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

other considerations. The German lam
guage will disappear with foreignism,
and that disappearance means the
aeath OF the German press in the United
The second class who aid in the con-
ssplracy is made up of priests. Many of
liiese have come to this country late in
lie. They have not been able to shake
on the influence of their early environ
ments. They have shown themselves
10 be utterly incapable of grasping
American modes of thought and the
progressive spirit which pervades the
people. The prlestly
Promoters of FOreignfsm
belong chiefly to the archdioceses of st.
Louis and Milwaukee. st. Louis is
even more aggressively foreign than
Milwaukee.
r. Here e, the conspiracy was Matched
years ago; here, also, desperate at
tempt is being made to secure German
successor to Archbishop Kenrick. The
German clergy carried things so much
tneIr own way in the archdiocese of
Milwaukee that the English-speaking
priests there found 1t necessary to eS-
taDilSli themselves in an organization
Tor self-defenSe. Some German-speak
Ing priests have made themselves sin
gulaIly conspicuous in this movement
The third class favorable to foreign
ISM is made up of some German-Amer-
lean bishops. Among these Archbishop
katzer, of Milwaukee, holds first
place. This is quite ineligible if he be
a protege of Mr.. Cahensiy's, as that
gentleman claims. Bishop
Wigger, of Newark. is also noted for
4iUjnp fOralOpicm picbon Zordntti of
St Cloud, may likewise be mentioned
as one who lends helping hand.
On the other hand, Cardinal Gibbons
and Archbishop Ireland have given ex-
preston to the sound views held by the
great body OF the American episcOpate
on this question.
The organization known as the
Deutsch Americanischer Priester-Ve-
rein is at the bottom of the Whole move
ment. This society of German-speaking
priests was organized in the spring of
1857. The men who sent clerical envoy
10 Rome the previous year were the
same who organized the Priester-V ercin.
Ihey are German-speakiIg priests,
mostly from st. Louis. These men have
worked with Steadfast energy which
would call forth admiration were the
cause not quite SO ignoble. Throughout
the whole discussion they have shown
considerable Shrewdness. They have
endeaVored to make it appear to be a
controversy between
Germans and Irish.
In this way they would be more likely
to succeed. Not word is said of Ameri-
cans, AND not a thought given to union
or to amalgamatiOn. AS a matter of
fact, large body of the Catholics were
born here, and they do not want to be
set down as foreigners.
The plot widenS and deepens. The
Roles also have asked for recognition on
the plea that they are Poles. So have
the French-CanadianS. Foreign
born Catholics, priests and laymen, have
aimed tor years at getting control of tn e
Catholic church in America.
Laymen, as a rule, do not take very
active part in the work. Many Catho-
lies of German birth or extraction do
not wish to be considered as foreigners.
Whilst the laity were present at the
Buffalo meeting, their part i'll the pro-
ceedings of the convention was very
small. The cOnspiratOrs try to use the
Catholic church in the United States in
immigrants, and in their zeal they ut
terly ignore the existence of all other
Catholics. They want to get a prepOn-
.derance in the episcOpate of this coun-
try.
There has been no attempt made to
exclude fOreign-bOrn eccleSiaSticS from
preferment in the Catholic church. But
the contention is that they should get
no recognition on the grounds of their
foreign nationality. Zeal and ability
and the other qualities mentioned by
st. Paul as necessary or desirable are
those which should be taken into con-
slderatOn in the appointment of bish-
ops, and not nationality. If the seiec-
ton is to be made
On National Lines,
the BohemianS, the Spaniards, the
Danes. the English, the Scotch. the ne
groes, the Indians, ETC., would have a
right, as we'll as the others, to claim that
bishops be appointed from their re-
spective nationalities.
The plan Of the plotterS also includes
the preservation and the propagation of
the German language i'll the United
States. AT the BntfalO meeting it was
laid down that membership in the
PrieSter-V is open to all Catholic
clergymef OF German extraction, and
also to those priests who, regardless of
nationality, speak the German lam
guage. Two languages cannot
be on an equal footing in any country.
If English is to be the language of this
country then German cannot be put on
par with it, and the only way it can
be admitted is as an accomplishment.
The ugly discussion over the Bennett
law in Wisconsin was in reality an out
come of this foreign movement.
The movement has been carried out
side the domain of eccleSiaSticism. The
aid of foreign powers has been invOk ed.
Representatives of several European
countries have been asked and have
given their influence in its favor at the
Vatican.
Herr Cahensly, the Austro-H Hungarian
at the Vatican, has so
persistently connected himself with this
plot that he has enriched the English
language with new word, CalenSly-
ism. Next to Herr Cahensly
the most outspoken foreign representa-.
tiveS are Herr Won SchlOeZer and Prem
Ter MERCER. Queen Victoria's now de-
posed representative from Quebec no
longer carries weight, and
Is Wholly DiscredIted.
But the Prussian ambassador had an
eye to the practical. When Archbishop
KatZer was appointed to milwaukee,,
Herr Won Schloezer said that the APP
pointment was very favorable to Ger
man interests. He meant, of course,
the political interests of the German ma
ton. Sigr. Volpilandi spoke for the
house of King Humberto. Thus there
are Germans, Austrians. Italians. Cana
dams, ETC., striving for spiritual SUI
premacy and political advantages for
their respective nations and basing
their claims upon the fact that they are
foreigners. These claims should have
been satisfied shortly after Columbus
discovery of America. 1t is a little too
late to bring them up when the country
has population OF nearly 100000
most of whom are intensely American;
it is somewhat of an anachroniSm to
make them on the eve of the 40Oth ami
versary of the great discovery by the
GenoeSe navigator.