The Portland daily press., 1893-01-12
CONSPIRACY AGAINST sAToLLl.
A Sensation in the Catholic Ci,urch Caused
by Publication.

the announcement that Archbishop Ire
land had charged Archbishop Corrigan,
of New York, and others with a conspir-
acy for the overthrow of himself, Monsig-
nor Satolli and their supporters, who
have come to be known as the "Ameri-
CAM party in the Catholic Church.
Archbishop Ireland, of st. Paul, would
not talk about the story. He had read
the story, but would say nothing about
it.
Archbishop Corrigan, of New York,
also refused to discuss the article. The
archbishop said that he declined to
discuss any such questions in the
newspapers, and that if any charges had
been preferred against him at Rome it
would be time enough to consider them
when he had received official notice.
What DR.. Conway Says.
Rev. DR.. John Conway, of st. Paul,
editor of the Northwestern Chronicle,
who stands nearest Archbishop Ireland
of all ecclesiastics in the northwest,
made the following statement:
''The news from Chicago regarding
conspiracy against Archbishops Satolli
and Ireland. has been received in st. Paul
with much surprise. Many will doubt
less be astonished at it. Most people
will be, except the conspirators them
selves and those who follow ecclesiasti-
cal questions very closely.
Journalists who are indirectly
interested in such matters knew by
journalistic intuition that the conspiracy
was being Matched. The people at large
heard rumbling noises, but they never
dreampt such plan was concocted. The
hbelous pamphlet written by Archbishop
Corrigan's italian secretary, the effusions
of Miss Fades, garrulous old maid, who
is Roman correspondent of the New
York Catholic News, the dispatches pur-
porting to have come from Boston and
other cities outside of New York, yet all
having the same purpose, the plethora of
anonymous letters published in the New
York Sun and other papers, pointed
clearly to the existence Of conspiracy
against the representative of the holy
father
1.-THE Chicago Post has done great
by unearthing the arch conspirator.
Some scandal, as well as great good will
follow from the revelations of the Post,
but the clumsy Catilinism Of the New
York dignitary is directly responsible
for the scandal, while the country will
be immensely benefited by the whole
some harmony between Catholics and
nom Catholics, which must now be in
tensified by reason of the knowledge
given to the public by the Chicago news
papers. The American people see in
this an additional confirmation of Pope
Leo's friendship, and of his admiration
of American institutions. This friend
ship and admiration has been well set
forth by the pope's representative, Mgr.
Satolli.
The Anonymous Letters
1.-THE anonymous writers ofthe cabal-
istic bureau will probably now cease.
I do not see how newspaper can
continue to publish such silly letters, of
which the whole country is heartily sick,
without laying itself open to imputations
of bribery. Nor am a little surprised
that few newspapers of high standing,
like the New York Sun, should have
thrown open their columns to this anony-
nous disturber. The New York Sun is
the chief offender in the way mentioned,
and its nnpriDcipled course has made it
lose caste among journalists, and, in
deed, among honorable men. There is
such thing as honorable warfare. A
newspaper uninfuenced by other con-
siderations than those of good journalism
would not torture its readers with such
letters; any newspaper moved by motive
Of honor would at least insist upon pub
fishing the names of the writers.
81 notice that the Sun of Jan. gives
an extract from a letter said to have
been received in New York from high
ecclesiastic in Rome, referring to Arch
be gifted with omniscience to know that
the so-called letter is the work of the
bureau.
mgr. Satolli is here for more pur-
poses than the settlement Of the ecclesi-
astical questions. He is the representa-
tive of Pope Leo to the Columbian
exposition. As such the most cordial
courtesies were extended to him on his
arrival in the United States. America
was naturally grateful to the pope for
his practical interest in the Columbian
exposition, and her gratitude was nat
rally deepened by the holy fathers un-
precedented act of sending over vatican
exhibit. Now the United States does
not mean to allow anyone to insult her
guests, and this country resents the
gratitious insults offered him by anony-
nous correspondents wheu he is at pres
emit the recipient of her hospitality. tits
not pleasant to speak strongly against
anyone, and it is disagreeable to be plain
spoken against a few individuals who
happen to be members Of ones own
chuoch. If these few conspirators do
not know how to keep quiet see moth
ing left except choice between locking
them up in lunatic asylum OF suppress
ing them as public nuisance.
II have just seen the Post. As to the
statement that Archbishop Ireland has
preferred charges in Rome, there is no
necessity for his doing SO, because
Rome's representative is here in the per-
son of Archbishop Satolli. Moreover he
has just learned the clear evidence from |
the Post upon which charges could be |
based"
Further than this statement from DR.. |
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