St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-12-24
SAYS 1T IS A CONSPIRACY.
FATHER coRRicAN SAYS He IS BE-
ING PROSECUTED.
THE LAST DYING EFFORT

OF a Shameless Conspiracy
Waged Against Him Since He
Wrote His Little Book-Mgr.
SatoIIi and Bishop Wigger
Brought Into Direct Collision.
HoBoKEN, n. j., Dec. 23.-The Rev.
Father Corrlgan, of the Church of Our
Lady Of Grace, makes the following
statement concerning the differences
between himself and Father Francisco
Dominica Faris, which has brought the
orders of Mgr. Satolli and Bishop Wig
ger In direct collision. When the case
first came up he decided to be silent,
and he still declined to enter into any
discussion OF the matter, as it was still
In the hands of the apostolic delegate,
but he said that it is 1.-The result and.
L trust, the last dying effort Of a most
shameless conspiracy that has been
waged against me since l wrote the
little pamphlet which Bishop Wig
ger - condemned at its appear
ance in 1888. The little work was
an honest and earnest cry for new
Legislation for the American church,
and it found an echo in the heart of
every American, whether Catholic or
not. One of its results was the Balti-
more conncil of 1854, and its first tri-
umph was the establishment of papal
delegation at Washington and the con-
sequent PRONUNCIATION OF the pope's
policy on the relation of Catholics TO the
public schools. The only things worth
noting in the communication do not
bear OH the merits OF the case at all; be-
sides. they are absolutely false. refer
to the statements that l asked DR.. Faris
to work against Bishop Wigger and
Archbishop COrrigan, and that insist
ed that he should undertake the defense
OF certain priest. All that [ ever
asked the doctor to do was the tranSla-
ton of a few letters into Italian,
and these letters had already appeared
in all the newspapers, as they related to
the discussion on
THE SCHOOL QUESTION.
AS to the alleged defense of the priest,
l told him when l had ascertained he
was Interfering In the matter that the
priest could make no possible de-
Tense of his conduct. The state
ment that the papal delegate and
DIR. FabrIs were intimate friends
in Italy, needs considerable modi-
fcation for according to the delegate
himself, his first acquaintance with the
reverend doctor was made in California.
The question of the disposition of the
money offerings for the masses on
the feast of All Souls requires
some explanation. Ten years ago some
priests practiced announcing to their
people that In place of Offering the mass
on Nov. for the souls in purga-
tory, as was the custom, they
would offer it only for the
deceased whose friends would
send their names TO the priest Oh a
slip of paper. enclosing sum of
money. The Offering in a parish
like mine amounted to about $500
in prosperous times. Now to the
question regarding the announcement
OF names previous to the feast OF ALI
Souls on Nov. 2. l announced from the
pulpit seven or eight times that there
would be three high masses and no
other masses Offered for the inten-
ton of those who should make a
pecuniary offering, ana that the
money would be used for char
lty. | celebrated the three masses my
self without any help from any of my
any possible claim on the part Of the
assistants. ana to control the distrbu-
ton of the funds on account of the
severity of the winter. My extra
precautions were not in vain, for the
money had hardly been taken from the
box when Rev. DIR. Fabrls asked NE for
his share Of the money. told him in
surprise that neither he nor any of the
others had onv claim at all on the fund,
as had made d distinct
CONTRACT WITH THE PEOPLE,
and that their money wnulI rnann tho
poor. DIR. Fabris then told me that he
was very poor, and that l should give
him share on that account. |
did not not suspect the sharp game
which the reverend doctor was
then playing, but the subsequent de-
velopmentS proved it. and proved | was
not too much Oh my guard against any
possible surprise, tor had | given him
| any of the funds ON such plea he would
have claimed All equal share from
the Others in whose interest he was
evidently acting, and for whom, it is
claimed, he appealed to the delegate,
though In vain. Failing i'll his efforts
to get any for himself on the plea Of
poverty, DIR. FabrlS said thai his
brother in Chicago was poor and could
not pay his house rent, and was out of
employment on account OF just SuDSe-
Quent events, which l have resolved not
10 touch. Ii u division had been
made, l said, his share would he
over $50 and l would give him that
amount of the fund in charity. but not
because of any claim to it i'll justice. L
gave him the $50 and subsequently
another $40 and yet the reverend gentle
man joined his fellow assistants in
appealing for his snare of the money.
The bishop, it is stated, has commanded
me to pay the money to Father
Callaghan. of East Orange, assist
ant at that time to Father Fitz-
patrick, and to the Rev. DIR.
Fabris. ! am in hopes, however, that
the bishop will change his mind when
he fully weighs the circumstances. L
regret very much to be forced again to
| defend myself i'll tue public press. This
is how things stand now"