Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1896-10-24
BISHOP kEANE'S SUCCESSOR
Twelve Men Who Will Make the
Selection Next Week,
approaching Meeting or Catholic
Clergy Deemed 80 He or spe-
ciai Interest and or
Great Importance.

washington. Oct. IL. The approach
ing meeting OF the Catholic clergy al
Washington will be n OF special in
terest ana importance. Not only are
the administrators OF the Catholic uni
versity TO meet on the 2lst inst. but
the archbishops representing the con-
trolling force of the church. have de-
termined To change their place OF meet
Ing. which was set for New Orleans.
and meet here following the university
meeting. The two bodies are entirely
distinct. az only six OF the thirteen
archbishops nave q vote On the univer-
sity board. These six are Cardinal
also an archbishop OF the Bal
tmore diocese), Archbishop Williams
OF Baltimore, Corr,gan Of New York,
Ryan Of Philadelphia. Ireland OF st.
Pau, and Chappelle of Santa Fe. They
hold their places on the board by Va
tue OF being charter members. The
other archbishops ave an advisory
membership on the board. but no vote.
This last feature is important in view
of the vote OIL the choice or a successor
TO Bishop keane as rector OF the uni
versity. seven bishops also have a
vote on the board. viz: Spllding of
Peoria. Marty of st. Cloud, Mates Of
~Covington, Foley OF Detroit, o stman
OF Cleveland and keane, late rector of
the university. Bishop Spslding - in
Europe and will not be present. B.sh-
OPP Keane lis not expected 10 return for
the meeting. Mgr. Farley of New York
M FIR. Lee of Washington make up
the remaining voting members of the
laa ri Thapa aFa Ibr.. Ina m anhaTG
Waggaman OF Washington, Jenkins of
Baltimore and BaniRan OF Providence.
who have no vote on the choice OF rec
tor, that being a function OF the clergy
especially committed to them by the
pope This makes twelve voting mem
bers. with seven constituting a major
ity.
Names Are Only Guesses.
Thus far the names mentioned In ON,
nection with the succession Of Bishop
Keane are wholly conjectural. as IL H.
expected hat each % the voting mem.
bers Of the board will come here with a
candidate to support. and until they
come there In 10 use trying to learn the
consensus of opinion.
The view prevails that the board Will
incline To a trained teacher, rather than
a prominent member of the clergy. 10
Is pointed out that Bishop Keane was
best qualified as an organizer and man
ager. He was not trained as a teacher,
as he was raised from a parish priest
tothe position of rector of the %univers-
lily. Now. however. the institution has
passed through its period of organiza-
tion. when a strong executive manager
was required, and has entered upon its
teaching period. 80 that a rector having
the teaching characteristics Is said 10 b..
more essential. Such a teacher may be
drawn from the ranks OF the priesthood
rather han from the bishops, who are
prominent mainly through their admin.
istrative ability. This opens so wide a
field that there can ie little definite in.
formation as TO who the appointee will
be until the administrators get to-
gether.
The prominent part Vice Rector Gar
igan has taken lii the affairs Of the uni
versity leads 10 the mention Of his
name. Among the more prominent
teachers of the church who have been
associated with the university are
Bishop O'Gorman of Sioux Falls, an au.
thority on church history, Rev. DIR.
Pace. head OF the school of philosophy,
Mgr. Schroeder. professor of dogmatiC
theology, and some others. While there
mas pern no sprctst inoN efnent toward
any OF these names, attention Is direct
ed 10 them In view of the feeling thar
a teaching cleric will be named. In
making the recommended 70 the pope
the board may suggest three names, as
IL usual when a bishop is TO be named.
or confine their recommendations 70 one
name. While the action OF the admin
will doubtless be final in shap-
ing the action OF the pope. yet there wii'
be room 10: private presentations TO
Rome previous TO the time Of the final
confirmation.
Find a See for keane.
The meeting OF the archbishops, fol-
lowing the university meeting. VIII
have a number OF important questions
10 deal with. The pope's recent letter
TO Bishop Keane gave him the rank OF
archbishop and added that a see would
be designated by the archbishop II lie
elected "a remain In this country. He
SO elected. but there was some amb!g-
uity as to the acceptance OF the az
yanced rank. An authority on church
administration says that the pope's lam
Suage was effective in creating the rank
and thai Bishop Keane is now. In fact.
an archbishop. AT pr sent, however,
there Is no vacant a~rchbishopric. SO
that the rank will be %nor'inal unless I
nav arrangemen, OF ar,hb.shops Is at
tempted.
the archbis hops also iea. with tn
administration of Catholic Indian
schools, allot:i,.g the sums 10 be used
fol Indian education in the several To-
calities. The changes maze ty the last
c:ngress az to government support for
for ecclesiastical schools may necessi-
tate some new methods OF teaching. BY
the act OF congress all government aid
Is to end on July l Of next year. n as
the Catholic schools received the bulk
OF this aid the archbishop will be called
upon to determine how the work al
proceed unaided by the government.
The coming or the archvisfiops and
bishops will afford the first opportunity
for a meeting before the heads Of the
American church and the new delegate,
Mgr. Martinelli, and il Is expected that
.as-araI in,>notr~ carappnnfas will np,nr