The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1902-10-15
The Conclusion Of the Vatican Nego.
tiatione.
CONTINUED from Ist page.)

| 1--WE III declaring tnat the 1rlarS must
go, were those that were most posi-
lively in favor of the immediate rati-
fication of the treaty which protects
the friars in the right to stay as long
as they please. We will consider
this point at another time.
The farewell audience given to the
American mission" by the Pope
took place on July 20, at which time
each member of the party was pre-
scented with "a personal gift enclosed
| in a morocco case and adorned with
| the papal arms" Governor Taft re-
ceived a gold quill and pen "of ex-
| quisite workmanship, with Pope Leo's
| coat of arms on the feather" Bishop
O'Gorman received a jeweled cross;
Judge Smith and Major Porter re-
cefved jubilee medals; and Mrs.
Taft IAN enamel reproduction of an
rounded by virgins" The Pope pre-
scented these gifts ito mark his sat
isfaiction with the success of the ne
gotiations." The success that he
saw in the matter may be OWNED
from a remark with which he was
credited: Having started direct re-
lations with Washington is one of
the happiest events of my ponifcate,"
The Pope went farther in showing
his satisfaction When Bishop o.
German left Rome he bore with him
gift and an autograph letter from
the Pope for President Roosevelt.
He arrived in this country on August
II, and on August 16 delivered the
letter and gift to the President at
Oyster Bay, l.. l. The gift was a
mosaic picture of the Pope sitting on
a terrace in the Vatican gardens and
surrounded by q number of attend
ants and giving view Of Rome in
the distance. 1t is in size about
three by four feet and Is enclosed in
heavy gilt frame There is a clause
in the national Constitution saying
that mo person holding any Office of
profit or trust under then 1.-THE Unit
ed States] shall, without the consent
of Congress, accept of any present,
emolument, Office, or title of any
kind whatever, from any king, prince.
or foreign state" A leading Protest
ant journal explains that this coun-
try does not recognize the Pope's
temporal kingdom, and Leo XIII is to
him civilian, and so President
Roosevelt can take the present of
the mosaic without danger of i'm.
parchment" This may be the way
to look at the matter, but we are of
the opinion that the men who wrote
that clause of the Constitution would
not have looked at it that way, and
that there could have been no case
in which they would have called that
prohibition into play quicker than
one In which present was present
ed and accepted from the head of
the Church of Rome. The Pope's
letter was as follows:
Mr.. President: | am much pleased
with the congratulations which you
addressed to me in your letter of the
9TH OF May, and since, In addition to
the good wishes also expressed
through the government of the Phil.
ippines, you have added a present of
your own works, | am doubly CRATE
full.
You, Mr.. President, will surely re-
member the many expressions of
good VIII which l have uttered con.
corning the United States. Nothing
could be to me more agreeable than
to assure you of my continued good
wishes especially at the moment
when the negotiations of Governor
Tart, having ended In a satisfactory
result for both sides, have come to
strengthen the excellent understand.
ing between the Church and the Uni.
ted States authorities,
AS O. token OF my satisfaction I
have charged Monseigneur O'Gorman
TO bring you a mosaic picture from
the workshop of the Vatican repre-.
senling our gardens. May | ask Won
TO Keep II as souvenir and as an
expression of my friendly regardg
LEO XIII. .
Rome, the Vatican, July is. 1902
There is but one excellent ana nro.
per understanding that can exist be.
tween the Church" and the United
States authorities, and that Is the
understanding which existed in 1776
AFTER Benjamin Franklin had in.
FORMED the papal nuncio In Paris. In
reply TO his request that Franklin
notify his government of the De.
sire or the Holy See to conseorate a