The age-herald., 1899-02-10
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
 AND ELSEWHERE

] The Age-Herad some days ago told the l story of the southern tour of John Il.
 Series, the sugar king" and his friend,
 Richard Edmonds, editor of the Manufac- 1 turers' Record It was urged that these
 gentlemen be invited to visit Birmingham.
 Regarding the matter. D. B. Grace, assist
 ant secretary of the Birmingham Commer-
 cial club, writes:
 ''The suggestion that we invite MT. Series
 and party to visit Birmingham is a valuable
 one. Several days ago I saw in the press
 dispatches that the Series -Edmonds party
 were taking a tour of the south, and l
 wrote to MT. Edmonds, who is an honorary
 member of the Commercial club, and invited
 his party to include Birmingham in their
 itinerary. l have just received a reply from i.Mr. Edmonds, saying that MT Series and
 party would be at the St. Charles hotel.
 New Orleans, February 13, and would then
 decide whether they would stop at Bir-
 mingham."
 In addition to this, President Steiner, of l l foresight and courtesy, has written to MT
 series, extending to him a cordial invita-
 ton to visit Birmingham. It is believed 1 that MT. Series will accept the invitation. Former Governor Robert B. Lindsay, who
 was elected chief executive of Alabama in
 1870, and who Is the oldest of living ex-
 governors of the state, Is quietly enjoying
 the sunset of life at his home in Tuscum-
 bia; although at "A his health is enfeebled- l He is the only man of foreign birth who | was ever governor of Alabama. Governor | Lindsay was born in the beautiful South- 1 Scottish town of Dumfries, where Bobby l Burns is buried, and where stanos 'he
 poets noblest monument One or the gov
 ernor's daughters, one of the most gified
 of women, teaches a private school, ana IL l is his delight to go every morning to l the school-room to hear and instruct the
 class in Latin. He appears to enjoy thls
 very much. Alabama has four former gov
 ernors now hving-Robert B. Lindsay, ol l Colbert lS7O-72 Rufus w. Cobb of Jeirer- ] son. 1g7S-s2: Thomas G. Jones, of Montgom-
 cry 1sO-94; and William c. Oates, of Henry,
 1S94-96.
 The report that comes from Huntsville
 that Hon. Richard H. Lowe has been
 stricken with paralysis will cause profound regret in political and social circles
 throughout the state. MT. Lowe is the l states solicitor for the Eighth Judicial cir | cult. and is one of the best known and
 most popular young men in Alabama. To l his marked intellectual ability is added per
 sonal manners which have endeared him | to multitude of friends. He is one of the l strongest characters amongst the younger l members of the Alabama bar, and he IS 1 personally one of the most attractive or I men. MT. Lowe is a younger brother of 1 Hon. Robert J. Love- of Birmingham,
 chairman of the state democratic executive 1 committee, and is about 33 years old. Pope Leo's health being very feeble, the l discussion over the question of his success I sor becomes more and more animated, l said a well-informed churchman. 'The l next pope is almost certain to be an Ital- l ian but there is enough in the suggested 1 candidature of Cardinal Gibbons to make l it not only interesting but plausible. Soon l after the Archbishop of Baltimore was in- l vested with the cardinals hat, in 1886, the l name of Gibbons was agitated in French | and Italian journals as possible candidate | for the papal throne. But his eminence's I candidature was not regarded seriously l then by his friends It was too much to l expect the Italian traditions to be violated l or set aside. A large majority of the col | lege of cardinals-the electors of the pope l ta1; fha ta fhn Ia l of choosing an Italian for the See of Peter have been rare. But with the changing | front of the world the papal electors may | find it good policy to break away from the l usual precedents and go outside of Italy | for Leo's successor. If that policy should | gain favor, which cardinal would be so fit for the new order Gibbons? While the 1 United States government does not ex- l change diplomatic representatives with the l Vatican, the fact of this country's great l prestige in the old world might have an in-
 huence in the Sacred College body not | heretofore felt. The relations between the l Quirinal and the Vatican have been se- | verely strained ever since the loss of the | pope's temporal power, and with a new
 Italian pope, no matter what his politics
 may be, the relations would continue | strained. No cardinal living except Gib-
 bons could take the papal throne with much l prospect of establishing an entente with l the Italian government. The Catholic | church is making steady progress in the | United States, but with an American car
 dinal honored with the tiara its position | would be greatly enhanced, of course. | Cardinal Gibbons is not only a prelate of
 unfeigned piety, but he is a man of mar
 vicious tack and a statesman. He is na- | tive of Baltimore. and is sixty-four years
 of age. As I have said, the new pope is
 almost certain to be an Italian, but Gib-
 bons suggested candidacy will excite in
 terest throughout the world from now
 on."
 ."I never saw Cardinal Gibbons but once,"
 remarked a member of the little group in | the lobby. "One cold, grey morning at