Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1891-12-07

His successor from his earlier days at
Mora, through all his lone career in
Arizona and New Mexico, has endeared
himself to the whole pt ople, who recog-
nize the self-sacrfice which led him to
answer the missionary call in 1859 and to
brave the hardships of Arizona in 1855, |
and the high character and kindness OF
manner which have characterized his
relations with all sorts and condition of
men, With the Indian as we'll as the
Castian and the Anglo Saxon.
These things, am sure, must add a
fresh inspiration to your own efforts for
the welfare and prosperity of New Mex
leo and its people.
You are now, humanely speaking, indis
solubly connected with us and our future.
We welcome you, therefore, not for day,
but for all time.
And we extend our kindest greetings to
the distinguished gentlemen who have
accompanied the archbishop and the new
bishop to the old home of the one and
the new home of the other. We rejoice
at your presence, ard appreciate this
evidence of your interest in our pros
perity.
To all, the people of New Mexico ex-
tend their most hearty welcome to our
land of sunshine. The December air, in
this mountain city, may be frosty and
chill, but the welcome knows no winter,
and comes fervently from warm New
Mexican hearts.
Hon. B. NJ. Read followed the governor
with carefully prepared address of well
come, speaking in Spanish, which was
full of hearty greetings and replete with
historical references to the splendid his
tory of New Mexico and its association
with Christianity.
Maj)r j. d. Sena, also speaking in
| Spanish, greeted the churchmen with an
eloquent address in which he babe them
a hearty welcome to this land of early
religious conqnests, where the undaunted
courage of the Spanish people had been
he nrst to plant the cross of Christianity
upon American soil and where, to-day,
reside people ever equal to their highest
duties as Christians and American citi-
zens.
Archbishop Salpointe spoke briefly in
response, referring in tones of emotion to
the heartiness of the welcome accorded
them by all citizens irrespective of creed
or condition.
DR.. Chapelle was visbly affected when
he said, referring to the address of the
/, governor, that he came here as a worker
and teacher, and would indeed endeavor
to further the interests of christianity,
education and good government among
all the people of the territory.
The choir then sang TIE Deum of well
come and at its close the concourse of
people retired from the sacred edifice and
, the procession was again formed, this
time the crowd forming double line from
! the cathedral to the archbishop's home.
Between these two columns the prelates
then passed to the archieopiscopal resi-
dence, turning and bestowing blessing
upon the assembled multitude as they
entered.
The procession then dispersed amid
many happy congratulations among them
selves over the suspicious manner in
which this spontaneous outburst of popu-
lar sentiment had taken place.
FURTHER WELCOMING FESTIVITIES.
An imposing feature of the days events
is in progress at the archbishop's home
this afternoon. Bro. Butolph. the faculty
and pupils of st. Michaels college are in
attendance to welcome the prelates, and
present beautiful address of welcome.
This is poem deliberately printed on
white satin and on either upper corner Of
which, with appropriate inscriptions, ap-
pear the photographs of Archbishop Sal
pointe and Bishop Chapelle.
At the archbishop's home this evening,
from to O'Clock, public reception
takes place and at the latter hour the
citizens receptiontion committee will call
in carriages and convey the churchmen to
the Palace hotel where a royal banquet
will be served in their honor.
The reception committee includes the
Rev. James H. DeFouri, acting chair
man i'll the absence of Hon. A.
, l.. Morrison, who is too ill to
attend, Judge E. P See DIS, L. Spiegelberg,
l.. 6. Reed, G. M. Conklin, Brother
Amain, B. NJ. Read, Antonio Ortiz y Sal
J AGAR, r. E. Twitcrell, &. W. Knaebel,
Geo. H. Gross, W. T. Thornton, DR.. Egg
! CERT, j. D. Sena, jr., A. f. Bsndelier,
Amado Chaves, H. Lindheim, j. H.
Crst and Hon. Jose Segura.
ARCHBISHOP sALPoINTE, OF SANTA FE.
!, The Most Reverend ]. B. Salpointe,
d. D. the present incumbent of the
archiepiscopal see of Santa Fe, is by
natural inclination and in fact pioneer
missionary. He was already about 33
, years of age when the venerable Father
, Eguillon went to Europe, in 1858, on a re-
,, cruiting tour. Father Salpointe, gave his
name, followed the band, crossed with
, it, on a memorable journey, the plains Of
Kansas, arrived in Santa Fe in 1859 and
was Immediately sent on a mission. A
few years afterwards he is ordered to
Arizona, new land, truly, at that time,
where the pioneer had, for fully twenty
years, to open new roads, to build up
churches, u, hools, hospitals, in fact,
everything. In 1869, on the presentation
of the venerable Archbishop Kendrck, of
st. Louis and of (then) Bishop Lamy, he
was promoted to the episcopate, and he
went to Europe to receive the consacre
ton at the hands of Mgo. Feron, Bishop
of Clermou, by whom he had already been
confirmed and ordained priest. On his
return, he brought along with him a full
force of young, intelligent and Jealous
priests, among whom the now Right
Reverend Bourgade, Bishop of Tucson,
and Father Antonio Jouvenceau, OF the
Indian school. During those TWENTY
years of missionary labor in Arizona,
Arch bishop Salpointe, besides attending
to the religious need of his large vicarate,
made such study of the natural re-
sources of the country that very few can
compare with him in that knowledge
In 1883 DR.. Salpointe was one of the
bishops who Went to Rome for the pre-
paratlon of the matters to be treated in
the third plenary council Of Baltimore
When there, at the request Of the vener.
able Archbishop Lamy, he was made
coadjutor OF Santa Fe, whom lie succeed
ed July Is, 1855. and who conferred upon
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