New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-11-26
WHO WILL SUCCEED LEO XIII
sPECULATIONs SUGGESTED BY THE ILL.,
NESS OF THE POPE

a CARDINAL. STANDS IN THE DIRECT LINE
OF sUccESsIoN-SoME or THE CoNTEy-
TIoNs URGED IN HIS BEHALF
London Nov. 25.-A dispatch from Rome to
'The Pail Mall Gazette" says that the Pope was
Ill again this MOI ming. Last night he mad a
chill and coughcd 4 great deal but had no fever.
1t Is feared tha, the condition Of the Pope's
health will max, necessary another postpone
ment Of the expected conss;ory.
Washington Nov. % (SpecaD.-The illness and
advanced ag. Of the Pope. coupled with the ele-
walton Of Monsignor Satol to the office Of Car
dinal give rise here to some interesting specu-
lations Has this promotion of Monsignor Sa-
TOLL more than ordinary meaning? The oid-
nary meaninA is plain enough The honor is
in acknowledgment Of important and delicate
services successfully rendered. But is there
more to it? Is the successor to Leo XIII fore
shadowed in 1t?
The l.ne Of &C nment ending in this question
embraces not only persons. but policies, and
what Is known as the modern tendency Of the
Roman Catholic Church.
First Of all comes Leo himself whom the
Church considers the greatest and most progress
sive man who has worn the Flsherman's Ring
in the last POO years Many things are quoted
in support OF this estimate. and ali of them have
comfort. He Is called the democratic Pope, be-
cause Of his expressed sympathy with free in
stitutions His admiration for America has been
frequently declared and ne has brought the
Church IN France 10 the support Of popular gov
ernment there. His polices-though advanced
q long way by hlmself-are yet far from being
fixed complete. 1t is suggested that he must
desire them to be carried 10 their logical con-
cluson. and that he must wish his succ' ssor,
as far as possible. in new times to steer the old
ship Of Zion by his own. Leo's, charts. And so
the question has come up here, Has Leo In this
appointment pointed out that successor to the
next Concave?
Monsignor Satolli by this appointment becomes
eligible, to a political phrase, to the Papacy.
lie Is protege Of Leo. and has been an earnest
instrument in the carrying out Of Leo's plans
He flied posts Of Importance before he came mere,
but It is because Of his services in this country
and the opportunities he has enjoyed 10 study
real democratic institutions, where the people
really rule that he is thought to stand nearer TO
Leo than ever and to be his personal choice for
the chair OF Peter after he himself shall have
vacated II.
The suggestion that Leo's successor should be
a man schooled In knowledge Of and Influenced
by much sympathy with a Republican form OF
1t has been widely canvassed for some years and
has more than once led TO the discussion Of the
fitness Of Cardinal Gibbons for the Office. In
fact. the recent visit Of the eminent Baltimore
prelate to Rome occas0ned good deal or com
ment on that line His scholarship. his higA
standing with ali classes and creeds in this coun-
Try, and his age and experience in Church ar
fairs were all quoted as recommending nm
strongly for supreme leadership IN the lur-
ther carrying forward of progressive Church
I 10 time certain
path to such promotion were noted, even oy MS
warmest admirers. 1t was thought unlikely tnat
the College Of Cardinals would elect man from
SO great distance, and necessarily so much
a stranger personally to the powers at Rome.
The Italian influence being strong In all the
Vatican councils and the ina jOrity OF the Col
lege of Cardinals being Of that nationality, the
selection OF an Italian to succeed Leo seemed al
mos; certainty.
And therein lies the force. 1t is urged OF the
present speculation. Monsignor Satolli is free
from the one disability that appears to remove
Cardinal Gibbons from the list Of elgibles lie
Is an Italian, has spent much time in rome, is
In high favor with the Pope and personally s
well known to all of the Pope's household and
the majority of the members OF the College OF
Cardinals. For the rest, he Is, ike Cardlnal Glp-
bons. ripe scholar, of ripe age ana OF large eN-
perience and is understood to be in the fullest
sympathy with what Is called the advanced ana
advancing school OF Catholic thought.
II is said that Monsgnor Satolli. though not
presuming upon fortunes future favors mas
been making. since his arrival in this country,
their bearing upon the great religious questions
Of the time. He found here the all-mportant
rr, ,blem Of Church and State presented IN
form guara lteeing absolute independence 70
each and also the equally important problem OF
public schools absolutely free from sectaran IN
fiuence and control. No other Cardinal OF Italian
nativity has had this opportunity, and there
fore. 1t is urged, no other man altogether engibe
To- the PaDacy would assume the duties or that
Office with much knowledge OF the problems
which he. I.eo'g successor, would be called
uDon I'm the early DAYS Of his POntihcate to con-
slider Popular government. It is noted, Is every
where strengthening and increasing, ana hence
those things that lie at the very root OF that form
of government are the very things that the new
Pope especially as the present Pope has set the
example will be obliged to consider before all
others - go
The summary Of Monaignor Satollrs Pontfcal
equipment. 50 to speak, as given by those who
believe that his chances are excellent for the
succession, are:
The nigh favor in which he stands with Leo
XIII.
The turning Of the Catholic Church through
Le1s influence, toward popular government.
Tn. opportunity afforded the newly made Car
dinal to study that form Of government at first
hand
His being raised to the Cardinalate at this time.
when the Pope's health Is vislby declining.
His sympathy with Leos policy. and his ca
pacity to continue 1t
HIS skill as a diplomat. shown by his sue
cecsful adjustment Of delicate and difficult con-
tentions in the Church In America.
Hs age guaranteeing years of vigorous ser
vice.
Ills nationality. which gives him strength over
even 50 strong a man as Cardinal Gibbons
These are among the considerations advanced
here in support OF the suggestion that the next
Pope of Il 1me may now be In this country, await
lng the ceremony that is 20 make him iull-
nedged Prince Of the Church prior and pre-
para tory honor.
Dublin Nov. 25.-Cardinal LOgue Archbishop
OF Armagh and Primate of All Ireland on the
eve of starting for Rome. has issued pastoral
letter In which he declares that the Pope never
stood in greater need Of the consolation and sup
port OF the Irish people than now The Cardinal
censures the British Ambassador TO Italy. Sir
F. Clare Ford who he SAYS. is also the repre-
sentative Of Ireland. for having displayed fiass
on the British Embassy in Rome at the recent