The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1889-11-12
THE PAPAL POWER.
Celebrating the Establishment of
the Catholic Hierarchy in
THE UNITED STATES OF AMER ICA.
The Grand Pageant-In the Cathedral-Arch-
bishop Ryan's Address-DanieI Dough-
erty in Praise of Catholicism.

| BALTIMORE, Nov. 10.-The most import
ant group of events in the history of tn,
Catholic church in America occurred here
this morning. 1t was the commencement
of the triple celebration of the hundredt.
anniversary of the appointment of the first
Catholic bishop inaugurated, the first con.
gress of Catholic laymen held in the United
States and the dedication of the new ma
tional university for Catholics. Ter
thousand strangers were in Baltimore t.
witness the spectacle, four times as many
people, not counting local Cath olics, as
could possibly be accommoted in the ca
thedral where the initial scenes were to bt
| witnessed. The hall in which the
priests assembled was deliberately decorat
ed. Above the doors were the papal colors
| yellow and white, and over these stretching
upward to the caves were great streamers
of red, white and blue. When all was
ready, 800 clergy, walking two and two
emerged, clad in white surplices and black
! cassocks and berettas, at the doorway Of
| the cardinals house and leading up to the
broad steps with sabres and polished he'll
NETS glittering ia the bright morning sun
| light, were double lines of guards. Here
were intermingled In all directions the
street seemed filled with people and
the open windows of the surround
ing dwellings each had their quota
Presently, while the white surpliCe ]
priests were opening their ranks mass of
purple enVeloped figures were seen in the
cardinals doorway. 1t was a gathering of
nearly all the Catholic bishops and arch
bishops of the United States with repre-
and Rome.
The prelates now came forth from the
big portico in pairs and as each two stepped
into the street, their robes were caught up
by diminutive altar boys in waiting.
Here and there among the silken-purple
vestments of the bishops could be seen
the coarse brown or white garb of a
bearded abbot. Through the long lines of
priests the prelates threaded their way
All around the square to the main entrance
of the cathedral, the rear of the procession
being brought up by Archbishop Feehan,
of Chicago, who Immediately proceeded the
golded-vestured cross-bearer, followed by
two spare, slight looking men almost hidden
in dazzling scarlet. The two men in scarlet
were the cardinals of the Roman church in
Administrations and TaScherau, of
Quebec. Eight acolytes upheld their long
vestments and surrounding them were the
the monSelgneufS with the p2pal delegates,
OConnell and SatOlli of Rome.
Within the cathedral ten minutes later
the scene was simply magnificent. The
pews throughout the church were crowded
to the utmost with the laity in striking
contrast with the dark clothes. The ag-
gregation thus formed were the aisles,
center and front and sides, packed with
the snow surpliced priests Against both
laity and priests shone the serried purple
ranks of the prelates inside the sanctuary.
On either side was dais for the cardinals
At the high altar stood the mitred cele-
brant of Massachusetts,, Archbishop
Williams, of Boston, and over all was the
white and gold dome of the cathedral. At
the conservation of the host, the cardinals
advanced from the sides with the mon
seigneurs aud bowed themselves below the
knees at the prideux facing the altar
Back of them was row of richly arrayed
acolytes bearing lighted bronze torches.
As Cardinal Gibbons retired to his dais the
reporters in the improvised press gallery
noticed for the first time, not six feet from
him in the sanctury among the abbots and
other special dignitaries, the black face of
Father Tolton, of Chicago, the first colored
Catholic priest ordained in America.
Probably the most impressive part of the
mass, next to the conservation, was the
comforting of the papal blessing. The mass
ended with 4 special intercession for the
Pope, chanted By the clergy.
The first GRAFTON of the centenary was
delivered by Archbishop Ryan, of Phila
delphia. The patriotic spirit of the arch
bishops address and his tribute to the
recent devOtee of the colored people and
Indians, seemed to awaken general enthu-
siasm, but the most telling effect was
aroused when he vindicated the rights of
Catholic editors, if need be, to freely com
ment on the failings of the clergy.
In the course of his address Archbishop
Ryan said that OF ell the false charges al
legged against the Catholic church the most
senseless and unfounded is that she fears
science and is an enemy of education.
Her opponents, ain ost in the same breath
charge her with being the foe at once and the
mon0polizer of education, and the last man in
the world to fear intellectual progress,
whether OF the population or of the individual,
is the Catholic. He well knows that truth is ours
God cannot contradict in revelation or scripture
what He exhibits in the revelation of science.
Hence mans fearlessness OF such science will
will be in proportion to the certainty of his con
Yiction Of the truth OF revelation.
The archbishop continued addressing the
laity: land on this great historic occasion
you must not be mere observers, but we
trust your representatives will speak out
freely and fearlessly in the lay congress
this centennial celebration. You know
how false is the charge of the enemies of
the church that you are prieSt-ridden.
The clergy did not fear the light of day,
and If mistakes were made by Catholic
editors regarding their acts, it was not all
an evil, for it clearly showed the rightful
independence of the Catholic journalist"
The archbishop gave general statistics
Of the church during the century as fol-
lows
When Bishop Carroll was consecrated in f7go,
the entire population Of the United States was
little more than four million. The Catholic
population was estimated at 10000 There is
now u Catholic population of 9,O0o,0OJ; 5000
priests; 10000 churches and chapels; twenty
seven seIrinaries and sixty-tive colleges and
academies, and over three throusand parish
schools The remarkable statistics quoted
become marvellous when we consider the an
tagonism of the great majority of the people to
the Catholic church. AS in pagan times, in the
history of this country, the Catholic church s
perfect organization was feared as possibly
dangerous to the state and great and nuner-
Gus party was afraid to act IN open
day and entered into a secret society against a
handful of their fellow citizens. Few people
realize how much indirect benefit this cowardly
opposition was to the church during the brief
and inglorious existence OF the propheticaly
named at it's birth Know nothing party.
The thoughtful men OF the nation who op-
posed this party were driven into the ranks OF
the cnurcn defenders lHpOrIant conversions
and the clearing away OF much ignorance and
prejudice were the results. The civil war, which
so tainted the name Of all religious institutions
including our own, and split up all non-Catholic
denominations into northern and southern or
CARNATIONS, showed forth the united power Of
the Catholic church, and also exhibited her mar
velously well regulated charity. Hence since
then there is q great change in popular senti-
ment in relation 10 the Catholic church. In ad-
dition to this, it must be remembered
that Catholics and Professionals now asso-
ciate more frequently and intimately and IN
derstand each other better. But we must
also bear in mind that there are statistics Of
losses known only to the mind OF God: that