The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-09-07
THE CONGRESS- AT CHICAGO
Archbishop COTri5an Meets With a
Great Ovation,

He Lauds the Sumblime Faith ofCo-
lumbus and Pronounces Him to Have
Been a Religious Enthusiast of the
Best Kind-He Also Panegyrizes Is
abella, Who Did What Few Women
Ever do, That is, Parted With Her
Jewols-Papers Read and Remarks
Made on Various Subjeots-Aroh-
bishop Ireland Says that America is
Catholic in it's Instincts and Aspi.
rations.
Chicago, Sept. G.-Archbishop Corrigan
of New York was the distinguished
guest at the Catholic congress to-day, and
upon his arrival, during the morning ses-
sion, he was rendered spontaneous ova-
ton He made his way from the en-
trance through the crowded hall to the
platform, and, with the manner Of fin
shed orator thanked his hearers for the
reception given him. The archbishop,
with the remark that tho time of the
congress might be better utilized in the
hearing of valuable papers than in listen
ing to a speech from him, took occasion
to say few words on the sublime faith
which upheld Columbus through all the
defeats that preceded his discovery of
America.
A RELIGIOUS ENTHUSIAST
Columbus was a religious enthusiast of
the best sort IL was this religious enc
thusiasm, he said, which enabled him to
hold his own when all the world looked
coldly on his great project, and it was
. eI,ss. -, l.. II 1.
umph over every obstacle He thought a
well deserved tribute should also be paid
TO Queen Isabella of Spain, whose relig-
ious zeal, in a large measure insured the
success of the discoverer's enterprise.
Although woman, she parted with the
things woman generally most dearly
prizes-her iewels-to further the schemes
Of the great explorer. The archbishop'a
brief address was literally applauded.
Some time was consumed In receiving
the reports of committees, after which
the reading Of papers on church questions
was continue.
Col II. M. Douglass of North Carolina
spoke of trade combinations, strikes and
arbitrations.
DGsQUGsITIoN ON STRIKES.
II was the opinion of Col. Douglass that
the strike must be finally regarded as q
solemn protest of the individual against
the wrongs for which he feels that tho
law presents no adequate relief He did
not consider that corporations should be
denounced, but fictitious capital was
fraud upon the investing public,
and he said that it furnished
the strongest inducement and most
plausible excuse for oppression and
eXtortion. Rates were raised 50 as TO abb
sOrb the profit of the legitimate indus
tries, while wages were cut down to the
.fF FerNr 4
thy with the red-handed rioter, and he
should be promptly suppressed. He
dwelt at some length on the evasion Of
taxes by the rich, especially by the COR
porations and bodies who make false re-
turns to the assessment bureaus.
Frank j. Sheridan of Dubuque, Ia,
spoke upon the same subject as Col Doug
lass. 'Women in the Middle Ages,p was
the title Of a paper read by Anna T. Sad
Ter, Of New York, during the afternoon.
VARIETY OF SUBJECTS DISCUSSED.
"Iife Insurance and Pension Frauds for
Wage Workers. " on which Prof John =.
Lath Of Chicago and E. NJ. Sharon of Da-
venport, Ia, spoke, was followed by
'Immigration and Colonization which
called out for speakers the Rev. NJ Cal
CHAN Of New York; DIR. August Kaiser
Of Detroit, the Rev j. l.. Andres of
Baltimore and NJ j. Elder of New Or
leans.
AT the evening session of the congress
| Columbus hall was crowded to its ut
most, The feature of the evening was
an Grafton by Archbishop Ireland of st.
Paul on "Patriotism and Liberty"
He contended that Catholics should be
more patriotic than their fellow citizens,
so they might show the whole country
that the seal Of faith was so impressed
upon their hearts that the liberties of the
! United States were safer in their hands
than in those Of any other They should
| take the gospel in one hand and the con-
| stitution of the United States in the
other, and show by their lives that they
were upholders of both.
THE AMERICAN NATION CATHOLIC.
! The American nation was to-day in its
instincts and inspiration, catholic
Catholic social work was what was
needed, and Leo's encyclical letter was a
command to stop contemplating the past
and to go forward and forward. Catholic
| laymen had been too quiet in the past,
| they could not travel the road TO heaven
| in security unless they extended both
hanGs to humanity"
Rev. Patrick Cronin, editor of the
Catholic Union and Times of Buffalo, fol-
| lowed Archbishop Ireland in an inter-
| esting address on the growth and pro-
gress of the Catholic church in America.
w. Il. Breen of Fort Wayne followed
DR.. Cronin in an address on the "Inhu-
| ence Of Social Life in Church Progress"