The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-07-29

NIontegranario in 1851. he is the youngest
member OF the college. save one. ot a
legal mind, he is lawyer, diplonatfSt, ana
man of affairs. If the next conclave Wnnts
a fighter along the lines of Pope Leo Kill,
young enough and strong enough to COM
bat all the opponents of the present Pope,
with far more strength of body than Leo
ever possessed. 1t is not likely to setect
Cardinal Svampa. True. he Il young,
but he is growing older each year and Leo
still lives. It is snid that Cardinal Glib
bons does not favor him, but the Arch
bishop of Baltimore may not be in the
conclave. The Archbishop of New York
did not help 10 elect Leo Kill, for he did
not reach Rome in time
The political elements arrayed against
Cardinal Svampa and the present Pope are
more than likely, it is said, to unite on
Cardinal vannutelli, the younger He
stands for all that his elder brother ooeS'
and is without some OF thu opposition
that would come against him. He is two
years younger, and has brother who
can work harder for him than for himself
Should he be chosen some of the antago-
nism 10 the Italian Government on the
part OF the Vatican might be expected 10
vanish not because the Church mas re-
linquished a right. but because IL pc
lieves the fight to have been maintained
long enough to vindicate principle aIu
that it is time to drop it in order % give
place to more important matters having
to do with the advancement OF the klhS-
dom OF God. Born u short distance out OF
Rome Cardinal Vannutelli was educated
at the College Capranica and the Pontlficai
Seminary. and his career has been that
of q Diplomat He represented Pope Leo
XIII. ut both the coronation of the En-
peror Of Russia and the Golden jubilee
OF Queen Victoria a year or so ago He
is a great scholar. loves society, spends
lots of money and lives well.
sELF,MADE MAN.
Should neither of the pronounced poll
teal element be strong enough 10 win IN
the conc!ave, the politically colorless car
dinal whom the gossips say stands the best
chance of being chosen is Cardinal Gotti,
who as boy used to play about the docks
of Genoa, his father having been dock
laborer Should he be the next Pope, he
Will emphasize again that tendency To-
ward the common people that has been SO
marked a characteristic of Pope Leo's pol
lev He is Sixty-SiX years of age ana MS
chances may vanish if Leo lives too long.
At the age of sixteen ne Joined the Order
of Barefoot Carmelites as novice ana
was educated in their schools. He visited
America once, the first Pope 10 have done
so. if he ever becomes Pope. CarmeilteS
in America are not. however, the branch
Of the order TO which he belongs. All are
mendicants, and all trace their origin to
Elisha, the Old Testament, as their
name implies.
Cardinal Gotti was made Superior Gene
raj of his Order in 1881, and under him.
the Order grew as it had not done in re-
cent yenrs When Emperor Dom Pedro,
of BAIL: was compelled 10 go out of
business his action in some measure at
fected the interests of the Church. There
upon Pope Leo MIL made the Superior
General of the Barefoot Carmelites ttu-
lar Archbishop of iii Petro and sent him
as Nuncio to Brazil. There his success
was so marked that upon his return TO
Rome {. public reception was rendered
him.
Having been created cardinal in Novem
ber 1895, he took the title ST. Maria Della
Scala. so closely identified with his own
personal and religious history. He lives
in handsome palace that overlooks the
Trajan Forum. Rather below the me-
dunn height he possesses a spiritual face
nnd kindly manner that makes him to be
universally beloved. Unlike either Svampa
or Vannutelli. he looks the Holy Father of
a Holy Roman Church. Scientific IN bent,
conciliatorv in views. a scholar, leader.
and a divine he IS at this time more
likely than any other member of the Sac
red College to prove the candidate upon
whom all elements in the next conciave
will unite.
Much depends on when the next conclave
Is held He is sixty-sA And IL is say
ing that popular favortes never get their
deserts in Roman conclaves.