The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1903-11-14
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WASHINGTON LETTER.

Washington, ID. c., Nov. 11.-Thc
l'an-American congress of the Episco-
pal church. which held its session in
this city last week. was Il most altrr-
iS'ir gathering. inaSmuch as it devot-
ed its time largely To affairs of the
Roman Church. nc%cctinw it's own
business. of which there WAS probably
l:l,r 10 do. ais the assembled hiSllopS
represented a population of only 49,
0uu in this country. Ii is true there
were some Canadian bishops and one
from Porto Rico. ana the bulk was
American. On the first day RSllop
Doan" paid his compliments to the
Roman Church in :: speech whicl.
he prriacetl by announcing that he did
not propose TO initiate Roman Cath
tales from the Episcopal mythology
Which the audience listened to With
nn imperturlahly straight face One
of these stories WAS to the effect that
the Roman Church claimcd descent
from only one apostle. while the
Episcopal church had historical proof
that ii descended from all the twelve
! apostles. There w;lS Il great deal
mere on the same order. hut want of
space compels me to deprive my read
erS of the rest. On the second day Il
| committee was appointed to consider
IL set of proposed resolutions defining
| the policy to be pursued as regards the
| "Roman Church, These resolutions
will he promulgated when approved
| Iy the conference. During the discus
sion one bishop declared that II large
body of Roman Catholics in America
are not in sympathy With the Italian
i3in% Of tie Roman Church in this
country The question WAS als:'
brought mp whether. the conservation
OF bishop Anthony Kozlowski of the
Polish Catholic Church should lc
recognized and whether he should l'r
given Il seat in the house of bishops
Seven years ago Bishop KoZowski WAS
consecrlted by the old Catholic Church
| in Europe and then came hack to
| Chicago. He is now DESTROYS of repro
sentation in the Protestant Episcopal
Church as the bishop of tho PolS!
people in the United States. No ac-
| ton has been taken as yet. Bishop
Parrt. of Maryland. had an importan'
paper on the attitude of the Episcopal
Church "to those under the Roman
| obedience" in Porto Rico. Tnfortun
atcly he had entered into an agree
ment with Bishop Van Buren,. Of
Porto Rico. to make it public unless
the latter consented. which he pre-
sumably declined to do. as the pmpe,
has not vet been given out.
On the third day Bishop Randolph.
of Southern Virginia. read an interest
ing paper on the CHARACTERIZATION of
the negro" Among other things he
said:
''rhp need of the negro as II fOundA
ton upon which to build education,
the character of civilization and sta
hility in religion. which condition cv~
erything else determines evcrythin"
else. is family life. family law. family
religion. AMI family fidelity. An
obstacle in the religious and moral do
vclopment of the negro is his contact
with politics under a system of gov
eminent which of all others. though
the simplest and pllreSt. is the most
complicated in it's demands upon the
intelligence and morality of the indi
vidual. and the most open to abuse
and corruption. when that intelligence
state of. development. The death of
races is often caused by the attempts
to civiliZc them. They absorb the
vices and decline the burdens. The
negro looks forward to the suffrage
as the advent of his temporal saliva
ton. And what does he do with it?
In time he learns to sell it for !: few
cents. or for dollars. or perhaps
more
The last portion of the paper was
devoted to an appeal to the church to
establish parish schools to teach the
colored children portions of the Bible
with their other studies. since the ma
tiOna and state governments. wrong
ly. according to his views. prohibit
public instruction. Bishop GailOr OF
Tennessee advocated the establish
ment of Il thoroughly American churcl
on American lines. taking the ground
that the church in this continent does
not need the church of England lMl'
the church of .tmcri,H He is IN
favor of Il change in name from tn,
Protestant Episcopal Church. dcclAr
ing that the church needed to b'
\mericAn"cd instead of .InglOsiZcd
\ committee WAS appointed to conSid
or the paper and report on it.
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