The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-09-17
SLIGHT TO The ARCHBISHOP?
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was a conspicuous bsnefsctor Of the Ancient
Order OF acknowledgements ly that ~ MS
home county OF New York. The lndlgnity
was put upon him there's IRE in the house
Of his friends" Were tEc'e men 50 infatuated
a. not to realize what his position and friend
ship meant 10 them? He had lent the infu-
ence of his high Office, the weight OF his
episcopal dignity. 20 elevate and make re-
spected the Ancient order in this community;
lie had given them public recognition ana
had readily accorded them privileges that
they could not have dared to hope for from his
predecessors: he had attended and had spoken
At their public meetings and had encouraged
them with a generous contribution to the
building fund NJ the contemplated Hibernian
Hall.
But a few DAYS before, as he knelt at the
feet Of the Sovereign Pontiff, he had asked
and obtained the pontihcal Benediction Tor
his beloved children In the A. o. H., about 10
assemble in convention az Saratoga; IN
furtheranoe OF this last favor he had written
from Rome to commission one OF his priests
to proceed to the convention, and as MS
representative to lmpart this benediction.
All this was known to the New York county
delegates. and they. for their own purposes.
made him the return which at Saratoga made
the true friends OF the Ancient Order grieve.
not so much on his account as for the Sooo
name Of the A. o. H..
In view OF all the circumstances, ] feel l
would he wanting in the respect and devo-
ton I owe my ecclesiastical superior II ! dio
not show my condemnation of such conduct
on the part OF the New York delegates by at
once dissoctating myself from the men who
had proved themselves unworthy OF the
favors heaped Upon them by their late national
cha plain.
In conclusion. let me say that | have nothing
but the highest esteem and regard for the
noble Ancient Order of Hibernians. | wish
and pray for them every success in accom-
plishlng the legitimate objects of their benevo-
lent fraternity. CHARLES MCCREADY.
Although Mgr. McCready refused to be
interviewed on the letter and the reasons
that had prompted him to write 1t, others
who seemed TO know the causes back OF the
trouble spoke freely Of the matter but asked
that their names should not be used, Tor
obvious reasons.
The story in brief, these friends Of the
Monsignor said yesterday, is hat shortly
after Mgr. McCready arrived at Saratoga
early in convention week delegates went
to him with the story that there was
"a deal on foot to make the A. o. H. a tail
to the kite Of the Clan-na-Gael." The
Cian-na-Gaei is a political organization,
but the A. o. H. is a fraternal and beneficial
order and is forbidden to mix up in political
matters.
Mgr. McCready wa told, his friends
say, that Patrick McNulty. a friend OF
Major McCrystal and formerly State presi-
dent Of the order for this State, had first
| tried to be elected national president and
failing in that had aspired to reelection az
State president. The story goes hat
McNulty learned that he could not succeed
in either OF these ambitions and that he
and McCrystal then switched their support
to Matthew Cummings after they had as
sured Father Kennedy, who was also seek
ing the national presidency. that II he
would drop out Of the race in favor OF Cum
mings they would see hat he was APP
pointed national chaplain to succeed the
Archbishop OF New York.
Some Of the McNulty-McCrystal party
who were seen yesterday denied that the
story was true az to their alleged promise
to Father Kennedy. They insisted that
the national chaplain is always appointed
by the president and that who this APP
pointee would be was never spoken OF by
them to Father Kennedy or TO any n else.
They supported Mr.. Cummings for the
presidency, they said, because they thought
him the best man and not with any thought
of Clan-na-Gael ~ascendency. In proof
OF this they called attention to the fact
that Major McCrystal is not a member Of
the Clan-nA-Gael' nor are the five national
directors elected on the Cummings ticket,
Stories also went the rounds that the
reason the A. o. H. meeting held last Friday
night to celebrate the passage by Congress
OF the Barry monument appropriation
was held in Imperial Hall in East Fiftieth
street when posters had announced that the
exercises would be held in the Cathedral
School was that Mgr. Lavelle, rector OF
the cathedral, had refused the McCrystaI
forces the use OF the Cat hedral Hall at the
last minute because Of the failure Of the
convention to reflect Archbishop Farley
to the Chaplsincy.
Mgr. Lavelle denied this yesterday
but refused to discuss the subject further
Major McCrystal, when seen in his apart.
ments in the BassfOrd, merely said that
for reasons OF his own he had changed
the place OF the exercises, hut refused to
discuss the reasons. Mgr. Lavelle der
MED for the, Archbishop the story going
the rounds that Archbishop Farley would
not appoint another county chaplain fol
he local A. o. H. while the present admin
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