Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1901-04-17
HON0RFOR kEANE
IMPOSING CEREMONIAL FOR NEW
ARCHBISHOP.
ELABORATE CHURCH FUNCTION
All American Catholics Represented at
Dubuque-Archbisho Ireland's
Address.

ence of princes and high priests o. his
church and before an audience that flied
ST. Raphaels Cathedral and ov>rnowri
into the surrounding streets. Archbishop
John J. Eeane vas today invested w,,h
the pallium. the insignia of the high posi-
ton he occupies III tne Roman Catholic
church.
While the absence of Mgr Martinel,i
was marked. it detractea none from the
grandeur of the scene. which far surpass-
ed that of Sept Il. 1898. when
Manager Satolli. now a member Of the
sacred congregation. Rome, conferred the
pallium on the late Archbishop Hennessy
in the same cathedral. The attend
ance was ve:y large, and but few states
in the union were unrepresented. Ii was
a remarkable tribute To Archbishop
keane.
The ceremonies opened at 10 O'Clock
with a procession in which the cardinal.
archbishops. bishops and priests took
part. clad in full NeStments of their rank.
Passing from the archbishopal residence.
the procession entered the cathedral and
moved up the main aisle 20 the altar.
Cardinal Gibbons assembled the throne Oh
the left which had been yielded 70 him
by Archbishop l<eane. the latter occupy
ing a temporary throne on the right
which he had erected for himself About
these two principals We're Archbishops
Kane of St. Louis, Natter of Milwau-
kee. Elder of Cincinnati and Ireland OF
st. Paul, and in their company We're "A
: ishops and nearly 400 priests.
The scene was beautiful. The high al
tar. almost hidden by palms. ferns and
flowers. was dazzling With electric lights,
while the cardinals. red robes. the arch
bishop purple. the bishops purple and
white and the priests black and white
and the INTERVIEWING papal and American
colors, With which the auditorium va.
decorated, made an almost perfect color
scheme.
Archbishop Keane Of st. Louis, in full
canonicais. assembled the altar at 1880
ana commenced the celebration Of pom
ttical high mass. His assistant priest
was the Very Rev. Gum of Cedar RAN
ids: Deacon Very Rev Mclaughlin of
Clinton: SUBJ Deacon Very Rev. O'Connor
of Carroll. and some thirty others. Revs.
stoomy. Farley. Fi,zpa trick and Carey
We're masters of ceremonies. The music
was "Gounods Messe Solemnelle.' sung
by choir of 50 persons. At the close OF
mass Cardinal Gibbons. with imposing
\ ceremony. conferred the pallium upon
Archbishop keane. The cardinals AS
sistants were Ri Rev. Mgr. Ryan. v. CO
Dubuque. and Rev. Clement Johannes.
Dubuque. -
( Following the inNestiture Archbishop
Ireland of st. aul delivered the sermon
! of the day. n congra ulatory address
! from the clergy of the diocese was made
! by the Rev. Dr. Carroll, president of 81.
Joseph's college. Dubuque. and Arc, =
bishop keane's reply closed the cere-
monies at the church.
| Archbishop Ireland's subject was THE
! Church in America-Its Yesterday and It's
| Tomorrow
! He said:
Il fear not to say that we have today
| in the United States, fourteen or fifteen
millions of Catholics. l speak not of the
! number of the churches, schools. colleges.
| converts, orphan asylums and other in
I situations of petty charity. education and
| apostolic zeal with which the whole
| country is covered. These are not the
! crea tons of the civil state or of rich re-
! lisious corpora tons. they are the results
of the pennies Of the Catholic people, the
embodiment in brick and stone of the
sweat of their brow. of their hard labor,
bestowed freely to God and His church.
/
aisles notice the thronging multitudes of
! men as we'll as of women that press
around the altar rail. not merely on
high festivals, hut on ordinary Sun
days And follow these multitudes into
their homes. their shops and marts as
! they mingle with their nom tholic fell
low citizens. Is there upon their lips a
word of disloyalty to church? | chal-
lenge the most Catholic lands to show me
Catholics more courageous in the profess
sion of their faith, more consistent in
| bringing its principles into their daily
! manner of life and Il, from Its exterior
manifestations YOU pass to an examina'
ton Of their faith itself, it is, to the
smallest iota, the faith of Peter the su-
preme shepherd of the Whole flock, tc
whom they are united in love and Obedi
ence as never We're more SO Catholics Ol
any country.
Three quarters of a century, a half a
century ago, anti-Catholic prejudice wa;
dominant in the land. Our non-Catholit
fellow citizens We're not to be blamed
they had not known Catholics as Catho'
lies are. and they treated them according
to what they believed of them. ut to-
Gay in America the reign of ll-feelins AMI
animosity has passed away. In Ameri
ca Catholics and non-Catholics differ
from one another in creeds and spritua
allegiance: but, as true Americans they
respect one another and accord to one an
other their civil and social freedom, al
working together in peace and harmony
for the greater veal of society and o.
country.
The problem before the church o
Ameica was whether the Catholic relig
ism could prosper in an atmosphere of alb
! soLte freedom. without aid or prop from
safe organization, or even from cOmpac
scial or national traditions. whether from
its innate ViSor, watered by the deWs o
heaven alone it could live and prosper. T.
one who believes in the divine origin o
! Catholic faith or has read diligently it
: story of ages. the issue of the problem
I bnp hay. baen fin Vet