The sun., 1907-03-10
No REVIEW BY ARCHBISHOP.
ST. PATRTCk'S DAY PARADE MAY
POSSIBLY CHANGE ITS ROUTE.
Last Year u CUt His House Out OF the Line
OF March, Though Hc Was waiting
National 4, d. II. Also Put Another
Chaplain in EIis Place without NOtICe e.

Chaplain in EIIs Place without Notice.
The st Patrick's day parade under the
auspices of the Ancient Order OF Hibernians.
which is scheduled this year to take place
on Saturday in this county because the
reast itself falls on Sunday, will not be
vsviewes. Dy Archbishop FARLEY, as was
contemplated by the managers. nor by
any Of the other dignitaries Of the Catholic
Church. The tentative line Of march
as laid out, provided that the parade should
start from Forty-second street. move
up Fifth avenue to Fiftieth street, march
to Madison avenue past the archiepiscopal
residence. which is on the corner. and back
again to Fifth avenue through Fifty-Hrst
street.
Whether this programme will be adhered
to or whether the parade will move directly
up Fifth avenue without turning out to
pass by the home OF the Archbishop is not
known. It is settled. however that Mgr.
Farley will not review the marchers in
person. When asked about the matter
last evening the Rev. Father Lavelle.
pastor OF the cathedral, said:
1T is quite true that the Archbishop will
not be able to review the parade IL It takes
place next Saturday. There seemed to have
been some confusion over the date of the
secular celebration. as st. Patrick's day
falls on Sunday. 1t was the understanding
that the customary military mass for the
Sixty-ninth Regiment would be held on the
day following the feast instead of the day
before. The Archbishop has a very i'm
portant engagement for Saturday which
Il will be impossible for him to break"
Father Lavelle was asked IL the alleged
friction between the A. o. H. and Mgr.
Farley over the action Of the national con-
vention Of the order last September in Sara
toga had anything to do with the Arch
bishops refusal to review the parade. The
Archbishop was the chaplain Of the national
order and had long been Of great service
in many ways to the organization, even
securing a special blessing from the Pope
in person for the Saratoga convention.
This convention, il is said, was very rude
10 the Archbishop. electing a successor
10 him as national chaplain without
even Offering the courtesy Of asking him
whether he would like to serve a second
term.
mo one can say that there is any friction
between the A. o. H. and the Archbishop
said Father Lavelle emphatically, and
no one can truthfully assert that he ever
heard Mgr. Farley express any hostility
70 the organization"
Father Lavelle declined to discuss another
alleged slight put upon the Archbishop at
the St. Patrick's day parade last year.
The Archbishop had been asked to ride in
the parade in an open carriage with several
city officials and visitors from out Of town,
but he declined, probably owing to the
fact that the weather was bad and that he
did not care to undergo the hardships of
the long ride. 1t was arranged then to
have the parade pass by his home so that
he could review it. Hundreds Of people
gathered at the corner of Madison avenue
and Fiftieth street, and waited for hours
to see the parade pass that point. Arch
bishop Farley and several other digni-
taries, it is said, were waiting for the parade
10 come along so that they could review
il. But the parade did not come and finally
word came that it was passing directly
up Fifth avenue.
From another source high in the Catholic
Church it was learned yesterday that Arch
bishop Farley was anything but pleased
at the treatment accorded to him by the
A. o. H.
~The organization had no standing with
theChurch in this vicinity" said this author
ity, until Mgr. Farley, when he was a
Bishop, took themup. Among other things,
he got them permission to use Cath edral
Hall for meetings, and many other acts of
kindness on his part might be recited. In
return they treated the Archbishop with
the utmost discourtesy, and they are no
longer deserving OF any favors from him."
The action of the national convention in
electinR as national chaplain the Rev. John
d. Kennedy, a priest of Danbury, Conn,
who was not widely known, in the place of
the Arch bishop without consulting his per-
sonal wishes about serving another term,
caused Mgr. Charles McCready, pastor of
the Holy Cross Church in West Forty
second street and one Of the most prominent
priests in New York, to resign as county
chaplain OF the A. q. H. Mgr. McCready
sent his resignation to the Archbishop. At
the same time he sent a letter to Major
Edward T. McCrystal, who was then county
president Of tn order, In which he explained
why he had given up the place. As result
Of that letter no county chaplain has since
been appointed for the organization.
In the letter Mgr. McCready intimated
that there was a political deal in the con-
vention back Of the appointment Of Father
Kennedy and that the deal was made
primarily in order that Matthew Cummings
Of Boston might be elected president OF
the national order and incidentally that
the Clan-na-Gael, to whlch the WRITER re-
ferred as minority party might gain
control OF the A. o. II.
Most people save those who were behind
the scenes at Saratoga said the letter.
were incredulous when 1t was known
that Father Kennedy Of Connecticut was
named by the newly elected president as
national chaplain in place Of the Most Rev
John NJ. Farley Of New York. Nor were
the advisers Of the new president. Mr..
Cummings justified in their action by the
fact that the Archbishop was abroad; for
the Office of chaplain not being by election.
but by the appointment OF the president.
no interest would have suffered by delay
until he could have been communicated
with. The report Of deal by which Father
Kennedy was promised the chaplaincy
in return for his withdrawal from the con-
test for the presidency in favor OF MIR.
Cummings. while prevalent at Saratoga.
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