Corrigan could not do otherwise in the Syracuse matter. The excuse given for the delay is feigned. All the returns might have been gathered since he was notified of the order of Rome. The delay is to enable him to get to Rome as soon as the letter providing for the division and naming the candidates gets there. McQuaid is pleased with Bishop Edgar P. Wadhams' suggestion of Father James S. M. Lynch of Utica. They can probably secure his appointment if they can get him on the list. McQuaid will give no consent to a scandalous division, such as of Rochester and Buffalo. Corrigan will have to see to rectification of boundary lines. McQuaid will go to New York for the Pallium ceremony. The limited express makes travelling easy. Postponement of the Consistory was a happy thought. McQuaid feels New York will not get a get-back, even if two have to be created. The Baltimore Mirror this week had not a word about Cardinal James Gibbons, while last week it was full. Archbishop William Henry Elder is likely to have a stormy time near the coast. :: I-1-i A.L.S. 3pp. 12mo. Photostat from Archdiocesan Archives of New York