St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-08-07


issued by the department of the interior
that these figures do not include bap-
tiZed persons under nine years of age.
A great many others who might prop
erly be called Roman Catholics are not
included in the number given. Repre-
sentative men of their church set down
the total number of Catholics in the
United States as being over 100000.
Thus Roman Catholics form almost
One-sixth of the whole population.
They come from many lands; they are
found in every state and territory of the
Union. The country cannot afford to
be Indifferent to the methods and aims
of this powerful body. Later develop
ments of the Vaccinations of some of
its members present abundant material
for social and political study.
The foreign dispatches which have
appeared in the press of this country
during the past year should open the
eyes of all true Americans to the grav-
ity of the subject. There is no doubt
as to the substantial accuracy of these
dispatches. The archbishop of st. Paul
vouches for that. e The con-
spiracy has been growing for several
years. AS early as 1854 petition
signed by eighty-tWo German priests
was sent to Rome. Its ostensible OBJ
ject was to remove certain supposed
grievances under which the German
in the archdiocese of st. Louis. The
archbishop of this see is Most Rev.
Peter Richard Kenrick. He is man of
retired habits and scholarly attain
ments. Its generally believed that the
German priests have their own way in
his archdiocese. Their interests are
almost entirely looked after by Ger
man vicar general. Though the petit
ton presented to electromagnetic i'll 1854
was
ATctal Failure,
still the men at work here were not dis
couraged.
In the year 1856 Rev. P. A. Abbelen
went to Rome and presented another
petition from the st. Louis priests to
the Propaganda. Rev. Mr.. Abbelen is
priest OF the archdiocese of Milwau
kee, and is said to be man of consider
tainments express surprise at his lend
ing himself to an intrigue of that sort.
Be this as it may, it is certain that he
did champion the cause of fOreigniSm
as stoutly as he could. The expenses of
his trip to Rome were paid by the Ger
man priests of st. Louis. His mission
to the Vatican was kept secret as long
as possible. Archbishop Ireland, of st.
Paul, Mimi, and Bishop Keane, of the
Catholic university, Washington. ID. c.,
happened to be in Rome at the time.
These two prelates let in the light upon
the work which the Milwaukee clergy
man was prosecuting in the name of the
German priests of st. Louis.
The petition signed by Father Alb
belen seems at first sight very innocent.
He asked for the removal of some griev-
ances which did not exist. This was
for the purpose of preparing the way
for other demands. And it is in connec-
ton with these other demands, as |
shall show later OH, that conspiracy
against this country is to be found. His
work at Rome on this occasion left the
petitioners in worse condition than
before. He asked that German-speak-
Ing parishes be put on an equal footing
with English-speaking ones. AS mat
ter of fact, the bishops of this country
declare that such has always been the
case. He asked that all newcomers be
assigned to a church of their own
language; Rome decided that they are
free to go to
Amy Church They Please.
Americans will rejoice at this, because
it shows that Rome looks upon German
eXpedientS, and the language of this
country will be spoken sooner or later.
Another sound American principle is
found in the reply of the propaganda
regarding the schools to which children
must go. The children of German
speaking parents are not under. any
obligation TO go to school where a
foreign language predominates. The
severe rebuke to Father Abbelen and
the petitioners by the propaganda in
telling them never again to present GER
tain queries contained in their memorial
is also noteworthy. But the outcome
might have been very different were it
not for the vigilance of Bishops Ireland
and Keane. These prelates explained
the state of affairs in this country and
presented counter petition. The petl-
TONERS were signally defeated. They
lost rather than gained. But they bided
their time and the conspiracy thick
ened.
The men chiefly interested in the ad-
vancement of what has come to be
known as the Cahensly movement live
on this side of the Atlantic. The men
on the other side
Are Mere FigureheaGs.
Those who work most strenuously for
the success of the movement belong to
three classes. First the journalists 10
the German language encourage for
eignism. From the beginning of the
discussion to the present time not SIM
gle paper printed in German took the
part of the United States. This omis-
sion has been very remarkable at times.
tits shocking to read the contemptu-
Gus language used in reference to
American principles by the Catholic pa
pers printed in the German language. l
say advlsediy the Catholic papers, for
respect for American ideas. The former
use the word Americanization as one of
reproach and contempt. They hate