Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1903-08-04
Addresses Catholic Federation
of Societies in Native
Language.
ROOSEvELT'S LETTER OF REGRET
Porto Riean Delegate Asks That
Church Be Granted Title to Lands
in lsland-Less Than a Hundred
Priests for Million Catholics.

Atlantic City, Aug. 4-The third
days convention of the Catholic Fed
GRAFTON of Societies was commenced
with a solemn requiem mass in St
Nicholas Catholic church in memory
of Leo XIII. Right Rev. Bishop Mess
mer, of Green Bay, Wis, was the cele
brant and Vicar General Fox, of the
Trenton diocese. preached, the SUBJ
ject being: The Late Pontiff"
President Roosevelt sent the fol-
lowing letter to President Minehan:
My Dear Sir: have received your
letter and also have spoken personally
about the matter with Bishop MeFaul
| regret greatly that it is out of my
power to accept your very kind invita-
ton. | believe most heartily in the
work you are doing in your American
Federation of Catholic societies and
it would have been a peculiar pleas
ure to have accepted your invitation.
am we'll aware of what your society
has accomplished for the social better
ment, not only of Catholics, but all
our people, in promoting the unifica-
ton and naturalization of our country.
men and in working for morality and
deceney, especially in the intimate
home relations upon which rests the
ultimate we'll being of the entire state.
Wishing you all success and congratu-
letting you on what you have donS in
the past, | am, with great regard, sim
cereiy your,
THEODORE ROOSEVELT
Plea for Porto Rico.
Delegate Joaquin Ferran, of Porto
Rico, addressed the conversion. He
said that in his country there were
but 95 priests for nearly a million
Catholics. He asked the convention
to ask the American government for
an order directing that a title to the
lands of the church in Porto Rico be
placed in the name of the church, as,
although the church was in IDssession
OF the property, the title had never
been placed on record in their favor.
The representative of the Sioux
congress, Mintani Hanski, addressed
the convention in his native language.
His remarks were interpreted to the
convention by Father P. F. Dillman.
5. j., the pastor of the Rosebud
agency. South Dakota The chief said
in part
i am glad to look into your faces,
for | know you are my friends; |
know that you will protect the rights
OF the Indian. If you will help the
moor old Cioux r,aarIo lx.,.,.. - IL,
help their children and will help the
schools of their children and the
black robes missionary priests who
are trying to make all the Sioux good.
Indians Want More Schools.
My people love their children very
well and they want them to have good
strong bodies, but they also want
them to have good souls. They want
to have good lives here and also here.
after and we do want more schools
and want more black robes to teach
our children, for the black robes
teach all good things and teach them
we'll And when left my people far,
far away, they say; You go to the
great big federation and the fedora.
ton will give us more schools ami
more black robes"
The chief added that he was a cate
chist and that the nearest church to
his home was 40 miles away there
being but two priests in 5000 square
miles and that on Sundays he collect
ed the people and led them in prayers
and singing
Closing he said: "All l have heard
and all have seen l will tell my PEG
PIE when I go back to them and it will
then gladden. their hearts. May you
all prosper and may the Great Spirit
bless YOU
Among other letters received an.
proving the cause was one from d.
FalconiO, the apostolic deleoata