Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-07-20


hts reign one of the most lllustrious as
Il has been one Of the longest IN the
history OF the catholic church,
lsienedl JOHN HAY"
oREGLIA Al THE HEAD.
Paris. July 2O--The correspondent Of
the Eclaire at Rome has had q long
conversation with Marquis Sacchetu,
grand marshal Of the papal court, VINO
repeated 10 him the following declara-
ton made by Cardinal OregiiY who
win take over the administration OF
pontlhcal affairs during the interregnum
10 the officials Of the vatican:
II shall, alag, be the only living au-
thority. and | count on the devotion OF
the clergy and the military, and ] shall
EXPECT II TO be absolutely blind. For
the soldiers there Is a prison and !
shall use Il. ARRANGEMENTS have been
made with the ltaisn police and Y
know the garrison OF Rome VIII do its
duty outside, let us do ours inside.
II Intend 10 revive the proper ira
ditions. taking as model the former
conclaves. Not that the death OF Pope
Leo XIII VIII be an order from the
I.oggia OF st. Peters TO the people of
the world, nor will It be made known
in a hole in the corner fashion inside.
The funeral will be celebrated In acc
eordanoe with authentic bulls In
aend under the guard Of the pontlical
army TO revive the lying in state OF the
body In the Sistine chapel, which func-
ton was suppressed on the last occa-
sion. Every morning orders viii be
given by me alone and shall punish
the slightest assumption OF authority
outside the execution Of my orders,
Accession yourselves. gentlemen. not
TO consider me as an old priest, but as
your head, calm and absolute above all
and without other control than that OF
my conscience"
THE SACRED COLLEGE.
Paris, July 20.--rhe sacred college has
decided that the seclusion OF the car
dinals during the conclave shall be car
ried out with the strictest formalitles.
ii will even be impossible for the car
dinals 10 look out Of the windows and
the yatican guards win watch the com
ing and going Of every one. Cardinal
Oregila has ordered all the telephones
Ia the vatican TO be removed before the
conclave begins,
ARCHBP. IRELAND'S COMMENT.
st. Paul. July 2O-tlpon the receipt
OF the news Of the death OF the pope
Archbishop Ireland paid this tribute 10
the dead prelate
"In Leo truly great and good man
passes from earth The extraordinary.
the unparalleled interest with which the
world this last fortnight kept Vigil
around the vatican where the old hero
battied dramatically with grim death
IS The magnificent tribute To Leo to
which nothing could have ever evoked
save unusual grandeur OF soul and I'M
usual feats. the offspring of that gran
deur. In the death Of Leo humanity
realizes that an orb OF light, such as is
seldom seen TO dominate the high skies
OF It's moral and intellectual armament,
has fallen. making mighty void which
soon again may not be filled. Great
and good Leo truly was, fashioned so
by nature and by grace divine. What a
mind Loftlest Ii was In vision, reach
ink out to the yastest horizons, soar
ing upwards 10 highest regions Of
thought and truth And how quick In
action that mind OF Leo was, how
piercing In glance
How rich and varied the store of
knowledge, rapidly as he conyersed he
would travel from literature 10 science
and art, from theology to diplomacy
everywhere the manifest master and
everywhere the cultured scholar.
And, then. he was ambitious to put
10 profit his talents, ambitious to do
great things. When he iirst ascended
the pontihcal throne he resolved that
so far as opportunity came his would
be historic pontiflcate and 10 that
and AZ. VsorLaa anp QgtouoIx during bic
!ife. He lived and worked purely for
God and for men. He met kings and
peasants, men OF highest social rank
and OF lowest--all bowed before his
graciousness and whispered TO him
words Of affection and devotion.
There Is no other post OF honor and
duty SO elevated, so sublime as the Ro-
TO that pontihcate he entered az only
turtles OF inspirations, the world chair
of moral authority ruling directly two
hundred and fifty millions, of every
tribe and every nation, ruling indirect.
ly by the silent prestige OF It's power,
by the vast spiritual force Of its life
and teachings, entire humanity. In
20 than pontihcate he entered as only
two OF his predecessors reigned a quar-.
Ter OF century-leaying posterty TO
say, as he closes the last pages OF his
record, that In him the Catholic church
has had one OF the most Wonderous OF
her wonderous soverelgns and human
fly one OF its noblest thinkers and high.
est exemplars of fidelity TO God given
duty
Volumes Will be written to rarrate
the things done by Leo. In a hurried
eulogy there Is room only 20 note the
general results he has achieved. Leo's
services We're OF course primarily to the
church. Leo made the church known
10 the modern world as she wished 10
be made known. In one encycllcal be
dlseoursed on vital mortal and dogma
tic principles which constitute its doc
trinsl acts, 10 the making clear Of their
social and civic world. He tore to
shreds the thick wells Of prejudice and
misunderstanding which as the SCI
quence OF strifes and controversies Of
centuries had been hiding its features
from the eyes Of millions OF the nom
Catholic world Liberty, civil and POI
litical Individual rights, education, the
progress OF science and Of discovery.
the material comfort of the masses--
all this Leo In the name Of the church
blessed and advocated Today the
Catholic church Is universally admitted
TO be IN the vein Of humanity and for
this Leo II 10 be thanked
ARCHBISHOP MoNTGoMERY's
TRIBUTE.
San Francisco, July 20.-Archblshop
Montgomery, coadjutor for the diocese
" California, when Informed by the
Associated Press of the death Of Pope
Leo, expressed great sorrow at the
passing OF the aged pontiff. Archbishop
Montgomery said.
Catholics In general and the priests
and bishops particularly who were
familiar perhaps more than others with
the entire NE OF Pope Leo XIII, re-
garded him AS one OF the ablest OF
pontiffs We considered him very
able man IN everything that pertained
to the administration OF his office. and
tina; says a great deal He was the
recognized head OF 25000O.O0O people
who are scattered all over the world
and his spiritual relations with them
brought him into necessary relation In