The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1905-10-07
DENIS FLYNN'S AUDIENCE,
okIahoma's Ex-Deleqate and a Mar NaaFFr
row Head Reporter.

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(Catholic Advance, Wichita. NAn)
The dispatches from Oklahoma City
last week contained description of
the Hon. Dennis Flynns audience with
Plus x in the vatican. Flynn, it ap-
pears, had moi much time to spare. SO
he hustled around for an audience. He
heard that DIR. Kennedy of the Amer
lean college, was the most influential
person for getting audiences for
Americans. Getting a carriage. Flynn
went to he college and the two weeks
sea voyage having toned down the nat
uTal breezineSs of the territorial eX-
delegate, the college secretary wanted
naturally letters of recommendation, or
recognition. or something other than ain
Oklahoma smile. Flynn had 10 letters
and was told to return tomorrow. Can
italian invitation of ancient institu-
ton. still in vogue) The traveller came
next morning and another secretary"
they must have a wholesale depart
ment for secretaries-barred the way.
but Flynn spied his secretary of the
previous evening in the distance and
said in the voice of an Apache brave.
There's the gazabo I'm after" (or
words TO that effect). After admitting
the eX-delegate he was given a seat
and told TO wait until DR.. Kennedy
would arrive. More than an hour passed
before the august presence of DR.. Ken
nedy manifested itself and Flynn pa
tiently waited that precious hour with
in the cold and inartistic walls of the
American college Finally he was
conducted to q sumptuous apartment
where DR.. Kennedy was in waiting
THE doctor asked Flynn for his letters
and when informed that he had no let
ters expressed much surprise that he
had gained admission TO the college.
One of the strictest rules is that no per-
son should be admitted without letters -
If the visitor could not read he would
be obliged TO take a seat on the street
for there is no sidewalk nor curbstone
around the American college. Flynn
finally got on the sofe side of the doctor
bv inviting him to a drive in his car
riage-the doctor presumably was not
accustomed to. driving-and the .last
particle of Ice was melted b. Flynn's
offering an Oklahoma cigar. the smell
Of which could be heard in Wichita.
Now the carriage drove "to the Sis
tine chapel' (Which is pretty much like
saying the carriage drove up to the
senate chamber in Washington. where
''the Swiss guards were passed and the
party was ushered into a reception
room" DR.. Kennedy left Flynn and
his friends in the room and went to
look for the papal secretary Chow the
friends got in the dispatch does not
say). After two hours DR.. Kennedy re-
turned (maybe it took that long to get
over the effects of that cigar) and in
formed the wearied walters that they
would have an audience at II o'clock
tomorrow (scrupulously observing fhe
rsFnY,f .r14. to-
American party, accompanied by Bjsh-
op McShane of Baltimore (there is no
Catholic bishop or priest of that name
in Baltimore) entered the vatican.
Flynn dressed in a borrowed suit for
the occasion. the audience lasted two
minutes The pope was very alfalfa
ETC.. and the dispatch gives Flxnn
credit for American nerve" The ac-
| count from which we condensed the
above winds up by saying that "the re-
port that Flynn had renounced Mason
ry and asked for papal sbsolution was
a. canaTd. Flynn is a tllirty-second de-
gree Scottish Rite Mason. and wears HE
Masonic emblcms as ne did before he
went TO Europe" This last warn WAS
undoubtedly spun from the same cnf-
tonhead that produced the rest az tl :
article. which is canardish from, he oi,,
ming to end.
We wish to say right here that FLYNN
may have been 3. thirtr-second degree
Scottish Rite Mason o. a fifty second
one, for that matter. but we have eyi-
dence. that Dennis Flynn abandoned
Masonry, made his peace with lis
church, approached his Easter duties
and, discarded his Masonic emblenns
and We have Mr.. Flynns letter befnrs
us to prove our statement. The matter
does not concern the public. anyway,
and the reporter need not have lied
about it.