The evening world., 1894-06-25
AN A. 0. H. SENSATION,
Bishop McQuaid's Plain Words to
Hibernians at Rochester
Why the Church Long Refused 10
Recognize the Crde'.
Warning Against EntanG;ements
with European Societies.
(Ry Associated Press.D

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ROCHESTER,. y. Y, June 25.-The an
nual State Convention of the Ancien
| Order Of Hlborniaas is in session. Their,
are about five hundred delegates prescn
from all over the country. Among then
are Congressman Weadock. of Michigan
| =. J. O'Connor. of Savannah, Ga, ant
I.shmen fl ON Buffalo, New York. Syra
| cuse, Brooklyn. and elsewhere.
| The delegates attended mass in tn,
| Cathedral rhls morning. Nicar-Genera
| O'Hare was celebrant.
Bishop McQuaid, of Rochester. created
a sensation among the delegates by de
livering the following address:
The Ancient order OF Hibernians OF
America receives the privilege of this
public scrvica and a certain recognition
| by Church authorities in this diocese OF
Rochester for the first time. 1t Ii
proper to state, on this occasion. the
ground of objections in the past and the
ieason ior the change Ecelesiastics
tory OF this organization, when sucn
prelates as Archbishop Hughes, OF New
York and Archbishop Wood, of Philadel-
phia, reprcbated and condemned the
| order, and for good reasons have
viewed with distrust and fear any coun-
| tcnance shown to its members until the
objectiona BILE features of the old Society
had been discarded. These features
were It's binding cath and its aftiliation
with some secret, oGth-bound centre of
authority in Europe-in Scotland, be-
lieve.
tracted to the Order by It's sympathy
with the Mollie Masures. of Pennsyl-
vania, a murderous organization that
and consigned to the scaffoid its agents.
many OF whom had committed the
crimes for which they died by virtue
Of the oath they had taken. The Hi
bernarS of those days were implicated
In the crimes of the 'Mollie Maguires.'
1t Is well for the men Of this generation
to know and remember these facts.
Il do not believe that the Order, as
crimes, but designing men in the Or
der used 1t and its dupes for their own
nefarious purposes: What took place
Hence the need of proper provisions and
precautions.
"Another society over which the curse
bernians for their purposes Some of
the Clan-na-Gael worked their way high
into the Order. Fortunately, for the
"For many reasons 1t is not expedi-
ent but rather 1t is highly dangerous,
European countries. We are we'll rid
Of Europe, and the less we have to do
with it the better But s.crs When the
bound organizal don. such as the Free
masons. the Carbonari, the Fenlans,
the Clan-na-Gael. &c; our American
aid and benevolent purposes, become
smirched by the wrong -doings of their
foreign associates. and the evil grows
I'VE do not nesd these Eurone,, q,
tanglements in political or social life. If
Catholic lrishman may with impunity and
without reproach become tools In the
hands OF foreign oath bound societies, so
Catholic Italians. with equal impunity,
ally themselves to foreign oath bound
secret societies The persons who do
keeping up unlawful Affiliations with the
old countries of Europe would do well
to return to the country from which
they came.
II am pleased to say. from representa-
tons made to me by members in the
Order competent to speak from knowl-
edge, and whose word | am warranted
OF Hibernians Of America these two OBJ
jections no longer exist. The otllgatiJ
contained In the ritual Of thu, Order are
not OF the nature of an oath, and are
science take and in no way lessen
mans se.f-respect or degrade his man
hood. / am also informed that this Sec
t'on of the Ancient Order of Hibernians
with any foreign order. Stick to your
constitution and there will not be a
Bishop in the country, who will not open
After the mass the delegates met in
the City Hall and were addressed by
Mayor Aldridge and ex-Mayor Curran.
divisions from all over the State paraded.
There were upward Of 5000 men in line