The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1879-02-24
ARCHBISHOP PURCELL.
Ills Indebtedness Four MiIllons-A Lot.
terry scheme Proposed In his Behalf

ARCHBISHOP PURCELL.
Ills Indebtedness Four MiIlIons-A Loi
terry scheme Proposed In his Behalf.
CINCINNATI, February 23.-The trustee
appointed to arrange the financial affair
Of Archbishop Purcell are proceeding wit
their labors as speedily rs possible, bu
owing 10 the lack Of system in tho keepin
OF the accounts It Is difficult matter 70
them to state a definite time when the.
can give to the public the result Of thei
investigation Of the ArChbishop's precls
liabilities. At the Synod OF priests hel,
at the Cathedral last Wednesday, tn
Archbishop presided III person, and Their
Father Callaghan, his Secretary, stated t.
the clergy assembled that up to that dat
tile liabilities footed up $3,GOO,OOO, ant
still the claims were coming in.
Various schemes to relieve the Arch
bishop were proposed, but It was observ
ed that tho German priests present were
taking no very active part in the proceed
ings. Upon being reminded Of the fac
that while every English.speaking church
in the diocese had taken upa collection
in aid Of the Archbishop, no German
church hal contributed dollar, Father
Albrinrk, Of Holy Trinity, spoke In reply
saying that the reason for this neglect was
because the German Catholics wanted Ia
see statement Of the actual condition oil
Affairs before contributing, in order that
they might know whathad become OF the
money loaned the Archbishop, and Just
how much 1t would take to ex.
triCate him from his troubles.
After some more explanations and
speeches It was announced that lottery
scheme had been devised as one of the
most feasible means OF raising the funds
that the Archbishop so sorely needed.
The scheme proposed is TO extend through
a long term OF years, with drawings every
six months. Debate on the plan devel.
oped the fact that 1t was believed that II
the importance Of the subject was proper.
ly presented to the attention OF the Legis-
latureit would repeal that portion OF the
lottery law which prohibited the use Of
lotteries for charitable purposes. This
scheme seemed to meet with Tie warm
approval Of many Of tho priests present,
and even those who did not think It nd.
visable or feasible at least gave it Il passive
acquiescence.
Finally, the following committee was
appointed to devise ways and means for
carrying the plan into execution, viz:
Father Driscoll, OF St Xavier; Father
Ubaldus, o. s. F.; Father Callaghan, d,
d.: Father Crowley, st. PatriCkfs, Cum
minsyille; Father Cusick, Church of the
Atonement; Father Byrne, st. Joseph
Seminary; Father Sidley, Springfield, o.;
Father Albrinck, Holy Trinity; Father
Casey, Dayton, Ohio; Father Hahne, En-
manuel Church, Dayton, Ohio; Father Al
phonsus, OF the PaSSiOnists, and Father
Mackcy, St. PatriCk's. These gentlemen
went Immediately after the adjournment
Of the Synod and organized BY. electing
Father DriScOll Chairman. On motion OF
Father Sidley the following sub committee
was appointed, To beknown us The "Legis-
lative Committee" viz: Fathers Cusick,
Byrne and Callaghan.
Onthese gentlemen will devolve the Ia
Dor oil procuring, il possible, such legislH-
ton rs will repeal the clauses sof the lottery
law forbidding the use Of lotteries for
charitable purposes. 1nthe estimation OF
some OF the best posted persons present,
the total amount OF the ArchLishOp's LA
bilities will exceed $4,000,000, and MS it
now seems to be understood that in nc.
Cordance with u decision OF Chief Justice
Taney, delivered several years ago, none
OF the church property held in trust by
the Archbishop can be disposed ofin pay
lnent oi these debts, as they were contract.
ed extraordinarily, and not in the line OF
his duties as Archbishop, it will be neces-
sary 10 devise some extraordinary means
Of raising money in order that the claims
against the Archbishop may bc paid. The
universal feeling and expression was that
every dollar should DO paid, and to that
end contributions will be solicited from all
other dioGeses in America and Europe,
and priests will be dispatched to collect
them.
In this connection It may be well to
state that Us yet it is not known whether
or not tho resignation OF tile Archbishop
will be rccepted. The letter Of Cardinal
Simeoni, stating that the Pope thought Il
''inopportune to accept II for the pres.
ent," Is thought by some to be sly bit OF
sarcasm at the Archbishop's expense. II
may be rendered that the Archbishop op.
posed the adoption Of the donna OF Papal
lnfallibility at the EcImenical Council,
not because he diG not believe in it, but
because he thought the time inopportune.
Ever since he has been known in Rome
among the Cardinals and higher clergy as
the "Inopportunist," aud 1t may be that
some Of the tenacious minded Italians
wish to remind him OF that speech. II
such should be tho case, II would ho re.
linemont Of cruelty that oven tho bitterest
Protestant opponSnts Of tho venerable
and Archbishop would cry down as des
picablc.