The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1894-11-29
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ARCHBISHOP IRELAND OF ST. PAUL
rs DENOUNCED. s 4
The Bishop of Rochester, N. u. Says
Tint the ST. Paul Prelnte's Action.
In the Recent CampnfRn In New
York Was Disgrace.

Rochester, n. Y, Nov. q. Bishop
McQuaid, at the Roman Catholic ca
thedral in this city, preached a sensa-
ional sermon this morning in which
he denounces the action Of Archbishop
Ireland In coming to this state and
taking part in the last political caul-
paign. In his sermon Bishop Me.
Quad said that in his forty seven
years of priesthood he had never put
himself under obligations to any ro
ntical party, and fors twenty-seven
years he had never cast vote out Of
anxiety not to be put in any mans
political power to say that he voted
for one party or the other. Following
is an extract Of the sermon:
ssHaying said this much by way of
preface, will now advert to the late
scandal which caused these remarks.
Every Catholic having respect for his
bishops and priests and the honor and
good name Of his church must have
been panied and mortified when he
learned during the late political cam
| paign that one of our bishops, the
archbishop of st. Paul, cast to one side
| the traditions Of the past and entered
| the political arena like any layman.
The newspapers were careful to keep
the public duly informed of his ar
rival in New York weeks before cleo
ton, of his appearance on the plat
form at ratification meetings, sur
rounded by the leaders of the Repub-
lican party, of his views on political
questions, strongly expressed through
interviews carefully prepared for the
press and of his mingling in crowd
Of excited politicians and partisans on
the night Of election. "
81 contend that this coming to New
York of the archbishop of st. Paul to
take part in a political contest was
unidentified, disgraceful to his episco-
pal office, and scandal in the eyes
of all right-minded Catholics Of both
parties 1t was furthermore piece
of meddlesome interference on his
part to come from his state to another
break down all discipline among Oul
priests and justify the charges OF
those inimical to us that the priests
are partisans and use their Offices anC
opportunities for political work.
eff Archbishop Ireland had made
| himself as conspicuous in favor of thu
Democratic party he would be just a!
blameworthy in my estimation. l.
his conduct in this last political cam
paign was not censured and con
demned it would not be possible TO-
, me to restrain the priests of this dio
; cese from initiating his example, ant
descending from the pulpit to the pc
litical platform and marshaling thei
> parishioners up to the polls on the da.
of the election. Not one of them bu
has an equal right with his grace o
st. Paul to turn electioneering agen
, for one party or another, and absen
himself from his parish as the arch
bishop absented himself from his die
cese. ...'s,~. -.s ~ ...
ct is no. excuse to say the arch
bishop was working in the interest Q
good government Every other cler
cal aspirant to political distinctio
would say the same. New York
abundantly able to takeFcare of itse]
without extraneous help as the las
election showed, and if the newspa
pers reported correctly the legislator
of Minnesota is sadly in need of pur
. fcation, and his grace might hay
= found full scope for his politics
scheming and skill right at home
politician he would be-"
y Bishop McQuade further said tina
y Archbishop Ireland was repaYing
:. debt to the Republican party for pla'
" ing priest opposed to parochi:
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