The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-09-25
THE CAHENSLY PLOT.
His Envoy at German Priests
Convention i'm Buffalo.
WAS NOT ALLOWED TO SPEAK.
The Plan Is to Establish n German
Catholic Hierarchy in America, or
Secure Greater Influence.

BUFFALO, Sept. 24.-The greatest surprise con-
nectec with the meeting OF the German-Amer-
lean clerical union in this city came out tonight.
II was the leaking out of the fact that Herr
Cahenslys personal representative has been
present in the city throughout the whole
weeks deliberations and only pre-
vented at the last moment from making
the opening address of the congress, having been
SHOWN by some members of the committee on
arrangements the intolerabIe position in which
the clerical union and the congress would be
placed by him in the event of such a connection
between them being publicly established. Paul
Naurc Baungsrten is the full name OF the
envoy, aud the Cahensly plan, far
as known publicly, has been TO secure
what would amount to a German American
hierarchy in America, independent of the pres
ent Catholic bishops, whose authority would
thus be relegatcd to the affairs of the non-tIer-
man speaking Catholic population. Failing n
tins, vacancies occurring in the hierarchy OF the
United states were TO be filed to the greatest
extent possible by German priests.
Father Bornman, OF Reading, Pa, one OF the
chief officials OF the Priester Verein, was disa
greeably surprised this morning when he was
asked concerning the presence OF Baumsarten
in Buffalo, and the extent to which he has
participated in the meeting of the cleri-
cal union. Up 10 that moment no
priest had breathed in public the
fact that visitor to the congress was present
from across the water, though the clergy had
been besiegcd repeatedly for the names OF all the
important personages present. Father Born
mann said, angriy: "He has not opened his
head at the meeting, not even in the secret ses-
sion OF the Priester Ferein. He is not priest
DR.. Hocscher, of Buffalo, admitted that he
had met Baumgarten and that the latter had
attended banquet OF the clergy this afternoon,
but declared that Baumgarten was given seat
at a side table and did not sit with Archbishop
katzer ana the bishops.
To a representative of the Associated Press
Raumgarten answered TO questions that he came
here from Rome the 18th of last month; that
lac did not come for the purpose of
attending the congress; that the dispatch
published in the papers OF this coun-
try about mouth ago, accusing him of
cooperating with Cahensly in plans for this
United States, was false; that he only met
CaheIsy once while the latter was i'll Rome;
that he was net III sympathy with him or his
ideas, and denied absolutely that he was In
lcagur with him.
The Associated Press representative has Sc
cured copy of the speech he was to have made
as the opening address. 1t was evidently writ
ten under the Impression that ne was to address
a large number of the higher clergy. The
speech begins:
Most reverend archbishops and bishops,
highly respected president and distinguished
audience.
1t goes on to tell that Herr Leber, chief of the
German Catholics in the reichstag, has twice
crossed the ocean with brotherly greeting to the
German Catholics of America, aud he baum
garten) modestly requests the audience to lend
friendly to pupil of the master. The
speech warmly euogizes Windthorst, and con-
cludes:
You, the German Catholics of the United
States, in honoring Windthorst, have acknowl-
edged that his principles also yours, and the
holy father, 10y honoring Windthorst in such an
extraordinary manner, has given Windshorsts
principles new sanction and conservation,
which must raise our courage in the fight for
truth, freedom and right. Where Peter is, there
is also the church, and il we, the German Catho-
lies III the old aud new fatheriand, stand now
and fight the representatives of Christ
himself fights, with al his might,
then we need not be afraid lest
march astray. Across Windthorst's grave
clasp hands and promise the great dead that we
will never sleep nor rest until We shall sue
coed, through Christian education, in freeing
our youth from immortality and unbelief.