The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1891-09-25
'sLEY's REPRESENTATIVE.
Buffalo Meeting OF tho Ger
a Mnn Catholics.

BUFFALO, N. Y. Sept. 2i.-The greatest
surprise connected with tho meeting Of the
German American Clerical union In this
city came ont tonight. II was tho leaking
out Of the fact that Herr Cahensley's per-
sonal representative had been present in
the city throughout the whole weeks de-
liberations, and WAS only prevented
at the last moment from making the open
ing address OF the congress, having been
shown by some members OF the committee
on arrangements the intolorable position in
which tho clerical union and congress wonld
be placed by him in the event of such
connection between them being publicly
the full name Of the envoy, and the
Cahensley plan, ~ far as known publicly.
has been to secure what would amount to q
German American hierarchy in America
independent OF tho present Catholic bishops.
whose authority would thus be relegated to
affairs Of the non-German soeakine catho- :,
vasancie. occurring in the hierarchy
Of the United States were to be filed,
to the greatest extent possible, BY German
socialists. Father Bornman. OF Reading
Pa, one Of the chief officials OF the Priesten
Verein. was disagrseably surprised this
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wnieh he has participated in the meetings
of the clerical union. Up TO that moment
no priest had breathed in public the fact
that the visitor to the congress was present
from ncross the water, though the
for the names Of all important personages
present. Father Bornman said angrily:
"Ho has not opened his head at a meeting,
not even In Ahe secret sessions OF the Pries-
ten Vsrein. He is not priest"
DR.. Hoolescher. of Buffalo, admitted
that he had met Baumgarten, and that the
latter had attended the banquet of the
clergy this afternoon, but declared that
Baumgarten was given seat at side
table and did not sit with Archbishop
Katzer, and the bishops.
10 representative OF the Associated
press Baumgarten said he came here from
Rome on the 18th of last month; that he
did not come for the purpose OF attending
the congress-; that the dispatch published in
the papers of this country about month
ago accusing him of cooperating with
Cahensley in plans for the United States
were false; that he had only met Cahensley
once, while the latter was in Rome; That he
was not in sympathy with him or his ideas:
with him. An Associated press representa-
tive ha1secured copy of the speech he was
to have made as the opening address. 1t
was evidently written under the impr ession
that he was to address large number OF
the higher clergy. The speech begins;
"Moat reverend archbishops and bishops,
highly respected president and dis
tinguished audience" 1t goes on to
tell that Herr Lieber, chief of
German Catholics in the reichstag, has
twice crossed the ocean with brotherly
greeting to the German Catholics of Amer
ica, and he (Bsumgarten) modestly re-
quests the audience to lend friendly ear
to pupil of the master. The
speech warmly eulogizes Windthorst.
and concludes: "You German Catholics of
the United States, in celebrating Wind
thorst, have acknowledged that his princi-
plea are also yours and the holy father, by
honoring Windthorst in such extraordin-
ary manner, has given the Windthorst prin-
ciples new sanction and conservation which
must raise our courage in the fight fol
truth, freedom and right. Where Peter is,
there is also the church, and if we German
Catholics in the old and new fatherland,
stand now for the fight which the repres-
entative of Christ himself fights with
all his might, then we need not be afraid
that we march astray. Across Windthorst'a
grave let US clasp hands and promise the
great dead we will never sleep nor rest until
we shall succeed, through Christian edu.
cation, in freeing our youth from immor-
ality and unbelief,"