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Show THE FIFTH C0X0KKS Of l.'trnnn-tnurlraii laltiollct I'a If d. A final Moftlnf ofrrlrati Onl,. A LCTrcn rnoM canoiNAL clo DONt The I'lalf irmt "ttTirllja" In the I'opf. Ilia Temporal IViitrr. Iho rurrrllral, rtc. nr Talcrrai a lo laa MeeM Till. lATIIIIIIlK. tmpurlanl Toplea lilafiiaaeil by tlar-nieii.amrrlrnna. tlar-nieii.amrrlrnna. Ill 1 1 U, N. V , He t. S3 Tonight ended all connectlin nf tho laymen with the null ( ongreraol the Herman-mrrlcan Herman-mrrlcan Catholic The final meeting meet-ing tomorrow lletclmlvily fur irlrala au I la to to held In llvati . It will, It la thought, to th moat liilpottaut of tboatrlea, na the one at which the lueallou will to lettlrd, whether Ihu wllely-c- mmtnted-Uiou "clerical union" will continue under tho lea l ra that have glteu It rarae, ur will Hlect new chlefulna Tho rlntll work In which the lay. men l atlhltiati-J waa In votlm an tiinnlmoua approval of tho nlatlorm, the framing of which wnagtilJed largi-ly, largi-ly, If not altogether, by tho clcrg). Itrplha to Invltatlona to bo j resent nt the CougreM wrrti rca 1 tonight from it long Hat of i relate, Including Arch-hliltopa Arch-hliltopa Corrlgau. Hyau and HlorJan and lllahop .Mc'li'lle of ltoullcater. ArchbUliopConlgau ttated that Ida renaon forahaviictt waa Mf;iiorniiAe cl the German languagt." Aluioal breailikaa attention waa given to O A I1I1IVAI. (Illllkl IN III i l.v lolheluvllallon. Htiwrott " While revented I y lniairtant en. gagtmeiiU from being irtrcut, 1 tog to AHtiroJouif uiy deep Intirtil In yourproctedlnga. regard the tier man ilimrnt aa a moat lmairtant fact, r lu tho develipmeut of our country. AaclllienaanJaa Cathollca they luve gained an tnvlablo reiuti-Hon reiuti-Hon 1 have no doubt your dihtoia-Hon dihtoia-Hon will to marked by alhglauce li the Holy I uther, ind by thoaeuaenud moilcratloii fr wbltli ycur tountry men aro noted." Interiailngpaperaoiigoiiiral teitra were rrad during tho evi nlng. The plitform, aa rt-aentttl tnnlghl, like all jmitloiiaof tlio inneedtnv, waa rt aenteil In (irrinau. The following la an authoritative tr&natallon. Iireuureil I y three of tho moil prominent rlt ata of thecougri-ns. , Till. I l.ATI0lnl. , We, Catholic tlermaui of the United Htatte,aemhledlll llllll colignai, el fen Klrat Our moat duvoted alfecilon to the aunrerae lual of the holy churt h. we exprtaa our gratitude for tho Holy father'' bleaalng,and I romlio anew, and fur all lime, our llllal devotion de-votion and unfailing fealty. With delight de-light the congreaa tmbraciN the o jrfir-luully jrfir-luully of jiotutlng out, 4ibllcly and tllitlnctly, Ita t-ueltloil oil the ecalled ltouian uueitlou of the temporal iowtr of tho l'o. Ditmlugltourtacred duty to make thla tail Ho declaratlen, and eni-otirage Cathollca to defend thieu rlghla, aa frru American cltlzeua, wo will not tolerate any Intrrfert nee wllh the freo expreealon of our vlewa on ttila ex-trtniily ex-trtniily Important i hurcli matter. Hie falaeaupjioallluuthalll la liioppurtune todlaiuaa oj-Milythe ftoman tjuratlon In our country, lould only beeaUlnrd lya want ofi-nuraelnour truly Cath-olio Cath-olio convlrtloui. The entirely freecaerclvtof thehlgh-cat thehlgh-cat ai-uatgllo powera la Intimately ion- liecUil Willi the Welfare nf theentlru ihunh. ItUneceaaary to aeciireand accord that fieedom In Ita full meaning of the word. The roe'a recent excellent em yell cal on the moat liuporlaut au 1 lairuliig toplre, erl-eclally oil the t-ondlllun of lalor, haa mvej tufllclently that the intlrutrtedom ofthelloly Heuwoull t e of the grealeat Iuiiorlunca to aoclety auirerlng already from mauy aihueiita of the prtaenl century, with con-fldeiicowehavolt con-fldeiicowehavolt to Illvlno I'rovld-euce I'rovld-euce by what mt ana tho HUfrUIIATlUN OK 1 A l-A I, IN III.. 1 1 MlKMIl will bo brought about by aicular nwcr. lu tho uitvautline, wo will never ciaae to t-otirageoualy auitaln the Holy lather, every one lo attlke with all legal and legitimate miane tu regain Iho friedom duu to the uccoaiorofbt. I'etir. For the renaon that political ilrcum-ataucea ilrcum-ataucea bavepreventt-d the adoption of aald rt-eolutlou In l.urote, and alnce weareiiotliauijiireU by ia)itlial i re-Judlco re-Judlco and latrlgue, we believe our country the pro.er 1 1 ice for Ihu holding hold-ing of audi u Congreea. Aa Cathollca we consider It our duty to ndot IJie reaolulloiiof our brttliren In l.urojK, betlevliig the time haa come win n the holding of au Internatlonul rongnaa tan oonvrnu for the iurioae of aiding thu natoratloii of the 1'oji'a temptral lowtr, no Hmo of holding audi a con greaaioiill toinoreniairtuiiu tlian the tKi aalunof the World'a Fair lu Chliago Inlbdl. Weaubultlhla for the consideration con-sideration au 1 iti roval of all our brttliren lu the Catholic faith, nur llahop, hla tiulneniii, Cardinal (lib. tone of Hallluiore anil our I'smlir, InIII. Wuollerthe Holy I'lithtrouraln. certetthanka for hla excellent tncttll cal on the labor queatlon. as rAiTiirui. ciiti.ufiKs-of ciiti.ufiKs-of the Calhollo Churih, welellevo It auperlliiouatoatatnthet we ahull uae nil ourelforta In execute praillcnlly tho I rlnclplei therein laid down and aecuru for them the rt cognition of tho country at large, U Having them to be the aulii-Hon aulii-Hon of thla moat Inniorlant question of llieday. The liberty, I aied on natural ami comtltutlonal rlghta, of t-dutallng our jouth, la a boon which wedemand, and we miat eniphalloally protest agaluat tvty lutorft-reuie with that llbellyby unju.t liglilatlon. Wo de dare that education without a rtllrloiia laaUtaubo butproductlvo ufnvll re tultt. Wo i rotait, therrfore, ng&luit every luUrfureucu In our parothlal athiKila, and ttpeclally coudnun tho ao-called "Poughtktepelo j Ian," In which rdlgloi. haa teen made avlde-show avlde-show an I heiicoran have Hills or no rdlglou Inlluentv In education We iltmand the full rlghland llbeity torttaln, without Intirfertmi, 01)11 UI llMA-f wotiii n mxciin togelhir wllh tho language of the country. At the time time, weiro. leal most i m helically that, forlhla rtaaoti, the cry of "fnnignlam'' la ralHd agalnrl lit, an I that an attenil t la ma lo at denying nat-ual rlghta wllh thcr Amelloan cltUena. Our ho.ee fna the future are baatnl on the Ct lilral Union ot tho Herman young mtn'a eoclelli-a, ao aucceaafutly brought atoul in I'lltslurg. li reiterate our cor.tt-denco cor.tt-denco lu an I attachment to the reverend rev-erend blihopa nf the JLTlllted Htatra. Via proleat agnlmt nil atti-mtato encroach upon the rlghta of the Indiana In-diana In thu eeleclkill and lartlceef their religion. Wn roien, In ihu name 1 1 lllmrly and Justice, agalnit the nlUn.pt lalug made to withdraw from the I ndlan achoola the support of Ihegovenimint, under the hyi-xrltl-calluaofaupH)illmtthetaibllcKhoola, liiaarauch aa there li here! an o-i nly tlrclared ipalllon agalnit Christian education, all J eet-rcl illy agalnit the Call olio Church. Hie platfurm cloaca with a rcaolulloii of ngrttnt the dentil nf the late mini-lir mini-lir of tho tinman Ilelihatag, Ilerr Wlndlhorat, nuJ uya a tilliutn of gritltulu tu Ida iiiviuory, ml lcdgt-9 that all will irollt lyhla taamjleln upholding and defenllng the great prlnclplea for which he manfully con lendeil. a) At tho Cothollo Vouslg Mni'a muting mut-ing to lay Iho following iftlceiawtro tlccled! llev. Hcrnanl llehl, of I'ltta-lairg, I'ltta-lairg, nn tl mal preallent; ( lurlta Orh, 1 1 I Ittaburg, recording atin lary, Joe. Ilirinaii, of I'lttalmrg, i irre-imudlng lecrelary, Joseph Mott, of Hutralo, Ilu nnclal iccrelarj. Archbishop Katrer, of Mllwaukn-, waa chosen Nti-ctorof the Ct ntral llmdot Utriiian Catholic doling Men of tho Unlltd Htatea. Tho bualut-M at-adon of the Cvingrt-es thla adirnooii waa occulel much if Iho time by Mr. Wllletniauof Mw ork In txilalnliig tbu nio-luaopir. audi of tho Carl Ilaremaii aoclily ef Uetinaii) ,au nrganlzitlon for dlitrltnit-Ingllermaii dlitrltnit-Ingllermaii Calhollo literature. The meeting n iiolnte.1 a commute to conaldirthe ndvlsablllty uf tslabllih. lug hianctii-a cf tho HHtrlj lu Iho United But.. A reaolutluii at alj lavsed rovlitng for the Klnlljnnf a commlttte to bring about a reunion of tho nil Urrmiii Central avcleiyand Ihu KatillitheiiUg. |