The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1896-10-10
CATHOLIC SCHOOL WAR.
Effect Of Bishop Keane's Removal.
Ultramontanism Triumphs Over AIneri-
canism.

| INSTRUMENTATION Triumphs Over Ameri-
canism.
| Washington, Oct. 8-Bishop Keane's
removal from the rectorship of the
| Catholic University is considered here
not only as the practical result of the
parochial and public school controversy,
| but as signal for reopening that old
trouble The forces Of Catholicism now
stand arrayed against 81 oh other to fight
this matter to the bitter end 1t is a
matter Of general prediction in Catohlic
| circles that the storm which is about to
break will be powerful enough to DO fsls
even In Rome. Among the Catholic
clergy and laity, MOI only in Washing
ton but in every part of the Union,
Bishop Keane's retirement is regarded as
an overwhelming defeat for Archbishop
Ireland and what Is known as the Ameri-
can school Of Catholicism. But this
party does not intend to accept this
stunning blow silently.
The question at issue Is whether 1t is
best for Catholics to accept the eduoa-
tion offered by the State or to adhere to
the rigid rule of paroohial teaching.
The archbishop of ST. Paul and his fol-
lowers, including the former rector of the
Catholic University. are on the popular
side of the question. They say chat the
State and not the parent has the first
right over the child. They hold that the
State has the right to offer education,
and tn fOpCa ha porop IN odoo@ -
one form or another. He may choose the
parochial schools If he is disposed; if
not. the State may compel him to take
! advantage Of the fres system it provides
for all its children. Archbishop Ireland
has oontended that 10 is unfair that
Catholics should be compelled to support
both paroohial and pu bliu schools. For
this end, he endeavored to obtain State
unds to carry on the paroehial system
Ut the archdiocese of St. Paul. He sue
csaded for time in the town of Fart
bault, but, owing to the intense opposi-
| ton this measure ocCasioned in other
Catholic d1ooeses, the Professionals of
Minnesota took part in the debate and
protested against the use of public funds
to incnicate any particular religion.
The system OF Archbishop Ireland is,
however. now in vogue in Poughkeepsie
and Troy, N. Y, andshas been from it's
Inception emtnently successful. The Ire
land party declare that they are not op-
posed to- the paroohial system; on the
contrary. they represent it's highest ad-
vancement, and that, knowing tho Ameri
can conception of patriotism and liberal
| lty, they have taken the most potent
methods of using this for the glory and
strength Of Catholic principle 8.
The other forces representing strict adj
/ fn th0
Church are, as is we'll known, led by
Arch bishop Corrigan, and include the
| great body of the regular or religious
clergy. The p-imate of New York holds
that the Church has the absolute right
to control the education of the young,
and that the State has none. Furthes-
more, that the State has no right to offer
education to a. Catholic-that Catholics
should be absolutely forbidden to consid-
| er such an offer, and that should it be
choice between State education or abso-
lutte Ignorance, Catholic is conscien-
tiously obliged to select ignorance. A
Catholics first allegiance is to God, next
to tine State. They must first be Catho-
lios, Americans afterwards.
| = The recent important event--the re-
moval of Bishop Keane-points to the
| conclusion that Rome indorses Corrigan
and condemns Ireland. But it Is atated
| that the Vatican is not really acquaiEteu
States, that the best element of Catholi-
olsm Ia outraged when patriotism be-
comes matter of secondary cOnsidera-
| tion. A large number of local clergy
have today thus expressed themse Ives
The two factions are now gathering their
forces, and it is predicted that the
American hierarchy can no longer be
divided on such a vital point. This will
be the death fight of either Corrigan or
ireland. 1t 1s recognized as such, and
the next few weeks will witness con-
test that will long be memorable in the
history Of the Catholic Church in the
United States. An interesting question
just now is: To whom is the American
Church indebted for this upheaval in it's
affairsS Cardinal Satolli Is the one who
ia heldaresponsible, but the following
remarkable statement by "a Catholic
priest today throws some side lights on
the subject: "The effort to place the
burden of Bishop Keane's removal on the
retiring delegate is simply cloak to
hide the real instigators," said he, "The
Jesuits are the only ones wholly respon-
sibla When the Catholic university
project was first proposed they considered
1T an inopportune suggestion. When its
thority, they believed it a mistaken
effort; when thesattempt WAS made they
doomed 1t to failure, and now, they are
wisely shaking their heads and saying:
Il told You so.' They have been busy
at Rome circulating all manner OF false
hoods, concerning its teachings, their
pet assertion being, the university is
laboring to destroy our schools and on
this ground they have at last succeeded
in deposing Bishop Keane, crippling
the university in it's hitherto prosperous
career. Ultramontanism is said to have
succeeded in establishing its reign in
America, but there are some victories
that come too high. The holy father
has nnknowingly dealt the American
people blow, for SO it is considered
from one end of the Union to the other.
Mothers Pie.