The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1896-01-10
SPIRIT or THE PRE- :.
CARDINAL. SATpLI.i-

CARDINAL. SATuLLI.
MONDAYS Philadelphia Ledger: There
was a great gathering of dignltarcs OF the
Roman Catholic Church in Baltimore sun
dav. when Monsignor Francis Sato'li re-
ccivcd his berctta as Cardinal. From It's
early DAYS Baltimore has been the chief
city of the Catholic Church in America, 1t
has a great cathedral and seminary, and
the local forces of priests, semlnarianS.
chor>tcrS and altar boys wauld by them
selves make Il notable pageant, but sun
day they were reinforced by the presence
of II Archbishops, - Bishops, the facul-
ties OF the Catholic and Georgetown
Universities many disting ushed Off
GERS of the civil, military and naval Gov
ernment Of the United States and repre-
Sentatives of the diplomatic corps at Wash
nyt0n. The occasion was one of great
Importance to the Catholic Church in
America. which according to the census
, of 1890, numbered at that time G,25, 81
commitments or members Monsignor
Satolli was appointed Cardinal by the
Pope in November last and Sunday Cardi
nal Gibbons, by direction of the Pope. con-
: fcIrel upon him the beretta. The ccre-
monv was one of great simplicity, but was
preceded by an imposing procession of the
church dignitarieS. and followed by Il
! celebration of Pontitical High Mass. The
i e.,
held. though not Il very costly edifce, is
Il very interesting and imposing example
OF cathedral architecture, and was bri ght
ened Sunday by Il prcfuSion of floral
decorations Large as it is, there was lit
tie room left for the general public when
the numerous representatives of the Cath
olic Church in American who desired to
do honor to the new Cardinal hap been
given places according to their rank
Cardinal Satolli has been in this country
for several years as the representative of
the Pope, and has established cordial rcla
lions with the Archbishops and Bishops
who are to serve under him.
| THE LOAN PROPOSAL.
Mondays New York Times Mr.. Car
isles offer of Il hundred millions in bonds
to be paid for in goil is fair and prudent
test of the feasibility of maintaining the
| gold reserve without contract with the
Morgan syndicate. His offer will remain
| open Il little over month. BY that time
he will have discovered whether the loan
the largest vet otfercd-will be taken
and at what price He will also have an
opportunity to see how much of the gold
paid for the bonds will have been taken
from the Treasury.
In some respects he will clearly be in a
| position less strong than would have been
created by the syndicate loan. He may
| have Il hundred millions. or even more at
| the close Of the operation. He will not
| have Sl63 0G0. 900, and he will not have the
| option of 800, 100000 more How much
| he will have and how long it will last are
matters of inference, and prediction is
more than usually unsafe regarding them.
But he will have silenced all just or plaus-
| ible complaint that he has not given the
| people Il chance. He gave them a chance
in 1924 and found syndicate of bankers
would give him better terms than the peo-
| pie,
Whatever may happen in the meantime,
there is one assurance no one should ig
| more. The authority to maintain the gold
reserve is unimpaired and will be used
whenever and however it is shown to be
| needed
THE REPUBLICAN PARTY IN MARYLAND.
Mondays Philadelphia Press On We'd
nesday Of this week Governor-clcct
LowndeS will be inauguratcd as the
Chief Executive of Maryland, and a change
similar to that which took place in Ken
lucky few days ago will occur in an
other Southern State. The Republicans will
have the Governors ma ioritv inone branch
of the Legislature and Il majority on joint
ballot, but will lack ma ority in the other
branch, thus being deprived of full power
to pass the reform legislation they desire
The future of the Republican party in
| Maryland will depend on the way the
power about to be obtained is used. 1t
ii is abused the change soon to occur will
be Il temporary one, but if it is wisely
employed a long lease of power mavfollow.
In view of this situation it is encoura ging
to know that Governor elect Lowndes has
declared against spoils policy, and will
refuse t" turn Democrats out of office
simply because the are Democrats, and to
put Republicans in simply because they
are Republicans. If he sincerely follows
the policy he has outlined in this and other
respects he will be doing his part toward
making the Republican party the exponent
of good government in Maryland.