The evening world., 1894-07-19
SATOLLrS DECREE.
New York Catholic Liquor Dealers
Greatly Disturbed by 1t.
Father lavelIe Doesn't Consider It
Ia General Order.
But Says the Church Has Always
Opposed the Traffic.

The decision OF Archbishop Satolli
approving of the stand taken by Bishop
Watterson. of Columbus, o.. on the
liquor question, has fallen like a bomb
shell among the liquor dealers of this
city. The decision Is. in effect, that
Bishop Watterson was right when he
said that no liquor dealer in his do
cese could be member of any Catholic
society; that no good Catholic should
have any connection with the manufac-
ture or sale of liquor, and that the last
rites of the church should be denied to
all those liquor dealers within his juris-
diction who abused the liquor traffic.
In the city OF New York there are st!ll
hundreds of Catholics engaged in the
liquor business, who heretofore never
considered themselves under the ban of
the church. They scarcely knew what
to make of the decision. and many of
them were up at the Archipiscopal resi-
dence in Madison avenue to find out.
The Archbishop is not in town. however.
nor is Mgr. Farley, the Nicar-General;
Rev. Father Lavelle, Rector of the
Cathedral parish. member of the Arch
bishops Council. and who generally as
sumes direction in the absence of his
superior, was seen by an Evening
should be no chance of misquotation he
wrote the following reply to the re-
porter's main question as to what he
thought of the Papal delegates opinion:
THE decision seems to be on the right
of the Bishop of Columbus. or of any
other Bishop, to pass laws similar to
those enacted by Mgr, Watterson, Mn In
decision not only aftirms the aforesaid
right, but commends the spirit whereby
1t Is animated. ! don't think 1t Is meant
to be mandatory for the country at
But it manifests clearly the mind Of
the Church to promote the virtue OF
temperance. and to repress as much as
abuses connected with the liquor trinac."
II do not care to be quoted OIL the
main question further than that" he
said. "As to its application locally, ! DO
be laid down. That decision was. of
course, intended for a diocese whose con-
ditions necessarily are much different
from ours.
II want it understood, however. that
the Catholic Church during the past
twenty years or SO has made every
this city. ! remember the time when
YOU could walk along Sixth avenue and
see over every liquor-store the name or
an Irishman--generally aCatholic why;
IL used to make me as mad as halter
to see mt. 1t Is not so now, you will md
names of other nationalities over nearly
all.
"This decision Of the Archbishop will
have a big moral effect at least. 1 know
for a fact that Catholics have been
gradually getting out of the business
because they thought a stigma was at
tached to IL. ] cannot say offhand how
many atholics are actually engaged In
the business in this city. but do know
the number is growing less every year.
Morris Tekulsky, President Of the
State Liquor Dealers Association, is In
Albany attending the Constitutional
Convention He could not, therefore,
be seen this morning. although over a
score OF liquor dealers. including Of
ficers Of the organization, called at his
place of business on Park Row and
New Chambers street.
Rev. Alexander p. Doyle. General Sec
rotary of the Catholic Total Abstinence
Union of America, and who Is connected
with the Paulist Church, Fifty-ninth
street and Columbus avenue, 1id the
effect would be of a most far-reaching
nature. He thought the decision OF
Archbishop Satolli authoritive, and that
there could be no mistaking It's utter
ance. He thought the cause or temper
ance would be aided materially.