The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-10-18
CATHOLICS INTERESTED.
THE lRCHRIsHOP'S LETTER CAUSES
MUCH COMM

Gt was Read In All tho Churches or the
Archdiocese Yrsterda,-tts Emphatic Dis
avowai OF papnl Interference In Poe
Iticni Matters Hero GeneraliJ Comsacnded'
The reading OF Archbishop Corrigan's lettor in
every Roman Catholic church in tho srchdio'
ceso OF New YORK yesterday morning was
q topic OF great interest among Catholics.
When II had been read in the Cathedral the hum
OF voices discussing the letters import could be
heard all over the great auditorium. In other
Catholic churches its effect was equally pro-
nounced, and wherever Catholics were gathered
together yesterday the letter was nlmoot the
sole topic OF conversation.
Tho full text Of the letter was published in
THE Sun yesterday morning. The document
refers TO certain circulars that have been in
sidiously distributed, containing wild state
ments =" to the effect that the Pope is trying to
dictate tho way Catholics should vote. No
fuller Information than this about the
and none could he obtained from authori-
tative sources yesterday. Therefore,, the
Yesterday we're: when we're these circulars
Issued who sent them out What was the
full text OF the circulars r. The Archbishop,
following his custom in such matters, declined
TO discuss his letter, ami the reply OF everybody
ouiries concerning il we're: iii the letter does
not explain itself, we cannot elucidatc it,
What surprised most persons was tnat Sd IL inc &c
u ANAiNN 49, 49, ''''~
influence votes. were of recent issue. they
hadn't come TO the attention of more persons.
Those who sent them out must have wanted TO
reach as many ProtcStants, at least, as possible.
but so far as could be learned yesterday no cir
eulars OF the character referred TO by the Arch
bishop have been seen in this vicinity OF inte.
Such documents usually find their way TO the
political headquarters during a cam pAign, but
no trace OF them was to he tounu al too various
headquarters yesterday.
A reporter OF THE SUS called upon the priests
having the care OF seven large parishes IN th.s
city Yesterday. Nonc OF them kuew anything
about tho circulars IN addition TO what WAS
contained in the ArChbishop's letter. The first
they knew that such circulars were i CirCH a
tion was when they learned it through the
Archbishop. 1t was thought by most of them
that the Archbishop was referring not to any.
thing that had been sent out during the present
campaign, but to circulars distributed possibly
during The last Presidential campaign. One OF
the priests had this to say:
Circulars OF the kind the Archbishop speaks
OF are usually brought to my attention by the
receipt OF one. in some way or another. | have
seen none recently. | conclude, therefore, that
the Archbishop refers TO some r,p"r sent out by
the A. =. A. during the last Presidential cam
paign. There were many such documents going
about then. The Church took no notice of them
then. That was thought by some euclrsisstics to
be a mistake and all such will lie glad that the
Archbishop has taken this occasion 10 brand
them as they should be branded. All good
Catholics will applaud the ArChbishop's senti-
ments, but ! am confident he does not refer to
any literature that has been circulated during
the present campaign"