The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1891-11-30

and pull clunsily at their greasy caps when
he drew near. The stolid looking police
men, too, appeared to know the aged man.
for they would invariably draw themselvef
up and salute as though to superior
officer.
such was Henry Edward Cardinal Man
ming, archbishop Of Westminster. head OF
the Roman Catholic church in England,
and the last of the great English cardinals
i'll the Roman church. 1t was significant
of the character Of the man, that although
past 83 years OF age he Is still to be seen
in the London slums attending to church
work that some curates would think IL be-
meath their dignity to perform.
The aged cardinal, since Newman's death,
has stood alone and unique among Eng
Glish churchmen. He has outllved all his
followers. Cardinal Newman, in some re-
spects the greatest of them, is dead. Pusey
and the other leaders OF the Tractarian
movement, that brought both Newman and
Manning into the Roman Catholic chu ch.
are dead long SINCE. Cardinal Howard, OF
the great Catholic family of the Howards,
still lives. But he has been at Rome these
many years and has been in such condi-
tion OF mind that it has been necessary to
keep him under restraint.
So Manning may be said to be the last Of
the cardinals in England, and what is moro,
when he dies II is more than probable that
his place will not be filed for many years
at least.
Cardinal Manning says that the Catholic
church is growing constantly all throughout
England and he ought to know. 1t is just
as true on the other hand that 1t has Of late
years developed no great churchmen. The
ablest OF them, Newman, and Manning
himself. we're converts. There are great
Catholic noblemen like the duke Of Norfolk
and the marquis of Butte, who may wish the
cardinalate to be kept up, but Leo AIIl. has
not yet found man big enough to fill the
vacancy caused by the death of Newman,
and to appoint successor to Manning will
not DO less difficult when the time comes.
This 10 why the position Of Manning is 10
interesting Just at this time. But then
the man himself il OF the sort such as is
rarely seen, even in England. where man
of seventy is regarded as being still young
in sense. Mr.. Gladstone has been called
more than once the hardest worker in all
England and indeed he ia indefatigabie.
But though MIR. Gladstone Ia much
Younger mnn than the venerable archbishop
OF Westminster, he certainly has not until
recently, day for day. done any moro hard
work, and not nearly as much in matter OF
detail us the archbishop. II is doubtful il
there Ia any man in England who has. The
cardinal recently told the writer that hia
day began at six o'clock in the morning
and he was frequently at work until near
midnight, keeping two secretaries busy
constantly. II is not any small task, that
OF governing an archdiocese that covers the
whole city of London. But the cardinal
has done it, and lie attended to the small
est details personally. That 10 how II ID
that you could, until recently, meet the old
prelnte going about In the worst parts Of
Whitechapel looking after the management
OF chapels and missions, or find him In
some dingy hall in an out-of- the way part
of tho city trying to settle tho troubles Of .
body Of striking dockers or the like, or
again ut some great temperance gathering,
total abstinence Ill England, or IL may be-
at some meeting in the interest OF educA~l
tional reform, for that In 4 cause 10 which
ho il also devoted. Unlike many CAthOlia