The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1883-11-24
A FALSE REpOHT
Causes n Misunderstanding N that Issatis
ElctoriIy Adjusted,

Thursday evenings journal contained
Bazaar tq1ib TO the effect that Mr.. James
Hall, who took the part Of St. Patrick in the
Irish booth "held high masJ and confessed
lots Of pretty girls" Bishop Kain, Monsig.
nor Sullivan, and others OF the Catholic
Church. who were unarquainted with the
fact that the squtb was false, were highly In
dgnant over tue matter, and yesterday morn.
ing Mgr. Sullivan meetingCol. G1bert White,
OF the Baz5ar committee, proceeded 10 tx.
presl In warm terms his opinion OF what he
supposed to be, an insult against the Catho IL
Church. This was the fist intimation
that the BszIar people had OF tho matter
and the chairman OF the committee having
in charge the Irish booth Immediately ad-
dressed note to Bishop Kain denying that
any OF the sacred rites OF the Catholic church
had been caricatured as published by the
Journal. Bishop Kahn in reply, stated
that he was glad to learn that
no such outrage had been perpetrated.
agrieyed, 'at the characterization ot Ireland
which becomes the more offensive when con.
trssted with the brilliant portraituhes OF
iuiliel lands"
The matter was the subject OF considerable
talk yesterday and last evening reporter
called at the Episcopal residence 10 learn the
true feelings Of the clergy. Mgr. Sullivan was
seen and in reply TO the question as 10
whether any action would DO taken. SAID.
"No sir not now. The report OF the Journal
has been authoritatiyely denied. But had it
not been, you may rest assured, action would
have been taken that would not coon have
been forgotten. am surprised that person
should have 80 little sense as to write such
thing as that item was. Suppose ! back
you into corner and batter your
say, this Is u bit Of plcasantry'-would you
not be indignant still? will say further
that think the characterized alton II Ireland
as given at this Bazaar Is almost an insult to
every Irishman. A poor low hovel with pIgs
and q fiddler. Nearby Is luxurious Turkey, a
land noted for It's voluptuousness and Sin.
There is despotic Ruslia In oil her splendor
without reminder OF Its Siberian exiles
There is Germany with her royal trGppings-
land where OK csrt9 a;c drawn by women,
l tell you Ireland has az fine society and as
fine cities az Berlin, Paris or st. Petersburg
And what II Ireland is ss represented at the
Bszlar, whose fsult Is it?-tyrannical ESe-
lands sir! Why, you can.go out CT this city
bnt few miles and fnd novels occupied by
West Virginians. Ireland Is not alone IN
IL there was M institution where common
sense was ipStilled into peoples heads
would favor s.ndlnS the writer oil that Iq1ib
there"
"I understand that some Catholics were
spck,n to about attending the BfzIar?n
"rrue, this morning before tho denial OF
the report was made some were spoken TO
about their daughters and were told that II
they were ladies and Catholics they would
not attend. Nothing was taid alter the
denial" 49,.
Mr. Hall, who merely woro black robe
and skull cap and carried stsG, when spoken
to called the reporter to witness that on
every evening he had done nothing but sit
quietly in q corner or promenade. II was
generally regretted that the Catholic clergy
took the view OF the affair that they did. As
one gentleman remarked, 1.-THE QUE big aim
OF the Bsziar wal To present striking pic.
torIaI effects In each booth that should at.
tract. The ladies and gentlemen having
Ireland chose 10 present the Irish
cabin life such es Is portrayed nowadays
on the stage, and you know that never falls
to please both Irishmen and otherS. Itis
encountered in many OF the novels OF to-day,
touching Ireland. No one here miRinterprets
II or supposes for an instant that every
IrIshmaa wears knee corderoys, green
coats and twelfth century stove pipe. They
couldn't have gotten up an Irish booth In
any other style that would have drawn 80.
Why look at the crowds there noW2'
II wGs fact that Ireland drew more pee
Pile than other booth. Catholics and Protest.
ants, Jews and Gentiles all crowded around
and laughed a. heartily over the faithful
copy presented OF tho ideal hut aa they ever
did at the same thing on the stage. In an
unSeclariAn affair In which all creedS and
clfsles are represented, II Is un.
psper item should cause any trouble hoyeysr
slight. Col. White received q letter from the
Bishop last evening, expressing entire 6atis.
faction with the correct representation Of tht
affair,