The Irish standard., 1895-10-12

the blessings OF the sovereignty ana In
vites Italians not to be bound UP with the
sects and to consider how pernicious it
would be to perpetuate the conflict which
is profting the enemies of Christianity. 1t
then atfirms that the head of the Church
fellows with loving vigilance humanity
and does refuse to accept the reasonable
ness of the times.
The letter Of his holiness concludes
with: IF Italians, throwing OF the Ma
sonic yoke, would listen to us, we could
open our heart to the fondest hopes 9th
erwise we can but predict new and great
er disasters
Successor to Leo.
Bernard Morgan writes in Donahoe's
Magazine as follows:
Leo was already, an old man when he
assumed the tiara, and from the begin
ming there has been considerable specu-
lation and manipulation concerning his
successor AS far back as 1884, Cardinal
Czacki was the leader of group Of car.
dinals who looked upon Mgr. Battaglini,
the cardinal. archbishop Of Bologna, as
the next pope. Death, however, remov-
ed him, and opened the field for further
conjecture. It is an open secret that
Cardinal Zgliara was at one time Leo's
own choice. :. With Cardinal Pecci, the
Pope's brother, and Mgr. Satolli, zigli-
ara. contributed a great deal to the scien-
tific renaissance of Th0nlistic philosophy.
and it was he who furnished the Pontiff
with the most important materials for the
encyclical "Novarun Rerum." Death
again interviewed. Death, too has re-
moved Cardinal Laviegerie who was the
most prominent OF all the non-Italian
cardinals of the present reign. Monaco
an San Felice are no more spoken Of.
Cardinal Gibbons has been mentioned
even in ITALY, and in 1889 Signor de Ce-
sare thought it worth while to discredit
his candidature there, by animal versions
on his strength Of character and learn
ing But in truth he might have spared
himself the trouble. Cardinal Gibbons
is just as likely to be pope as Cardinal
Vaughan.
Unless some contingency arises. making
it necessary for the pope to leave Rome,
there is no probability at present of a
non italian being elected. The ideal
pope of the situation would seem to be.
an Italian by nationality and a cosmopol-
itan by association.
In looking for the next pope there is
one very important fact to be guided by.
With three or four exceptions, the men,
bers of the Sacred College are Of Leo's
creation, and, presumably, in a general
sense admirers Of his policy. The pre-
late whom he designs by word or distinc-
ton will have the sympathies of the cleo
tors. Among the prominent capabilities
Cardinal Rampolla, the pope's secretary
of state, is finished diplomatist, but if
he possesses other qualifications they are
not generally known; the elder Vannu-
tell, at one time Pope Leo's apparent
choice, has ceased to be the prominent
figure he was; Cardinal Parocchi, the vi
car-general of Rome, is learned, liberal
and energetic, and would seem to realize
the motto Of the apocryphal prophesy,
"ignis ardens" ("glowing fire (Which
is to be the characteristic of the coming
pcntiff. A prominent figure on the pa
pal horizon, too, Is Archbishop SatOlli.
Everything in his career and character
would seem to point to the goal Of the
supreme pontiffcate. In a democratic
age he is by birth and evident sympathy
man Of the people, in a renaissance Of
Catholic learning he Is the profoundest
and theology, in an epoch of transition he
has been sent to fill his mind with the
new ideas which are growing nowhere
with such exuberance as in America. He
has occupied two Of the most important
positions of the Eternal City, as lecturer
at the Propaganda and as rector Of the
Academia where the church diplomats
are trained. The two great questions OF
the future are the social problem and the
reunion of Christendom, and Archbishop
Satolli has had unrivalled opportunities
for the study Of both. The cardinalate
is within sight and from the cardinalate
the tiara is. a short step with Mgr. sa-
tollps qualifications.
Saltwater. Il.
The Father Mathew Total Abstinence
Society elected the following officers at
their meeting Sunday. to serve for the en-
suing year: President. P. e. Burke; vice
president, Daniel Donahue; recording sec