The morning times., 1896-10-23
BISHOPS MAKE A DENIAL
Catholic University Directors
A.lay UnfOuaded RulnOrS.
ALL EQUALLY AMERICANS
Routine Work at Meeting of Directory
day-Archbishops AdJournto
baltimore to Consider Indian School
QuestiOn-Algr. Stephan's Report.
Charges of Discrimination.

The interesting question OF the support
of the Indian mission schools Will not be
cotsiuereu Dy tine arcnbi>nUis OF tue tatn-
olic church in Washington. This deterrnin-
alton or the board of archbishops was un-
eNpectedly announced yesterday afternoon.
The subject will, however, be considered
today in Baltimore, to which city those
i'll charge of this special matter have ad-
Journed. Those Who will consider the
support OF these schools are Cardinal Glib
Dois, Archbishop Ryan, Archbishop Cor
rigan. and Archbishop Kain, representing
the church.
Mgr. stephan was at the university yes
terday afternoon with his report on the
schools aud prepared to submit it. He
appeared before the board for a few min
utes only when learning ur the conclusion
reached by the archbisnops ne retired and
Will go TO Baltimore this morning.
Mgr. stephan Would not speak OF the con-
tents or his report other tnan IA to mat
tiers W hich are of record i'll Congress. The
present fund available for the schools is
SlS- Us, hich Is one-haif o. the amount
appropriated by previous Congresses. Ac-
cording TO the present status M appropri-
ations will be made by Congress for these
schools, the present appropriation to last
until the 1st of next July.
MGR. STEPHANS REPORT.
Mgr. stephan has already called the
attention Of Congress to what he asSerts
Ia be the unfairneSS OF cutting off the
appropriations for Indian schools entirely
on the ground that they are Tor scItaTian
purposes, while appropriations are cen
tinued by Congress to such institute ms as
the Lincoln Institute, Pennsylvania, How
ard University, Ham pton Institute, Tuskc-
gee, Ala, which Mgr. stephan stated To- be
'seCtarian" If the Catholic schools were
SECtaTlan. This, no Viewer. is an old
story.
II was expected that after the meeting
Of the archblShoRs, they would hag-- gwen
out statement as to how it was proposed
to maintain the schools IN the future.
1t was stated positively, however, by
several ufthe archDIsEops mat the question
had not been touched and would not be
until the comITittee OF the arch.ishops
ab"ve named met in baltimore,
IL is only speculative, therefore, as to
whether the Indian school question will
come up at the approaching session of
Congress. There has been no expression
nf opinion from any source that he schools
will he abandoned even if no further apprO-
prlatiOn be made by Congress.
ANNUAL MEETING CHANGED.
The board of directors OF the university
held It's final session for this year yestcr-
dnymUrning. 1heunIy thing OF rimpurtanCc
done which was gIvcnto the press was that
the board had changed the time of its an
nuaI meeting from the Wednesday after
Easter to the second Wednesday in Oc-
toDer BY this arrangement the meetings
of the directors and of the archbishops Will
take place about the same date. The
subject of a revision of the catcchiSm as
To certain forms was discussed and was
finally referred To Archbishop kaiu.
The following statement was given out
for publication:
The board wishes il to lie understood
! by the public that there are absolutely no
| factions or sectional differences among the
members. The election of the candidate es
| Tor The rcCtUrship was practically unani-
nous. To speak of the TRUMP of this
/ or that party, of conservatism or liberal
ism. nationaIism or AmeriCanism, is to mis-
| represent the whole situation. All the
members of the board are equally Amcri-
! can in spirit. They have but one thought,
! and that is the welfare of the university y
| and its steady progress to the highest
| Catholic education
| The preparation of this statement wa:
! said To have been delegated to Father Lee
rector of st. Matthew'S Church of this city
| Il member Of the board of directors, ant
was issued by Archbishop Kain. tue secre
| tary Of the board of archbishops.
FACTIoNALIsM DENIED.
| All Of the matters to which the board
| objects appear to have grown out of til,
| publication of statements to the effect tina,
there was a dissensiun between nArchbishops
ireland and Corrigan. between Mgr. Shroe
der. representing German faction" ant
the policy of Bishop Keanc." and betwccI
an American party" supposed to be
headed by Archbishop ireland on parpchia
! schools, and a conservative party" sup
| posed to be generated by Archbishop Cor
| rigan and Cardinal Satolli.
Most of this assumption was denied il
general terpis by Justice Morris in a public
speech made at Carroll Institute Hall Ci
the occas ION of the meeting to pay tribut,
| to Bishop keane after his retirement from
| the university. Since that time the allega
tons on this line have been repeatedly de
MED.
nat there is no ground for the assump
ton that there is quarrel between Arch
bishop Ireland is proved by the fact whIcl
was not reported in the New York papers
that Archbishop Ireland and Archbishop
Corrigan met in New York at the residenc,
Of the latter not two weeks ago and hal ;
talk Of nearly two hours in length OF tn
| mtstfrientlly and fraternal character. Thei
relations here have been most % rdial
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