The Irish standard., 1901-12-14

is suffering from an incurable disease;
that Bishop O'Gorman is working
tooth and nail for DR.. Carrigan; that
Father Cleary would not submit to
IAN ecclesiastical hold-up," and that
Archbishop Ireland was tremendous
ly incensed" at the priests stubborn
attitude; that Ireland and Katzer, af-
ter a long estrangement, have buried
the Ratchet and pooled their issues
against Cleary, simply because that
clergyman had left Milwaukee and
come to st. Paul, and Kicked on sub
scribing $1,000 "to meet certain in
debtedness," and so forth, and so
forth, nd nauseam.
This kind of stuff has appeared
simultaneously in the Minneapolis
Tribune and the Sioux City Journal,
and has emanated from the fertile
brain of a mischief maker. We are i'll
formed on good authority that the
fake news is manufactured in this
city and sent to the Iowa town for
publication. The Minneapolis Tribune
quotes the Sioux City Journal, and the
Sioux City Journal quotes the Mime
apolis Tribune on the subject. Who
inspires or dishes up the sensational
yarns is conundrum.
The prelates and priests whose
names are mentioned have absolutely
declined to be interviewed, and have
borne patiently everything said of
them. The local organ sent it's repre-
sentative after Bishop McGolrick last
Tuesday morning as he was being
shaved in a tonsorial parlor. In reply
to some pointed questions, the Duluth
prelate said:
'There is no foundation of truth for
the statement that Archbishop Ireland
is the enemy Of Father Cleary. If he
were. Father Cleary would not be
where he is now. On the contrary,
Archbishop Ireland is firm friend of
Father Cleary, having originally
brought him here from the Milwaukee
diocese and shown him consideration
at all times. There is no doubt that
such story as that lately telegraphed
the Tribune from Sioux City was con-
structed by an enemy of Father
Cleary.
1.-THE story could not be entirely
contradicted in all it's details. There
were grains of truth in it here and
there, just sufficient to hang the false
hood on. The statement that Father
Cleary had refused to contribute ST 900
for a certain purpose of the archbish-
op, and that he had referred to the col
lection of this money as an ecclesiasti-
cal holdup. is Of course untrue.
"The truth is that the priests of the
archdiocese had held a meeting and
decided to raise sufficient sum of
money to place st. Thomas seminary
beyond the reach of embarrassment
OH account Of it's debt. A majority of
the priests gave $1,000 each, agreeing
to pay this sum in certain periodical
payments. About $4,000 was pledged
altogether.
"Now it may be possible that Father
Cleary, who is peculiarly situated
financially in his parish, may have re-
marked to other priests that he did not
see how he could afford to give 81, 900
in view of his own embarrassments.
but that he referred to the collection
as an ecclesiastical hold-up is certainly
out of the question.
''Now as to the talk of a split be-
tween Mgr. Satolli and Archbishop
ireland. with the former fighting
Cleary's battles and the latter direct
ing hostile campaign from st. Paul
and Washington, I may say that the
source of this yarn is easily traceable.
have lived in Rome for considerable
time and am familiar with the meth
DDS of the gatherers of so-called news
that is periodically telegraphed out.
This story came from Rome, as also
do the stories that the pope has had
another fainting fit, that he is at the
point of death, that he is going blind,
that he is so feeble as to be confined
to his couch. The tales per cable are
manufactured by that species of car
nivora which thrives on idle gossip.
There is scarcely ever a shade of truth
in these statements of alleged fact"
The foregoing statement of Bishop
McGolrick may have the effect of put
ting stop to any more nonsensical
fabrications about alleged wrangling
of Catholic dignitaries. The candi-
dates for the Sioux City bishopric are
men worthy Of the esteem of every
body. Father Cleary is universally
recognized as one of the most eminent
priests in America, and his promotion
to the see would be hailed with de-
light by legion of admirers in every
part Of the country. He certainly does
not deserve to be made a target for
misrepresentation by anonymous ene-
mics who may be envious of his fame.
Father Cleary entertains too much
respect for the church which he has
so unselfishly served for over a quar-
ter OF Il century, and too much rever-
ence for the priesthood which he has
loved all his life with chivalrous affec-