The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1891-09-25
CAHENSLY'S ENVOY
He Attended the German
American Catholic Congress.
His Discovery Created Surprise-He E1-
pected to Meet the Higher Dignitaries Of
the Church and Prepared an Address.

BUFFALO, Sept. 24-The greatest sur
prise connected with the meeting of the
German-American Clerical union in this
city came out tonight. 1t was the leaking
out of the fact that Herr Cahensly's per-
sonal representative has been present in
the city throughout the whole of the weeks
deliberat ons and was only prevented at
the last moment from making the opening
address Of the congress, having been
shown by some members of the committee
on arrangements the intolersble position
in which the Clerical union and the con-
gress would be placed by him in the event
of such q connection between them being
publicly established. Paul Mare Won
Garten is the full name of the
envoy, and the Cahensly plan, so
to secure what would amount
to German American hierarchy in Amer
lea, Independent of the present Catholic
bishops, whose authority would thus be rel
egated to the affairs of the on-German
speaking Catholic population. Failing in
this vacancies occurring in the hierarchy
Of the Uni, ed States were TO be filed to
the greatest extent possible by the Ger
man socialist.
Father Bornman, of Reading, Pa, one
Of the chief officials of the Priesten Verein,
was disagreebly surprised this evening
when he was asked concerning the presence
OF Baumgarten in Buffalo and if he had
participated in the meeting of the Clerical
union. Up TO that date no priest had
breathed in public the fact that visitor to
the congress was present from across the
water, though the clergy had been be-
sieged repeatedly for the names of all the
| important personages present. Father
Bornman said angrily: He has not
opened his head at the meeting, not even in
! the secret session of the Priesten Verein.
| He is not priest"
DR.. Hoelscher, of Buffalo, admitted he
had met Baumgarten and that the latter
had attended the banquet of the clergy this
afternoon, but declared Bsumgarten was
given a seat at side table and did not sit
with Archbishop Kalzer and the bishops.
To a representative of the Associated
| Press, Baumgarten answered to quest ons
that he came here from Rome the 18th of
last month; that he did not
come for the purpose of at
tending the congress; that the dispatch
published in the papers of this country
about month ago accusing him of CO.
operation with Cahensly in plans tor the
United States was false that he only met
Cahensly once, while the latter was in
Rome; that he was not in sympathy with
him or his ideas; and denied absolutely
that he was in league with him.
An Associated Press representative has
secured copy of the speech he was tc
have made as the opening address. 1t was
evidently written under the impression he
was to address large number of the
higher clergy. The speech begins: "Most
reverend archbishops aud bishops, highly
respected president and distinguished
audience" 1t goes on to tel
that Herr Licher, chief Of the
German Catholics in the reichsteg
has twice crossed the ocean with brotherlJ
greeting to the German Catholics of Amer
lea and he (Baumgerten) modestly requests
the audience to lend q friendly ear TO thu
pupil of the master. The speech warmly
euiogizes Windthorst and concludes: ''Yol
German Catholics of the United States IL
celebrating Windthorst have acknowl
edged his principles are also yours, ant
the holy father by honoring Windthorst IL
such an extraordinary manner, has givel
Windthorst's principles new sanctio,
and conservation which must raise gu
courage in the fight for truth, freedom an
right. Where Peter is, there is also th
church; and if we, German Catholics i,
: the old and new fatherland, stand now TO
the fight which the representative of Chris
) b. mself fights with all his might, then w
need not be afraid we shall march astr a
Across Windthorst's grave let US clas
: hands and promise the great dead we wi
never sleep nor rest until we shall succeed
through Christian education, in freein
our youth from immortality and unbelief.