The herald., 1896-07-22
Coraments Upon the Article In
I Yesterdays Herald
HEs LEAVES A POOR MAN
A Brief Interview With the Right Kew
erend Bishop Montgomery
Who. States That tho Reslgnatlc" Was Not
Guarded Secretly but That It Was Viewed
Y as Private natter
,r A.. ra,tor of The Herald.)

A sense of duty compels me to make
some comment on an article IN your
issue of this morning, headed Bishop
Mora Resigned.
do not know who your informant Is,
nor do I know whether said informant,
the writer of the article, or both are re-
sponsible for the insnuations contained
in III But do know that one or both
are ruilty of a gross injustice to myself
and Others.
WHY your informant or anyone else
should manifest surprise that 40 not
keeH the public informed OF my prlSa[e 1n,ns
affaHs 1 cSpaot imagine But tninK
sensible pehfile Will regard 1T as simply
a case of 4 man attending to his own
busfHess, ID habit Of life that would save
the World fr6m much trouble if more
people would follow it.
The insinbation that there has not Deen
the best of0feeling between myself and
anydhe else concerned in the affairs OF
the Giocesel is simply false; and l SO
chasecterize 1t, because l know how un-
just DO those to whom it refers to.
NM a step has been taken without
consultation where consultation was re-
ouirSd; and in no single instance mas
there been anything but the most per-
feet 4harmony and good WILL
TIE article ends thus 1T is thought
thatAe is amply provided with resources
as Is Investments were judiciously
sir a more unjust or a baser insinua-
tion Gan scarcely be couched in polite
and complimentary language, or else
it becomes all the meaner because 1t re-
veals an apparent and utter ignorance
of the management OF church funos.
have spent the active part Of my life
in this diocese, and while it Is true that
during my administrator as bishop OF
the diocese l have managed its ana1rs
as judiciously as l knew how, and to the
perfect satisfaction of those whose du-
ty 1t is to know how they are managed,
the state of my ample resources" today,
as my brother bishop, Bishop Montgom-
cry knows is simply this: If 1t were not
for the provision which the diocese makes
for my declining years should have to
beg for my living.
Judge, then, sir, of the nature Of the
information received and printed by YOU
from one 'in a position to know where
of he speaks" Very respectfully,
X FRANCIS MORA.
Los Angeles, July 21. 1896.
BISHOP MONTGOMERY TALKS.
Bishop Montgomery, when seen last
evening. did not deny that Bishop Mora
had resigned. The right reverned gen.
tleman further stated that the matter
had not been guarded secretly; that
Bishop Mora and those connected with
him had viewed the resignation as
purely private matter and not as one
that needed exploitation in the public
press.
Bishop Montgomery assured The Her.
aid that the feeling existing between
Bishop Mora and "some Of the northern
dignitaries of the church" was now, and
always had been amGable and friendly.
Two men Of positive convictions" said
the gentleman, " can scarcely avoid
thinking differently at times and upon
varying matters, but because of this 1t
is unfair to say that Of necessity the
best of feeling does not therefore exist
between theEl Two men, or five men,
may each hold distin& view upon a
question and yet may be the best Of
friends and brothers. ss5-
And as to Bishop Mora's resources,
let me say that he has none The church
prperties in his name were his in trust
only. He. has administered upon them
with such ability as he has, and with
perfect satisfaction to those whose duty
it is TO know how they were managed.
and, giving up this trust and divesting
himself of all realty and other church
belongings he stands empty handed. He
has not enough to purchase ticket to
New York. OF all the sums Of money
outside of church funds that have come
intoshis hands, it all has gone for char
table purposes. No; Bishop Mora is a
cese and friends for living.
Bishop Mora has been among the
people since 1856. This mans forty
years of hard, conscientious and unsel-
fish work is over and he has we'll earned
rest in his declining years.
(The last sentence in yesterdays re-
port of Bishop Morals resignation, al
luded to in the above printed communi-
cation, did not contain an unjust or
base insinuation, or an insinuation Of
any kind, as is thought by Bishops Mora
and Montgomery. A bishops accumu-
lation of private funds may come from
gift, legacies or other outside sources
and the reporter in stating that Bishop
Mora was amply provided with re-
sources simply quoted the authority for
the entire article and even then qualified
the statement with the words, ''it is
thought" No. gentlemen, no insinua-
ton, base or otherwise, was intended,
written or printed. AS the information
of the resignation came originally from
San Francisco it is possible that persons
there rpay through some reason of an
tagohistic feeling towards Bishop Mora
have an object in representing that he
was we'll provided with resources and
that he had differences with northern
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