Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-02-04
GOVERNOR DENNEY
MEETS CATHOLICS
TO HEAR PROTEST.
Continued from page 1

| -
It was Understood, following the
meeting, that Governor Denney de-
plorcc the wording OF the advertise
! ment and It was saId later yesterday
afternoon that no expressed the
thought that It was not olly-a local
matter, but wps a disgrace to the en-
tire state and that this disgrace was
spread throughout the nation. because
OF tho wide circulation In all parts -of
the country OF the medical journal in
which the advertisement appeared He
ia sai1 to have expressed his regret |
for tho publication and TO have adj
vlsrd tho women that he would do
what he could to see that It did not
occur again In the future In this or
any other state Institution or organi-
zation.
, have pressed for the dismissal OF DR..
Hancker from the inatitution, because
OF the affront to the large number OF
Catholics throughout the state and
because OF the light IN which this al
legged religious intolerance in Della
ware placed the state before the rest
OF the nation, and they claimed an
apology was not sufficient to wipe out
board OF trustees at their nesting on
Thursday when they adopted resolu-
tons deplorns the use OF tho word
protestant" in the advertisement,
censuring DR.. Hancker FOR using It
and giving assurance that such an Qc-
curence would not happen again.
> The women further pressed their
point en- the grounds of alleEvi mis-
~ t,t ,sl "A
they believed religious intolerance has
: existed there b, FORE but that this is
9 the first time those they claim are re-
: sponsllAe were bold enough TO come
p out into the open with their display
u OF sectarian feeling. They also called
!, 1.-THE governors attention, II Is under
y stood, to the fact that the state Is
- paying two men TO help one man re-
y tain his position as superintendent
Z and they thought II DR.. Hancker is
"a incapable and because OF his long
service, he should be pensoned by tbs
state.
Conference With Catholic Men.
The next delegation was "A commit.
tee representing the Knights OF Col.
umbus and the other Catholic mems
4. societies OF the city. Col. Simon L
N Doherty was the spokesman for thi,
N delegation. 1t was understood thls
committed, had been Instructed to ad
wise the governor that the action o
the board OF trustees at their meet
n, ing on Thursday, In censuring DR.
Hancker for the Objectionable adver
tisemcnt, was considered by tn
knights of Columbus and the other
they represented as sufficient apolog,
:. and reparstion for the wrong the,
. felt had been done and that so far AZ
"a hey were concerned the Incident ma,
-. hs considered as closed. They 'had ar
r. ranged for the conference with tn
-, governor before the hospital trust, G
\, had met and kept the appointment
:. as a matter of courtesy TO Governo
- Denney. While the committee Is sal
:, to have felt that DR.. Hanckers dis
!, missal probably could have been &C
complshed. had they pressed thei
!, objections to this end those they rep
7 rese nte1 are said to have felt thi
n, wos rht necessary and that Di
Hanckers public rebuke by IN
trustees was sufficient.
The only statement tho goycrno
'is would mako after the meetings wa
that happily 1t was agreed that tn
"a incident be considered closed with tn
49, action Of the trustees. Members {
- both committees, were very reticer
~ about all that transpired al the NEE,
- ings.
= Last night at ST. Peters Cathedrs
- the pastor, Rev. John j. Dougherty
!. while speaking OF the affair, praise
the committees for taking up the mat
~ ter OF the Objectionable advertisement
An but expressed regret that they ha
:, contented themselves with an apolog,
He maintained that the incident was a
-, affront TO the citizenry OF the en-
tire state and that an apology Shout
=. not have been acceptable.
~ Whether the Catholic organization
A., OF the state Will continue to-press tn
10 incident further and insist that ID
~ tancker or whoever was responsible
FOR the now famous advertisement h
dismissed from the service OF tn
state, was said today TO be undecids.
Statement by Miss Moran.
Every Evening today received II
following communication from Mi
Mary A. Moran. representing II
Catholic women who protested ov,
|t1 the advertisement:
Judging from articles In the dai
papers, the impression seems to exi
that the 80 called "Sectarian Ad" il
'Sl cident is closed TO the satisfaction
j. the Catholic Societies. / wish to ta
issue with this report and herein $
forth the status of the Catho
Daughters of America and the n
tional Council of Catholic Wonen
I've this question.
Hearing of the above mentioned
on' on January 3lst, / Immediately wre
the following letter to Governor DE
'ne ney:
Hon. VIM. G. Denney, Governor
an Delaware, Dover, Delaware.
My dear Governor:
AS grand regent of Court Our La
' of Lourdes. No. AL, Catholic Daue
ters Of America, representing 526
, your constituents, and as dioces
representative of National Council
Catholic Women representing ma
thousands of women voters of the q
cese of Wilmington. l wish to regis
the protest of these organfzatio
-, against the ad placed by DIR. VIM
Hancker in the Journal of Americ
Medicine -stipulatlng that the lass
tant physician TO be empIOved al