The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-01-01
is Made Memorable by a
Popular Reception at
the Ryan.
Mr.. LAWLER'S ELOOUENCE
Pays Tribute to the Ecclesias-
tic From Abroad = The
Apostolic Delegate Replied
in Kind, and Archbishop
ireland Spoke Briefly.

If Mgr. Sebastiano Martinelli, the
apostolic delegate, had any doubt In
his mind Of the liberality of the com
munity In which he is the guest of
one OF the leaders In the American
church. that doubt must have been re-
moved by the cordiality of his recep-
ton by the people of st. Paul, who
gathered In thousands to meet him at
the Ryan hotel last evening No bar
rfers Of religious dogma restrained the
fullest expression of the popular good
Will toward the representative of the
Vatican, Pope Leos personal envoy ia
the church on this continent. Men and
women were there from walks in Hfa
as varied as the diverging arms of the
aal-embracfng church itself Wealth
and splendor stood side by side with
those of modest worldly lots on a. COM
mon plane of respect for prelate and
the church he represented. Official
military and private life were drawn
together; old and young alike extended
a greeting and good wishes to the Wis
1tor from abroad.
1t was the first chance the peoDle of
the city have had to make the personal
acquaintance, slight though it be. Of
the foreign dignitary who has been for
several days its guest. He was a sur
prise, probably to the greater number
OF his new acquaintances. AS the
guests were presented to the mon.
Siprnr a Nv
ID. O'Brien. of the local committee.
under wreath OF holly, in one of the
parlors, they found rather younger
appearing man than might have been
assumed would be the pope's trusted
emissary flushed cheek belied the.
motto "semper idem" so often accredit-
ed to the Roman church, for the clois-
tered ascetic of the middle ages has
given way, 1t seems, to a man of the
world, in the sense of the purest and
best cosmopolitanism, by careful strict
discipline preserving the physical
stl ength necessary to accomplish the
purposes the trained mind might desire
to execute. Rather slender and short
of stature, the apostolic delegate little
resembles the rubicund friar of ro-
nance, but his flashing eye and we'll
knit muscles bespeak a temperament
alert, perhaps to the verge of nervous
ness, the man who thinks much,
apt of observation, quick of
conception, and facile in execution. A
pleasant smile and a friendly word for
each who came, added to some extra
observation for some few of his visi-
tors of his work for the church or the
people he had heard, made the recep-
ton to the monsignor an occasion OF
pleasant remembrance on the part Of
all who were present. Attired in their
sacerdotal robes the prelates who were
present made an interesting study.
The rather delicate-loOking graduate
of sunny Italy's most polished school
could stand almost under the arm of
that rugged Western type on his right,
Archbishop John Ireland, the scholarly,
but essentially modest, almost difident
Bishop McGolrick, or the bubbling,
mirthful, but the none the less cere-
mcnious, Bishop Cotter. With these
dignitaries in the line stood, in un-
churched attire, Rev. FIR. ]. ]. Lawler.
of this city, and Rev. DR.. Rocker, tina
monSignor'S secretary.
The reception committee was divid-
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ducing the strangers to the dignitaries
from out of the city, for Archbishop
Ireland, it might be noticed, knew, and
was known to, by far the larger por-
tion of the vast throng.
In spite of the fact that the recep-
ton was informal in it's nature,
and that the invitation was general
it partook somewhat of the nature of
a dress affair, no small portion of the
society people who were going to Ma
sonic hall on their annual mission Of
charity and winter pleasure visiting
the reception to pay their homage to
the archbishop's guest. Gov. Clough
was there, expressing his personal
qualification, as well as his official
pleasure, at the fact that the monsignor
had granted so generous a visit to the
Twin Cities and the state A host of
the city and county as well as state
officials were present, and Fort SMELL
ing sent men of war in glittering gold
to meet the purple-robed apostles of
peace and brotherly love. Society sent
her queens of fashion, resplendent
in the gay gowns of the pail room. and
cleaning shoulders, laced with dia-
monds. shone in close proximity to
prosaic men of business, of the bar
and of the cloth.
Gov Alex Ramsey brought to the
respect of the visitor the best wishes
of the generation that built Minne-
sofa; while the young seminarians and
youths from outside the church extend
ed greetings for that which is yet to
rule the state.
In spite of the immense throng which
gathered on the occasion, the reception
was thoroughly enjoyable one. and
It's management reflects great credit on
the committee which was in charge OF
the reception. The monsignor and his
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