The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1892-11-16
THE ARCHBISHOPS.
The Annual Gathering and the
Questions for Discussion.
The School Question the One of Momentous
importance, then the Secret So
cieEy Problem

NEw YORK, Nov. 15.-Fourteen arch
bishops viii be entitled to seats in this
weeks annual gathering, aud only
one Of these will not represent
diocese of the United States.
This is Monsignor Satolli arch
bishop of Lepanto, who, as the pepaI
legate to the Worlds fair dedication
services, is simply admitted as a guest,
with no power of debate or decision.n
Archbishop Kenrick will probably be
absent, as he is very old; last years.
conference, the first after the centennial
at Baltimore, was held in St. Louis in
Difference to that aged prelste.
There are questions of momentous i'm
portance coming up for discussion, and the
first will be the school question, which has
now for over year divided the clergy and
laity into bitter factions. Archbishop Ire
land has fought the battle of the Liberal
element, and he is said to have on his side
the faculty of the Washington university
aud even Cardinal GIBBONS. Archbishop
Currigan may be said TO lead the opposing
faction, and as the partial decision of the
Roman pontiff has been inclined in his
favor. the compromise which be will offer
at this conference viii probably be &C
copied.
A decision of the hope would itself
naturally be final, but the missive sent by
him on the question had in it the words
s'tolerare potensn and on the translation Of
this phrase hangs the present contest.
Archbishop Corrgan believes that the
pope fsvors simply the liberation of what
the church regards as an evil the nterfer-
ence of the state in parochial schools,
while Arch bishop Ireland calls it t0ltera-
- inf he nil nf a
Archbishop Corrgan stands therefore,
bitterly opposed TO state aid for parocnial
schools, and to state selection of teachers,
and hopes for q compromise which will SC
cept state aid simply for the non-sectsrian
work of the schools aud will in no way al
low the stste voice in the selection of
teachers.
But there are other questions of import
ance TO come up. One of these is the lin al
disposition vi the vexed secret society
problem. The rsEu lt will probably be that
The Sons Of Temperance and Odd Fellows
will be ciassed under the head Of Secret
Societies under the ban of the Church"
The question on the establishment OF a
consistory for the settlement of minor dis
putes arising between clergy and bishop
Will be discussed, although no decision is
locked for on this question.
The arch bishops entitled TO seats at this
weeks conference are: Cardinal Gibbons,
archbishop OF Baltimore; Monsignor Fran
els Satolli, archbishop of LepRnto and
PapRl iegate; Most Rev. Francis Jenssens,
arch bishop OF New Orleans; Most Rev NJ.
A. Corrigan, archbishop Of New York;
Most Rev. John J. Williams, archbishop OF
Boston; Most Rev. Patrick J. Ryan, arch
bishop of Philadelphia; Most Rev. William
H. Elder, archbishop of Cincinnati; Most
Rev Peter r. Kenrick archbishop of St.
Louis; Most Rev. w. II. Gross, archbishop
OF Oregon City, Or; Most Rev. Patrick A.
Feehsn, archbishop of Chicago; Most Rev.
Michael Heiss, archbishop of Milwaukee;
Most Rev. John b. Salpointe, archbishop
of Santa Fe; Most Rev. John Ireland, arch
bishop Of ST. Paul; Most Rev. Patrick W.
Riordon, archbishop Of San Francisco.