The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-07-28
A COMPROMISE CANDIDATE.
MAYBE CHOICE OF SACRED COL
 LEGE FOR POPE.

Leo VIII Talked Of i'm This oonnec-
 tton-csrdinaI Gibbons Cordially Re-
 ceived by Ills coiisagues-0niy Two
 English speaking Cardinals Present.
 Rome. July 27.-Almost all the cardi- nals of the conclave have now arrived. Their time to-day was mainly occupied with lengthy meeting of the congrega- tion, which was notable for the cordial ity with which Cardinal Gibbons was received. After the meeting the cardi- nals received numerous visitors at their various residences. In well informed circles Cardinal Angelo di Pietro. pro datary of the late pope, is being talked of as compromise candidate in the event that Cardinasl oreglia, RaInpolla or serafino Vannutelli is unable to se- cure the necessary notes. Should di Pietro be elected pope he would, it is said, be the representative of the Ram polla-Gotti faction and yet would be fairly acceptable to all. Cardinal Mich ael Logue, archbishop of Armagh, who, with the exception of Cardinal Gibbons, will be the only English speaking cardi- nal in the conclave, arrived to-day from Ireland. He said he believed that the successor to Leo would be quickly chos- en. In his case perhaps the hope is fa- ther to the thought. as he said he did not look forward with a great degree of pleasure to being shut up in the vatican during the present hot weather. Speaking of Cardinal Gibbons, the Irish cardinal paid him a glowing tribute, though, like all the prelates here, he held out no hope that the American car dinal had the remotest chance of elec- tion.
 Indeed said Cardinal Logue, T think that Cardinal Gibbons would be q subject for commisseration if the selec- tion should devolve upon him. for no American would care to spend the rest o fhis life confined within the precincts of the vatican" !"
 The Irish cardinal expressed the opir- ion that the question of sending a note to the powers protesting against the treatment of the vatican by the Italian government should be left to the next pope.
 Tomorrow Cardinal I4ogue will pay his official visit to Cardinal Oreglia and then formally join the congregation.
 It is now practically certain that all | the cardinals will be present at the con- clave except Cardinal Moran archbish- op of Sydney, who will not reach Rome 1 in time, and Cardinal Celesia, archbish- I op of Palermo, who Is too i'll to attend. A proclamation was posted in the streets of Rome tonight inviting citi- zens to attend the annual commemora- I ton of the death of King Humbert, which will take the form of procession through the streets to the Pantheon.
 Early il, the morning of July 29 under l the auspices of patriotic and other so- lcieties, the Italians will visit the tomb lof Humbert at the Pantheon and deco lrate it with flowers; commemorative ex- ercises at the capitol will follow For this event King Victor Emmanuel will lreturn to Rome on Wednesday. Queen
 Margherita will arrive tomorrow. The lecclesiastics view the approaching cer-
 emony with some alarm, believing that
 the anti-clericals may take advantage 1 of the opportunity to make a counter
 demonstration against the sympathy lexhibited all over Italy in connection
 iwith the death of the pope.