New-York tribune., 1902-05-07
THE FUNERAL ON FRIDAY.
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the instance OF the Henry George affair" ne
said The Archbishop became interested in op-
posing the theories OF Mr.. George. and If it
hadn't been for the position he took we would
not have the prosperity we are enjoying now.
He checked these theories and from that you
can see his influence was farreaching."
W. Bourke Cochran and Thomas F. Ryan
eft the archiepiscopal residence together. Mr.
cochran said:
I regard the death OF the Archbishop as not
only great personal loss. but also as a great
loss 10 the Church and community. He was
great pillar Of order. and in this respect he did
more for the advancement and furthering of
authority and order than any one man know
n 1 cannot find words to express my sadness
al his untimely end"
Bishop Potter called at the archiepscopal
residence about $50 p. m. He was received by
Father Curley. the secretary to Archbishop
Corrigan. He remained only a few minutes
When he emerged, the Bishop paid this tribute
to the dead prelate:
Archbishop Corrigan was undoubtedly one
Of the brainiest men Of this communion and in
my personal relation with him he was always
delightful and entertaining. I wrote him a
letter last night congratulating him upon his
recovery, which, I suppose, was received this
morning, after he had passed away He is GER
tainly great loss to the community. and de-
plore his death"
ANNOUNCED AT EARLY MASSES.
The early masses at the Cathedral were at
tended yesterday morning by many persons. who
wept when the death of the Archbishop was an
nounced. AS it was feast day of the Church
no black vestments were worn but the officiat-
ing priests offered prayers for the repose of the
soul Of MonsignOr Corrigan. The announcement
by the priests at the masses was in these words:
We are grieved to announce the death of the
Most Reverend Archbishop, and the only thing
that we know you can do is to pray earnestly
and hard for the repose Of his soul.
The o'clock mass was celebrated by Father
McAleer, one of the priests attached to the
Cathedral. and at O'Clock two masses were
celebrated. one by Father Lewis. of the Cathe-
dral staff. and the other by Father George Cor
rigan, Of Newark. y. J., a brother of the dead
prelate. At the latter mass one of those in at
tendance was the Right Rev. Ignatius Monies
dc Oce. bishop Of the Province of San Luis
Potosi Mexico
After the mass the Bishop said he had known
the Archbishop for thirty-two years: had studied
with him in Rome and had arrived in this city
yesterday on his way to Rome. He Will remain
for the funeral
Gable messages announcing the death of the
Archbishop were sent yesterday to Cardinal
Rampolla. the Papal Secretary of State at Rome.
and TO Cardinal Ledochowsk, the Prefect of the
Propaganda
BISHOP FARLEY MENTIONED TO sue
CEED.
Bishop John NJ. Farley. who is Auxiliary
Bishop Of the Diocese Of New-York, has been
in Rome recently, and was believed to be on his
way back 10 this city yesterday. He is men
toned prominently among the priests Of this
city as a probable successor of Archbishop Cor
rigan. The name Of Bishop Mcdonnell, Of Brook
lyn who formerly was the Archbshops secre-
tary and has been in Rome recently is men
toned also. Priests in the New-York diocese.
however. said yesterday that it was not posi-
ble TO tell far in advance who would be
Iected. They said il would be six months prob
ably before the Archbishop's successor was ap-
pointed by the Pope The procedure of select
ing archbishop described by Of the
priests in conversation with Tribune reporter
as follows: -...--r
t fifteen rremOvabe rectors of the archdiocese
viii meet and select three names to be sent TO
the Bishops Of the archdiocese. The selections
VIZ De mace by ballot, ana the names VIII De
forwarded, with the designations 'dignissimus,'
'dignioT and dignus. The third named is
worthy, the second more worthy and the first
most worthy in the estimation of the priests Of
the archdiocese.
Next will be a meeting Of the Bishops Of the
archdiocese. Bishop McQuaid. of Rochester.
who is the senior Bishop will preside at the
meeting The others who have a vote in the
meeting are Bishop Ludden of Syracuse; Bishop
6abrleIs, OF Ogdensburg; Bishop Mcdonnell. Of
Brooklyn: Bishop Burke Of Albany: Bishop Nc
raul, OF trenton; Bishop Qu1gley, OF Buffalo,
and Bishop OCOnnor of Newark. They will
select three names by ballot. They may take
the three names sent by the priests, they may
select three other names. They viii send to
Rome the three names they select, at the same
time mentioning the names selected by the
priests They also viii send the same names to
Cardinal Gibbons for action by the Archbishops
of the United States.
The ArchbishOps may have a meeting TO
agree upon names and they may not. They
may settle their preference by means Of corre-
spondence. Each Archbishop may be asked to
mention three names a ballot, and the de-
cision. Of the Archbishops may be ascertained
by comparing the ballots. When there is such
decision, the names selected by the Arch
hlshops will be sent to Rome.
When all the names have been received by
the Sacred College. they VIII be submitted the
Pope. The Holy Father selects one of the
may decide TO reject all the names presented
and direct that other names be selected for his
consideration
Upon receiving the appointment Of arch
bishop, and before being consecrated to the
Office, the priest is obliged by the law Of the
Church TO make his viii and place It in the
hands OF the senior bishop Of the archdiocese.
Archbishop. Corrigan's viii has been in the
hands Of Bishop McQuaid, Of Rochester"
VICAR GENERAL MOONEY IN CHARGE.
Vicar General Mooney said yesterday that he
would be in charge of the affairs of the arch
diocese until some bishop was appointed to fill
Archbishop Corrigan's place. When asked if