The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1893-09-18

lished something about the embarrass-
ing situation in which Archbishop
John ]. Kahn found himself when he
went from Wheeling to his new home
at St Louis. Thest. Louis Globe Demo
Graf of Saturday has the following addi-
tiOual matter on the subject Of Arch.
bishop Kenrick's opposition to the new
state of affairs ordered by the powers at
Rome, and the weakness Of the old
archbishop:
The appointment Of Rev. Connolly as
vicar general by Archbishop Kenrick
has convinced the Catholic clergy here
that the administration Of the diocese
is no longer safe in the hands Of the
great but aged metropolitan. The
cIergymen who originated the petition
10 Rome asking for a coadjutor. and
naming Archbishop Kahn as one OF the
choices, are calmly, but with set teeth,
awaiting the return Of the man they
chose Tor their leader: He will return
TO st. Louis next Tuesday. In the
meantime he will DO in close contact, in
TACT in consultation with, Ablgate
Satolli, Cardinal Gibbons and the suf-
iragen bishops of the st. Louis diocese.
All these persons are, or soon will be,
massed at Dubuque to witness or to
assist in the bestowing OF the arch
bishops pallium, on the newly created
archbishop OF Dubuque, JohnJ. Hen
messy. On the return of Archbishop
Kahn, which must be at least
in time for the dedication on Septem-
Der q Of the seminary named after and
donated by the great but aged metro
politan Of the See OF st. Louis, he will
bring with him, it may be, some OF the
dignitaries with whom he has been as.
aociated since his departure from st.
Louis on the evening of that eventtul
Sunday. The reception which Arch
bishop Kenrick extends, to his coadju-
tor will determine, in a great measure,
subsequent events. For the good Of
the diocese Archbishop Kahn must have
undivided jurisdiction over its temporal
and spiritual affairs. II Archbishop
Kenrick can be persuaded to give this
quietly, all will be well. II not, the
clergymen with the Endorsement OF
Archbishop Kahn will appeal to Able.
gate Satolli to place the diocese in the
CONDUCTORS hands. II the powers Of the
ALLOCATE are not sufficient to do this,
the appeal will be made to Rome, and
the priests will wait YEARLY as they
did for a coadiutor until Rome set
things right.
This is the diagnosis which Father
Charles Ziegler makes of the situation
in the St Louis diocese and its remedy.
In the absence OF Archbishop Kahn,
priests are looking to Father Ziegler to
take the initiative, and, following his
example, are waiting for the return of
Archbishop Kahn.
There is logic in Archbishop Ken
rick's acts" says Father Ziegler, sin
spite OF his age and his weakness. The
stubbornness, the obstihacy, the deter
mination which have been his leading
characteristics all his life, are with him
still in his weakness. all his life he
has been deciding matters autocratic-
ally. That will do; won't hear you
talk Of it, has been his answer always
to a protesting priest. and the latter
has been forced to take his hat and
leave.
~ recall the visit to the archiepis.
copal mansion OF the committee of
priests who circulated the petition ask
ing for a coadjutor The archbishop
was sitting, unshaven and alone, in a
cold room. We asked him whether he
approved the action of the committee.
He ansWered affirmatiYelV,
Your grace, you do not appear
WE'LL said to him on leaving.
al have been sorely tried by the
ceremonies of the day. he answered.
YEARLY.
~ inquired of the servants what GER
emonies he referred to. / found chat
tho archbishop had not left his room
ali that day. He was living over in
dreams his past Life.
II saw him again when the same
committee called to ask his wishes in
regard to Archbishop Kain's reception.
He was clean shaven and alert. He
would have none, he said. He would
hear of no banquet, no mass, no public
demonstration. He was firm to stub
bornness. He would hear no contra
diction.
II have been told the story Of that
sufragan council Of bishops which met
in tho archiepiscopal residence after
Father Brady had been sent to New
York to represent Arch bishop Kenrick
at the archbishops' meeting there.
When the archbishop was asked whom
he desired to nominate for his coadju.
tor he said Father Brady Then
Bishop Hogan, Of Kansas City, arose
and protested, and said that he would
not consent to consider, even Tor q mo-
ment, that name. All that day, after
this occurrence, the archbishop sat sui.
len and gloomy, and when the labors OF
the council were concluded, he said,
Gentlemen, / can give you nothing to
eat-I have no cook; and the bishops
we're left to get their dinner where they
could.
Archbishop Kahn must take entire
charge Of the diocese. 1t is in misera.
BILE shape, and requires a stropg steady
hand instead OF an old, trembling, fee
Bile one.
THE archbishop has not loat his
mind. He lie simply old and forgetful
and without balance. He has times
whom he wants to be active, and 1t Is in
such times that his old stubbornnesa
asserts itself and that his actions are
liable to rebound TO the injury Of the
diocese"
Numerous well.authenticsted stories
are told by priests Of the archbishop's
Vagaries. He IL said on one occasion to
have signed his name peter Richard
A!u0uetin." Hisgreeting to Archbishop
Kahn is said to have been, "How is my
old friend Bayley, Of Baltimore" Bis
hop Bayley had been dead for ten years:
He had his lucid moments, said an.