The Jennings daily record., 1902-07-25
Papai Delegates
On G)ashington
President Roosevelt Not in the Business of
Nominating Cardinals.

| - ARDINEL MARTiNELLTS de-
| parture from the United states
yesterday after a sojourn of sew
| ~ .ral years at Washington. and
I the fact that throughout that
| time he should not once have crossed the
| Threshold of the White House. or met
officially or privately either the late Pres
| ident Mckinley or the present chief mag
istrate of the United States serves to
I call attention to the peculiar relations
| subsisting between the American govern
| ment ana the holy seat.
! A very general impression prevails to
| the effect that Cardinal Martinneli and
| his predecessor, Cardinal Satolli, We're
| accredited to the United States in the
| same way as nuncios are accredited TO
| the governments of France Austria.
| Spain. Portugal. etc, But neither Car
+, dinal Martinelli nor his predecessor has
| ever been regarded by the official world
| at Washington as forming part OF the
| diplomatic corps. and the dean OF the
| latter, Lord Pauncefote. although living
! in the same capital for "a NUMBER OF
years. never had the opportunity OF meet
| ing the papal delegate. either officially or
privately.
This was due to the extreme tact and
reserve of the papel delegate. who fully
realized the deicacy of his position. 1T
is to be regretted. for there is no doubt
1
ledge of this country, of its conditions. OF
the difficulties of the government. and or
the conditions OF pubic SenrTmeUt ftcfe.
would have been extremely useful IN
bringing to a satisfactory settlement the
troubl esome question of the monastic or
ders and of their possessions in the phil
ppines, had he been able to deal with the
matter directly and in person with &he
president and the secretary OF state. as
the plenipotentiary of the holy seat. Zen
| 81 80 ct n
and thoroughly imbued with the views
and wishes of the papay in this ana IN
other matters. CARDINAL Martinelh wouio
have been far better Qualihed TO ACT as
negotiator than any American prelate
or Iayman who cannot necessarily pos
sess at one and the same time so inti-
mate an acquaintance with the views OF
the papacy and with those of the govern
ment and people of the United States.
There is every reason to believe that
Cardinal MartineIli. in thus holding aloot
from both the White House ana the state
department, respected the wishes OF the
chief magistrate of the republic IN the
matter. while there would be obvious
advantages in placing the vatican an"
the White House in diplomatic relations
with each other. it would naturally lead
to IN outcry on -f9e part of other religious
denominations in this country, some OF
which. more important numerlcally
speaking than the Roman Catholic ele-
fneRt. nfSAt put lpI"afa PltltiISi'hS ~
be likewise officially recognized and rep
resented in the national capital.
1t is this that leads the president and
the state department to observe such eN-
treme discretion in their dealings with
the holy seat and why Theodore Roose
Welt has been the only executive of a
great power to refrain from sending gifts
and messages of congratulation to the
pope the occasion of the silver jubilee,
and it was this. too. that led the presi-
dent to promptly negative the request
that he should intimate to the Vatican
either directly or Indirectly. his wish that
a red hat might be conferred upon Arch
bishop Ireland
The president acted with much judg
ment in the affair for it is doubtful
whether any such iIltimation on his part
would have been received with favor at
Rome. where there are many inSupera bic
obstacles to the elevation of the arch
bishop of st. Paul TO the sacred college.
1t mas never been the policy of the pres
ent pope to permit the church or its prin-
cipaf dignitaries to become too closely
identified With one political party or an
other in countries endowed with fegiSIa-
tive form of government. since that would
naturally tend to place the church in a
position of antagOniSm toward the rival
political faction.
The late Archbishop Corrigan of New
York in close sympathy with the
views Of the pope and of the sacred col
lege in this respect. Few say the dead
prelate's most intimate friends. were
aware of his political views, or whether
he voted the Democratic or the Repub-
lican ticket and it may be remembered
that on the occasion of the last municipal,
state and federal elections lie issued pas
toial letters to the clergy of his vast
archdiocese, expressly directing them to
abstain from taking any prominent part
in the contest, from championing the
factions
from using their spiritual influence over
their congregation and flock for mere po-
litical purposes.
This spirit prevails in the Old World as
well, as is not in any sense of the word
confined to the Roman Catholic church.
In the French house of commons. for in
stance. clergy of both the Roman and
Episcopal churches are barred from cleo
ton, and although the archbshops of
Canterbury and York and a certain num-
Der of bishops of the Established church
have seats in the house of lords yet their
precence there is regarded in the light
of an anachronism and an unsatisfactory
survival of medieval times. and they herd
together being extremely careful to avoid
Identifying themselves with either the
Conservative or the Liberal party. 1t is
the same in the upper houses of Austria,
of Hungary, of Spain and of Portugal,
wniie in France, where divnes have oc-
casionally occupied seats in the lower
chamber. their presence there, and espe-
cially their Identification with this that
political party, has been far more inju-
rious than helpful to the interests of the
church.-Marquese De Fontenoy, In Wash
ington Post
Carrying Goals to Newcastle.
When the woman who loves flowers
went to California to spend the winter
she insisted on taking along her pet Gala,