The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-08-29

Touring the excitement merely because
I he opposed us so strongly and was the
stumbling block to our success in the
hrst place. However, I am of the
opinion THAI his removal from this par
ism marks the termination of the strug-
gle, for 1 believe that Bishop Beaver
VIII very soon grant our request"
MI. Bouviers opinion is the same in
this last particular as every one of the
secessionists. All believe that the be-
ginning of the end is at hand, and that
victory will soon be theirs, for as they
think Bishop Beaver would not grant
their request while FIR. lutte was OBJ
posed, but now that he will have moth
IAhg OF an official nature to do with the
parish, the way will be much clearer
Tor them. Their claim as presented
To-Day is that their platform has been
their right, and even their necessity
OF church of their own, with the idea
OF starting schools to perpetuate the
french language, which is slowly but
surely dying out now.
Inc leaders and prominent men in
the french church movement discoun-
tenance the acts of the few who have
SHOWN hostility to Father Tuite. In
the case of Fred White, who. as told
this morning, raised a large flag as a.
token of victory, the feelings of the
mass of the people were soon made
plain. Hardly had the flag been raised
When Mrs. Martin went to officer Hen
ry Hatch to see if he could not have It
taken down. Officer Hatch could see
no reason why the flag should not be
ailowed to float, and did not wish to
undertake hauling down the stars and
strlpes, even though the motive fortfiy-
ing 1t was not high one.
But toward evening the crowd which
hdu Deen held back only by its reyer-
ence for the flag concluded that Mr.
whites 1ubilation had gone far enough
ana lnclted couple of urchins into re-
moving the banner. While White was
ehtlced into a cigar store the young
| sters climbed by aid of a lightning rod
TO the roof and removed the flag, much
70 the delight of the crowd This in
stance betokens well the feelings of the
people toward Father Tuite.
rms evening a committee consisting
OF EDWARD Donnelly, John ]. Howard
Patrick Herlihy, Edward Cantwell. Pc
ter j. Lawlor, Michael c. Gaffnev.
Frank Lamoreaux, Celeste Thuotte and
wafer dubois met at the home of Mr..
LaWlor on North Main street for the
purpose of making definite plans to pre-
sent to the parish meeting in the
church. 'iie
A large audience attended the meet
ing at st. Joseph's church tonight. g.
CARNEY called the meeting to order
Edward Donnelly was elected chairman
and Edward j. Cantwell was elected
| secretary. Mr.. Gaffney was elected
treasurer On account of the time Of
Father Tuite's departure being SO near
It was decided that no testimonial could
be given him this week
| The action taken was to appoint a
| committee to canvass the town and to
reach an agreement with Father Tufte
and Father Crottier as to what evening
they could come here and meet the
parishioners
| The committee appointed consists OF
| Edward Bowling, Mary Conroy, Mrs
Bessie, Jr., Walter Dubois, Israel La.
moreaux, Miss Rose Marcille. James
Conroy, Jr. Celeste Thuotte, Miss Nora
Herlihy, Miss Mary Coughlin, Paul c
Wheeler, Mrs A. B. Tahault, David
| Splaine, Patrick Herlihy, Peter ]. Law.
Ter, John ]. Howard, Miss Louisa Felix
Miss Kate Mccarthy and Miss Saraf
| Ivory
| Father Tuite received many con.
| CALCULATIONS from out of town friend:
and Father Dolan of Spencer came per.
| sonally to express his pleasure at FIR
| Tuite'S promotion.