The morning call., 1894-10-31
CORRIGAN MAKES A CALL
Which Is Followed by a Better
Understanding.
GIBBONS DENIES THE STORY.
While the Ablegate Has Nothing to
Say One Way or the
Other.

NEW YORK, Oct. 30.-The mystery
which surrounded the recent annual meet
ing of Catholic Archbishops at Philadel-
phia. and the subsequent gathering here.
is still unbroken, but from events SUBJ
Sequent to The meeting the conclusion is
drawn that an important step was taken
toward the unifcation of the principal
Catholic ecclesas:ics in the United States,
in the termination of antagonism which
has arisen over Monsgnor SatolIfs pres
ence In this country. and in more COM
plete support and loyalty to the Papal
delegate in the future. Whether the
Arch bishops took formal action on the sub.
ject is not known. Immediately after the
meeting Archbishop Corrigan of New
York paid Wis it to Monsignor Satolli at
the latter's residence in Washington. The
two eccle siastcs were together three hours
and the result is believed to have been of
gratifying character TO the ablegate and
to the Archbishop. The latter had been
persistently represented as the head of
schisn against the delegate, and it has
even been asserted that pamphlets oppos-
ing Satolli filed with the Vatican had Been
inspired by the Arch bishops adherents.
Many of these statements have been
sensational and unjust, but they served to
fo ment trouble which in various parts of
the country took the form OF outbreaks
against the authority of Monsignor Satolli.
Ii is stated, however, that all these diff
ferences are now adjusted, and that hence
forth there will be fullest recognition of
the ablegate's authority. This recogni-
tion coming so soon after the meeting of
the Archbishop is regarded as direct re-
suit of the gathering. it is said that
Archbishop Corrigan's call on Mgr Sa-
tolli was not unusual. as the former had
called before, but the proximity Of the call
to the adjournment of the Archbishops'
conference is considered significant.
Only one trifling cause of irritation re-
mains. and that results from an article
written by Bishop Spaulding in the North
American Review. iu which he attributed
The A. P. A. movement to the presence of
Mgr. SatoIli in this country. 1t is be-
lieved that the Bishop has made amends
and explanation for the misapprehen-
sion created by his article, and that this
after has been smoothed ever in part at
least.
The unity of action toward Mgr. Satolli
is regarded as coming opportunely before
the Pope's approaching encyelical enlarg-
ing the delegates authority. 1t Is said
also that the recognition of Mgr. Satolli's
authority by the American hierarchy was
quite as important and desirable as the
coDferrIng OF the authority itself.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 30-Monsignor.. Sa-
toni was asked to-day concerning the re-
port from New York that Arch bishop
Corfigan had recently called on him. He
said the Archbishop called on him about
two weeks ago, soon after the meeting of
hbishops. and conference lasting sew
eral hours was held. The ablegate would
not discuss the nature of the conference or
the reported unity In the church in recog-
nizing the delegates authority.
BALTIMORE, Oct. 30.-Regarding the re-
cent meeting of Archbishops at Phila-
delphia. Cardinal Gibbons to-day said:
Nothing of the character referred to in
the dispatches touching Monsignor Satolli's
differences with others transpired. AS to
the other matters mentioned the whole
thing is guesswork, to which no import
ance need be attached"