New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-07-23
BAG FROM THE ETERNAL CITY
BISHOP MoQUAIDS DECENNIAL TRIP,
HE EXPLAINS ABOUT THE LAMBERT TROUBLE
ARCHBISHOP CoRR1GAN NOT TO co TO

HE EXPLAINS ABOUT THE LAMBERT TROUBLE
ARCHBISHOP ooBRfGAN NOT TO co TO
RoME-wHO WILL BE THE NEXT PoPEf
Bishop McQuad, Of tho diocese OF Rochester who
has been in Rome for several months. returned home
Yesterday on the steamer La Nornande. Although
upon his regular decennal visit to the head Of ths
Church. the chief subject which occupied the Bishops
attention while abroad the settlement OF the
case Of the priest Father Lambert, who has been In
Rome for almost year
Tho trouble between the two prelates began as far
back as 1881. when Father Lambert attacked tho
Bishop I'm paper which he published at the time
Father Lambert made a second attack upon the
Bishop In 1884, at the time Of the murder OF Carey
By O'Donnell Father Lambert refused pers!stently
to rctract his statements and both men finally ap-
pealed TO the Pope for a decision
when asked in regard to the result, Bishop Mcouaid
said that IT was true that the Popes decision, after
hearing both sides Of the question, had been in his
favor It had been decided, he said, that Father
Lambert was to retract all that he had said and
published in his paper against himself ana otners'
that he was to declare that when he wrote tho
"Tartufe letter. in 1884 in to the communi-
cation signed Catholic published at mat ume,
he was not aware that the Bishop was Its author,
and TO express regret over his signature that he had
not apologzed sooner. Regarding the claim that
belong TO the Bishops diocese and was therefore nos
abect 70 his dictates which has been advocated OK
late the Bishop said that the Pope had also decided
against the priest, affirming his own Course Father
Lambert would be removed, however, from Waterloo,
he added and be assigned to pastorate In another
diocese, which yet unknown
Bishop McQuaid declared that the ro-
ports OF the Popes i'll health were in tho
main gross exaggeradons and promulgated for various
reasons. He had had numerous Interviews with HIS
Holiness and had even seen him the day previous to
his departure for this country. Io was then In ex-
cellent health and buoyant spirits. aud seemed TO
carry his great age Of fourscorc years as lightly as
many men carried half that number The other re
ports which have been published Of late that tho
Pope was preparing 10 leave Rome and had already
made angements to purchase seat IN Spain were'
he thought, groundless, the clergy OF Rome Knew
nothing OF such plan. Z" 1t is laughable" said tho
Bishop to the reporter, to hear that Archbishop Corri
gan has been summoned to Rome within the last few
weeks. The McGlynn case is dead forever. and the
authorities I'm the Eternal City are NOT ABOUT
d. e T Time fd Dor his s"G regular deSsnna Visit viii
arrive II is safe to say that Dr. McGlynn's case viii
not 6s part of the business transacted
Regarding Cardinal Gibbons's chances OF becoming
Pope. which have been talked of and written OF nv
cally nothing "1n fact,' said tho good naulred
bishop with broad smile upon his lips, the soss
certain member of the NewYork press was , to be
chosen as the successor of Pope Leo. l ony say
that he added breaking into laugh. TO prove What
little truth there can be In such a rnor. Netuf%y,
The fact OF hi, being American does not bar him
from succession 10 the Pon'nGal c1aT q. Rome AZ
some time or other during the centuries or Sh m
history But the Cardinals OF the papat stae 81
affairs and peculiar political combinations ana com.
caons IN Italy an Italian Pope Is az bs ssosa
from among the Italian CardlnalS'