Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1883-12-19
CAPEL AND CORRESPONDENT,
Tho Monsignor Raises the Issue Of
Veracity.

CHICAGO, Dec. 1S.-The New York cor
respondent of The Tribune telegraphs his
paper that Mr. Hickey of The Catholic Re
view, having denied the authenticity of an
interview with Monsignor Capel recently
published by said correspondent in The Tri-
bune, and declared that the interview was
forced upon the prelate, and was a carl
cature and in no sense correct,
ne the correspondent wrote to Monsignor
Capel offering to send him six questions COW
ering the main points of the interview, the
prelate to write out his replies in any manner
convenient to him, the correspondent then to
publish the same in The Tribune. The cor
respondent then continues: To this letter,
delivered to Mgr. Capel six days ago, re-
greet to say no response HIS come. The nat
ural inference from this is that an answer
would only increase his embarrassment
He knows as we'll as I do that my account of
what he said is in the main just and accurate;
out the Catholic bishops, inferior to him in
culture and ability, are jealous of his influ-
ence, and have fastened to resent what
they deem his Righteousness" in meddling
with their Jurisdiction l now hear that
he has abandoned his purpose to make a
declaration on the school question, demand
ing quota of the school money for Cath
clio parish schools, and that he will not,
for the present touch, the question. l
have made the explanation because do not
wish to be misrepresented A journalists
reputation is as sensitive as a woman, and
once sullied is with difficulty restored. What
| reported to you Mgr. Capel said, and he said
it for publication. In journalistic work for
thirty years I have sometimes been mistaken
rs to details, but l have betrayed to the pub
lie one of the TO- 900 things told to me in con-
fidence for it is better to try in the long run, to
be successful gentleman than successful
journalist l would apologize to Mgr Capel
if knew what could say truthfully to that
end, for am sorry the printing of what he
said has got himself into trouble with his
peers.
Effect OF ParnelI's Speech.
NEW YORK, Dec .S.-A cable dispatch re-
ferring to Parnell's speech at the Dublin
banquet, says: His frank disclosure has
elected a prompt response in England. All
parties, the extreme Radicals perhaps ex-
cepted, agree in saying that party
differences must sink in the presence of
the danger of Irish dictation. The
Standard offers on behalf of the
tories to leave the Irish parliamentary vote
out Of account in any question Of conf ience
involving the fate of the ministry The
Times says that the constituencies themselves
will probably battle Mr.. Parnells calculations
by giving a working majority to either
party over all sections, the irish included.
Mr.. Foster, in his great speech at Brad
ford On Thursday, predicted the same
thing. Even The Daily News (Mr. Justin
Mccarthy being in Dublin drinking health
~
neil has effectually, ii not permanently, al
ienated the sympathies of Englishmen and
describes the Irish leader as never yet pos
ses5in, any principle which he would not in
an emergency sacrifice to political expedi-
pucy.