The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1894-11-26
.MQUAID IS SEVERE
SENSATIONAL SERMON DELIVERED
IN ROCHESTER,.
IreIand's Late Participn-
ton in Politics Was Undignifiel.
Disgracefni. and Scandal in the
Eyes of Catholics.

Rochester, N. Y, Nov 25.-Bishop
AdcQuaid, at the Roman Catholic cathe-
dral in this city, preached a sensational
sermon this morning, in which he de-
nounces the action of Archbishop Ire
land in coming to this state and taking
part in the last political campaign.
In his sermon, Bishop McQuaid said
that in his forty-seven years of priest
hood. he had never put himself under
obligations to any political party, and
for twenty-five years he has never cast
a vote out of anxiety to put any man in
political power. Following is an ex-
tract of the sermon:
Having said this much by way Of
preface, l will now advert to the late
scandal which has caused these re-
marks. Every Catholic having respect
for his bishops and priests and the
honor and good fame of his church,
must have been panied and mortified
when he learned during the late politi-
cal campaign that one of our bishops,
the archbishop of st. Paul. cast to one
side the traditions of the past and en-
tered the political arena like any lay
man. The newspapers were careful to
keep the public duly informed of his
arrival in New York weeks before the
occasion of his appearance on the plat
form at a ratification, surrounded by
leaders of the Republican party, of his
views on political questions strongly
expressed through interviews carefully
prepared for the press, and of his
mingling in a crowd of excited poll
ticians and partisans on the night of
the election.
81 contended that this coming to
New York of the archbishop of ST.
Paul to take part in a political contest
was undignified, disgraceful to his
episcopal office, and scandalous in the
eyes of all right-minded Catholics of
both parties. 1t was, Furthermore a
piece of meddlesome Interference on his
part to come from his state to another,
break down all discipline among our
priests and justify the charges of
those inimical to us that priests are
partisans and use their offices and op-
portunities for political work.
IF Archbishop Ireland had made
himself as conspicuous in favor of the
Democratic party he would be just as
blameworthy in my estimation. If his
conduct was not censured and con-
demned it would not be possible for me
to restrain the priests of this diocese
from the pulpit to the political plat
form and marshaling their parishion-
ers up to the polls on the day of cleo
ton. Not one of them but has an equal
right with his grace of St. Paul to
turn electioneering agent for one party
or another, and absent himself from
the parish, as the archbishop absented
himself from his diocese"
.''It is no excuse to say the arch
bishop was working in the interest of
good government. Every other cleri-
cal aspirant to political distinction
would say the same thing. New York
is abundantly able to take care of it
self without eXtraneous help, as the
last election showed, and if the news
papers report correctly the legislature
of Minnesota is sadly in need of puri-
fication. and his grace might have
found full scope for his political schem-
ing and skill right at home, if politi-
clan he would be.
it was not the love for good govern
ment that kept Archbishop Ireland so
many weeks in New York and so far
from his diocese, where the law of
residence obliged him to be-
ut was to pay debt to the Repub-
lican party that his services were
rendered.
During the last session of the New
York legislature, Archbishop Ireland,
of far-off Minnesota, busted himself
writing letters to Republican leaders
lin favor of the candidacy of Rev. Ma
loney for the position of regent of the
university.
1T was none of the arcnbishop's bus
mess to meddle with what did not de-
ultimately concern him, but ne knew
that the archbishop of New York and
his suffragants desired the election of
a, candidate able and viii ling to pro-
tecS the best interests of the Catholic
schools and academies coming under
the control of the regents. They knew
the priest who had declared that if ne
could he would wipe out every par
ochial school and that the time had
come for the state to turn down TIE
church in money matters was no fit
representative of the Catholic body.
fortunately, since the visit of the
apostolic delegate to New York, his ex-
cellency, Archbishop COrrigan, has
learned that the holy see has no truer
son or more devoted adherent, no bishop
sounder in the faith that needs no legis-
lation than the archbishop of New Y ork.
His loyalty is of the heart and on the
principle, yet strange to say, this cleri-
cal clique has contrived to make many
believe that the archbishop of New
York is antagoniZing the apostolic dele
gate in the first place and the sec
ond, is in alliance with Tammany Hall.
THE two calumnies are persistently
repeated until Catholics are annoyed
and grieved and the Catholics believe
the charges efnanating from Catholics
must have some foundation in fact
II also wish it to be understood that
the meddling in the politics of another
state by Archbishop Ireland is alto
gether exceptonal-as he is the only
bishop who interferes with others this
scandal deserves rebuke as public as
the offense committed. sincerely hope
the church will be spared its repeti-
ton"