The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1892-10-05

Yet the Church il Attacked Because Of
Cahensly's Outlawed Doctrines.
NEWARK, N. J., Oct. tit has been dis
covered that though the late German
Catholic congress earnestly besought the
pope's blessing, it never came. This is
taken as certain evidence that Cahensly-
ism has no favor in Rome, and that it is
under the ban.
NEW YORK, Oct. AT the laying of the
cornerstone of the Episcopal mission yes
terday, Bishop Johnston, of Texas, raised
a cry OF warning against Cahenslyism.
his remarks were listened to by more
than dozen Episcopalian bishops from
the various sections of the country, over
lo0 Episcopalian clergymen, and over
loo OF the laity. He spoke Of the con-
vention Of the German Catholics in New
ark last week and said he denied that the
church of Rome is in any sense either an
American church or a church for Ameri-
cans. He continued:
1t Is distinctly a foreign church, ruled by q
foreign autocrat believed to be tnfallible by his
followers, who dictates the policy of the church
70 his partisans. He pulls the strings In Rome,
and his puppets jump in America. This great
convention in Newark was assembled for what ?
To carry out the beliefs of the society of st.
Raphael. which recently held a convention In
Germany. Its purposes are, first, to keep the
emisrants true TO the old worlds conditions and
warn them against American traditions; Sec
ond, to centralize, solidify and isolate foreign
Roman Catholics coming here and so secure
them against American ideas. Was this conven-
ton In Newark called for the purposes OF free
men? By no means. We are told that the sub
jects discussed were carefully selected before
hand. while the sentiments received the sane
ton OF the prominent ecclesiastical authorities
before they were expressed. In other words.
the teachers prepared the speeches and the good
little boys got up and delivered them. If con-
ventions of this character are to continue,
hope some day some bad boy like Luther. with
American ideas OF free speech. will get up and
say something that will produce CONSERVATION
among the pedagogues.
At a meeting of this St. Raphael Society in
Germany the chancellor of the university at
Washington City vehemently denounced Cardi-
nal Gibbons and Archbishop Ireland, two patri-
otto Americans for being loyal to their country
and Its institutions. This chancellor taunts
Cardinal Gibbons and Archbishop Ireland as
being liberal Catholics who have forgotten that
the pope is pope in America as we'll as in Rome.
His final taunt is that probably these American
bishops intend applying the Monroe doctrine to
religion Well, We are free to say that If things
go on much further as they have been going,
that is just what will be done. Jesuitism has
never failed to NEEDLE in politics when 1t has
been allowed to get a following. 1t has been
expelled again and again, for what else can a
self-respecting nation do with q set of oficious
foreign ecclesiastics who undertake to dictate
not only what their own dupes must do. but
also how the affairs OF the government must
be run?
In conclusion Bishop Johnston hoped
Americans might throw off the CALLING
yoke of foreign meddling bishops, bidding
the pope mind his own business on the
Tiber and first learn how to make Italy,
Spain and South America respectable and
respected among nations. Then he might
with some grace come over here and tell
us how to attend to our affairs.