countered by mobilizing the Catholic hierarchy, which had already tried to stop the immensely popular Father Edward McGlynn from supporting George. McGlynn had defied Archbishop Michael Corrigan, saying that he had not surrendered his “rights and duties as a citizen” when he became a priest. Corrigan suspended him from his parish duties, and just prior to the election, in concert with Tammany, the diocese released a statement asserting the overwhelming opposition of the Catholic clergy to George. Tammany distributed it the Sunday before the election at the doors of the parish churches.
