The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1894-08-08
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In discussing Mgr. Satolli'H decree on
tho saloonkeeping question Father
Ducey said to-day: "Tho scope aud
ueaniuE Of Mgr. satoIlrs lOttCr to Bah.
op WRttsrson has been misunderstood.
The decisions embodied in the istter
were not to DO applied generally, but
locally. This YioR has already becn eX'
pressed by various archbishops. There
can have been no thought In the apos-
soIic delegates mind Of deliberately and
absolutely condemning the sale OF liz
uor. It 10 quite true. Is you say, that
tho Holy Father himself drinks wine.
and that both wine and spirits are COM
monty INDUCED in by the Clergy, more
particularly in Rome. 70 condemn the
uso OF wine in toto. even though it may
not DO fcrmented. seems to me to DO
equivalent TO casting stur upon the
most solemn Of the sacraments. can
not say whether Archbishop Ireland
had anything to do with the issue OF tho
delegates letter. He Is himself total
abstainer, though With peculiar weak
ness for ginger ale. For my part, can't
endure that drink. II had 10 stick to
ginger ale for two days | would have
dyspepsia. tako wine in moderation
myself, and II my health requires 1t q
small dose OF spirits. After q hard
days work, for instance, l sometimes
refresh myself with little whisky and
water For convenience sake ] occa-
uionaIly havc bottle Of brandy in my
house. Ono bottle lasts mo wecks. l
am not ashamed 10 DO seen drinking
moderately. What | do drink prefer
to drink openly. l don't know whether
there arc any safoonkocpers or not IN
my congregation. II thore arc only
hopo thUy conduct their business do
Gently"
Father Walter Elliott, one OF tho
guiding lights OF the Paulist community
in this country, grew radiant when he
spoke OF Mgr. Satollpa decision. ''rhe
decision" said he, "has only local
weight aud therefore at tho first blush
mNy not accm great thing But tho
tendency it shows-the tendency as tho
Germans SAYS big"
j. .. Smith. OF tho Wine and Spirit
Ga.etts,, referring TO the Satolli decreo,
which no has said places seVen.cighths
OF tho liquor dealers Of New York be.
tween tho devil aud tho deep son, said
to-day:
"This fight was forced upon US. We
didn't enter into crusade aRatnst the
pope on our own account, but whom tho
decree was issued We aaw tho drift Of
tho Roman Catholic Church or Its scnti-
mont as expressed through the propn.
ganda, aud wo concluded that 1t was
only question OF imO, anyway, before
tho question would be forced to point
whore 1t must be dcCisively answered.
Even II we had stayed its solution Off
for the present We know it would only
DO for time and that tho day would
ultimately come when tho thing must
be settled. We should most assutcdIy
never have Baid anything II tho Npos.
tolic delegates had not issued
his docreo. Through our board
OF directors We nrO in intimate
touch with tho trade, aud l can toll you
that tho trades luminosity is not
directed against Archbishop Corrigan
as much as 1t ts against Mgr. satolli.
You will find, II you canvass tho liquor
dealers hero, that they will not say
word against Archbishop Corrigan, but
thoy will denounce the Italian apostolic
delegate. I have received letters from
liquor dealers in this city aud all over
the country asking: Shall VIC abandon
our business and give our competitors
free field Just because the apostolic del
egate has decided to that electT I'm
til this question arose great many Of
Thorn favored Satolli aud thought he
was liberal and good man whom thoy
wero glad to support. Now they have
changed their minds. His decree is uu.
American in spirit and wholly unjust"