Morning journal and courier., 1884-12-15
TRoUBLE AT A FUNERAL.

Father mulca7y FOrbfds the. GIanena- Gaels to Enter the Church of the Sa-
 cred Heart-A Compromise Enected. Saturday morning the funeral of the late
 Thomas J. Taylor occurred at the Church of
 the Sacred Heart. Mr. Taylor was a mem
 Der of the Sarsfeld club of the Clan-na- Gael
 association and that body turned out wearing
 their badges at the funeral When they
 reached the building they found Rev. Father Mulcahy, the pastor, standing in the front
 door attired in his cassock and wearing his berretta. While the order were about to ea-
 ter the church Father MI1cahy stepped for ward and asked them to remove their badges
 before entering. A Aspirited conversation now arose between the priest and Captain O'Con- ! nor, the leader of the C1an-na-Gae1s The
 priest insisted that the society could
 not enter unless they removed their
 badges, as it is a rule of the church not to allow any society of secret
 nature to enter the church in a body while
 wearing the regalia of their order The Clan
 na-Gaels claimed they were not secret so-
 ciety and that they had entered churches be- fore. Final Joseph Taylor, brother of the deceased, stepped forward and urged the l members of the organization, who were ek- l cited at the turn affairs had taken, to re- move their badges for peace sake. They re- fused to. do so, but agreed to remain outside during mass out of respect for the feelings of the mourners.
 Then Father Mulcahy proceeded to say the mass. The coffin rested in the center aisle, buried under bank of flowers The mem bers of the Clan-na-Gael remained outside and discussed the situation When the set- vices were over the association marched in a body up the center aisle, wearing the badges, and viewed the remains. There was no ob- jection to this action. They escorted the re- mains to St. Bernard's cemetery Yesterday at the high mass Father Null cahy alluded to the affair and explained his reasons for taking the position He regret ted that there had been any trouble. but that the church could not allow members of any secret order wearing their regalia to enter the church during mass. The temper of. his re- marks was mild.
 It was learned that the Clan-na- Gael fs a purely Irish national organization bandei to- gether for the purpose of securing self-gov- ernment for Ireland. Its object is much the same as the old Fenian Brotherhood, except that 1t pursues waiting policy, never coun- tenancing anything that would force a crisis in Ireland
 Its meetings, it was said, are held. in pri- vate, and, in that sense only, it is "a secret society. It has no object hostile to the Cath olic church and has never been condemned by the church. A few individual priests, mostly foreigners, have condemned it, and local troubles have sometimes arisen from this cause.
 Father Mulcahy was said to be one of those who had been in conflict with the organiza- tion, but only on the question of wearing badges at funeral services in the church The fact that it's members have been buried from the church, and that the organization attend ed the church services, is the best proof that no project inimical to the church is favored.