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Show CATHOLIC FEDERATION NOTES. (By Nat'l Secretary. Anthony Matre.) The new names appearing on the roster ros-ter of National Federation officers are: John B. Oelkers of New Jersey, first vice president, who is likewise the supreme su-preme president of the Roman Catholic Catho-lic Central Verein of the United States; Hon. Edward Feeney of New York, third vice president, an ex-supreme president of the Catholic Knights of America: Hon. Walter George Smith 1 of Philadelphia, chairman of executive committee, is president, cf the Philadelphia Phila-delphia County and Pennsylvania State Federation; Peter Wallrath of Indiana, executive board, is president of the Indiana State Federation; Peter Tall Mandan of South Dakota, color bearer, is a chief among the Sioux Indians; H. W. Merwick of Kansas, marshal, has been a national organizer in Kansas for the past year. Pope Leo. shortly before his death,, admonished the Catholics of Spain to organize a Catholic federation. Italy has its Work of Congress; Catholic so- cieties are being organized in Austria and Hungaria, modeled after the Volks-verein; Volks-verein; England has a Catholic Democratic Dem-ocratic league, Holland its committees of Catholic action, etc., and. .we have our American Federation of Catholic societies. All the deliberations of the recent Atlantic convention were held in the presence of three distinguished bishops,, the Rt. Revs. James A. .McFaul. D. D., of Trenton, N. J.;. Sebastian G. Messmer, Mess-mer, D. D., of Green Bay, Wis., and Benjamin J. Keiley, D. D., of Savannah, Savan-nah, Ga. Among some of the notable personages present were: Rev. John Wynn. S. J.', of New York: Rev. James T. O'Reilly. O. S. A., of "Lawrence. Mass. ; Joaquim Ferran and Desiderio Canals of Porto Rico: Conde P. Fallen of New York. Archbishop P. Ryan also honored the convention' with his presence at St. Nicholas church, and ! Rev. Father Pardow addressed the delegates del-egates on "Christian Education," and Hon. Ed J. McDermott of Louisville, Ky., on "Pope Leo XIII." Since the publication of the last "Federation "Fed-eration Notes" the following prelates have extended their good jj ishes.-to. the American Federation of 'Caiholie: -. societies: so-cieties: Most Rev. Alexander Christie ! of Portland. Ore.; Rt. Rev. Frederick j Eis of Marquette. Mich.: Rt. Rev. J. I Stariha of Lead. S. D.; Rt. Rev. Thom-1 Thom-1 as Bonacum of Lincoln, Neb.: Rt. Rev." I Thomas J. Conaty of Los Angeles. 'al.: Rt. Rev. Regis Canevin of' Pittsburg," 1 and Rt. Rev. P. J". Muldoon of Chicago. I Ills. Thus far fifty-eight prelates have approved of federation. Bishop B. J. Keiley, in his address before the convention, said: "I am a convert to the idea of Catholic federation, feder-ation, and as it is said of converts to our holy faith that they excel in fervor those who from infancy have been brought up in the church, so I may say of myself that I yield to none in my attachment to the federation, and I will do all in my power to advance the good cause." The Protestant bishop. Rt. Rev. Abraham Abra-ham Grant of the Fourth district Methodist Meth-odist Episcopal church, comprising the states of Indiana. Illinois. Iowa, Mich-j igan, Minnesota, Wisconsin. North and j South Dakota and Ontario, has taken quite an interest in the Catholic federation fed-eration movement and has given the following opinion of Catholic federation to Rev. Thomas Burk, O. S. B.. of Seneca, Sen-eca, Kan.: "I have been watching the course of the Catholic church, and especially es-pecially the recent convention of the j American Federation of Catholic so- j c-eties at Atlantic City. I very highly i appreciate the expressions aiid resolu- ! tions passed, and we look upon the j Catholic church as being the friend of ! humanity without regard to national- j ity. color or previous condition of servi- j tude. And I request you to transmit j the above sentiments of mine to Bishop j James McFaul and th- other founders of the American Federation of Catholic Cath-olic Societies." Father Burk writes that the African Methodist Episcopal church numbers 700,000 members. h:.s 373,000 children attending their Sunday schools, has 6,200 ministers and thirteen thir-teen bishops. Bishop Grant assured Father Burk that the bishops of his church would co-operate with federa- I tion in the solution of the education ! problem, and if the federation agreed and permitted, a bishop delegate would I ! be sent to the next national convention j at Detroit to form a co-operative asso- ciation for the amendment of our state ! laws in this direction. Bishop Grant j concludes: "If all Christian der.om-l der.om-l inations are unanimous in demanding j Christian education, what can stand in j the way?" ! 1 ' |