Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1878-02-08

-seme Chnraetsrissies Of she
Pillars OF shs Roman Church.
As the Conclavs is now In session at
Rome for the purpose Of selecting q sue
cessor to Pope Plus TX. the following
notes regarding some Of the prominent
aspirants will be found Of timely inter
est. They are taken from q Rome letter
recently printed in the London Times :
Among the italian Cardinals away
from Rome one may see the same diver
gencs Of views. the same contrast OF
character, the same inconsistency be-
tween private convection and public pro-
fession noted among the resident or
homo Cardinals. Cardinal Guidi. q
native Of Bologna, . man OF obscure
birth, 72 years Of age. Bishop Of Al
bano, q good scholar OF divinity. Is one
the very few Italians who dared openly
to impugn the dogma OF infallibility at
the ecumsnical council. and has been
taboosd at the Vatican ever since that
time. His brave conduct lost him the
| Pope's favor and the archbishopric Of
Bologna. His influence at the Conclave
would probably not be great, but bis
vote would never be given 70 an uncon-
promising bigot. Cardinal Parocchi,
archbishop OF Bologna. q young man,
latsly promoted. has talents, high spir-
its, good courage, q combativs disposi.
ton, but Is among the intransigenti, or
hght-to-ths-end men. Mancini, tho
Italian minister Of justice. refused him
the exsquatur and II was q mistake, for
Parocchi's party look upon him as a
possible candidate for the Papacy. He
painted himself to the life when. as a
member Of the Catholic press address,
ing the Pope In Its name, he declared
that It's writer's would Eight against
civilization and progress to the last drop
Of their blood. TO say nothing OF their
ink" Canossa, bishop Of Verona. and
sprung from the noblest family Of that
city. Is also an snragsd bigot. but with
faculties out Of proportion to his fierce
instincts. He also has some chance OF
the supreme rank In the church, should
his party have the upper hand In the
c~onclave. Antonnici. a native OF Su.
biaco, 10 years old. for very many years
bishop Of Ancona, o learned man. OF a
gentle. peaceful disposition. Is one OF
the few bishops In the former papal
provinces who never gave trouble to the
Italian government. Sacconi, OF Mon.
talto. now in his Goth year. bishop OF
Palestrina, can not boast much srudi.
ton, either secular or ecclesiastical.
Politically he Is a p%oor.spirited man,
not over laden with good sense. and apt
to commit himself and show want OF
consistency. He went out as a nuncio
to Paris, and came back with no in
creased reputation for cleyerness. He
is very earnest In promoting his rela-
tons and favoring his hangers-on.
Carafa III Traetto. Archbishop Of Bane-
vento, Of n noble papal family OF Ma
pies. where he was born In 1905. is q
man OF mild disposition. and submis-
siys to the authorities Of the Italian
kingdom. lilo lives in retirement In his
obscure diocese, appearing In Rome rs
little rs he can contrive. though he Is q
near relative Of several Of the highest
families, and especially Of Prince Or.
SIM.
CHANGING now Of some Of the resident
cardinals, we find B~artolini. formerly
apostolical p~rotonotary. n Roman by
birth, CT years Of age. Of unknown par
entage. but enriched by the inheritance
Of an anonymous father. To BE- quail.
flied for ordination he required q special
~ponifcal dispensation on account OF the
defect in his ~parentage. His opinions
arc moderate, but he was scarcely true
to them when he wrote his historical
essay ON Pope Zachariah. q Pontiff who.
for tho sake OF peace anil the good OF
the Church, gave up the temporal pos
sessions Of the Church to Alfonso, king
OF the Lombards. to reserve to himself
the right Of the free election OF the
bishops. Bartolini endeavored In his
work TO falsify history. and did II to win
the Peps's good will and obtain from him
some ecclesiastical prsfsrment TO crafty
an ambition which with him amounts To
a monomania. Cardinal Giannelli. OF
Terni. seventy years old, was Nuncio at
the Bourbon court Of the two Siciliss ;
has q thorough knowledge Of the world.
Is temperate. cool.hsaded. dextrous and
apt to laugh at other peoples human
passions aud weaknesses. In q con-
| clavs he would be found among the
modsrates. The same would hardly he
the case with D'Avanzo, Bishop Of Calvi
and Teano, born at Avella In 1911. who
owes his rise to the zeal displayed ut
| the Vatican Council as IN out-and.out
champion Of the dogma Of infallibility.
Ferrieri Of Fano, born in 1910. il q
man Of less than middling capacity.
though moi without knowledge Of CO.
clesiastical affairs. lie is known rs .
miser, has no opinion Of his own. will
try to ascertain the way tho wind blows
and sail with il. Caterinn, a native Of
Onano, il now in his SD year. but in
possession Of all Of his faculties, and
has all the vitality and fiercen,s ~ which
characterized the late Cardinal d'Angslis.
who died last year. a twelvemonth older
than the Pope. Caterina. Is u OF the
most implacable foes to all Cancellation
and compromise. Accustomed TO rule.
some Of these agod prslatss have
acquired n habit Of absolute command
which makes them almost respectable.
They know what they want, and have
little hope that the fulhllment will come
to pass In their lifetime; hence their In.
tolerance. misanthropy. aud irascibility.
The Cardinals o living number co;
the total Of the sacred college when COM.
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