Evening journal., 1903-10-28
MANY RIVALS FOR
THE RED HAT
Report That Several Car
dinals to be Named Here
Is a Mistake
7 SURPRISED THE VATICAN
American" Cardinals Could Be Ap-
pointed From Canada, United States
and South America, But None win
Be Named For Some Time.

Rome. oct. 2s.-Some time after the
recent conclave the Vatican was sur
prlsed by report from the United
States that high prelate q the church
there had spoken repeatedly of the
possibility Of several Americans being
nominated cardinals. AS the good
faith of the prelate. In question could
not be doubted, It was supposed that
he was laboring under a misapprehen-
sion. His apparent mistake can easily
be explained Europeans generally,
and Italians in particular, use the term
American" as applying to Canadians,
citizens Of the United States and South
Americans equally.
According to this custom, therefore,
even II the pope, who does not speak
English. mentioned his intention 70
create several American cardinals, he
did not mean that they should come
exclusively from the United States.
The argument has been made that
the United States. considering its 49,
100000 Catholic inhabitants. has not
a sufficient number of representatives
in the sacred college,; that Canada
has not had cardinal since the death
of Cardinal Taschereau in 1883, and
that the whole Of Central and South
America with a Catholic population
OF over 50,O00,O0O. never had one Bra
I'll. the largest Of the Latin American
countries, has repeatedly asked for a
cardinal, not only through it's clergy,
but directly through It's government
This the United States has always re-
fused to do. Il Is probable that the
Archbishop OF Rio 1aneiro will be the
first South American prelate to be
raised tO the purple; but II this IS
done It will be difficult 10 refuse the
same favor to Mexico. which has a
CATHOLIC population almost equal to
Brazil, and even more dihicult not 70
extend the privilege to the archbishops
of Buenos Ayres. Argentina and SAINT
/ iago, Chile. where Archbishops Espi
nosa and Casanova respectively have
been rivals for the red hat for years.
II has been suggested. in order e
make roem for more cardinals in those
countries which do not seem TO b,
sufficiently appreciative of the priv
ilege. IA for instance France, whicl
nominaliy has seven cardinals. TIT
snggestion also has been made to cor
tinue the system iipaugurated by lie
! XIII TO bring about better balanc
B between "a. nuallsSfs ca foreign an
2 italian ra~litels
: tonui Convention. the oyoriur
: In sgest that each county De alloite,
eral aryatcs 20 be selected IN caucul
ments fit'a from each county by major
lege. ArcRBare is entlned TO six dele.
phia, is considapai Convention.
but the situation il that the Tick
the personality OF the MT tionn,''.l'ss %
lected must be considered,
the importance Of the geog. TO put
situation OF the archdiocese. Fo, Is
stance. II a new cardinal we're TO
nominated. the relative Importance o
Philadelphia. New York, Chicago anc
St Louis must be taken into consid
Grafton, as owing TO their positions in
the Catholic world. either one Of them
would be worthy to be the sec OF the
new prince Of the church.
The pope, especially in the matter
OF nominating cardinals. can make an
unexpected decision at any moment;
but according TO the opinion previllnf
at the Vatican. It IS n0t likely that IN
the next consistory or in the one fol.
lowing will a red hat be sent to tn,
United States.