The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1892-02-17

ROME, Feb. 16.-At the Catholic con.
gross at Baltimore in 1880, committee
OF prclates and laymen was appointed
to mako arrangements Tor tho Catholic
congress to bo held at Chicago in con-
nection with the Columbian EXPOSE
tion. The committee was also charged
with preparing programme OF matters
to be discussed at this congress. Among
the members Of the committee was
Judge {. T. Dunno, OF Ohio. Under
date OF December 10, Mr.. Dunno wrote
n personal letter to Mr.. Condo B. Pallcn,
editor OF the Church Progress and Catholic
World, OF St. Louis, giving his views in
regard to certain decisions OF this com.
mittee. This letter in some way came
into the hands OF the Rev. G. Kuhlman,
who sympathizcd with the vieas ex-
pressed therein. He hai tsnlctter put
in print and sent copies t. ali ako car
dinals. Tho letter was :n3:iYc acro .
few days ago and has GRATED no little
sensation in ecclesiastical circles.
Mr.. Kuhlman prefaces Mr. Dgzne's
letter with statement, over his own
name, to the effect that the decisions
reached by tho Arae. can prelatos with
reference to the Ca.n NUc congress to be
held st Chicago we:r displeasing to
himself, to Messrs. PSlen and Dunno,
and to many other Catholics. The
authorities at Rome nre therefore in
voked to override these decisions.
\ Archbishop ireland, the letter con-
tinues, is reported as saying that the
questions Of temporal power and OF
Catholic education would be rapidly
disposed OF by the congress, whose time
ought to be given to the consideration
OF social matters.
Early in December, Nj. Dunno con-
tinues, q meeting was held in New
York for the purpose OF making pub
lie protest against the archbishop's
usurpation. At this meeting were
present Mcssrs. Dunno, Kelly, Farrelly
and Judge O'Bricn. Judge O'Brien
strongly urged that nothing be said, and
this course was decided upon, but the
record'of the meeting was saved for iu-
ture use. Mr.. Dunno says that he now
breaks silence because he read in the
New York papers q St. Louis dispatch
saying that the programme OF the con-
gress would be devoted solely to Social
questions, makingno mention OF tom
poral power or OF Catholic education.
The onlyvictory, Mr.. Dunno says in
conclusion, scored by the laymen dur
ing the controversy, was tho dcieat OF
Archbishop. Ireland's motion to call
the congress "The Chicago Social Con-
gress," instead OF as originally decided
upon 'The Chicago Catholic Congress"
The cores pondcncc has been trans
lated into Italian and has been received
not only by the cardinals but by many
LESSER ecclesiasticals at. Rome. Special
interest attaches to it at this time, be-
cause Archbishop Ireland is now here.
The sending Of the correspondence to
Rome is regarded as 4 continuation of
the Cahensly movement. Since last
year hundreds OF documents have been
circulated in Rome from America de-
claring that tho Catholic church would
dieif the process OF Amcricanizing the
church, which Archbishop Gibbons,
Ireland and Williams arc said TO bo
leaders III bringing about, should bc al
lowed to proceed. Meanwhile the
ecclesiastical authorities at the Vatican
deny that the questions OF the temporal
power and Catholic education are to be
omitted from the program OF the Catho-
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