New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-11-12
THE LAlTY IN SESSION.
TWELVE HUNDRED DELEGATES AT THE
CATHOLIC CONGRESS.
ADDRESSES AND Observation-Disclosures DOUGH-
ERrY,s spEEcH-DALTIMoRE BRILLIANT
,ry TELEGRAPH TO THE TkIBUSE.l

,,,.,u.oro Nov 1.-THE features of the second
DAVIS celebration Of the Catholic centenary "ee tne
pontifcaI mass preceding the formal opening Oh inc
coneress this morning and the illumination tohght
The perfect weather of yesterday gave way TO dvihg
p this morning which spoiled the outside decorations
d nrevcnted the prclates and priests from appearing
ON the streets I'm their cassocks as they dd yesterday
While the crowd at the Cathedral was not SO large Dis
os,odav ,ho edlacc was well filed, the 1900 dele
GATES TO tho Congress occupying the 'front.' pews.
Archbishop CorrIgan, Of New-fork, In fun ponuncal
robes. celebrated the mass, Monsgnor DonheiV' OF
Nev- Yor, acting as assistant priest the Rev NJ J.
Mcbride OF Harrisburg, Deacon and INC hev. hugo
o,nonnou Of Boston, sub-deacon. Cardinals Gibbons
and Tascbecau I'm their red robes, with trains seven
Yards long again occupied their thrones In the sanct
varv Archbishop satori, the Papal representative,
was slightly ndIsposcd and did not occupy his throne
The music was again feature OF ire service
Archbishop Gross, Of Oregon, preached the sermon,
s,ot,r bls remarks principally to the Congress. In
concluding he said: You have every reason to be
nroud Of YOUR country, to be loyal to Its interests,
and to support It with all your ability
From the Cathedral the delegates marched TO tho
,coriia Onera House. where the Congress was called
TO order by william J. onahan, OF chicago, chairman
Of the Committee on Organization Ex-Governor John
lee CARROLL descendant Of the CAROLS who were so
closely connected with the early development OF tho
Church IN Maryland, WIS cnoscn Pi'''u'''' Al ma
opening address he said
How truly may that the American Cathonc mas
been associated with period oil success or suffering
through which fathers passed From he early Gays OF
the revolution when Archbishop Carroll was sent 10
Cd, q, sock the sympathy or enlist the active sup
MORT OF our Northern neghbor along through Tho years
when Chief Justice fancy graoed the ermne or sheridan
horo his countrys flag, the American Catholic has ever
been foremost among whose memory VIII be recalled
S d,ring in the leld or for wisdom in the council.
Tho ex-Governor's reference TO the position OF tho
Church on the labor question evoked tremendous ap-
plause particularly the following expression:
when the question arose country whether the
Church should condemn BODY cermp oieaIauohs OF
the laboring class our own Cardinal Archbishop
hs ,asfrv review OF the situation poured oil upon
tho troubled waters and satisfied the Holy See that the
American aborer still within the influence OF the
minister OF religion
The chairman appointed George E. Hamilton. of
ceorgctown College: Professor J. A. Edwards. OF
Notre Dame; DIR. william s. Mcdonald, OF 1.-The Bos'
ton Plotp and j. B. Fischer, OF New-Orieans, secre-
tarIes A committee composed of Eugene Kelly, OF
NovYork: Charles f. Prince, of New-Oreans. and
Charles Bonaparte, of Baltimore, escorted the Caiu
nails to the Congress. Cardinal laschercau sat on INC
RIGHT of President Carroll and Cardinal gibbons on
his left The Cardinals rcd cope and cassocKs iormca
novel contrast to the plain placA apparci Vi 'he
delegates. ,
, ho hov His eloquent sentences were cheered
again and again. Inc mos' 0"N'e P " MS
speech were these ~ ~, 60,
We Catholics, Roman Catholics, American homah Oa'h'
oc proud hgh.spred and sensitive as any OF our coun
have silently submitted to wrongs and inIusces
I'm manifold shapes and from time immemoral we nave
from time TO time slandcred, vined and malgned IN
newspapor pamphlets and books. In speech and sermon
sectaran assembly political convention, and even in the
Congress Of the United States
We have been prescribed at the baotboL The highest
honors OF the Republic denied US by prejudice that
has all the force OF constitutional enactment In In
egrity intellect and accomplishments the equal OF our
fellows yet instances rare when Cathoncs are
rendered exalted distinctions The exercises OF our hoy
religion as a right denied the suffering the SICK ana
IN many OF charity and 10 criminals
In prisons and penitenaries Though the rank and he
OF the Army Navy largely Of Creed the chap
lans fewer than the fingers OF one hand Ohafche
have been converts have been plaged ana libraries
destroyed Aye political parties in the past have sought
to deprive US OF political rights. and we are branded as
tools Of foreign poentae and unworthy to enjoy the name
Of Americans.
The time has come. Of seeking but in the course
OF events when we the Roman Catholic laty OF the
United States with proprey speak, can vindicae
oursevesno by harsh words heated retors nor defiant
threats but calmly yet firmly charitaby yet proudly
conscious OF the integrity motives and the mDregna
bility OF our position. We assert are preemlnenty
would be America that the con-
nent would be to-day unknown had not been for Roman
Catholics and the Roman Catholic Church. And now The
Roman Catholic laiy OF United States for the first
world that their country is tied to fibre OF their
hearts and no mortal power shake their loving aeg
aDce 10 It's constitution and It's laws. Why truly the
blood ~ the martyr is seed OF the Church Marvel
been the growth Of population Catholics have
outstripped ALL From 40 900 they have become OOOo.-
OOo From despised people they now a power
Cardinal Gibbons made a brief address in which he
welcomed the delegates and said he hoped the Con-
gress would result In closer union between clergy
and people. Horace MERCER, Premier OF Quebec,
spoke of the close relations between Canada and the
United States Ex-senator Francis Herman, Of
New York, and the Rev. James Nugcnt, of Liverpool.
also male addresses. The Committee on Resolutions
was announced as follows: Judge Morgan ]. O'Brien,
Of New-York; william Walsh, Of Maryland John B.
Callahan, Pennsylvania; W. L. Kelly Minnesota;
Henry f. BrownsOn, Detroit; Judge Scmmes, Lousi-
ana Davidson Carroll, Arkansas C. A. Maier Illinois
John c. DOnney, Michigan Robert L. Lehman, Iowa
NJ. W. O'Brlcn Michigan. y committee TO wait on
the President Of tho United States was appointed as
follows: Chairman John Lee Carroll. Maryland; j. j.
o'Donohue. New-York; Major John Byrne, Ohio;
Richard storrs Wills Michigan, ii. J. Spannhorst
Missouri: John D. Kelley, NewYOrk; Dr. John Guerin.
Illinois; Francis Herman, New York; Colonel b. l.
Dubal Kansas Daniel A. Rid, Ohio; Anthony Kelly,
Minnesota Alexander p Morse, District of Columbia
~ Glennon Virginia; J. L. Coleman, louisiana
The papers read today included one on Catholic
Congresses by John Culinary Shea Of NewYork, IN
which the noted Chulch historian ufstl
If clergy and lay meeting together IN the interest OF
'hurch Development Major Henry +; BTowmson, OF
Detroit, read paper on Lay Action In the Church.,
n which he advocated the Importance Of the laity
aking more interest in Church work than they have
lone i'm the past and leaving all the work 10 be
lono by the priests Charles !. BCnapartcs paper on
'The independence of the Pope was received with
1eat enthusiasm particularly that part of 1t In which
Ne declared that the Catholics of the United States and
# the whole world would never permit the Pope 10
.ccomc a subject OF Itays Kings The sovereignty of
he Pope would be the aim OF the Church. Car
finals raschereau and Gibbons applauded these re
marks At the conclusion of Mr. BOnapartcs speech
he Congress adjOu ned until tomorrow.
Cathedral square was a blaze OF light tonight Fifty
,r lights arranged inside the great windows OF the
atbcdra shed an intense gla through the glass and
made The grounds and the Cardinals garden Light "a
Law Challes-ave., In front Of the Cardinals house,
gas strung with electric lights while big electric
tight bazcd from the centre of the cross on the tower
II the Church of ~. Mary star of the sea. In
he German section about 81. AlphOnsus's German
'hurch, the display was magnificent over 1000