The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-08-10
Even St. Vincent'S Abbey Was
CenSured for Selling
Beer.
REELECTION OF THE OFFICERS.
ST. Louis Selected as the Site for
the Next Annual Ses-
sion.


| days meeting of the Catholic Total Absti-
| nence Union Convention began this morn
ing at $50 o'clock. The Rev. James M.
Cleary. president of the union, presided.
Rev. Alexander P. Doyle read letters and
| kilograms from all over the country ex-
pressing greeting and bidding the conven-
ton godspeed. Among the kilograms read
was one from $40 Keely gold-cure gradu-
ates, who are at present in convention at
| Plainield, N. J.
| When the communications had been
| read the Rev. P. O'Brien, chairman of the
committee on resolutions, mounted the
platform. 1t then developed that there
was majority report, which was a bitter
attack on the iquor-sellers, and asked
those engaged in it TO give up the busi-
ness. 1t also advocated a strict Sunday
| law. The resolutions also thanked the
press. Archbishop Corrigan and Monsignor
| Satolli, but made no mention of the beer
brewed by. St. Vincent's abbey, which it
was expected the convention would con-
denim. The minority report, which was
read by Father Zurcher, was practically
the same, save that it attacked st. Vim
cents abbey and condemned the Catholic
| monks for making beer and selling it.
Rev. Father Ward then moved that the
| majority report be accepted, and that the
part of the minority report referring to the
st. Vineent's abbey be made part of it.
Father Lamley of Pennsylvania said it
was shame to see st. Vincent's beer sold.
The majority report was finally adopted
! after much discussion.
Mrs. Charlotte Smith of Boston, who is
engaged in the work of reclaiming outcast
women of the United States, spoke. "We
have 500, 900 outcast women" said she, Sin
this country, and we appeal to you to help
them. immortality and intemperance go
hand in hand" She appealed IN eloquent
terms to the ladies of the union to help her
in the work of reclaiming the outcast
women.
| Rev. Father Malone of Denver then
nominated President James Cleary of Min
neapolis for reelection as president of the
| National Union. He was seconded by
Delegate Magee. Mrs. Lake moved that
the election of Father Cleary be made
unanimous, and this was done. President
Cleary then thanked the delegates for the
honor they had done him in re-electing
him.
Delegate Fennessy then nominated First
Vice President Logue of Philadelphia for
reelection. Mrs. Lake seconded the nomi-
nation, and Mr.. Logue was elected first
vice president unanimously.
There were two candidates for the posi-
tion of second vice-president, namely,
James F. Brennan of Mount Carmel. Conn,
and John O'Brien of Saltwater, Mimi.
Colored Delegate Magee of st. Paul had
also been nominated, but he withdrew in
e., 6 ~ r. o1o,, Il I,
Delegate O'Brien was close friend of
Archbishop Ireland. 1t was the general
opinion that if Magee had not withdrawn
he would have been elected. Brennan was
elected by 517 to 900 votes. Mrs. Leonora
Lake of st. Louis was unanimously re-
elected third vice e-president.
The next business was the selection of
treasurer and Father William McMahan
was reelected. Rev. Alexander p Doyle
of the Paulist Fathers was reelected secre-
tary. All the newly elected officers then
came on the platform and took the obliga-
tion of Office.
Mrs. Lake announced that she had been
asked by Miss Frances E. Willard to re-
quest the convention to send the Rev.
George OFT of Charlestown, Nd, as fra
ternal delegate to the convention of the
Women's Temperance Union in Balti-
more. The matter was laid over for the
consideration of the president to see if
Father OFT was member of the union.
st. Louis was chosen as the next place of
meeting. The first Wednesday of August
in 1886 was fixed as the date.
The convention then came to close
with prayer by Father Elliott of the Paul
lists and the renewal of the pledge of the
union by the delegates on their knees. The
delegates will take trip up the Hudson
t0-mOrr0w