The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1921-01-13
Holy Rosary Professors at Meeting Friday
Night Agree to Wait for the Coming
of Archbishop Messmer
PROTEST PARADE IS POSTPONED
Few Unabashed by Archbishops Threat, Call for
Action But Majority Favor Waiting = Want
New Italian School Built.

Oil was poured on the troubled wat
ers Of the Holy Rosary parish Friday
evening when at special mass meet
ing Of the faction protesting against
the continuance Of the Rev. Father
Peter Perardi as priest of the church,
held in the Conley gymnasium, it was
decided to wait for the action of the
archbishop or his representative who
is expected to come to Kenosha next
week to stage an investigation. The
action followed a reading Of the letter
from Archbishop Sebastian G. Mess
mer, which was received on Friday by
the committee and which threatened
all the agitators with excommunica-
ton and dsbarment from the sacra-
ments Of the church and the right to
Christian burial if they continued to
seek the removal Of the priest in any
other way except that provided by the
laws Of the church
Postpone protest Parade"
The plan, which had been tentatively
arranged, to stage a protest parade"
on Sunday morning when the Commit
tee, three hundred strong and headed
by band, expected to go to the regu-
lar Sunday morning mass and again
present a demand that the Rev. Per-
ardi resign, was abandoned for the
time being and there will be no dem
onstration of any nature pending the
coming of the archbishop or his rep
resentative The meeting which was
IL LoII A1,te ,,;,a o5n1only
at the Conley gymnasium was also
cancelled pending the action Of the
church officials.
After the committee received the let
ter of Archbishop Messmer on Friday
morning, word was whispered around
the colony that mass meeting would
be held at the Conley gymnasium on
Friday evening More than three hum
dred people attended the gathering
although it is admitted that few,
fearing that the ban Of excommunica-
ton might be enforced because of at
tendance at the meeting, did not at
tend the gathering.
The first half OF the meeting was
sevtramely tuEbulerS and at times II
seemed that the more conservative ele-
ment would not be able to control the
Gathering. The letter from Archbishop
Messmer, threatening excommunica-
ION against all who continued the
agitation, was read at the meeting.
There were a few, who unabashed
by the threat of the archbishop, sug-
easted that it should be ignored and
that in continuance with the original
plan laid out by the Committee"
group of men should go to the par
sonage on Friday night and again in
form the Reverend Perardi that he
would be expected to resign immedi-
ately. One OF two Of these expressed
their opinion that they did not be-
lieve the archbishop realized the stu
alton and urged that his letter should
have no lettering effect on the plans
OF the committee.
Police officials There.
Chief Of Police Owen O'Hare and
Sheriff William Rauen were both pres
ent at the meeting and each of them
addressed the meeting and warned
that no action should be taken which
would show violence or which would
destroy property They pleaded with
the crowd that they should follow the
rules Of the church and allow the mat
ter to be settled according to the rec
ognized channels of ecclesiastical
courts.
Joseph Cardinal, who as chairman
Of the Committee has several times
used his influence to secure calmer
method of dealing with the situation
addressed the meeting and urged that
the colony await the promised coming
of the archbishop or his representa-
tive and take no action of any kind
until that has occurred.
Chairman Cardinals address was
successful in turning the tide and the
meeting voted by large majority the
coming of the church official and in
the meanwhile to postpone the execu-
ton of any plans which they had made.
The chairman was authorized to COM
municate with the office of the arch
bishop and ir form him of the action
Of the meeting of Friday evening.
"rThis does not mean that we have
quit" explained one of the members