The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1892-11-12

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Utopians and will end with the Irish"
TOO INDEPENDENT
!" Rev Sir said he to Father Rad
ism, you have too much independence In
your mien and you express it in your let
ters to me. l will relieve you of it, and
suspend you for two weeks and l COM
mand you to kiss three times the ground
on which walk. You may leave; l see
another of your race approaching.'
1.-THE third arrival was third dignitied
man of more than sixty years, whose
name was a prOverb in all Utopia for
tireless zeal. and whose parish was the
pride of the island by reason Of its gran d
institutions.
Father McNuggity,' said the Bishop.
I have summoned you here on com plant
of your neighbor. Rev. DR.. Schmalz-
gruber, who says thas you are neglecting
your parish
The venerable priest took hold of the
lobe of his left ear with the thumb and
index finger of his right hand, and for
some moments he appeared as one wrapt
in profound meditation.
Yes said the Bishop, neglect of
duty as If by way of eliciting
an answer; but no word escaped
the lips OF Father McNuggity, who
looked at the Bishop, as If he saw the
traces of mental alteration. 'Yes.' re-
peated the Bishop, neglect of duty, ana
the Rev. DR.. SchmalZgruber's curate,
who is an Irishman, will testify against
you.' The venerable priest was ordered
to prepare for trial; and, as he left. he was
heard to say, as If in soliloQuy. 'SchmalZ-
gruber's cnrate, the schaughran priest!
HIS OWN CASE.
''Father Rock. q builder of great
churches and great schools. came next
in answer to summons to be sus-
pended for having republished a book
which the Bishop had condemned. He
Il It'd fhon roI-n I'D fnr viD Dl
"A trialP cried the Bishop, there is no
law or form of law in this German fort
reSs for 1rish-American priests / am
law maker, judge and jury; and l declare
you guilty and suspend you as motor
iously guilty for one and twenty days.
But, now that you are suspended, and
that priests and people shall know this
fact fir ON me and learn TO look on you as
an insubordinate and rebellious priest, l
will remove the suspension. If you kneel
before me and ask my pardon
"'The charge. Rt Rev. Sir, said Father
Rock, is false and your action is that of
tyrant. will. however, accept of one
thing and only one from you, and this l
have already told Rev. DIR. Schmalz-
grubsr before my coming here; l will
submit, for the sake of the diocese. to be
appointed Vicar-General in order to re-
store some Of that peace which your con-
duct has destroyed. You have already
the occasion when Rev. DR.. Machiavelli
alarmed you as 10 the difficulty of bor-
rowing ten thousand dollars to meet
diocesan debt. I placed fifty thousand
dollars at your disposal
1.-THE Bishop now approached a group
OF Irish laity who had been waiting three
quarters of day and valnlY asking for
hearing. / have sent you word by my
servant several times today that would
not admit you to my presence
But my Lord said one. we are come
on a most important matter and our
grievance is very great We represent
one thousand nglish-speaking souls in
the City of Bygone. and with your per-
mission we built a church. The church
was blessed by you and we blessed you
fervently when you permitted the noble
Irlsh-American priest who had built 1t,
to rule us. ALI the English speaking
people of the neighhorhood attended
Mess and filled the church to overflow
ing. This was a great blessing to them,
for the only church that had been in that
section, was German, and only German
WAS spoken in it. Now, the German
priest came to you and said the Irish
would no longer 60 to hear his German
sermons: that the few dozen Germans he
had would allow him to starve; and that
you should abolish the new church or
hand it over to him to use it as Ii school
house. We could not realize that such a
thing was possible till you had a notice
nailed on the door that the church was
closed; and that the congregation must all
go to the German church under pain of
your greatdisple asure. No German congre-
cation, my Lord. would permit a change
like this, il the case were theirs; but it Is
done to US bee ause we respect Episcopal
authority, and W hen we come here to ask
the merest jus tice, we are even re-
fused a hearing
"YFs." SAID THE BISHOP.
Eyes said the bishop, L refused
hearing and | refuse redress now. You
are only Irish, and / know l can kick you
az wish and that you will not give up
your religion. have written to your
former pastor that there are only a few
Germans, and not support for a German
priest
1--WE have heard so. my Lord said
the Chairman, and we sent you state
and also pay the salary of German
curate to attend to all the Germans'
You did 30, and it was gross i'm
pertinence on your part to suggest any
thing to me. Some wicked priest must
have put put this rebell1ous thought into
less, and to increase the Irish growth
within my diocese. This is not
my policy. In your county of
MudEon have already established seven
German pastors over English speaking
people, because there were a few scat
tered Germans in each place. In one
perish, must confess. there was not a
solitary German soul, but told the priest
to write at once to Germany for his father
and mother, and so he did, I have, not
many months ago. told Father Puff
schneider. who ran away from his Ger
man congregation in the United States,
without even the permission or the
knowledge of his Bishop. that I would at
once give him slice of Father Rocks
Engiish-speaking parish and permission
to buy grand mansion in which ne and
his two pious nieces would love to dwell
BANISHED.
"As he paused moment, the laylnan
asked him what was to become of their
Irish pastor.
i will Danish him, said he, TO the
poorest aud the most distant corner of
my diocese. l am forwarding him
letter today, commanding him
under great penalty not to set
his foot again within the limits of
your town for three long years from date.
In order that my German priest. who
came to Utopia only six weeks ago. may
be unhampered by his visits, aud thus
give the Irish vigorous trial of my
policy
"His flushed face and darkened brow
betrayed the perturbation of his soul, as
he waved the laymen from his presence
and returned to his room. The mountain
storm, however, was soon succee led bv
the gale of spring, and tears of affection
suffused his eyes rs he gazed on the
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