New-York tribune., 1902-05-18
BISHOP FARLEY RETURNS.
WON'T TALK OF THE SUCCESSION TO
THE ARCHBISHOPRIC.
PRIESTS HERE FAVOR THE BISHOP FOR
THE SEE OF THE LATE MONSTGNOR
CoRRIGAN - FIRST STEPS TOW
ARD A CHOICE SOON.
ARD A CHOICE SOON.

ARD A CHOICE SOON.
The Right Rev. John NJ Farley auxiliary
Bishop of Newly and Fathers Charles Cas-
sidy and Edward McKerna. who have been traV-
elling in Europe, Egypt and the Holy Land since
last October arrived here yesterday on the
steamer St. Louis. AS to be expected, the
Bishop would say nothing about the probable
successor to the late Archbishop Corrigan or
discuss in any form the movement in favor of
his own elevation. His return will be the sig
nal for taking the preliminary steps toward the
selection of names to be sent to Rome for the
appointment.
The canons of the Church prescribe that the
irremovable pastors. who number about one
tenth of the rectOrs of the diocese, shall meet
within thirty days after the death of the Arch
bishop and select three names, which are to
be denominated worthy" more worthy and
most worthy" and given to the bishops of the
diocese when they meet on the thrteth day
These also select three names, which may be
those selected by the priests not, as the bish-
ops choose. Father Lavele. rector of st. Pat
ricks Cathedral said yesterday that there would
be a meeting of the irremovabe pastors as soon
as Bishop Farley gets in touch with the situa-
tion.
While Bishop Mcdonnell of Brooklyn. who Is
now at Rome. appears to have the favOr' of the
Vatican for the office. it grows clearer every
day that the priesthood of the diocese look upon
Bishop Farley the logical successor. There
appears to be no thought of any other. and the
priests speak when they say anything about it
as if the matter were practically settled. Said
one yesterday when asked about rumor that
Bishop spaulGing. Of Peoria, being men
toned because of his liberal views:
Bishop Farley is the logical man. He knows
about the affairs Of the diocese better than any
else in the diocese"
According to Father Lavelle, the will of Arch
bishop Corrigan. which is in the hands of Bish-
op McQuaid of Rochester. will not be opened
for a few days yet.
Bishop Farley yesterday appeared to he great
Iy benefited by his foreign trip. He well
coined home by delegations from the Catholic
Club the knights of Columbus and the Catholic
Benevolent Legion. and a committee Of the
clergy of New York. made up Of MonsignOr j.
Edwards. of the Church of the Immaculate Con-
ception; the Rev. Charles H. Cotton. chancellor
of the diocese; Father NJ. c. O'Farrel. Of the
Church Of the Holy Innocents; the Rev. J. ].
Flood. of the Church OF 81. John the Evangelist;
the Rev. Thomas A Thornton. of St Gabriels,
Bishop FarleyS church, and Father James
Hayes, Bishop Farley's secretary. The commit
the Rev. T. j. Early. of st. Peters Church.
Staten Island who went out on the Health on
GERS boat from Quarantine.
In speaking Of the situation to the reporters
who met him the Bishop said.
Il have no idea who will he the successor to
tho late Archbishop, 1t would be ridiculous 10
talk about H. No one can estimate the loss the
diocese Of NeW-YOrk suffers from the death or
the Archbishop. He Of a noble and gentle
character. and his death was great grief to
me
I was dining in Lourdes at the house Of the
Bishop when I first heard the awful news. The
Bishops secretary handed me farlS paper
which had short account OF the Archhishops
death but thought there must have been some
mistake, and would not believe IT,
aF ~ ID to MDT1E EfErr1N n
NewYorN. and received reply confirming the
report. l then hastened to Paris. where found
two letters awaiting me from the Archbishop.
The last one, which was dated ATrtl 10. read in
part
Take all tie rest you can. for there will be
lots Of work for you TO do during the latter
part OF May and the first part Of June have
been my back for several weeks. but am
feeling to-day somewhat better.
After | finished reading those letters l could
hardly believe that the man who wrote them
was dead, but when l looked again at Mon
siGnOr Moneys cahlegram realized that II was
true, and that l had lost one Of the best friends
j ever had"
The Bishop then described his trip which In
cludcd visits TO Gibraltar Spain, Tangiers, Mo
rocco. Rome and Italy. Greece, some of the ISL
anas OF the -Egean Sea, Asia Minor. the Holy
Land and Egypt. While in Rome which was
during the Jubilee week, he was received by
the Pope and had a long conversation with
him. OF his trip In the Holy Land the Bishop
said:
From Jaffa went by rail to Jerusalem.
where we spent two weeks. On Palm Sunday,
which was spent in Jerusalem I blessed the
Palms of the Church of the Holy Sepulchre at
the request of the Patriarch and on Holy Thurs
day consecrated the holy oil We then took
two weeks trip on horseback TO Nazareth. the
Sea OF Galilee and the valley of the river JOr-
dan. The journey was full OF dangerous situa-
TONS, and at times the travelling was most
hazardous. For twenty miles had no road
To speak of. and at times the footpath was only
SIX inches wide. with a precipice one side.
We met many BedOuins during our journey but
they did not notice us. We forded the Jordan
and many other small rivers. some OF which
were little less than raging torrents. At Beirut
L met the Patriarch, who was college mate of
lnlne over thirty years ago. and spent the night
with MIN. he l understand. rules nearly half
a million Catholics in the town and the sur
rounding districts"