Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1888-11-26
CARDINAL GIBBONS
To Arrive This sIorning-His Fight for the
knights of Labor.

10 Arr1vo his mOFnluH-h
knights OF Labor.
His E ninence Cardinal Gibbons, oil Bal
timore, Nd, will arrive in the city this
morning at 1O:15 o'clock over the Pitts.
burg division of the B. & o., and will be
met at the depot by the Knights Of 81
George, the Knights of st. John and other
Catholic societies and escorted to RI Rev.
Bishop Kain's residence. This evening
the Cardinal will be rendered an informal
public reception, at the Hotel Windsor,
from 8 till 8 o'c' ock, to which ell are In
yited. Tomorrow evening he will lecture
at St. Jossph's Cathedral for the benefit Of
st. Mary's Church of the Eighth ward.
In connection with the Cardinals visit
here. it will be interesting to Iecall his
championship of the Knights Of Labor In
America, when the order was condemned
by Cardinal Taschereau, Of Qlebec, Can
ada. In speaking sditorally OF the decree
in regard to the order, Ie,ently issued by
Cardinal Simeoni, prefect Of the SscIet
Congregation, the Catholic Mirror, OF Baltl-
more, says:
1.-THE decision Is favorable to the
Knights, ard fully sustains HE Eminen-
ce's potion on the question Of their re-
cogni,ion by the Clutch. Cardinal Sim
eoni explains that the documents submit
ted by Cardinal G bbons to the august
body relating to the aims and purposes OF
the organization have been carefully stud
led, and nothing OF ~ectionsble to faith and
morals app caring in them, have decided
that the order may be tolerated by the
Church, and that Catholics NAV freely
affiliate With it as long as its principles and
methods continue to conform to the re-
q%uiremeots Of ~ustice ard hOaesty.
Little doubt existed in the minds OF
those familiar with the reasons set forth by
His Eminente for his interference in be-
half of the order az to the final action Of
the Church. Always on the side of the
weak aud poor, she has Only to be assured
of the iu ,t!ce and honesty of their methods
to lend her couutenance to all rightfdl ef-
forts for the ameliorst!on of their condition.
Oace convinced Of the soundness Of His
Eminencs s plea for the favorable contid-
Grafton OF the claims OF the Knights, the
only COURSE oEel to the Sacred Congrega-
ton was the one which it has adopted
the liberation Of the order.
1.-THE w%orkingmeu of Amer lea owe a debt
of gratitude to the distinguished advocate
of their cause in the p9rson of His Eni-
nence for the promp. and spteiy manner
in which the question Of the Knights has
bean considered and de:ided. The pru-
dencs and Judgment which he has always
manifested in dealing with impertan'
social questions, and his enlightened yea!
in the interest of true progress ant the
! welfare OF all elias 'e3 in this COuntry, have
gained for him tie highest opinions OF the
ecc!esiast cal authorities in Rome. TIE
action of the Sacred Congregation in this
instauce is only another evidence OF tbs
appreciation in wh;chthe wi!dom and con-
~tervatism Of HIS Emire1ce's course, in
matters of the greatest import bearing on
tie dihicalt socisl problems o! the day, are
held by leading minds in the Church.
This question settled satisfactorily, it
devolves upon the controlling spir-
it's Of the organization to zee
that there shall be no departure
from those principles that have secured
for it thu sanction Of the Church, snd to
oppose every tendency that may incli:e it
toward the adoption of such methods in
carrying out its sims as conflict with the
plain teachings of the Church. Mex! to
His Enine ice, Mr.. Powderly, the Grand
Master Workman of the or,er, Is entitled
TO the consideration Of i'll members for the
favorable decision of the Church. Mr..
Powderly's course at the head Of the ot-
esuization has b:el consistent With the
requirements Of the Church, Of which he
is q member, and his administration has
won the universal approval OF impartial
minds. He has been steadfast in his op,
position to the employment Of violence,
and has fearlessly used his authority AZ
all times to compel the strict Observance
of the laws regulating the actions Of mem
bsrs of the order"
Cardinal Gibbons has, through his chan.
csllor, Father Donohue, Issued t, the secu-
lar ana regular clergy OF the Archdiocese
of Baltimore, a circular letter relative TO
the services which VIII be held 10 all the
Catholic churches in that diocese on
Thanksgiving Day, Thursday next The
special observance of the day by Catholics
was urged by the PIepary Coulc!l, held in
Baltimore in 1884.