The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-10-19
WHO WILL BE RECTOR
OF THE CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY
II BISHOP kEANE'S PLACE.
Meeting Of Directors to Take Place
Next WednesGay-The Candidates
Mentioned for the High Ofice and
the Belief That SatolH Made
Selection Before lie Left This
Country.

Washington City. Oct. 1S.-The pro-
gramme Of the directors Of the Catholic
university indicates brief AMI business
like session The meeting begins at 1880
on Wednesday in the senate chamber OF
Mcmahon hall. The sessions will be pri-
vate. and the preDent Indications are that
no au:horita tive information as 10 the
choice of Bishop keanes successor Will
be made puoitc after the meeting until
the pope has acted on the recommerda-
lion CT the directors The meeting OF
archbishops begins on THURSDAY morning,
a the same place, but this has to do with
the general affairs OF the church. and not
with the universitv
It Is expected tlsat Cardinal Gibbons and
Archbishop Williams. OF Boston. win be
the guests OF the university. Archbishop
Corrigaa, OF New York, and Archbishop
Ryan. OF Philadelphia, will stay with
Messrs. Riggs, Of this city. Most Of The
Visiting prelates have friends here with
whom they win stay during the meeting.
Archbishop Gross. OF oregon. Is already
here, the guest or Father Mackin. OF ST.
Paul's parish.
Although the meeting OF the university
directors is near at hand. there appears
10 be no crysl allzation on any name for
the rectorship TO succeed Bishop heane
Objections are raised TO most OF the
names already mentioned in the press.
conjecture has not come from thSse who
viii have a voice IN the selection. Very
Rev Augustfn Hewitt. Of New York. who
has been mentioned. is said 70 be too Tar
advanced in years TO undertake tie ardG-
Gus work of managing the university.
one os the members OF the board has
stated that Il was a. least settled t1at
man in tn. prime Of life would be chosen.
Moreover. FItaer Hewitt belongs . fhe
spaulfst order and thus far the university
has been directed nv the secular clergy
outside Of the orders.
Concerning Bishops HoFs,man of Clese-
land. Bacon Of Georgia, Montgomery or
California and Spalding Of Peoria, 1t Is
said that the pope's letter, stating fhat
rotation shall prevail AZ the university.
wfil make IL inexpedient for any bishop
or a~rh hbishop to accept the place. as the
next rector IS assured OF being rotated
ont OF Office after few years or service
The tenure Of bishops Is for ne 80 tnat
they are not like,y to give up place O.,
such dignity and pernanence tof a tenn
porarv position which. wneu IL Was ter
minated. would leave them without
diocese.
The name OF Rev. Dr. Briun. Of ST. Ag-
nas parish, New York. continues 10 oe
prominently mentioned. Archbishop cha
pole OF Santa Fe, is also neniioned. al
,ho,,xh the objections already stated make
II unlikely hat ne would accept u was
DO aho when IN charge OF s.. Matthews
church here bought he tract where the
university IA now located. for the compar-
a;ive,v small st;m Of 500
In some quarters connected with the nn-
gversiv The impression prevails that car
dgnal Satolu KNOWS who The next rector
al b.. and that the personal Information
he viii be able 20 lay before the pos'e at
an early day viii be decisive n deiermln-
lrr the recforsh:p. The expectation =
ina. the new rector vii not enter upon
hfs duties before the Christmas holida ays.