Birmingham age-herald., 1895-08-10
THE BEER OF ST VINCENT Was the Keynote of the Conven-
 lions Deliberations. FF SER ZURCHER'S REPORT 
 / s ked the Abbey and Condemned the Monks s for Brewing the Beverage. DISPLACED BY THE MAJORITY REPORT
SER ZURCHER'S REPORT 
DISPLACED BY THE MAJORITY REPORT
Which Ignores the Matter, as It Is Now Under Consideration by Mgr. Satolli. Sunday Selling Condemned-Co-
 opera ion nvIited.

New York, Aug. 9.-The third days meeting of the Catholic Total Abstinence union convention began at 9:30 o'clock this morning. Rev. James M Cleary, president of the union presided.
 Rev. Alexander r. Doyle read letters and telegrams from all over the country expressing greeting and bidding the con- vention godspeed. Among the telegrams read was one from 52O Keely gold cure graduates. who are at present in conven- ton at Plainfield, N. J.
 When the communications had been read the Rev. V. P. O'Brien, chairman of the committee on resolutions, mounted the platform. It then developed that there was a minority and majority re- port. Father OBrien read the majority report, which was a bitter attack on the liquor sellers, asking those engaged in it to give up the business. It also advo- cated strict Sunday excise law. The resolutions also thanked the press, Arch bishop Corrigan and Monsignor Satolli, but made no mention of the beer brewed by St. Vincent's Abbey, which it was ex- pected the convention would condone. The minority report, which was read by Father zurcher. was practically the same, save that it attacked St. Vincent's Abbey and condemned the Catholic monks for making beer and selling t.
 Rev. Father Ward then moved that the majority report be accepted and that part of the minority report referring to the St. Vincents be made a part of it.
 Father Lamley of Pennsylvania said it was shame to see St. Vincent's beer sold.
 Vice-President Logue moved that the report of the majority be adopted. If we do anything else" said he, we will mix matters up. It has been agreed by most of the delegates that the name of any place should not be mentioned" Father O'Brien referred to the matter of St. Vincents beer. "The humiliating scandal" said he, ''is now before Monsig- nor Satolli, and we thought it better not to do anything in this convention to in- huence his judicial decision" Father Zurcher in reply said the people of America would respect them all the more if they dealt with liquor or St. Vim cent beer and took a bold stand in tho matter.
 Father Walters of Ohio said the matter should be brought fairly and squarely be- fore the convention.
 Delegate Magee of Minnesota, colored, was the next speaker. He was received with cheers and was escorted to the plat form. "The darky," said he, has been smoked out of the wood pile. It seems to be that this disgrace has been tolerated too long. Can this convention compromise with wrong? It cannot and on the occa- sion of it's silver jubilee it must speak out against St. Vincent beer" The majority report was finally put and adopted, after much discussion. It was as follows:
 Whereas, The Catholic church in the United States is doing everything in it's power to lessen the evils of intemper- ance; and,
 Whereas, She has through her bishops in council assem mbled, approved and heartily commended the laudible practice of total abstinence; and,
 Whereas, To avoid all cavilling from any source, the holy father commended the prelates of the United States for their action on the question of temperance; therefore, be 1t
 Resolved, That the Catholic Total Ab- stinence Union of America, in it's twenty fifth general convention, assembled in New York, reterateS loyal obedience to the church and renews it's allegiance to the holy cause of total abstinence.
 Resolved, That, in accordance with the advice of the third plenary council of Baltimore we ourselves totally abstain from the use of intoxicating drinks in order that we may thereby with good grace ask co-religionists to follow our ex- ample.
 Resolved, That we give the weight of our influence to every legitimate move ment that tends to abolish the sale of intoxicants on the Lords day; and we urge the necessity of the closing of the saloons on Sunday and on Saturday nights; we urge the closing of them al as early an hour as possible.
 Resolved, That we urge everywhere by votes and influence the enactment of such laws as the screen law, the single entrance law, and all laws which may in any way help towards the strict enforce ment of the excise laws
 Whereas, There is one platform upon which all Americans can stand, ire. spective of religious belief; therefore be it
 Resolved, That we cooperate with oul non-Catholic fellow citizens in every le- gitimate effort to restrict the evils of intemperance.
 Resolved, That we are pleased to no. tice the absence of intoxicants in many of the banquets given by Catholics and we respectfully request Catholic societies to discountenance the use of liuuor af their entertainments.
 Resolved, That we respectfully request Catholic journals to aid our cause by refusing to publish liquor advertisei ments.
 Resolved, That we urge the formation of total abstinence societies amond women, girls and boys. We urge menl societies to give them every encouraged ment in their power
 Resolved, That we have reason ts thank God and rejoice on this day of out silver jubilee. For twenty-five years w@ have labored to promote the cause of toS tai abstinence. Encouraged by the suc< cess that has attended our efforts in the past, we will continue our labors with even greater energy in the future.
 The next business was the selection of a meeting place for the next convention, Mrs. Lake proposed St. Louis, Mo- and Rev Father Malone proposed Denver, A vote was taken, and St. Louis was selected by big majority Its selectio1 was afterward made unanimous, and thu