New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-01-01
FIGHTING THE ARCHBISHOP.
IS THERE A d. COMBINE AGAINST HIM?
A wELL-KYowS LAYMAN SAYS THAT ONE HAS


thority in the Church published in The Tribune
Of December 81 has caused much excitement
among Roman Catholics. and has loosened the
tongues of many who previously dsincined
to talk. Said q wca-known layman to a Irib-
une reporter yesterday:
"The fact that combine had been at work
for years with the design of downing Archbishop
Corrigan has been seen by many Catholics Ill
New-YOrk and in other places. The comDlne
undertook q hopeless task. The Archbishop Of
New-York cannot I've injured by underhand, sly
intrigue nor by audacious misrepresentation and
both intrigue and Misrepresentation have been
used against him. Before long the whole con-
temptble plot must come out. Justice demands
it. and when everything comes out we shall hear
less about the next American Pope. or about the
consecrated blizzard OF the Northwest. That is.
you know. the title publicly conferred by Cardi-
nal Gibbons upon Archbishop Ireland at the Bal
timore Catholic Congress. Praise Of self and
abuse OF all outside the combine has been its
rule of action am sorry to say it was an e.
clesiastical combine totally devoid OF the spirit
OF ecclesiastcism.
Have you any facts?' the layman was asked.
Facts he replied. facts in abundance.
You remember the interview with Archbishop
Ireland, reported in The New-York Journal on
December IA, 1891. Archbishop Ireland was
stopping at a New-York hotel at the time this
Interview is supposed to have been accorded a
reporter. Such thing was never heard OF be-
fore. An Archbishop enters another's diocese ana
violates all ecclesiastical custom. thus insulting,
the person and authority Of the Archbishop with
in whose jurisdiction he Is. II the Archbishop OF
New-York had publicly resented this impote-
| ness this impertnence. he would not have treated
| Mgr Ireland otherwise than Inc deserved. The
| Archbishop Of New-York is patient man. Tie
| combine knows the fact, and they have counted
on II. / wonder how he has restrained hlmseI
| so long. and how he restraints himself now. When
| Archbishop Ireland was in Rome he did not prt
aside any means that he thought would save
| him from o condemnation in the farlbault-Stll'
watcr affair In the memorial which he pre-
scntcd 20 the Propaganda he dragged in the New
York diocese several times without any OCCASION
and solely 20 speak slghtingy Of it; and while
| he was doing this in Rome the literary bureau
| OF the combine was engaged il: the same busi-
ness at the Catholic University. Here they used
| the same figures, the same assertion6 that the
| Archbishop Of St Paul was writing thousands OF
miles away and they used almost his very words
| In his memorial in order to win the Propaganda IA
over to him. he affirmed that he had the approval
Of all the ArchbshopS Of the United States. and
practically contradicted himself by giving evi
dence that Archbishop Corrigan had not approved
Of his views on the question of Catholic educa
| lion.
Archbishop Corrgan is thcologian and an
| npholder OF ecclesiastical law. II he did not
| approve OF Mgr Irelands teaching about edu-
| cation, or OF the Far,banlt plan, il was because
| he knew tina. the teaching was unsound ana the
| plan injurious even II 1t were practlcaoic' now
| do IN ..r,.r Archbishop Ireland's memorial
| A Co-riOan's nOsitiOn , There
cxists an ancient rivalry between the sees OF
| paltin,ote and OF Ncw-York,' wrote Archbishop
| Irel,nd which was as much as 10 say 'Cardihai
| Gibbons is my friend, and therefore Archbishop
| Corriean OPPOSES my views. because he - Il ri'al
| of Cardinal Gibbons There is no other meaning
| that can be eivcr to the words. NO one mas
| evcr hoard OF rivalry between Spalding anu
Hughes. or between Bailey and McCloskcy. ihcro
"a no ancient rivalry between the sees. bai'iino'o
;s not a large see: New-Iork Is Baltimore W
| tho vo,c Of the Archblshops oil the '"''o', ,
sets .,iovs the honorable title OF the prila'ia'
900 The rivalry must be recent ana ca'l"o'
| bc q rivalry Of sees. il must DC one VI p'
sons Mgr ireland may know una,
din,i Gibbons would desire to rival A'c""inn'
Corrigan but no one WIZ ever a'o''o WV
OF rivalling ou. Archbishop ~. .,o. !,
Ua,o you scen the Roman pamphlet that Is
| upIo rst ODN
nroccedings in Romc?' the reporter asked "c
layman. -. 49,. had II for a
' n1., ,,.,itcr Of the pamphlet offered
| ,o corrcct any errors that M&r' i'''"
,ror,d noint out: and he has not, up 10 ua.c'
nointcd out any, as far as / have SUI
| ubom, asks the Roman writer, was ""
cont 70 America from Rome. aihrnilhg& NJ .n", Corri'
Xiu had decidedly refused TO c'evate Mt. W., ,
gan to the dignity OF 1nrullaA Archbshop of Balti-
| mnrep Why send a telegram IN "ilom illm',d - s"on
nnnounced that Archbishop Ireland rNn Mou oonsa.
be elevated 70 ,n,s . We're intended to create IN
,mnrica n currcnt favorable TO Tie ldca oi MSi
| Ireland and contrary 10 one "nU ns't, They
| snstoined and still sustains the opp nc. -, rn'
~, .a cvil because they helped to :Iliehi
% ,ha nconlc from their duty of supporting Wv, tn
narish schools, seeing that the ntia.or ~ vas va
controry system, ut the very tliiie ,l.'. ,rJoJ ,u
| 1;s ,on'IJ1i;s '1is conduct was solcmnly rewarden
With the bonors Of the Sacred Purpi. e 80
Injured the public reputation OF tc "S thc
| W. York who has not tho sympathy, Oh , .n
C.tbolic liberal party which is not mltrcless, a M
who is left alone the road marked ou. pan pa ,ao
Holy See for the sole fapt oi %irt wr.r forescs An
hi.etion 60 he adds But it will be Saiu ''ls M
these news items cannot No attrlou,ch w o,oh, %
most excellent Ireland: the source must W ''"'"
Ccr.ainly one cannot with ce'a my swrIr ss
,bev were tie work Of Mgr Ireland h'N' IT,
viii not swear TO the copry SGc 1md IN kucY sucn car
crmstances lead one TO believe tiat ne kn,m ;n ,,
cnn,st".sLsr n. .son and MANIPULATED the whole thihs
1eo%t MD II' have e"S been indeed pretty comedy TO
have sat behind the curtains Of is of rqan hrEa
rooms during the coniidenla ,niTS r,nector oa Of
his hha how yF'n NAM myscrcs would be exposed in
The the smncht, 1t is fact that similar NEW" new
;,nms fr,m Rome were unknown except uui'l- , NV
,eins & n,o' W. Ireland was in Rome: and thcs'
nrs ,ne 'c items s7 were spread abroad through the
rcrrsspondrur nSMs % ef Yewiqrk journal atqsee1 So3
at .ne au thc.e itcms had a certain favorable III,
mrnca ,as an On tho question supported ty The most
Ireland S Who h,Hs t1sn n fap doans ne with S
IN lhtef's. go A. sirht is not required: n enesi
er.aT u pecessar to proceed first of all by the read
nf q conjecture. and in this case the conIcctuF'
IN ba az lavycre say, violent =,