The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1875-03-10
AN AMERICAN CARDINAL.
Archbishop McClOSkey TO Be Created a
Cardinal.
Some Official Notifications
Received.
TIE CONSISTORY AT ROME.
What the Archbishop Has to Say About
the CardinaIate
THE CONSISTORY AT ROME.
Sketch Of the Career Of the New
York Dignitary.
THE OTHER NEW CARDINALS.


The following despatch was sent to Mr.. McMas.
tiers, OF this city, yesterday. from Rome:-
proConsistory is appOin ted for Monday next.
March Is At this ConsistOry, along with Mgr
Ledocnowski, Archbishop OF Posen and Gntesen.
In Prussia, Mgr. Deschamps, Archbishop OF Mechn
and Primate OF Belgium, Archbishop Manning OF
Westminster, Mgr. Bartolini, Consultor OF the Ro-
man Court and Mgr. Glanne. Archbishop Of
Sardia- His Holiness has determined TO raise to
the Cardinalate the Most Rev. Archbishop of New
York. Dr. McCloskey
There Is not member OF the Catholic Church
In America who will not rejoice to-day over the
intelligence that HIS Holiness Pope Plus TX.
has determined to raise TO the Cardinaate on the
18TH OF the present month, at a Pro COnsistory
which Is to be held at Rome ON that day. the Most
Rev. Archbishop McCloskey, OF this city. For up
wards OF two years and more rum0r has connected
the name OF this prelate-who is as eminent for
his piety for his learning-with q cardinalship;
but somehow the rum0rs were never con-
trmed. His fame had long preceded
him before his advent In Rome on the occasion Of
the great Vatican Council. and 1t is believed that
the impression he made while there upon the
Pope ana his ministers such as to give rise
from that time since to the periodical rumors that
he was destined to be promoted to q higher rank
In the order OF the princes OF the Church. 1t Is
tain that the Pope on more than one occasion has
not hesitated to make known TO clergymen and
others from the United States the great
love and esteem in which he held our good
Archbishop. and his determination to accord
him the great honor Americans have deemed his
position and influence In the Catholic Church of
America justly entities him to shows that the
Holy Father has at last overcome all opposition
to his appointment, which opposition 1t is said.
came only from the Archbishop himself who, in
his humility, preferred that, II the honor was to
be conferred upon an American prelate, 1t should
be conferred upon some one other than himself
THE ARCHBISHOP AT HOME.
representative Of the HERALD paid visit
yesterday to the residence Of the Archbishop, with
the view OF ascertaining If he had himself re.
ceived any notification from Rome Of what was
to be done at the Pro Co slsLOry so far as he was
concerned. The residence Of the Archbishop is
on Madison avenue and Thiry-sixth street, and Is
the house occupied by the late Archbishop Hughes.
1t is a plain, substantially built brick building,
plainly but comfortably furnished, but with no
sign Of luxury about any portion OF 1t. There is
little reception room or the main hallway Tor
visitors, which has Tor It's only ornamen.
the magnificent set OF engrOssed resolutions,
superbly framed and mounted, which were passed
by the Common Council years ago as testimonial
to Archbishop Hughes for the services he rem
dered to the country during the late war. 1t was
just n1ghtiall when the HERALD representative
was ushered into this reception room yesterday,
and he had only TO wait there q moment or so
alter the servant had told Archbishop McCloskey
that q visitor wanted to see him before he was
requested to go up stairs to the ArcnbshOps
study. This room is on the second 1oor, and
has two windows looking out on the avenue.
The room was neatly furnished, the 1oor being
plainly carpeted. There was q bright coal fire
burning in the open CRATE and lew leet from It
stood large, nat-t0pped desk. OF the usual count.
ing house style, the drop light on which revealed
large piles Of written papers and pen and Ink,
showing that the Archbishop had not yet COM
pleted when interrupted by his visitor, the days
hard work which the immense extent OF his arch.
diocese daily entails upon him. He had appa-
rently Just risen from the desk wnen the reporter
entered, after knocking at the door and being told
by pleasant voice to "COme in.u
THE ARCHBIsHoP's APPEARANCE.
The Archbishop wore his purple soutane
without the CAPE and had about his neck
the gold chain from which pended his
arcnieplscopal cross. The light, as he came
forward to meet his visitor, was just bright
enough from the fire and the windows to make his
straight, tall figure distinctly visible In the shad
ows in which the approaching night was already
pleasant smile on his lace, and IS he returned the
reporters greeting, spoke in that quiet, un-
assuming way that makes q visitor while all the
time impressed with the dignity OF the man, feel
at ease once he IS addressed.
THE NEWS FROM ROME.
81 have come from the HERALD, most reverend
SIR" saio the reporter, ito ascertain from you II
there Is any truth in the rumOr that you to DO
created q cardinal at the Pro Consistory at Rome
ON the 18TH inst; that is. II you have any good
reason to believe the rumor well foundedg'
The Archbishop hesitated Tor q moment and
then replied:
81 very much fear that it Is a fact. On last Sun.
day received q cable despatch IRON friend in
Rome who announced to me that the dignity was
to be conferred upon me. The despatch was not
from IN ofncial source, and so I do not consider
the announcement as onlcIal, but" and the
Archbishop here paused Tor a moment as II in
wardly hoping that he might be mistaken, lit was
from a source that am very apprehensive will be
found to be correct In this matter. learn also
that Mr. McMasters to-day received a cap des-
patch from Rome which contains the same an.
nouncement as the despatch which myself have
received"
"woud the fact OF your being appointed car.
dina," asked the reporter. 'necesstate the selec-
ton of
NEW Archbishop
sob, no." he replied, al would be Archbishop
just the same. The only change would be that 1
would have the additional title OF CARDINAL
''Then the fact OF an archbishop being made
cardinal would not necessarily increase his juris-
diction or pOwers.n
mot at ALL" replied the Archbishop.
"However, l dare say" inquired the reporter,
..'that in q council OF archbishops and bishops II
one was cardinal he would rank the highest,
would he not ~
81 dare say he would" was the reply. and then
in answer to another question, which the reporter
had previously asked, as to whether An archbish.
ops powers were increased by the fact OF his
being made a cardinal, the Archbishop to show
that they were not referred to the case
OF Archbishop Cullen, whO though he was
cardinal did not for that reason alone take prece-
dence over the Archbishop OF Armagh, who was
the Prmate OF Ireland. In answer to question
as to what he Thought the consequence OF his ap-