Mrs. Gillen; tenors, Messrs. Will
lam Mcfarland, c. C.. Wright, DR.. H. B. F.
Ryan, Edward Joyce. ]. J. Fisher NJ. Grant, F.
Mahouey, James Nolan, Robert Paul, G. Myers
and Mr.. Mulleedy.
FIGHT FOR THE NEXT CONVENTION.
Directly after the celebration of the mass Of
requiem the delegates proceeded to the Acad-
envy of Music and at 1880 the president, Bishop
Cotter, raped for order and opened the bust
ness session with a brief prayer.
When the delegates reached the hall they
found their seats occupied by handsomely
printed cards extolling the merits Of Indian
apolis as place for conventions. indianapolis
is making hard fight for the convention Of
the Total Abstinence Union next year. On the
back Of the card was list Of distances from
other cities. to prove that Indianapolis comes
very near being the center of the universe.
An interested spectator Of the proceedings Of
the day was Miss Frances Willard, who occupied
one Of the lower boxes. Miss Willard, as every
one knows, is the president Of the National W. @.
l. u, and she is present at the sessions Of the
Catholic Union as the fraternal delegate from
the great society over which she presides so
ably. She has made many friends among her
and graceful speech Of yesterday afternoon.
THE FIRST LAYMAN TO PRESIDE.
One Of the prominent delegates present at
the convention is Mr.. Christopher J. Fay of
Boston. Yesterday afternoon he presided for
awhile over the proceedings Of the convention.
L his Is said to be the first time q layman has
ever presided over the deliberations OF the ma
tional union.
The delegates from New Jersey, who were in
advertently omitted from the lists yesterday.
are as follows: St. Patricks Cadets, Rev. NJ.
j. Coughlan; st. Patrick's, NJ. J. Quinn.
Secretary Noblan, at the opening Of the
morning session today, read a number Of COM
munications from leading dignitaries of the
church throughout the country who had been
invited to participate in the convention, but
who for various reasons were not able to be
present, All the letters were filed with words
Of hope and inspiration. some with checks, and
all were received with applause.
MI. Fay, chairman OF the committee OF the
whole, reported progress and the report was
adopted unanimously.
Bishop Cotter announced to the convention
with reference to the excursion tomorrow ten
dered to the delegates by the local society that
a larger number Of invitations would be issued
than was at first contemplated and that the
tickets would be distributed through the chair
men Of the various delegations.
DIR. Conaty, chairman OF the committee on
the temperance manual, read the report Of his
committee. 1t included a revised copy Of the
manual, which was read by chapter titles, and
one or two points in each chapter were touched
upon in order to give an idea of the general
character of the manual which is really quite
an extended work on temperance, its virtues,
heredity and other matters Of that sort
THE RESOLUTIONS.
The chairman of the committee on resolu-
lions, Father McKenna of Massachusetts,, read
the committees report. The resolutions began
by stating the platform of the union, recogniz-
ing in the liquor curse the chief cause
Of Pauperism, vice and crime and
vidual Lives, homes and increasing public
disorder and social troubles. Rules for it's
regulation and restriction should be adopted
1t commended the work of the union and
pledged its united efforts to help the labor
organizations which recognize our platform as
one of the chief helps in ameliorating the con-
dition Of the toiling millions, and We offer our
support to candidates for public Office whose
public efforts shall pass restrictive legislative
enactments looking to the suppression of in
temperance and the evils of the liquor traffic.
Catholic maidens and matrons should be
appealed to in order that by their organized
effort they may initiate the noble example
given to the world by the Women's Christian
Temperance Union and cooperate with them
by the annual observance OF Father Mathews
inspiring anniversary"
LIQUOR AND THE WORLDS FAIR.
The report closed with the resolution that
sound public policy does not seem to sanction
the sale Of liquor at Chicago worlds fair, nor
does it requirs the existence Of a trafis privi-
legged to cover this flair land with imported
breweries, distilleries and saloons, and which
is also wrecking the homes, blight
ing high hopes, breaking hearts and
grinding down priceless souls into
the mire of unutterable wretchedness
and woe; and that we return our thanks to the
press of Washington and the country. to the
citizens Of Washington and it honorable Com
missioner, Mr.. Ross, and its Father Mathew
Society, to his eminence Cardinal Gibbons
Bishop Keane, Fathers Walter and McGee for
their encouragement and hospitality to the
union"
The resolutions gave rise to considerable
debate and the question OF politics soon entered
and was treated rather acrimoniously.
Mr. Campbell attacked the clause in the
resolutions which bound the union to support
any move for prohibitory measures, taking the
ground that prohibition does not prohibit.
FATHER o'BRIEN's EXPLANATION.
Father o. Brien Of Cleveland answered his
objections at length, stating that the commit
tee had no intention of binding the union to
prohibition as q measure or principle. The
resolutions recommended restrictive measures
whether they be local option, prohibition or
any other move that would restrict the liquor
traffic,