The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1889-06-28
TO Be INVESTIGATED
Archbishops Of the Catholic
Church Will Look After
the Olan.na- Gael.
The Order Will Be Denounced
If Responsible for the
Oronin Murder.
The Late Revelations Concerning
the Physical Force Expeditions
Lays the Ground Work for
aSpecial Inquiry.
Will Be Considered.

WIN ADO
BALTIMORE, June 19--Jt is given out
from source that has always been re-
garded as very close to Archbishop Glib
bons that the developments concerning
the Clan-na-Gael that have been brought
out by the murder of DR.. Cronin, in CHI
cago, will, without delay, receive the
very serious consideration of the highest
authority Of the Catholic church in the
United States 1t is matter of record
that the church, rs church, is opposed
to secret societies. Occasionally the holy
see has considered it polite to allow this
doctrine or principle 10 remain in
abeyance, as in the case of the knights
OF Labor, who couple of years ago, as q
result of the earnest intercessions of Car.
dinal Gibbons and cther noled ecclesias
tits, including Cardinal Manning. of
England, received prima facie recoeni-
tion frsm the vatican. But even This
recognition was not promulgated RS a
decree, and today in wore than one of
the Canadian provinces the orderis under
the ban of the church and has for its in.
veterate opponent no less a parsonage
than the Cardinal Archbishop Tashcreap.
But the Irish seclet societies in this
country, however, have always occupied
an anomalous position. The Ancient
Order of Hibernians, for instance has
been tolerated in one diocese and dis.
countenanced in others, prohibited
attending mass in rega!is as
an order in one church and recognized
with special services in another. The
United Brotherhood or Clan-na. Gael,
however, while its existence has been
known and passively recognized, there is
no record of any opposition being enter
tanned toward it or Of its being denounced
in any pulpit of any diocese in the coun,
try. This may have been due in part TO
its peculiarly secret character, in part
perhaps to the fact that more than
one priest of national and intcrna-
tlonal reputation has been credited with
having his name on its roll of
membership. Be this as it may it is at
least fact that the recent developments,
not so much directly connected with the
tragedy as with the exposes growing out
of the Buffalo trial and the revelations
concerning the physical forcei expedi
tlons. have drawn attention to the order
and laid the ground work for serious IN
quiry as to whether the pronunciamento
of the church should not be directed
against it. To quote the words of the
chancellor of one of the largest dioceses
OF the country, whose learning and scicn-
titc attainments have made his name an
household word among the faithful
on both sides of the .sAtlan-
tic, who stand close to the
cardinal and who was summoned TO Bal
timore within few days. The church
will await the developments of The civil
authorities in its investigation of the
Cronin conspiracy before it will take any
action. If it should be developed that
the Clan-na- Gael is in any way respon-
si5le for this deplorable affair, | have no
doubt but that such steps will be taken
as will warrant the order being con.
demncd by name by all the archbishops
of the country. The duty of the church
is very plain in the matter, and its line Of
action is clearly marked OUT by the de-
crees of the third plenary council.