St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1896-01-27
HE WAS THE FIRST TO CONGRAT-
ULATE THE NEW BISHOP
O'GORMANo
THE RITE OF THE BERRETTA.
CARDINAL SATOLLHs CONSECRA-
TION ANOTHER HAPPY INCL
DENT OF HIS TRIP
THINKS TIMES ARE IMPROVING.
The East Seems to Have Slight Adj
vantage Over the Progressive
West.

When Bishop Thomas O'Gorman
who was recently appointed to the
bishopric of Sioux Falls, received the
first dispatch giving him notification
of the appointment, the first person to
congratulate him was a st. Paul min
lister, Rev. P. r. Hebron, Of the Ca
thedral Of st. Paul. 1t was a pleasant
coincidence, for Bishop O'Gorman was
. for many years a st. Paul citizen; he
spent the years of his boyhood here
and after finishing his education in the
East was pastor of the Cathedral par
ish, and later at the head of St.Thomas
college in Merriam Park. And to make
the coincidence even more striking, he
was Rev. Father Heffron's first pastor.
! Father Heffron has just returned from
a four weeks visit in the East, and to
a C o b reporter last night he gave
a pleasant account of his visit with the
new bishop and of his Eastern trip
generally. He went East to attend the
ceremonies attending the comforting Of
the berretta upon Mgr. Satolli at Balti-
more, and took occasion while in that
part of the country to visit number
of old-time friends.
THE visit on the whole" said he,
was one Of the greatest pleasures of
my life, but [ am nevertheless glad to
get home again. I do not think there
is any place as pleasant as st. Paul.
1t was, of course, a treat for me to
attend the Baltimore ceremonies. While
there L met number of my old friends;
young men with whom l had studied
in college. After leaving that city, 1
went to New York, and subsequently to
Philadelphia, Wilmington, Pittsburg,
Cincinnati, Louisville, and on my way
home spent few days in Chicago. We
are all interested in the financial con-
ditions of the country, and took some
of my time in making an investigation
Of the condition in various cities The
strongest impression was that in the
extreme East times were the best, and
as L come West 1 heard more COM
plant In New York 1 talked with a
number of gentlemen engaged in vari-
Gus businesses, and found no COM
plant of any consequence. In Phila-
delphia there was less confidence, but
that is such a conservative city that
it can hardly be taken as criterion.
l found that there was building going
on there, however
I'm Cincinnati and Chicago times are
fair and rapidly growing better. 1
take it that as the East was the first
to catch the panic it would naturally
be the first to recover. 1t was at Wash
ington that l met Bishop O'Gorman,
and while chatting with him in his
room the message came to him an
nouncing his appointment. l was the
first person to congratulate him, priv
ilege 1 greatly appreciated. He is
noble man, and the choice could not
have been better He was my first pas
tor. 1t was at the little parish in
Rochester, Mimi, and the pleasantest
memories of my boyhood center about
him, and his influence has followed
through my life. He was a warm
place in his heart for the people of ST.
Paul, and during my visit with him he
told many pleasant anecdotes of his
life in this city. We will all have a
chance to see him occasionally after he
enters upon his duties at Sioux Falls -